The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-02-06, Page 5Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 6, 1985 --Page 5
The plaint of a Rural Correspondent•
Last week when the weather was so
miserable and allthe major roads in the.
area were closed for two or three days, it
was evident people were at home so I did -
not write my column.
This week.1 would like to give you a
poem that was printed in the magazine
"Farm Women" January 1985 issue. It
was written by a librarian Violet Moore of
Montezuma, Georgia.
The Plaint of a Rural Correspondent
A tractor's run into a pond,.
a dog has treed a coon,
And something like a saucer
has sailed athwart the moon.
The rest can stay and greet the day,
to shake the hand and frown,
But the rural correspondence must go
home and write it down.
They bring her eggs with prophecies
embossed upon the shell,
Three-legged chicks and other tricks
too marvelous to tell,
And when the partys at its height
and wassails flowing, yup!
The rural correspondent must go home
and write it up.
The F.B. had a B.B.Q.,
the G.C. had a T-
(1 wish I could 'decipher the notes
I write to me).
The other girls may f linger
' to savor cake and cup
But the rural correspondent must
to home and write it tip..
The bride is swathed in. peau-de-soie,
LOCHALSH.
by Kae Webster
but no one else must spell it,
The graduation speakers fine,
but only she must tell it.
The circus comes, the populace
may stay to see the clown -
But the rural correspondent
must go home and write it down.
Yes, the rural correspondent labors
lovingly and long -
Yet the only things she hears of is
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Lucknow man wins hospital lottery draw
Bob Finlay of Lucknow was the lucky
winner of the second draw for $1000 in the
Wingham and District 'Hospital .Building
Fund Lottery. Four draws of $100m -each
remain with the next draw February 28.
The grand prize draw for a 1985 Ford
Tempo will be made June 20.
Dorothy and Jim Bain have returned
from a week's vacation in the Barbados,
getting a good tan to start , the warm
weather. -
Olive Blake of Lucknow is a patient at the
Wingham and District Hospital.
Sheila. Smith of Sarnia spent the week-
end with her brother, H. Barry Haldenby
and his wife, Marie, 2nd family.
Vi Fowler of Strathroy visited over the
weekend at the Button home:
Barb Ross has started a .new position at
Armstrong Bake Shop.
Ken and Karen Johnstone and girls have
moved into the former Bill Crump home on
Stauffer Street.
Ray Guay is in London writing his exams
for his plumbing andheating license.
Nancy Quinn spent Sunday and Monday
visiting with her mother and father, Joyce
and Harold Quinn of Kincardine.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Stanley have left for a
vacation in Florida.
Bob Purves, Brenda Lippert and friend,
Claire Sterner, DWI and Veronica Fraser
and family and Geraldine and Mike
Schlosser spent Sunday with Ernie and Pat
Good: and girls of Goderich.
LUCKNOW NEWS
by Geraldine Schlosser
Robert Loree, son of Austin and Mildred
Loree, Lucknow, has been admitted to
partnership with Ward and Uptigrove,
Listowel.
Amy and Angela Houston, Pike Lake
Road, Harriston visited over the weekend
with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart Farrell, at Kincardine and with
Elsie Houston, in Lucknow. Elsie took the
girls home Sundayand remained for a few
days at Harriston.
Ripley Huron '85 reunion coming in August
With the Ripley Huron '85 Reunion coming
this August most folks in this area are think~
ing about their.families and relatives. John
Ferguson now living in Point Clark thinks
that perhaps they have something unique in
this regard: It is that there are seven
members of the family of the late Mr. and
Mrs: John Ferguson Sr. - "All living and all members receiving the Old Age Security
getting the Old Age Pension".
They are as follows: 1. Nan - Mrs. Roy
Geddes of Kincardine, 2. Bill Ferguson in
Lucknow, 3. John .Ferguson at Point Clark,
4. Evelyn, Mrs. Ed Pitts at Mattawa, 5. An-
nie, Wt.
nnie,,Mrs. Leonard Irwin in Ripley, 6..Lester
Ferguson on the . 6th , concession' west in
Huron Twp., 7. Wilda, Mrs. Wilmer. MacKay
in Kincafrdine.
This is quite a record and thought to be
worthy of mention. Does anyone know. of an
equal. or greater number in' one family "all
RIPLEY
by Ab Wylds
Pensions"
•
On Monday evening, Jan. 28, '85, last week
the Ripley Agricultural Society held their
annual meeting upstairs in the Huron
Township Hall m Ripley. It started with a
potluck supper attended by 34 people. After
the meal was over the business at hand
began.
MARIE LOWRY
The news of the sudden death of Mrs.
Marie (Jim) Lowry was a shock to the folks
in the Ripley area. It occurred in theKincar-
Lucknow and District
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dine and 'District' Hospital last Friday after-
noon, February 1, 1985, due to a heart at-
tack. On December 18, just one week before
this past Christmas her husband Jim died in
Kincardine Hospital. Earlier in the day last
Friday her brother John C. MacDonald had
driven her to the hospital for checking and
she was kept there. A private family funeral
service was conducted by Rev. Hugh
Nugent on Sunday afternoon Feb. 3 and spr-
ing burial will bey in the Ripley Cemetery.
Visitation was held on Saturday at the
MacKenzie McCreath Funeral Home in
Ripley.
In her 74th year Marie Isabel, daughter of
Donald MacDonald and Margaret MacKin-
non, she was, born on Aug. 25, 1911. She is
survived by two sons Don of Agincourt and
Randy of Woodstock; and one daughter
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Wayne Peter Murray of R.R. No. 1
.Holyrood and Judith Ann Hallam of R.R.
No. 4 Kincardine were married at St.
Mary's 'Roman Catholic Church in
Lucknow on September 8th, 1984 at
4:30 p.m. Father `Ed Dentinger
officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Fred Hallam of R.R. No. 4 Kincardine
and the groom's parents are Mr. d. Mrs.
Charles Murray of R.R. No. 1 Holyrood.
Linda Hallam, sister of the bride, was
maid of honour. Paul Murray. brother of
the groom, was best man. Grant
Murray, brother . of the groom and
Steven Hallam, brother of the bride,
were the ushers. A reception followed
at the. Ripley -Huron Community Centre.
The couple enjoyed a honeymoon to
Niagara Falls before taking up
residence at R.R. No. 4 Kincardine.
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Board of Trade & Mercantile Exchange
THURSDAY, MARCH
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Evening banquet - Presentation with Merrill .Lynch Marketing Analyst. .
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