Mervyn Tripp, a 1939 graduate of Kemptville College will celebrate his 101st birthday on October 23. Congratulations from the Kemptville College Alumni.
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Champion Intermediate Dairy Showperson
The Kemptville College Alumni presents the Champion Intermediate Dairy Showperson Award each year, at the 4-H Regional Championship Show held in Metcalfe, Ontario. This year the winner was Vanessa Birt from Leeds County. Isabel Kinnear, Alumni Board Member, presented the plaque and chair to her. Vanessa went on and became the Grand Champion Dairy Showperson and she will be attending the 4-H Show at the Royal Winter Fair in November. Congratulations Vanessa.
Reunion Friendships
Kemptville Campus Education Day
On Sept. 28th the Kemptville Campus held an Education Day. The Kemptville College Alumni was asked to be present to show some memorabilia from the days when they were students at Kemptville. Manning the display are Alumni Members (L to R ) Isabel Kinnear ‘69, Grace & Joe Allison ‘68, Kim Link ’69, and Audrey Baker ‘70. Many alumni stopped by to check out the display and get info on the Farm Show, 2020 Reunion and the new Historical Building at Lombardy Fairgrounds.
Leahurst Painting
The Kemptville College Alumni is pleased to accept an oil painting from
Nancy Curtis, the wife of John Curtis, a former principal of Kemptville
College. This painting will be hung in the Kemptville College Alumni
Historical Building and it will bring back many memories of the meals the
Food and Fashion Grads had to prepare at Leahurst to obtain college
credits to graduate. Thank you very much Nancy.
Annual Reunion
Hugh Sharpe ’49 in his Kemptville Sweater that he modeled at reunion The reunion crowd Margaret Clark ’57 & Dean Laundry ’57 at the registration desk Blair Dow ‘84 Master of Ceremonies at the Ribbon Cutting John Joynt welcoming the Kemptville College Alumni to the Lombardy Agricultural Fairgrounds The cake at the ribbon cutting Isabel Kinnear ‘69, Secretary, and Blair Dow “84 discussing the opening ceremony Attendance at the annual meeting Ron Burgess ’68, project Coordinator giving his report President – Audrey Baker ’70 getting nominations for the board The delicious lunch buffet served by Lombardy Agricultural Society Year ‘69 won the Spirit Award ! The Spirit award was won by ‘69. Accepting the trophy are Steph and Yvette