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Canadian Council of Churches zerged in on Ripley
In the early 1970's the Canadian. Council of
Churches (C.C.C.), in its concern for a grow-
ing trend toward urbanized society, decided
to initiate a program in a rural area to look
intothe problems affecting ruralites.
;Bruce County was decided upon as an
area that might be receptive to such a pro-
ject, The Agricultural Representative at
that time, George. Gear, recommended the
Ripley'area because of its reputation for ac-
tive community involvement in past years.
Therefore, Huron Township was targetted
and in 1973 Rev. Greg Darjes, the C.C.C.
representative, came to Ripley to organize a
group to discuss community needs.
Through the ministers in Ripley at that
time, "Rev. George Ball and Rev. Kenneth
Rooney, about a dozen area couples were
picked to discuss rural issues.
Darjes had come to Ripley with the idea of
organizing the farming community but was.
soon male aware that the Federation of
Agriculture was meeting those needs. The
group directed its discussions toward the
village of Ripley: At that point they were a
group looking for a cause according to
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Cameron McAuley, co-ordinator of the
. Ripley and District Development Group.
It was brought to .the group'sattention
that doctors had inquired about starting up
medical practice in Ripley. The village had
not had a doctor since 1969. They decided to
pursue- this possibility and it became their
major project, the secondary concern being
the need for a dentist.
A committee was formed to study the
possibilty of establishingmedical services
in Ripley. This committee consisted on Reg
Moore, Rev. Kenneth Rooney, Stewart
Needham, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mac-
• Donald.
The committee was advised. that the best
way to attract a doctor and dentist to Ripley
was to build,a medical centre. Early in 1974
plans were completed by the architect and a
contract was signed:
The medical centre was built to facilitate
one.or possibly two doctors and one dentist.
Candidates for the positions came to Ripley
but none decided to set up' practice there. ' It
was rumored at the time that the potential
applicants were not given encouragement
by the Kincardine medical community to
stay in Ripley. Whether this is true or not,
•Ripleyfounditself. with a medical centre but
• no doctor or dentist to practice there.
Although Ripley could not attract a resi-
dent doctor, a solution was reached.
Doctors from Kincardine visit the Medical'
Clinic three afternoons, a week to 'meet the
medical needs of Ripley and area residents.
Doctors Knox, Gergovich,' Boron. and Mann
are the* foul. that work at the clinic. This
solution may even be better than having a
resident doctor because patients have a
choice of doctors. A registered nurse is at
theclinic all week to perform minor medical
care.
A dentist never carne to . Ripley so. the
basement level of the building is rented in-
stead to Huron Township and Ripley coun-
cils.
Reg Moore, formerly from Ripley, now
living in Hanover; is especially credited for
his participation in making the Medical Cen-
tre a reality.
Senior citizens apartments
The idea for another project was initiated
by the Ripley and District Development
Group. The group 'contacted many of the
senior citizens in Ripley to discuss the idea
of senior citizen housing and were met with
a positive response. The growing number of
seniors in the village, especially widows,
warrantedfurther study into the possibility
of providing special housing.
The government picked up on the idea,
resulting in the building of the Huron Villa
senior citizen apartments ' in the mid -
seventies..
. The. Medical Centre and the idea, of hous-
ing for seniors were the Ripley and District
Development Group's major undertakings.
The group had become quitea social thing
for a couple of winters but began toi
disintegrate until a new group formed to
work on a special project — the Ripley -
Huron Complex.
IIPLEY-HURON REUNION '85
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RIPLEY-HURON REUNION '85
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