The Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-10-02, Page 18l
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Threatening Skies Early Saturday,
Large Crowd At Homecoming Event
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
BY AB WYLDS
Last Saturday morning, the
4 , . outlook for a nice day for ' Ripley
Fall Fair was anything but good. It
had rained all night from midnight,
the sky was still overcast and dark,
the grounds. were muddy and
sopping wet: Heavy shoes or.
rubber boots were needed to get
around. However, the 'fair must go
on.. So Knox shed was made ready
for the cattle; the secretary got his
office In left field by John C.
MacDonald's fence ready and Mrs.
Mary .(Graham) Cook and other
members of the Ripley Women's
Institute opened the booth at the
rear of the, township hall.
Some time through the night Len
Leverton arrived with a couple of
trucks carrying the midway rides.
The honour of the first local person
on the job would go to Sam
Malhotra, science teacher at the
high school since he was here from
his home in Godcrich at four in the
morning firing up the Ripley Lions
Barbecue. A couple of hours later
caretakers Murdock MacDonald
and. Hamilton MacKinnon at the
high school and Huron Township
hall were around.
This writer, .as secretary, got the
car packed with allsupplies he
could remember - still one was
missing and was down around
nine. By this tine on the job were
president . Hugh Mason, Dan A.
MacDonald, Jim and Tanner
Brooks. Bob Rutledge, Kenny
MacDonald. Johnny Smith and
of hers.
First man in to get exhibit .tags
was Jim Aitchison of Lucknow who
informed usthat he had his
Clydesdales all. week at the big
plowing match at .Georgetown and
had done considerable driving in
rain and heavy traffic to get to
Ripley Fair.• Incidentally, he was
also giving up thelast day at the.,
international Plowing Match, but
he has been showing here for some
years. Next exhibitor to/ come a
distance was Mrs. Fred McConnell
all the way from Meaford with her
prize winning herd of Shorthorns.
Mrs. McConnell also had driven in
rain on the way. However, in the
afternoon, she showed that she
knew how to lead and handle her.
big beef animals. This was her first
year in Ripley. From there on there
was a continual flow of exhibitors -
many coming from a distance to
take part in Mrs. Nina Silverstone's
new saddle horse show - a first for
Ripley.,
By noon, as the skirl of the pipes
of the Brussels Legion band . and
the drurnming of the 'Durham''
Girls Drum and Bugle Corps could
be heard from the parade marshal-
ling area in the south of the village,
the signs of 'rain disappeared, the
sky cleared and the sun was
shining. Everyone was thankful
and the spirit on the fair grounds
had changed. Don and Bob,Mason
were down from Kincardine with
their public address system and
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their music plus the sounds of 'Len
Leverton's midway made—the tall
fair atmosphere. The piece of the
track which the parade had to cross
to get to the ball diamond in front
of the seats was still muddy.
However, the'official car and the
second car carrying Miss Sandra
Peter of Bervie, Miss Mid Western
Ontario, passed over the , spot.
Parade Marshall Bill McCreath and
directors stopped .the girls of the
Durham. Band while bales of straw
from Knox shed - the cattle barn
were spread. Then the girls in
smart blue uniforms with white
trim and white hats marched onto
the field, During the afternoon
they showed that they are a
championship band. • Following
them was the public school march-
ing students with the smali ones,
first guided by their teacher Mrs.
Betty Elliott and Principal Floyd
Stanley and ending with Grades 7
and 8 from the Ripley District
School with Mrs. Isobel Martyrs
and Mrs. Helen Henderson.
It was a great parade with many
floats, decorated cars, bicycles,
tricycles, outstanding heavy horse
tandem hitches - ,the black Perch-
eron entries of Andy Catto and
George Gregg, both from the
Paisley area, and Jim Aitchison's
Clydesdales from . Lucknow, the.
Ripley High School floats, floats by
the Lions, Happy Hearts, Ripley
Reunion committee, Ripley Horti-
cultural Society and many com-
mercial ones. •The Brussels Legion
Pipe Band was in the parade - it
would not be a parade in Ripley
without the Highland Pipes and
Drums. . Then the wonderful
attractive saddle horses with their
costumed riders. Also in the
parade were the boys and girls with
their decorated bicycles and,.tricyc-
les.
•
A new master Qf ceremonies wa's
at the mike to welcome the parade
and keep the people informed, of
'the various variety program numb-
ers and presentations during the
afternoon. He was Alan McLean
who just lives two farms down the
road west from the fair grounds or
community park. ,Alan called the
official party to the platform. First
speaker was Reeve Russell Stanley
of Huron Township. then Reeve
Clayton Nicholson of Ripley, Miss
Sandra Peter, Hugh Mason, Pres-
ident of Ripley Agricultural Society
who introduced Murray Gaunt,
M.P.P. of Wingham to officially
declare the fair open. Then the
various rings such as the 4-H calf
ring. the light horse ring, the heavy
horse ring, the midway rides, the
refreshment booths - Ripley Wom-
en's Institute at the back of the
hall, Ripley 'Junior Farmers. the
Lions Barbecue were all crowded, as
well as the highschool auditorium
and the Huron Township hall..
Mention was made earlier of not
bringing oneset of supplies. This
was not •discovered till Austin
,Martin was looking for the prize
cards for the beef cattle. So the'
secretary made the long walk
through the crowd and back to his -
Malcolm Street house. It was on
the way back that it could be seen
that Ripley really had a record
turnout. The park was almost a
'sea' of colour and commotion. The
streets were lined with parked cars
- even north of the rinks, up and
down both mainstreets and . down
the side streets. How ,so many.
people got safely packed into little
Ripley . and out again was really
something.
Everybody said that it wasa
good fair and they were enjoying
themselves. As we walked through
the crowd on that one trip everyone
was busy either 'working like mad'.
watching. talking a streak or
moving around to meet friends -
the hundred thousand welcomes
greeting was much in evidence on,
this home corning week end.
On fair day, alt officials and
directors around here are busy.
One very busy, one was a former
president. ip aer District Ten
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Director, and now a director again -
Gordon Patterson. /First he was
taking 'pictures of the indoor
exhibits, then he was helping judge
Norman Schmidt on the poultry and
pets, next on the horses and he
finally finished the day after six
doing the announcing at the mike ._
and made the final speech of
thanks.
The first work bee for the Ripley
fair was held on Tuesday evening
of last week - putting up stands for
indoor displays in the high school
auditorium and township hall. All
the material for these stands such •
as boards, 'planks, crates, trestles,
tables and crates : are loaded on
trucks and hauled over. Then, the
display stands are mostly 'fashion-
ed on the spot'. Those on the job .
on Tuesday: evening, were Morley
Scott, Jack Farrell, Hugh Mason,
Jim Needham, Gordon Patterson;
Doug MacDonald, Alan. McLean,
Russ Brooks, Stewart Shielts, ,John
Ferguson, Jim Brooks,. Dan A.
MacDonald. Lester Ferguson, Don
Wyld, Rod MacDonald, Bob Rut-
ledge,' Wes. Smith, Reg Moore and
Ab Wylds.
On Wednesday afternoon the
,school exhibits arrived., The lady
directors covered these stands.
President of the lady. directors Mrs'.
Marjorie Thompson of Purple
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ard, Tom Naylor and Rob Se
They sang two anthems,
Lord's Prayer by Arnold Stills
Morning is • Broken,. a
Melody.
• The Rev. George Garratt,
was in charge of the s
assisted by Rev. H. L. Jennie
Wroxeter. Those young
who took parts in the service
Crucifer, Nancy Warren; Se
Cheryl Haldenby; Preacher,
lyn Rhody; O.T. Lesson,
Murray; N.T. Lesson, Cathy,
lespie; Sidemen, Mark Hald
Bob Rock, Steven Walsh
Wayne' Phillips.
The congregation numbered
100. The ladies of St. P
seryed luncheon following
service.
The flowers on the altar w
loving memory •of Amy •
Salkeld as given by Thomas S
and family.
Despite the inclement we
the wellattended and inspira
service was a fitting conclus
the 100th anniversary•sery
During the month of Octal)
Rev. H. L. Jennings of Wro
will be in cfiarge of the.
during the absence of .the R
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