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NORTH LEEDS LANTERN S The second floor of the historic BELL GENERAL STORE building will also be renovated, @® DELTA , _ Y f 1 k' th 1d Mr. Penstone said. It Will , e o 0° ing at e o be an apartment, but won't. S tt general store bulldmg be complete until September. “z e e s TOM SCOVIL deteriorate on Delta's main III! STYUIS RI TIE \lllE PM!" has. ACCOUNTING. BOOKKEEPING. TAX SERVICES street bothered a Delta family, Mr. Penstone plans to do mOSt 10:“ a... - 0:00 p... . . . ' himself - - so they dec1ded to buy it and give Of th? renovations ,' u‘ ‘10° "" 51m 9"‘ it the respect it deserves. The firSt step Is ‘to repair Btu“. ‘gig :.: I gag: :1: PORTLAND OFFICE SERVICES LTD- 212 ,7“ The Bell General Store was the FOQf- The brleS ‘ must Sat. 9:!» a... .~ 12 an BOX ‘m PORTLAND, our ROG Ivo -~ - built before 1861_ The store bi: repelnlcled,tand bthe chimneiy Louud must: Signings Building was run by James Bell and Eesgaidnee s ° e “Palm ’ TeL sso-snz Fl SCI-IE R’ served the Delta community ' I “W 1" "nu"! ' 5'7"" s until the family sold it in 1956. I“: ‘"251? °ld a“ gttaihed In 1960, the building got a ° e “1 mg’ r‘ . ens ‘me Or ental new tenant, an apron factory, has ‘already taken. It down “am which Operated out of the and ls going to ,bmld a dECk ELGIN Ironworks building for three years. for people to s“ ‘on during The building has been vacant the summer. Hegoked thiflt PHARMACY LTD‘ (SOperthI for a long period of time. his love for building patio ELGIN Each year its condition grew decks is the real reason why . Gates worse. he bought the building. "I o Railing The Penstone family wanted love building decks. I build to put a stop to the all these decks around my Cards - Gifts . Secuflty deterioration, so in the spring house. I ran out of‘ places Toiletries Screens of 1987 the former general to build. Now I can build some Flln 8 Processing store and apron factory will more decks," he sald' Baby Ieeds ° FIre place become a craft shop. 359-5008 cce sories Bill and Betty Penstone, their RED CROSS HOMEMAKERS A s son David and daughter Nancy North Leeds and Gananoque ° Lamps came to the Delta area seven Red Cross Homemakers' - - - ° Garden years ago, when they purchased Christmas dinner was held For Prescription Refill - the Cedar Knoll Camps, which al RDHS bn NOV- 25th. The Ph0n8-359-‘5567 FurnIture they still own and operate. dinner, arranged by Supervisor etc. Bill Penstone is a retired Marilyn Moore, was attended vice-president of DX 011 by 35 HOmemakers and the HOURS A“ CUStOm made- Company in Montreal. His Volunteer Committee. Free Estimates Mom, Tues. â€" 9 to 5 wife worked as a school After dinner, Marilyn . v Wed. â€" 9 to Noon secretary and recently retired. commended the Homemakers, , _ - _ Their daughter's background giving them Well deserved nuts‘, Ft]. & Sat 9to 5 GI Fl SChe r 928 2783 is in crafts, and that is the praise for another year's work main reason why the building will be turned into a craft shop. The plan is to restore the building and have it ready to open for the Delta Maple Syrup Festival in March. "The festival brings about 4,000 people to the area. We want to open the shop on that weekend to help contribute to the success of the festival." said the daughter. The name of the business will be The Old Apron Factory Craft Shop to try and keep some tradition of the building, Mr. Penstone said. The store will carry a wide variety of items, including knitting supplies, needle point, children's crafts and of course aprons. Mr. Penstone said he also hopes to carry a variety of kites. He said people love to fly kites in the Beverley Township Park directly behind the old general store. The family says it like; the Delta ‘area and wants to help promote tourism. "We would like to get postcards with local scenes. People are always asking for them at the camp," said Miss Penstone. There are some advantages to having a craft shop in Delta, the family says. Now supplies for all kinds of different hobbies will be available right in Delta. Having a shop in Delta will be good for area artists as well. "We will be encouraging local artist's work. We will take their work on consignment," said the daughter. "We are going to have handmade gifts for the tourists to purchase. These will be gifts made by local artists.“ The artists will also be able to use the shop as a location for teaching. The shop will offer lessons in various crafts. Once the store is in operation, Miss Penstone hopes to hire one full~time and one part-time salesman. with this essential service. The following certificates and Red spoons for 5 years service: Sheila Smith, Gail Way and Lois Boon. Certificates and pins for two years service were awarded to Mary Mulville and Marilyn Norris both of Westport. Ethel Moore, Newboro, Homemaker with the most years of service, was presented with a gift. Ken Stewart of Gananoque was presented with a gift for his dedication to the Gananoque Loan Cupboard. Donated gifts and gift certificates were won in numerous elimination games. Jenny Mattice and Shirley O'Brien who are among Homemakers attending St. Lawrence College in Brockville, are to be congratulated as they are near completion of their course. An exchange of gifts took place. Draw for the Stereo-record player with speakers, donated by Gananoque Canadian Tire store, was won by Mark Elliott of Westbrook. Group photographs were taken. 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