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Highlights of Zurich Bean Festival
Continuedfrom page 14
beans were cooked.. This was
the year Gerry Gingrerich
invented a cabbage . cutter
from a stainless steel
washing -machine tub, the
machine's motor and some
Hobbart knives. The device
greatly reduced labour
needed to make cole slaw.
Before, 15 women took 40
hours to chop up 50 cases of
cabbage; afterward, one_
woman did it in four hours.
This was also the year the
Minor Athletic Association
began serving pancake and
sausage breakfasts. Five
hundred early birds ate
them. Ellen Horn, head cook
at the Blue Water Rest Home
played the role of Aunt
Jemima.
Fine weather prevailed till
about 8 p.m. when a thun-
derstorm broke. Enter-
tainment was provided by
"Katie and I" again and the
Zurich Centennial Band.
Teen-agers had a dance in
the arena at night.
August 25, 1973 - eighth/Bean
Festival
The village was in a state.
Its sewage system was being
installed. Despite the
upheaval, an extra 1,000
people were here to eat
ADDING
numerous
KETCHUP — Tanya Erb was busy Monday night pouring ketchup into
vats of beans in preparation for Saturday's Bean festival.
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beans and 600 had pancake
breakfasts. A meat
specialist from the Ontario
Pork Institute Arthur Buck,
prepared various cuts, then
auctioned them off. » There
were bingo games for adults,
bus tours to Green Acres
Farm, games for children
and a horseshoe tournament.
A country and western music
show, starring the Allan
Sisters and AI Cherny of the
Tommy Hunter show, wound
up the day, along with a
dance to the music of Gary
Buck's band.
August 29, 1974 - ninth Bean
Festival
An estimated 20,000 people
came and 8,000 had beans.
'This time dinner cost $1.50
instead of $1. Inflation had
left its mark. Over 2,000
pounds of white beans were
cooked and more than a ton
each of ham and cabbage
was served. Five hundred
had pancakes, for breakfast.
The program included the
queen contest, a hor_stabsa
tournament, a variety show
and a dance in the arena to
the music of the Mercy
Brothers and the Har-
bourlites.
August 23, 1975 - tenth Bean
Festival
This was the first time rain
threatened to spoil the day.
It started and kept on, and
the air turned cool. That did
not stop the crowds from
coming. They ate their beans
in the arena and township
hall. Two thousand, 400
pounds were cooked and
2,000 pounds of ham sliced to
serve. The church groups
sold all their homemade
pies. The other concessions
did well, too. A program of
continuous entertainment
was held in the arena.
Outside. the horseshoes went
Please turn to page 16
Several
displays
expected
"We never know what's
happening till they are
settled and stop yelling at
each other," bean festival
treasurer Nancy Lee joked
of the yearly struggles to
locate all the concessions
and displays in the down-
town area of Zurich.
Posting of the location is
done on big maps located at
both ends of the village she
explained. Those are set up
so they can be easily altered
the morning of the
celebration.
No matter where they are
located she said, they all do
about the same business.
There are people
everywhere, she explained
and most don't mind walking
to see the exhibits they want
to visit.
She said only some
exhibiters, who have at-
tended the festival for the ten
years, have set locations.
One long-time exhibitor
always likes to locate under
a large shade tree.
About 11 new exhibits will
be added this year to the
already over 50 displays
which attend year after
year.
r One display is a self
contained trailer showing
organs.
Ron, Marilyn, Phil, –
- Laurie, Mark and David Almost ever• ybody is
= coming back, Lee said,
and most will be in the same
Extend a warm welcome to the
spot as last year. But she
• noted it was hard to know
• exactly where every display
Bean Festival's many visitors = would go until the day of the
_a festival.
And "every year the
• midway pushes out more and
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Citizens News, August 20, 1981
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