HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-11-22, Page 11Outside the BM&G tent at the IPM
Tons of food served by
Brussels area volunteers
They were figuring on 450 people. So,
when the Belmore Catering Tent got busy
preparing food for the International
Plowing Match (1PM) in Wingham on
opening day they were a bit shocked to find
780 people on their doorstep instead. The
fact is, they ran out of food that day.
"We just didn't plan for so many
people," said Mary Eadie of R.R.1,
Wingham who was one of the co-ordinators
of the Tent.
That day, they served roast beef until
they ran out and then served ham till they
ran out of it too. They had managed to get
some extra ham from some of the food
companies on the site that day. But when
they ran out of that the Belmore tent shut
down for the day. Extra food was on hand
film then on.
Despite the bad luck start, the Belmore
Catering Tent still managed to serve over
6300 dinners. They also served breakfast
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
their big day when they served over 200
breakfasts. The Belmore community con-
tributed 1,222 pies to the cause of hungry
' people. In fact one lady donated 50 pies
that she had made.
During the week of the plowing match
there were over 2,000 pounds of steak roast
eaten, over a ton of potatoes and over 550
pounds of roast pork, and about 300
pounds of ham.
Nearly everyone in the community of
Belmore helped to either peel potatoes or
worked on the site according to Mrs.
Eadie. •
About $15,000 was made by the Belmore
catering tent all of which will go to the new
.arena in Belmore.
The other official catering tent was run
by people from Brussels, Morris and Grey
and a lot of food was consumed as well.
Kathleen Semple, of R.R.1 Ehtel co-
convener Of the tent said that from Monday
through Saturday they served 5,150
dinners to the public, 920 dinners to
officials and 324 dinners at the Official
Banquet on Tuesday.
As for the number of dinners served each
day, there were 185 served on Monday, 324 ,
at the banquet and 325 to the public on
Tuesday, 990 on Wednesday, 1485 on
Thursday, 1495 on Friday and 1590 on
Saturday.
An incredible number of pounds,
bushels and gallons of food were consumed
2,183 pounds of roast beef, and 618 pounds
of ham were eaten. The people of Brussels,
Morris and Grey were also generous with
their donations of food. Donated food
included 2145 pounds of potatoes, 525
pounds of carrots, eight bushels of
tomatoes, seven bushels of turnips, seven
bushels of onions, 43- 13 gal. pails of
coleslaw, eggs and 1200 homemade pies.
Also consumed were 20 gallons of
pickles, 464 dozen dinner rolls, 162-100 oz.
tins of tomato juice, 60-100 oz tins of peas,
26-100 oz. tins of green beans, and 44-100
oz. tins of kernel corn for dinners.
And then of course, the tent also served
breakfast from Thursday to Saturday. The
people who came for breakfast ate 152
dozen eggs, three gallons of donated maple
syrup to go along with pancakes, ham,
bacon, 65 loaves of bread made into toast
and 94 pounds of coffee.
Then there wag the snack bar at the front
of the tent. People there ate 1216 pounds of
hamburger 214 pounds of wieners, 50
pounds of cheese slices, 15 gallons of hot
dog relish which was donated; 576 chicken
and chip dinners, 310 fish and chip
dinners, 146 dozen wiener buns and 585
dozen hamburger buns. The workers at the
tent also served 2040 pounds of every-
body's favorite-french fries.
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Market active here
The market at Brussels
Stockyards was very active
Friday on a lighter supply of
cattle. Cows and steers trad-
ed higher, heifers were
steady. All weights of pigs
sold at stronger prices. There
were 942 cattle and 2056 pigs
on offer.
Choice steers 66.00 to
69.00 with sales to 70.25.
Good Steers - 64.00 to
66.00.
A steer consigned by Vince
Kurtz of A rriss weighing
1170 lbs. sold for 70.25 with
his 44 steers averaging 1134
lbs. selling for an overall
price of 68.10.
A steer consigned by G &
R Feedlot of Brussels
weighing 1150 lbs. sold for
70.00 with their lot of 7 steers
averaging 1106 lbs. selling
for 67,75.
Eighteen steers consigned
by Elwood Gottfried of
Gowanstown averaging 1073
lbs. sold for 67.40.
Two steers consigned by
Len Sanderson of R.R.1,
Gorrie averaging 1060 lbs.
sold for 68.55.
Seven steers consigned by
Henry Farms of Blyth aver-
aging 1158 lbs. sold for 69.40
with their 40 steers aver-
aging 1132 lbs. selling for the
overall price of 68.55.
Nine steers consigned by
Maple Emblem Farms of
Dungannon averaging 1181
lbs. sold for 67.80 with their
26 steers averaging 1165 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
67.15.,
Five steers consigned by
Tom Hill of Goderich
averaging 1122 lbs. sold for
67.50.
Choice Heifers - 63.00 to
66.00 with sales to 66.25.
Good Heifers - 61.00 to
63.00.
A heifer consiglied by Earl
Fitch of Wroxeter weighing
1150 lbs. sold for 66.25 with
his 12 Herford heifers
averaging 973 lbs. selling for
62.15.
A heifer consigned by
Francis Walter of R.R. #5,
Mildmay, weighing 1150 lbs.
sold for 65.25 with his lot of 5
heifers averaging 1084 lbs.
selling for 64.90.
A heifer consigned by
Marlene Horsburgh of
Holstein weighing 1160 lbs.
sold for 65.75 with her
brother Mark's heifer
weighting 1010 lbs. selling
for 65.75. Their father,
Allan, consigned 12 heifers
averaging 955 lbs. selling for
the overall price of 64.00.
Twelve heifers consigned
by Doug Cameron of R.11.7,
Lucknow averaging 1010 lbs.
sold for an overall price of
64.q0.
Choice Cows - 48.00 to
with sales to 55.Q0
. Good Cows - 45.00 to
48.00.
Canners & Cutters - 41.00
to 45.00,
A cow consigned by Bob
Ireland of R.R.3, Teeswater
weighing 1090 lbs. sold for
55.00.
Heavy Bulls traded to a
high of 55.00.
All weights of stockers &
Feeders sold at higher prices
Sixty-three local berforil
heifers averaging 410 lbs.
sold for 75.80.
30 to 40 lb. pigs traded to a
high of 51.00.
40 to 50 lb. pigs to a high
of 56.25,
50 to 60 lb. pigs to a high
of 64.50,
60 to 70 lb, pigs to a high
of 70.75,
70 to 80 lb. pigs to a. high
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