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165 Exhibits At
Ripley Summer
Flower Show
The Ripley and District. Horticul-
tural Society held their annual
summer flower show on. Tuesday,
August 19 from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. in
the Legion Hall.
The beautiful weather contribut-
ed to an -excellent turnout and an
-abundance of 165 exhibits includ-
ing cut flowers, house' plants and
arrangements.
The' president, Mrs. Glen Stan-
ley, officially opened the show and
welconied the guests' at 3.00 p.m..
The winners of the trophies and
prizes were. announced. The
beautiful silVer bud vase donated
by the T. Eaton Company was won
by Mrs. Glen Stanley with 47
points. She, however withdrew in
favour of the runner-up Mrs.
Margaret Ruttle with 37 points.
This trophy was awarded for points
in cut fldwers and house' plants.
Simpson-Sears had donated a
lovely plaid mohair blanket 'to' be
awarded to the winner of the most
points in arrangementS. This prize
was won by Mrs. Walter Farrell
with 22 pdints and the runner-up
was again Mrs. Margaret Ruttle
with 17 points.
Mrs. Glen Stanley, with 65
overall points, was winner of the
Royal Bank Trophy which is
awarded to the exhibitor accumul-
ating the most points at both the'
spring and snnifrier flower shows.
Mrs. Cliff Geddes had the
sweepstake rose while Mrs. Glen
Stanley had the sweepstake glad,
their blooms being the best in any
section of their class.
Mrs. Reuben Schaus, •the judge
from Hanover made a few com-
ments on the exhibit's and tea and
cookies were served by the tea
room committee of Mrs. Frank
Fair, Mrs. Emile MacLennan, Mrs.
B. Vanderhoek and Mrs. Wray
Osborne.
The bake table and plant table,
had a wide assortment of items
'from which to choose. Mrs. Cliff
Geddes, Christine Robertson and
Mrs. Adeline Hackett looked after
the bake table while Mrs. Walter
Farrell, Mrs. Walter Black and
Mrs. Ewan MacLean had charge of
the plant table.
Door prizes were drawn for and
some of the winners were Pat
Lambert, Norma MacLennan, An-
ne Liddle, Carol Fludder, Margaret
Scott, Frieda Collins, Martha'
McIver, Frances Gillies, ,Gertrude
MacKay and Elizabeth MacDon-
ald.
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10 YEARS AGO .
AUGUST 1965
Work on the- Lucknow Agricult-
, ural Society's Centennial Gates
was bompleted and a service of
dedication was held on August 8th.
The Horticultural Society provided
the landscaping and decorations for
the occasion. Guest speaker was
Norval Richards, Dean at Univer-
sity of Guelph.
To honour the Hackett pioneers,
members of the fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh generations of the
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30 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 1945
Effective August 1st Alex And-
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Fairview Dairy, having purchased
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business. Alex and Charlie had
been in partnership in the dairy
business for about 31/2 years, since
buying the business from Ewart
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As well as disposing of. his dairy'
interests Charlie sold his restaur-
ant business to J, H. Hall, who took
over on August 15th on. behalf of
his sons, Harvey and Lloyd, who
were in the armed services. Mr.
and Mrs. Webster had taken over
this business six years previously
from Mrs. Minnie Horne.
On August 6th Mr, and Mrs.
William A. Johnston, Bluewater
Highway, north of ,Kintail, observ-
ed their 60th wedding anniversary.
50 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 1925
At a congregational Meeting held,
in the Lucknow Presbyterian
Church representing Lucknow and
Dungannon Churches, a unanim-
ous call was extended to the Rev.
Charles 'MacDonald' of Penetang.
Lucknow tax rate was 39 mills, 2
mills' below 1924 rate.— --- -
The biggest and best bowling
tournament of the season in
Western Ontario was held - on the
best green and prettiest surround-
ings. „This was the verdict of the
scores of bowlers from a , wide
territory who took in the great
tournament in Lucknow the last
Thursday in August. Fifty-five
rinks were entered. The Joynt
trophy and first prize went to
Hensall with the play lasting till
five in 'the morning.
l7, 1975'
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1975
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Hackett family gathered at Hack-
, ett's Church, Ashfield Township,
to dedicate a monument erected as
a "Memorial to these pioneers.
Five members of the John
MacDonald family of Lucknow lost
their lives in a 2 car collision on
Highway 86 just east of Zetland
bridge. Those killed, who were all
in the one car,:were Mr. MacDon-
ald, his son Tom; his two daughters
Jean and Margaret; his son-in-law
Bob Smith of Sault Ste. Marie. A
sixth passenger, Mrs. Bob Smith
was seriously injured in the
accident.
Mrs. George Andrew observed
her 91st birthday on. August 22nd,
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