The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-03-22, Page 26Page 26- Lucknow Sentipel,. • Wednesday, March 22, 1978
This Week in Ripley
This past week end Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Forrester returned to
their home on Malcolm Street
after a winter visit in the San
Francisco area in California. They
visited with their son, Glen, at
• Norgan Hill nearby. While there
Elsie and Ossie took a week's bus
tour to the south part and after
the bus parked for the night, they
found next morning they were
knee deep or wheel deep in flood
water r a very rare occurrence in
California. Everyone is glad to
welcome them home and hope by
this time they are again getting
used to the snow and ice still
around Ripley. They arrived late
on Friday and everyone was glad
to meet Ossie upstreet Saturday
morning.
On Friday evening, March 17,
- St. Patrick's Day, the wedding
dance was held in the Ripley High
School auditorium for Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Eadie. Mrs. Eadie
is Anne Ferguson, elder daughter
of Lester and Audrey Ferguson of
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the sixth concession went in
Huron Township.
With so many places now
available for winter vacations the
writer made two errors in these
sun fun spots last week namely,
Harold, Tena, Allan, and Wanda
May Wyld were in the Bahamas,
The three girls, Christie Messen-
ger of Reid's Corners, and Donna
and Denise Huber of Ripley are in
Hawaii for the winter break. The
mistakes were unintentional and
it , is hoped that everyone had a
good time.
Graham Cook is back home
again. Last Friday his wife, Mary,
brought him back from St.
Joseph's Hospital. On the previ-
ous Friday, March 10, Graham
underwent surgery. Ripley area
friends wish Graham continued
recovery.
Early last week Mrs. Wm. J..
Arnold of Ripley entered St.
Joseph's Hospital in London.
Later in the week Gladys under-
went surgery. Area folks send
BY AB WYLDS
best wishes for her recovery. She
is presently a patient there.
Mrs. Katherine Coiling of
Ripley reports another sign of the
coming spring, despite the week-
end's blustery raw weather. She
was able to see her snowdrops in
bloom as early -as • March 8.
'Recent visitors with Mrs. Coiling
were a sister of her late husband,
Mrs, Freda Haines, and her
daughter, Mrs. John McIntosh of
Wingham.
The March meeting of the
Ripley Agricultural Society was
held on Monday evening of last
week with president, Jack Farrell,
in charge. In attendance were
Bob Osborne, Mrs. Janet Farrell,
Mrs. Sheila MacDonald, Mrs.
Frances Godfrey, Dorothy and
Russ Brooks, Keith van der Hoek;
John Gamble, Wes Smith, Hugh
Mason, Gordon Patterson, Mor-
ley Scott, and Cecil Sutton; also
Allan Gamble of the Complex
Board. Treasurer Mrs. Dorothy
Brooks` -gave the financial report
to date and secretary Ab-Wylds
read the correspondence receiv-
ed. Delegates to the Ontario
convention held in February in
the Royal York Hotel in Toronto
gave reports on different parts of
the convention. They were Fran-
ces Qodfrey, Sheila MacDonald,
Janet Farrell, Keith van der
Hoek, , Cecil Sutton and Jack
Farrell. Further plans were made
for the fair on Saturday, Septem-
ber 30. All 4-H club leaders for
the Ripley -Huron fair are invited
to attend the next monthly
meeting on April 10th, 8.30 p.m.
William Robertson was up .from
Toronto visiting with his brother
Bobby and .with friends in the
area. This was the first time for
Bill for the winter..,
After spending several weeks
of this lengthy winter on vacation
in sunny Arizona, Mrs. Frances
Elliott and Mrs. Effie Sutherland
returned home about the middle
of last week. During their
vacation they met with other folks
who were also in Arizona from
this area.
About five minutes before the
noon hour last Wednesday, the
first whistle sounded in Ripley.
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When firemen such as Doug
Liddle, Donnie, Peterbaugh, Joe
Hodgins, and others hustled to
the firehall, out came both the fire
engine and pumper truck and
headed south on the fifteenth
from Ripley, They were on their
way to Point Clark. A fire caused
by grease splattering and catch-
ing fire and flaming to the ceiling
in the kitchen.
The 4-H Agricultural clubs are
in full swing for 1978. Boys and
girls between the ages of 12 and
20 years as of January lst, 1978
are needed. The,._organizational
meeting for this area will be held
in the Kincardine Township -Tiv-
erton School at 8.30 pan. on
Tuesday, March .28. At that time
the following clubs will organize -
grain, horse, beef and, dairy.
Folks in this area are glad to
learn that Donald Mason of
Kincardine, who had surgery in
Victoria Hospital, London on
Monday of last week, is getting
along satisfactorily. His wife,
Annie, who has been staying
down in , London, was able to
return home this past weekend.'
"Don and Annie, being former
residents of Ripley, are well
known here and best wishes for
Don's successful recovery is
extended.. Also Annie brought
back the news, a former native of
Huron Township and former
resident of Ripley, Reid Morgan,
is /a patient in Vic Hospital,
undergoing surgical treatment.
Best wishes also go to Reid at this
time.
Mrs. Eileen Carter had several
ladies at a quilting party last
week.
Jim Scott and Bill Tranter and
friends are on a skiing trip to
Utah.
Mrs. Mary Worthington ; re-
turned home from St. Joseph's
Hospital,' London last weekend
where she had undergone surg-
ery. Friends wish, her continued'
recovery.
Last Thursday Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Brooks, Mrs. May MacDon-
ald and Mr. Ross Willets visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
MacDonald an Belmont.
Visiting with Mrs. Gladys
Mason on the weekend were Mr.
and Mrs. Jamie Forster, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Forster and Donna
Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Don McCosh,
private Ron Mason of Base
Borden.
Dr. and Mrs. Sandy MacDon-
ald and son Curtis of Kincardine
visited in Ripley with his mother
Mrs. Mary (Donnie) MacDonald
on the weekend.
Rev. Jim Bushell, Mr. and
Mrs. Don McCosh, Sandy, Ken
and James McEwan and friend
visited with Mrs. Gladys Arnold
in St. Joseph's Hospital, London
on the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tranter and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pollock
returned from a Florida vacation.
Miss Cathy Irwin of Brampton
is visiting with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Allan Irwin.
Carmon Courtney of Arden is
with his parents Elmer and Joyce
Courtney and family.
Miss Katherine Murray of
Toronto is visiting with her sister
Annie and husband, Mr. ,and
Mrs. Hamilton MacKinnon.
Directors of the Happy Hearts
met on Friday evening at the
home of Mrs. Mary (Donnie) •
MacDonald. They plan a euchre
party for Thursday afternoon at 2
this' week in the Ripley Huron
Legion Hall. Everyone welcome.
Mrs. Steve Bell and Mrs.
Muriel MacAuley of Ripley are
patients in Kincardine Hospital.
. Miss Katherine Craig visited
last week with her grandmother
Mrs. Donatda Gossell. -
Mrs. Lizzie MacDonald, Ripley
was a guest at the Eadie -Fergus-
on wedding.
Kenneth MacLennan of Park-
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