The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-01-18, Page 23v.
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Last Saturday was a real
activity day in Ripley. Starting in
the , morning caretalter Ham
MacKinnon had thesmoke com-
ing out of the chimney as he was
warming up the Huron Township
Hall presumably for the upholst
ering class• held oh Saturds.
Over at the Ripley Huron Legion
hall caretaker Rob; Love had
things ready for the meeting -with
Miss Barbara de Visscher, home
economist of the Bruce County
Agricultural staff in Walkerton.
Down at the complex the Bruce
County Junior Farmers were
hosts to seven neighbouring
Junior Farmer County groups and
Helen Grubb and family had
everything ready. Then at the
north end of Ripley there was a
big bonspiel in the Ripley Curling
Arena. Then on ,Saturday evening
the Junior Farmer groups togeth-
er enjoyed themselves at . a• big
THE ZUCKNOW SENTI$EL, ' IVCKNOW, QNTARIQ
This Week in
dance in the auditorium of the
- complex.
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Also on Saturday the Ripley
Boy' Scouts with leaders Wilfred
Gamble and John Hawrylyshyn
canvassed the "village, house by
house, in their bottle drive.
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Well. Monday and Tuesday of
last week, January 9 and 10, 1978'
will be remembered as two of the
stormiest ' winter days in a long
time. Monday was real bad for
driving and Tuesday was just
impossible .with snow drifts
across all north -south roads. One
could hardly walk outside. .So
everybody around . Ripley was
staying "put". . .
On Monday about five -minutes
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of so before six, the. street lights
went out and'it looked like 'a cold
black night • ahead. for Ripley
isolated from the rest of the world.
with no cars on the roads. Also
the hydro was offin, a section of
Ripley. Clerk Bill McCreath made.
a call for help to Kincardine
P.U.C.. It was received by
Workmen John Adams and Earl
Kay coming for supper time.
They ° took off for the long arid
seemingly impossible ten miles
down. 21 Highway to. Pine River
and into:Ripley. The trip took one
hour and a half. It was found that
the Ontario Hydro at Pine, ' River
had dropped a phase. Coming
into Ripley about eight it seemed
unbelievable that ' it had ; been
possible for them to make it and
their truck driving down, Ripley's
blacked out .:main ..street was a
welcome _ sight. it was xieeessary_._
to open all . the main switches to
the different circuits and connect
into use the .former main feeder
line from Holyrood and .then go
hack to all the different sections
of Ripley to Close the switches,:,
one by one, and hence avoid
instantoverloading all at once.
This is quite technical even to this
writer who once;, specialized in
electricity at Western University.
However.. it. • would be very
dangerous to •the men and the
complete system if it was not
done this way. The job completed
John. Adams and Earl Kay: made
their way back . through those
awful.road conditions in the same
time as corning over. The sincere
thanks of the people of Ripley
goes . to John Adams. and Earl'
Kay.
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With the hydro off most people
in Ripley went to bed with extra.
blankets expecting a longcold
night. Mr. and Mrs. Redvers
Johnson went to the home of her
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence, Hedley, , just north of
Kenny MacDonald. 'They were
there unable to get home on
Tuesday. On Wednesday morn -
g neighbour Wilfred Gamble
drove them home. Redvers says
that it was the first time to, be •
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WEI, IMESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1978
storm stayed less;than two blocks
from home. And that shows how
fierce the storm, sweeping West-
ern, Ontario last Tuesday really
was. .
Another thing really appreciat-
ed" at such tine wat the two
grocery stores in Ripley - Mrs.
Grace, Carruthers' . store at the
south end and Carl Brennan's at
the north end. And no doubt the
Holyrood Store, Bob McNay's at
Amberley, , and Gordon Camer-
on's at Pine River were similarily
appreciated by those needing
groceries. It was very hard even
to walk a couple of blocks last
Tuesday morning.
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Sympathy of the „folks in this
area goes ..to Mrs. Glen . Huston
and family of the 8th concession
of Huron Township on the
passing of her father this past
week. The funeral service was
held =in: Lucknow .on Monday
afternoon with interment in
Dungannon Cemetery.
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Miss Shirley McCreath is
assisting at the Pollock- •,Electric
firm as a bookkeeper.
The writer wishes to say that
Mrs. Martha McIvor pnly sup-
plied part of the informatipn in
last week's account of the death
of Mrs, Sarah Ann Mclvor of
Calgary.
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Mrs. Frances Elliott of Ripley
left last week for a holiday in
Arizona.
On Sunday Redvers Johnson
discovered • water coming up on
own ' lawn and that of his
neighbour Dick Ediiiinston. It is
thought that it' is coming from. a
era -CID -in the. village .water main.'
Village foreman Dco Peterbaugh
was 'notified and . he got ' Bill
Kemptoi to come in • from:
Amberley. Digging was done by
the le;k is not yet discovered.
Ripley District School
SECONDARY NEWS
R.D.S. STUDENTS SMILE
AFTER A. LONG WEEKEND
On Thursday. morning, January
12, ,,,,when the students of Ripley'
returned to school, the ..photogra-
pler was ready to otake the annual
yearbook. pictures. The various
pictures included school teams,'
clubs and Levels I III. The Grade
12 students are hard at .work to
make this year's book an interest-
ing one.
On Thursday afternoon the
Chesley junior girls'. basketball
team came to R.D.S. The Ripley
girls put up a good fight buts k st '.
the game' with a score. of 37-31. A
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Better luck next time girls!
On Friday, .January ,13 'the'
Environmental Science class of
R.D.S. left for an overnight trip to
the Outdoor Education . Centre
near Wiarton. Once settled in
their dormatories. - they were
filled in oti duties and responsibil-
ities and then on snow, hoeing.
They then set out for a -/two hour
hike on snowshoes by Spry Lake.
After a rest, they enjoyed a hot
supper "Fond later attended a
session on• orienteering. Bright\
and early Saturday morning the
students rose and prepared
breakfast. After giving the orien-
teering course their best effort,
they set out for Ripley.
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Here comes a shower
And right here am 1
Stuck with my washing
All ready to dry:
But, instead of enjoying
A modern dryer,
My best is the sun
And a long strand of whet
To think 1 missed out
On the, dryer .she had
Because 1 failed to notice
Her Classified 6dl
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