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Zurich Citizens News, 1974-08-29, Page 1NO 35 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1974 15¢ PER COPY PEOPLE, AND MORE PEOPLE - Thousands of visitors carie to Zurich on Saturday to take part in the ninth annual Bean Festival, and fortunately they did not all arrive or depart at the same time or mass confusion might have resulted. Some of them started arriving at nine o'clock in the morning, while most of them kept coming and going throughout the day. The event which seemed to draw most spectators at one time was the picking of a Bean Festival Queen, and this photo shows a part of the large gathering milled around the stage while the judging took place. Bean Festival draws still more visitors Approximately 8, 000 people sat down and enjoyed a plate of delicious home -baked beans, along with a slice of ham and a generous serving of cole slaw, at the ninth annual Bean Fest- ival in Zurich on Saturday. And most of the visitors thought the price was still cheap at $1.50 - up fifty cents over last year. Increased food costs made it necessary for the com- mittee to raise the price from the traditional one dollar fig- ure. And once again the weather man co-operated with the Bean Festival to produce one of the finest days possible, without any rainfall, although the skies looked threatening in the early morning. While the receipts from the meal tickets showed about 8, 000 persons had eaten at the close of the festivities, an estimate of the overall crowd visiting the community through- out the day was hard to come by. Tourist officials claim that only one in every three persons eat at such functions -- this would crake the crowd at 24, 000, but a more modest estimate would be around the 20, 000 mark. Visitors were coming and going from early morning until late in the evening. The Zurich Minor Athletic Association served a pancake and sausage breakfast to the early visitors, and by the time they quit at 11 o'clock in the morning ,he‘ had fed close to 500 people. Then the meals of beans start- ed, and the people just seemed to keep on coming for the rest of the day. Some of the visitors just sat around watching the activities, while others worked their way down to the community park to watch the championship horseshoe pitching coin petitions, Others watched the all-star variety show throughout the afternoon, and the children were quite happy to take adv- antage of the midway rides and games. Over 2, 000 pounds of white beans --all donated --were cook- ed for the big bean feed, along with more than a ton of ham and cabbage. After the beans were cooked in the two large cookers the necessary amount of bacon, brown sugar, salt (continued on page 8) PANCAKES ANYONE - Activities it the ninth annual Bean Festival on Saturday got under way at eight o'clock in the morning with a big pancake and sausage breakfast. Helping to prepare the food was none other than Aunt Jemiina herself (Mrs. Ellen Horn), and she was being assisted at the time by a member of the Minor Athletic Association, Richard Schilbe, left, hool s It's "Back to school" for area students when Tuesday morn- ing arrives, and hundreds of children will be attending classes throughout the area. For sane of the children it will be their first visit to school as they begin kindergar- ten classes. At the Zurich Public School kindergarten classes will oper- ate every morning from open- ing day to Christmas, while at Hensall the classes will operate every afternoon during the same term. Tues ay After Christmas the kinder- garten classes will operate every other day, for a full,day, at both the Zurich and Hensall Public Schools. Students will also be making their way back to South Huron District High School when Tuesday morning rolls around, and for many it will also be their first visit to that institut- ion. A reminder has been iss- ued to all students under the Huron County Board of Educat- ion that all school buses on Tuesday morning will be leav- ing on regular schedules and schools will be opening at the regular hour. In the afternoon, however, the buses will leave for home one hour earlier than usual, and the schools will close one hour earlier than usual. 0 The. Zurich -Grand Bend Figure Skating Club held a lucky draw for a Chaise Lounge, in connection with the ninth annual Bean Festival on Satur- day. Winner of the chair was Melba Landstrom, of Turnbull's Grove. As a result of their efforts close to $500 was raised for the organization. 1974 BEAN FESTIVAL QUEEN - Miss Kathy DeJong, a pretty 16 -year old Centralia girl, was picked on Saturday as the Bean Festival Queen in Zurich at the ninth annual event. She was chosen over nine other contestants to represent the Bean Festival at the Miss Western Ontario Contest later this fall at Lucknow. One of the top students at South Huron High School, Kathy spent the summer in Zurich working at the Mechanology Centre.