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RIPLEY AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB
Annual
Skating
Carnival.
Saturday, March 18, 108
Ripley -Huron
Community Centre
- DOORS OPENING AT 7i0 P.M.
PRIZES FOR BEST COSTUME IN THE FOLLOWING DIVISION:
A Preschool
B -- Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2
C Grades 3, 4, 5 and 6
D -- Grades 7 to 13
E --Adult
Six prizes awarded in each division for the best costumes 4,
OTHER PRIZES FOR:
1. Largest family on ice with, a parent
2. Youngest skater
3. Oldest Skater
4. King and Queen of the Carnival
SKATING RACES:
Under 6 yr. - Boys, Girls
6, 7, 8 yr. - Boys, Girls
9, 10, 11 yr. - Boys, Girls
12, 13, 14 yr. - I3oys, Girls
Fifteen and over
ENTERTAINMENT TO FOLLOW
ADMISSION: Adults $1.00 without costumes
High" School 50c
Public and preschool children free
This Week in Ripley
-Laff*Thursday evening, March
9, 1978, marked the ending of this,
year's Ripley District • Night
Schoolclasses with the holding of
a display, a program,- and
awarding of diplomas. A good
I crowd was present in the high
,school auditorium 'for the event.
Eight different courses were
offered with a total enrolment of
125; they were qiiilting, china
painting, sewing, needlework,
physical fitness, flower arrang-
ing, upholstery, and crops and
soils.
The Open House program
commenced shortly after 'eight
with Principal Wm. Turvill wel-
coming those in attendance and
then introducing Mrs. Margaret
Gemmell, the teacher of sewing,
who acted as the commentator
and director of this year's fashion
show where members of her class
modelled a variety of clothing
which they had made.
Following the Fashion Show,
Mrs. Marion McCharle's of Loch-
alsh, teacher of china painting,
narrated a poem on this *craft
while members of the class -
demonstrated a • china painting
session in a humorous fashion.
This year the Night School
classes covered two semesters,
the .first one from October to
Christmas, and the winter one.
The presentation of diplomas was
• conducted by Mr. Turvill.
The display exhibits , were
placed in the auditorium late
• Thursday afternoon. During the
supper hour 'the folks away
• home; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lock
remained to look after the exhibit.
Also assistant .custodian Doug
Peterbaugh was corning and
going with his handy ladder to
help out. It was during this time
interval with the assistance of
Walter and Minnie Lock that Fran
and the writer viewed the exhibits
of each class and made notes.
Later during the program; news
photographers Susan Hamilton
and Bev Clark were busy taking
pictures.
• Right inside the gymdoor was
a table display of the Soils and
• Crops Updating class. The card
with the display listed the
• meetings to March 9 as registra-
tion and updating, • tour of
fertilizer plant, fertilizers, weeds
and sprays, corn hybrid develop-
ment, and cereal grains. Then
there were small transparent
plastic bags of the different
chemicals used in making up bags
of fertilizer ammonium nitrate,
di -ammonium phosphate, calcium.
phosphate, .potassium chloride,
and other K materials as well as
grit or filler. The course held each
Thursday afternoon has 38 mem.-
hers with two co-ordinators
Robert Osborne and Jim. Need-
ham with assistants Rick Upfold
and Don Morrison.
Next, Mrs. Edith Smith of the
15th north, was setting up a
colourful display of dried flower
and plant material, as well as
plaques, wreaths, and various
formations. The instructor was
Mrs. Frank ,Elphick and enrolled
were Cecelia (Don) Picot, Susan
Scandrett, Barbara Farrell, Edith
• Smith, and Charline Farrell. Next
on both the south and north walls
of the gym were displayed the
beautiful quilts made by the
ladies enrolled in Mrs. Eileen
Carter's quilting class. They were
Ann Marie Langley, Mrs. Pat
Brennan, Carol Fludder, Judy
van Kooten, Beverly Peterbaugh,
Joan Riley, and Nancy Green-
woOd. Also taking the course till
Christmas. were Gayle •Peter-
baugh, Mrs. Pei Seller, now 'of
Exeter but had her quilt here, and
Pat Barber. There was a lot of
quilting get togethers at different
'homes in the week prior to last
Thursday. It takes a lot of stitches,
to get a quilt ready and there
were about 20 there.
- EY AB WYLDS
Next was a display tilled With a
variety of items. It was the exhibit
of the class taught by Mrs. Judy
Snobelen in crocheting ,and need-
lework. A few of the items were
puppets, children's wear, mitt,
afghans and other things. In the
crocheting section were Donna
Fitzgerald, Gwen Harrison, Fran-
ces Nugent, Linda Geertsma,
Helen Hunter, Sandra McCallum,
Violet Elliott, Lillian Pollard,
,Judy Thompson, Maureen Col-
lins, Deanna Scott, Isabel Stan-
ley, Marilyn Reid, and Mildred
Wylds. And - in- the- needlework
were Donna ..'Fitzgerald, Gwen
Harrison, Frances Nugent, Linda
Geerstma, Janette Thompson,
Bertha Askes, and Charline.
Farrell.
Across the rear of the high
school auditorium set out on long -
tables was a big display of china
painting by Mrs. Marion McChar-
les' class. In it were an
assortment of plates, dishes,
bowls and one whole dinner set.
Enrolled in this class were Minnie
Lock and Frances Godfrey of
Ripley, Gloria Ferrier of Bervie,
Dorothy Finlayson of Lochalsh,
Lorraine Brophy of Lucknow,
Miki Beese of Kintail and Mary
Dodd of London. In the display
-Mrs. Frances Godfrey had a
working electric clock complete
with hands and numbers. Her
painted plate formed the face of
the clock. •
A short distance in front of the
above display was the largest and
bestdisplay of upholstered furni-
ture ever , shown at the Night
School. Achievement program.
The class was taught by Donald
Walden • of Kincardine each
Saturday in the basement of the
Huron Township hall. Caretaker
of the hall, Ham MacKinnon, had
finally , been able to get all. the
tables belonging to, the all,
Agricultural Society back home to
the hall basement where they
have been housed since the days
when Austin Martin was presid-
ent and bought them. Ham kept
the basement closed so the work
could be left from week to week
on the tables. Among those
enrolled in. this course were Myra
Gowanlock and Ann MacMaster
of Tiverton, Donna Fitzgerald,
Norman and Phyllis Rivett, Ross
and Jean MacKenzie, Margaret
and Ester Small,,Frances Nugent,
Jane West, Linda Farrell, Susan
Van Sickle, Jean Colling, Joyce
Elphick, Millie Blackwell of Tees -
water, • Joan Wisslier, Betty
Paquette, Jane Klunder, and Aria
Dahmer of the 15th north. Miss
Anne Ferguson. and Mrs. Gail
(Courtney) Johnson taught the
physical fitness class.
Last Wednesday morning Har-
old and Tena Wyld of Weston and
Allan and Wanda Mae Wyld of
Point Clark were back in Ripley
from a three week vacation in
sunny Bermuda and along with
Mrs. Minnie Wyld of Huron Villa,
they had a noon hour visit with
Niels and Nora Frederiksen ,on
Malcolm Street in Ripley.
On Wednesday CKNX supper
news television program, Mrs.
Maribn .McCharles of - Lochalsh
W*as the guest interviewed by.
their agricultUral reporter, Cliff
Robb. Their topic of discussion
was china painting which Marion
taught this past winter. Marion
displayed a few items of her fine
work.
March 8th and 9th, last
Wednesday and Thursday with
the *sunny • but frosty l'weather
brought the first crows .of this
winter back to Ripley. Just to
make sure at least someone saw
them, a pair landed on the tops of
the big spruce evergreen trees in
Gore Park and "cawed" for a
While before flying away to lc•ok
for food.
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On Wednesday- of last week
Mrs. Doris -Rock carne home from
Kincardine Hospital after a week
as a patient there. Also out of
Kincardine Hospital was Mrs.
Merle Tout who had been injured
on Wingham's main street.
At the first oflast week Tammy
Fludder, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. 'Donnie Fludder, suffered a
deep cut below her chin as she fell
on the ice at the Ripley arena. Her
mother Carol took her to Kincard-
ine where Dr. Gurbin inserted
five stitches to close the wound.
On Friday. Dr. Gurbin removed
them and Tammy was able te take.
her part in the Ice Carnival last
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Annie Scott and Mrs.
Mary (Donnie) MacDonald of.
Ripley were back home after a
pleasant vacation in Arizona.
They report meeting others from
this area,.
To -morrow (Thursday, March
16th) Mr. and Mrs: Bob Court-
ney, 2nd concession Huron Town-
ship, afe flying from Toronto
airport to Dublin, Ireland. They
hope to make Dublin in time to
ee the St. Patrick parade down
the main stree,t, there. Then they
will spend the next two weeks
visiting and viewing Ireland
before returning home. - :-
Carl and Margaret Ann Morri-
son. of Melbourne , visited on
Saturday with her sister Mary and
family - Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Fludder, Cathy and, other family
members before returning home
on, Saturday afternoon.
Last Friday morning the CNR
truck unloaded the tractor with its
snow plow. The operator cleared
the big snow, banks along the road
from the railway crossings. There
has been no train through this
winter so it could be that CN like
everyone elk is looking forward
to spring. Anyway it must be six
weeks now since that old ground-
hog myth about its shadow took
place.
— Jerry and Anne Huber and son
David of Ripley left Sunday for a
Carribean Cruise for a week.
Today (Wednesday) their daugh-
ters Donna and Denise Huber. and
Jane Messenger of Reid's Corn-
°rs are also leaving for the
Carribean.
Mrs. Gladys Mason, Mrs.
Nancy Greenwood and sons; Don
and Anne McCosh, Mrs. Elva
Needham, Miss Bonnie Boyle,
Jeff Stanley, Earl and June Elliott
and son Ian, attended a birthday
• dinner and party at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Farrell and
Teresa. It was John's birthday.
Miss Bonnie Boyle of Lucknow
spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Boyle.
Miss Jean MacDonald, of the
staff at Pine Lodge Rest Home in
Lucknow, was home with - her
sister Noreen for the weekend in
Ripley.
Miss Betty MacDonald of
Creemore visited with Miss
Gertrude Kidney last weekend.
Last Wednesday evening some
Ripley folks attended the Purple
Grove Women's Institute card
party with ten tables filled. In
charge were Mrs. Cecil Sutton
and Mrs. Francis Boyle. The next
one wilt be on March 22nd and all
welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greenwood
and Jean.Paul and,Joel, Mr. and
Mrs, John ,Farrell and Teresa,
Jeff Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. John
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