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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-07-24, Page 42Page 22 The Kincardine News 'Ripley Reunion '85' hunch used to • be centre of life for families • from page 21 homemade. Bees to complete tasks and also have food and fun together were common. The church was the centre of life. My Mc - Cosh, grandparents drove the seven miles to Kincardine, with a wagon and team of horses and small children until a church was at- tended at Reids Corners. Church was centre of life I remember sitting in a buggy with my parents while my younger brother and sister sat on a small seat in front of the dashboard of the buggy. Many churches held suppers and tea meetings and had young people's groupsas well as regular organizations and Sunday School. I have gone to picnics by buggy but some went .by wagon. I have gone to local plays and box socials by sleighload and even to church. As well as providing spiritual nourishment, the church was a means of providing fellowship with so many not seen until next week. I remember my parents attending a neighbor's wedding ' reception in his home about 1910. Dancing was to the tune of a fid- dler and organistin the largest room, which 'was usually the kitchen. My own wedding reception was in our home in 1928.. The or- chestra was free or nearly so and all the donations went to the brideand groom. Those attending were neighbors and friends. Now such receptions are for anyone and held in a complex with loud music to an Congratulations to Ri.piey-Huron's Reunion '85 from Bruce and The Staff Willits Ti&S•er'ice LUCKNOW 528-2103 Best Wishes for. a Great Reunion! ea 287 Lambton St. n' 396-9443, London. Life DAVID A. SHEWFELT Kincardine, Ontario NOG 2G0• Office 396.3874 Residence 396-2274 R.R.S.P. Available NOW ,LOCATED AT 287 Lambton St. expensive orchestra. Many homes did not play cards but often had good music provided by themselves or neighbors and often sang together. B6'ught first radio in 1938 When radios came into our homes, a whole new field was opened. Bill and I got our first radio about 1938. We listened to so many local programs from. CKNX and other stations. They were operated by battery. Television now has added a whole new area. of entertainment but I feel people are begin - Now for some memories Now some memories— my parents going visiting and taking the children about 1912-15. We went in the forenoon and stayed for din- ner. The adults talked and the children were given something to amuse them or were ex- pected to behave. I remember the hostess, flooding my rice pudding with milk and I protested and the talk I received when we got home! You took the food offered to you, hand ate it when you went visiting... About the same time I remember visiting looks at the future too ning to be more appreciative of home fun and music. We know so much more about the people of other lands than when I was younger: It has made the world so much smaller somehow and people travel to other lands. Some people went to Torontoby train in the first half of the 1900's to attend the C.N.E: or to Niagara Falls on their honeymoon. Many people spent their entire lives within a small radius of their homes. We played baseball and shinny on a patch of ice at school usually with a homemade bat and maybe a hockey stick of a tree limb and a chunk of frozen material and had good ' fun:: At Continuation School, we played ball, basketball and games. When the Jubilee /Arena was built, there were many local hockey teams. This arena replaced the, old building which had beep used for Fall Fairs, and natural ice in winter for skating. Now we use artificial ice in the complex which enlarges the period for using ice. a home with a gramophone and how we ;lov- ed it/ People even put on -a record and telephoned .a friend when we first got telephones so everyone could enjoy the music,.. Billie Alex Graham butchered for a beef ring and I had to get up early if I wanted a ride when it was Dad's turn to deliver beef... When we moved to the Irish settlement at Purple Grove in 1916, we were foreigners at first.. because..our ancestors had come from Scotland. This community is -the only one in the township to keep their one -room school for: the use of the community for meetings and reunions and social events. It has been a , great influence in keeping alive''a good com- , munity spirit... ' So many areasdepend on the complex: where sport has superceded so many former activities. However, Huron and Ripley still have a great , cooperative spirit and will work together for a good future. • WELCOME BACK! TO ALL THE VISITORS AT RIPLEY-HURON REUNION '85 DAVE'S B ITCH R B LOCK 786 Queen St., KINCARDINE 396-3118 WeIcome dome (Enjoy the Reunion! OILOCARD 396-9115 (Back North-West Corner) 190 queen St..South - Across from Cemetery - Kincardine,'