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Last Saturday afternoon was an
ideal'auturnn day - bright , ,
sunshine, calm,. warmr without• .
', being. hot just the right weather
an "old:. tithe 'country shoal
iiay"' This contributed greatly to°
the success of the Ripley -Huron
fall fair. Along:With this was
the•co-operation and:wor.k•of
many, persons in the. community -
each in soMe one. or several sec.-
tions of the fair.,. And everyone
'seemed to be having a goodtime-
and.
imeand enjoyed therriselves.
The Saturday afternoon program
started with a parade along the.
main.street and down to, the Com-
mu'nityr' Merrtoriai Park back, of •the
Huron 'Township hall and the ad
jacent grounds of the Ripley Dist-
; •rict High. School., Those in.
charge of assembling this big pat-
--7a-de-included Bili=IvleCreath,lrs:
Howard Thompson, Morley Scott-,.
Jack Campbell.,' Mrs. Morris: Reid
and Francis Boyle. Ticket ad-.
mission sales were handled by
treasurers Mr. •and, Mts. Russell
Brooks while vice president Hugh
Mason arranged for ticket takers.
• Heading the'- parade, were three
cars -'one carrying the officials.
for the,opening .c.eremonies:,
the .second with Miss Ellen Elliott
daughter of \Ir•, and '.Mrs., Bert,
Flliotty as l\tiss Kincardine Fair .
and the third car' with :Miss •Sherry
Pollock.;daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Pollock*as Miss
Bruce County. Dairy Princess.. '
Both these local girls will. be in
next year's -Toronto• C,. N. E. '
The Bruce County, Junior'Pipe,
Band under the direction..of piper
Bill MacLeod of.• Kincardine led
the parade of the•public school'.
children'with their teachers
Fair
'By AB WYLOS,
both the' Pine River Central a:nd.
the Ripley -Huron Central Schools.
Next came the .Hanover Girls
Drurn'Corps..Band in their snappy
blue uniforms, with white trim,
complete with'.eglout'party num
beri`hg 4.0 in all They were fol'
lowed ,by a dozen. rnore floats '
along with. decorated cars, riders
on saddle horses. and.ponies
. numerous decorated bicycles and
tricycles, a'sect'ion of junior
clowns, and two really large and
powerful tractor ;units - one driv-
en by director John C..MacDon-:
aid.. . • .
In the•parade were four sets of
tandem hitched -heavy horses
Eugene MacLeod of Kincardine ,
George Gregg of Paisley , ,:Andy
ea-tto-ofPais-l:ey and J±m A t-ehison-
Luc kn'aw had Tieir horses'decor,-
ated and fitted with silvered harp-.
ess. A.s• in past'years each grade
or level at the high school went to
work and'entercd a
float for their grade, .Whiners in
the comic float.serttbn were 'th,e . .
Lowry,l3arn•Su;pplies of tlr rberley
the, Ripley-T<Trwardine .Dairy Club' .
and the Ripley-lltirdn:'Legion. This
oat •o t e ;;Legion had i large gas
engine , . mounted on''a flat .wagon,
which was drivini; a corn'cutter
On the rear part of the wagon It
was.a most seasonal float• ads• •sever-
al peoplie were'u,nable to•conie,to
the ,fair on account:of corn .cutting.
On it.were. tactor driver Don :'`
Paquette , and.:Lloyd •Wylds„Mur:
ray P.ollock as a poupie of corn.
harvest workers. . .
In the Fancy float section -first e•
prize .went .to the:float of'Grad
12 at•th.e Ripley District Hight
COME: TO
a'nada s Largest Rural, Fair
School,, •Second the Ripley and
District. Horticultural: Society' and.,
the third to' the entry of Mrs.
Stewart Farrell on the theme
winter ,nOW and'then:. Mr$. Far--
relies daughter -„nurse Joy. Farrell -.
of Toronto was the tractor• driver.
:while on the: float Mir. and Mrs.`
Walter. Farrell sat in'the 'beautifu'l;
egg shell''cutter and for the "now
part” a /snow'tnobile was used..
• Winners in the.'decorated:, Gar .'
section were Graham cook,Or-
aen' Rock,' who.dat'er in the after.-
noon ha'd his daughter's wedding.,
to attend , and john .Peet ,. a r*w - ,
comer to the .village. '
the ,decorated pony and ,cart
first prize'.w•ent to Kent Alton of
Lueknow second, toyBria-n.;Mae--
Kay, of'Ripley•and' third to entry
entitled'"1Miss Ripley i3ea ity•Conr.
-test". 'I i-tate=d-ec-orat-ed pony. an(
saddle .class th,e. winners •were
Kevin Kilpatricckof Luclnow•., :.
Alice Teel .of,Riplcy'and ilrcnda
FRIDAY and SATURDAY,.
OCTOBER 8 and 9
OPENING FRIDAY NIGHT
I•arreh. .
13ev:Scott and Julie Johnston
rs, Fud.dle' a`nd;.Du'Lklic .were .the
top clowns foliowed;by: Susan •
Rock with Karen ,Lowry and then
Ronald' 1larris. Bicycle winriers
were Mary Kern stbh. as Miss
Canada.,' Janice Elliott ,, Ric y
Martin', as Li:t'tle• lioy Blue'; Sally
Hackett,, Chris Messenger , • Ann.
Courtney: arid ' Heather Boyd.'
'After, the parade.was tucked
into every available:ipot , Don: -
lacTavish. as `the Master' of,'
,ceremonies .took -his position at
the mike of :Don Mason's Public
Address systemnon the infield of
the ball park,. - 'Don called 'on •
Clayton Nicholson a.nd Russell. •
Stanley - t1 :re•eyes of Ripley
and Huron.' • Both, welcomed those.
in. attendance . Then Lester •
Ferguson , ;president of the fair
board introduced•.Jack `Bowers ,
D. f Edti f B c
fairpe lack retailed th years
he took'part_i:n the„Ripley-iluron
fair and then later bringing in
pr,pduce from the family ,farm
south.Of Ripley
The Hanover CTrls- Band-neL�ct -' •
per, forted three beaut'ifui •nunbers
for• the spectators Their leader
Bill Davis, front Hanover not'..''
- a r rhe ' t uikvv
eae_th
or only $l
(plus,P.S'.Tax
hector ocation or
Brut . . 1•
County 'to officially declare'ihe
open, ac reca e e (wit'h CO-OP Savings Certificate) •
when as a school student. in Ripley Saucepan -Set -contains
• 3 covered,saucepans (32 oz.. 48 oz: and •56 oz. sizes),
detachable handle and serving cradle,.
Come. in and see this fabulous Co'rning Ware
Saucepan Set soon ,and get' the whole'story on
using C0 OP Fuel; OiI Service or fill i.n this
savings certificate andMail it in
do the .rest!
t Valid only after 2nd Fill
iy':Mr Herb Arkell idnd 'ENTER'TAINMENT :b
• STOREY ,DANCERS OF. EAFORTH
BRUCE, COUNTY JR. FARMERS CHO1:R
BILL SEWERS
Commentary. on the nufnh''ers. : Ile : FOR THIS, OFFER
told that his band was second in
competition both.,in *Toronto and
Ottawa. During the coaling year,
their number' will be increased , • :
from the present 40,to 80 and
t .ey, will attend the Santa Clairs i
parade in Toronto and 'the Start-
ed:e in 'Cal ar next Jul •
EY 901nOtHO RACE .
6 •RACES— FIRST AT; NOON.:
The public school square ' dance
-r-en-th pl =fe
next. The' judge gave the listing
with reasons , for the placing. This
was followed by two dancing num
-ber--by-the-Hirr.on-SWi-ngers--- =ext.
six heavy horse,'tanderh hitches
took over the infield •and put on'
a program of fancy driving which'
is not seen' every day.. The Bruce
Count Ju nioLPI'e ba
some very nice nitrrrbers,Sortie
very beautiful piping was done by
these.young people, who were dir-
ected by Bill• MacLeod Who is
grandson of Huron's well. known
Shirt Bowers. The showing of tilt
4-H beef and dairy calves was
held in a special fenced..part in
left .field and the Bruce County,
assistant agricultural represents-,
'CONTINUED ON PACE 13 ,
SARNIA ' LIONETTES, BAND .
TEESWATER IiIGHLANDEO.S1
HORSES =' CATTLE ` SHEEP- SWINE
SILVER DOLLAR COMPETMON
COUNTY 4-H SHOW —MIDWAY -. FILMS`.
COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS
MACHINERY - AUTOS
ENTERTAINMENT`
FUN FOR . ALL
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CONCERT T AND DANCE
0.' ARENA. AT 8:15 PM.
to recording artists.
THE FAMILY BROWN FROM
OTTAWA VALLEY'
-$10.00 S*uNGSERTt'iCA
Special -Corning Ware Introductory➢ �^►' .
offer from CO-OP . /ui
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are ueepa , a . .e , w ,r h is. valued '
at $19.88; .I.understand'that 1 rnU'st
pay only $9.88; (plus P.S.T.) if i.,
--agree to use -GO Op -Fuel Oil.for
at least one year. This ..;,
introductory offer betcomes:yalid
tet'-the-second-Fi,-ef 0-iI fill
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