. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Cran Fans Attend ilwaco Fete By DEBORAH ABRAMOWITZ WOODBURY "B« a 1985 Cran Fan" said the bright red admiMion buttons. Despite foreboding skies, over 5,000 people accepted that invitation to the Cranberry Harvest Festival in Ilwaco, Wash. It was a busy festival with much to do and see. Bus tours traveled up the narrow Long Beach Peninsula, carrying visitors to watch harvest in progress. The actual festival site was the Ilwaco Heritage Museum. Here, the Coastal Washington Research and Ertension Station provided the n
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Cran Fans Attend ilwaco Fete By DEBORAH ABRAMOWITZ WOODBURY "B« a 1985 Cran Fan" said the bright red admiMion buttons. Despite foreboding skies, over 5,000 people accepted that invitation to the Cranberry Harvest Festival in Ilwaco, Wash. It was a busy festival with much to do and see. Bus tours traveled up the narrow Long Beach Peninsula, carrying visitors to watch harvest in progress. The actual festival site was the Ilwaco Heritage Museum. Here, the Coastal Washington Research and Ertension Station provided the next best thing to the tour. Their detailed display included a "portable ; The museum itself showcased the cranberry industry, an important part of local history. The "Food Circus" gave festivalgoers a chance to get even better acquainted with the "guest of ; Specialities from cranberry butter to cranberry sundaes were available, as well as other fine foods. A wine tasting featured cranberry wine firom the Shallon Winery of Astoria, Ore. There were exhibits by a number of artists and craftspeople. The festival sponsors were pleased to have Ann Kurz Chambers attending. From Wisconsin, Chambers is known for her "cranberry ; Her work ranges from watercolors to etchings actually done on cranberry paper. Poised between art and entertainment was Charles Mulvey, a nationally known painter. Mulvey worked during the festiv«d on an historical mural for the museum. Fiddlers and banjoists provided a musical accompaniment from another room. And so it went! Noreen Robinson, a festival organizer and director of the Heritage Museum, called th event "an overwhelming success. Have a piece of equipment you want to sell? Write or call: CRANBERRIES Box 249 Cobalt CT 06414 (203)342-4730 STAY INFORMED subscribe to CRANBERRIES SIO a year-SI8 Iwo years Send check or money order to CRANBERRIES P O. Box 249 COBALT CT 06414. DeCrati Ag Suppl
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