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by Blaine Tow bend
With the Mein cuthack on
Ina +qhs, dairy farmers
ewe tided various methods to
remedy their plight. Some
Wight. more quota of sold
settle cows; others fed the
excess milk to calves, and
many were "forced to pour it
demi the drain. A few, such
as Bill and Bessie Town-
shend, who, operate a, dairy
farm in Goderich Township,
devised another scheme.
They made butter and ice
cream.
"If we're net going to get
paid for our milk, we might as
well have our own butter,"
Bill mused.
When the neighbours heard
of the idea, they pitched in to
help. One fellow hauled a
motor -driven separator out of
his shed, and another lady
loaned a barrel churn with
the condition she could help to
make the first batch.
With the •necessary
equipment gathered. the
novel project began. Bill
separated about 300 pounds of
milk. The skim milk was fed
to the calves, while the cream
was stored in a large crock in
the basement. After three
days. it was ready to be
churned.
Bessie and Gemey Bland,
the owner of the churn, began
their task at one o'clock in the
afternoon. They poured the
cream from the crock into the
churn, which could be turned
with a hand lever or a foot
pedal. They took turns
rotating the barrel and
reminiscing about the times
they helped their mothers.
Both agreed, "This is fun t"
Several times they lifted
the lid to release the gas and
to check whether the butter
was . forming. The first time,
though, they loosened the top
too quickly and received a
splatter of cream in their
hair. They just Iaughted and
maintained they were still
having fun.
QradualI,y the cream.
thickened until it looked like a
whipped' topping: then it
became lumpy artd took on a
yellow tinge. By three
o'clock. smooth yellow buttear
Boated on top of the but-
termilk.
Bessie and Ge neiloosened
a cork in the side of the churn
and poured the buttermilk
into plastic pails. After rin-
sing the butter with cold
water to remove the excess
buttermilk, they scooped the
butter from the churn with a
wooden paddle. Then they
began the tedious job .of
stirring the butter in bowls to
remove all traces of liquid
and air bubbles. Salt was
added, but no' artificial'
colouring was needed.
When the mixture . was
thoroughly blended, it was
pressed into a wooden pound
print, and each pound' was
weighed and wrapped. By
nine -o'clock that night, 17
pounds of butter were stored
in the freezer for future use.
As she cleaned up. Bessie
admitted the aspe& of fun
was replaced by one of
wonderment, "How did my
mother ever stand it?"
A few days later she made
some ice cream by crushing
pounds of ice and mixing the
cream in an electric ice
cream maker.'Fhe result was
a smooth tasty treat.
Both the home-made ice
cream and butter seemed
tastier than the products
bought in a store, but too
much work was involved.
After several long days of
separating and churning. the
freezer filled up and the
novelty wore off.
Making home-made butter
and ice cream didn't solve the
problem of the milk quota
cutback for this dairy couple,
but Bill and. Bessie Town-
shend concluded it was better
than throwing all the excess
milk down the drain. Besidesa
it brought hack some
forgotten memories.
" 1 hope my grandmother's., watching," Gemey Bland
'quipped as she and Bessie Townshend scooped
homemade butter from a churn. (photo by Elaine
Townshend)
f .s Bili Townshend poured the whole milk into the
separator, the cream flowed from the top faucet and the
skim milk gushed out the lower, one. (photo by Elaine
Townshend)
Morning Prayer was held
at the St. James Anglican
Church in Middleton with
Rev. William Bennett in
charge.
Memorial flowers were
placed in the church in loving
memory of Mrs. Annie Bond
by her brothers, Bert, Earl
and Charles Cooper.
We at the St. James Church
would like to say thank -you to
Rev. George Youmatoff for
his thank offering of 10 new
prayer books to the church.
Social Notes
Our sympathy goes to the
Brand family in loss of their
father. Mr. Peter Brand of
Hensall.
Mrs. Robert Burcher of
Hamilton. accompanied by
her husband and daughter, a
student at the Ui iver, itysof
Alberta in Edmonton, visited
for the weekend with " her
sister. Mrs. William Bennett
and Rev. Bennett of Bayfield.
Dr. and Mrs. J.E. Millen -of
Hamilton arrived on Friday
evening to visit Elizabeth's
mother. Mrs. Fred Mid-
dleton. On Saturday. they
attended a reception at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Middleton of
Tobermory, in honor of their
son Peter and his bride
Wanda, who were married in
Vancouver on June 12. The
Millens returned to Hamilton.
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Powell, Stewart Middleton
and Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Middleton also attended this
lovely reception. which was a
happy reunion for many
relatives.
Young Jason Hulls is
spending a few day with his
grandma and grampa Dutot.
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Our sympathy goes to
Charlie Cooper at the loss of
his sister, Mrs. Annie Bond.
While in Clinton for the
funeral, he stayed with Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Dutot. He also
visited with the Deeves on
Saturday and many other
friends and neighbours in the
area..
Phyllis and Alvin Wise
attended the Cox reunion at
Harbour Park in Goderich on
Sunday.
Janice Elder and Cathy
Frank -are having a good time
fishing and are even getting
fish.
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A number pf children from
the area attended and en-
joyedthe Bible School held at
the Londesboro United
Church the past week.
. Mrs. Grace Patterson of
Brampton visited during the
past week with Mrss. Wild
Seott, Brenda. John - and
David.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Merner,
Sandy. _ Vie, Michael, and
Michelle trisited on Friday
evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Deichert . Catherine,
Ann and David of Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Easton,
Michael and Jason of Reverse
Sask. were weekend visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
McClure and family.
Miss Brenda Scott spent a
few days the past week with
her cousin Joanne Thompson
at their cottage at Birch
Beach north of Goderich.
Jamie Riley. baby son of
Clayton and Dawn Riley. has
been a patient in Seaforth
Community Hospital for the
past two weeks. We hope he
will soon be feeling better and
able to come home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bos of
Mitchell and aunts and uncles
visiting from, Holland were
Saturday evening visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Marris
Bos, Steven, Sharon, Kenny,
Michael. Andy and Kathy.
Saturday evening visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Merner, Sandy, Julie Ann,
Michael, and Michelle were
Mr. and Mrs. David Sebert ,
Jarrod and Joel of Vanastra.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Thompson of Etobicoke Mr.
David Lawton of
Mississauga. Miss Sue
Keenlyside of Toronto
Matthew and Barbara Smith,
Victoria, Pearl and Richard
Donahue of Bayfield visited
on Sunday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Thompson,
Jim. Sheila, Saron and Bob.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Mcliwain Lynn and Steven of
Stratford and Mrs. George
Mcliwain Sr. visited on
Sunday with her father. Mr.
Walter Kingswell of
Huronview, when they wished
him a happy birthday, it
being his 98th birthday on
Wednesday the Nth.
Mrs. Bill Storey atten. d
the Norris family picnic b1
at the home of Mr. and Mts.
Orville . Storey of RR 2,
Seaforth on Sunday and also
celebrated two of her sisters'
birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Southgate and Jennifer at-
tended the Mair Reunion held
at Chesley on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marris Bos ,
Steven. Sharon, Kenny.
Michael, Andy ' and Kathy
visited on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Van Bommel,
Brian, Jennifer and Joanne -
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Merner
of Waterloo visited on Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Merner, Sandy, Julie Ann,
Michael and Michelle, all
spent the afternoon in Dash-
wood at the Black Bush
School house where they held
the Merner Reunion Sunday
evening visiting with Mr.
Peter Deichert of Zurich.
The Sam McClure family,
Bob Thompson, and the
Easton family spent Sunday
at Pine cake.
Court Constantine L1842
held their monthly meeting
on July Sth. Business
discussed included the
committee report on the
chicken barbeque held in
June: the Barbeque to be held
on July 24th' for the members :
and a dance is booked for
Seaforth Community Centre
on the 6th of November with
the Country Entertainers
providing the music.
The pork and beef bar-
beques being catered to in
August in Seaforth were also
discussed.
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