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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-15, Page 22Page 22—Lveknew Sentinel, Wednesday, August 15, 1979 Tour Cabot Trail on Maritime trip Clayton and Doris Nicholson and Debbie Fair returned from a two- week visit with' John and Ann Marie, Iaian and Gordon of Saint John, New Brunswick. With the Langleys they toured the Cabot Trail, the Alexander Bell Museum at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, the Fortress of Louisbourg, and two boat cruises - one from Saint John, N.B. to Digby, N.S. They also attended the Cape Breton wedding of Ann Marie's brother. ,They flew from Toronto airport to St,. John and returned. They enjoyed the scenic sights of the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton and passed 'The Gaelic College of Celtic Farms on Highway 86 along side the farm of Mrs. Gordon Finlayson. The funeral service was• held last Sunday af- ternoon at the MacKenzie McCreath Home in Luckow with interment in Lochalsh Cemetery. Sympathy is extended to his sisters and brothers at this time of bereavement. We remember R.D. as a willing worker from the thirties when the writer worked at Lochalsh and also from .the 1952 Ripley Huron Lewis Centennial Reunion when he helped set up booths and similar jobs. Two weeks ago Larry Needham, who has swum with the Kincardine Klippers the past few seasons, competed at This week in RIPLEY by. Ab Wylds Folk Arts and. Highland HomeCrafts" at St. Ann's, Cape Breton. Here they teach the speaking) reading and writing of Gaelic -.once the language common to this central part of Huron township. This college operates each summer. Folks here will remember the Langley family living in Ripley in Clayton and Doris Nicholson's apartment. A week ago' Floyd and Lynne Stanley,.. Deane and. Kerry returned to their home in Ripley from a week's vacation in ritis,h Columbia... They flew from Toronto airport. to Vancouver. After visiting here they took the ferry ride over to Victoria on Vancouver Island. The annual Sale of Antiques held by George McDonald of Ripleg vill take place on Sat., Aug. 25 which is a week from this coming Saturday and it will start early at 9:30 a.m. The site of the sale has been changed- this year to the Huron Township Garage at the east end of Malcolm Street. This is a block east of the Ripley Curling arena. His wife Mrs.Erma McDonald, says that this will be their first dispersal sale as George plans to decrease his operations. His annual sales have in past years attracted . people from many different centres resulting in a reunion atmosphere as well as an aucton sale. Native of Lochalsh, R.D. Ross of Lucknow passed away last week in Wingham and District Hospital in his '68th year. His parents were the late Mr. and Mrs.Rory Ross - the present Riegling Mount Forest pL cing first and second in two events there. • Then he went. to Atwood to compete in the Junior Farmers Meet where the five surrounding counties competed. Larry placed first in the _ 25 and 100 meter events qualifying him for the All Ontario cham- pionship at the Junior Farmers'. Summer Games held last Saturday at Guelph against .older and more mature swimmers. Heplaced second in the 25 meter event and first in the 100 meter swim and lowered his record by seven seconds. We are pleased to see. Larry doing so well in the. swimming. Larry is the son of Jim and Dorothy Needham, of the Tenth Concession east, Huron township and •also the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Needham of Ripley and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson,Howe of Paisley. Only a few weeks ago Larry, who plays., the bagpipes, was with the MacNish Distillery Band of St. Thomas led by Bill MacLeod of Kincardine when they played at one of the gatherings of the clans in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Mr. and Mrs. Jack t. Beirnes and children of Stratford spent the weekend in Ripley with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Emerson Attending the. Canadian Old• Time Fiddlers Competition in Shelburne last Friday and Saturday from the Ripleyarea were Mr. and ' Mrs. I Richard Storey, Mr. and Mr. Charles Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Danny"Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Phelan, Mr. • and Mrs. 'Terry Paquette, and Mr, and Mrs. Wayne Cadotte. Mrs. Eleanor Town- send of Willowdale in Metro Toronto won the Open Canadian Old Time Fiddler's championship last Saturday evening in Shelburne. This is the first time a lady has been awarded this honour. Formerly she held the championship in the ladies division. Both her mother and her sister live in Ripley. Her mother, Mrs.Frances Reid, the former Frances Mon- tgomery is a resident of Huronvilla in Ripley and she attended the Shelburne Competition. Her sister Jewel is Mrs. Del Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. Del Stanley live in their new home at the east end of Ripley on . the 8th' Concession. .While Eleanor and her husband Graham Townsend were at Shelburne and also at the CKNX Barn Dance, Reunion a week ago their four year old son Graham Jr. has been staying these past two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and family here in Ripley. So congratulations of the Ripley, folk go to Eleanor Townsend Her grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Montgotnery, farmed and raised their family on the homestead now owned by Johnston MacLeod just south of Ripley. The members of their family are Frances of Ripley, Gordon of , Lucknow, Isabel of Cambridge and Robert who was killedin the Canadian Armed Forces. Eleanor, Jewel and their brother Jim Reid of Toronto were raised in Dungannon where their parents Allan and Frances Reid lived beside the public school. In fact Allan Reid drove a bus and years back has taken the Ripley,. High. School on trips to the city. Everyone is welcome to come to Gore Park this Friday, August 17 to see the Ripley Summer Play School in action. The girls and boys directed.. by their leaders Barbara Grubb, Dawna R'utiedge, and Shannon Courtney are holding a Penny Carnival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Some of the booths set up and run by the children will be a fish pond, bake table, money whedl, joking robot, fortune teller, rummage table, haunted house, and many more. They are hoping for a good day and Torn to page 25' IN 1 Pat St. Cyr, CO-ORDINATOR. Management counselling Experienced coinsellors assist small businessmen to improve `± their methods. . 1 2. 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