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Thursday, April 7', 1977
SECOND SECTION
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nies, roosters
Longing look
Greg Palubiski looks through the window of Culbert's bakery at two bunnies hugging eaeh
other. He is only one of many children who will stop to look at the hundreds of chocolate
eggs, roosters and bunnies Mel Culbert has made for Easter. (staff photo)
ARON DIETZ,
AN COLLEGE
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making is a lost
Mel Culbert as he
a huge chocolate
in the kitchen of
y on West Street.
my a handful of us
1 •know of Mr.
Clinton and one
eman in Stratford
e the only ones in
make "hundreds"
bunnies, roosters,
s for the Easter
ere are 20 different
gs and 30 different
igures, in all over
es, ranging in price
to $12.95.
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He will use about one half
ton of Neilson's best milk
chocolate to make the light
and dark candy that delights
the youngsters on Easter
morning.
He Iearned,,,to make the
Easter candy out of a book. It
"took a great deal of practice
and lots of failures" to
produce'. the delectable
productsenjoyed today.
Making the Easter chocolate
started as a hobby but it has
become half work: and half
hobby because it requires so
much time and patience.
"But I.guess.I enjoy it or.I
wouldn't do it," he grins. '
One type of small chocolate
egg is filled with homemade
candies to surprise the
children. The largest egg
measures 9 inches high, over
1., inches long and 8 inches
wide, He also makes bunny
rabbit shortbread with red
cherry eyes for the Easter
season.
The chocolate comes in 10
pound blocks which are
melted down to a specific
temperature. The chocolate
is poured into the mould and
poured out. again im-
mediately allowing the figure
to be hollow, The chocolate
which" adheres to the mould
becomes the figure.
The mould with its
chocolate lining is
refrigerated overnight. In the
morning the mould, which is
in two separate halves
clipped together, is opened by
-removing the clips and the
figure falls out.
Mel used to sell white
bunny rabbits for Easter'-;
which were made from a?
product like the chocolate but',
white in colour. ,This year
however, the company would
not send the product and he
could not make this specialty:. ,
The bakery is one hundred,
years old this year having
been established in 1877 by a
Mr. Cantelon. D. J. Curry and
his son, A. J. Curry ow,ped-
and operated thOokery until
Mel purchased it in 1942.
Mel is assisted by,his two
sons, Barry and Mark and he
has one other full' • time
assistant. Two students come
„in to -help out after school and
during the busy summer
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eason as well as the girls
who work in the store front.
The price of chocolate has
escalated to $3.00 a pound
from $1.44 a pound in Sek-
tember. But Mel is certain
that the price will go down
allowing him to make the
special candy again next
Easter.
"Easter chocolate candy
takes infinite patience and
you must be prepared to
spend hours at it," Mel points
,out. "I do them in the af-
ternoons when it is quiet in
the kitchen, if I don't feel like
watching television, I never
know how many I make each
year because I just keep
making them Until I am tired
and put away the moulds until
the next Easter season."
After 2000 Easters,
despite catcallers
Jesus still ride
on in majesty
BY GWYN WHILSMITH
There ,is a legend from the Middle.
Ages that says when the Coliseum
of Rome falls the world will fall. The
Coliseum, an- historic and romantic
monument is nothing now but the
remains of a long dead civilization.
And if it falls the world will still go
on.
There is one thing which if it falls
Kingdom, 0 Christ, Is an
Everlasting Kingdom and Thy
Dominion Is Unto All Generations."
You see, it is impossible to wipe
Christ out, or paint Him out or write
Him off. No smart, sophisticated
generation like ours will ever really
be able to by-pass Him.
The reason Jesus has continued to
hetd such an indescribable
fascination for over 2000 years is
that He has the power to transform
people's lives. He worked miracles
on the shores of Galilee and He does
the same among the people of our
age.
Some see the crucifixion as a
defeat but it was not. His enemies
broke His body but they didn't break
His mind or His love. And they could
not break that marvellous truth He
taught, the truth which still lives
today. That truth being that He loves
people and wants to help them. He
knows the weakness in human
beings; he never hits them when
they are down but rather, lifts them
up. He changes° people, He pulls
them through hard and difficult
times. He can never be written off
because of what He does in the crises
of our bxistence When we can't
handle things anymore, He handles
them for us.
And that is ,why His name still ,
holds. such fastination and that is
why He still rides on in majesty. We .
have the choice,- as there has been in
every generation, to ignore him, to
join the catcallers and throw rocks,
or to unite with Those who acclaim
and follow
„This is the last Coludin to he wriiten by
Whilsmith has dec,ided to discontinue
Singing Waters. ni least for a while.
"Easter seema, is good a time as any
t'bt The Ex' be 'es -Advocate, is
Big Easter treat
Measuring the largest variety of Easter egg he makes for this special season, is Mel
Culbert. This egg measures eight inches wide, nine inches high and 12 inches long. To
make the hundreds of chocolate figures and eggs for Easter he will use a half ton of
Neilson's best milk chocolate. (staff photo)
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Final touch
Niel Culbert pUts the finishing touch on the largest variety nt,„gasteie.eg
started -Making Eaater Candy as a hobby 20 Years Ago. tie:fitt