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,leogorgos. Fine Weather, Large Crowd,
y Exhibitors At Ripley Fall Fair
• -BY AR WYLDS .
By the favourable comment of
those in attendance the Ripley-
HUron fall'fair 'was a go.ocl show.
.The weatherman favoured with,
ideal yeather - neither too warm
nor too cool - just a nice pleas • -
ant day to be outside.. And they
,,say that' tnere was a good attend-
ance - the treasurer and the sec-
retary do not see that much, so
hence the relying on reports.
The fair started with a good-
parade. In: the lead was the
• Ripley Fire Department'S two
trucks Vith Chief Doug Liddle
driving the spanking bright red
.new tanker truck accompanied by
his son ramie. and 'right behind the
old reliable 1947 red fire engine ,
all polished up, driven by Elmer
Smeltzer , accompanied by Wayne
McLean.. It carried banners ad-
vertising the Firemen's volunteer
work in the. fight against the dis-
ease "muscular dystrophy".
At the' very end, of the parade-
was the horse and buggy driyen .
by Jimmy MacTayish and• Gord-
on Roulston of the Olivet-Smoky.
Hollow area. The covered buggy
had covered many a mile back ill
its days. The corn stalks sticking
• up here and there showed that they
, had left their farms in a hurry and
the signs said "we came in from ,
the hills to see Ripley Fair" and
"if our horse gets tired of it we
Will gb back to them thar hills".
The Durham Girls' Drum and
Bugle Corps, with their colour •
party out ahead and in their bright
. blue and white uniforms, provided
the marching music for the parade
and, then performed in the after-
noon program. They were well
received for their fine effort.
Two outstanding features of this.
year's parade were first , the num-
ber and quality of the'floats and
secondly the splendid appearance
of the heavy horse tandem team
hitches. Add to these' the boys
and girls riding their saddle horses,
the school parade,, the decorated
cars, and the new blue and white ,
tractors of Walter Breckles of Kin-
lough and many other entries and
it .as a good parade. Parade
rnarshall directing Its route and,
line up was 'Bill McCreath with •
assistants Marley 'Scott of the
north east boundary of Huron mid
Jack. Campbell of Amberley and
Francis Boyle of the tenth of
Huron. It. was also a busy time
for those in charge' placing the
various,classes, Mrs. Morris Reid
of Ripley, Mrs. Howard Thomp-
son of Purple Grove , Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Farrell. of Kincardine.
Down at.the bail park Don Mas-
on and his son Bob Mason had
their public address system set up
before, noon and played-records to
give a carnival atmosphere. It
is always nice to see Don down
from Kincardine and -welcome
him back home to Ripley. Out on
the high school grounds Mr. and
Mrs. Len Leverton of the Hamil-
ton area had a bigger midway
than ever and it was busy all
afternoon - always a popular part •
of any fair and especially on such
a nice day as last Saturday.
When the parade entered the
gounds Don. Mason handed the
microphone over to Don MacTav -
ish who did his usual good job as
master of ceremonies and he kept•
things geing at a lively pace
throughout the afternoon so that.,
the fair was over around four
thirty just when exhibitors could
start taking out from' the Huron,
Township hall and the Ripley Dist-
iict High School their exhibits and
pack them in 'the cars for back •
home. How true is the title of •
the address once,given.at the an-
nual Ontario Convention by M. L.
"Tory" Gregg of London and form-
erly of Paisley and Kincardine ,
namely' Day - a ,y.ace with
the Sun". Don first called on
Reeve of Ripley Clayton Nicholson
to say a few words of welcome.
Later Miss Sherry Pollock, last •
year's Ontario Dairy Princess,
held the crowd's attention with
her address officially opening her
horne .fair. Last year on Ripley
Show Day Sherry was on official •
business in Madison, Wisconsin,
a •famous dairy area with plenty.
'of Swiss American farmers. •
Back to the parade , there were
23 floats fifteen classed as com-
ic and eight in the fancy section.
As usual each class at the high
school 'had a, float entered. The
winning comic float was from
Grade 13 - with the, slogan "An '
Apple a 'Day Keeps the Doctor
Away". The 'floats in the comic
section were Maternity and Nurs-
ery Ward Grade 13, Surniner
ground; Party time or The Morn-
ing After the Night Before, Flin-
stones , The Medical Centre by
the school, The Barn. Dance, The
Future Ripley District High Schoo1,1
the Battle of the Sexes, featuring
the recent Bobby Riggs tennis
game , The Good•ble Days , Pun-
iihment at H.S. level 3, Tractor
and Trailer Petite , Cripples from
Friday's 'Ball Game, The Bruce
Irin from Kincardine , the Lowry
Hockey' team •frOm Amberley
and the Ripley Huron Legion float
with•Sandy MacCharles and Don
Paquette sawing wood with the old
buzz saw and Lloyd Wylds driving
the tractor.
In.the• fancy floats first place
went to the Bedroom Bugs by the
Ripley. 4-I-I girls with Mrs, Grace
Peet the leader ,.second prize to
Sesame 'Street entered by the
Kincardine Hospital Auxiliary , •
third was the. Ripley Royal Bank
featuring all the,things at a fall
fair on the float and the tractor
driven by Manager John ,Loomis.
From there on it was the Happy
Hearti - among those riding on
this float was the Ripley Fall.
Fair's veteran director , Mrs.
Gordon Stanley and also its
famOus and long time fire chief
Gordon Scott as' well •as many
more , the Ripley ,FlurOn and Area
Recreation , the Ripley.•Complek ,
Dick MOCosh's snowmobile float,
and the.Ripley-Huron District,
Lions Club.
In the Decorated Pony and Sad-
dle Class it was Kent Alton, •
Shawn Coiling Debbie Fair and
Allison MacKay. The decorated
cart and pony section were as
follows Jamie Forster , Jim Mac -
Tavish , George Messenger and
Betty James of Paisley. •
In the fancy decorated car sec-
tion the placings were 'Ripley, Tops
Ripley and District .Horticultural
Society, the Welcome Wagon and
others with advertising themes.
In the decorated bicycle class
these were placed top- Gary •
Rutledge of Smoky Hollow , Shan-
non Burnham of Kincardine •
Bruce Emmerton, Leah Coulbeck
and Anne Courtney. In decorated
tricycles Sandra Henry was first
followed by Donald Martin, Midi-
ele Henry, LiSa Rock, and Bail),
ara Smith. The clowns perforin-
ed in three pairs. They were
Andrea and Laurie Farrell, John
Piel and Michele Gamble; Julie
Farrell and Helen Kempton.
The honours and prizeS for the
oldest lady and gentleman at the
Ripley-Huron Fall Fair went •
respectively 'to' Mrs. Belle. Henry,
91 years and William Farrell at 87.
Here frorn Gateway Haven in
Wiarton• for Ripley' Fall. Fair on .
Saturday afternoon were Jack
SWan and. Walter .Needham. Un
fortunately Jack was shaken up
when he was knocked over and'
We hope that he is recovered at
least this was reported. Watt was
more fortunate in that he got to
ride on one of the floats.
As in past years, Wallace PO1-
lock and Dan A. MacDonald •
/conducted the musical chairs and
potato races for the young people
on horses or ponies as part of the
infield program. The winners
in musical chairs were first Shawn
Coiling , second Debbie Fair and
third Blair Alton. • Others, in the
Contest were Paul Liddle, Gard
Miller, Bevin Hodgins and Mark
Stewart. 'Winners in,the potato
race'were John Elliott; Rodger
Ludwig, Gordon Fair , Betty lam-.
es , Jamie Forster. Other partici-
pants were Wayne Elliott, Linda
Hodginskon, and Bevan Hodgins.
• The• horse judge at the Ripley
Fair was Professor W. Orville
Kennedy of the Univetsity of
Guelph and placing the beef •
cattle was judge Nelson Howe of
Paisley. From mi. Kennedy we
learned about the passing of a
former friend during our. yeats at
O.A.C. - Doc Staples, then
manager of the College farms
and professoir of animal huSband-
my (horses in particular).
Speaking of judges., tribute
must be paid to Norman Schmidt
of Walkerton and now a patient
in hospital there undergoing .
therapy who left his hospital bed
there last Saturday to judge here
and then return to hospital.. Norm
an has done a lot for our fair over
the past 25 years. As well, Norm-
an won several prizes in.the grain
show. ,
The first exhibitor of livestock
to register at the secretary's
office last Saturday morning was
Jim Aitchison of R. R. 2, Luck-
now who was here with his Clydes-
dale teams. He was, kllowed by
George Kennedy of Pine Echo
Farms, east of Lucknow , with his
well known Herefords, then
Eugene MacLeod of Kincardine
with more CIydes and Andrew
Gaunt of Lucknow with .his Short-
horns. It is always nice to meet
these exhibitors from these neigh-
bouring areas, even though brief-
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Getting back to thoae five, fon':
horse 4ndem hitches all decked
.out with their bright silver and A
blaci{ harness , they were shown ';
by Jim Aitchison of Lucknow, ,
Ja mes MacKay of Dobbinton, •
George Gregg of Paisley, Eugene,
MacLeod of R. R. 2 Kincardine ,j
and Andy Catto of Paisley: Everi
.pan had 'that fine look which
comes from hours of work and „,
knowledge Of their driver ownetso
They drove.. these tandems both
in the parade and later in the
ring front of the stands where
Professor Kennedy placed them.
They were four entries in the
hackney and pony teams. Ther.
were Len Meyer of Walkerton,
Perrin Lowry 'of Finron Township
at the top of the hill at Lurgan, ,
Thorna,s Reburn of Fleshertotkand
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