The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-08-15, Page 15oon shines on Olympics
nd Ripley'at same time
e final Olympic soccer game was held
he Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena and
wn on television last Saturday *evening.
e was the moon shining over the.
dium on the T.V. shot and We glanced nut
there it was shining over Ripley'. The
arkable thing was that it is a rare hap-
' g when the thing shown onthe televi-
n set can be seen out the window here
'at the same time.
aith Howey of Kitchener visited on a re-
t' weekend
e-t'weekend with her grandparents Leslie
Dorothy Wardell on the 4th concession.
RIPLEY
by. Ab Wylds
These are supplies shipped into Canada on
sailing ships and arriving in the summer of
1837. Their names in order were the PHEM,
HERALD,. DANUBE, VICTORY,and .5th
one was not .listed. With sailing ships
visiting Sarnia and Goderich it is, of interest
week ago Frances Elliott caishe;home to . .
ey after spending the past month at the to recall that this type of. bleat wase used to
ge of her grandson Elliott Courtney at transport cargoes , and that food and other
supplies were imported into, Canada. Also
gan Beach. that red wheat which was just grown locally
isitirlg last week with Evelyn Johnson . ona wide scale this year was imported also
her grandson Brandon -Gardner of
some Other 'things like' cattle hides from
nastra. Argentine. ON Joan Eadie of the 8th croncession east g
1.
.: /, ' Grant said that this crate board with its
pley to Holyrood is back after recent
cation. Mrs. L. Alexander of Lorne Beach attached papers: came from a farm sale on
Sat.,
ently joined the group of nurses working . Aug 4, 1984 in the Londesboro area
of the Kincardine VON office' which he and Wally Ballagh of Teeswater
4Saturday Faye Moir'of Wingham.an conducted.
r friend Debbie Papp of Kitchenef,visited Ripley field crop;results .
t
th Faye's aunt Christen? . Robertson. Tak- Just received. this Monday morning from
advantage of the pleasant • warm : secretary Don 'Mthis
the standings in
ather Faye and Debbie spent some time the Ripley (second cut hay) Field Crop
the .middle of the afternoon in Ripley's Competition.
re Park where ' Debbie, using' her hus- 1.. Peter Prehn 93; 2. Jim Needham 92; 3.
nd's metal detector searched for lost , Jim . Scott. 911/2; 4. Peter Walden 91;, 5::
ins and Faye helped Debbie dig out the Carmen Bridge. 901/2; 6. Jim Farrell 90; 7.
d, usually a buried bottle cap. She said' Bob Blackwell. 891/2; 8. Mike Snobelen 89; 9.
t
her husband made a lucky strike on Fri': Keith Vander Hoek 88%; 10. Sandy Pollock
y in an area other than here. 88;11. Bert Elliott 87%; 12. Bev Goodhue 87;
le Reunion Dance 13. Dennis Bridge 861/2; 14. Wes Smith 86; 15.
The Ripleyy Reunion 85 Publicity.:Commit- Rick Smith 85%; 16. i3en Beishuizen 85; 17.
Blake . Lofton 84% ; 118. Carl Hooey84. 19.
reminds everyone of the upcoming � 20. John Gambe 83; 21.
koff fund raising dance this Sept. 15, 1984 Bob' Rutledge 831/2;
th' dancing to the New Modernaires. This Peter Van Sickle 821/2 22. Ron Brooks 82; 23.
a 16 piece orchestra' specializing in the Bob Thompson 811/2; 24. Murray Wilken 81
en Miller sound.. Tickets are .available for a total of 24 fields.
m any Reunion Committee member or at ' To complete the projects see page 9 in the.
e door. The Committee hopes to see 1984 Ripley Fall Fair book and make an ex-
eryone there. hibit at the fair' on Friday morning, Sept. 28
•y i>o the H>:p'gy Complex: ' '
rn reaching for the sun ,
For the past week and a half Ab Wylds has No contest winner in Ripley
en watching the rapid growth of the field - On the current "No Contest" contest run
corn belonging to Mike Pollock. I,t is the by the. Wingham radio station C.K.N.X. it
ld just north of Finlay Street at the north was announced„ that Judy Van , Kooten of
ge of Ripley - the Jerry Huber or former
Ripley had nineminutes and ten seconds to
rt McTavish land: We think -that it' has, call the station to get lief free album and be
ut three feet higher in the past ten days, eligible for a grand draw. Judy was notified
e out in cob and top. tassel. It must have by Mrs. Lois Irwin and made the deadline
ed both the sunlight by ` day and the with just 20 seconds to spare: •
oonlight from (the full harvest moon at Called in to say hello
ght. And likely those two . showers before ' On Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. David,
ylight last Friday helped. Martyn of Toronto and .Dr.' and Mrs. Mac-
Naughton of Guelph called here to say hello.
ound old newspaper, pages : ' At the Ripley Continuation School David
From time to time old -newspapers are was -a classmate of Ab and at the Stratford
rought here and we appreciate folks mak- Normal School he attended the same year as
g this effort. Each time the circumstances . Fran. They had attended the Mnrtyn'family
urrounding the finding of them is different • picnic at Bruce *Beach on Sunday. It was
d also their content. On Monday of last held with Miss Amelia Martyn at Cottage 89.
eek just as we had finished the copy for the ' Dr. McNaughton is the dean of'the Physical
per August .8-84, Ripley auctioneer Grant , Science (Physics, Chemistry; etc.) Division
cDonald brought along such copy.. at the University of Guelph.
At least it was pieces of two 'or. three; Transferredto local hospital
eets ofnewsprint stuck under a. piece 'of . Mrs. Murdock McDonald of Lucknow,
owered wallpaper and the whole thing was. - mother of. Grant. of. Ripley, is recovering
tuck to the square piece -aboard at the end from a broken hip in Kincardine hospital
f an old orange. crate. These crates were She spent two weeks in July in University
'ten turned on end to serve as stands or_ Hospital in 'London where it was set. She
mall cupboards for dishes - hence the ' was transferredback to Kincardine on Aug.
range crate furniture of pioneer . and 2. friends with her well.
epression years - both hard times and little
oney.
•
Grant was able to uncover one piece of the
ewspaper without it,, tearing. to .pieces. It
roved' interesting to us as : it, was the
assified Ad section. Here are a few of the •
ds as printed
1st ad - "Just received per the PHEM
rom Bordeaux a fresh supply of wine.
'uebec, June 23, 1837." -
2nd ad "300 boxes of Liverpool soap,,
efined sugar, tea, . pepper and oil. 1000
uenos Aires Dry Hides on the Brig
erald,,Quebec, June 29, 1837,"
3rd ad - "Now landing from "DANUBE"
nd for sale. 10,000 bushels of superior Red
eat, 200 bushels Oat -Meal, 25 barrels
ease, 2 casks Westphalian Ham, Quebec,
ugust 8, 1837." '
4th ad - "August 23, Quebec. For, sale by
ubscribers. Two hundred barrels of Prime
ess Pork • put up for.. the West Indian
arket, 20 casks of Shot, G00 chaldrons of
ewcastle Grate coal, a quantity of brandy,
, port wine.
5th ad - "Quebec Sept. 1, 1837. For Sale
1 Mindts of Liverpool Salt. Just arrived
rom Britain."
Reach for top
competion
is August 28
The first annual Huron County, 4-H Reach
for the Top Competition will be held on
August 28, 1984 at the Clinton Arena at 8.00
p.m.
This night will ' be an interesting night
where the wits of several 4-H members will
be tested ' on general questions: The
questions have been selected from all the
4•H lessons from the various clubs held this
year in Huron along ' with general 4-H
knowledge:. '.
This evening should prove' to be quite
enjoyable and educational. At the present
there are six clubs entered and weare
looking for a maximum of eight. If you are
interested in taking. part, please contact
Karen Rodman, at the Clinton OMAF Office.
for more information.
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