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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-01-17, Page 1chools shut Snow squalls and high winds caused many Brussels area schools to be closed again this week. The Brussels Public School was not closed on Monday but the buses didn't make it in. Grey Central School in Ethel, the Walton Public school and the East Wawanosh Public School in Belgrave were all closed on Monday. Last week Grey Central, Walton Public and East Wawanosh Public were all closed Tuesday. The Brussels school wasn't closed but the buses weren't running during the first week of storms in January, the buses didn't make it in to the Brussels Public School on the Wednesday but local students By storms were there all day. On Thursday, the school was closed because of heating problems but heat was restored before noon. Although the school was open on (Continued on Page 3 ) Local man sentenced Robert Steven Playford, 26 or Brussels was sentenced to three months in jail in Walkerton Provincial Court on Thursday, January 11 following a charge of possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. He was charged after his car was involved in a high speed chase near Southampton and a search of his car revealed marijuana. ESTABLISHED 1$72 4Brussels Post Grey increases counci employee salaries Grey Township council passed a by-law to increase salaries last Tuesday. The reeve's salary was raised from $1,100 to $1,200 and the salaries of the deputy reeve and councillors were raised from $950 to $1,000. The road superintendent's salary was increased froth '$11,200 to $11,928 . and-- road labour was increased from $5 to $5.50 per hour. The maintenance operator's salary was HOW BIG IS HE? Richard Terpstra, three and a half month old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Terpstra gets weighed in at the innoculation clinic held at the Brussels Medical-Dental Centre last Monday as his mother looks on. Weighing him in is Public Health nurse Marlene Roberton. (Photo by Langlois) 108th Year — Issue No. 3 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1979 BRUSSELS ONTARIO The weekend weather was a repeat performance of what we received last week. Frigid cold, snow, wind, icy conditions and white-outs from wind-driven snow again closed schools, cancelled bus service and made driving hazardous throughout West- ern Ontario. The same conditions were with us Monday and the outlook for the rest of the week is not too promising. Those who had to be out and about for various reasons, either driving or on foot, at times risked life and limb to reach their destination. * * * * * * * One thing motor vehicle drivers can be grateful for is that our village streets have been quickly cleared after each heavy snowfall. This has made driving safer when it was possible to see where one was going. The only trouble with that has been that the snowplowing blocked driveways and meant a lot of shovelling for those who wanted to use their car. "Robbie Burns Nights" will not go unmarked in Brussels. The Brussels Legion Pipe Band will hold a Highland Ball on Saturday, January 20th, So, all you Scots, get out your kilts and be there to enjoy yourselves. The rest of you folks, who cannot boast of even a drop of Scottish blood in your veins, will all be welcome to come and join in the fun. The sound of the pipes arid drums of our Legion Pipe Band is enjoyed wherever it is heard. Give them your support, Come to their Highland Ball on "Robbie Burns Night". See particulars elsewhere in this issue of the Post. * * * * * * * The nergy Safety Br of the Ministry Of Consumer and Commercial Relations raised from $5.50 to $5.85. The waste site attendant's salary was raised from $4.25 to $4.75 an hour and office help was raised from $3.70 an hour to $4.20 an hour. The mileage rate is to be 13 cents per kilometre. The clerk's salary will stay at $11,500. Becairs-e The new council .took office in December, the former Grey council received 11/12 of the salary they were supposed to get for 1978. warns that wood-burning units should not be added to furnaces. Furnaces are not built, or installed, to handle the high heat generated by wood. They are dangerous if wood- burning units are added. Already these units have been associated with a number of deaths. They are great for saving energy if properly installed but are dangerous when used as ad-ons to furnaces. * * * * * * This is the "Year of The Child'5 . A time to make a special effort to give them a happy, healthy, childhood, enriched with ex- periences that will give them a better understanding of the world in which they are growing up. If your youngsters are un- fortunate enough not to have living grand- parents why not see that they meet, and get to visit often, some lonely older folk who would welcome the company of children. There is So much they could learn froth these alert older people and it would orignten tneir lives also. * * * * * * * Letters have gone out throughout this province and canvassers will be knocking on doors in an appeal for the "March of DimeS". There are thousands of disabled men and women who need assistance, There is permanent physical disability for one in every seven Canadians, from various causes: The March of Dmes system of services helps disabled people support themselves, live independent lives and get back where they belong in the stream of life. They not only supply aids but conduct programs such as job training and placement. This all takes a great deal of money and they rely on the' support of the public. Respond to their plea for help. "Help the disabled to help themselves." Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy A LOAD OF SNOW — The Topnotch feed mill in Brussels was just one of many places that got covered with snow during last week's snowstorm. Here Topnotch employee Ken Sholdice shovels snow off the roof. (Photo by Langlois) UP TO OUR WINDOWS IN SNOW — Well. not around Brussels were gettiri9 to be a pretty fair few weeks of snowstorms: (Photo by Langlois) quite but the thOWbatik8' height during the Oatt.