The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-05-25, Page 9i
ripley news
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 25, 1983—Page 9
Invisible boundaries are disadvantage to Ripley school
Speaking of the high school
this would be the time to
describe how these invisible
school boundaries were used
to the disadvantage of
Ripley High School in the
past couple of months. First
you must realize there were
two boundaries in operation,
one on the northern front
between the Ripley and Kin-
cardine areas and one to the
east between Ripley and
Wingham districts.
We expect that few, if any,
persons know how and, why
the boundary was estliblish-
ed between Ripley and Kin-
cardine schools in the first
place. You may have heard
that the Ripley Continuation
School was destroyed by fire
on Sunday evening,
February 8, 1948, The first
concern was to get the school
rebuilt.
To get permission from the
Ontario Department of
Education was a difficult
task. However the whole
community stood behind
school chairman the late Dr.
John A. MacDonald and
rebuilding started in July,
1949 and was completed by
September 1950.
Ab Wylds would like to
point out two differences
between 1948-9 and the pre-
sent 1983 winter situation
here. First Dr, MacDonald
and the school board worked
for the rebuilding. Secondly,
the whole community was in
support of them, Not one per-
son said, "Close Ripley
School."
Further in that 1948-9
Ripley had the added finan-
cial problem of the in-
stallation of a municipal
water system. With the vote
in favour of the Ripley water
system, the Scott Bros. (Joe
and Frank) and their
workmen installed the pre-
sent water system in Ripley
in 1949. So things can be done
if people have the deter-
mination to do them.
Somehow Dr. John A.
MacDonald learned the
steps needed to be taken to
establish a high school
district or area and a school
board to run the district.
There were none around
here to ask - Ripley was the
first as we understand it.
With approval and
necessary motions by Huron
Township Council all the
Ripley public school's sec-
tions in Huron Township
were included in the new
Ripley district.
Three or four years later,
Kincardine decided to
replace their high school
with a new building. Dr.
Balloon launched in Michigan
found on Huron boundary
Last week Morley Scott of
Purple Grove found a
balloon at the roadside on
the Huron -Kinloss boundary,
Although the balloon itself
was not unusual, the note in-
side was. A young boy nam-
ed Steve Harsham, who lives
in Nashville, Michigan, had
sent the balloon aloft.
Morley intends to write to
the lad to give to give him
details of its discovery and
the distance that was travell-
ed.
The community welcomes
Jeff White. Jeff, who is stay-
ing with Francis Boyle and
family, is a milk inspector
for the Ontario Dairy Herd
Improvement Corporation.
Sunday supper guests with
Donald and Sandra Forster
were their parents, Walter
and Isabel Forster and Evan
and Margaret Keith.
Walter and Isabel Forster
returned home from a winter
in Florida last Tuesday.
Norval and Isabel Stanley
and Deanna Scott visited
Mrs, Alice Blue at Gateway
Haven, Wiarton, last week to
help her celebrate her 87th
birthday.
Cecil and Wilma Sutton,
Rob, Rodney and Tammy
were guests of Mrs. George
King of Bervie for Sunday
dinner.
Sunday visitors with
Howard and Marjorie
Thompson were Mrs. Doris
McGregor and Susan of
Toronto. Friday evening
Howard and Marjorie visited
with Al and Olive Irwin.
Verna and John Evans of
Sarnia were weekend
visitors with Katherine Col-
lins. Katherine, who is the
President of the Purple
Grove branch of the
Women's Institute, said that
there is a new supply of the
"Purple Grove Family
Cookbook" available for
distribution.
Annual Institute Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Bruce South District of the
Federated Women's In-
stitute of Ontario was held
last Tuesday at the Lucknow
Legion Hall. Representing
the Purple Grove Branch as
delegates were Anne Mc -
Cosh, Katherine Collins,
Marion Emerson and Mar-
jorie Thompson. Also atten-
ding from Purple Grove
were Janet Farrell and
Gladys Arnold.
Anne McCosh reported
that a Colwell -Farrell -
MacDonald family bridal
shower for Carolyn Mac-
Donald, was held In the
Ripley Legion Hall on Sun-
day afternoon and that there
was an excellent attendance
Over the weekend Don and
Marilyn Reid visited with
Mr, and Mrs. Ross Durnin
and Murray and Gertie
Henderson all of Lucknow.
The family of Earl Elliott
gathered on Sunday to help
him celebrate his birthday.
Flshlng
In te rmediates even record ReIts?
with win and a loss
Record Even
On Friday, May 13 the
Lucknow Legionnaires drop-
ped a 3 - 0 decision to the
Chesley Teaxacos.
Ross Baird went the dis-
tance. allowing seven hits,
striking out seven and walk-
ing none. The Legionnaires
had seven hits, however; but
could not capitalize with men
in scoring position.
Chesley pitcher Eric
Weatherall struck out ten,
issued no walks for the win-
ning Texacos.
Rout Teeswater 12. 2
Legionnaire Ray Cranston
hit two home runs and earn-
ed his first win in a 12 - 2
victory over the Teeswater
intermediates. Ray pitched
six innings, striking out one,
walking one and allowing
three hits,
Ross Baird finished the
game earning his second
save of the season. Baird
struck out three, walked one
and allowed no hits.
The Legionnaires scored
runs in all but one inning and
got a season high of 15 hits.
Teeswater scored one run
in the fourth on a solo home
run by Ross Moffat and one
in the 8th.
Playing .500 Bali
Chepstow Aces defeated
the Legionnaires 8 - 3 on
Tuesday, May 17th giving
the Lucknow team a 2 - 2
record. The Aces out hit the
Legionnaires 14 - 7 to earn
the victory.
Ray Cranston starting his
second game went six in-
nings, striking out three and
allowing eight hits. Doug
Stevenson finished the game
allowing six hits and striking
out one.
The downfall of the Leg-
ionnaires came in the fifth
inning. When the defense
committed three errors to
allow the Aces to score three
times taking a 6 - 2 lead.
Lucknow scored one more in
the sixth and the Aces scored
singles in the sixth and
eighth to end out the scoring.
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John A. MacDonald was able
to tell Kincardine board
member Goldie Buckingham
how to go about setting up
their district.
At this time there was a
meeting in Walkerton at-
tended by members from
both Kincardine and Ripley.
It started in the morning and
by noon the usual confronta-
tion and hostility had flared.
Then Goldie suggested to
John A. that the two of them
go to lunch. There they. ar-
ranged a trade - the Poplar
Beach section in Huron
Township to go to Kincar-
dine and the Southline east
section in Kincardine
Township to be in the Ripley
district. After lunch one
moved this motion and the
other seconded and it pass-
ed. From there co-operation
between the two boards was
in effect.
With the new school in Kin-
cardine the Ripley Grade 9
students were taken by
school bus to Kincardine for
Shop Work and Home
Economics each Friday
afternoon for a couple of
years. Right now would be a
good time to revive this co-
operation since Kincardine
students did not want to
come to Ripley and the ma-
jority of Ripley students
would prefer staying here in
their own separate school.
As for the east boundary, it
was set up with Lucknow.
Now with the Lucknow High
School gone, it is used to pro-
tect the Wingham School
area. Here are students in
Bruce County reported as
wanting to come to Ripley
but they are in the F.E,
Madill Secondary School
area, Wingham and hence in
Huron County,
LYCEUM TIEATRL
This boundary line is just
three blocks east of Ripley,
The Bruce County Board
does nothing to help. To Ab
Wylds this does not seem to
be fair nor democratic.
Hockey Draw Winners
The Ripley and District
Lions Club are pleased to an-
nounce the winners of the re-
cent NHL hockey draw.
They are as follows for the
1st game - Dale Liddle, Point
Clark; 2nd game - Graziano
Pividos, Port Elgin; 3rd
game - Gail (Brian) Colling,
Ripley; 4th game - Stu Begy,
Cargill.
Thanks to all who par-
ticipated.
Putting On New Roofs
Above All a Good Roof"
was the slogan of the
Mahood Lumber firm in Kin-
cardine. Well that idea has
been ineffect this spring in
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