Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 10, 1972, B10

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Canning Factory Looks More Like A Private Country Club Plant picking foreman Clint Handy with cases of Water conveys mushrooms 1 canning Steinbeck Cannery Row was never like this This is the new Meadowglen Skrow Canning Company on Moun tainview Road which looks more like an exclusive private club than a conning factory The father and son team of Max and Ernie who own the processing plant built the plant to conform to the residential area across the street and so doing delighted the residents with the finished product In three short months since the canning operation began is selling to Food City Food Fair Powers Steinbergs and every other major food chain from coast to coast The name has been known and respected in the mushroom business since 1940 but only now are they doing their own processing and canning The mushroom growing plant was pressure cooker Road factory Meadowglen president for shipping Max Skrow with cases ready Explains Museum In Talk to Institute Li chouse Women Instltuti met at the home of Mrs J Roughley Thursday with ten attending President Mrs Frank Brown opened by reading Life is i Journey The secretary trc reported that the president and secretary would attend the I anniversary dinner at the Royal York Hotel Toronto this Saturday Three had attended the course Using Ontario Fruits A new course Being Well Dressed and Well Groomed will be led by Mrs Anderson and Mrs Ron Clow who are waiting for names of girls who will attend A donation was made to the North Hal ton Association for the Performing and Creative Arts GIFT FLORAL NEEDS WERE HERE JuiIb Few Steps Roll call was answered A relic from the attic with an aged apple peeler antique silver an I860 poem a IMS Chatham newspaper grandmother Ivory fan ivory handled nail file a grocery list from Ireland small gold ring and a very old gold lapel watch Convener of education and citizenship Mrs A Benton arranged the program Mi Booth read current events a Mrs explained the motto Education is not what happens this year or next but In the years gone by as well telling of changes in living with parisons Reports of conveners of standing committees heard Mrs Benton introduced the guest speaker Mrs David Dills who circulated pictures of Hal ion museum and told of the establishment and management on land leased from the Con Authority the set up of the board their progress and prospects Mrs Noble thanked Mrs Dills for a very interesting commentary and the hostess for her home Taking Nellie Home was sung In closing A social half hour followed A robin was among the many birds patronizing Mrs John Glynn feeding station last week Professor Hay is preaching at Presbyterian Church the four Sundays In February Girls from age up should get in ouch with leaders Mrs An and Mrs R Clow as soon as possible and take advantage of the course Being Well Dressed and Well Groomed Mrs A Benton DID YOU KNOW7 The buzzing to the love call of the 17 year locust can be one of the njoat awesome and over noises In nature Prom e April In the southern states to early June In the north the ground and trees will swarm with the scurrying insects bought by the In 1960 when 177 pounds a year were grown By 1971 the output had mushroomed to J j million pounds a year The mushrooms are brought down the hill from the growing area and arc stored In a huge cooler then taken out In of 120 pound baskets and dumped into a flood washir From there they wend their way up a convenor belt to an underwater trader which forces the mushrooms underwater in a perforated drum The mushrooms come out through the holes automatically sorting themselves into various sizes They are processed according to to ensure each cm having the same size mushrooms After more washings they enter the only In Canada All plants use steam This means they ire cooked in their own Juice maintaining the colour and freshness They are then Inspected on another conveyor belt to weed out any Imperfect ones Only the finest grade go Into the slicing or stemming machines A vibrator shakes off any small pieces The mushrooms now go into a drum filler which shakes he mushrooms into cans After the lids arc on the cans in large metal basket are lowered by crane into a giant sized pressure cooker When cooking time is up they are cooled by compressed air and itt An used mblci is It Is not a decoding but one that sets the cans up in orderly rows for labelling Now the 17 in the can plant have done heir job and the mushrooms are ready to he shipped to the grocery shelves In the Mall Bag Sick and Fed Up With Snowmobile Knockers Georgetown Hospital The dare bay that if Mr hod been old enough to write when automobiles were invented you would have received a similarly Inane letter from him as the one readers found taking up space in your paper last week To begin with he states that during the past several months there have been repealed Infractions of the by low relating to the curfew of I really question sir even giving you the broadest interpretation of the term several that very many snowmobiles passed your residence in June or July or for that matter November I not going to waste space dealing with Mr apparent zeal for sitting up nights with a stop watch to see who or how many miss curfew That can happen to anyone whose watch Is covered with heavy mitts or anjone who gets further from town than Is realized and can t possibly make it back by pm Personally think the curfew if the Town feel there must be one Is fair Unfortunately as with most laws they must be made lor the few rather than the many Mr further refers to specific infractions in other areas at specific times In specific areas unuldllke to make my accusations to specific fathers who allow specific young boys to use their machines and run around subdivisions and other places that they have no business to be in It may further interest these same fathers that they are responsible for any un eventuality as is any machine owner or not It may further Interest Mr to know that the races were held at the park after checking with residents at the Senior Citizens apartments who by the way their efforts to bring some recognition to this town of ours The patients In the hospital hear the races I km that or a fact as I am on he side facing the park Mr refers to the location of the races as being perfectly ridiculous Where sir are your letters during the nil air with many more people and the smell of onions and horse manure or for that matter on firecracker day Getting back to the track Itself sir of course cars and trucks have been circling the track A proper and sofe PHONE 8772201 Georgetown Herald track l just happen it is built work by people who try to do things to build up the reputation of this town rather than tearing the of The racers who numbered the Jaycees on the best organized race they have attended to date It also attracted close to people as spectators after all their w rk and effort It appears from the organizers that they will be lucky to never written letter to an editor before but this person cracked it for me I belong to no organized snowmobile club but da enjoy sport I will even admit to having had an ace dent or lifting which could just as easily have been a box or tone lm sick and fed up with the s and others like who know nothing of the sport and fall to realize that whit most guys want is a way out of town to enjoy some of the most beautiful winter scenes and trails In Southern Ontario which surround Georgetown Just one point in closing to dale the Town George town has not repen lias not received permission from the Department of Trail and ions to enforce their by low regarding the use of High way Sincerely Sheridan Women operated canning machine MILK MOORE PARK PLAZA STORE FRESH MEAT DEPARTMENT MAPLE LEAF pkg Macaroni Cheese Chicken Loaf Dutch Loaf Olive Loaf Pickle Pimento Luncheon Meat Bologna COOKED MEATS 29 MAPLE LEAF Kolbassa Coil 1 LB CAN FANCY PROD OF U A RED DELICIOUS APPLES 535 POTATOES lb PROD MEXICO TOMATOES 33 TB0NE SIRLOIN And WING STEAKS S 1st GRADE CREAMERY BUTTER 73 A LARGE EGGS D0Z macs MILD OR SLICED nippy CHEESE 41 BUTTER TARTS 69 Keg c FABRIC SOFTENER MACS PLASTIC OUTDOOR Reg GARBAGE BAGS SPECIALS ON SALE FEBRUARY

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