The Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-04-18, Page 13VG
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WEDN SOO, APRIL
PAGI FOURTEEN
eek In Ripley
Mrs. Christena Outerbridge
passed away at her Ripley home
just west of the Old Ripley Public .
Schobl last Friday, April 13.
The former Christena Martyn,
she was in her 78th year.' She
was the wife of the late Dr.
Plan yOut.
VaCation
noW,
Make sure this :year'.s•.
• Vacation is problern free'..
by planning ahead , right
• now, .Fix .up your cottage .
-- your •car. Whatever is.
'needed to help you . get .the
most out of a trouble free
. holiday. The money. yOu.
. spend now,.on..your
summer property and
equipment will cost you ,
less than delays and. •.
• iriconveMencea Talk"to
your friendly. experienced
. -Victoria andyGrey manager
''..11hOut the money .you
need today.
tom" R. Zsrltrigg Illissegsf
Elgin and Kingston
Streets
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Leonard Outerbridge and with
him spent some time in china
'prior to the war. Before her
marriage she was a teacher and
principal at the Ripley Continua.
ton Sphool, now the Ripley ,Dist-
rict4-ligh School. In her last
year of teaching here 1923 ,24
the staff was increased .from two
to three. As a, teacher she was
respected ,,successful and always
willing to help her students.
She Is survived by her son Ian
Outerbridge of Toronto, and her
daughter Hetty of Alton, wife of
the famous Canadian tenor soloist .,
Jon Viekers, also ten grandchild-
ren, a brother H. L. (Lyle) .
Martyn of Toronto and a sister
Margaret (Peggy), wife of Mal-
colm 'MacDonald of Vancouver.
Her father, the late John B.
Martyn, was the first reeve of the
village of Ripley back in 1925,
as well as being the Ripley under-
taker for many years.
Despite her serious and termin-
al.illness Mrs. Outerbridge te-
mained alert to the last and was
able to 'be out on occasion's this
winter. She was active and inter.
ested in many areas - a. member.
Of the Legion Auxiliary , the
Ripley Women's Institute and St.
.Andiews United Church. Along
with Mrs. Mary (Donnie) Mac-
Donald:, she was the curator of
the Ripley Tweedsmufr book
and Wrote.ahistory of Ripley and
area., .
The funeral service was held
at St.a Andrews United Church on
Monday with intermenvin Ripley
CeMetery. She is survived by •
nieces .and nephews fn several
parts of Canada. Those in Brute
County are Mrs. Walter Culbert
of.Ripley; Mrs. George. MacLeod
of Kincardine, Mrs. Sandy Mac-
Charles of Olivet, John L. Bowers
of Chesley. Bruce County, Dir-
ector 'of Education.and Donald K.
McLay, Ripley postmaster.
As a\forrner student, 'when
Mrs. Outerbridge, then Tena
M,artyn, was at the R.C.S. this
reporter has many memories,and
at this time would like to express
his deep personal sympathy on 't
occasion to all family members
and relatives.
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It is, nice to see Bob Strathdee
of the 10th sid'eroad in Huron
Township able to be home again
and out to Ripley. Earlier in the
winter Bob underwent stirgery in
London and then recnperated at
the home of 'his daughter Cather-
ine in' Sarnia.
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'On Thursday the C.N.R.
sectibn crew ftom Wingliam Were
busy replacing .geVeral wooden
ties on the railway siding lead-
ing to the Ripley elevator. Oh
the job were foreman Ali-Ritchie
of Lacklow and Tom Gardner
Of Blyth. The 'method of remov-
al of the old, wooden tie and
the replacement of it are far
different and much easier than
back in the surrmer of 1940 when '
th.4 reporter worked on the-Ripley
section crew;
• • • * *
recem radic weekly reports .
from is c.al drovers
received memion , Shew
cf iy,:incazzine , --ect;e 1.
Dona",,d in . la-,,sor., ..halth.
Roy Elliott of concession 12
west in Huron and Jack Elliott of
Pine River were among those 'list-
ed in the Farm and Country maga-
zine for shipment's of top, beef.
cattle to Toronto.
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Visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Donnie Fludder and Tammy on
the week 'end were Carol's sister
and husband, Mr. and. Mrs. Allan
Gardner of Clinton.
e * 0 0. *
bers were able to help out as Fri-
day was a school holiday with the
teachers attending the Profession-
al Development day program,
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Visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Don Dietrich at the former.
Thompson Nursing Home Apart-
ments ,on Malcolm Street, in,
Ripley were her sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. .Ken
Schoenhals ,of Kitchener for the
week end.
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Among those returning from a
winter in the south last, week end
were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott of
the Holyrood area. The Scotts
left Malton Airport on February
1st to visit Virginia and Hiram t
Pangburn of Calgary.. Joining
the Pangburns, they motored
non-stop to Salt Lake City, Utah,
where they arrived in -time to
attend the Morrnon 'Tabernacle
Choir practise and live broadcast
on a Sunday morning.
A week was spent with Pastor
and Mrs. Lyndon DeWitt (Hiram's
sister) in Mesa, Arizona. From
there the itinerary included sight-
seeing and visits in Mexico and
On Tuesday, April 10tht
Brownies began their tnecti
playin'g skipping games,
TramP", and "Double Dutc
The Brownies then had a
period with Brown Owl and
Snowy Owl instructing the
on how. to make egg -cups a wheelbarrows for Baster.
The meeting was brought'
close with Brownie Taps.
California . Points of inter
were, Riverside , Loma Linda
Pahn S prings, Chula Vista
Angeles, Rancho Bernardo;
Francisco and Orleans. Sty
days were spent in Portland
Oregon, Victoria and Vatic
Returning to Calgary, the
Scotts had a week's rest; a
motored home, visiting on
Way their "Boyle" relatives
Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan
Thtind er Bay . friends are
coming Jack and Mary bac'
the. Ripley area.
BY AB WYLDS
The people of this area awakens
ed .on Tuesday morning of last
week. April 10th, to find the
ground white With a fresh fall of
snow just. when everyone thought
that winter WaS gone. And now
that the warm.ternperature and
wind of this past week end has
melted'away the snow again, ,
people are 'wondering if the April
10th fall was the last for this
spring.. Farmers throughout the
area are looking to get out on:the
land for spring seeding.
.10 S., • • •
On the morning of April 10th '
the sad news of the sudden pas-.
sing of Elmo Pritchard in West
Wawanosh'Township spread
through this area. Mr. Pritchard
was well known for his •interest in
heavy horses. ,In past years he
had been a well known exhibitor
at local fairs , including the Ripley-
Huron fall fair and also' had been
the judge of horses at it on differ-
ent occasions. •The family name
of Pritchard was once well known
in the Olivet area, of Huron Town•
ship and later in Ripley. Henry
Pritchard's farm was on the, sec-
ond concession, east of Olivet
Church -' either the 2nd' or 3rd
farm east of sideroad 10 on the
north side. Later he retired to
Ripley to the' house now owned by
• Mrs. Roy MacKenzie, He also
brought his, hives of bees. into the
village and kept them in the
apple orchard south of the house. ,.
He was pictured in the Ripley
Pioneers picture taken in' 1913.
The late Henry Pritchard passed
away in October, 1918 in his
83rd year.
W. ,.,a44µ
Carrick Coiling and J. S. Robb
of Huron, and Bill McQuillin of
Lucknow.
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Visiting at Gateway Haven
in Wiarton last Sunday were Mrs.
Markin Emerson of Purple Grove
and Mrs. Fran Wylds of Ripley.
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Last Friday morning the road
ways west of the Huron Township
hail were lined with car, as
people of the area brought their
•pet . cats and dogs for'shots at the
anti-rabieS'Family mem-
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