Canal Winchester Messenger - October 4, 2020

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October 4, 2020 - MESSENGER - PAGE 5
No Apple Butter Day festival, just the sale of apple butter
By Rick Palsgrove
Managing Editor
Groveport’s Apple Butter Day will not be the same this
year, but the spirit of the day can live on in the community
in spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The festival has been a mainstay and focal point for the
community since October 1974 when it began as a simple
gathering of friends cooking apples over an open fire in a
church parking lot. One can just sense the in the autumn
air as September turns into October that it is time for
Apple Butter Day.
The festival has grown over the years, with the city’s
help, into the large, popular festival it has become.
However, like many things in this coronavirus pandemic
dominated year, Groveport’s Apple Butter Day is going
to be a lot different this year. A whole lot different.
This version of Apple Butter Day
“It’s going to be a scaled down event,” said Groveport
City Administrator B.J. King.
King said he and representatives of the Groveport
Heritage Society met with the Franklin County Health
Department to come up with a way to somehow make
Apple Butter Day happen this year.
The result is that this year the festival itself will not
exist as there will be no craft booths, no historical displays,
no bands, no entertainment (except for the possibility of
piped up bluegrass music), no public attendance, no anything
at Apple Butter Day except for the drive through
sale of jars of apple butter.
City officials had hoped to shoot off the unused Fourth
of July fireworks on the evening of Apple Butter Day.
However, city officials stated on Aug. 24 that the Apple
Butter Day fireworks are now cancelled.
According to information provided to the city by
the Groveport Heritage Society, jars of apple butter
will be sold for $5 per jar from three or four drive
through stations set up along Wirt Road in front of
the Sharp’s Landing building and the log house on
Oct. 10. Buyers will drive down Wirt Road from Main
Street and be guided to a specific pick up station and
exit through College Street or Rohr Road. There is a
limit of two jars of apple butter purchased per family
and payment is in cash only. Those wishing to purchase
apple butter must call 614-836-3333 to order
and arrange a pick up time within a two hour window.
Pick up times are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. After 4
p.m. apple butter will be sold without appointments.
A small group of volunteers made apple butter in
Heritage Park on Oct. 3.
“It’s important we keep the annual tradition of
Apple Butter Day and its unbroken streak of being
held since 1974, even though it is significantly different
this year,” said King.
Remembering Apple Butter Day
In normal years, Apple Butter Day is rich in tradition
featuring historical demonstrations, crafters,
and great food - especially the piping hot, freshly
stirred apple butter slathered on homemade bread.
Apples were important to Ohio’s and Groveport’s
pioneer agricultural economy and daily life. Apples
could be stored year round and travelled well when
shipped over the rough roads or the slow moving
freight boats on the Ohio and Erie Canal.
Remember, Apple Butter Day encourages us to
slow down, enjoy friends and family, embrace the
pleasures of simple foods, and reinforce our links to
the past.
Messenger photo by Rick Palsgrove
Groveport’s Bob Cramer stirring apple butter at a past Apple
Butter Day.
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