The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-01-11, Page 17WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1978,
Mr. Stewart MacDonald of
Belmont has retired from' the
teaching profession as of Decem-
ber 31, 1977 after serving for 35
years and four. months. From
°1966 to the present Stewart was
the principal of Willerdale Sehool
there, He and his wife, Winnie -
sister of Mrs. Doris (Clayton)
Nicholson of. Ripley - will continue
to live in their home in Belmont
near London. They ,have three
sons all married, Murray and„Bill
in London and Doug in Belmont
and four gran.children,
On the Wednesday before the
Christmas , closing, Stewart was
honoured at a meeting of the
Middlesex Principal's Association
in the board room with the
presentation of gifts made by Mr.
Gordon Gallagher,.. principal of
Northdale Public School - 'a
beautiful wooden clock bearing
the . Middlesex County Emblem
and also plaques with his name
and 20 years of 'service .in the
county: On the Monday afternoon
following the dress rehearsal of
the school's Christmas Concert
his teachers and students ' pres-,
ented him with a cassette tape,
'recorder and binoculars to show
their appreciation;
An "Open House". gathering is
being considered for a Sunday in
the , spring, possibly April.
Stewart MacDonald is another
of the many from Ripley and
Huron Township who have served
•successfully in the teaching
"prMfession. The eighth concession
of Huron Township between
Ripley ,arid Pine River was home
to . so . many -.,that the writer
hestitates to list them :' -All'' were
graduates of the R.C.S. (the
Ripley Continuation School) and
most then went to Stratford
Normal.
Stewart graduated from Ripley
in 1941 and from Stratford in
1942. For the next two years he
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taught in an one room school in
Greenock Township -.not far from
the Greenock. Swamp, well known
in Ace County. Stewart spent
the next two years on the staff of
the Southanyton Public School
where the 'late Cliff Huston,
another teacher from the 8th, was
principal. They named the .new
school, the G. C, Huston School,
Q in his honour and memory.
In 1946 Stewwart •returned to
Ripley as principal :,- a position
which' he held until moving to
Dorchester in 1958. After being
there from 1958 to 1966, he
moved to his present `school. In
the shift to find rooms for the high
school students following the
burning down of the R.C.S. on
Sunday evening, February 8,
1948, Principal Stewart MacDon-
ald and his classes went over to
the . Knox Presbyterian Church,
Sunday School room and they did
not return home till, Tuesday,
September 5, 1950 when the
rebuilding " of .the R.C.S. was
completed.
Stewart was born and raised on
the family farm, two and a half
blocks west of Ripley on the 8th
concession, where his brother
Dan .A:, wife .Sheila, and ,family
now live. His mother,' Mrs. May
MacDonald, lives in 'her own
home on Tain Street here
following her retirement from' the
farm. Her . home is the second
house 'e'ast of the Ripley Medical
Centre. His brother Rod with his
wife Audrey also ;resides in Ripley
where he is employed by ,the..
Pollock: Electric firm and has also'
served forseveral years on the
Ripley council.
.Then everyone R,who \' has .lived
here for some time knows all or
.some of Stewart's five sisters
Donalda (Mrs. Lloyd MacDonald)
of Goderich, , Isabel (Mrs. Jim
Brooks) of Ripley,; Helen (Mrs.
Bill McCreath) of Ripley Royal
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Bank staff, Evelyn (Mrs. Mac
MacKenzie,, of the Bruce Ilan,
Kincardine, and Jean (Mrs.
Carrick Coiling) of Reid's Corners
and on the Kincardine Hospital
Staff. These five , MacDonald
sisters formed half of the Ripley
Flyers Softball "team, winners of
the Western • • Ontario Athletic
Association trophy back in 1945 in
thatylamous game with Hanover
played in Wingham and then they
won over Stratford in. Ripley
afterwards. All, Ripley and Huron
Township, folks wish Stewart and
Winnie well at this time of his
retirement.
This writer thinks that Stewart
MacDonald, ranks right up there
with Ben 'Ruffle of Kincardine
when it comes to popularity in•
Ripley. Best wishes Stewart on
your retirement: By the way other
Ripleyites in Belmont include Mr.
and Mrs. Dori Willsie, the former
Etta Lane and that ever busy
busy
Charlie Baker also now retired.
On Tuesday, January 3, ` 1978,
Mrs. Eileen Nesbitt. of Huron
Villa Was taken by ambulance to
Kincardine and District Hospital
for treatment of pneumonia
.condition reportedly., Remember-
ing back to Tuesday, it was one of
those reap` wintry days wita'„
blowing snow making road con
tions so bad that not even t
buses were running.
*
Mrs. Donald Anderson of
Waterford, Ontario,' spent the
New Year's' week with • her
'mother, Mrs: W. J. Mackay, at
Huron Villa in . Ripley: .Th'ey
entertained the .Mackay family at
New Year's dinner at Huron Villa.
* *.* *. *.*.
Neighbours of Mrs. Nelle
MacLeod .-in Ripley gathered 'at
the homeof Mrs. Adeline Hackett
to honur herbn the occasion of
her '80th birthday, . January 5,
1978. After a short program,, Mrs.
Erma McDonald read the address
and Mrs. Dorothy Brooks pres-
ented Nellie with a hanging
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planter and plant anda birthday
cup and saucer.
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The March of Dimes; is pin- -
again sponsored this .year by the
ladiesof the Ripley' Huron Legion
Auxiliary in this • area. The
campaign chairman for the drive
is Mrs. Nadine (Bill) Danforth of
Point Clark, 'past president, and
assisting Nadine is the president,
Mrs. Barbara (Don) Paquette of
the fourth concession of Huron
Township and a team of ten
volunteer canvassers. The auxil-
iary had their,first meeting of the
year Thursday eveni in the
Ripley Huron Legion all. All
money raised ii Ono io goes to
provide a wide variety of services
such as wheel .chairs, braces,
respirators, artificial . limbs and
other support items forphysically
disabled men and women in need.
Another thing is camping holi-
days for ' "shut-ins" . .
* ,* * * * *
As secretary of the Ripley
Huron Fa11 Fair this writer- just I
received a copy of . the January
,1918 edition of C.A.E. a
newspaper covering Fairs and
Exhibitions across Canada. Fran -
.the assistant here - right , away
spotted an interesting item. Page
two featured snapshots of the
1977 Canadian Fall Fairs.conven-
tion held in Regina in November.
...These pictures were clear and
well, taken, the most eye catching
one was the: picture of the newly
elected president of the Canadian
Agriculture Exhibitions, Howard
Tate: There he was standing knee
deep in straw bedding and
munching away: You see he is big
a ton sized Charolais bull:
Perhaps this starts a new trend
.but reading on in the" paper it
seems that Howard Tate and' the
big Charolais are not one and the
same. What a. let down.
Mrs: Sarah Ann Mclvor of 2824
- 35th , Street, S. W: in Calgary,
Alberta, passed away on, Thurs-
day before Christmas .at her
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home. She was the former Sarah
,Ann McLay, born and raised on
lot 26 ' concession 7 Huron
Township, , two blocks west of
Ripley. Her sisters are Mrs. Belle
Henry of Huron Villa and Mrs.
May MacDonald of Tain Street
both in Ripley. She was in her
98th year. She left Ripley in 19Q9
for. Calgary and bad resided there
ever since'. She was a member of
Knox United Church and Rev. A.
E. Morrison officiated at the.
funeral service held on Tuesday
after Boxing Day at the Elydens
Chapel of Remembrance - with
interment in Queen Park Cemet-
ery.
.,the was 'predeceased by her
husband in 1942 and a son John in
1965. She is survived by five sons
and five daughters. They are
George and ' Ted 'of Santiago,
California; Kenneth of Edmoner
ton, Alberta; . Albert .of Calgary;
Harold of Comair, Alberta; Mrs.
W. E. (Mary) Broadley and Mrs.
Jack (Agnes) Barnes of Victoria,
B,C,; Mrs. 1 . (EsIine) Lambert of
Vancouver; Mrs. E. H. (Dorothy)
Abele of Edmonton, :and Miss
Bernice Mclvor of ' Calgary; also
22 grandchildren, 2? great grand-
children and her two sisters here
in Ripley, Mrs. Henry and Mrs.
MacDonald and a first cousin,
Mrs. Francis (Margaret) Gem-
mell of Ripley survive. The home
of the McLay families is the one
where, Mr. ' and Mrs. Pete
Guikema: and family now live. '
Thanks to Mrs. Martha Mclvor
of Ripley for this information.
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Miss Katie Sutherland of
London and formerly of the sixth'
Concession of Huron Township
has been. visiting her sister
Dorothy and husband - Mr. and
'Mrs. D. A. MacLennan in
Lochalsh and her sisfer-in-law
Mrs. Effie Sutherland in Ripley.
* ***-**
Mr. and Mrs. Francis•Gemmell
of Ripley spent Christmas with
Anne and Ken Smith in Kitchen-
er. Frank and Marny Gemmell of
Brampton visited there also. The
following week they visited Kath-
erine and Frank Inksater in Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greenwood
and •sons visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Harald Watson in Durham.
* * * * *'• *
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lowry
visited with their daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
.MacKenzie and family in Orange-
, ville, 1
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Mrs. Gladys Mason visited in
London with her daughter Reta
and husband Roy Webster.
St. Andrew's United Church
members were delighted to have
• Kathy Lemon and Bruce Aitken,
and the young 'people from the
first United Waterloo Church
conduct their morning service.
* . * *A .,* * *
Mr. and Mts. Bob Liddle,
Gimbley, Manitoba visited with
his 'mother Mrs. Florence Liddle
on their way back home; also
Minnie and Anne fiddle, Oakville
visited with her.
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