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Clinton News-Record, 1985-08-14, Page 6r 4 fit] 'yea ED, . . SDmi , iwoOntsm 4l• • The Blyth Festival production, Polderland, took Ann and Piet Reinsma back 30 years. They were only teenagers during thewar which was depicted in the play, but it brought back memories that will never be forgotten. (Shelley McPhee photo)• • HAPPY BIRTHDAY Fran Cook 7fow -r _5 pee/at/lei Arrangements or Bouquets See display at Webster's Clothing & Footwear in Blyth. Custom orders in fresh silk or cornhusk available. Other gifts and supplies By Appointment Please Jeannette Martin R.P.2, Clinton 482-3536 pelt to, pelt SLIME BULB; I O1 Watch for our Instore Specials OPEN Monday -Wednesday 10 am -6 pm Thursday -Saturday 10 am -8 pm Main Street, Blyth Amato 523-4789 Reinsma sasays, "Canada is On a bitterly cold 'ebreary day, Piet remembers driving fi'o i Chn' to Biytl . He remembers the snowy, the .silnshine, the.. int ." barren tries, the opell land, was . And he hasn't forgotten those early days beautiful. I fell in love with it." Ann's first impression of Canada wigs less than optimistic. In, 1951 her father and his: seven children travelled by boat to Canada.,. They settled in a farmhpuse near Wallace`s Turkey Products. The house had no plumb- N "When we got five cent an hour raise, we ing,no electricity and the nine months of teally celebrated,". Piet remembers. summer that had been promised in reality "And we lived carefully in those days," NW turned out to be nine months of winter, Ann Ann says. recalls. Piet and Ann Reinsma plan to enjoy a "I wasn't happy. I always thought in the rcomfortable retirement in the next few back of my mind that we'd go home. We had no idea what we were getting into. It took me 10 years to get used to Canada." Young Ann Vandenassem and Piet Reinsma met at the Clinton Christian Reformed Church. They've been a team ever since. Ann's father, her sisters and brothers worked for Bob Wallace. Piet started to work in the turkey business in 1960, although he admits, "I had no idea what a turkey looked e." By 1 64 Bob Wallace retired and Ann and Piet took over the business. Within a few Like many of the Dutch immigrants who years they revamped the turkey processing ' made Canada their home in the 1950s the plant to accommodate a wider range of Reinsmas hold products. Piet determined that the turkey hatchery and killing operation involved "too much work and not enough profit." But Piet Reinsma never shied away from work, he simply has combined his ambition with a good sound hncinpgc grange 141.0g lnn+ By Shelley McPhee BLYTH - When Ann and Piet Reinsma saw the Blyth Festival production of Polderland this summer it was like reliving the past, a past that they left behind in Holland more than 30 years ago. Polderland, the season opener at the Blyth Festival, focused on the life of one Dutch family in the year 1944. It was a story about a war torn country, the people who lived in fear and the soliders who fought for, and againstHolland. Ann and Piet were teenagers living in Holland during World War II. For five years their country was forced to subsist under Nazi rule and by the end of the war the na- tion was devastated. "During the war we were young enough not to let it bother us," Ann remembers, but she notes that the memories of the war are "ones that you never forget." Freedoms were restricted, food was scarce, death and destruction ruled the land. World War II changed Holland and. the lives of the people who lived there. "We were different people because of the war. We don't take everything so easily now," Ann says. The liberation of Holland did little to relieve the tensions in the country. Ann remembers, "After the war everyone was unsettled. People didn't know what the future was going to be." Ann and Piet Reinsma were among .the thousands of Dutch people to leave their homeland, in search of a new life in Canada. They immigrated here more than 30 years ago and both agree it was the right decision. Piet notes, "We would never have ac- complished in Holland what we have here." For the past 22 years the Reinsmas have run a succesful business out of their Blyth based operation, Wallace Turkey Products. Best known for their frozen turkey and chicken pot pies, Wallace Turkey Products is also a major wholesale food supplier to restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, grocery stores and high schools. They carry a variety of frozen food and juices and deal with well known brand names like McCain,. Highliner, • Holiday, Omstead and Bluewater. Hamlinxrg patties, onion rings, juices, vegetables are among the stock kept in the freezers at,Wallace Tuckey Products, along with turkeys supplied from Cold Springs Farms in Dhamesford and chickens from Canada Packers in Walkerton. • Three fullhime staffers keep Wallace Turkey Products trucks on the road five days a week, covering an area from Wiarton to GrandBend, Mitchell to Mount Forest. • Piet Reinsma• has come a long way from the day in January 1953 when the 22 -year old man arrived in Canada. He came looking for opportunity and adventure. He arrived in Clinton in 1953 and has lived therecsince,. He didn't speak the language, understand n't the culture and he `'didknow a knife from a fork," but young Piet Reinsma had deter- mination and nerve. "It. took me three rninutes to fall in love with Canada."Piet remembers. BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Rev. Roger Gelwicks Service 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. ,.'re�bered a tip his father gave him, '"An untie of business is better than a pound of Canada when money was scarce and lux - ries were few. F'ief's first major employment was at the enral Coach factory in Hensall, a job he ept for more than seven years. dears. They are considering the sale of their Blyth business, but retirement life for this Couple will not be an inactive one. At their farm, just north of Clinton, Piet `runs an 18,000 chicken operation. And their country home is landscaped with beautiful flower beds, that demand care and atten- tion. The Reinsmas appreciate the life they've made for themselves and they've encourag- ed their children "not to tete things for granted." a h ld a deep appreciation and patriotic love for this country. Ann says that Holland is too small, but in Canada "you can spread your wings." "I think Canada is a good country. I had so, many opportunities," she praises. "I love Holland," Piet adds, "but Canada is my homeland." Londesboro man dies at 57 By Dora Shobbrook LONDESBORO - We're sorry to report the death of Bill Gordon on August 5 at the Clin- ton Public Hospital at age 57. Sympathy is extended to his wife Alma. • Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Or- ville Kelland on the death of her father Ar- thur Heckman of RR 1 Sebringville on August 8 at the age of 84. Crystal Whyte was admitted to Clinton Public Hospitalfollowing a fall on August 5. Mr: and Mrs. Orville Newby visited on . August 7 with their daughter and her hus- band Bob Menary at their cottage at Col- poys Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Lawson and Elizabeth spent August 6 - 8 with his sister Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Warrens at their cottage in Lions Head. On August 7, they toured Manitoulin Island. Barbara Paterson and Katie' of London spent August 8 with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burns and celebrated Katie's fourth birthday. Jennifer Lawrie of .Kitchener spent last week with her ;g raiidparents;'M'i':"a'nd Mts. Bob Thompson. Mary McCall of Seaforth visited on August 11 with Mr. and Mrs. Les Reid. • Burns U.C.W. The members of Burns U.C.W went on a tour to • Alps Creek Trout Farm near Teeswater returning to Trudy Pollard's for the meeting on August 7. Jean Scott read a poem and also read the scripture Ink THE.BLYTH STANDARD BV'SI ss Dinvcrr OPTOMETRY David Longstaff Ltd. Optician 87 Main Si. South, SEAFORTH Optometrist's and Ophthalmologist's Prescriptions Filled PiI�'tmptly SUMMER HOURS: Mon., Tu is., Thurs., Fri. • 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 'Closed Wednesday & Saturdays COMPLETE OPTICAL SERVICE 527-1303 ACCOUNTANT. WARD UPTIGROVE (:FIARTEREDACCOUNTANACCOUNTANTSLISTOWEL, ONT. 291-304() INSURANCE GENERAL .1. Richard Elliott 15191 523-9725 LIFE H. John Elliott 519-523-4323 ELLIOTT INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES Established 1910 BLYTH, ONTARIO NOM 1H0 519-523-4481 LIVESTOCK MORTALITY INSURANCE REPAIR Cal BURKE ELECTRIC Ltd. Electrical Contractors Appliance Sales & Service to all makes Refrigeration Service Open 6 days a week ,;01 38 Years Bulli by Quality & Service Winghom, Ontario 357-2450 Long distance TOLL FREE 1-800-265-302'5 PLUIII��BING SERVICE Robert Worsell Plumbing Heating Sales & Service Box 68, Auburn 526-7597 F.T. DALE SEPTIC TANK PUMPING SERVICE CLINTON PHONE 482-3320 or 527-0284 ELECTRICAL FRED LAWRENCE Electrical Contractor HOME, FARM AND COMMERCIAL WIRING PHONE AUBURN . 526-7505 ExCAVATIE N •BACKHOE EXCAVATION �\ *SNOW REMOVAL �; r' 'T 1i; a a ir.©. *SEPTIC INSTALLATION *TRENCHING Backhoe will remain in Blyth for snow removal. Equipped with 2 way radio fur fast service. RANDY BABCOCK R.11. 1, Clinton (319) 482-3373 HEATING LYLE' YOUNGBLUT PLUMBING and HEATING BLYTH, ONTARIO PHONE 523-9585 Clara Riley gave a reading on oppression of black women in South Africa. Trudy Pollard gave a reading on a Desiderata found in a church in Baltimore in 1962. Kay Konarski gave a reading and Trudy Pollard closed with•a prayer. Amelia Rice conducted the business with 12 members present.The meinbers received a thank you card fron Ida Leiper,and from . Jane Hoggart for the $100 they' receivedto' buy toys for the nursery at the church. The meeting closed with the Lords Prayer and lunch was served. A combined Alexander -Chandler Reunion was held on August 4 at the Falls Con- servation Area near Benmiller. Those present were decendents, their spouses and families, of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Alexander of Hensall and the . late Rev. and Mrs. Chandler who served at St. Andrew's United Church in Kippen from 1933 until 1941. The event was organized by Jim Alex- ander of Toronto, Elaine (.Alexander ) .Cpusineau. of North Bay and David Alex- ander of Kincardine in honor' of the 45th wedding anniversary of their parents, Nor- man and Helen ( Chandler) Alexander of Londesboro. Seventy-nine people were pre- sent from Brampton, Burlington, Chester- ville, Exeter, Hensall, Kincardine, Kit- chener, Londesboro, London, North Bay, Ot- tawa, 'Parkhill, Port Elgin, Strathroy, Toronto, Waterloo and Winter Park, Florida. Families spend time visiting WALTON - Cathy Humphries of London was holidaying last week with her grandmother, Mary Humphries. On August 4 a family get-together was held at Family Paradise. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Currie and Jamie and his friend, Doug Edwards of Brampton; Mr. and. Mrs; John Currie, Cheryl and Rhonda of Orangeville; Barry Currie and Dawn of Brussels: Mrs. Rev Stevenson, Ron and Chris and Mr. and Mrs. Allan McCall all of Walton. Ray and Leona] Nelson of Vancouver, B.C: visited with her father, Earl Watson and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald. Watson and family recently. The Carter girls passed with honors' in their piano exams. Susan received her Gr. 5 and Glenda got her Gr. 8 certificate.. Isobel Stewart of Gadsley, Alberta, her daughter Sheila and husband Albert Campbell of Wainwright, Alberta were visiting their McCall cousinailin this area last week. ' Vance Stevenson of Toronto and Cory and Andy Smith of Milton visited a' couple of days last week with their cousins,. Ron and Chris Stevenson. W.I. Notes • The August tneeting of the Walton Women's Institute will be held August 21: Surrounding Institutes will be the guests. Plans have been changed as Convenor Mary Humphries is unable to.have her speaker Ken Campbell. Viola Kirkby and Jean Bewley will show slides and give a presentation of their trip to the British Isles. Everyone is welcome. Couple watch Blue Jays play By Sheron Stadelman BLYTH - Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Ament spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams of Toronto. While there, they took in one of the Blue Jays' games with over 40,000 people in attendance. They returned from their vacation on August 10. Village of Blyth "HURON PIONEER THRESHERS REUNION PARADE" •Entry Form: With the return of this application, it is understood that we will be attending your Parade on Sept. 7, 1985. NAME OF ENTRANT CONTACT PERSON ADDRESS TELEPHONE NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF ENTRY Class of Entry (please check one) Commercial - Industrial Service Club or Organization church, School, family Antique Vehicles Horse-Hqorse Drawn Vehicles ®eiyt Decorates! Bicycles Conditions 1. Regletrettosi deadline( Is AuR. 21, 1985 2. Parade will begin of Hubbard's Turnip Plant, Dlnslely M. lost 3. Parade will begin at 12¢30 p.m. sharp 4. Complete form and return to: Larry B. Walsh, Clerk -Treasurer P.O. Bon 393, Blyth, Ontario NAM 1110 i