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By CATHY TRUCHON Sun Times stafi ' WIARTQN â€" Oh my, my. can't t enough of that homemade pie. The women of the Wiarton and strict Agriculture Society had ’e most popular booth in the en- e community centre at the ’5 annual fall fair Saturday. rowds were packed 16~deep at counter, craning their necks nod a partition to see what deâ€" ctahle indulgences awaited em. at your simple slap-together~ â€"30-minuie pies. these pastries ere culinary masterpieces. food I the gods. extraterrestrial de- Pies oozing with cherries, oinâ€" try me. ‘ Tart lemon chiffon, thick apple *custard topped with grated heese, and blueberry slices of I- -myâ€"mom. All fresh. at least ‘ ., different flavors, and they were selling faster than the kitch- en hands could slice them. "We’ve all been going like this since 9:30." Laure McNeil. the pie 3 “boss. said about noon Saturday. ‘ Working feverishly alongside flier were five other volunteers “and master bakers: Betty Weir, .an Crow, Edith Arnold, Laure v afloat and Sheila McNeil. ‘ - Earlier in the morning Audrey Hepburn, Bea Nixon and Marjory tkinso‘n put in their time on ro- ting twoâ€"hoof shifis. "But she no late 1‘ don’t dock , ." McNeil joked. ‘Hot beef and ham and cheese ‘ 4‘s bun were also on the menu rig with homemade chocolate ares. popular with the young- 5. ~ h year. since the-fair started fiyears ago. mam of the ag- _ tg’rairsociety h ve been bak- g pies for ihvé'rahnu'al event. McNeil. : ‘ year, the pie has_ asked Wemher of thagwamens divi- 9 supply iwbpies each. 5 total of 40‘ files were stock- in boxes. beneath the count- ‘Biit not (or long. ‘ behind ‘x aid hunt noon. ’ .5 a... m anion apples and thick butter-r ' otch cream chanted in unisonzl An hour later. ares resident David McGregor was one of the laiecomers and didn’t get the pie of his choice. "i would‘ve preferred the raisin custard but it's sold out." said McGregor who came to the fair with his wife Donna and children Lisa and Scott. But he wasn't complaining. His second choice, cherry pie. was "quite good.“ he said. "It's delicious." Donna added. raising a fork-full of blueberries to‘her mouth. “Always get good pie at the Sheila McNeil of Wiarton dishes up a slice Wiarton lair," said Corry Walker, of Allenford, digging into his ap- ple pastry. "lt's excellent." McNeil and her cohorts cater to weddings and parties during the year to raise funds for the fair. But they're not sure they should expand into commercial opera- ilons. "I don't know if we'd be hurting the local business or not." said McNeil. A wide range of exhibits were on display in the arena during the da while livestock shows took pace behind the building and horse competitions happened at the fairgrounds across the street. Somc of the winners included: Grand champion beef bull at the fair went to owner Garry Smart of RR 1 Meal'ord. Gland cham ion female was awarded to Mike Pate all of RR 3 Tam Grand champion herd wont to Smart. in the Holstein show, gmnd (Lhamr ion female went to Ken Earfoot o] 3 Hopworth. In the 4-H show, Gede D. Veldv of Kamhle was chosen champion showman. Chem ion 4-H calf went to Leanne Arnold 0 RR 3 Hopwortll in the heavy horse. winner of Lha Sun Times plum ry L4,". r< VIA-35:,- of apple pie to Gerry Walker of Allenford Percheron elm; nun Run RR 1 Mustard Gregg Farm took Lhe Clvdmdaim and it. horse closs'u'om m llldon Bart RR 4 Tom The COEDJIlchtal hear (his) was awarded to lkmth border I: sturuon of RR 2 Port Elgin Rea. ':- went to Morgan Nixon of \har‘ofl \th also won in the harm-n pony tiles and ii] the fine harnesses ln non-registered ponies, Ll]ch this a tit) between lenml'vt Pruer :1 P3 .1 Wlarton and Mike Thomas of RR 1 Wianon Gerald D \lelde and Susan Fisher of Alvanloy were chosen lhe -i»l-i Ling and queen in the Wiarion Arena on Friday night . a "lâ€"n-â€"_