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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-08-11, Page 19is ripley news Lueknow Sent1ne1, "WedneedaY, AUSwt. • 11, 1902—Page X' Ripley folks enjoy Blythfestival's Country Hearts •from page 14 last week this engine and caboose was up to take back cars left the week before. +++ On Thursday afternoon last week a number from Ripley attended the Blyth°. Summer Festival Theatre where they enjoyed the live play "Country Hearts". Some of these folk were Gladys Arnold, Evelyn Johnson, Frances Elliott, Mary (Donnie) MacDonald, Fran Wylds, Reta Irwin, Vi MacKenzie, Clarence and Zilla Hedley, Denise Huber, daughter of Anne and Jerry Huber . of Ripley; will marry Bryan Tew this Saturday in New Hamburg. Taking part in the ceremony will be Rev.,Pillen formerly of Reids Corners. The wedding dinner and reception will be in Platt- sville. Denise and Bryan will reside at their home,. RR 4, Bright. In the past weeks two showers were held for Denise, The first was a bridal shower at Pine River, July 25, arranged by Jane Elliott, Debbie Zipfel and friends. A community shower was held last Friday afternoon, August 6, arrang- ed by Helen Irwin; • Anna MaclT-avish, Mar j ' Culbert, and Eileen MacDonald. +++ ,Pa.tricia, Lowry of Woodstock passed away . at. University Hospital, London, August 6, after a brief illness in her 33rd .year. She leaves. to mourn her husband Ran- dall Lowry and two children Jeffrey 6 and Sarah 4, also her mother Mrs. Pauline Evans of North Bay, one sister and five brothers. She is the daughter-in-law of Jim and . Marie Lowry of Ripley. Nutty Naturalists... •from page 13 last meeting andtheywere adopted as read. The next meeting will be August 2, ,1982 at 10.00 a.m. There was a suggestion made to repeat both the Danforth Dare and the 4-H motto •at the end of the meeting. ` The leaders had started to help with the Jiffy bags and members were to finish them at home. The girls °made mini pizzas and ate them for dinner, juice was supplied by Nancy Hunter .:and cookies by ' Deb- bie Raynard. Seaside Riddles i. Why did the sailor go into town to buy a leash and collar for a piece of wood? He had to walk the plank in .the morning. 2. Why did the lighthouse keeper ,like for break- fast? Beacon and eggs. 3. Why couldn't the ship's, captain understand a - radio message from another boat? It was .using a radio transmutter. 4.,Why 'couldn't the sailor do nautical mathe- matics He was tied up in knots. 5. What was thelandlubber's favourite food? Beaches and cream. 6. Why do sick people stay on shore? That's where the dock is. 7.' What did one whale Say to another when it saw a school of leaping fish? What's the porpoise of that? . 8. Why are tides friendly?. ' They wave ateveryone. Distributed by Canada Wide Feature Services Ltd. (c) 1982 MacKay Fairfield Tote • a+ C 6, ei c c G II HC;Ntc • 4 0 Friends and relatives from this area called Sunday and. attended the funeral ser- vices on Monday at the Mac Smith Funeral Home in Woodstock. Burial took place in Woodstock Ripley folks extend sympathy at this time of bereavement; +++. On Monday, July 26, Mabel. and Norm Barnard motored to Lindsay to leave the following morning for an 8 day trip by Denure Tours to the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec, then a boat trip to Bonaventure Island where countless thousands of sea birds nest each year, next Perce Rock also called Land's End and the glacial upheavals. The unforget- table beauty of the rugged terrain left all in awe to say the least. The tour returned by the deep gorge of the Chic Choc Mountains. Then they boarded the ferry at Riviere de Loup to go to the north. shore at. St. Simeon. After a sight seeing tour of Quebec city they returned to Lind - ay having enjoyed a beautiful tour. +++ Ron and Dianne Farrell, Chris, Tammy, and Kim ar- rived from Calgary on Sun- day,. August 1 for a three week holiday in this area. They spent Sunday night with their mothers . Mrs. Florence Farrell• and Mrs. Donalda Pollard. On Mon- day they set up their camper in Aintree Park on the 12th Concession west in Huron Township. +++ Linda and David Prang, children of Allan and Bar- bara Prang of Brantford are holidaying with their grand- parents Gordon and Dorothy Munn at their cottage at Bruce Beach. +++ On Monday morning Gor- don ordon told about his two son -in- laws Allan Prang and Gor- don Garrison. of Charlot- tetown and their experience in sailing this summer. After 110 hours sailing In a 23 -foot long Tenzer boat they com- pleted a recent race around Prince Edward Island. Four of the . 13 sailing boats entered in the race were forced to quit due to gale force winds. After an unscheduled trip around the Magdalen Islands sailing ap- proximately 460 miles in- stead of the . planned 250 miles they finally made it back to . Charlottetown alive and glad to get there even if they were ninth and lastin the race. Gordon Garrison is the commodore of j the Charlottetown Yacht Club and his wife Roberta is a • �► ?► 1 /� \���! Iy / r:,, -- p \iii 71 Qom` ,.'►� 1 ( e► 4l / %O4Pt1/ iOt 'II iii tY , Y -p.- =4.\ C� i. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Muni, +++ Last Saturday, August 7 starting at ten in the morn- ing the auction sale of anti- ques nti-qu es and collectables from the estate of the George McDonald of Ripley was held at the Auction Mart in Hanover. Gerald E. Buhrow, Your Friendly Auctioneer, conducted the sale with sales managers A.J. and M.A. Mento +++ Last Friday afternoon and evening there was the first heavy flow of grain wagons and trucks loaded - with freshly combined fall wheat coming into • Ripley. They continued on Saturday. However, the downpour of rain from 5 to 7 early Sunday morning put • a stop to, the harvesting until things dry up. Rabies, which is spread by infected animals, continues to be'a serious problem in Ontario. ij. It is of special concern in 1,41 built up areas where domestic and wild animals can infect children who come in contact with them. Children .should be warned to avoid stray pets, as well as wild animals, especially if they appear sick or friendly because these usually are signs that they are rabid. Pets should be regularly vaccinated, leashed,. and kept indoors at night. You can help to control rabies by reporting to your local police, humane society or health unit any pets or wild animals which are .acting strangely. . Do not handle your pet with bare hands immedi- ately after ithas fought with a rabid animal. Do not touch dead animals. Seek advice from a veterinarian. Contact your doctor or health unit immediately if your child or pet comes in contact'with wild animals. If you would like to know more about rabies write for a free copy of our pamphlet, ANIMALS, RABIES AND YOU from the Ontario Health Resource Centre, Health Promotion and Information Branch, 9th Floor, Hepburn Block, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M7A .152.