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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-06-04, Page 151 Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 4, 1986 --Page 15 Lodge friends help Lorne Emmerton celebrate birthday By AB WYLDS On May 24 friends, relatives, and members of the Orange Lodge helped Lorne Emmerton celebrate his birthday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oraen Rock just east of Ripley. Mrs. Rock (Doris) is Lorne's sister. Mrs. Chester Emmerton entertained with violin selections. Mrs. Jim MacDonald read a humorous poem and Doris Rock read a birthday poem for Lorne. After a social hour was enjoyed, lunch was served. Summer is really here now for this first week of June. The catalpa tree, which is the third tree north of the white house at the Ripley cemetery, came out in leaf this past week. Up to then it was dormant and looked dead. Another couple of weeks and it will have its fragrant and showy blossoms out. There are a number of catalpa trees at the front of the Humphrey farm on the second concession - the third farm west of Highway 21. They are on the north side of the road by the bridge. The catalpa tree is not a tree found in our vanishing wood lots. When you see a catalpa tree, one has to think that some person planted it there many years ago. These non- native trees are called exotic trees. Examples of exotic trees in this area are the horse chestnut now in blossom, the mountain ash or rowanberry with its red berries, the Lombardy poplar, the black locust, and the honey locust. Do not confuse these last two. The black locust is the one when in blossom soon attracts honey bees. The honey locust does not. Also about one year in every five years the blossoms on the basswood trees secrete enough nectar to at- tract the bees. Watch for the basswood blossoms in mid July. Bette MacLeod of the 4th concession east and Edna Stanley of the 12th concession west, both in Huron township and represen- ting the Ripley and District Horticultural Society came into town last Friday morning and did the plantings of the sidewalk boxes for the village core and also at thecemetery entrance. Ripley folks are glad to see Bob Love back home and able to be around after a three week stay in hospital in London. Recently through the efforts of Marj Thompson five bluebird houses have been BEST RATES Short Term GIC 81/2% 97/8% INVESTMENTS FINANCIAL CENTRE Goderich 524-2773 1.-800- 65-5503 erected along the 15th south of Ripley. This section joins Ripley to the Bluebird Trail along the Sixth Concession put up by the Huron Fringe Field Naturalist Club. President of the club is Geof. Walker, R3 Goderich. Mr. & Mrs. Walker live at the end of Horizon Road in Ashfield Township. To us beekeepers it was also known as the Calico School road. This trail of bird houses con- nects to the ones erected by Rev. William A. Henderson of Bruce Beach and Lucknow. Shirley and Michael Burnham of Kincar- dine held a surprise birthday party for Shirley's mother Mabel Barnard of Ripley. Attending were Norm Barnard, Dawn Car- ruthers and son Cole of Ripley, Ann and Dale Rock and daughters Ellen and Katie, Shannon Burnham of Kincardine, Don Bar- nard and Warren Zettle of Toronto. During .the nice weather last week it was great to see and hear all those different birds back. Over Ripley there was the first nighthawk in years - not a real hawk for those not in bird study (ornithology) . A pair used to nest on the flat roof of the Golden Glow Egg Grading Station - now part of the Harold Courtney Seed Cleaning Plant. Along Dundas Street in London was the place to hear these nighthawks booming in the sky as they were diving to catch flying insects on a nice summer evening. Then there were all those barn swallows looking for new nesting sites now the McTavish barn is gone. The overhead stable beams were lined with their nests. And it must be summer with those colorful Baltimore orioles back. Out at the Jerry and Ann Huber place on the 6th they saw around the bushes a beautiful bird for a few days. All blue in colour there is no doubt it would be a male Indigo Bunting. It must be 25 years since Ab Wylds saw one. Jerry and Ann have a couple of wren houses up - quite similar to these bluebird houses. The wrens are not particular and will readily use the bluebird houses. A bird that used to be common was the redheaded woodpecker - never seen now. Talking about the Sixth concession in Huron township it is a nice thing to drive the extra block east of the 15th corner to see the I.C. Greenhouses. The initials stand for Ida and Carrie Piel, the two . nice ladies who operate the houses. A new house was built a few weeks ago, maybe in April. It is the first one in the row as you drive in the lane. LUCKNOW DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE OPEN DATES AVAILABLE JUNE Friday 6, 13 JULY Friday 11, 18, 25 AUGUST Friday 8, 15, 22, 29 JUNE 20, 21, 22 Kinsmen Summerfesi JUNE 27 Jannette Johnson - Bernard O'Niell CALL THIS NUMBER BETWEEN 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ONLY 528-3532 C.E. MacTavish Ltd Your Sunoco Dealer LUCKNOW MAY DRAW WINNERS 528-3424 $75.00 GASOLINE VOUCHER - Don C. MacIntyre $25.00 GASOLINE VOUCHER - Eugene Conley Draw made by Reeve Herb Clark "LUCKY DRAW" To be held the end of June '86 FIRST PRIZE 75. GASOLINE VOUCHER SECOND PRIZE $25.GASOLINE VOUCHER Winners to be aflnounced in the Sentinel Drop Irl For Details SegYou For Over 40 Years { It is just tilled with hundreds. of boxes of flowering plants - petunias - red, white, red and white, light blue, purple, etc., also marigolds - yellow, orange. Then there are hanging baskets ( white containers) planted with impatiens, begonias, portulaca, fuchsia and so on. Mrs. Linda Emmerton of Ripley reports that her grandmother moved into the Senior Citizens Apartments on Friday night. She lived in London for the last 16 years. Her name is Mildred White. She is Linda's Dad's mother. He is Bill Bogues and lives in Lucknow. That makes five generations in the area : Mildred White, Bill Bogues, Linda Emmerton, Lori Weber, Brent Weber and Cindy Emmerton. Glad to have her living in Ripley near us. Wally and Anne Nicholson of Strathroy visited on Sunday June 1 with his sister Mrs. Evelyn Johnson in Ripley. Niels Frederiksen at Ripley and Kincar- dine and his brother Hans Frederiksen from Gadsden, Alabama were back to Ripley on Monday afternoon. Hans is visiting with Niels to see how he is. Hans' wife passed away in March and he is staying with his daughter in Alabama. This past weekend another riding clinic was held at Marion Nesbitt's place on Russell Street, Kincardine. CARL FUNSTON Carl Funston of the Pine River area Highway 21 at concession 6 in Huron township passed away in Kincardine and District Hospital on Thursday May 29, 1986 after a lengthy illness. Francis Carl Funston, whose parents were Frank Funston and Lillian Fair, was born in Huron township on Thursday, August 8, 1918. He is survived by his wife, the former Gladys B , •die and their family of three daughters - Carolyn Knechtel of Huron township (Pine River), Barbara, Mrs. Gord Appleton of Mississauga, Joyce, Mrs. Dave Walsh of Kincardine and six grandchildren - Laurie and Brad Knechtel of Pine River, Jeff and Brandice Appleton of Mississauga, Reagan and Lindsay Walsh of Kincardine, also two brothers, Morley Funston of Mississauga, Mervin Funston of Pine River, three sisters, Mildred, Mrs. Ernie Thomp- son, Pine River Hwy. 21, Lillian, Mrs. Wheaton Thompson, Walkerton and Mrs. Margie Bell of Point Clarke' (Huron township) The funeral service was held in the MacKenzie McCreath Funeral Home in Ripley at 2 p.m., Saturday May 31, 1986 with Rev. Robert Stokes of Pine River United Church officiating. Interment followed in Kincardine cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home was held on, Thursday evening, also on Friday afternoon and evening. At nine on Friday evening members of the Northern Light Lodge of Kincardine held a Masonic Memorial ser- vice. Memorial donations at the Funeral Home were made to the Kincardine and District Hospital building fund. Sincere sympathy is extended to all the family members at this time of bereavement. Anniversary celebrated Congratulations to Margaret and Ted Collyer on their 45th wedding anniversary. They were dinner guests on Sunday with Mary Maclntosh. Other guests to help celebrate the occasion were Marilyn and Donald MacIntyre and Sandy; Margaret and Fred De Boer; Marilynne MacIntyre and Dale Gilchrist, Olive Needham and Nancy and Helen MacIntyre. Mr. and Mrs. Art Reid of Napanee and Janice Reid of Lucknow were dinner guests on Friday evening with Nancy MacIntyre and family. Brian Keith of Toronto was home for the SOUTH by Rut.atielimefer weekend to visit with his family Margaret and Evan Keith and Murray and Wanda Keith and family. Marilyn MacIntyre and Margaret and Virden Mowbray of Lucknow attended the Confirmation Service at Drayton on Satur- day night for Alphonse Murray. OPENING SOON eniesI PICK YOUR OWN Strawberries - Raspberries 5 Km. East. of Lucknow, on Hwy. 86 No pots or pans (baskets & quarts available). Playground for Children 528-2900 Hours: Mon. Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. 528-5145 R.R. 1 LUCKNOW Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS DESTROY WEEDS Notice is hereby given to all persons in possession of land, in accor- dance with the Weed Control Act, R.S.O. 1980 Sections 4, 14 and 21, that unless noxious weeds growing on their lands within the Municipality of the Township of Huron are destroyed by date of June 9th. 1986 and throughout the season, the Municipality may enter upon thesale lands and have the weeds destroyed, charging the costs against the land in taxe$, as set out hi the Act. The co-operation of all citizens is earnestly solicited. Weed Inspector, Lorne Robinson Clerk -Treasurer, Marlene Coiling Municipality of Township of Huron •