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tvclmow Sentinel, Wednesday, Aprll 14, 1982—Pq 10
Ripley firemen answer three calls in one day
By. Ab WyIds
The' fire whistle sounded
last Wednesda ► at four lathe
moming, April 7. Itwas an
early cold turn out for the
Ripley firemen as they took
their�rfire engine and
the watertankertruck down
to the Point Clark area.
Down there Mrs. Rick
McGillivray was awakened
her dog to find the stove
on fire. With her
daway at work she
made her way to the nearby
home of Harvey McGillivray
and when they returned they
could not enter the house for
the flames. The home was
destroyed: The firemen were
able to save the house near
it.
In the battle . Donnie
Peterbaugh and Bernie
Twolen using the tank truck
drew several.lostds of water.
from the Ripley reservoir
adjacent tothe firehalll. With
this water theywere able to
keep the, neighbouring house
from being destroyed.
although it had a damaged
exterior °.siding according to
arts.
pley firemen responding
to this early call were fire
chief Ivan Cook, John Dodds,
George McLean, Donnie
Peterbaugh, , Bob Johnston,
Ray Fuller, Harvey Pollock,
Doug Martyn, Brian Pollock,
Bernie Twolen, Roddie
MacDonald, Clarence
Pollock, and Jack Scott.
They were back to. Ripley at
e morning.r and two -thirty
last
Wednesday afternoon the
fire whistle in Ripley was
again blowing. Shortly the
two fire trucks were headed
out the 15th north. The fire
call was to the work shop of
Bill Peterbaugh. Bill was,
on a tractorowned
by�Me , Dahmer when it
caught fire.,
this call were.
Ivan Dodds, Ray
Fuller, Harvey Pollock,
Brian Pollock, Rod
MacDonald, Doug Martyn,
and George McLean. The
fire was extinguished.
Well, believe it or not!
Ripley fire whistle sounded
for the third time at eleven
fifteen on Wednesday night.
Yes, Ripley firemen had a
record three calls in the
same day for the bat trick as.
they say in hockey. It was
four in the Morning when
• they got home. So they were
out from four Wed. morning
till four the next morning
with . two , breaks between
calls. There was the full
moon still shining in the
clear cold sky.
This third time the two
trucks rounded the old .bank.
corner here and headed west
on ; the 8th concession. The
call was to Blair's Grove
down the upper Lakeshore
road south of the 6th con-
cession and down the hill.
Here another cottage home
was destroyed. The fire
reported to be from `a bur-
ning mattress. However, this
is not certain. The names of
the two young 'men in this
cottage were ' not known to
the firemen.
Answering this third call
were Bob. Johnston, Jack
Scott, Harvey Pollock, Ray
Fuller, Doug Martyn, Rod
MacDonald, Donnie
Peterbaugh, George
McLean, Clarence Pollock,
Ivan Cook, and Brian
Pollock. Along with . these
were four extra volunteers
namely Doug MacDonald,
Wayne McLean, Barry
Cliffe, and Wayne Nixon.
The score on Last Wed•
nesday was a tie . – two
cottage homes lost and a
cottage and workshop saved.
inlay MacLennan reports
that the Ripley Midgets won.
the W.O.A.A. Midget D
trophy for the second con-
secutive year when they won
over the Elma Logan team in
•three straight games.
Recently Mrs. W.J.
MacKay of Huron Villa in
Ripley received word of the
death of her nephew, Rev. R.
Allan Minor in TbnderBay.
Mr. Minor died on Wed-
nesday, March 24, 1982 in
Westmount Hospital after a
lengtlw illness. Born
Regina on Tuesday, January
29, 1907 he was a:son of the
late Harold and Edith Minor.
He attended schools in
R4ria , then St. Andrews
College in . Saskatoon and
was ordained a United
Church minister in 1932. He
and his wife the former Miss
Effice Tacher moved to Fort
William ;taking over the.
Knox United Church until
• illness forced his
resignation. His wife
predeceased him in July,
1975. -
Surviving are his daughter
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Gorey, two brothers Thomas
of Calgary and Douglas of
► two sisters Edith
Greg Grassick) of
and Alice (Mrs.
(Rev.) S.J. Gibson) of
Montreal. Services were
conducted in Knox United
Church, Thunder Bay where
heministered since 1952.
Attending from a distance
were his brother �glas
and sisters. Edith and a ce.
Interment was in Sunset
Memorial Gardens at
Thunder. Bay.
Today Wednesday, April
14 the Bruce County
Regional Science Fair is
being held in Ripley. Student
projects will be on dby in
three different b
namely the Ripley Huron
Community Centre Com-
plex, the Huron Township
hall, and the auditorium of
the Ripley District School.
Vice-principal George
Armstrong is the chairman
of the committee in charge of
the fair. Exhibits will be
open to public viewing from 4
p.m. to 7:80 p.m.
With the retirment of Don
Me Lay at the end of last
Thursday afternoon,. (5 p.m.
April 8) Mrs. Margaret
Thompson was named acting
post master at the Ripley
Post Office with Mrs. Lois
Irwin as ' assistant post-
master.
ostmaster. Both Marg and Lois
are residents of the north
east or .William .Street
suburb of Ripley.
The death of 'Miss Annie
MacDonald of Bendale Acres
Home on. Sheppard Avenue
in
Toronto occurred last.
Frid , ' April 9, 1982 in
Scarborough General.
Hospital. The funeral service
conducted by Rev. Bob
Putman of Pine River and
Bethel United Churches was
held on Monday morning of
this week. April 12 at the
MacKenzie McCreath
Funeral Home in Ripley.
Interment will be in the
family plot in Ripley
Cemetery.
She was in her 87th year.
Born on Tuesday, December
24, 1895 on the 8th eon -
cession, lot 19, west of Ripley
her parents were the late
Angus . MacDonald and
Isabella MacLennan.
Predeceased by two sisters
and five brothers, she was
the last sowing member of
that . family. Annie was a
retired school teacher and
business secretary. In her
early years she would return
at summer holidays to the
family farm to help
mother and father illnd
brother Dan (D.J.) The
sympathy of Ripley area
folks goes to all family
relatives at this time of
bereavement.
Mrs. Dianne (Brad)
• Rotteau of Amberley called
to say that the Point Clark
Kinsmenre holding a
benefit dance for Rick and
Debbie ' McGillivray on
Saturday night April 17. It
will be in the Ripley Huron
Community Centre Complex
from nine to one with
everyone invited Mr. and -
Mrs.' McGillivray lost their
home at Point Clark to fire
early Wednesday morning
April 7,
Carson and Eileen Brook
and daughter • Amberley of
Fort St. John, British
Columbia visited last wee
with his parents Jinn and
Isabel Brook in Ripley. Then
last weekend they visited his
sister Barbara and her
husband Allan Brown on
Duplex Avenue in Toronto
before returning home.
Dave Huber of Fanshawe
College in London was home
for Easter visiting his
parents . Jerry and Anne
Huber in Ripley,
Jim. Moirier of Ripley was ,
transferred. by ambulance
from Kincardine and
District Hospital to the Owen
Sound. General and Marine
Hospital a . week ago for
further treatment.
Norm and Mable Barnard
spent Easter Sunday in
Kincardine with their
daughter : Shirley and
Michael' Burnham for .a
sumptuous dinner. . Also
attending was their family
including their two grand-
children - wha are Mabel's
and Norm's great-
grandchildren. •
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her lips uptight, you may
depend on it she is going
to bite. - J.J. Proctor, The'
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