The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-17, Page 24'A•
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flap 16.--1imcltnow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 17, 1979
).yFi�Jli.il. l.:ltikl'
ley residents snowed in
Storm after storm has
been the weather story in
this snow belt so far this
winter. Of course this is,
not news for local readers
but should make those
folks from the area
spending the winter inthe
sun. fun spots .in the south
feel lucky. Last Sunday
morning looking out the
15th road past' Mrs:-.
Marion McTavish's.place
it was all a white haze., as
the =snow was swirling
down driven by a cold
north wind. A few people:
were walking to church.
Perhaps abetter version
of the Popular song would
• be . "Let, it snow, let it
snow., outside the weather
is frightful".
At the Senior Citizens
meeting held last Friday
afternoon' in the Ripley.
Huron Legion Hall in
Ripley, Donald, Martin
gave a much appreciated
talk and showing of slides
on the Pine River Chees
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Factory located on the
sixth concession of Huron
township 'west: of the.
Bluewater Highway.
Donald heads the staff
making the fine Pine
River cheddar cheese so
much in demand. Don
showed ' (before and '
after" 'slides to illustrate
the modernization of the
plant to its present
condition.
Mr. Glen Forrester..of
San Jose, California
returned home last week
after a three week visit
over the holidays with his
parents, Mr.•and Mrs. E.
0. Forrester on Malcolm.
Street in Ripley and with
old friends after an abs
sence of 15 years. Glen;n,
who is presently
recovering from heart
surgery, '..at one time
worked as assistant in the
Ripley C.N.R.-station
where ' he learned
telegraphy. By .the way,
San Jose ("San Hosay')
is south of San. Franscico •
and a - considerabl
distance from • Riple ,
California.
Mrs. Elizabeth
MacDonald was a patient
'in Victoria Hospital in
London this past week.
We Wish her well.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Gawley of Powell River,
British Columbia, have
been in Ripley for the
past coupleof weeks
' visiting with hisbrother
and wife Mr. and. Mrs.
Victor Gawley and with
his sisters Lettie and
. Ethel. On. Friday af-
ternoon • they were up
street and the weather
being decent for a,
change, Les decided to
call on this writer.. They
had 'trouble locating the
w:0. Jackson house until
'Cathy Fludder returning
`from school • directed
them. We hada-nice visit
together: Les and the
writer both •left Ripley
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' Do you always take a bath; instead of a shower.
which ,uses less power?
00 you fill a: L� kettle .full .to _make a single cup?
Turn on' the washing machine for just a few things?
teave the. TV on when no ones watching?
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And: do you often `forgetto. turn off
though everyones home,in bed?
the porch light even
Any of these thoughtless little habits'can make you
a tum -off. Because waste of electricity, like -anything
that everybody really needs, cart turn people off,
Wouldn't you rather turnoff a light bulb than turn
Off a friend? Think about how you use electri,city.
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'«17 a et rie ty tarns people
This message " is brought to you, by your Hydro on behalf of peopl ,i'Jwho care
back in 1929 and -had not
seen ' each other since
then, although Les had
been back. While they
hashed over former years
when they attended., the
Ripley Continuation
, School in the mid -
twenties, his wife Nora,
. talked with Mrs. Mary
Fludder who was here
and with Fran. Their visit'
was much appreciated,
Last -week Carson
Brooks of Fort St. John,
British Columbia, phoned
his parents . Jim and
Isabel Brooks in Ripley to
let them know that he was
out of the hospital and
had recovered to the
point where he could get
around by using crutches. -
Just before Christmas
time : Carson, Stepping
from da truck on his way
home, from work, „was
.struck down- On the road
by another passing truck.
He suffered a dislocated
shoulder and broken
pelvis as.. well as•. other
bruises. Ripley folks are
glad' to hear of his
recovery and wish
Carson continued'
,recovery.
• Our star softball pit-
cher • of -those former
years, Jean MacLeod of '
Toronto'' was.: home ."to..
Ripley for the Christmas
and New,: Year holidays.
She was visiting with her
brother Duncan D. *and
wire.; Joan ' McLeod in
'Ripley and ;mee:ting
friends..
Mr. :.and -••,Mrs':• -Sam .-
Emerson— spent' last
Friday evening . visiting_
with. Jack, and Evelyn
Johnson. -
Last Friday forenoon
Norval Stanley of Purple
Grove called at the house,
here to show us the
"black" print of the birth
datesof his . grand-
parents' " fam iiy.` His
grandparents ' ,were. Mr:
• and Mrs. Tong. Stanley of
Purple Grove. Inthe list'.
besides• his, own father/,
Milt S;tanley,' .were:.
• Norval's ,aunt Harriet.
Mrs. George•Mooney,the
mother of Mrs. Adeline
Martyr;. also• aunts Ella
and 'Eunice and an uncle
Jack Stanley whospent
his life in Winnipeg as a
tailor. Those; above were
perhaps the small part ot
the family.:'Tn'lateryears
on retiring from the farm.
at Purple Grove,Tom
Stanley came into Ripley
where "he. .built his: red.
: brick house the one
where Clarence and,
Mildred Wylds riow" live.
Russ Stanley of the sixth
Or Huron township and
Glen Stanley of Clarks on
the '12th'• concession are
two more grandsons of
the late Mr. and Mrs.
• Tom Stanley, and as well.
so is Cecil Mooney
(adeline Marty,n's
brother) - once the out-
standing •player in the
Senior O.H.A. hockey
playing for the Wood-
stock Red Dev,ils°and still
a resident of that city. -
And of course, among the
area's older residents
who does not remember
Shem Stanley who, in his
later .years, lived in the
. building .which was once
Mrs. -Sadie Latriont's
Ripley'lliquor' store 'and
then the building, where
editor and publisher
George /Mooneyeach
week -printed the 'Ripley
Express newspaper. The
building now gone - was
just north of Frank
Zipfel's garage. 'r
Getting back to the
document - black was its
background colour , and
the writing was in white
apparently a copy of the
Births page in the family
Bible. The wear and
tear of the years makes
it z ather,hard to make out
in spots: This document,
much prized by Norval
was • retrieved from
Donnie Peterbaugh's
truck recently by Johnny
Dodds and Gordon .Scott.
It" was in a box of old
'Papers . and <documents
headed for the . Ripley
municipal •dump at the,
back` or Ernie Coiling's
place. Johnny gave it:'Eo
Norval and the writer
feels that Norval will take
care of it as a part of the
long, history • of the
Stanleys.
Mr. and Mrs. John
McMurchy,' • now
r'es'idents of Lucknow and
• formerly of the sixth
concession west in Huron
township celebrated their
' •.60th wedding anniversary
on Sunday, Jan. 7, 1979 at
the Turnberry Tavern in.
Wingham With .there on
this happy.occasionwere
their three daughters,
Margaret, Norma and.
Audrey :alongwith thei. ,...
husbandsW i.l,;laam
Ferguson;. Cecil Hum-
phrey and 'Lester
Ferguson respectively.
and their families. After.
the. annivers.ary dinner at
the Tavern they returned
to Mr. and Mrs.
McMtrrchys apartment
on the Main . Street, ' in
Lucknow where a social "
evening was spent. The
Yolks of Huron and Ripley
extend to Helen and John
congratulations and best.
wishes onthis occasion.
Wayne Ferguson, son
of Mr. \_arid Mrs. Bill
Ferguson: of.Luckn;ow`'and'°
formerly of Arnberley'
was able to spend a day;.
recently with his parents.
Wayne is a member of the
Algoway crew. The
Algpway is the freighter
ship .which did not chance.
entering Goderich har-
bour but took refuge from
the storm behind the
'nearby breakwater wall,.
By the time the storm ,
quieted down it was stuck•
in the ice and despite
efforts to free it, the ship
will likely remain: there
-till spring which is much,
better than at thebottom
of Lake Huron.
A ''family • Christmas
dinner ..was .'held on
Christmas Day at the
home of Bill and
Margaret Ferguson in
Lucknow with 24 in at-
tendance: They included
Margaret's parents, John
and Helen McMurchy of
Lucknow; and her two
sisters Norma : and
Audrey - Cecil and
Norma Humphrey of
Pointe' Clark and Lester
and Audrey Ferguson of
thesixth concession -west
in, Huron township and
their families, Aiso Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Geddes.
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They spent a happy day
together.
Mr. and Mrs. Scot •
A1combrack who had
resided in one of the units
of the Fludder apartment
home on Malcolm Street,
recently moved their
household effects to their
home in Kincardine
where they are now
living, Their baby • son
was : born on Monday,
Dec. .11 in St. Joseph's
Hospital, in London, and
it looked like Malcolm
Street would have its first
baby in years.
on Monday evening of
last week, Jan. 8, the
Ripley Agricultural
Society with president .
Jack 'Farrell in .charge,
held its annual meeting.
In his address' Jack
thanked all for their help
during his two year term
in office as president.' Ie
made special mention of
Mrs. Sheila MacDonald
and her group of lady
directors. Present at' the,'
meeting .we.re Ab Wylds, •
Austin Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Farrell, . Mr: :.
and . Mrs. . kobert
Osborne, Mr. and Mrs,—
Dan A. MacDonald, Mrs.
Grace Peet,. ' •Mrs.
Frances Godfrey, Wes
Smith, Ray: Fuller, Mrs.
Marjorie ,MacLean, Mrs.
Verna Finlayson, Dennis.*
Bridge, Keith, van der
Hoek, Mr. and Mrs:.
Barbara Gamble, .Mrs.
Pea.r:1. •MacKay, ' Mrs..
Evelyn . Elliott' and
Gordon Patterson at the
•start' of the meeting or
shortly after. • .
Mrs:' Sheila MacDonald
gave a good 'summary
report of the District Ten
meeting held in Wiarton y:
during• sNovember.
District Ten includes all
26 fall fairs held in Bruce
and. Grey counties. The
spring meeting • Will be
held in Teeswater.
Gordon' Patterson.
Austin Martin, Mrs..
Ewan MacLean, Mrs.;
Grace -Peet, Mrs Allister.
Mackay, • Mrs... Janet
Farrell, . Francis Boyle,
Bob , Osborne,', Dennis
Bridge,: Ray F`bller and.
Frances Godfrey - all
gave reports on different
classes in the fair. The
secretary picked up the
slack where no
representative.of a class'
was present and , gave
these reports. Treasurer
Mrs. Gloria .. Rutledge
gave:. the financial report
showing that even with
the Ripley fair -being on
the last day - of the
International Plowing
match held at nearby
Wingham the society ha.d•
a good year; Gloria°had
copies typed of the
statement which she had
passed around to those•
attending.
Chairman for the
-election of directors a:nd
officers;df the society for'
1979 =was • Gordon Pat-
terson. The resu'lts-;were•
as follows: past
president; Jack Farrell,
president, Dan A.
MacDonald;vice-
presidents, John Gamble
and Bob Rutledgi
treasurer Mrs: Gloria-
Rutledge;
loriaRutledge; secretaries Ab
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