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The immutable pure cane sugar is added to the kettle by Anita Bright, whilst Joyce Faust continues to stir, on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA. Pam McMurray stands to the right with a wooden spatula…

Smooth apple butter boils and pops as a volunteer continually stirs the kettle on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Standing by with a spatula to scrape the edges of the kettle while another volunteer continually stirs the apples on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Volunteers continually stir the apples in the kettle on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Pinto beans were part of the meal for workers on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Chicken-n-dumplings were part of the meal for workers on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Traditional feeding of the workers on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA. Crock pots were filled with chicken-n-dumplings, pinto beans and taco soup.

700 pounds of donated pure cane sugar await the kettle on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Henry Helton uses an immersion blender to break up the apples on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Raw, peeled, cored, sliced and quartered apples are continually stirred on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Volunteers continually stir the kettles on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Diana Sumner uses a spatula to get her apples started on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Marsha Helton stirs apples in her grandmother's kettle using the poplar stirrer built by Henry Helton on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Henry and Marsha Helton add one-gallon bags of apples to her grandmother's kettle on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Steam begins to rise from the raw, peeled, cored, sliced and quartered apples on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Henry Helton tosses the traditional silver dollars into the kettle as Marsha Helton stirs on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Raw, peeled, cored, sliced and quartered apples are added to the kettle on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Raw, peeled, cored, sliced and quartered apples are added to the kettle on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Rick Sumner, uses a poplar stirring paddle to get the apples going on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA.

Beverly Stidham and Carla Carter work together to get their kettle of apples going on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA. Tim Stidham is pictured on the right.

One-gallon bags of apples ready for the kettles on apple butter making day at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA. Beverly Stidham and Carla Carter stir apples in their kettle in the background.

Sterilized rings and lids for canning jars in the Family Life Center at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

A Toastmaster Heater Proofer for warming jars for the apple butter at the Family Life Center at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA

Pint jars in the Family Life Center at Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church, Hiltons, VA