The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-01-25, Page 19WEDNESDAY,. JANUARY 25, 1978
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Visiting here briefly last week-
end after getting out of the snow
in Toronto were Tena and Harold
Wyld Of Weston. First they called
at the home of her sister Nora -
Mr. and Mrs. Niels Frederiksen
on Malcolm Street and then spent
the night with his mother, at
Huron Villa. After Sunday lunch
at" the farm homestead on the
sixth concession. they headed
back to Metro Toronto Sunday
afternoon. "
On both last Wednesday and
Thursday evenings farm reporter
Cliff Robb interviewed Dennis
Martin of the Huron County
Agricultural Office in Clinton
during the CKNX Wingham
television supper "'shows. He
asked Denis about these new
computerized feed formulas now
available at Clinton for dairy
cows. Dennis is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Martin of the
6th concession east in Huron
Township and has attended both
Cornell in New York and O.A.C..
in Guelph.
On Monday evening, .January
16, the annual, meeting of the
Ripley Agricultural Society- which
sponsors the Ripley : Huron Fall
Fair, was held after being,
postponed from the previous
Monday due to the big blizzard
over this area.
The meeting was well attend-
ed. The date for next September's
fair was set forthelast Friday and
Saturday in September, namely
September 29 and 30. Presiding
over the meeting was Jack Farrell
except for the election of officers
and directors which was handled
by Gordon Patterson.
Treasurer Mrs. Dorothy Brooks
gave the financial statement and
expressed her desire to retire.
However the same executive was
elected for the ,coming year. New
directors are Keith Vander Hoek,
Dan A. MacDonald, and Mrs.
Gloria Rutledge. Mrs: Rutledge
will also replace Mrs.. Gladys
Arnold as secretary of the ladies'
division. Mrs. Arnold and Jim,
Needham, both having served for
several years on the board
retired.
Delegates to the convention in
the Royal York, - Toronto were
picked.' They are Mr. and Mrs.
Jack . Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
A. MacDonald, Mr: and Mrs.
Cecil Sutton, Mrs. Frances God-
frey, Mrs. Grace Peet, and Mrs.'
Marjorie Reid. .
Reports were given by those.. in
charge of the various depart-
ments of the fair,, At the
conclusion of the meeting lunch
was served by the ladies. Russ
Brooks thanked the ladies. The
next meeting is set' for Monday
evening, February 13, at eight.
* * * * .* *
A 25th wedding anniversary
party in honour of Mari and Lynn
Farrell on Highway 9 was held on
Saturday -evening in the Ripley
Huron Community Recreation
Complex Centre.
The leak in the north end of the
village water mains was finally
discovered last Thursday morning
and repaired by Kincardine
P.U.C. workman John` (Hip)
MacLeod. It was a circular crack
right around the main pipe under
the street pavement in' front ,of
Redvers Johnson's place. Red -
vers discovered evidence of the
leak the previous Sunday morning
when he noticed 'a considerable
amount of water coming up on his
-own lawn' and that of its
neighbour Dick Edministon.
From Sunday till Thursday ex-
ploratory digging was done by
Bill Kempton of Amberley with
his tractor backhoe machine
Village foreman Donie Peter-
baugh 'and Rod ,MacDonald were
kept busy with sump pumps
removing the water. The repair
was made by Mr. MacLeod with a
'rubber lined metal sleeve around
the cracked pipe. The excavated
mud was hauled to the Jerry.
Huber (the former Bert McTav-
ish) place at the north end of
Ripley and one of the Coiling
trucks brought dry sand to fill in
the holes.
Ripley Huron Central
Reporters: I'an Culbert, Heather
Scott, Kenneth Thompson, Chris-
tine Cover,
MRS. MacDONALD'S GRADE
ONE: ,
Birthday greetings go to Billy
Johnson, Jeff Scott and Lee
Dadson this month.
FLOOR HOCKEY
Floor hockey will begin for the
Primary classes on January 25,
for primary grades. There will be
three games a day. ^
The captains and assistant
captains are as follows:
1. Steven Cover, Todd Farrell
2. Corey Cuyler, Laurie Harkness
3. Mark Dahmer, Paula Jarvis
4. 'Gordon Davies, Gerry Meurs
5. Robert Drzazga, Marnie Pep-
per
6. Stephen Keelan, Elizabeth
Smeltzer
7. Ricky Lamb, Irene teRaa
8. Philip Plowright, Waylon
Thompson
-9. Donnie Shantz; -Ruth VanRooy-
en ,
10. Doug Sorbara,. John +Bak
11. Eddy teRaa, Jeff Chalmers
12. Clinton. Twolan, Darren Cook
The. ^senior teams are as
o Fe s:
1. Trudy Korten, Tammy Sorbara
2. Angela Stewart, Sandra Henry
3. Lisa, Farrell, Sharon Blewett
- 4. Judy Allan, Andrina Low
5. Matthew Dahmer, Keith Hall-
man
6. Allan Kerr, Jeff Elliott
7. Kent Lowry, Rodney Sutton
8. Steven Brown, John Forster '-
9. Ronald Rock, Jim Cleaver
10. Gregor Peebles, Ian Culbert
,TABLE TENNIS
Table tennis is -now in full
swing with the second round
finished.
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BY GLADYS ARNOLD
The Lady Directors of . Ripley
Agricultural Society held their
annual meeting on January 20th
at the home of Mrs. Gladys
Arnold. Fourteen ladies from all
sections of the ladies' work were
present. Mrs. Dan McDonald was
in charge of 'the meeting.
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number of entries in the Photo-
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and .missed by a lotof exhibitors.
Mrs. Sheila McDonald will be
chairman of the Ladies' section
for another year. Mrs. Arnold
resigned as secretary and Mrs.
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place. Mrs. Robt. Blackwell was
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Director. This Section had 35
'exhibitors last year and has
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