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Pick Your Own Vegetable Market Thriving Business Near Courtice nVvavIiUN VILL UNTAIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1976 BHS Students Fast for Guatemalan Relief Fund Dozens of flats of Spanish onions flourish in one of the two Eyman greenhouses. They're hardy plants and despite the threat of frost, field planting could take place as early as this week. During the early part of the season, five people help with the transplanting of the crops, and 10 - 12 workers are required to assist with the weeding that's done twice or three times per season. hiough Mother Nature surprised us with unusually mild temperatur th, Fred Eyman of Courtice is still ahead of spring. As the owner of a r-own-vegetable farm, he already has thousands of pepper, onion and eedlings well established in his greenhouses which will be ready for ing in the near future. There will also be plenty of corn, cucumbers, i carrots on hand when the farm opens to the public in early August. by Liz Armstrong One of the special things about the return of summer in Canada is the opportunity to obtain field-ripened fresh veg- etables. Though the supermarkets try their best to provide top uality produce during the winter months, nothing can compare with the taste of a tender cob of sweet corn or a succulent tomato right out of the garden. By late May, when the threat of frost is gone, ardent gardeners lu the area will get down to the business of planting their own plots of home-grown vegetables. Fred Eyman of Courtice has a head start. His greeenhouses are already well stocked with thousands of tiny onion, tomato and pepper plants in anticipation of a fine season ahead. If you aren't familiar with the Eyman Farm, Fred owns and operates a Pick Your Own Vegetable business just east of Courtice on Nash Road. By early August, he'll open his fields to the public. Though most of his customers are from this amea, some have journeyed fromas far away as Thunder Bay, Sudbury, the Ottawa Valley and Kingston to help themselves (at a reason- able cost) to his fresh veget- ables. At the Eyman farm, cust-, omers can pick several differ- ent varieties of peppers, three types of carrots (for juice, table and freezing purposes) pickling and table beets, and sweet corn, which ripens at different stages depending on, the type of seed that is planted. There will also be 10 acres of Spanish onions, three acres of eggplant, and lots of turmnips, tomatoes and cucumbers. The cukes fall into three categor- ies--small vaieties for dilîs and bread and butter pickles, yellow ones for relish, and the regular size for salads. The Scientifie Approach Though farming tends to be a risky business even at the best of times, Fred carefully controls as much of the vegetable growing process as possible. From planning crops and studying agrcultural tbeomy in the wintemtimie, to counting out the number of government certified seeds for the flats (example--there are 525 pepper seeds per flat of which 82-85 percent will eventually germinate) and carefully con- trolling the growth of the greenhouse plants, everything at the Eyman Farm is done with scientific exactness. Even the soil Fred uses, a 50-50 combination of spagh- num peat moss and perlite, is steamed for about two and a half hours to make certain that it doesn't harbour any fungus or bacteria. Part of the reason for his systematic approach may be that Fred worked as an engneer for a number of years, and his Swiss back- ground lends itself to clock- work precision. wm fact, be bas had a varied career. After emigrating to Canada from Zurich in 1938, Fred lived on the family farm near Whitby for several years. An excellent skater, he was also involved with the Oshawa Figure Skating Club at the time, and eventually signed a contract with Ice Capades. It was with the professional skating company that he met his wife Pat, and after marryîng, they settled in Pat's home town -Pittsburg, while Fred worked for a refractory company and stud- ed in the evenings for his engineering degree. He co-authored a book called "Modern Refractory Practice" and then went into the field of researcb for five years with another engineer- ing firm. Meanwhile, his brother bought a farm near Courtice and gradually built up a Pick Your Own Vegetable business, though ill health eventually forced him to give it up. Seven years ago, Fred bought the farm from his brother and moved his wife and family of five girls back to Canada, where he bas been busy growing vegetables ever since. Jack of Ail Trades Besides the scientific ap- proach to vegetable growing, Fred explained that ingenuity helps too, and he pointed out two results of his practical imagination. One is a hand-made wooden device which pokes measured holes in the soi] to make the task of seeding the flats quicker and easier. His other brainchild is a series-of plastic dividers which are punched out by a machine in his home. These keep the seedlings separated and make the job of transplanting the young plants (witb their tangle of tiny roots) a less difficuit chore. He's also converted the manual boiler in the green- house to an automatie self- regulating one which doesn't have to be watched constant- ly. It also helps to be a jack-of-all trades, and Fred does well in the self-reliance department too. When the farm machinery breaks uown, or the heating system in the greenbouse fails, he can fix it himself, even in the middle of the night. By employing an electrical device placed under his bed, Fred can be alerted to trouble in the greenhouses while he's sleeping, though he shudders when the alarm goes off (and' moves pretty quickly too).» And he's always looking for better ways to operate his famm. Fred summed up bis philosophy this way. "You have to constantly improve your farming methods and keep us with new trends. Standing still in this business is like going backwards." He certainly practises what The Bowmanville High School recently presented $325 to the Canadian Red Cross for their Guatemalan Relief Fund. The money was raised on a "Student Fast Day" when students gave up lunch money to donate to the cause. Above, student council president Ted Chant makes the presentation to Mrs. Kay Forsey, Chairman of Disaster and Emergency Aid with the Durham East Branch. Principal Earl Wolff and John Morris, left, the organizer of the student fast, were also on hand for the presentation. Pat Eyman helps her husband with the greenhouse ehores too. Here she separa tes tiny pepper seedlings and transplants 99 of the healthy ones into each flat. --Photos by Liz Armstrong Legion Ladies Auxiliary Plans for Future Events By Beryl Hughes Service pins will be present- ed to members at the last meeting in June. This was decided at a meeting of the Bowmanville Ladies Auxi- liary to the Royal Canadian Legion held in the Legion Hall on Monday evening, April 19th. President Nyhl Sheehan presided. Comrade Phyl Rose was appointed catering convenor for the Golden Legionaires l5th nniversaryBanquet to be held on May 29th. Comrade Wilma Bates will be assistant convenor. The Regional Euchre to be held in the Legion Hall here in the late autumn was discuss- ed. There will be many teams -aking part so ur representatives of auxiliaries from all parts of this soutlh eastern Ontario area will be in Bowmanville. President Shee- han mentioned the prelimi- nary planning, necessitated. This includes booking motel or other accommodation for the participants plus making ar- rangements for the event. A committee for this wa formed. It is comprised of Comrades Mary and Wilma Bates, Audrey Hall, Jean Burton, Lynda Downey, Nancy Clowes, Audrey Bate, Trixie Brown, Florence Knight, Denise Annaert, Joan Sutcliffe, Cathy Sim, and President Sheehan. A meeting of this group will be held in May. On Wednesday, May 5th, the bus will leave the Legion Hall at 6:30 p.m. for the annual Zone Rally to be held this year in Port Perry. Zone Com- mander Audrey Bate will preside. Comrades Burton and L. Downey volunteered for the task of marking Bingo cards to differentiate between those for special games. Comrade Meg Gibbs was named Bingo he preaches, and by early August another bumper crop of fresh vegetables should be ours for the picking at the Eyman Farm. convenor for Wednesday even-- ing, April 20th. Comrade Irene Whitney will be the caller on this date. The lucky winner of the draw was Comrade L. Dow- ney. After the business meet- ing a sociaf hour was enjoyed and a delicious lunch was served. Jaycee Elections Drawinq Near Election of a new executive for the Bowmanville Jaycees is fast approaching, scheduled to be held at their May 5 nieeting at the Marina Hotel. Selected by nominating committee to stand for the position of president for the -coming year "were Jaycees Jim Robinson and AI Wood. In addition, nominations from the floor put John Tremblay in the running for a three-way race while sec- retary-treasurer Erie Ince declined nomination for the position. Next in the line of elections is that of the first and second vice president, two members Io be elected and defined later wîth respect their duties. Nominations from tbe committee were Eric Ince, B3arry Virtue and Harry Moroz while Jaycee AI Wood added the name of Dave Madden to the list. Nominated to contest the position of secretary-treasur- er were Karl Moher, Fred Larocque and John McCall. Heavy water, which allows Ontario Hydro to use natural uranium at the Douglas point and Pickering nuclear gen- erating stations, looks, feels and tastes like ordinary water. But it costs a lot more. McKeough Recommends $2.6 Millon for Region n Aid for U Provincial Treasurer Darcy McKeough bas recommended a $216 million grant for Durham Region to assist in the transition to uniform water and sewer rates, a letter from the minister of treasury, economics and intergovern- mental affairs bas indicated. Regional Chairman Walter Beath told regional council about McKeough's recom- mendation at a council meet- ing on April 24th. The letter recommends "a lump sum payment of $2.6 million" from the province to the region to assist with its transition to uniform water and sewer rates. Treasurer McKeough told the council in November that he would recommend $1.1 million in assistance from the province bringing in the region's ies. He indica assistance i would depen region adop for water an A uniform services w council in D a uniform services wa council in M After revi costs of uniform rat water s McKeough s that the 2.6 n an adequate the transitio next five'yea next five ye niform Rates A five year "phasing-rn" to the cost of period was suggested by the uniform rates in regional council for stretching eight municipalit- the problems of financing over a longer period of time. ted then that the The provincial treasurer from the province has asked the region for plans nd on whether the showing how the council will ted uniform rates implement the rates as an nd sewer services, indication that the funds are n rate for water only used "to reduce the as approved by impact of the change in those ecember, 1975 and municipalities where the rate for sewer initial increases are the great- s passed by the est." larch. With the provincial assist- ewing the possible ance co'ming all in one implementing payment, finance committee e for sewer and chairman George Ashe ervices, Mr. (Pickering) predicted that .tated in the letter there would be both an million "would be improved "cash flow" and a * amount to cover significant. drop in the costs nal costs over the brought on during the phasing ar period." in period. SpecialeetngCle M e ren S To Cons'der enders for Addition0 to Clark e Hih The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education will consider tenders for the $1.5 million addition to Clarke High School at a special FIRE DAMAGE $500 Damage is estimated at $500 to part of a garage structure behind the Frank's Realty building on King Street East following a fue afternoon fire April 17th. Children had been playing in the area and on the roof of the main garage structure shortly before the 4:20 p.m. blaze burned the fiberglass sheeting off the roof and sides of the structure. sides of the structure. Clarke's 600 students will meeting to be called soon. The board's business admis- trator, AI Mcleod said last Thursday that at the present time six companies have submitted tenders to the board for the project. After the tenders are sub- mitted to a committee made up of board members, they are sent to the Toronto architectural firm of Jackson and Ypes for consideration. The firm eventually will recommend one of the com- panies to construct the $1,547,000 addition for the school. Approximately half of Clarkexma y 600 students will continue to use 11 portable classrooms until the project is finished. The new addition will hold 10 new classrooms, a library, gymnasium and cafeteria. FIRE IN STOLEN CAR Bowmanville firefighters were called out about 4:30 a.m. Apr.10th when Constable Bob Whiteley discovered a vehicle reported inthe ditch west of Dom's Auto on the Baseline was burning inside. It appears that the fire was deliberately set in the interior of the car which was stolen from Gilbert Studios Limited of Toronto and found aband- oned after crashing South Courtice Junior Choir Wins at Kiwanis Music Festival The Junior Choir from South Courtice Public School was in Mrs. Rosemary Merkley at the competition. This photo was fine voice at the Peterborough Kiwanis music competition taken after the choir performed at a recent meeting of the held on April 9th. The 43 grade 4, 5 and 6 students won first United Church Women at Ebenezer United Church. The prize in the rural schools category with fine renditions of pianist that afternoon was Mrs. Barbara Greer who teaches Sound The Flute and The Skye Boat Song. The choir is at South Courtice. directed by Principal Wally Pitt and was accompanied by If the adults and younger members of Tyrone Community have anything to say about it, their new Community Centre is going to be a place of beauty and a credit to the village. On Good Friday, a large number of Tyrone's young people and adults were out in full force armed with shovels, rakes and hoes, doing landscaping and other chores around the building. Tyrone Citizens Acquife Blisters in a Good Cause 11.11 1% xyx7rv 1 M, "ILYM A lm eý