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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-09-05, Page 11Xe 10 ! 1 .1 1 1 1 1 1 4 • , Laeknow Sentinel,: Wednesday, September 5, 19114=A -Page 11 Arttique m, Bicentennial event attliefair— • *. Looking ahead to nextMonday evening pt, 10 at 8 p.m, the. Ripley Agricultural Society bolgtrig their .last meeting fore this year's Ripley Huron Fall Fair on t e last Friday and Saturday in September. They would like everyone, it possible; to at- tend. -• Again looking ahead to the Saturday fair they have added another Bicentennial at- traction. It irkald machines in working con- littion and .•6,2#ab1e of being demonstrated. tight there, In charge of arranging this feature is the Secretary Pon MacTavish. If you have one which you would loan and demonstrate it's working give Don a call at 395.5161.. , • Right now he is looking for a•cireular buzz w used for wood cutting. • Wiped at barn fire ••• Looking back tO Monday of last'week .Aug. 4:t was the day for the Ripley fire whistle d — Minutes after 9 a.m. the call was from the Lucknow firemen whO needed more water at the two pig barns of Ernest Ackert, These 'barns are •just -east of the Bruce County road — Kinlough• to Holyrood to Lucknow. • ,Firemen Doug .Martyn and JackScott took the RiSeyswatertruckte the scene and assisted the LucknoW 'firemen in. putting the fire out. The loss hi this fire,,Was estimated at $175,000 by Luckno.vrfire.chief Bud Hamilton: About seven that same Monday evening the fire whistle again sounded and the red trucks headed north out • the 15th road.' Leading .the way ' in. the Ripley fire truck were Doug Martyri,andJoe .Hodgiri4 It was Bicerttennial event at Ripley :RIPLEY by Al) Wylds • ‘smnsommunsinnsm followed by Bill Robinson in the water truck The red van at the end of .the line had these firenlen Bob.Jolmstbn, Barry Cliffe, Rod 1ViacDonald, Dan MacDonald,. and Wayne Nixon. . Down the,twelfth Concession andacross the sideroad to the Huron Township boun- dary faun of Bob Farrell. Here halfway up the lane between the field and the barn his Massey combine was sitting on fire. • Firemen got the, fire 'bout but the motor was ruined.. • For these two Monglp fire calls, as for all fire calls; fireman Don Peterbaugh stays•in charge of the fireball. Congratulations go to Mrs. Eileen Nesbitt •• ' of Huron Villa in Ripley. Eileen won second pize Tor her violin playing in the firnatehr Talent Concert last Friday:evening. R was sponsored by the Kincardine `Agricultural - Society and was part of their fall fair pro- gram.• . vir The Ripley men's institute will meet this Friday. afternoon Sept 7 at 1 30p.m. At • the, honeof Anna MacTavish. 1Viiiime Lock is the •convenor for the program on Agriculture and Canadian Industry: Francis and. Margret Geminell • celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary • with their family, Frankand Lynn Genunell of Brampton, and Ann and. Ken Smith and Whitney of Kitchener:The family dinner for •the special occaSion' was held on Sunday August 26 at the Swiss Castle in Kitchener, • • Staying last week with Mrs. Evelyn Johnson was her grandson Aaron Gardner of. Vanastra. During -the week he visited around town with his cousin,' Jason Fludder. Also visiting with 'Evelyn on a recent. Sun- day afternoon were Mrs. Doug fleiwig and son Guy of Southampton and Mr.: and Mrs. Harold Edgar Goderich. '• . Doug Bissonnette of Wasaga 'Beacii,drep- . • ped in at the sheaf making here last Wednes- day afternoon to say hello, It reminded him of the tines he and bis two brothers made . sheaves for the RiPleY fan fah% • Later that same. Wednesday afternoon Jack Graham of. Kincardine accernPallietl • by Willard Jess Pampbellalso of Kincar- dine stopped' here. Neit was dRoy Jackson of Detroit presently at his.11ipley home who was riding past on his -.bicycle. The sheaf, making by Ab Wylds was delayed while we , had a real chat about old thnes in Ripley Niels ,Frederiksen arrived back at his hozne on Malcolm. Street in .Ripley the.mid- dle of last week after spending the month of August ht hid native Denmark. While there he visited at thefarnily home with his sister- • in-laW, Mrs. Rigmor Frederiksen ' and her daughter, Miss Lene Frederiksen at the town of ,Asferg near the city of Randers. Also he visited sister, Mrs. Ebba Jensen in Grenaa. It has p big harbour and a fleet of fishing boats. People cometo-the docks -and buy fish right there. At the start of Niels' visit he • stayed with Ebba's daughter Kiisten and her husband Frank Rorbo in .Copenhagen , for aweek. Frank is a newsPaper am, in tbe° big city so Niels. had several trips with them • seeing the place. • • IiihismonthinDenmarkNielsuse the different ways of travel available bus,. car, ferry boat, tram, and plane and reports awonderful trip.• , On Monday of 00 week, September 344, "ahem' Day helidaY, Cathy- .Fludder of Malcolm Street in Ripley registered at the Univer,sity of Waterloo. She is In the first year of a degree course in Social Develop ' ment. R has a tbree or four year option, In last week's colunui it should haveteen • Jon Vickers and not Jan. That was the work of a printing goblin. • Ripley folks are glad to hear that PAra. Adeline Martyn is back • to Kincardine Hospital after havingher hip fracture tend- ed .in London. Best wishes forher recovery ' are extended. In weather the equinoctial -gales of • September with theirwind and rain are here. How nice it was that the change in the weather held back and let Kincardine have &wonderful afternoon on Saturday for their, fall :• • This is just a reminder fromthe '85 BOW Huron Reunion Committee of the upcoming • • kick-off fund-raising dance. Sept. 15; 1984, withdancing to the 16 piece orchestra — The New Modernaires. Come on out for a great night ofGlenn Miller and big band sounds. * • . . • • . ' Any Student away at College or University wants to kno the news from home. And there's no better way to get it Than with a regular subscription to the Sentinel. t • r • . That's why we: Offer special:Oates Students for 8 monthsduring the school *oar • • •.. • • • ‘. • 0. 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