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Times-Advocate, 1983-08-24, Page 27Conjraiufaiioni to the 18th ANNUAL Zurich Bean Festival from the staff of Zurich Dental Clinic 236-4341 RBJt ?/Viihei for a Successful 18th Bean Festival CAREY & OTTEWELL :s•.1t Barristers & Solicitors Main St., Zurich. P.O. Box 208 Office Hours Mon. - Fri. 1-5 p.m. Resident Partner J. Richard Ottewell Ph. 524=2634 Res. 524-4653 • • THE TASTE TEST — Bean Festival committee chairman Rick Fisher tries a spoonful of tangy beans hot out of the oven. Good food, good fun promised for ,Festival "More of the same - good food, good entertainment", is what Zurich Bean Festival committee chairman Rick Fisher promises for his village's eighteenth annual salute on August 27 to the humble but vitally important area product, the edible white bean. Once again the doors of the Festival kitchen have swung open, and the cookers have been started up, preparing to feed an expected crowd of 8,000 to 10,000. A full day of family enter- tainment has been planned. The Zurich Athletic Associa- tion will be serving an old- fashioned pancakes and sausage breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. and the first plates filled with tasty, tangy home - cooked beans, thick slices of ham, cole slaw and bread and butter will be available for a $4 ticket 'at 11 a.m. The bean dinners will be sery ed Welcome To the 18th Annual Zurich Bean Festival -We're proud to be a part of this event which recognizes this important agricultural product. While at the bean festival, drop in and see us at our booth HURON RIDGE ACRES David Steckle 8 Family RR 2 Zurich Phone 565-2122 • Soft TOWN & COUNTRY BOWLING LANES 61 DINER Specializing in Food & Fun WELCOME YOU TO THE 18th Annual ZURICH BEAN FESTIVAL Eat In or Take Out & Hard Ice Cream • Catering Service & Light Lunches • Homburgs • Footiongs • French Fries Try Our Coffee - You'll Love It! Mon. to Thurs. 11 - 12 Fri. and Sat. 11 - 1, Sunday 12 • 12 For Take Out Orders or Catering inquiries Call 236-4923 throughout the day until 7 p.m. Betty Kirk, head of the food committee for the fourth year, arranged to have the cookers cleaned a week ago, and the first batch of beans began to cook Monday evening. About a ton of beans will be used. All have been donated; Cook's, Thompsons and the Co-op in Hensall, and the On- tario Bean Marketing Board supply the Festival's basic in- gredient free of charge. Mrs. Kirk says the recipe is still in imperial measurements and the com- mittee will "have to get so- meone younger if they want to go metric". The Festival committee would be hard pressed to find anyone of any age more dedicated than Betty Kirk. She has been an active par- ticipant since moving with her family to Zurich in 1973. In all that time, she has been too busy working in the kit- chen to see any other part of the Bean Festival. This year she hopes that after supervis- ing the changes in shifts she will be well enough organized to see something else besides beans. (After all, when you've seen one, you've seen them all.) Those wanting a change of scene can board one of the buses that will be running from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. to provide free tours of a dairy, a beef and a bean farm, The Ontario Milk Marketing Board will be handing out samples of their product at the Merner dairy farm. Huron dairy princess Marion Taylor will also be there to greet visitors. There will be continuous free entertainment from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. which will in- clude various acts and a mid- way. Registration for the horseshoe pitching champion- ships will take place at the ball diamond beside the arena from 12 noon until one p.m. The frog jumping contest takes off at three p.m. on the main street mall area. Films demonstrating the many ways to prepare beans will be shown throughout the day. The activities will end with a dance in the arena beginn- ing at nine p.m., sponsored by the local athletic association. Frogs are practicing for jumping contest The ninth annual frog jum- ping contest will be part of this year's entertainment al the Zurich Bean Festival. Dr. Charles Wallace - in- stigator, organizer, sole spon- sor, registrar and jump master - was concerned earlier this year after reading that a similar contest in an Ontario city was almost halted before it began by the local humane society As Wallace considers himself hutnane too, and is in the business of preserving and improving life, he decided to do some personal research on what frogs think of being in- volved in jumping competitions. One night when the moon was full, the doctor made a surreptitious visit to flay swamp. While prowling along the creek bank, he stumbled upon an amazing scene. Hun- dreds of frogs, from newly tailess tadpoles to giant bullfrogs, were hurtling through the air and leaping from one lily pad to the next. All were so intent on what they were doing they com- pletely ignored the intruder until one athletic amphibian made a slight miscalculation and landed in a dislocated heap at Wallace's feet. Luckily, the 'doctor .had brought along his big black bag. His offer of first aid was accepted: The Good Samaritan skilfully applied liniment , splints and ban- dages to a severely sprained foreleg, and gradually gained his patient's confidence. At the first opportunity, Wallace asked what was going on. The frog replied that every able-bodied member of the tribe was practicing for the 1983 Bean Festival's jumping contest and praying he or she would be picked as one of the entrants. Apparently last year's winners were still bragging about their prowess 12 months later. t Besides, this was a much better use for frogs' legs than some others the frog had heard about. The terrifying rumours were enough to make one croak r Changing to a more plea- sant topic, Froggie asked about the rules of the contest. Wallace explained that the jolly jumpers were divided in- to different classes according to size. Each contestant started off in the centre of a six-inch circle. and was allow- ed three successive hops. The. human could en- courage his entrant with shouted endearments ( no pro- fanity allowed), or by stamp- ing or slapping the pavement directly behind his champion, but actual contact was ab- solutely forbidden. . The length of each jump was carefully measured and recorded. When all had had their chance, the winners would"be announced. The human would take home "some money, and the prize. polywog would return to flay swamp secure in the knowledge that when it came to leapfrog he was the best. We/corne TO THE 18th Annual Zurich Bean Festival We're proud to serve the community HAY TOWNSHIP FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 236-4381 Zurich Success To The 18th Annual ZURICH BEAN FESTIVAL PEPSI �1 Manufactured and Distributed by TUCKEY BEVEIAGES LTD. Huron Park Ontario Thanking the doctor for all he had done, the little- frog gingerly put some weight on his. injured leg. He turned to his benefactor and said he had two last questions. First, would his leg be 1 'aled in lime for the contestIle was assured he would be lit as a fiddle by August 27. "And will 1 he able to play the piano when the splint - comes off" was the next query. Receiving another affir- mative answer. Froggie .replied "That 's wonderful, because 1 couldn't before!" With a wink of one pro- truding eye, and a gentle splash, the frog disappeared. Wallace is confident he will see his little friend again at Saturday's 2:30 registration time, one-half hour before jump-off on the main street mall in Zurich. Times -Advocate. August 24, 1983 Page 11A Con/raIu al ions ,_to Zurich s 18th Bean FestiVa/4\ WARD MALLETTE Chartered Accountants 476 Main Street, S., Exeter, Ontario 235-0120 Resident Partner: John S. McNeilly, C.A. Welcome To The 18th Annual Zurich Bean Festival Featuring "Tasty Nu", Fresh Baked Breads, Rolls and Pastries Daily and over 40 kinds of delicious donuts. We also have a large variety of Cana- dian & Imported cheeses to suit everyone's taste! 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