The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-03-31, Page 19** *
In Kincardine and District Hosp-
ital at present undergoing treat-
ment is Lloyd Irwin of Ripley.
For the past two to three weeks,
many people in the Ripley area
have been real ill at hoine with this
"Cabin Fever" flu which 'is Making
its rounds. Now newspapers report
that next fall we are likely to have
an epidemic.of swine flu .- the same
kind back in" 1918-19 called, the
Spanish influenza Everything has
a new name nowadays. 'Having
seen back then, the writer is not
anxious to see it the second' time.
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Noticed home for the winter
break in 'the school year - last week
were Mrs. Walter Reid (the former
Donna' Mead) of Stroud, visiting
with her mother and sisters in the
area. Also Ken MacLennan of the
French Department in Parkdale
Collegiate in Toronto visiting in
Ripley with his' mother..
You only look
as good
as you feel..
Awmapatnonll
Fitneis. In your heart you know right.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, VS THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE NINETEEN
h Week In Ripl
BY 'AB WYLDS
Last fall-the kip.leY•litgon Figure •
Skating-Club was forrue4 with the
following officers -in charge • -
president; WS. Judy van KoOtett Of
Ripley; vice president,, Mrs. • Barb
(John ) Gamble of the sixth of
HUrOn; treasurer, Mrs. Peg Seller
and secretary Mrs. Dianne .(Wil",
fred) Gamble.,. both of Ripley. Each,
Monday afternoon, four to seven
instruction classes: Were held in the
Ripley:Huron Recreation COmplex.
Teachers Were•Miss . Dianne. Hald-'
enby of Kinloss and Miss Marilyn.
• Stewart' of Ripley. • These classes
were sanctioned by the Canadian .
Figure Skating . AssoCiation • and
each successful student received a
badge.
Last Friday evening ,the mem-
bers of the different classes, .all
decked out in colourful.. costumes,
presented their first skating show.
'entitled- ,"A. Carnival. - Tribute ,to
'Walt Disney". It . ,was a ,great
success .and the new complex was
filled .,with 'spectators . for the,
occasion.
The' -program 'consisted of • two
. parts, . each. with. -nine , TDisney
numbers' and a ten Minute inter-
Mission, between the. two parts.
Many .of. the Mothers spent, a busy
time • laSt, week. sewing costumes
and then the Teeswater Club
. graciously loaned more costumes
for the' ccasion. For the indiVidual
prOgratil ,sheetS listing the names
of the numbers and .the students
involved, the typing was done by
Mrs. Carol. Fludger and: the mimeo
work by Mrs. Pal Mason. .
• , The following were the skaters. in.,
• the junior. show Tanya . 'Hawryly-.
Shyn, Stephanie Bell, Susie 'Bell,
Kerry, Anglia,' and Micky Paquet-
te, Tammy Fludder,. Lisa Cote;
Jenny. Gerinen,.. Shelly . Gamble; •
Missie and Candy Clark, .Shannon-
Blackwell, 'Theresa • Carnochan,
Keith -Hedgins, 'Doug 'Sorbara,
•
Barbara Smith, Larry Reid, Laurie
Farrell', Melissa Midclelkamp,
Tracy' Thornicroft, Shirley Peter-
I:laugh, Shelly Weatherstone, Ker-
ry Lynne Hunter, Sherry Weather-
stone, Christine NicholSon, Taba-
the Middelkamp, Beth Thompson,
Karen Hodgins,,, Janene Seller,
Joanne and Dianne Levesque, Jill
Denstedt, Linda Roe, Shari Clamp-
itt; Steven 'Cover, Donie Shantz,
Jeff Lackey, David Hodgins, David
van Kooten, Dwayne Carnochan,
Geoff Denstedt, Bradley Stanley,
Jeff Gamble, Bobby Blackwell,
Judy Thompson, Bevin Hodgins,
Vicki. Rutledge, Helen Kempton,
Tamrity Sorbara, Jenny Scott, Jo
Anne Seller, Theressa Cote, Dana
Clampitt, ShellY Hodgins, Connie
van Horne, Christie Messenger,
Andrea Farrell, Christine Cover,
Cheryl and Carole Latton, 011ie
Liddle; Cathy Boyd, Cathy Flud-
der, Heather Boyd , and Heather
Scott. Shari Clampitt skated a solo
part to•the Music Lavender Blue.
The above boys and girls were in
the junior part.
After intermission, the. senior
part of the skating revue was
presented. Here solo numbers
were skated by Debbie Gamble,
Mary Kernpton, teacher Marilyn
Stewart, and teacher Dianne Hald-
enby who deserves great Credit
along with her assistant Marilyn
Stewart. Among those skating in
this second • part were Joanne
Pollock, Dorothy Needham, Mar-
lene Huston, Pat • Denstedt, Gail
MacDonald, 'Bonnie van Horne,
Connie Cover, Alice\ Gamble, Gail
Huston, Corinne Boyle, ,Davvna
Rutledge, Jenny Regier, Debbie
van Kooten, Jahice Needham,
Brenda 'van, Kooten, Cathy
Debbie Lowry, 'Sandra Reid, Glen:
da Gamble, Lisa Gamble, Susan
Cook, Allison MacKay, and Lorie
Peterbaugh. The door prize,,
donated by the Allan Gamble
Electric in Ripley, was won by Al
Dickieson of Belmore:
The folks of Ripley and Huron •
Township received a shock last
Wednesday morning as they learn-
ed of the sudden 'death of Mrs. W.
J. Courtney earlier that same
morning. Mrs.. Clara Courtney, in
her 83rd year, had passed away in
Kincardine and District Hrispital as
a result of a sudden heart seizure.
It was just about two weeks ago
that she had moved into one of the
new' apartments in the newly
constructed Ripley Huron Senior
Citizens Apartment Building. Prior
to that she had resided in one of the
renovated apartments in the former
Ripley Public School building. For
many years, while residing on their'
home farm on the second conces-
sion west in Huron Township, Mrs.
Clara Courtney had' been a news
correspondent for the local papers,
always 'interested in community
activities.
The funeral service, conducted
by Mr. Richard Sand, minister at
the Knox Presbyterian Church in.
Ripley was held' on Friday after-
noon at the McLennan-McCreath
Funeral Home' in Ripley, followed
by interment in the Ripley' Cemet-
ery. . Mrs. Clara Courtney, the
former Clara Elizabeth Wilkie, was
hewn in Ashfield Township July 18,
1893 and passed away on Wednes-
day, March 24, 1976 in Kincardine
and District Hospital. She is
survived 'by ,her daughter Mary,
Mrs. 'John C. MacDonald of Ripley
and her Son Donald Courtney of
Wingham, also five grandchildren
and two great grandchildren. To
all, the family members at this time
of bereavenient, goes the sympathy
of a hrist of friends.
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On Monday of last week,' March
22, •Mrs: Oliver McCharles of the
Lochalsh area Underwent 'major
surgery in Victoria Hospital in
`London. A while after coming
through the operation, 'Marion
suddenly went into severe post
operative shock and spent the next
two days in intensive care on the
Critical list. She is on the fourth
floor of Victoria Hospital in' room '
424.. Wishes for '•her cOntinued•
recovery are expressed.
• '4, * * * * *
was donated by Charles Hooisma's
Ripley Meat Market.
Ed and Dorothy Metler `of
Willowdale visited with Niels and
Nora FrederikSen . in Ripley this
past weekend and on Saturday
evening experienced a western
Ontario' snow blizzard.
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On Thursday of last week,
visiting with Mrs: Gladys Arnold at
her home in Ripley, were here
daughter Mrs. Joyce ,IVIcEwan of
Kinloss Corners, Mr. and Mts.
Torn Walsh. of Kincardine, Mrs.
Audrey Schandlen of Port Credit
and Mr. and Mrs. Don McCosh of:
'Ripley.
After a week's treatment in
Kincardine and District Hospital,
Mrs. Mary Rudder was able to
return to 'her home on. Malcolm
Street in Ripley last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl. Nicholson of
Amherstburg motored back home
in the nice sunny weather last
Wedneiday after a weekend spent ,
visiting with their family' here - the
firs`t time since last' fall. They
visited with their son Francis, his.
wife Margaret and their son Kirk'
on the twelfth of , Huron. Township,,
then they -visited with their
grenddatighter, the 'former Margo
Nicholson - Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Middelkamp and children Nicky.
and Ryan .at Clarks - two corners
farther west on the same conces-
sion. While they reported a severe
winter in the Windsor area, it was
not in the same class as ours.
ctapartses.
Yellow oottcrOe.
Foxtails?
Don'. and Anne McCosh Were
Sunday guestS of ,their cousins.
Frances and. Bill Walsh of Kincard- ,
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Mrs. Mary (Donnie) MacDonald
returned home to 'Ripley, from an
enjoyable vacation with her brother
and his wife John and Eleanor
Finlayson who live in Mexico City
in 'Mexico'. . Mary , also flew to ,:
Fullerton, California, to visit her
aunt Mary Miner who at the age of
95, still capably runs her . own
home.
* * * * • *
Mr. and Mrs. Weir Eckenswiller
of Kinlough visited her sister. Mrs.
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Thanks to the editor of the.
Sentinel and .to Harvey Wightman
of Waterloo and Lucknow for
further increasing our knowledge
of the osage orange tree: There is
at least one such tree in the
Hohnesville area' where Mrs. Ross
Cayley •found its fruit last fall.
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Last Saturday marked the end of
the Saturday morning RipleyHuron,
and. District Saturday morning
minor hockey i league. One of the
prize offered in the Jucky draw
was a. .half pig 'carcass cut , and
Wrapped, ready for the freezer. It
$2000 GRANT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
New Horizons program was intro-
duced, the Federal Government
has funded 5,492 similar projects
for a total of $31,928,485.
New Horizons enables retired
people to create projects of their
own choosing. It offers grants .to
group§ of retired people 'who' Will
undertake activities for the benefit
of themselves and others in their
cornmunity.
The' Lucknow District Historical
Society, will use the grant to
research, edit and publish a booklet
on the history of Lucknow and area.
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