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The cat-iii was lit-Id iii tlit‘ art-nu, lvnkv root and oil but the skins \wru [air sill day. ?\ ~nrly [00 area residents \wic inwliod iii the cooking, aCiilllL' alitl organ g. Tilt: l(l(‘a was started by tho arona toniniitlco. ulltli‘l' Ross nltu ltaguo. and was turned over to a special suboomnnttoe, IIL’Hl’iv ml by Walter l‘icnwi . A iiiipiay and auction at any tiqtics brought in more niunci By BRUCE WEST GLoSE'mfliL ' ARM-1.4959. One worthy one As much as i'd like to. I can't devote space to all worthy projects, deserving as they may be. ’i‘he problem is that there are too many of them. There are, believe it or not, so many good works going on in this supposedly wicked world that a columnist would probably have to write a piece on one of them every day of the year in order to cover them all. Yety every now and then some information comes along which has special appeal, such as that contained in this letter from Herbert C. Lewis of Willowdale. It strikes a refreshing note in an age when so' many expect so much from our various levels of government: "A few days ago you men- tioned in your column the goat success which the good people of Elmira had made of their annual Maple Syrup Fes- tival. I wonder if you would be interested in another such ies- tiva l. newer and much smaller? This one will take place in the small hamlet of Belmore on Saturday, April 5. In case you have never heard of Bebnore, it is a crossroads located on the boundary be tween Huron and Bruce coun- , { ties. about. eight miles north of r r‘ " . r: - Wingham. Its business section Pa“ Elm'ra Fesuval consists of a general store, a service station and an agri» cultural machinery dealership. I would gueSs the number of homes in the urban area would be no more than 20. But it is the focal point for the people who llVE within a rad- ius of about tour miles. These people. who are mostly the descendants of the original English. Scottish, Irish and some German settlers. are a bit of a rarity in these days when it seems to be the general habit of people to expect the government to provide everything for them. Since Bel- morc is not incorporated in any way, it is not eligible for government grants. “But I doubt it these toll: would go asking tor any- thing anyway. When they feel they need something, they provide it for themselves. shortly after the Second World War. they decided an arena Would be a good thing. So they built nnt'. Literally Most at the construction was volunteer labor. A year ago it was tountl that the root at the arena required repairing and they dCL'idCd to have a maple syrup festival to raise money for materials 'Tlie Belinore Festival was a great success 'l‘liov raised enough money tor the necessary l‘t‘DEll . '. th Ii hit lcit over. Now they have decideu it would he a good idea to have an artificial ice machine |or liiL‘ll' arcna. So they are making the festival an annual Went to raise enough money in a iew ycars to bring this about “Anyone who might enjoy getting out on a spring day and driving through the beautiful tar-inland of Western Ontario would. I am sure. get a great meal of pleasure from a trip to Belmore. I can much for tlii= PU‘L‘UEI‘EQ of their pancakes, sausages and maple syrup . . . "To get. to Belmore irom 'anonlo tlic Dost route is to follow Highway 9 to Harrlslon. turn lolt on Highway 87 to Wroxeter and look carefully for the county mod that an- gles oil Highway B7 and leads to Belinore " Mrs. Otto Hohnslein of Belmore cooks a meal of pancakes for Marion Rein- hardt, l3, and Teresa O'Molley, 12, both of Teeswurer, maple syrup festival Saturday. THE BELMORE ARENA held record crowds of people who enjoyed the sausage and .s7 7.,w m - r pELMORr .., .1 x A iiiim i'liiii ‘ .~ ("Milli siniiti-i lni‘ Miss lilqu it'llt' illp Ix um. lit-it] Salmon; l\t'lli|l).1lll iiu- innlitii‘o Rmm ni lliv Hill” on rm. nmmm Contio ('nnli-slx w-ii- minim-nil in in.â€" Mount ‘iiiiit-w in» Ea lF‘Ilt il :imi ,‘iln liaiilii lurk \llil .\l.ii itlH' mi». :uiui in tin upmmo vi im gilt) i‘\ m mwim .\li.\ mm imia ii..- omnin main-i in- ili‘ill\ .lliii llli'uiiii iii \ \lei i :iil\ I‘mii ii'il ’\l,iiltiv min in.” mi mm tum- im lni L1lit\ i,iiin'li \\.l\ mini during the Eelmore . Marion and Teresa were raking in few minutes off from their candy booth just down thé aisle. (Photo by Strong) Bou r LI ancakas smothered in fresh maple syrup first Saturday afternoon.â€"-A-T photo.