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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-07-07, Page 16THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL LIJCKNOW ONTARIO , BY AB WYLDS. . Drizzling rain and a threatening thOnderatorrn biought about, the third auction sale in the new Huron Township garage at the east end of Malcolm Street. On Monday evening of last week, auctioneer .Grant McDonald and Wallace Ballaglf gold the household items for Mrs. Belle (George) Henry there. Helping with the moving Of the things from the house on the main street south were Dan A. and Roddy MacDonald and Jim Brooks with their ,trucks. On hand assisting were. Mr. and Mrs. Donnie MacLean and tons of Toronto, Mrs. Audrey MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wardell, Mrs. Fran Wylds and several others. Like the two previous sales, a good crowd was on hand for the bidding. Brian MacDonald and Lloyd Mc- Nall were clerk and cashier respectivelir. *' *, * * * * • Visitors with Mr. and - Mrs. Oraen Rock and sons. Robert, Richard and Ronald in Ripley recently were Mrs. Jack Gonyou of Chatham the former Bertha Henderson of the 2nd concession and Mrs. Andrew Miqueliz of Apple Valley in California - the former Dorothy Tohnston of Kin- ardine. Ripley area patients in Kincard- ine and District Hospital for, treatment include Mrs. May Mac- Donald, Mrs. Ed Garton, Orah Crawford, Mrs. Cameron McAuley and Alex McAuley. • Visiting . with Mr. and Mrs, Hamilton MaCKinnon.is her sister Miss Katherine Murray of Toronto. • * * * Visiting . here for the long weekend 'were ,Mr. *and Mrs. Jake Hooisma and 'Sheila of Kitchener with his brother John Hooisma and With Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hooisma and Jimmy. * * * * * *. Alf and Dorothy Beal of Stratford called in Ripley on Thursday Afternoon to visit with her sister Fran Wykls.. They were on their way to their cottage at Inverhuron for the weekend. ** * * * Mr. and Mrs. Sim Huber of Lurgan were away to Michigan for the weekend. Sim and Corinne visited in Jackson City, west of Detroit. Home On the weekend was Tom Culbert of , the Toronto teaching staff visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Culbert. •Mrs., Mary Etrown of Sarnia was at her home in Ripley this past weeks- • Ken MacLennan of Parkdale Collegiate staff in Toronto visited with his mother Mrs. Norma MacLennan on the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Phelan and Tracy spent the holiday.weekend at Chapeau on Allumette Island, north of Ottawa. * * * * * Mr.. and Mrs. Donnie Fludder, Tammy and Jason were in the litintsVille and, Burk's Falls area for the holiday. . * * 4 4i * * * Mary and Joe FlUdder were away on the Weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bell of Islington were at their Ripley home this past weekend. I I I Mr: and Mrs. Donnie Blue and family of Toronto were with his mother Mrs. Margaret Blue, also with his sisters and their families, Betty and Bertha - Mrs. Jack Scott of Ripley and Mrs. Bill Scott on the 4th of Huron. * * .* * * * Mrs. Margaret (Frank) Scett and Mrs. Margaret Blue returned from a mdtor Coach trip to Sault Ste. Marie, Agawa Canyon and Frank- enmuth, Michigan. * *1* Ripley folks are glad to see Alex MacAuley back to his home in Ripley after spending, the past weeks in Kincardine and District Hospital. / become better educated on the problems facing other .parts of the world and work' tewarria an united effort in bringing better standards to people everywhere. She noted that 8 milliem women in 70 countri- es are involved in women's secieti- eSAnd said that everywhere women have an important role in helping to produce an equality in not only material goods, but culturally and between men and women. t he Said women must seek elected positions in government office, and appeal to the mass media to provide a more generous picture of women just because they are Women. Focus, Facing our Challenge, Unity , in'. Strength, was the theme of the cenvention. A Prince Edward Island tour was arranged including a visit to ,Green Gables, the home of L. M. Montgomery and Womileigh Repli- cas followed in the evening by the musical presentation of "Anne of Green Gables" at Confederation Centre. P.E.I. W.I. branches hosted the delegates on- tour for -noon luncheon. Workshops and discussion sessions were held on Current Issues and Concerns". Mrs. Agnes Higgins, District Director of Montreal, 'spoke On "Nutrition". Delegates present were entertained and served a lovely banquet at Confederation Centre as guests of the Govern- ment of Prince Edward Island on the last night of the convention. * * * * * third annual sale of George McDonald's antiques. The sale started at ten-thirty in the morning' and by six in the afternoon it was over. Auctioneers Grant McDonald of the second of Huron township and Wallace Ballagh of Teeswater, worked together till afternoon when Wallace went to Bervie for a sale there. Clerk of the sale wr.s Brian MacDonald of London and Ripley, cashier Lloyd McNall of Lucknow and assistant cashier ' Marlene •Coiling, with registration WEDNESDAY, Jrnor 7,1976 by this writer. As in the previous sales,- it was a good one with a erovird of several hundred People in the new Ripley Huron Recreation Complex at times. The number of registered bidders was over 250 •With five known antique dealers there. One might say that the bidders came from across Canada and soird from the. neighbouring states. For example, there was . Alan Tearse of Vanc,ouver, B.C., and Larry - Annrosff of Calgary, Alberta. Some of the folks noticed at this first sale in the Ripley Huron 'Complex included Jim Connell of Metro Toronto - once here at the R.C.S.; George MacLennan of' Agincourt, Dr. and Mrs. Don Milne of Kincardine, Mrs. Angela (Don) Bell of Islington and Ripley, nurse Gertrude Lee Walden on. crutches, Donnie Blue. of the Toronto teaching staff, Mrs. J. B.. Tindall, Mrs. Sandy MacDonald, Dr. and Mrs. Bill Bruce, all of Kincardine; Courtney MacDonald of St. Joseph's staff in London, 'Miss Katherine Murray of the Toronto teaching staff (retired), Ken MacLennan of Parkclale 'Col- legiate in Toronto, Ronald an'd Shirley Harris of Rexdale, Jean Osborne of the Scarborough teach- ing staff .(retired), Angus MacKay of Toronto and Tiverton, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Martyn of Kincardine recently' returned from California. This is just a few out of the ' hundreds. First recorded buyer on the sale was Robert Calhoun of Tiverton and Kincardine and recent student at the Ripley District High _Bidders registered_froin-- London, , Stratford, Burlington, Oakville, Hamilton, Oshawa, Mis- sissauga, 'Toronto and Kitchener- Waterloo, as' well as all the places in the surrounding area. On Friday afternoon a moving bee was held to help George and Murray McDonald move the 300 some' pieces 'from their antique shop down to the complex. Driving pick-ups were Pat Courtney of the 2nd' concession of Huron, Miss. CONTINUED ON. PAGE 15 nursing home in Clarishohn. They , also visited with 'her Son and daughter, namely Dan MacKenzie, .who is on the executive of the Atlantic. Flames, and • Florence, Mrs. Bert Sharp, in, Calgary. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Martyn of Kincardine have ,returned home from Hemet City, California via Calgary where they' visited with Mrs. Donald Douglas. Mrs. Douglas, the former Nellie Scott of the 4tili C-eticessiolid-Huron, is in gr ---Last-Saturdayr4uly-3rd-was the_ FEDERAL PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADER . Reception 8 p.m. -9 p.m. Dancing 10 p.m. - 1 p.m. Monday,. Jolt 190 Orange Shillelagh, Vanastra, Ontario LUNCH PROVIDED Tickets available from local Chairman ADULTS $4.00 ' STUDNTS $2,50 Sponsored by: Huron • Middlesex ,P.C. Federal Association Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wyld of Newmarket were up to Ripley on the weekend. Coming back with them was his grandmother, Mrs. Mynne Wyld who had spent the past few weeks visiting in Weston and Toronto. * * * * * * • Mr. and Mrs. Sim Huber of Lurgan motored to Jackson, Michi- gan for a visit this past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacLean and two sons of Toronto visited with his mother, Mrs. Belle Henry, in Ripley. * * * * * With Miss Florence MacDonald in Ripley were George and Jeannie Marie MacLennan of Agincourt and family - Cathy, Virginia, and Cohn far the Weekend. * * .* * * *. Delegates from Women's Insti- tutes attended the seventh National Convention of the Federated Worn- en's Institutes of-Canada held recently at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They met at the University of P.E.f. fro'm June 20th to 24th. Mrs, Olive Farquharson, World President, a native of England, addressed the some 800 women and, many hnSbands who attended from `across Canada on Sunday evening, June 20th at Confederation Centre. Mrs, A. J. McLean, National President of F.W.I.C., was also present. 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