The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-11-07, Page 18. • •
*-11.w Sentinel, Wednesday, November 7, 1979
Ripley y
BY AB WYLDS
Three short Hallowe'en
nights ago there was a
noise outside the door of
the house here. When no
one came in for the usual
treats, the writer went
outside to the sidewalk.
The only thing in sight on
thebare street was a car
travelling` north across
the railway tracks. On
turning ,to return to the
i
house, Movement was
noticed .An the high
evergreen shrub by the
front steps. Looking more
closely a young boy was
_noticed crouching there.
Asked what was the
trouble he said that he
was hiding from the boys
in• the car who were
throwing eggs. By that
• time Fran had come -out
and she invited him in-
side for. Hallowe'en
treats. He saidthat he
• was Charlie Dodson and
•,:.lived about two blocks
• ,soUth on Ripley's main
street. When the car had
turned by the •Ripley
Chopping Mill and passed
south and away it was
•
deemed safe for him to
return home. •
Well: •last Friday
morning, the second day
after this Hallowe'en;
•Charlie Dadson, 15 years
of age, •was dead. He
• suffered a tragic death as
• he . was...,using a. self
unloading . wagOn to put
• feed into the. automatic
auger's system for ' the
cattle at one of the farms
of Doug Stanley . on the
•10th cenceision of Culross -
township. This farm was
• east of the home farms
andon' the opposite side
of the road - known as the
Green farm, When there
was a delay in his return,
Doug went to investigate
and, found the unfortunate
tragedy which had oc-
• curred. Somehow Charlie
• had got into the unloading
beaters at the rear of the •
wagon. According to the
radio report the
Walkerton 0.P:P. in-
•'vestigated.
Yesterday, Tuesday,
November 6, the funeral
and interment were held
• in St. Thomas, where the
parents and family bave
'teen since the tragedy. It
•.is '. reported that they
;intend to return to their
•:Ripley . home tomorrow
:Thursday). Everyone
along the Main street
• describes Charlie as a
likeable, quiet and nice
• boy, and they were
s.hocked as the news
spread late Friday af-
• ternoon. Sincere sym-
pathy is expressed to his
parents and the rest of
• thefamily.:
Charlie had been
working for Doug Stanley
. for approximately a
month. He liked the farm
work and they liked him.
The Doug Stanley farms,
three in nuniber, are
located on the section of
the 10th' concession of
Culross travelled each
summer by Morrison
• MacKenzie of Inverhuron
and this writer as they
tended the beeyard on the
Lorne 13eekingfartn.
• Robert • Rock, son of
uth ..dies
Oraen and Doris Rock of
Ripley, was presented
last Friday evening at the
Walkerton Secondary
School commencement
with a fine wooden wall
plaque and a cheque for
$25 for graduating first in
the class in Shopwork,
The metal plate on, the
plaque bore the in-
scription "First in
Technology' 1979".
Congratulations of the
Ripley area folks go to
Robert on obtaining this
standing and honour.
Last Saturday
November 3, 1979, the
Ripley. Agricultural.
Society had the honour of
holding the annual fall
meeting of District 10
Agricultural Societies.
There were 136 in at-
tendance representing all
26 "fall fair" societies in
Bruce and Grey counties.
The . Donald Lenon
trophy for the most at-
tending combined with
distance travelled • was7
-awarded tp the Mount
• Forest Society. From;the
display of fine quilts, one
from each. society, one
displayed by the
Neustadt Ageicultural
Society was picked to
represent District 10 at
the Ontario Convention
'in Toronto in February.
On ' display here on
• Saturday was the quilt
• picked at the Ripley
• Huron fall fair and made
by Mrs. Evelyn (Bert)
. Irwin of Ripley. A 'full
accoUnt of the meeting
• has been written by Mrs.
Barbara (John) Gamble'
• secretary of . the 'lady
directors' • of the Ripley
Agricult0a1 Society.
Mr. OA Mrs. • Fred
Bridle of Grand Bend
Visited litb Mr. and:Mr.
Sam Emerson in Ripley.
Mrs. Bridle is a sister of.
Mrs.•EmerSon. •
On Tuesday evening of
• last week a Liberal party
meeting for the riding of
Huron Bruce was held in
the new Complex building
in. Lucknow. Liberal
M.P.P. Murray Gaunt of
Wingham represents this
riding in the Ontario
Legislature in Toronto.
Liberal leader • Dr.
Stuart Smith, leader of
the Opposition in the
• provincial government,
was the guest speaker.
Barrie WyldS, B.A., C.A.
• of Ripley was chosen as
• the new riding secretary.
Barrie is a metnber of the
Bruce County Board of
Education and also is a
chartered accountant.
• Some of those attending
the meeting from .this
area were ..Toy and
George McLean, Barrie
Wylds, G1en'Wylds,iil
and Bertha Scott, Bob
and Wendy Scott, and
William Robertson of
TorOnto. •
• In Toronto people are
going -to the Ontario
College of Art on McCaul
Street to see that golden
colour -in the Tut treasure
On display there. Here in
Ripley all one has to see
that golden colour is look
at those grain wagon
boxes heaped with yellow
shelled corn waiting their
turn to unload at the
Ripley Grain Elevator.
Last Wednesday over at
the Elevator, the grain
wagons were pulling in
and again on Sunday
morning, fifteen of them,
still fully,loaded and left
•over from Saturday
evening„ were counted.
On . Wednesday evening
•they were finally parking
on the shoulders of the
road both north and south
of the railway crossing.
Ralph Grubb in charge of
weighing, unloading and
tending the dryerr and
elevator has been ai busy
foan. This last week Jim
acDonald at Clarks,
n. 12, has joined him..
nd further, at this time
of writing, Sunday
evening, there is a big
yellow moon coming up in
the eastern sky.
Arriving back home
last Saturday evening
from a ten day vacation
in Alberta were Mrs.
Bette MacLeod, con-
cession 3 east, and Mrs..
Alma Huston, con. 8 east
of Pine River. They flew
both ways, Toronto to
Edmonton and return.
.. •
• -
While in Edmonton they
visited with relatives and
Bette noted signs of
progress which had taken
place since her 1972 visit
there. They also had a
tour to Jasper and on
their return along tne
David Thompson High-
way they had a wonderful
view of the Rocky
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