Judy Gadbois of Salem prepares a pie before adding a crumb crust top while Amelie Chechile, 7, closely watches while they and other volunteers work Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019, at the Christian Community Center to prepare for the 50th anniversary of the Congregational Church of Salem Apple Festival. Gadbois is one of the founding members of the festival. In the meeting area of the center, people were busy peeling, coring and slicing the apples. The group started making dough for crusts Sept. 21 and making pies on Sept. 23. The volunteers have used about 76 bushels of apples, creating 402 ten-inch double crust pies, 200 ten-inch crumb crust pies and 50 small cutie pies of each type of crust, in addition to turnovers, apple crisps and other baked goods. The festival is Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Salem Green, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

In the kitchen of the Christian Community Center, Elizabeth Lane of Salem works on rolling dough for crusts while she and other volunteers prepare pies Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019, for the 50th anniversary Congregational Church of Salem Apple Festival. The group started making dough for crusts Sept. 21 and making pies on Sept. 23.. The volunteers have used about 76 bushels of apples, creating 402 ten-inch double crust pies, 200 ten-inch crumb crust pies and 50 small cutie pies of each type of crust, in addition to turnovers, apple crisps and other baked goods. The festival is Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Salem Green, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Ted Grey of Colchester uses a peeler and corer to prepare apples to be sliced by other volunteers while they work Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019, at the Christian Community Center to prepare for the 50th anniversary of the Congregational Church of Salem Apple Festival. In the kitchen people were making the crusts and filling them to make two-crust apple pies and crumb-top pies. The group started making dough for crusts Sept. 21 and making pies on Sept. 23. The volunteers have used about 76 bushels of apples, creating 402 ten-inch double crust pies, 200 ten-inch crumb crust pies and 50 small cutie pies of each type of crust, in addition to turnovers, apple crisps and other baked goods. The festival is Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Salem Green, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

In the choir loft of the Congregational Church of Salem, Amelie Chechile, 7, second from left, Judy Gadbois, center, Karen Koerner, right, as is the tradition, pull the cord to ring the church bell Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019, after completing the last of the 10-inch pies while Ann Soule, left, and Manuela Vasquez, second from right, look on. They and other volunteers were across the street at the Christian Community Center preparing pies for the 50th anniversary of the Congregational Church of Salem Apple Festival. Gadbois is one of the founding members of the festival. The volunteers started making dough for crusts Sept. 21 and making pies on Sept. 23. They have used about 76 bushels of apples, creating 402 ten-inch double crust pies, 200 ten-inch crumb crust pies and 50 small cutie pies of each type of crust, in addition to turnovers, apple crisps and other baked goods. The festival is Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Salem Green, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

From left, Amelie Chechile, 7, Judy Gadbois and Karen Koerner leave the Congregational Church of Salem after performing the tradition of ringing the church bell Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019, after completing the last of the 10-inch pies for the Salem Apple Festival. They and other volunteers were across the street at the Christian Community Center preparing pies for the 50th anniversary of the Congregational Church of Salem Apple Festival. Gadbois is one of the founding members of the festival. The group started making dough for crusts Sept. 21 and making pies on Sept. 23. The volunteers have used about 76 bushels of apples, creating 402 ten-inch double crust pies, 200 ten-inch crumb crust pies and 50 small cutie pies of each type of crust, in addition to turnovers, apple crisps and other baked goods. The festival is Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Salem Green, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out. (Dana Jensen/The Day)