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M tâ€"m mm Lanna-11mm. 'nrundny, qui 17, rm fâ€"________ BY LAVONNE BALLAGH I753 7; Belmore blosioff BELMOREâ€"How can the in- nocent counting of a few trees here and there mushroom lnto one of the biggest things ever attempted in a community? Err new. it or not, it com Some people around Del- more took it upon thcmselves to count maple trees and came up with 3.000, give or trike a few, within a fairly wide area of the village. In the brick of their minds was a project never before attempted in this imme- diate area-nil maple syrup fes- tival, when: hindrods of people would be served hot pancakes and with them Belmore maple syrup. with oi‘coutse, the co- , operation of the «fore-mention- ed 3000 maples. The idea was mentioned and no one said it couldn't be donel 1- That's one oi the things J'Jmlt a progressive little place like Bel- moreâ€"At‘olks will try anything oncc. Thuy formed a commit- tee and the ball started rolling. Up and down every concession. to almost every rusident where maples were evident. went the volunteer workers. “can we have your maples? and at very few places did they get a nega- tivo answer. An evaporator was donated and set up in a shed on the main street In Belmore, buckets wen: hung on all the trees and the rest was left to the weatherman. Then, literally. all Bei- more broke loose. Volunteor crews from each area gathered the tap in cans and buckets, on trucks. tractors. cto.. and brought it to the shed which by this time had acquirfid a much Jean Maya Wes! Marrwd [)ll Agilnl I’ll-V. Hnmlrl T. \\’t-l wl llwlmurr, pvi'lollllt-tl UK‘ . rluughru JLnn Mn) a [Ill Jmuuu Hullutlnlll. It hum m. snrnmny l, lin- [arle “1 l'nIh-I pn' gnrtlA-II, 'nr Innlv I.\ luv «Ltmlll 1. “I In nun M ‘ um Utmmiw mm Uw hnrir- . .n tun. .‘lru H ) PETE MULVEY, cen're, manager 01 the autumaflve servlce centre ai the new Firestone “unghmu 'l'lu I. lll’li w H HIM» '| store in ngham Is seen anhe brake serviceequlpment. Al Ieh is Dwighl Melealle and Imnmn nu .rltmm, .2! . HIM »I WIUI right Doug MacLeod. members of ihe mechanical siafii â€"Advance»Tlmes Photo, m. rm , Lttlltm'illu l\' : Ml.» \‘ulrm i' l‘I~L4'r n \\ \ Mr‘ \\'I .L ul Snun‘l l i ‘ I J ‘v 4/;- bLEhE SYEALERE 7 These tn’ec y:Lv\; ladues m dellmq outfits rrode b- that m vete w . lost mght let: ‘A sewing at night are at a iasmon s'm. In Hcmck Ccrl‘ral are Janna Go n -, and HF: Mu, V/I Mam Mul 4pm 44 475;, l uonun :unm‘ "l'Iu y. n. t M.- thigh m: In. Mr, Ian r Sound. Ihr imrglh n ihun m iilyll‘il \‘ mm. v. ‘1 4t‘ “my lhm I. yum. v Hull anvil hml Hi'l‘ lngr-I I .l 1 ml IH'lJ‘rI ml nu, lulll‘ ly n Atrium m ligmul‘ ;-.mn nu. ml I.“ Wrm Inn. ‘ 1]!“ HI I ‘Jlll itmi mm. I 'l‘n n.I In nun 31 ‘ .nw‘ m .r; .l .1 m. m. m hlrIIIHv‘ ‘Ai Ari ""lll Vllllll flu in 4 n.“ ,1 tn 1.. -. lu la-Ull ‘ \ mle nn‘nm. v. II it w nmn m [In llluHIIl Ivr ,n Inn. _tasty morsels. ‘speciql features, enough to in- mlbl, melting hefllflflnd'fiie‘am‘m‘fhfi hfinly this nunlr’begin tnuequnl’lthel . warmth that you [eel in your, thefil'kwl'wfl you poo everyone pitching in to help, busy as s bees bur‘never too busy to talk to some onlookers who would know 'a maplc' newton-I apin Thasa people are working “If” Belmore. Thelendqesult, the“ hopa, will'be enough money or a new roof on the salmon: Arena. some project must be successfull ‘ r Now lrythe planning is the J Big'Duy, April 13th, ‘and ‘ngain everyone is in on the act. Pan- cakes and Beimore maple syrup will ‘or: served. along with other- Theta will): totest everyone, and you are even invited to have a peak in the Shanty and see the boys at work. lt should be one of the biggest Events in Belmotc‘shis- tory. 50 Mon» and Dads. be thankful that Junior [5 learning to count. \V'no ,(nows‘? Some- day he may be counting trans and it may be the beginning of one of the most ambitious and most delightful ploiccts ever undertaken by a group of people.