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NEW BEAN FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE — The Zurich Bean Festival held their annual meeting
Thursday and elected their new executive. Standing are president Charlie Erb and vice-
president Rick Fisher. In the front row are treasurer Nancy lee and secretary Deb
Fisher. Staff photo
Zurich's bean festival
organizers getting ready
Citizens of Zurich are
preparing for an invasion of
over -15,000 people, and
rather than pouring concrete
for dragon's teeth or laying
barbed wire, the good folk of
this village are cooking
beans.
Last year about 7,000 peo-
ple partook of the bean
festival dinners.
Glen Thiel, publicity
chairman for the bean fest
committee said the com-
mittee was "gearing up for
crowds like last year.
About one-third of the peo-
ple who attend can be ex-
pected to eat Thiel explain-
ed. But he did not think there
were many more than 15,000
attended last year.
"People say I can't lie
enough," he says of his con-
servative estimates.
In any case, part of the
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Saturday, August 22
Frog Jumping
CONTEST
(Bring your own Frog or Toad)
boa Festival Moll Area
Registration 2:30
Jump-offs 3:00
PRIZES DONATED BY DR. C.J. WALLACE
gearing up includes the pre-
cooking of 2,400 pounds of
beans: Also to be served is
1,800 pounds of pork and a
half -ton of cole slaw.
New to the meal this year
is an old fashioned bean -
salad.
The meal includes "all the
beans you want to eat — we
always stress this," Thiel
said. If you don't get enough,
he added, just go back and
ask for more.
The bean festival meal is a
bargain again this year at
$3.50 Thiel said it had been
increased this year (from
$3) because of increases in
the cost of the meat and
other supplies.
A l l' of the beans served are
donated to the festival by the
Ontario Bean Marketing
board, with the cooperation
of local mills such as Cooks,
W.G. Thompson and the Co-
op.
Preparation of*the food
began Monday night with the
first 600 pound batch of
white beans going into the
cookers. The beans are boil-
ed and then mixed with other
ingredients and baked �in
trays at the festival's
kitchen on Victoria Street.
After cooking, the beans
are kept refrigerated, until
reheated and served on
festival day.
The kitchens at Centralia
College will also be busy this
year preparing the bean
salad.
The festival is held annual-
ly in Zurich to promote
white beans. The crop is
cultivated in profusion in the
farmlands around Zurich
and plays an important role
in the economy of Huron
County.
The center of the village
will be closed to traffic dur-
ing the day to set up con-
cessions, booths, a midway,
a stage for near continuous
entertainment, and most im-
portantly to set.up an eating
area to enjoy the bean at its
best.
Building
increases
in Stanley
New construction has
taken a sharp rise in Stanley
Township, council was in-
formed at the ' August
meeting.
For the first half of 1980, 27
building permits were issued
totalling $348,000. For the
first half of 1981, 44 permits
have been issued for an
estimated $935,000 value.
Clerk Mel Graham said a
little bit of everything ac-
counted for the increase.
Five new houses are -being
built across the township,
including one for ap-
proximately $137,000. Most
of the remainder is ac-
counted for in cottages and
"quite a bit of renovations,"
Graham said.
Council reviewed its in.
surance needs with Dave
Reed of Frank Cowan
Insurance. Graham said
there were no major changes
to the township's coverage
other than bumping -up
limits eight to ten percent.
Council passed a bylaw to
loan $17,700 to three ap-
plicants for tile drainage.
They also accepted nine
new applications for $52,000
worth of tile drainage loans.
Stanley will donate $1,200
to the Alexandra Marine
hospital in Goderich_to add to
their building fund. The
donation is for 1982.
The clerk said no
correspondence was
received because of the mail
strike. This accounted for
the short meeting. he said.
One letter was received
from the Ausable-Bayfield
conservation authority, It
outlined a survey of
municipalities interest in
purchasing trees from the
authority.
Graham said the township
was interested but he was
unsure of how many trees
would be ordered.
Graham said any planting
along township roads would
be done with the co-operation
of the land owners.
Zurich UC
forced to
go inside
The service on Sunday
which was to be held out-
doors was held in the
basement of the church due
to inclement weather.
A group of Sunday School
children sang several songs
accompanied by . Robbie
Dickert on the ukulele.
Rev. Laing spoke on "Christ
The source of our life and the
centre of our lives." She said
"Prayer is our lifeline."
Following the service a
social hour was spent and
lunch served.
Coming events: Sunday
August 23-10:30 a.m. Service
for Zurich and Dashwood
churches at the Dashwood
pavilion. Sunday August 30-
11:15 a.m.. Communion
service. Wednesday August
26- 8 p.m. Choir practice.
Note- choir members please
plan to be there and new
members especially
welcomed. Wednesday
September 2- 8 p.m. Choir
practice. Thursday Sep-
tember 3- 8 p.m. United
Church Women.
Love pumpkin pie but
watching calories? Bake
your favourite filling in
custard cups and forget the
crust.
Citizens News, August 20, 1981
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