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bY,Sharon Martin
. Bast Monday, five
• • Members of the Ripley
Dairy 441 Club exhibited
at the Mount Forest Fair,.
Jamie Farrell finishedfirst
in his confirmation class.
Glen Farrell placed fifth in
Showmanship. One bun-
Bred and, sixty calves were
shown representing dairy
and beef.
Saturday, five members
of the Ripley Dairy 441
Club exhibited at the
Arthur Fair. Glen Farrell
was Reserve . Dairy
Showman. Jamie Farrell
was Reserve Dairy Calf.
,Other members who
exhibited were Christina
and Carmen Farrell. and.
• Cuyler Hollands, They all
placed well in their confir-
mation classes. One 'hun-
dred and forty calves, were
shown representing dairy
and beef. •
Christina Farrell is ,iu.
Sarnia this week attending
the Chemical Valley
Adventure sponsored •by
the Rotary Club of
Kincardine. The Coorunna
Rotary Club hosts the
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'..,,,,,.oury _ mForesta . er,rad '• air . r i
event and they will tour
various petroleum and
chemical .factories in the
area.
John and Jonathan
Collins escorted Dawn to
her new home at Nipissing
University in North Bay,.
This is Dawn's first year.
Congratulations to
Dave, Bobbie 'and Billie
Patterson on tile baptism
of Billie on Sunday, in
Ripley.. Relatives celebrate
ed afterwards at the home..
of Ruthe and +Gordon
Patterson.
Deanna and Morley
Scott attended the Steam
Threshers: Show in Myth
on the weekend.'
Holidaying with Wilda
and Harvey Thompson are
Dell and Peggy Colwell of
San Antonio,' Texas.: They
attended the Colwell pie -
Me at Kinloss 'Community
Centre on Sunday, and will.
be visiting relatives'ands
friends inthe area this
week:.
The Ripley Happy
Hearts met on Friday .with
a pot luck dinner .at the
Former Langsrde
woman is guest
Members, of the South Kinloss Women's Missionary '
Society met on Sept.' 2 with Wilma Clarke as hostess.
Eight Members from Brussels WMS were guests,
Wilma opened the. meeting reading from the Glad
Tidings. Rena Ferster was pianist.
Ruth Buchmeier'read from the,study book, Loaves
and Fishes. Doris'MacKinnon gaVe theoffertory prayer.
Guest speaker was•Grace Munnings,.of Seaforth.'She.
used to live at Langside on afarm now owned by Simon`•:•
• DeBoer..
Mrs. Munnings'"• presentation on what does 'harvest
mean and *hat do we think of when we think ofharvest;
gave,much food for thought. '
Ruth Bell, Len Clarke and Rena Forster. sang In the
Golden aeeompanied by Wilma at the piano
Anti MacDougall gave the biography of -the hymn
Amazing Grace and then the group sang it
1
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'The, B.rid•ges family.
recently held their first
family•and friends reunion
at the Lucknow Legion. It.
was a great evening with
over 100 in attendance.
• M •The evening included
children's' gannes, a buffet
reseal and entertainment.
Lola Bridges •.sang a beau
tiful • rendition ,of
Strawberry Wine,. Then„
there was a:' guest appear-
ance by the "Spice. Girls,•
'.
with iarryl::Turner as..
Sport,- Paul Turner as
Baby, Lola Bridges as
Ginger, Trevor Pritchard:
as• Posh, and Tiffany
Bridges as Scary. Candice
and ,Brittany Steip and
Larissa Bridges performed
a cute aqua lip sync num-
ber.
The competition for
Queen and. King proved,
very entertaining. The
winder of the 'Queen's
crown was ; .,,Brenda
(l~airhead) Blanchard. She
'.hadto collect the most
shirts frointhe men The.
King was chosenby the'
Shirtless men dancing for
their shirts. They danced
to I'tn.too Sexy for my,
Shirt. Five ;finalists Were,
'picked by the Queen.
Robbie • Faye, Mark:
Blanchard, Leo Bridges,
Geoff:Miller and 'Darryl
Turner then had to dance:
like Sarnia 'T'wain::Darryi
Turner was eventually,
erownied ith g.
Many people stayed at
bed and breakfasts in the •
Luckpow area. Karen and;
Leo': had 32 at their horne
and Winston: and Lala had •
22' at their:home. The fain- :.
ily from out of town who
stayed •in B. & Bs said the,
food, .accommodations
and hospitality were fan-
' tastic.
an-'tastic. They 'will definitely
return •
Legion, Guest speaker was.
Louise Currie from
Kincardine, speaking of
her experiences in Saudi
Arabia where she was vis.
iting with herdaughter,
Janet and • Wayne
Rhody and family had
Michelle, Robert and J.D.
visiting on the weekend,
Congratulations. to
Gladys Arnold' in her par-
ticipation in the grand
opening.. of the hair salon
at "W' Villa,
Visiting this week with
Anne McCosh were Mary
Black,, Marjorie.
Thompson, and Alma
Gilles.
Visiting at the trailer
honie with Anne, Mary
Anne and Dick' were
Marion Cliffe and Currie
Colwell • on Monday
evening and • Eileen
Martzas of Calgary on
Thursday,
Mary Anne and Dick
ieave
„Qt
McCosh visited with John,
Joyce, Tobi, and Jen
Farrell on Thursday
evening at their home near
Wingham.
Anne. McCosh. and
Mary Antic Kukoly.
attended a baby shower
for Dianne Leschied and
baby Andrew, Friday
evening in Kincardine.
Friday was 441•Day at
Owen Sound Fair. The
Ripley 4-H Sheep and 4-H
Beef Clubs were in atten-
dance.
Stephen and. Janice
Elliott were visiting with
June. and Earl Elliott this
week, They also visited
with John ..and Joyce
Farrell and`family.near
Wingham and Lauretta
Hodgins of Kinloss.
Newshound for this
month is Sharon at 395-
4132:
•
• inf� •
occupation. City directo-
ries give the street address
for the .head of the house-
hold, For example, the city
of Glasgow,. Scotland have
directories going back
-over 200 years. One male
ancestor was in the British
Navy,. and, she was able to
find. out the ships he was
on, the action hesaw, why •
. he was discharged. and the
tattoo and scars he had. •
Some church records go ,
-back into the 111141SOOs.
The -Family History
Centre is now back in
operation at the• olcl'loca-
- tion in• thea Church. of Jesus
'Christ of Latter-day Saints
in Owen Sound, and the
phone lines :are in:
family
The Bruce and .Grey
branch of the Ontario
Genealogical Society held
their August meeting in
Wiarton. Brenda. Ruffen
was the speaker,
She spoke of some of
the various pieces of infor-
mation she hasfound
about her ancestors
through the paper trail
they left. behind.
Some of .the interesting
items which were talked.
about were, newspaper
articles which can -be:
found asfar back as 150
years or more, licenses for
such things as business,
hunting or burial permits,
old telephone books'. listed
for only
Save up tt'I
40 to Off the counter price
this sabulous Sate Noe is vadat ie only et our oturd from Monday, September' l dtii to September,'
:18th, Or at the Fair Friday. night:, September 111 and Saturday, September 19M after the parade,
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