The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-02-24, Page 3*
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By W. A. Humphreys
Fxt..enslon Branch, ODAF
When the people around Bel -
more, Ontario, needed a new roof
en their community arena, they
didn't ask for government help.
Instead, they decided to do some-
thing about it themselves, so they
went into the maple syrup busi-
ness.
This spring, other communities
may be following Belmore's
spectacular lead.
This crossroads centdr, 80
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bought ne
miles north of London, hasonly
about 5Q inhabitants, but it does
have a large number of roadside
maple trees within a 10 -mile radi-
us.
The project began in 1968, when
3,045 taps were drilled into the
trees and 15 groups of people
gathered the sap and brought it to
Belmore, where somebody owned
a shed. One former producer
loaned an evaporator. When this
was found to be insufficient, the
man who had the idea in the first
place bought Ta new evaporator
and, loaned* it for the project.
Storage tanks were loaned, and a
supply of dry slabs donateil,
Everyone, it seemed, <cp.
ated.
The result was 725 gallonS f
pure maple syrup. All ei
about 28 gallons were sold I) P '
serving jars ( also donated Oiy
held a Maple Syrup Festive
the nrenq leaky roof anti 81.
and this took care of the 25'
Ions. About 1,800 people ate 0'
fill of pancakes, sausages, ;aid
pure maple syrup. There 040
,
also an antique sale and boot
selling homie baking, .etc. r
When the final tally was in, $0,i
300. had been earned for the "pew
i
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DON WALLACE AND Walter Renwick changing a filter on
Walter's evaporator. The unit removes dirt and sediment
from the sap before evaporation.
roof
roof
The man responsible for the
idea and the spearhead of the
proJect was Walter Renwick, a
sheep farmer wh lives two miles
east of Belmore. The second
year. in 1969, Walter purchased a
building in Belmore, set up three
oil -fired evaporators, a steam
boiler, and a steam finishing pan.
He loaned the outfit to the com-
munity, and with 1,000 more taps,
950 gallons of maple syrup were
made. Most of this syrup was sold
art retail, bur some was used on 2,-
250 pancake dinners at the Bel -
more Maple Syrup Festival, and
another 800 pancake dinners be-
fore the festival. The net amount
raised for the community was
$7,200.
In 1970 ana 1971; the enterprise
was run at a central plant by
Walter Renwick. He tapped over
3.000 trees in his own bush. and
purchased as much sap as
possible. He found that prices
paid for sap as recommended in
the Maple Syrup Producers'
Manual (5 cents per Canadian
gallon. for 2 per cent sap) were
not attractive enough for the sap
producers. He now pays on a
schedule with the basic price at 7
cents. -
About 1,200 gallons of maple
syrup were made by Before
Maple Products in 1970 and more
than 1,000 in 1971. Most of this
was sold right at the plant at re-
tail. The community still has a
maple syrup festival and pan-
cake day with the profits going to
community work. The pancakes,
sausages, and pure Belmore
maple syrup are served under the
new ,.roof of the Belmore Arena,
paid for by making use of a natu-
ral resource.
LOL euchre
FORDWICH — The local
Orange Lodge held a ,card party
Thursday night in the community
hall with 16 tables in 'play.
Winners were high gent, Ger-
ald D'Arcey; low gent William
Jonas; high lady, Mrs. Hotch-
kiss low lady Violet Bes-
wetherick.; most lone hands, Bill
Bch ens..
WOMEN OF THE community prepare pancake mix for the Maple Syrup Festival at Bel -
more. Last year they used 1,000 lbs. of flour, 75 lbs. of shortening, 30 lbs. of baking powder,
100 lbs. of sugar, 10 lbs. of salt and 90 dozen eggs. The pancakes are served with locally
made maple syrup.
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You should have recently received an envelope
containing the general information you need to under
stand how tax reform affects you. If you require addi-
tional information because of personal circumstances,
the following booklets are available.
• "Child Care Expenses"
• "Moving Expenses"
• "Capital Gains"
•. "Partnerships"
• "Renf''al Income and Undeveloped Land
• "Goodwill and Similar Assets"
• "Professionals: Income Calculation"
• "Basic Herds"
• "Corporate Tax Guide"
To ,determine whetherY ou need any of these
hbotlets, please' read the material you ha\ e already
-received. The booklet "Highlights for Individuals"
includes an order form. This form. should be com-
•
pleted and mailed to:
Taxation Distribution Centre -
P.O. Box 8489'
Ottawa, K1 G 3L5
Remember, read the general hooklets first, then
- order any additional booklets required. The better
informed you arc now, the easier i.t will he for,You to
file your return in the spring of '73.
National Revenu
Revenue, national,
Taxation Impot
1�
Mrs. John Farrell is now a
patient at the Callander Nursing
Home at Brussels.
The Wingliani. Peewee A team
played Belmore in Wingham last
Tuesday. 10-1 was the score for
Wingham: David Carrel got the
only, score for Belmore.
Thc'Betmore Novice team
played an exhibition game at
Harriston on Thursday. The
score was 2-2. Raymond Lewis
and Willie Stafford. got the goals
for Belmore.
Gorrie Squirts played Belmore
here on Wednesday night. The
score was 7.1 for Gorrie. Don
Brisby scored the only goal for
Belmore.
Friday night at Belgrave the
Belgrave girls played Belmore.
The score was 3-2. Ruth Mac -
Adam and Lynda Watson scored
for Belmore.
Saturday afternoon the Bel -
more Tykes played Bel.grave in
that village.. The score was 3-1 for
Belmore .with Murray Maw-
hinney scoring all three for Bel -
more. Unfortunately John Ruth-
erford and Jim Busby, both
taking players to the game, were
involved in a five -car pile-up on
the 'way to the game. Although
the cars were wrecked, no one
was seriously injured.
ROADSIDE TREES between Belmore and McIntosh are
tapped by area residents contributing sap for the annual
Maple. Syrup Festival.
Gorrie Personal Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kennedy and
Mrs. John Baylor . attended the
funeral 'of Edgar Wahl in Listo-
wel on. Sunday. "
Miss Kay Nickel of Kitchener
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Nickel.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ford of
Carstairs, Alta., and Mrs: Wil-'
fred Anderson of Hanover visited
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Edgar.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Charles
have taken up residence in their
new home.
Delbert Clegg has returned
skate-a-thon
raises $550
GORRIE — Forty-five skaters,
despite the stormy weather, Took
part in the Skate-a-thon in the
arena Are on Saturday from 2:30
to 10:30 p.m. Thirty-one skaters
went the eight hours.
The youngest skaters were
Trever and Troy Pocaluyko and
Steven lllman. These 45 skaters
raised approximately $550 for the
Gorrie-Wroxeter Athletic As-
sociation for minor sports in the
area and are to be .congratulated
for their ,efforts.
The officers for 197q are presi-
dent, Norman Fairies; treasurer,
Paul Statia; secretary, Harvey
Wheeler .
Among the directors are
Robert Edgar, David Neilson,
« Cecil Yeoman and Lyle Hart.
home from Wingham and District
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Coulter
and family visited at the homes of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coulter,
Wallace Township and Mr. and
-Mrs-. Wilmer Brown, of Listowel
on Sunday.,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gowdy re-
turned home Monday after a five-
week vacation in Florida' and
called op Mrs.. Anson McClpskie
at 'Lake Worth, Florida. They
also called on Mr. and Mrs. Clare
Edwards of London, enroute
home on Sunday.
Andrew Edgar is a patient at
Henderson General Hospital,
Hamilton. i
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brown
and family spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gibson
of Monk ton .
Mr. and 'Mrs. Cameron Cars-
well of Harriston visited Mrs.
Wesley Trimble on Sunday.
Sheldon Mann 'is a patient in
Palmerston hospital..
. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Mann
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. -Ronald Mann of Heathcote.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown
were in Dearborn, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. William Austin,
Matthew and Peter of Tillson-
burg'spent the weekend,with Mrs.
William Austin. Mr. and Mrs.
James Austin .and Jeffrey of El-
mira visited Sunday at the same
home.
Charles Black visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Black of London.
Mrs. Gordon Vines of" Wallace
Township and Mrs. Harry Hol-
mes, Molesworth, spent a few
days with their mother, Mrs. Al-
, bert Dustow.
Wroxeter Personals
Mrs.'Archie Wells, Erin, and
Miss Helen Gibson, Toronto, are
visiting their sister, Mrs. - A.
Wearring.
Miss Hazel Spading, ac-
companied Mrs. Lou Hutton, of
Wingham to Port Elgin on Thurs-
day where they visited Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Hutton.
Mrs. Charles McCutcheon,
Walton, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Harvey McMichael this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Weber and
Kevin of Alliston spent Sunday
with her parents. Mr and Mrs.
Stewart Musgrove.
Harvey and Ken. McMichael
are attending the Good Roads
Convention in Toronto this week.•
Miss Hazel Sparling, accom-
panied by Mrs. George Fowler of
Wingham, spent Friday. with
Mrs. Angus Carmichael and Mr.
and Mrs. James Robertson in
Goderich .
AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA THROUGH
WILLIAM S. REED
' GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
64 VICTORIA WINGHAM 357.2174
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INSURANCE AGENT
WROXETER, .ONT. GORRIE 335-3561
WINGHAM
EDWARD A. ELLIOTT
INSURANCE AGENCY
PHONE 357-1590
bought ne
miles north of London, hasonly
about 5Q inhabitants, but it does
have a large number of roadside
maple trees within a 10 -mile radi-
us.
The project began in 1968, when
3,045 taps were drilled into the
trees and 15 groups of people
gathered the sap and brought it to
Belmore, where somebody owned
a shed. One former producer
loaned an evaporator. When this
was found to be insufficient, the
man who had the idea in the first
place bought Ta new evaporator
and, loaned* it for the project.
Storage tanks were loaned, and a
supply of dry slabs donateil,
Everyone, it seemed, <cp.
ated.
The result was 725 gallonS f
pure maple syrup. All ei
about 28 gallons were sold I) P '
serving jars ( also donated Oiy
held a Maple Syrup Festive
the nrenq leaky roof anti 81.
and this took care of the 25'
Ions. About 1,800 people ate 0'
fill of pancakes, sausages, ;aid
pure maple syrup. There 040
,
also an antique sale and boot
selling homie baking, .etc. r
When the final tally was in, $0,i
300. had been earned for the "pew
i
•
•
DON WALLACE AND Walter Renwick changing a filter on
Walter's evaporator. The unit removes dirt and sediment
from the sap before evaporation.
roof
roof
The man responsible for the
idea and the spearhead of the
proJect was Walter Renwick, a
sheep farmer wh lives two miles
east of Belmore. The second
year. in 1969, Walter purchased a
building in Belmore, set up three
oil -fired evaporators, a steam
boiler, and a steam finishing pan.
He loaned the outfit to the com-
munity, and with 1,000 more taps,
950 gallons of maple syrup were
made. Most of this syrup was sold
art retail, bur some was used on 2,-
250 pancake dinners at the Bel -
more Maple Syrup Festival, and
another 800 pancake dinners be-
fore the festival. The net amount
raised for the community was
$7,200.
In 1970 ana 1971; the enterprise
was run at a central plant by
Walter Renwick. He tapped over
3.000 trees in his own bush. and
purchased as much sap as
possible. He found that prices
paid for sap as recommended in
the Maple Syrup Producers'
Manual (5 cents per Canadian
gallon. for 2 per cent sap) were
not attractive enough for the sap
producers. He now pays on a
schedule with the basic price at 7
cents. -
About 1,200 gallons of maple
syrup were made by Before
Maple Products in 1970 and more
than 1,000 in 1971. Most of this
was sold right at the plant at re-
tail. The community still has a
maple syrup festival and pan-
cake day with the profits going to
community work. The pancakes,
sausages, and pure Belmore
maple syrup are served under the
new ,.roof of the Belmore Arena,
paid for by making use of a natu-
ral resource.
LOL euchre
FORDWICH — The local
Orange Lodge held a ,card party
Thursday night in the community
hall with 16 tables in 'play.
Winners were high gent, Ger-
ald D'Arcey; low gent William
Jonas; high lady, Mrs. Hotch-
kiss low lady Violet Bes-
wetherick.; most lone hands, Bill
Bch ens..
WOMEN OF THE community prepare pancake mix for the Maple Syrup Festival at Bel -
more. Last year they used 1,000 lbs. of flour, 75 lbs. of shortening, 30 lbs. of baking powder,
100 lbs. of sugar, 10 lbs. of salt and 90 dozen eggs. The pancakes are served with locally
made maple syrup.
'"" Belmore
•
e
t
You should have recently received an envelope
containing the general information you need to under
stand how tax reform affects you. If you require addi-
tional information because of personal circumstances,
the following booklets are available.
• "Child Care Expenses"
• "Moving Expenses"
• "Capital Gains"
•. "Partnerships"
• "Renf''al Income and Undeveloped Land
• "Goodwill and Similar Assets"
• "Professionals: Income Calculation"
• "Basic Herds"
• "Corporate Tax Guide"
To ,determine whetherY ou need any of these
hbotlets, please' read the material you ha\ e already
-received. The booklet "Highlights for Individuals"
includes an order form. This form. should be com-
•
pleted and mailed to:
Taxation Distribution Centre -
P.O. Box 8489'
Ottawa, K1 G 3L5
Remember, read the general hooklets first, then
- order any additional booklets required. The better
informed you arc now, the easier i.t will he for,You to
file your return in the spring of '73.
National Revenu
Revenue, national,
Taxation Impot
1�
Mrs. John Farrell is now a
patient at the Callander Nursing
Home at Brussels.
The Wingliani. Peewee A team
played Belmore in Wingham last
Tuesday. 10-1 was the score for
Wingham: David Carrel got the
only, score for Belmore.
Thc'Betmore Novice team
played an exhibition game at
Harriston on Thursday. The
score was 2-2. Raymond Lewis
and Willie Stafford. got the goals
for Belmore.
Gorrie Squirts played Belmore
here on Wednesday night. The
score was 7.1 for Gorrie. Don
Brisby scored the only goal for
Belmore.
Friday night at Belgrave the
Belgrave girls played Belmore.
The score was 3-2. Ruth Mac -
Adam and Lynda Watson scored
for Belmore.
Saturday afternoon the Bel -
more Tykes played Bel.grave in
that village.. The score was 3-1 for
Belmore .with Murray Maw-
hinney scoring all three for Bel -
more. Unfortunately John Ruth-
erford and Jim Busby, both
taking players to the game, were
involved in a five -car pile-up on
the 'way to the game. Although
the cars were wrecked, no one
was seriously injured.
ROADSIDE TREES between Belmore and McIntosh are
tapped by area residents contributing sap for the annual
Maple. Syrup Festival.
Gorrie Personal Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kennedy and
Mrs. John Baylor . attended the
funeral 'of Edgar Wahl in Listo-
wel on. Sunday. "
Miss Kay Nickel of Kitchener
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Nickel.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ford of
Carstairs, Alta., and Mrs: Wil-'
fred Anderson of Hanover visited
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Edgar.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Charles
have taken up residence in their
new home.
Delbert Clegg has returned
skate-a-thon
raises $550
GORRIE — Forty-five skaters,
despite the stormy weather, Took
part in the Skate-a-thon in the
arena Are on Saturday from 2:30
to 10:30 p.m. Thirty-one skaters
went the eight hours.
The youngest skaters were
Trever and Troy Pocaluyko and
Steven lllman. These 45 skaters
raised approximately $550 for the
Gorrie-Wroxeter Athletic As-
sociation for minor sports in the
area and are to be .congratulated
for their ,efforts.
The officers for 197q are presi-
dent, Norman Fairies; treasurer,
Paul Statia; secretary, Harvey
Wheeler .
Among the directors are
Robert Edgar, David Neilson,
« Cecil Yeoman and Lyle Hart.
home from Wingham and District
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Coulter
and family visited at the homes of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coulter,
Wallace Township and Mr. and
-Mrs-. Wilmer Brown, of Listowel
on Sunday.,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gowdy re-
turned home Monday after a five-
week vacation in Florida' and
called op Mrs.. Anson McClpskie
at 'Lake Worth, Florida. They
also called on Mr. and Mrs. Clare
Edwards of London, enroute
home on Sunday.
Andrew Edgar is a patient at
Henderson General Hospital,
Hamilton. i
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brown
and family spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gibson
of Monk ton .
Mr. and 'Mrs. Cameron Cars-
well of Harriston visited Mrs.
Wesley Trimble on Sunday.
Sheldon Mann 'is a patient in
Palmerston hospital..
. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Mann
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. -Ronald Mann of Heathcote.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown
were in Dearborn, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. William Austin,
Matthew and Peter of Tillson-
burg'spent the weekend,with Mrs.
William Austin. Mr. and Mrs.
James Austin .and Jeffrey of El-
mira visited Sunday at the same
home.
Charles Black visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Black of London.
Mrs. Gordon Vines of" Wallace
Township and Mrs. Harry Hol-
mes, Molesworth, spent a few
days with their mother, Mrs. Al-
, bert Dustow.
Wroxeter Personals
Mrs.'Archie Wells, Erin, and
Miss Helen Gibson, Toronto, are
visiting their sister, Mrs. - A.
Wearring.
Miss Hazel Spading, ac-
companied Mrs. Lou Hutton, of
Wingham to Port Elgin on Thurs-
day where they visited Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Hutton.
Mrs. Charles McCutcheon,
Walton, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Harvey McMichael this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Weber and
Kevin of Alliston spent Sunday
with her parents. Mr and Mrs.
Stewart Musgrove.
Harvey and Ken. McMichael
are attending the Good Roads
Convention in Toronto this week.•
Miss Hazel Sparling, accom-
panied by Mrs. George Fowler of
Wingham, spent Friday. with
Mrs. Angus Carmichael and Mr.
and Mrs. James Robertson in
Goderich .