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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-05-20, Page 15Good Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 20, 1987—Page 15 news from Ripley on CKNX last On Wednesday morning last week May 13 C.K.N.X. announced that its Good News for that day was from Ripley. That means Ripley would be mentioned at intervals with something important to take place. It was the third annual craft show sponsored by the women directors of the Ripley Agricultural Society - president Mrs. Margery (Kenny ) MacDonald. Mrs. Gail (Keith) van der Hoek of the sixth concession east in Huron township in her clear voice gave the answers such as the date, the hours - Sat. May 16 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., price of ad- mission 50 cents for an adult, children under 12 years accompanied by an adult -free. Will entertain at the fair Last Thursday afternoon secretary Don MacTavish brought around his copy of the May meeting of the Ripley Agricultural Society. It was held in the Ripley Huron Cen- tral Public School at 9 p.m. on Monday 11 with 24 members present as follows: Nina Wyld, Margery MacDonald, Peter and Susan VanSickle, Cecil and Wilma Sutton, Sheila and Dan MacDonald, Bill Rutledge, George Messenger, Pat Chatham, Mike Hunter, Gary and Sharon Courtney, John Elliott Jr., Evelyn Elliott, Gordon Patter- son, Ron and Diane Brooks, Donald Farrell, Grant Collins, Bob Thompson, Don and An- na MacTavish. The Ripley Junior Farmers, headed by their President Mike Hunter are putting on the entertainment on Friday Fair night along with the Queen of the Fair Competi- tion, also making arrangements for the Saturday afternoon show. A thousand place mats are ordered. Anyone wanting any - see the Ripley Fair President, Bob Thompson. Plans are made for the Ripley Craft Show with a set up bee for Wed evening. It was passed to put in a class for spring wheat in the field crops and have two grain judges for the fair. The heavy horse committee would like to add another class. Joy's Midway of Hamilton} will be coming. Bill Rutledge assisted by Lynn Jewson has 10 members in that Dairy Club. Grant Collins assisted by Clayton Farrell has 10 members in the grain club. Donald Farrell assisted by Bob Emer- son has 19 members in the beef club - (3 ./ juniors and 16 seniors.) It was passed to drop the Photographic Competition. Glen Boyd will be asked to play for the Fall Fair Dance. Ripley Royal Bank hours In the past couple of weeks the staff at the Ripley Royal Bank has been reduced somewhat - The hours that the doors are open for business are Monday to Thursday inclusive 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Three women on the staff are Lillian Abbott of Lucknow-manager, Marj. MacTavish of the 2nd con. Huron Township (Olivet) and Laurie Gallant who came back from her leave. Wayne Watson's time is shared between the Royals in Ripley and Kincardine. Janine Hamilton of Lucknow was here to Thursday May 11. Grass cut before the rain Before the much needed rain last Thurs- day, afternoon Betty McLean got the grass in Gore Park cut for the second time. Then the robins were out getting at least two ear- thworms. It is quite a thing to see the robins turn their heads sideways and listen. Home from hospital John Doyle is back home to his place on the Ripley main street - the former J.R. White Drug store of years ago. He spent a week in Owen Sound Hospital a week ago. Bench back out for the summer The green wood 'benchfor sitting on was placed out once again in front of George McLean's Mens store from its winter storage. It has served for many years pro- bably before 1890. It has always been put into winter storage then back out in the springs - through the times of hotel keepers Ed Hodgins, Mrs. Sarah Irwin, Bill Irwin, David Lemon, Charlie Strathdee, and Floyd Strathdee, surviving World Wars I and II. Through auc- tion sales it remained with the hotel. Watered newly planted trees Men of the trees with the help of George Dickieson and d a township pickup and bar- rels, all 200 trees on the county roads at Ripley were hand watered last Friday. Home for the craft show On the Craft Festival Day here was Bon- nie Boyle. She met me upstreet and kindly carried one of the grocery parcels home Locals gather for course On Thursday morning about 20 people gathered at Purple Grove for the short course "Short Order Meals". Lead by San- dra Forester and Deanna Scott, they spent an interesting morning discussing methods of increasing efficiency in the kitchen and short cuts to help speed up meal prepara- tion. They then worked in groups and tried out several of the recipes they had talked about. In a short time they had prepared a full meal with everything from salad and cur- ried pork, with spiced pasta to dessert. Everyone enjoyed trying each dish at lun- chtime. Congratulatiohs to Sandra and Deanna for a job well done. Friday evening about 50 people, friends and relatives gathered at St. Andrews for dinner and to help celebrate 40 years of mar- riage for Baas and Connie VanderHoeck of Ripley. On Saturday a come and goa►4ea was held at the Ripley Legion Hall and many friends came to help celebrate the anniversary. Freda Owen of London and daughter Laurie of Oshawa spent the weekend with Bette McLeod. Dick McCosh spent Sunday in Ripley with Don and Anne. Don and Anne McCosh and Currie Colwell visited on Wednesday in Listowel with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Reid and Currie's new grand- son Andrew. Visitors with Don and Alma Gilles were on Friday Evelyn Henderson of Lucknow and on Saturday Edith and Charles Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Elliott and family visited on Sunday from Blind River with June and Earl Elliott. Congratulations go out to David and Nicky Young who were married Saturday. Katherine Coiling, Sandra and Ed McGillivary and Margie and Dave Lochead attended the wedding in Formosa and the reception in Kincardine. Sunday Katherine, Sandra and Ed and family, Dave and Margie and girls and Eunice and Webb Emmerton all enjoyed dinner out together. Marj Thompson spent Mothers Day with daughter Marie Coiling in Ripley. PURPLE Sunday evening guest of June and Earl Elliott were Mr. and Mrs. Ezara Stanley of Lucknow and Linton Sitler of Greenock. Suzanne Cale, daughter of Tom and Maryce was baptized at St. Andrews on Sun- day. Guests with Tom and Maryce for the day were Alice Cote of Point Clark and Gor- don and Margaret Cole and family of Paisley. Isobel and Norval Stanley enjoyed dinner Sunday evening with Deanna and Morley Scott. Catherine Scott spent Sunday with Fran- cis Watke and family in Carrick Township. Sunday evening visitors with Deanna, Morley and Morley's mother Catherine were Margaret and Evan Keith of South Kinloss. Callers at the home of Deanna and Morley last week were, Jessie and Dean Doupe, Maureen Collins, and Betty, Art and Jorey Helm. Isobel Stanley visited Catherine Scott for tea on Monday. Janet and Jack Farrell enjoyed Sunday dinner in Ripley with Laura and Garry Far- rell and family and Laura's mother Marian MacDonald of Kincardine. Local attends anniversary Mrs. Elsie Houston spent the weekend at Pinkerton and Paisley, attending the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark. Mrs. Houston also attended an open house was held at the Pinkerton United Church on Saturday afternoon and was an overnight guest of Mrs. George Gregg of Paisley. Together they attended the An- niversary service of the Harmony Con- gregation of Pinkerton United Church on Sunday, May 17. from the main intersection. She had walked from the complex where she had helped her sister with her craft display. Bonnie was telling that she teaches young children in London. Another sister is on the staff of the Walkerton Herald Times newspaper. In the afternoon Noel MacLeod of Toronto. and his son Robert, putting in time, were playing in Gore Park and came across the road to visit here. They were up for the Craft Festival and staying for the long weekend returning home to Etobicoke ( West Toron- to) on Monday having stayed with his mother Mrs. 3ette MacLeod on the fourth concession east in Huron township. Visited here from Gimli, Manitoba The next visitor at the front door here was a real surprise to me. He was Bob Liddle from Gimli, Manitoba. He flew from Win- nipeg to Toronto on May 5 and has been visiting members of the family in Ontario. First he went to see his sister Kathryn (Lid- dle) and her husband, Ted Marion at Killalowe, northwest of Ottawa. After three days at Killalowe, he came see his son, Rex,. his wife and family at Cornwall. Now he is back home to see the folks in the Ripley area where he grew up. His brothers here are Norman, Donald, and Douglas. After visiting them, Bob is going t� Guelph to visit his son John, his wife Linda and their son, Clifford. On May 26 he will be flying week from Toronto back to Winnipeg. He brought two plaques with him to show the folks here. ntinel i` David Cameron R.R. 7 Lucknow May 22, 1984 3 years old leather Irvin R.R. 7 Lucknow May 22, 1981 6 years old "A reference to local services at your fingertip" Chisholm Fuels dUNOCII> SUNOCO DISTRIBUTORS LUCKNOW hone 529-7524 or 524-7681 Furnace Installations Wood -Oil Combination Furnaces Burner Service - Propane Filling Station° PRODUCTS FOR FARM. HOME & INDUSTRY THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR ADVERTISING CALL 528-2822 I COWAN PRINTING LUCKNOW 528.2730 GENERALAND PRINTING OFFICE SUPPLIES MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral Homes - All families are served with the utmost respect and , dignity. For pre -arranged funeral information contact us at any time. R.C. MacKenzie & .j.' 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