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345-2346-2346 �taffa Women's Institute
,�+ Mr, and Mrs. John Temp- members who attended the
a leman visited on Monday Perth South Districts 90th
0/0. �, with Mr. and Mrs. Fldie birthday celebration at the
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"1""o- ' n E+ bi' Mrs. Carter Kerslake, ity Center on Wednesday,
get their ' ® 6+ Et T : rte,:. Mrs. Llovd Miller and Mrs, with over 100 registering.
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BY JOAN CR4DNiN graded and stored for Libby -McNeil until t it p t'
",You can always tell a Birkle by its 1960• H , - <clnolo+«b
crunch";,.is a well known phrase in the.[,.V The growers would buy the seed from Mr, �fl -BRUCE SMITH
commercial for Bick's Pickles, But where did Kramcrs for a specified acreage under
v contract to Mr. Kramers' plant. When the c k, Sales Representative
all those pickles come from. From the
Kramers family of Dublin, who has spent the cucumbers were ready to be picked in bate' n Mitchell Co op Store
Jul, they would then be brought to Dublin
past 40 years in the pickle business. ' � ° 130 Georgina o4r®®t
Back in 1942 Mf. Albert KrameLs began where Mr. Kramers would grade them
grading cucumbers in a barn owned by
according to size and they would be put in the ' ! o4llBtcltel I+ ��t®� I �®
George Holland, After approximately three proper brine tank for storage until they were F ' + Bus: 348-9975
to four nears in this location a number of to be taken to the processing plant in ¢ Res: 346-9975
changes wcrc made, Twelve huge brine tanks
Chatham. 'Each of these brine tanks could
were built for the C.N.R. and the pickles were hold approximately 25 tons of cucumbers and �®
if necessary could be stored in these tanks for the c�
a couple of years. ®®�
From 1960 to.62 Mr. Kramers contracted" LI Iw wew
mda Awa FlCr11t 5ERVICBS
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pickles for Heinz and shipped the cucumbers YIEE- OM)E°AUTO-BUSMSSmii'ARM
through Clinton. In 1963 Mr, Kramers built
present building on Matilda Street in --Able to handle up to 60 tons of piekling,cucumbers
the 1 g IaUQ'ilCl.� GRADER—)We
Dublin which is•still being used today. After er day, the Dublin grading giant is a hive of activity. Cucumbers are
�'t'• Mr. Kramers' death in 1969 the s Wififek's p
" grading station was taken over by his we placed on the machine and graded according to quality and size. At first
Gcrda Kramers who ran the station for the glance, the grader reminds one of a threshing machine. (Wassink photo)
d t r next six years. Then in 1976, Norman
W Kramers, son of the late Albert Kramers and
1 Gcrda Kramers tookover the plant and along
with other members of the Kramers family
xar arc ~till operating the plant.U U
=dd in
The %hipping season for the cucumbers is a
LA0c Is atw
- rather short one and goes from the fast week
in .f my to the first week in September, During t� h and Mrs. Wilfred Rudolph of of Cambridge. Doris and .lim
this time the plant can grade and ship up to bO DQodb@g@n London. They also attended Dinsmore of Zurich visited
tun of cucumbers per day at their peak the Rose- Vermeltfoort wed- with Carl and Dorothy Rosc
prpducing time. During this period the plant MRS. ding ogre r extended Y. gtot the and family on Sunday.
employs 8 people.
After grading is completed the cucumbers LE®NEEARDT newlyweds, Mi and Mrs. The Luther League con•
are then shipped in large wooden boxes by 345.2419 Randy Rose. Visiting at the ducted the worship ss Luthice Luther -
transport to Toronto to the Bick's processing Local people attended the home of Carl and Bet tv Vock Sunday at St. Peter's . Min -
plant w' erc the cucumbers become relish for . Rose-Vermeltfoort wedding and Bill over the weekend an Church, Brodhagen. Min -
you -hot read 'n butter pickles, dill on Friday. Visitors at the were Mark and Wanda Swan- nie Leonhardt visited with
pickle~ or mixed ickles. home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl son of Orangeville, Dennis Clara Stahlbaum and Pearl
The Dublin g .ding station is one of 32 Rose on Saturday were Mr. Joyce and Melissa Westman Shore on Sunday evening
grading plants in all of Ontario. The clpsest
ones Dublin arc Tecswater to the north and N e W -telephone books o u t
' NORM KRAMERS London, to the sout{t.
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Delivery of the 1982 moved to the inside front Bell is continuing its policy
di- cover. Subscribers are asked of one directory per house-
Crops great
edition of the telepllmia hold. Anyone who does not
rectory for Stratford nd to rill in their own emergency
numbers as soon as they receive a copy should call the
surrounding nica be ins receive their directories. local Bell Canada office after
August 17 the clivery period,
Peter roome, ]oral Bell On the inside back cover is ¢
Continued from page 4 The door prize was won be S(1 numbers. Canada anager, said 33,'100 a reproduction of an oil ` ✓
the jackpot un the Stith L: a Hanson. The share the The Catholic Women's directories will be delivered, painting of Bass Lake, north
number called. Other will- wealth of $81.50 was won by quilt and other prizes are now about the same number as in of Brockville, by a Cornwall
ncrs for the evening %%ere: Juan Cannon. Insidesquare on display in the showroom 1981. Delivery is scheduled to artist who became a polio Over .100 attended the
lady Lee, Harvey Hoffman, of $,12.00 went to. Donna window of the G.G. Goettler be completed by August 26. victim at age 3. Elliott reunion held at the
lean Doer. Margaret Shea, Bcucrman and full card of Furniture Store on main The cover. front and back. The 1482 directory has a home of Mr. and Mrs. Frilnk
Hewher Bcnnewics. .lean $42.00 went to Mrs, Doer, street in Dublin for anyone features windows, through new customer• services page Elliott and family.
Hndgert, Mrs. .lack Hart The letter X for $.14.00 was who wishes to sec them. which can be seen people in and a new page for those with Joanne Capling, MISSIs-
Anonymous, Ray Goo ing, Lib won by Mrs. John Nicholson, Dgn't forget if you would like their homes, Since it is a special needs. sauga and Johanne Lavoie,
Bro++n and Gloria Glanville. Eileen Wolfe and Norman ticket~ just ask any lady from telephone directory cover. Grit"Wment listings are Beaupfi, Quebec visited on
Jvan Doer, ,loan Purdv, Mrs. East, and the full card for the parish and ihev would be these people are all u%ing4he contained inthe Blue Pages the weekend with Mr. and
John ienylk•man and
,lark Hart and Millie Swan. $44.00 %%as won by Mrs. Lev. more than pleased to see that telephone, .(-coon following the white Mrs.
family.
Irut Brown Six hingt s: I his coming++rck the Jackpot you get as many as you would The HELP! page has been t,;ikc•s,
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