The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-02-18, Page 17y's winter
Last week from the even -
thoof Friday . the 13th
ugh Saturday the 14th of
February itwas the first
"Rtipley's Valentine
Weekend a community
winter festival. It started on
Friday evening with the
Lions Ice Carnival in the
Complex classes in racing
and costumes. Bill Kenyston
says that there were more
entries in theseclasses than
there were at last year's car-
nival.
arnival. All thember ,l of the
cons ittees in charge were
happy with the carnival;
On Saturday morning, it
was Brunch Time upstairs in
the Auditorium in .the Com-
plex. Here they estimate
that chief chef Cecil Sutton
and his helpers fed 500 with
delicious pancakes,
sausages and other goodies.
Then at. noon Rick Smith of
the Sixth Concession brought
in .his tractor and wagon to
give the girls and boys a
hayride down the Eighth
Concession . block west of
Ripley. The children thenen-
joyed . a couple .of fun filled
hours riding their toboggans
down the hills. They say that
they never saw so many on
the hill at one . time. It would
be somewhat like . looking
down the 8th on a nice Sun-
day in the first years of Knox
Presbyterian church when
whole families would ' walk
into the, service.
Reports told of the 8th be-
ing "black with people" -
well that is how the hill look-
ed like last Saturday after-
noon„
fternoon. Jason Fludder
reported that it was out :at
sth,
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Harvey's. That would be the Generally when 'an event is • 1
Brooks place - the former over the folks in charge are
Angus " Beacbn Mac- . too tired. to report or else
Donald farm on the south
side of the 8th right across
from Mac MacKenzie's tree
farm. Here the sloping hills
on this pasture.farm are well
shorted for the toboggan runs
and they had an enjoyable
time.
Operator of the . Sports
Cove in Kincardine Harold
Mauer provided ten . pair of
skis which made it possible
for many to have a try at
cross country skiing and
there was a good turn.
Indoors once . again in the
auditorium there were six
tables of progressive euchre
with Mr, and Mrs. Perrin
Lowry of the Lurgan hilltop
farm and. Mr. and Mrs. Len
Ehnes I also of the Point
Clarkatea.
Nine riders, with ' their
snowmobile took part in the
snowmobile slalom. 0 Here
their covered, one at a time,
a marked course from the
ball diamond out to the
railway track and 'around.
The winner was Jeff Stanley,
son of Delbert and Jewel
Stanley of Ripley.
The weekend finished: with
a Saturday night dance in
the Complex auditorium
with a real good crowd in at-
tendance. John Gamble ex-
presses a special thanks to
all those people who helped
make Ripley's first snow
festival a success. He feels
that the weather also was
ideal. And Ab Wylds says
thanks to John for calling in
a report on • the event.
forget.
Celebrates
birthday
Ambrose and • Marion
Gamble of Ripley visited
with his Uncle Wilfred Gam-
ble Sr. in London last Satur
day: He was celebrating his
86th'birthday on Valentine's
day. Also there forthe occa-
sion was sister Mrs. Garton
of Leamington.. 0
Wilfred, a veteran of • the
First World War,
remembers Ripley back in
the early twenties when it
was a booming village - two
hotels, three garages, and
sidewalks crowded with peo-
ple on thee. open , Wednesday
and . Saturday nights. Also
thenthe flax mill, now long
gone, was " in operation at
that time. Mr. Gamble has
resided in a Senior. Citizen
Home in South London for
several years. Ripley folks
wish Wilfred Gamble the
best on his Valentine birth-
day and may he have many
more.
Here on vacation
On Mondlay of this week
Don and Anne McCosh of
Ripley motored down to
Toronto airport. There they
met their daughter Mary
Anne and her husband Mike
Kukoly who flew to Toronto
from Kitimat, : British Col
tunbia. They will be hereon
a two week vacation.
Mrs. Reta Irwin of Ripley
is visiting in Toronto with
her daughter Marita and her.
husband Dr. McLean. .
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SUNWO
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WALLPA PER
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This week in
Ripley
Last Thurs., Feb. 12 two
travel buses from Hanover
took senior citizens from the
areas at Hanover, Walker-
ton; Ripley and Goderich to
Toronto to see the "live"
stage' performance of the
"Sound of !Music". One; bus
called at the Ripley Post Of-
fice around two in the after-
noon and picked up 14 per.
sons. They went to the
Limelight Theatre
Restaurant oronge Street
North near Eglinton Avenue
in Toronto.
Those attending, from the
Ripley area were Mary
(J.A.) McDonald, Elizabeth
Fair, Reg Moore, Don and
Alma , Gillies,' Verna
Finlayson, Zilla Hedley;
Florence: Kirkpatrick,
Margaret. Scott, Mr. and
Mrs. Art Smeltzer, Grace
Murray, ' Evelyn • Johnson'
and Merle Tout. They arriv-
ed back at Ripley Post Office
at three Friday morning.
Quilting bee
Mrs. Marjorie Reid enter-
tained ladies for. a quilting
bee to raise money for the
Auxiliary.
Funeral held
On Tuesday last week Feb.
10, 1981, Frank Emerson of
the Boundary Road anda
block north of Purple Grove
Corner: in Huron township,
died in Kincardine and
District. Hospital where he
had been a patient for
several weeks. Frank was in
his 87th year.
The funeral service was
held on Friday afternoon at
the MacKenzie McCreath
Funeral Home in Ripley.
Spring interment ' will be in
Kincardine Cemetery.
S'drviving are his sister
Geraldineand brother. Joe
who resided on the home
farm with him in the north'
east part of Hurontownship
and also brother George of
Purple Grove ' who now
resides in Brucelea Haven in
Walkerton, also'nephews Dr.
Jim . Emerson and Bob
Emerson. To all the ,family
relatives sympathy is ex-
tended atthis time of
bereavement.
Passed away
Last Thursday , evening
Mrs. Utha (Lot) Culbert of
Huronvilla in Ripley phoned
Mrs. Marion McTavish to
give her the news . of ..the
death of her aunt Mrs.
George Davis. She died on
Jan. 10 after being a patient
for a couple of days in the
Weston Memorial Hospital.
The former Amanda or
"Sammy" Morgan, she had
resided in Central Park
Lodge at 303 Queen :Street,
Toronto. Mrs. Culbert was
visiting her sister Mrs. Best
who resides at the . same
Lodge. Also residing there
is, or was, Lorne Eiler who
was raised by his, grand-
mother in the Commercial
Hotel= which is George
McLean's store. Lorne at-
tended
ttended both schools in Ripley
and fought in the trenches in
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