HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-04-01, Page 3After 23 years in business in Biyth Piet and Ann Reinsma will be closing the doors of the Wallace Turkey
Products lunch bar this week as part of their retirement. The couple have sold the frozen food portion of
their business and hope to sell their juice franchise soon so they can enjoy more time in their new home in
Benmiller.
Biyth landmark dosing
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1987. PAGE 3.
One of the landmarks of Biyth
will close this week when the lunch
bar at Wallace Turkey Products at
the north end of the village on
Highway 4 will close as part of the
retirement plans of Piet and Ann
Reinsma, owners of the company
since 1964.
The Reinsmas have sold the
frozen food portion of their busines
to Flannigan Sales and Distribu
tion Ltd. of Kitchener, another
frozen food distributor. For the
time being the Holiday juice
franchise will continue to work out
of the present building until a
buyer is found.
The company was too big for a
small owner and too small for a big
company to buy, Mr. Reinsma
said, so they decided to break it into
more manageable portions for
sale. The company had more than
$1 million in sales last year and
employed six persons.
The Reinsmas took over the
operation in 1964 from Robert
Wallace who had founded it. Piet
came to Canada from the Nether
lands in 1953 and worked for
General Coach, a trailer manufac
turer in Hensall for seven years. He
married Ann van den Assem in
1954.
In 1960 Piet went to work for Mr.
Wallace. He got a raise from $50 a
weekto$55and “Ithoughtlhad
the world by the tail”, he recalls.
Four years later they purchased
the business and Mr. Wallace went
to work for them instead. He died at
Christmas in 1974 in an accident.
After the Reinsmas took over the
operation, extra lines were added
to the turkey products as it became
a supplier of frozen foods and ice
cream to restaurants and institu
tions. The closing of this side of the
operation may bean inconvenience
to local restaurants who were able
to call up and get emergency
supplies if they ran out, Ann
Reinsma says.
Thecompanylater obtained a
franchise for the Holiday Juice and
supplied it around the area. In 1976
the company stopped its killing
operations and the space was
turned instead to freezer and
cooler use.
Nowthe couple, who recently
moved to Benmiller when their son
took over their poultry farm north
of Clinton are looking forward to
enjoying more time for them
selves. “What is money any good
for ifyou have not time to spend
it,” Piet says. Ann, who has
overseen the restaurant operation
over the years says she has enjoyed
the work and getting to know so
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People
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Shannon.
Darryl, Corey, Nathan and Devin
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Johnson, Kari and Kurt of London
on Sunday.
Five tables were in play March
25 at the weekly Wednesday night
Lost Heir card party at Memorial
Hall. Gene Snell was the high lady
and Alvin Snell the high man.
Feme Howatt and Ray Lair had the
low scores.
His many friends in the area
were glad to learn that Ray Madill
is home from St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal, London after undergoing
surgery and almost three weeks of
hospitalization.
Ann Hollinger is also back home
after spending three weeks in
Victoria Hospital, London. Al
though both people praise the care
they received while in hospital they
say there is no place like home.
Mabel McAdam of Clinton and
John Hesselwood had the high
scores at the weekly Monday night
euchre party at Memorial Hall
March 23.
Esther Moffat and Wilfred
Shortreed had the low scores while
June Elliott of Seaforth and Don
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• Saturdays
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to Tuesday at 1 p.m.
EFFECTIVE UNTIL THANKSGIVING*.-------------------CLIP AND SAVE-------------------- -
We are looking forward
to doing some travelling
and enjoying outdoor liv
ing in our retirement
years.
Piet and Ann Reinsma
wish to announce that
Flanagan Sales and Dist
ribution Ltd. of Kitchener
is taking over their frozen
food business effective
April 1, 1987.
For the present time
the Holiday Juice whole
sale franchise ''Ever-
Fresh'' will continueto be
operated by the staff at
the same location.
The Snack bar will be
closed as of April 2nd.
523-9251
Buchanan had the most lone
hands. Those at the lucky table
were Harvey Sillib, Margaret
Nesbit, Graeme McDowell and
Rena Watt.
Mrs. Jean Cook is another
Blythite sporting a Florida tan
these days. She has returned from
spending three weeksn in Winter
haven with her son Robert, Betty
and Jenny and Danielle. She
reports beautiful sunny weather
except for a couple of days. The
flowers in Cypress Gardens are
particularly beautiful this year, not
having been touched with frost as
they were last year.
Belated anniversary greeting
to Wayne and Gerrie Kennedy ol
Londesboro on their 22nd anniver
sary on March 27.
Jean Kennedy celebrated her
birthday on March 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Brooks
have returned home from a
three-month stay at Avon Park,
Florida.
Easter is Coming!
f Chocolate \ f Bunnies \
* Chocolate Suckers!
Easter Plush Animals
Just Arrived/
Polyester
Spring Flowers
that last and last...
FROM GERMANY:
Special chocolate eggs,
Easter coins and bunnies
Piet and Ann Reinsma
IRemember Wlien....
I Dinsley St. W„ Biyth 523-9554
We wish to thank our
many friends and cust
omers for their loyal
support during the past
23 years.
Biyth