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THU LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO llifiONESDAY, SEPTEMBER 89,1976
rs. Alvin Robb,
PS Speaker
After After a delicious, dessert and tea
.served by the hostesses, Mrs-.
Omar Breoki, Mrs. Beth Ritchie
and Mrs, Alen McNay, at the
Lueknow*Women's Institute meet-
a)I joined in the Institute Ode
and the Mary Stewart Collect. A
minutes silence was observed in
memory of a member, Mrs. Myrtle
Helm, who passed away August 13.
The President, Mrs. Armstrong
Wilson, wellcoined p members and
3 wisitors. The roll call was.
answered by naming a nutritious
food beginning with your initial.
Mrs. Albert Gammie read minutes
ofan executive meeting which was
held at Mrs. Wilson's home with 7
present. Correspondence was read
followed by reports from various
committees. -
Mrs. George Kennedy reported
on a banquet at Ripley for Home
Improvement Branch of the Plow-
ing Match. Mrs. Kennedy and
Mrs. Gammie helped ,:serge from
the Lucknow Branch, Lucknow
W.I. it to help at the hostess tent
from 2 'to 4 p.m. 'September 30 at
the plowing match. Miss Elizabeth
Robinson and Mrs. Alex McNay
reported on the catering done by
the W.I. at the Open House for Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Porteous, who were
obServing their .50th , wedding
anniversary. Congratulations to
Mr. and Mrs. Porteous on this
wonderful• occasion. Report from
the cheerio convener was given by
Mrs. Kennedy. Next meeting will'
be held at 1 p.m. second Tuesday
in October.
Mrs. Omar Brooks then took the
chair for the program on Family
and Consumer Affairs. After.
singing 0 Canada Mrs. Beth
Ritchie gave 'the motto 'on "What
we make of our homes is more
important than what our homes.are
RIPLEY FAIR
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her son had Observed it with his
telescope and it appeared to have
attachments to it. A lady from the
Brookside' School area called to say-
that she saw the red ball 'up in the
sky'about midnight, a week ago last
Saturday. , Mrs. Nora ‘.(Gordon)
Saunders, R. R. 7 Lucknow, was
watching television when she
looked outside and there, it was in
the sky. This is the same one•and
the same time it was reported by
Donald and. Edith Simpson, sighted
by them driving along 86 highway
on their way home from Lucknow to
made of". This was very ably
given and ended with a poem "A
Stick-together Family".
Mrs. Alex McNay introduced' the
guest speaker, Mrs. Alvin Robb,
who gave a very informative talk on
sewing, buying materials, pat-
terns, laces, etc. •The new -stretch
materials are very pretty and take
very little care. They come in a
wide variety of 'colors, widths and
qualities. Cottons: and wools are
coming back for the fall. Good
reading material on Consumer
Affairs can be found in most' public
libraries.
Mrs. Brooks 'thanked Mrs.. Robb'
and• presented her with a little
token of appreciation. Mrs.
Stewart MacGillivray played two
very pleasing piano solos. An
amusing contest by Mrs. MeNay
was won by Mrs. Wilson. After the
'courtesy remarks by Mrs. Brooks
the meeting closed with the Royal.
Anthem.
the Loclialsh area:
. * * * :* * *
Both last Friday and Saturday
mornings . the residents in Ripley
got .early awakenings. On Friday •
morning at three, it was the- fire
siren. The call was •reported to be
to the Point Clark area. By two to
three minutes, three cars with
members of the fire brigade, were'
at the hall.
On Saturday morning, at five
there was a crash bang. at the bank •
or Main intersection corner as two
vehicles collided. The one round-
ing . the corner to the west
continued out of control and struck
three more parked cars along the
street. So several members of the
fall fair board were away to an early
start each day.'
* * * *
As usual, the Ripley Fair starts
on the Monday of the week with a
moving bee. On Monday afternoon
president' Morley Scott. vice •pres-
ident Jack Farrell, and associate
director Norval Stanley and a
fourth person were into Ripley with
their trucks and moved planks,
boxes and other material into the
complex. In the evening there
were about 50 people there to Put
up display' tables and stands.
They were all the way from the
north' east corner of Huron, Morley
Scott and Mrs. Marjorie Thompson
to Amberley area in• the southest
corner, Jack Campbell and Lynn
Lowry.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs.
Marjorie Thompson and Mr's.
Gladys Arnold, president and
secretary 'of thp ladies, and their
directors moved into the complex to
cover theSe stands and carry out
further work.
On Wednesday after school 'the
exhibits from the twwg schools are
moved over to the complex to their
assigned areas. Here they are
judged on Thursday afternoon. On
Thursday evening the teachers,
headed by Mrs.. Marion Huston,
Mrs. Helen Henderson and Mrs.
Katherine Collins make, the set ups
of the school displays. On
Thursday afternoon several ladies
were on hand to assist the judges,
Mrs. Elmer Smeltzer, Mrs. Lynn
Lowry, Mrs. Betty Scott, Mrs.'
Dorothy Needham, Mrs. Gloria
Rutledge and Mrs. Allan (Ruth)
Farrell.
On Friday morning there is the
usual hustle and bustle by exhibit-
ors to get their many exhibits into
place. However, eventually every-
thing gets into place and the judges
arrive' right after dinner and the
complex quietens down as they go
about awarding prizes. On Friday
evening, with treasurers Dorothy
and Russ Brboks at the door, the
hall is open, for public viewing.
On Saturday morning the Lions
Barbecue which was cooking the
beef roasts was the first thing in
the operation. Many "directors
were on hand by nine. Dan A.
MacDonald, with his tractor, 'was
moving things , around on the
ground. The midway people, who
moved into the grounds already on
Wednesday, were stirring. Mrs.
Nina Silverstone, director in charge
of, the light horse show, was
trucking things to the ring back in
the park. And the kids were
moving their pets into the' regular
crates' along the west' side of the
Huron Township hall.
Ladies of Reid's Corners W.I.,
along with director Reg Moore and
several Junior Farmers, were
getting the booth set up. Everyone
just had,a job to do. Don Mason
had his P.A. system down from
kincardine. Oh yes the stock
trucks always seem to be e,arly. At'
the back of the ball park Jim
Aitchison of Lucknow was getting
his.horSes unloaded while Mewhin-
neys of 'Paisley and ,Andrew Gaunt
were, getting their Shorthorn cattle
into,Knox shed. Bringing, cattle the
farthest was Mrs. Margaret Mc-
Connell, with her Shorthorns frotO
Meaford. Brian Rintoul of Wing-
ham bad his Herefords., Soon
joining Jim Aitchison at the back Of
the - park ,was Eugene McLeod of
Kincardine. with his Clydesdales,
then the horsemen from Paisley
George Gregg, Andy Catto and
Carman Fullerton.
Master of ceremonies for the
afternoon program was Alan Mc-
Lean who lives just west of Ripley.
Among the dignitaries present
were the number 10 • District
Directors ReVis MacKay of Lovit
near' Paisley, and Mrs. John P.
Arnold of MildmaY, also members
of parliament Murray Gaunt and
CraWford Douglas and the local.,
reeves Russ Stanley and Bill
Tranter. The fair was officially
opened by' Gordon Hill of Varna
and Toronto, president of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture.
The . variety ':program during the
afternoon had numbers •by the "
Cutting dancers, singing by Mrg:
Elaine Cote, and dances by school •
sets.
The parade was marshalled, by
Bill McCreath, Gary: .Courtney,
Jack. Campbell and Francis Boyle,
an2d ladies Mrs. Betty (Carl) ooey,
Mrs. Linda . (Jack) Campbell and
Mrs: -Audrey, (Rod). MacDonald.
The Brussels Canadian Legion' Pipe
band and. the Hanover Highlight
Twirlettes were followed by floats,
decorated ponies and saddled
riders, bicycles, and tricycles and
Ripley Show day , was underway
with a good crowd, and a nice' dry
day. ,The fall fair dance was in the
complex Saturday evening. As
soon as the exhibits were removed
Saturday afternoon, the display •
stands have to come down. Then
on Stmday afternoon a number of
men turned up• to stack chairs and
take down tables. And last, a word
of appreciaticin of the work done by
Helen, and Ralph Grubb and family,.
caretakers• at the complex.
Oldest lady at the fair was Mrs.
Belle Henry, 94, followed by Mrs.
Sadie' Slade at 88. Oldest
-gentleman was John • McMurchy,
90, followed by Malcolm Lane, 57.
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