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ANYONE INTERESTED IN hockey and around the wood stove to keep their skates the Ripley Curling Club is located on the
who played, .coached or watched the sport warm and bundling up to watch a midget old arena site.
in Ripley years ago remembers huddling contest Ripley has a new arena today and
THE RIPLEY-HURON Community Cen- • weekend, hosting dances, dinners, draws,
tre will be one of the busiest buildings in contests and: the • Wintario night' • on
the village during the Ripley's Alive in '85•
LUCKNOW
Be.st Of Luck
Ripley..Huron
"Come Alive -1n '85
From
Your Petro-Canada.Dea.ler,.
Bud ficimilton
Hwy; No. 86E.
528.3006
We look.
forward
to continuing
to serve
the area!
* HENDERSON
LUMBER
LUCKNOW 528-3118
Thursday, . August 1, . kicking off the five-
day reunion...
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Farm forums
Some may remember the radio farm .
forums of the 1940's. Neighbors -gathered in .
homes and listened, to a half- hour radio
broadcast over CBC on •Monday nights at
8:30. The program topics related to issues•
of concern to rural' people.. A guide sent ..
from the national office provided discussion •
topics for' the groups following each broad
cast. The guide listed questions" for the ..
farmers and their replies were: sent back. to
CBC. The Provincial Secretary gave a. sum-
mary at the close of each broadcast of the
previous week's answers... ,
. The answers were forwarded to govern-
ment. agencies and other .groups as an in-
dicators of public opinion: • -
The farin forums were a. means by Which
farmers kept informed of the- activities of
farm, organizations and their responses ..
• were studied by authoratative groups.
Many' Co-ops, credit unions, and .marketing'..
boards grew out of -these forum meetings.
People were amazed that others in•the coun
try had the same concerns and ideas;, •
. Within . Huron Township. there were at
• least a ddzen of these•groups.whe , the pro-
gram peaked in the 1950's. • Parents or
_grandparents may have been members of . •
some of the township forums: Harmdhy,
• Purple Grove, Royal Oak, Good Neighbour; • -
Sunshine, Glen Elm, Maple Leaf;. Verdun, ..
Flowerdale, Srnokey Hollow; Clover •Valley •
and fatten.'
,The farrn forum became quite.a social ac-
tivity. The forums would gather for
township events such as picnics and rallies, -
and attend: a county . rally. Usually
delegates were sent' to the Ontario. annual
-meetingin Toronto.
•These radio farm forums gradually ,iisap-
peered in • the 1960's but ',are . well
remembered as invaluable educational pro- •
• grams and popular social gatherings. .
Sally and Priscilla
welcome all visitors to
Ripley -Huron Reunion '85
On behalf of
Mike Walsh Chev Olds
' PrIscilla States -Parts Manager Sally Harrison -Secretary Treasurer
-Service'Advisor '
70.8 Queer; Stt KINCARDIN W6-3367
-CHEV
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OLDS.
Mike Walsh
KINCARDINE . ONTARIO
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