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Times-Advocate, 1982-03-31, Page 13We enjoyed seeing the city again and saw many of the newer malls as well as the downtown area. After a few days we arrived home safely. We were given a chance to practice the use of the French language. Saturday evening Neil and Marcia Trevithik held a brithday party for their daughter Amy who was two years old. Guests were Jack and Evelyn Trevithick, Ruth Trevithick, Donald and Grace Newey, Carol Newey and friend of London, Bill Johnson, Doug and Cathy Walper, Joanne Walper and friend of Guelph and Elizabeth and I. After a delicious chicken dinner Amy opened her gifts and the evening was spent by playing various games. Mrs. Karen Walker, Toronto and sister Mrs. Marilyn Stoyle, London visited with their aunts and uncles, Ken and Luella Smithers and Manuel and Evelyn Curts, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Pollock returned home, Saturday following several weeks holidays near Lake Wales in Florida. Recent visitors with Selbourne and Martha English included Mrs. Susie Westgate and friend, Lon- don; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Chaffe, Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Millan Smirle, Morewood, Ontario; Mrs. Monna Pollock, Grand Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eagleson, Corbett; and Tara and Brent Larmer for lunch - Covenant Players perform at Cromarty prior to the arrival of the white man in North America, the native Indians had discovered that "sweet water" flowed from certain trees in the spring when they had been gashed by a sharp point. The Indians used reed spikes and birch bark buckets to collect this liquid. They cut a log in half, hollowed it out and filled it with sap. Then they heated large rocks in a fire and dropped them into the sap to cook it and to evaporate the water through the steam. The sap first became syrup, then maple sugar. The early pioneers were shown how to make maple syrup by the Indians, but found their method slow. They hung up their big iron kettles and built fires under them. Because it took about forty gallons ?f sap to make one gallon of syrup, they had to keep adding more sap to the kettles, so this was slow, too. The pioneers used the syrup in place of expensive white sugar, and used it for trading, too. Later on, flat pans were introduced and 'could be heated more evenly and quickly. Wooden spikes were replaced by metal ones and flues were added to the pans to control the direction of the sap during evaporation. The modern day maple syrup operation at Fan- shawe consists of about 1,000 taps on 850 trees in 25 acres of bush. All the spigots in- serted into the maple trees are connected to a vacuum pipeline made of three miles of plastic tubing that draws the sap back to the sugar shanty where it is evaporated. At Fanshaweabout 90 gallons of syrup are made annually and sugar and syrup can be purchased there. Following the trip Young people entertain at Greenway program By ANNE WALPER The Willing Workers are r;REENWAY meeting at the home of Jan A congregational supper and Ruby Lagerwerf, April was held at the United , 2. Church Friday evening. Confirmation classes are Following a variety dinner starting at Greenway United which was served by Gertie Church at 1:30 p.m. April 3. Rock's group a program was Daffodils are being sold by provided by some of the the Cance Societyand young people of the corn- Marion Lamer is aking munity. orders. - Those taking part were Rev. Moore took for the Martin Eagleson, Douglas topic of his sermon on Woodburn, Janet Eagleson, Sunday "Life is Like a Heather Bullock and Seed.'• Elizabeth Walper. Evelyn Intended for last week Curts presided at the organ Anne Wiersma and her for a sing -song and Rev. daughter Jacques enjoyed. Moore was chairman. ' an aeroplane trip to Ottawa Morley and Linda recently where they visited Eagleson conducted an in- friends. teresting game of "Family For the first time since Fired." This brought a very December we can see the enjoyable evening to a close. bare fields and although Congratulations, to Danny there are still many banks of and Wilma Lagerwerf on the snow, they are sinking each birth of a daughter, and to gay. Ronald and Anne Walker on Everyone will be happy to the birth of a son. welcome spring as the March Break arrived, winter was such a severe early Saturday morning one. Now we are just waiting Harvey, Elizabeth and I left for the mud to dry up again. for Montreal to see Keith Congratulations to Eric who works there. We arrived and Cathy (Maynard) early after dinner and had no Bullock who were married in trouble finding his apart- Greenway United Church ment. recently. A quilting course spon- sored by Cloverdale Women's Institute is being held every Thursday af- ternoon in the Libarary at Parkhill. Mabel Watson and Anna Eagleson are teaching it and nineteen ladies have registered. Taking the course from here are Eloise and Doris Eagleson, Dorothy Fenner, Mabel Guenther and myself. Marlene Turner held a surprise birthday party for Robin's eighteenth birthday. Julie Merner, Exeter spent her holidays with her grandparents Harvey and Shirley Eagleson. Ken and Luella Smithers visited their niece Mrs. Don Stoyle and nephews Jerome and Ralph Smithers, London Wednesday. They also visited Ken's brother Carman Smithers in "The Nel-gor Nursing Home." Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Fraser, London and Mr. and Mrs. Reid Dingwall, Port Albany visited Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brophey during the March Break. Deborah and Reid Dingwall are both teachers in the Indian schools at Port Albany. everyone was given a sample of delicious maple sugar. Their final comment "You are sure to find syrup season at Fanshawe an enjoyable, educational, and mouth-watering experience. We did!" MWSAIL i DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE 262-3206 Arena Activities Week of . Mor. 31 - Apr. 3 Wednesday 2:30 Mom & Tots 3:30 - 5:00 Public Skating 7:30 Midget & Old Timers 9:30 Church Group Thursday 8:30 Sherwoods vs Buckeyes Friday 7-11 Seaforth Industrial Hockey Saturday 1-3 Public Skating 8-10 Public Skating Sunday 1-3 Public Skating 7:00 Seaforth Industrial Hockey Monday 7:00 Seaforth Industrial Hockey END OF SEASON Sponsored by Henson & District Co-op PECK APPLIANCES "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" • FILTER QUEEN SALES & SERVICE • VACUUM CLEANERS - (Sales a Service to Most Makes) •FM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS For Farm a Business •SPEED QUEEN APPLIANCES • MOF FAT APPLIANCES •INSECT LIGHTS & FLY KILLING UNITS • GIFTS ••MANY OTHER ITEM$ VARNA, ONT. 482-7103 i Daffodil tea is arranged Rev. Knight conducted Church service at Carmel Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Mrs. Blanche Dougall presided at the organ in the absence of Mrs. Dorothy Taylor. The ladies of the church are holding a Daffodil Tea and Bako Bala, also a sale of good used clothing on Saturday, April 3, at 3 p.m. • in the school room of the church. Everyone is welcome. , Wednesday euchre The WMS and Ladies' of Carmel Presbyterian Church are meeting on April 5 at 8 p.m. for the regular. meeting. Please note the time change. The Amber Rebekah Lodge members are holding a "Dessert Euchre" in the local hall on Wednesday, March 31 at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Faith In weather predictions The service at Hensall United Church on Sunday was conducted by Mr. Lorne Thrower of Thames Road and E lmville. The subject of his sermon was "Weather Report" Weather is the greatest topic in the world and much faith is put In predictions even though they are sometimes unreliable. Far better to put faith in reliable things like accepting that Jesus Christ died for us. The stories of the Bible are almost identical although by different writers. If they are accepted then all things are possible through Christ. The children had a talk about the ladder of life and how attending Sunday School and the Church help in climbing the steps. While talking to them, Mr. Thrower made a ladder out of a roll of newspaper. The choir sang another beautiful Introit and the anthem "a Lenten Meditation" by Wagner. Mrs. Elaine Stebbins read the "Minute for Missions" a history of India. Ushers were Eric Mansfield, Dave Kyle, Charles Cooper and Hugh Parsons. Miss Dana Bazzato welcomed wot'shippers at the front door. Subscriptions for the United Church, 'Observer must be in to Mrs. Hilda Payne by April 4th. Personals Mrs. Ross MacMillan, Waterloo spent last Thur- sday with her mother Mrs. Laird Mickle. Mra. Bertha MacGregor returned home after spending the past two weeks with her son, daughter-in- law and grandchildren, Mr. and Mra. Don Maclaren, Jodi and Brooke at Oakville. Mrs. Laird Mickle and Mrs. Florence Joynt were Sunday dinner guests with the former's son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mra. William Mickle, Exeter. Don't despair if the maple syrup develops specks of mold. Heat it until it foams and skim off that surface. Pour the syrup into a sterile jar and store in the refrigerator. D11111111111III11111 The Light =Touch By JACK LAVENDE Independence: being a nonconformist like everybody else. Mon to friend: "This year I'm signing a fic- titious name to my fax return. This way, my signature will match my deductions." f . . Sure, two can live as cheaply as one --for half as long. Be kind to birds. Doves bring peace, robins br- ling spring, and storks bring fax exemptions. =Using cheap material to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. w • . cOne GOOD way to =save: with an honest appraisal on repair work. • Jack's Small Engine Repair Service 107 Queen St. ▪ Hensall 262-2103 iniii1111111111111111111111111111111111111111ri EARLY DUFFERS — Despite a bit of snow still on the fairways, the first round of golf of the season was played Sunday afternoon at the Bayview course at St. Joseph's. Shown with their equipment are Rick Hewitt, Wayne Reed, Dan Masse and Rob Hall. T -A photo IRA Tuckersmith is seeking water budget answers Problems with the Vanastra water and sewage department continue to concern Tuckersmith Township council and could end up costing taxpayers more than 50 mills this year. At its regular meeting earlier this month council was unanimous in passing a motion that the London -area manager of the Ministry of the Environment be invited to a council meeting to discuss the supervision of the department, which is responsible to the ministry. No reply ,had been received by last Tuesday's (March 16) regular council meeting at Vanastra, where further problems relating to the water and sewage depart- ment made it difficult for councillors to come to a decision. So they didn't. The department wants council to approve its budget, since Tuckersmith pays for water and sewage at Vanastra. "I don't have a -clue what we're passing and not passing here the way these figures are presented," councillor Jim Papple said during the discussion. Difficult to decipher The proposed budget is a bundle of pages and ap- pendices upon appendices, some cross-referenced, all most difficult to make head or tail of. The water and sewage system at the old air force base is in terrible condition, as council knows. A "tremendously decrepit A delegation of two, led by system," as councillor John Huron planner Gary Brownridgecalled it at one Davidson, also attended last point during last week's Tuesday's meeting to meeting. familiarize councillors with But as far as council can the role they must play as figure out, passing this rotating chairman of the proposed budget would mean the mill rate would have to rise more than 50 mills, involving an increase in taxes for the average residence of more than $75. When other township projects are included in the calculations, the increase in taxes for the average residence would be closer to $100. "All this isn't going to help us get anything going here," Mr. Brownridge said. "We can't afford to operate this system the way it's going." "That's about it," com- mented Reeve Bob Bell. Council decided it would try to get some answers from the ministry, do some more homework and see if it can get some priorities from the department and an easier -to - decipher budget before it does some slashing, if it is necessary. No to new fire hall Council voted to accept the 1982 budget of the Seaforth Fire Area with the exception of the estimated $200,000 capital expenditure for a new fire hall. Hibbert council has accepted the same budget with the same ex- ception, according to a letter tabled at the Tuckersmith council meeting. CUSTOM KITCHENS AND VANITIES QUALITY HARDWOOD CABINETS from 4.adeby EXPERT DESIGN SERVICE NEW CONSTRUCTION OR REMODELING John Patterson 482-3183 BALL-MACAULAY LIMITED SEAFORTH CLINTON HENSALL 527-01910 482-3405 262-2418 • Lend the Easter Runny .1 Helping Hand Order a sills flower arrangement from the Flower Basket 262-5928 HOURS: Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Evenings by Appointment 1st house south of Hensall on west side of No. 4 Highway upcoming secondary plan public workshops in Tuckersmith, which begin Monday, April 5 at Brucefield United Church at 8 p.m. According to the planning department's literature, which will be mailed to township residents; "Whine the county official plan (1971) established broad and general policies for land use, the secondary plan will be far more detailed and the residents of the municipality will play a major role in determining its contents and policies. "Upon completion the secondary plan will go to the county planning board, then to the county council and finally to the provincial minister of municipal affairs and housing for approval. Upon approval the local municipality will be em- powered to make a variety of planning decisions which are presently made by the county and province. The power to make decisions on land severances, sub- divisions and development controls are examples of areas of increase in municipal responsibilities." Council shorts In other matters, council: opposed the severance ap- plication forwarded from Huron County's land severance committee for Steve Layton at lot 45, concession 1, because the proposed severance would involve agricultural use of less than 50 acres; decided to advertise for a tile -drainage inspector; set new rates for the Vanastra recreation centre: accepted the lowest of two gravel tenders sub- mitted, at 83 per cubic yard for a total of 16,000 cubi yards, from Wes Riley Construction Ltd. o Teeswater; set a new off road grader rate of $24 pe hour, with a minimum rents of a half-hour; set a ne tractor -mower rate of $2 per hour; approved two tile drainage loan applications, of $15,000 and $3,000 respectively, for Cor Dor- ssers; and, held Court of Revision (no objections received) on the McIntosh municipal drain with an estimated cost of 87,500. c f r I W 0 ,9 - J. 1 • Youths enjoy trip to sugar bush : 3. , V w s.,rrw.r ..`.y . Y..t.. :s: -t its^:yy �'.14.411t M11'• .. w: if�•rr f,..P Times -Advocate, March 31, 1982 Page13 By MRS. ROBERT LAING CROMARTY Five members of the southern Ontario branch of The Covenant Players presented several skits during the church service Sunday afternoon. The players included Don Char'non, Wisconsin; Donna Robinson, Selkirk, Manitoba; Rick Wiegand, Seattle; David Hurley, Brockville, Ontario; and Alice Birkeland of Oslo, Norway. Following the service, the congregation along with many visitors, enjoyed a social hour with the group. A busload of Cromarty Scouts and Beavers, and Dublin Brownies took a trip to the Maple Keys Sugar Bush near Ethel Wednesday morning. While there, they were taken on a conducted tour which demonstrated the different ways syrup has been made through the years. They saw the Indian method using a hollowed out log and hot stones, the open kettle of the early pioneers, the open pans, the gravity pipelines, and the vacuum pipelines. In the syrup shanty, the boys were amazed at the amount of wood that was stuffed into the fire box of the evaporator. After the sap was boiled down to a brown colour in the two pans of the evaporator, it was poured into a small evaporator to be boiled down to a 66 percent sugar syrup by the more even heat of propane. As they travelled around, the guide Miss Beecroft, pointed out the various kinds of trees in the bush, showing how they could be recognized and how their age was determined. She also ex- plained the use of swamps such as the one that they were crossing by means of a long wooden bridge. Following the tour, everyone was given a small sample of the maple syrup. The bush is operated by the Maitland Conservation Authority at Wroxeter and maple products can be purchased there. Monday, March 22, Akela, Baloo, and 'daek Christie drove est Cromarty Cub Pack to the upper Thames River Conservation Authority's sugar bush near Fanshawe. They were met by a horse-drawn wagon and rode through the bush ac- companied by a guide. He showed the many kinds of trees and explained why they had been planted where they were. - He told the group that Queenswa happening Y Mrs. Keyes celebrated her 95th birthday. Visiting with her were Audrey McRoberts, Harold and Doreen Fink- beiner, Audrey Finkbeiner and Greta Flanigan. Jack and Kay Cockwell visited Irma Wilds. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Triebner visited Mrs. Muriel Triebner. Henry and Marie Wilds visited Mrs. Wilds. Pearl and Bill McLean visited Vera Lammie. Neil Regan was the highest bowler. Rev. Blaak accompanied by his wife conducted the church service. Unit 3 of the Hensall United Church UCW en- tertained the residents with bingo and treats, • SHOWING NEW TECHN Vanveld demonstrates a n mons of the Back Room, Ex part of a seminar for local Pineridge Chalet. sow fir. -. IQUES Guest artist Aart ew hair style on JoAnne Sim- eter. The demonstration was hair dressers Monday at the HAIR CUTTING DEMO - Hairdresser's and beauticians from the region gathered at the Pine Ridge Chalet near Hensall, Monday for a seminar on new techniques and styles. About 55 people took port in the seminar presented by Beautician's Supply of Kitchener. DRYSDAI.E '5 Sr„•..y Scde MICROWAVE COOKInG DEMOnSTRATIOn Learn how to prepare delicious meals with a Hotpoint Microwave Oven. Actual dishes will be prepared during the demonstration. Demonstration Times Friday, Morch 26 and April 2 - 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 27 and April 3 - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. u at at It�t-1 •• it 44- 13Cu. :.-. "NO -FROST • 1 1 C u:.0 fOa Cap3C*l, • Two ad,uttabfi 1O.r,o24.on $.eh * • e1Me, COn•pa't'. *M • Cr'refe conpan,e,e • Vegn1M>te corp., and meal $brags Orawot ' 11 Reg. 739” Sale '579•' ••ode • t.7g WC*ef • Puffet aro cheefe UMnpa/?TeM C,•trv,.!•.fal ffo,age d.awe. Oki •.00 A,r.e•'. 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