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Bicentennial eventatthefair`
Looking ahead to next Monday evening
iQ��9�p, �0 the their lastic �
Society dingmeeting
before thisyear's Ripleyon. Pap Fair, on
the last Friday and Saturdayin Septtember..
They would like everyone, possible, to at-
tend....
t-
tend.,.
Again looking head to the Saturday fair
they have -added'another Bicentennial at -
action. It is old machines m working con-
j ion and : capable:.of being .demonstrated •
right there.. Ia. charge- at arranging t .
eature is the Secretary Don MacTavish.. If
rou have one which •you .wo old' loan and
lemonstrate it's working give Don a can: at
;95.5161:
Right now he is, looking for a'circuLar biOg
saw used for wood cutting.
Helped at barn fire
Looking back to Monday oflast, week Aug.
27 it was the day for the Ripley fire .whistle
to sound -- Minutes after a 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, ;oof. the.
Bruce County road Kinlough toBolyrood
to Lucknow. Firemen Doug :Martyr. and
Jack Scott took the Ripley+water.;truckto the. F
scene and assisted 'the fuckno ► firemen in,
potting the fire, out. Theloss in this fire was..
estimated at $175,000 by Lucknow fiure.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 Do
byA. •yids
followed by Bill Robinson in the.water truck,',
The red, van, at the end of the line had these
firemen - Bob Johnston, Barry Cliffe, Rod
MacDonald, Dan MacDonald'`and Wayne
Nixon.
Down the 'twelfth Concession and across
the sideroad to the Huron: Township ;boun-
dary fart') 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 out,' ut the motor was
ruined. "
° For these two Monday fire calls, as for all -
fire calls, fireman Don Peterbaugh stays in.,
'charge of the fireball.
Congratulations go to Mrs, Eileen Nesbitt'
of Huron Villain Ripley,, Eileen won second'
ilk* for her e violin playing in the Amateur
Talent Concert last Friday evening.. Itas'
sponsored�by the Kincardine `Agricultural.
Society and was part of.their° fall -fair pro-
. gram.
The Ripley Women's 'Institute will meet.
this Friday afternoon Sept. 7 at 1:30 p.m at.
the, home of Anna MacTavish. Miinnie Lock .
is the convenor for the'' program on
Agriculture and Canadian Industry.
Francis and- Margaret. Gemmell
celebrated their 45th, Wedding anniversary'
Doug, 11+Tartyn: and'Jae Hodgins.:It. was • with their family, Frank • and Lynn Gemmell
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 hiscoisin, Jason Fludder,
Also visiting With Evelynon a.
recent Sun-
day afternoon were. Mrs. Doug Helwig and
gin Guy of Southampton: and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold. Edgar of Goderich. .
Doug Bissonnette of. Wasaga Beach drop-
ped in atthesheaf making here last Wednes
day. afternoon to say hello. It reminded him
of, the times he and his two brothers made
sheaves for the Ripley falifair-
Later that same. Wednesday afternoon
Jack Graham, of Kincardine accompanied
by Willard "Jess" CarripbeII also of .Kincar-
dine stopped' here. Next` was Roy Jackson
of Detroit presently at.hisRipley home' who
was riding 'past on his bicycle. The sheaf.
making by. Ab Wylds was delayed while we
hada real chat about old times in Ripley:
Niels ;Frederiksen arrived back at, his
home on Maicoltni, Street in Ripley the -mid-
die Of lastweek after spending the monthof
August in his `native Denmark. While thre
ite v te4 at the family home with his sister
,inrlaw, Mrs..Rigmor Frederiksen and her
daughter, Miss Len& Frederiksen at the
town of Asferg • near the city .of' Randers.
Also he visited his sister, Mrs. Ebba Jensen
in Grenaa. •
It has a big, harbour and a fleet of fishing
boats. People come to the docks•and buy fish
right there. At the start of Niels' visit he
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stayed with Ebba's daughterKristen at(d:
her husband Frank :Rorbo in Copenhagen.
for a week. Frank is a newspaper man in the,
big.city so. Niels; had several trips with thelia
seeing the place , '
,In his month inn Denmark 'Niels used all
the different ways'of travel available - boa
car,.ferryboat, train, and plane and reports
a wonderful trip. , • .: •
On Monday of this,week, September 3-84,•
Labour Day holiday,Cathy. Fludder O
• Malcolin.Street-in .ley re tered at,
University of "Waterloo, She"in
yearr of a degree course in Social Develop-
ment, It has a three or four year option.
In last week's column it should have been
Jon Vickers and not Jan. That was the
work of a printing goblin. .
Ripley'folks are glad to hear that: Mrs.
Adeline Martyn 'is back to Kincardine ,
Hospital after, having.her hip fracture tend
• ed in London. Best wishes forher recovery
are extended. •
In - weather .the equinoctial ,gales of
September with their wind and .rain are
here:, How nice it was that the change in the
weather held backand let Kincardine have
a wonderful afternoon on Saturday for `their
fall fair. `•
This is just a reminder fromthe '85 Ripley ,
Huron Reunion Committee of the upcoming.
kick-off fund-raising dance : Sept. 15, 1984,
with dancing to the 16 piece orchestra -- The.
New Modernaires.. Come on out for 'a great
night of Glenn..Miller andbig band sounds.
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