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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-10-03, Page 3I ' rt. • • I • • • a of ries to days, ad on siting more site - ather s and r • 411.1ww Senflr.el, WednelidaYi October, 3, 19114—Page 3 Weather co;-operates':Ripleyfalifairgreat success thisyear The 1984 Ripley fall fair is now •historY• Everyone seems quite pleased with it. On this Monday morning looking back everyone seems quite pleased with it. The comrnents heard were either "It was a good show or "It was a great fair". Our thanks goes to Gm:14°r providing the nice, sunny, dry day on Saturday, Sept. 29. _ The parade at noon was a long one with many, floats and great variety. Heading it was the.Kincardine OPP cruiser with Of- ficer:George Ling driving. Following it was Miss GlendaGamble daughter of Allan and Alice Gamble riding her chestnut brown horse and then the ever -popular Kincardine . Scottish Pipe Band. - Officer Ling parked his cruiser in the mid- dle of the main intersection so that with its flashing lights it blocked any traffic from the north and east..So from the Intersection' on down to the Memorial Park ,(the ball field) it ,Was Glenda on her horse and the Pipe Band leading the prade.. Oh yes, there were two steam engines in the parade - Finlay •MaeDonaldia engine from Lochalsh. and Graham Cook's engine from Ripley. Then there were those fancy dressed hitch- ed teams of,horsesand floats to no end. Visitors, At The Fair • Here visiting with her • parents. Francis and Margaret Geninell on Tain•Street and . • Steering committee. The Catholic high school steering com- mittee has been named. by the Huron - Perth Separate SchOol Board. Seamus Doherty of Clintonand Ron Cork ' of Stratford .were named as parent representatives on the steering committee at the board's September 10 meeting. The steering committee is expected to establish a plan that will help the board decidelOw best toprovide a Catholic high, . school in the area. • ,; • The ftwo men liaMed'ie0.' elected by trustees from a list' Of' four names. from Huron COunty and five names from erth. Trustee Louis . Maloney . of Dublin sug- gested the names be recorded and if addi- tional help is required, the other people could help. " Father Jim Carrigan of Dublin has been named as the -Huron-Perth Deanery's - representative on the committee. • Trustees Dave Durand of R.R. 2 Zurich and JohnDeviin'of Stratford will represent the trustees. Chairman Ron Murray will also sit on'the committee. • , .Register now Lucknow Minor Hockey registration was held last Sittircfay:with only 50% registra- tion. The Lucknow Rec. Department is obligated to •• the league to submit total registration prior to grouping meetings which are held early in October. • With only 50% registration it is very difficult for the department to estimate, total enrolment in. • the program, therefore. early registration' is stressed. Organization by • caches is alsO-made very difficult without a • full roster of mimes. • If you did not register your , child for hockey last Staturday, please go .to the Rec • DFpartment office as soon as possible. ,A coaches meeting will be held Wednes- day, October 3, 8:30'p.m. in the Town Hall All coaches and would be coaches are requested to attend. • amminor TRINITY by Betty Ritchie Congratulations to' Joan and Terry Hayes on the arrival of a baby boy. First grandchild A for D. A. pd Evelyn Hackett. • The Huron Perth Presbytery meeting was ' held Tuesday at Cainp Menesetung, Attend- • ing from Trinity were. Rev. Arthur Scott and Betty Ritchie. . • ; , • William and Shirley Irvin, Shelley and • Lindsay spent Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Robb,' who were -celehrat, ing their 356 wedding anniversary. • attending Ripley Fair were Ann, Ken, and Whitney Smith of Kitchener. Also here on Saturday were Sill and Wanda Harris of London, Mrs. Adeline (Harris) Ladd of Kit- chener, and Huffy and Shirley Harris of the Muskoka area. The Harris family always at- tend the Ripley fall fair. Here with Ab and Fran Wylds on Saturday and attending the fair were Elmer and Gladys Wylds, Dave and Diane Robinson and sons Shawn and Nathan of Kincardine, and Bill Robertson of Scarborough (Metro Toronto). • Morrison and Mary MacKenzie of In- verhuron attended the Ripley fair on Satur- day. A word ofthanks goes to friend Mor- rison for talking with Fran Wylds it,the mahistreet corner at the time of the parade. It was much appreciated - - • Ripley. Reunion Banner Hung A large banner advertising the Ripley Huron'''. 85 Reunion made by Mrs. Doris Nicholson of ,Ripley street was hung high Over the main intersection on Monday even- ing last week just before the ram squall: The Pollock Electric Aerial Bucket. truck. Tak- ing part in getting it up were Rod Mac- Donald, Clayton Nicholson, Allan limiter, and John Wyld, • • •The high' winds on Tues: evening through to Wednesday morning really jerked it • around, So on Thursday morning Rod Mac- Donald was again down to the Intersection with the bucket truck to take it down. Also the strings of coloured Christmas lights were taken down as the banner was again put up and tightened into place. .The ground Man assisting Rod was village foreman Don Peterbaugh. • " Cozy Quilters Meeting The first meeting a the Ripley No. 1 Cozy 'Quilters was held at the home of Mrs. Annet- ta Robinson on Tuesday, September 25,1984. The club leaders are Mrs. Annetta Robinson and Mrs. Margaret Srqith, 'Lisa Robinson and Barb Smith were elected president and vice-president respectively: The secretary and press reporter will rotate together. Each member made her templates for the sample "Moon over the Mountain". The next meeting was last evening at seven, October 2 also. at the home of Mrs. Robinson. Sheila Osborne made this report. Searching Your Family Tree • . To -Morrow evening, Thursday, October 4 at seven -thirty Angus Baxter will present his talk -"In Search of Your Roots" and it will be in the Ripley Huron Central School. Ripley librarian Judy Hawrylyshyn says that everyone is Welcome and that the ad- mission is free. RIPLEY: by Ab•Wylds • Everybody Helping Out It was quite an experience to walk into the Ripley Complex on Monday evening last week Sept. 24. The arena floor was alive with people - all at different places and all busy. • It seems that many were there at seven for the big • fall fair work meeting. 'Everybody had the attitude "Let us get this job done rightnow". So by nine all the tables and display stands were set up. And most covered with plastic material. Across the front of the arena president of the lady directors Mrs. Linda Campbell of Atriberley had her groups at work. On hand were these ladies Mary Ann Forster, Wilma Sutton, Barb Messenger, Pat Chatham, Gail ^ wilder Hoek, Alice Gamble, Susan Van Sickle, Diane Brooks, Judy Colling, Margaret Smith, Carol Blackwell, Helen Ir- win, Ruby Walden, Helen Vander Gists, Tarn to par 1.10 • SENIOR CITIZENS 10% . dlscount on Mondays ONLY on orders of , 310.00 sod over. • excludlng Cigarettes and tobacco ttek now • Many More In -Store Specials Natrutew ifitubs we reserve the right to limit' quantities we delivet • PRICES IN EFFECT October 3.to October 6 INCLUSIVE 5 8 30011 • • •