The Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-01-23, Page 1$6.00 A Year In Advanco $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1974 Single Copy 15c 20 Paps
Plans Get Go Ahead At PUblic Meeting On Monday Cameron MacAuley Named
To Ripley Huron Post 1974
bid Boys and Girls from the
Lucknow community can start
making •their plans for a Reunion•
in The Sepoy Town this year. The
dates have keen set' as' June 28,
29 30 and July 1, the July 1st
holiday weekend, '
A pUblic meeting held in the
By' Marion..McCharles
St. Andrews.Church Hall, Rip-
ley was filled to capacity Mon-
day evening of this.week when
plans for the future of the Medic-
al centre and rnedical laboratory
were heard.,
Reports were heard from all sec ,
lions of the.Community Develop-
ment Group, but the, main' busi-
ness Was discussion on building
the Medical Centre large enough
to house 'a Medical Laboratory.
The building itself will be a
:wo level structure. In the lower
floor there will ,be dental' office ,
he laboratory .and, space for the
.0.N. and Public Health Nurses,
Is° storage space.
The upper floor will have office
rea for two doctors , a nurses
tation and a large waiting room.
The main point of discussion
as the laboratory. Four young
eople were ,present , Courtney
nd Susan MacDonald Darryl and,
aphne 'Gopaul, technologiSts Of
ndon, who plan to operate the
aboratory as a private enterprise.
. and Mrs. MacDonald are
ormerly froth the Ripley-Huron
rea. •
This' laboratory will serve the
urrounding areas. •
The committee , udder chair-
an Reg .Moore , working on the
edical Centre. were in Toronto
and Mrs. Bill Tiffin and his pas-
sengers were Beverly Blake , 18,
R. R. 7 Lucknow , son of ,Mr. and
Mrs. HOward Blake and Bruce
Johnstone ; 18, Lucknow , son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnstone'.
They received minor injnries.
, According to Ontario Provincial
Police Officer. Foulon of the Wing-
ham Detachment , the accident
occurred on No. 4 Highway in
Blyth, just north of the railway
tracks. A 1972 International semi
truck,: driven by Harold' W. GYMS
-of-the Blyth -area ; was stopped on
the roadside, The. Tiffin car
skidded on the icy roadway into,
the truck and in turn another car
driven by Marsilio De-Dominicis
of London, skidded into the Tiffin
vehicle.
Barry called on George. Joynt
Reeve of the villag , to outline
the steps taken in t e organiza-
tion of the Cente ni Icelebra -
tion in Lucknow in 58.
Reeve Joynt explained the
breakdown of Committees of the
Centennial and stated that it was
important to appoint a top notch
executive to head the, overall
/planning as there will be
a lot•of work involved in putting
the event over.'
It 'was pointed out by the chair-
than Barry McDOnagh that plans
for the Centennial were organized
about the same time in 1958
and that the organization meeting
then was held on January 17.,'
Those in attendance at Mon-
day's meeting were unanimously:
in favour of proceeding with the -
Reunion in 1974. Barry
stressed that the event was to be a
community endeavour , not any
one particular club 'or gronp as the
organizer,'and this idea found
favour at the meeting.
Discussion centred on the use
of any money raised from the
Reunion and the meeting expressed
favour in assisting the remaining
debt on the change rooms at the
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Councils of the Village of Rip-
ley 'and Township of Huron met
with members of the executive
of the Recreation Complex, Com-
mittee to discuss progress of the
Ripley Huron District Recreatidn
Complex.
The proposed complex will
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Cameron IvlacAtiley of Huron.
TownShip was appointed to Bruce
County Board of Educationlast
week to replace Leonard Courtney
as trustee for'Ripley and Huron
Township.
Mr. Courtney resigned Decem.-.
ber 4 betause his new appoint-
ment as area livestock shipper
would interfere with his attend-
ance at board meetings. He
had served the two municipalities
since the formation of county
Boards.
Mr. ,MacAuley, a native
and life resident of Huron Town-
ship, is a farmer and resides about
a mile south-east. of Ripley.
Born in Huron Township,. he
attended elementary and second-
ary schools in Ripley. He served
on the staff of the Royal Bank until
enlistment in the Royal Canadian,
Air Force. During World War II
he 'served as .an R. C ..A .F. pilot
in the European theatre of war. •
Returning from overseas , he
commenced farming in. Huron
Township where he still resides.
He was a director of the Bruce
County Federation of Agriculture
for, ten years, serving 'as president
in 1966 and 1967.
- Always active in church affairs
he spent six years on the' Board of
Evangelism and Social Action of
For.
In March
consist of arena, swihriiing pool,
and auditorium.
Provincial and Federal grants
are being approved as' anticipated
Teirson Building Ltd. has been
instructed to prepare working draw,
ings and it is expected' tenders
will be called 'for in March.
the Presbyterian Church With spec-
ial interest in the Committee,
of,Town and Cduntry Churches.
His experience as a school. trus-
tee includes two years on, the Rip-
•ley Public, School Board and seven
years on the Ripley-Huron Town-
ship School Area BOard , serving
as chairman of the Ripley-Huron •
T:S.A . Board for three years.
Died In Hospital '
John Andrew. McDonald of Hur-
•on Township passed away at. Wing-
ham and District Hospital 'on Wed-
nesday , January 16th. He was 52.,
The funeral servioe was held at
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel,
Lucknow, on Saturday , January
19th at 2, p.M.
Temporary entombment was
at South Kiriloss Mausoleum with
final resting place Lochalsh Cem-
etery.
DiedIn Oshawa
Ernest A. Hewat of Oshawa pas-
sed away on Sunday, January 20th
in Oshawa General Hospital.
He is, survived by his wife Evel-
yn; two' sons Ron Hewat of Oshawa
and Bill Hewat of Elmira; and four
grandchildren.
Funeral service took place in
Oshawa,.
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Four young Men , three of them
frorn•this.area.and -one frOm Wing-
harn, were involved in a three'7....'
vehicle accident about 9.45 p .m..
on Friday evening in the village
of/Blyth.•
'Dale IrVin, 18.,..1t, R. 7 Luck-
haw., son of Mr. and' Mrs ... RusSel
Irvin, was the' most. seriously
itued of the, four. ..• He suffered a
ruptured:bowel -and alter treat- •
merit at Wingham'Hospital.he was
removed' through the night. to'
Univeriity Hospital in London.
where .surgery4WapperfOrrnedt-early.
Saturday Morning.. .Dale,iS report-
ed to be progressing quite satis7
factdrily, ,He received other min-
or cuts and' bruises. '
Driver of the car was David W.
Tiffin , 18, Wingham., 'son of Mr.
,Lucknow Town Hall. on Monday •
evening was quite well. attended
by members of the, LucknoW ser-
vice clubs and other interested .
citizens. •
Barry Mcbonagh chaired the '
meeting and Bob MacKenzie
acted as recording secretary.
Dale Irvin. Is Most .Seriously-Injured
Four Area Young Men
In Auto Accident
Meeting Hears Report
On Area Laboratory
Tuesday interviewing doctors and
dentists interested in coming to
Ripley.
Another Lucknow Public School Group
~xpec# Tenders
coirrolix Seek Names Of
Those 6 Willing
To 'Assist With
Old Boys. Reunion
A striking committee was nam-
ed .at the public meeting on Mon-'
day night to present a slate of
officers 'and committee members
to serve in planning for the 1974
Old Boys Reunion on the July 1st
week end: '
This committee is anxious that
all area,residents , willing and °
interested in assisting in any wily
to make the Reunion a success,
let them know at once stating the,
type of.assistance they would be
willing to offer , or just the fact
that they would be willing to •
assist in some way•.
Mrs. Barry Hackett of Ashfield
Township has offered to take
these names of interested resid-
ents which will be presented to .
the striking committee this week
end.
Phone Dianne at 529-7136 by
Sunday at 6 p.m. The ,
striking committee plan to meet
Sunday evening and they;'want to
hear from you by this time:
If you are willing to do a big
job, or a small job, let them
know. Your'response will help
to make the Reunion a sue-
'cess. Some of the committees to
be filled include finance , decOr-
.ating, parade, property, registra-
tion, invitation, program and pub
licity. -
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