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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-08-17, Page 12ripley news Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 17, 1983—Page 13 Ripley fair includes soya beans in crop competition By Ab Wylds Mrs. Gerald Meyer of California, the former Ber- nice Welsh of the Fourth con- cession west in Huron township, has been visiting with her sister Reta, Mrs. Steve Irwin and other friends and relatives in the Ripley and Kincardine areas, While here she attend- ed the Welsh family reunion at the summer home of Mar- jorie and. Ted Wildfong of Preston, Cambridge. Their summer home is in Lurgan at the foot of the Fourth con- cession and is called PEEBLES after the small home town of the Welsh ancestors near Glasgow in Scotland. At the foot of the hill Mr. and Mrs. Wildfong have added a log cabin from Kincardine Township to the remodelled Lurgan or S.S. No. 1 school house to make Peebles summer home. Reta, Marjorie and Bernice are sisters, the daughters of Tom and Laura Welsh of Con. 4 west in . Huron township and all three at- tended the Verden or S.S. No. 13 school still standing on the 4th concession west. On Monday evening of last week, Aug. 8, the Ripley Agricultural Society held its monthly meeting in the Ripley District School. Pre- sent were Linda Campbell, Don MacTavish, Bill Collins (Con. 4), Keith Van Der Hoek, Gary Courtney, Per- rin Lowry, Bob Forster, Bob Scott, Gordon Patterson, Wilma Sutton and Ab Wylds. President Keith Van Der Hoek, called the meeting to order and secretary Don MacTavish read the minutes of the July meeting which were approved. The question of renting out the snow fence owned by the society was discussed and a fee set for its use beyond the immediate territory of the society. Doug Storrey of Kin- cardine was present for the Miller Slade Insurance Com- pany and fully outlined the coverage and cost of in- surance from the company. It was decided to change from the Toronto company to the local firm. Linda Campbell reported the offer of Mrs. Betty Needham for the lunch at the Ripley fall fair dance and this was accepted. Also ap- proved was the getting of any additional plastic material to cover display stands. Head of the grain committee Gordon Patter- son reported on the addition of soya beans to the- field crops competitions for Ripley fair. The committee in charge of getting amusement rides • for the fair are Bill Collins, John Gamble, Ron Brooks, and Bob Thompson. Perrin Lowry and Ron Brooks are to look after getting people to "man" the gates for both Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24. Keith is making arrangements for the Ripley fall fair float to be in the Dungannon fall fair parade this Saturday noon August 20. Don MacTavish reviewed the newspaper, radido and television advertising last year and was given approval for the same schedule this year. Members of the Ripley Lions Club will again operate a beef -bun booth at the fair. Bob Scott and Gary Court- ney will be in charge of the wrist wrestling contest. There will be five classes namely the light weight for men under 165 lbs., middle weight 165 to 200 lbs., and heavy weight over 200 lbs., also two open classes one for the left-handed and the other one for the ladies. As in past ears Robert Snary of Shakespeare, Ontario will be the referee in charge. Bob Forster of Point Clark will again be in charge of the frog jumping competitions. The next meeting will be on Mon., Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. in the cafeteria room in the Ripley District School just two weeks before the fair. + ++ Last Friday Wayne Nixon, Jamie Hunter, and Larry Nixon painted the car park- ing spaces on Queen Street (main street east and west) and the two remaining cross walks at the main four -way - stop intersection in Ripley. + ++ Mr. and Mrs. D.A. McIn- tosh of St. Thomas spent a week at Don and Sheila Mur - ray's cottage at Cedar Ter- races, Kincardine visiting the Murrays at Kincardine and Margaret Scott in Ripley. They also visited Frank Scott in Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home in Lucknow. + ++ Last week and this week Lloyd Worthington of Ripley is the manager in the Royal Bank here while the regular manager Wayne Watson is on holidays. + ++ Jean MacDonald of the Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home staff in Lucknow visited with her sister Noreen MacDonald at their home on Malcolm Street last week. Giant Water Bug Somebody out there, as they often say on radio or television, left a strange creature in a glass sealer at the front door for Ab Wylds to name. It is a giant water bug. Note bug, not a beetle, which is a different kind of insect. They say that this giant water bug can give a person a nasty bite. I am not sure and am not about to ex- periment. So there you are - Giant Water Bug. Two Rale Seeds Growing rape seed is a new thing for this area in the past year. We h..&ve learned that there are two types - like spring wheat and fall wheat. So there is spring sown rape seed or CANOLA which Is planted in spring and harvested now. And there is fall or August sown rape seed which would live over winter, grow next summer and set its seed pods to be harvested next August. Stuart Alton of Belfast between Lucknow and Dungannon has two different one hundred acre fields of this canola seed. One field is just north of Dungannon along the county road and the other one is east of Ripley on the Ackert farm with the big barn out about two miles east. Stuart has been drawing truckloads of the fine dark seed from his Dungannon field into the Ripley Grain Elevator. He leaves the crop in the cut swath for ten days so that the pods will ripen. Just finished swathing the field east of Ripley so in a few days it will be ready to go through the combine. Jim Scott of the Ripley Grain Elevator says that the seed for these fields of Canola came from Sweden. The fields at the Prehn farms, the former Lorne Reid - Norris and George Messenger Farms at Reids Corners are the fall or 07 rape seed type. It is the August to August type and the seed for it came from somewhere in Germany. +++ On Monday and Tuesday of last week Hugh Witter of Hanover, working for the Glen Eaton Paints Limited of Elmwood, spray painted the steel framework under the overhead metal grain silos at the Ripley Grain Elevator. He was a different crew man from the crew which did the Thompson Feed and Supply Mill at Ripley two weeks ago. Huron Township History For over a year, a group of senior citizens of the Ripley area, have been working on a project to preserve much valuable local history of Huron Township, Ripley and Kincardine. It was in old News of births and deaths for Lochalsh By Kae Webster Congratulations to Pat and Movita Courtney on the safe arrival of their baby son, Bradley Patrick, July 18, 1983. The proud grandpar- ents are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bradley of R. R. 3 Goderich and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Court- ney of Point Clark. Wellington Webster and his sister Wynn Gammie of Lucknow spent a few days with their sister and broth- er-in-law, Elliot and Myrtle Fells of Whitby.' The community will be glad to hear that Jack Mac- Kenzie has now been able to return home after being hospitalized for the past few weeks. We wish him a quick recovery. The community was shock- ed and saddened when word was received of the passing away of Florence MacKenzie of Lucknow and formerly of Lochalsh. Mrs. MacKenzie was a wonderful person and will be greatly missed by all her old friends and neigh- bours of the area. Dianne, Darryl and Meri- deth McCutcheon, children of Edwin and Janice McCut- cheon of Lions Head are spending a week's holiday with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Robb. Congratulations to Helen Kempton, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Bill Kempton of Point Clark, who has recently graduated from the Academy School of Hairdressing and has recently received em- ployment in Kincardine at the Hair Connection. Mr. and Mrs. Art Mat- thewman had their daughter and two grandsons. Margo. .lamie and Beau Pettis of Sudbury with them for a ten day visit and on the weekend the Matthewmans took their visitors home to Sudbury. scrapbooks which had been made by the late Miss Jane F. Yemen 1866 - 1954. She had written many articles for local papers and col- lected much historical material. Many pictures of early settlers have been add- ed to make a lovely book con- taining material available nowhere else. She also had quite a collection in her books of obituaries which genealogists will find valuable; see advertisement for how to obtain a book. Thanks to Gladys Arnold for this item. +++ Next Sunday, August 21, the morning service at St. Andrews United Church in Ripley will be a tribute to the senior citizens of Knox Presbyterian and St. An- drews United Churches. Following the service, the seniors and the members of the session along with their spouses are invited to a lun- cheon and fellowship time. The grain storage facilities in Ripley were in- creased this past week when Bob Thompson had a new metal grain silo installed at the rear of the Thompson Feed and Supply Centre formerly the Ripley Chopp- ing Mill. Bob now has two of these silos. Added to these storage silos those at the Ripley Grain Elevator and those at the Courtney Seed Cleaning Plant belonging to Jim Scott and Harold Court- ney respectively and the total shows a considerable increase in grain holding the capacity over last year. Fastball in Ignaee On the last weekend in Ju- ly nine players representing the Ripley Intermediate Fastball team travelled to Ignace and played in the tournament there. They were Del Stanley and son Jeff, John MacIntosh, Floyd and Art Stanley, Al Rhody, Murray STcott, Paul Culbert urn to page 19• SCOTT DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS • DRAIN TILE SYSTEMS • EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES • FREE ESTIMATES SCOTT EROS. Contracting Company Ltd. 395.2992 Ripley, Ontario Tile Drainage "Don't be stuck without It" PRYDE MONUMENTS LTD. •MONUMENTS *BRONZE PLAQUES •MARKERS *CEMETERY LETTERING NEW MODERN SHOWROOM SUNCOAST MALL-GODERICH D. 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