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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 31, 1971; •
RIPLEY FAIR
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tothe music..of their drum and
glockenspiel section., . The drum,
section was'in the middle of the
group with fifteen senior girls in
front •followed.by the same numbei
of juniors, Behind the Twirlettes:
'were the students of Pine River
Central and: the. Ripley. Huron. Cen;
tral Schools. Alhrooiis'from 'the
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"rots in .Kindergarten to grade;,„_-,
eight were, accompanied by their •
teachers -Mrs. -Ph.ali Todd-, Mr -s,.-
• y s ,
Eileen MacDonald , Mrs.. A.' Dev-
itt , Mrs. Bev Peterbaugh.,: Mr.
Kummer, Mrs. Helen Henderson,
Mr . George Armstrong , ,Mrs Iso-
bel Martyn; Mrs. .Lennie Huston,,
Mrs, Joyce Walsh. and Principal
Floyd. Stanley.. Leading the rest
. of the parade were the members.
of: the Lucknow:Pipe Band.
Following in order were floats,
tandem 'hitches , decorated cars ,
pony. carts, saddled ; ponies,. decor-
ated bicycles.and. tricycles and
'clowns. . This year the floats were
• put in two classes. • First prize
in the fancy• float class went to
the Ripley and District Horticul-
tural Society,second to the Rip,.
ley.Boy Scouta aiid lliiid prize to
Grade •10 of the Ripley District
High 'School with, their " Winter
Scene".
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1n the comic section first prize
went to the float of Grade 13 Of
it
iglas
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Ripley District High School with.
Sairdra Collins d 'vi g' a rac or ,
.: second prize to the "Dan Farmer
Clash" ,' and third. prize: to Grade
N . S . Ma*more floats y
THE LUCKNOW SENTINgl, L` UCKNOW,, ONTARIO
his compliments to all those work-
ing for and attending the fair.
The program started ,with a •
nurnber by the Owen Sound Twirl.
ettes, Donald MacTavish artnoun
cedthe results of the scoring the
parade which was directed by
Lester Ferguson ,,• Bill McCreath
Francis Boyle , Mrs. Howard
Thompson and •Mrs., Morris Reid.
Public school students did. differ=.
Fnt square dances. Ruth.,and.Rose...
'Rock'playedi accordian.nurnbers
and the trio Peter Walden , •
Philip Paquette_ and, Larry Irwin _
accompanied: by Joan Ferguson
sang. Tandem heavy horse
hitches were shown on the in-
field and the Lucknow Pipe•'Band '
played, About this time, with
the sky .darkened the rain came
down in torrents driven by, sweep-
ing winds snapping small branch-
es and twisting tree tops with
everyone dashing for shelter;
.At this time, many people
viewed the many indodrexhibits
and the park outside soon became
a sea of mud . ,The indoor ex-
hibits ibits were displayed in the Rip-.
ley District High School auditor-
: ium and in the basement of the
Huron township hall.
In the hallway outside the aud-
itorium Forester Bob Day of Ower,
:Soundhad a very interesting. dis-
play in forestry set up. At the
, back of the auditorium Dan McIn-
nes of Holyrood had about forty
.samples of beautiful.driftwood on.
display. In the auditorium the
high school display in Arts and
Crafts, with Miss Margaret Mach -
a ji in charge , had 350 items , in
art, drawings of such buildings
as the Huron.townshiP hall, the.
Ripley District High School, Knox
Church., Bob Love's a .Pa 0tments
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and Dr, Pete-Bgissonnettels, new -
home , copper work, leather work,
wood . carving , oil painting and •
Sewing.. Mrs. Katherine Collins
had a nice display of posters in
French. -
Mrs; Joan MacKay , assisted by
Mrs. 'Devitt , Mrs. Henderson,
Mrs: Betty Scott , Mrs, Dave. Hend.
erson ,, Mrs. Elmer Smeitzer., Mrs.
Beverly Peterbaugh and.Mis,
Gayle Lowry had a new and inter
°esting display of public school,
exhibits.
Mrs: Frank 'Fair and Mrs. Elmer
Courtney were an cl3arge •of;a dis-
play' of arts and,'crafts exhibits.
by adult exhibitors.. The 4-H,
Girls Homemaking Clubs' dis-: •
As usuatThe dies orthe district pl inclu edl nnPc by j i il
and the students of the three Purple Grove and Ripley. lathe
schools , Pine River ,Central,. Rip- . ladies' group displays were those
ley -Huron Central and the by. the Ripley United Church Wom•
Ripley District High School', all • en, . Ripley. Women's Institute , • . .
Supplied wonderful exhibits and it Holyrood W.I. , Be'rvie W,1:: and
Purple Grove W.I.:-
Lucknow.
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-writing-to
fully 'describe them. In the ;dom-
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estic'science class which includes
canning, jellies, jams, cakes,
pieq ,' buj , bread and nth
tes Mrs: George. Harkness had•the
most .;points followed by Mrs;' Gord•
on Farrell. There were 76 cakes
show'ing originality and'effort
East. . : were Springwater Farm Potatoes
on,, (Allan MacLean) , •Oraen Rock -
ho' ;` Rub a dub. dub, .3 men in a tub, _
ed Auxiliary to •the Kincardine Hospit-
al. float , Ripley Curling' Club with
Bob• Fair ,, B ll ;$tubbs.a.nd Wally'Poi
lock, The Lowry 'Barn Equipment
from .Arnberley , The R. D. H:S ,
float ".•'Road under Construction",'
"...The 'Mike Snobelen Farm Enter •
prises, The Ripley Legion, Float
pulled by Lloyd Wylds' jeep and
fe-a-urian--oid=c, id cr mill and
a sawing: bee With Russ:Stanley
and Murray:Pollock on the cider
end and•Doug Lackey , •Bill Tranter
and Gordon.Martin doing the ',
wdbd-cu-tYing, a-not-herR:`D. H:S 7-•• �
float with'Johnny:'Collins'on the
. tractor, There .were three decor-.
ated cars including "Smilin" Bill
Irwin, of Kincardine' who never
ring:a new--rrio•e1•to
Ripley fair three hitched' pony
and carts and over• twenty saddled
riders; •
n. alLthis pita -de -was Placed'
on the ball diainond'under Bill
•. _ McCreath's direction, Master of
ceremonies `Don MacTavish step-
ped. up to•Don Mason's public ad
dress. microphone to start the cer-
emony leading to the official
opening. ' Taking .part were Mr.
Chesney Warden of Bruce County;
'Ross Whiche:r of Wiarton and mem•
ber for Bruce at'Ottawa; District
Lady 'Director Mrs. Oliver McChar
and Pdp e y A.a c:U1tural. soc -
iety president Gordon' Roulston
Gordon introduced Mr. E. K.
Starr , director of the Ontario •
A:gricuLiural,.Soofet e0-,-P.arliamen>:
Buildings in Toronto. Mr. Starr
.stated that there. were over. 240
fairs in Ontario and that Ripley.
was considered one of the good
ones'. He also said that.the fair
grou.nds-_W ere -•aa ,-c.ar4rno:n a :ting__:
place for urban and rural people
and a day young boys and girls
look' forward• to coming 'up.' He
further stated that it .was not the
Department's intention to close
any fair 'Where the people approv-
ed and supported holding one.'
Later in the afternoon Murray'
Gaunt of Wirigharri' spoke giving
sseis
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In -a -hone -y display there-w-er-e-=-
jars -of :honey from the Ripley area.
-Florida and. Kentucky . The. , .
P p ?fid`_. jar ifroira T<entucky was from the. '..
state'championship exhibit in
1069 • Also'.ot display was. a rye
straw skep bee hive made last
on display.- winners trere
Archie •Bonnett Mrs. -Wilma Sut-
ton, Mrs.. Gordon Farrell,. Mrs.
Margaret', Gle-n
Stanley, Mrs.. Jack Campbell, '•.
Mrs. Lorraine Holmes Mrs: Ed-
ward Lizmor e , and :Mrs. 'Carl
Hooey.:. Twenty font 'pies: were
counted with top prizes going to
Mrs. Shirley Lowry Mrs... Lorraine
Holmes , Mrs.. Harkness, 'Mrs.' Mel
Pollock, Mrs. Hooey, Mrs. Sutton
and Mrs. 'Bonnett.'. 'Then there
were 50 loaves of assorted: types ..
of bread. Then there were 'exhib-
its of,' buns ,. muffins , candy , fruit
:pickles, jams and Jellies.
In. theneedlework class fourteen
quilts were counted on display.
Mrs. Gordon Bridge exhibited the
quilts she .had at=the Canadian
National,Exhibition. Other Win-
ners were •Mrs. Jack Carter, Mrs.:.
.Walter; Farrell, Mrs: Anne' Mc-
Cosh, Mrs. Oliver .IMC iiarles•
and Mrs. D-.
andMacKay.
In the
'ladies, over 70' years , MMrs. Orah
Crawford", Mrs. 'Mae' MacDonald ,
Mrs. William Cox Mrs. Earl
Lohnes and Mrs, Charles Aitken,
all had attractive displays. There
was -t -
Lowry the. former ;Shirley Hunter,.
Thirty, dresses and skirts were
shown tops going to Mrs. Don
Rock, Mrs. Pete Bissonnette, • Mrs.
Gerald' Schuler , Mrs. Thos. •Far-
re11, Mrs.Margaret 1-larkness,
Mrs. Bette•MacLeod; Mrs. Nor-
inne MacKay and Mrs. Keith
Blackwell, __
Most points in the flower class '
was scored;' by. Mrs. Glen Stanley
followed by Mrs. Walter Farrell.
Other winners were Mrs. Donalda
MacLean, Mrs Gordon Farrell,
=:Mmi Httichinsorr , Iv1rs� Gordon---
Bridge Mrs. Reuben Burnett ,
Mrs: Donald MatKay.,_Mrs. Ber-
tha Scott , Mrs, Oraen Rock ,
Wray Thompson, Mrs,. Mel Col-'
ling , Mrs. Oliver McCharles ,
Mrs, Ham MacKinnon,' Mrs, Bill
Stubbs,'Mrs, Margaret Gemmell,
Mrs. Keith Blackwell 'and Mrs.
Earl Lohnes..
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winter, by Mr. T. van Egdom of
Veenendaal in Holland„ a man. "
80. years of age.
The poultry and pets were shown
in .cag.es along the east side of
• the township hall.. ;In poultry... '.•
Wayne Kerr had 23 exhibits on
show In the pet'sectionthe boys
arid girls took their usual interest
getting,their•favourite pet on dis-
play first thing ou S -tur.day Morn-
ing.
On the stage of the Ripley `' .
District High ,School the sheaves.
and `grain was displayed; There
w"ere--5 shea•v-e-s-wi•rhhw'in-ner-- .
Norman Schmidt; Mrs. Glen.
Stanley Bob.and Bill. Bissornette
Jamie. Farrell and Ab 'Wylds. Also
there were 58 bags of .grain with
winners Donald MacKay ; John C:
MacDonald, Eugene,and Gordon:
Bridge , Bill Bissonnette , Alvin
. Thompson Cecil Sutton and Har-'
oldj.Counn-y -• to_men on4a_ffe*.-
tn,the basement of Huron town-
Ship -hall :there ,were 40 entries in '
hay. and 56.entries in corn. Here.
some:winners were Clarence Nich
Olson Bill Danforth ,Hugh Mason
Donald MacTayish , Cecil Sutton ,
Jack Farr.e.lr-Fcar`1 is :oy e, im
Needham , Morris. Reid,; .Gordon
and Eugene Bridge , Gordon Patter
son arid, Gordon Roulston to
mention some.
tion there' were six entries. Lead-
ing was the one over '100 pounds
entered by Mrs. Pat Ritchie fol-
low ed -by -Mrs Da-n-Me}nnes Mr -s
Reuben Burnett, Mrs. Anne Me'
Cosh, Mel Hutchinson and Mike
Weber. There were six vegetable
collections and a table .loaded .
with over 160 entries iii vegetables
:Anat oreto-b-le:he-ld Offea r-les==ftf--7
'potatoes= There was the best dis-
play of fruit in years with 91 en-
tries. Leading exhibitors were
Austin Martin, Mrs.. Glen Stanley.
Lester Ferguson and Mel Hutchin
son: '
in the cattle class there were
the calves Of the club mei hers
and the herd of Andy Gaunt tlf
Lucknow. In the heavy horse
class there were the horses,of the
Aitchison • Brothers of Lucknow
and, Andy Catto and George Gregg
both of Paisley.
'Mrs. William. Hooey of the
fourth concession -of Huron town
ship, at 97 years, was remarkable
in that she toured the .exhibit area
areas by herself. Oldest' gentle
I Man at the fair was the.well
known Sam Pollock of Ripley..
President Gordon Roulston the
directors and officersof the Rip
ley Agricultural Society"were
pleased wyitlrthe onderful&o=• •
'operation of the people' of. the
whole area aridthe way in
which they, responded to any work
`which needed to be done. Once •
again Stewart Shells of. Ripley
land''Norval Stewart of Olivet
Thad a display of new machinery
;by district dealers. Don Mason
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THIS FALL
ay and
ure
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'MN NIMETMII
of .Kincardine and •son Bob "were '•
back "Bonze". to. Ripley with their.
system: 'The fair closed
with art evening -dance" nAlie
Huron Township hall with Glen
Boyd's orchestra The Swinger's
.Dance; Club presented exhibition
dancing during the evening. Fin-
ally a word. of thanks and praise
to, watchman Harry Scott and.
caretaker Murdock MacDonald
land Hamilton MacKinnon.
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1. STRONGER, MORE
VIGOROUS STANDS,1
_Fe r_tili zatio n_.h e.l ps yestablish—big
vigorous,' plants, improves first
year yields, and "'winterizes"
legumes.
2. HIGHER YIELDS OF DRY
MATTER & TDN • '
Fertilizing every year • boosts per
acre yields' and .the production•of
Total, Digestible.Nutrients. •
3. BETTER PRODUCTION,
YEAR AFTER YEAR
Annual.feritilization improves per-
, • eed for f
:quent costly reseeding.
4....LOWER COST, FEED
NUTRIENTS
Rroductive- hay -and -pasture` -crops-;
a re• the lowest cost .source of feed
•nutrients. High yields will 'further
reduce costs, •and lessen the need
for purchased -feeds. • • •
5. INCREASED MILK & BEEF
PER ACRE
—=Nliflcand=beef- rod:uctiofl on welI_=
managed, well -fertilised pastures
show that per •acre outputcan'
often be doubled or tripled.
6. EXTRA CASH INCOME
re• PER ACRE
• Ref: PLANT FO.OD COUNCIL
ONTARIO, INC. .
tifzer
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Forage fertilization can return as
much' as $5 for every $I' spent on
fertilizers;
preadtn ► - e wlce
to the Ontario Farmer..
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