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The Citizen, 1985-10-30, Page 5The Saga Gifts & Handicrafts 140 Queen St. North Blyth, Ontario NOM 1H0 Tel. (519) 523-4331 Drop into The Saga when visiting the Leather Mills in Blyth. Come in and browse for unique gift ideas... you'll be amazed! No deposit necessary on our Christmas lay-aways. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. [Closed Wednesdays] Visa Welcomed WEBSTER'S Clothing & Footwear GENERAL LIFE R. John Elliott 519-523-4323 J. Richard Elliott 15191523-9725 Family Footwear Main St., Blyth 523-9709 -- Visa Welcome Men's, Ladies' & Boys' Wear Hours Open: 5 days a week 9-6 p.m. Closed Wednesdays Open Friday to 8:30 ELLIOTT INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES Established 1910 BLYTH, ONTARIO NOM IHO 519-S23-4411 LIVESTOCK MORTALITY INSURANCE Brussels Variety Groceries, Tobacco, Health Care, Stationery & Cards OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 887-6224 •BACKHOE EXCAVATION •SNOW REMOVAL *SEPTIC INSTALLATIONS *TRENCHING *GRAVEL TRUCK Equipped with 2 way radio for fast service. 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Jugs $5.99 MTC Licence Issuing Office Brussels 887-6377 Septic Tank Pumping M & E Sanitary Service Call-Any Time Ken Miller Gary Evans 887-6846 887-6583 Brussels AIT LAND ALLEY INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. Murray Siddall, C.L.U. MONKTON 347-2241 BRUSSELS 887-6663 STRATFORD 271-1522 BUSINESS DIRECTORY THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985. PAGE 5. Letter from the editor It was a week to remember, now that it's over It's one of those "now it can be told" stories, mostly for the reason that we've finally slowed down enough to get our breath back after the first issue of The Citizen. It was a mammoth affair, our first issue; bigger, thanks to the efforts of Advertising Manager Bev. Brown and the wishes of many in the community to see their paper off to a good start, than we could really have predicted and certainly bigger than our staff was ready to handle at this time. The result was that despite working all weekend we were more than five hours late getting the paper ready for the printers which meant we missed our slot in the busy schedule at the printing plant and the paper, instead of getting printed on Tuesday afternoon, got printed sometime between mid- night and 6 a.m. (we didn't stay awake to find out just when). We then rushed off at 6 a.m. to pick up the paper, sort out the numbers required by each of the post offices in our area and then fly around the circuit so that the paper arrived at post offices before the customers. Thanks to the valiant efforts of many people in the various post offices (the rural mail carriers in Reader praises Lions' work THE EDITOR: Let us think of the many fine facilities our village of Brussels has, with thanks going to the efforts of our service clubs. These clubs continually strive to improve the way of life in our community. The Lions Club has a record of over forty years of service. They have managed to bring together three municipalities, being the town- ships of Grey and Morris and the village of Brussels, in many of their projects. Their latest endeavor is erecting a swimming pool and I heartily congratulate them for taking on this project. We live in the midst of it all. We have seen the beauty of the ball park enhanced by the efforts of the Optimist Club. We have seen a playground put into place by the Lions Club and have enjoyed the laughter of the children. We have seen parents and grandparents use it as an excellent way of entertain- ing their offsprings. We have seen additions made to the buildings at the playground as a joint effort of the Optimist and Lions Clubs. Who can oppose this kind of generosity of giving over forty years? Now the Lions Club has taken on a new challenge, "the swimming pool," giving all children the opportunity of learning to swim and possibly saving a life. Think about it! As a taxpayer in both Brussels and Grey Township, we want to pay our share and I know of no better system of equality for all than our taxes. Our senior citizens, of which I shall soon be a member, are given a large tax rebate each year. I wonder how long the working people can afford this item. Now is an opportune time to give our children and their children something back in return. To the service clubs in general, and the Lions Club in particular, "Thank you for all of your efforts." Our door is open to your new challenge and we will support you in every way we can. BRUCE McCALL BRUSSELS Blyth Guides make teddy bears BY HEIDI SCRIMGEOUR On Thursday, October 24 the Blyth Guides made teddy bears. Our leaders Brenda McDonald and Jill Roulston drew the pattern on cloth and we cut them out. Bev. Snell, and Carol Gross helped us cut them out. Mrs. Webster and Mrs. McDonald sewed them up. We all had a fun time at Guides. tBrussels for instance were already getting into their cars when the paper arrived but went back to the post office to get the papers for their routes) most of our coverage area still got The Citizen when they were supposed to, Wednesday morning. Just to make matters more complicated some simple soul (I confess it was me) thought it would be a nice idea to have a meeting of allour shareholders Tuesday night at which they were to receive copies of the first issue of their newspaper hot off the press. Instead, the early corners got to see something they weren't supposed to: the last pages of the paper being prepared for the printer. The production manager, (otherwise known as Jill, my wife, and at moments of extreme pressures less endearing things,) finally headed out the door just as the shareholders meeting was supposed to start. Instead of the hot coffee and donuts and the comfortable chairs we were going to borrow for the shareholders, people had to stand around or lean against the walls while they waited for the coffee to finally perk. Still the main thing was that the paper got out and despite some gliches (I've been too long away from developing my own pictures) it was a presentable effort. We managed to get some of the things done we wanted to do like the excellent sports column Lois McArter contributed from Brus- sels although we failed in others, like the lack of someone to write a good column from the Blyth sports scene. We've got a huge territory to cover so the job of doing a first class job is difficult. We have for instance, two village councils and at least part of seven townships to report on. There are at least two sets of everything from Lions Clubs to business associations to keep up with. We have seven elementary schools in our coverage area and students from our area go to four different high schools. We'd love to have a staff of three or four reporters to do the job but can't afford it now and it's unlikely that we ever will have that kind of staff. We need your help if we're going to do a good job and make your paper really work for you. If you belong to a club or organization, drop us reports of the routine activities of your group. If you have an especially newsworthy event coming up, give us a call: We'd love to get pictures if we can. Let us know when there are meetings of interest to the public coming up. The beginning of this paper was a community-wide event not just from Brussels and Blyth but from the smaller villages and townships as well. The only way to keep the paper exciting like that is for everyong to help out. Sincerely, Keith Roulston, Editor, The Citizen.