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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-05-02, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1872 THEY'RE STARTING THE SEWERS — The Temar Construction Company of Unionville was busy getting a start on the long awaited sewer project on Tuesday morning in Brussels. They started working on Mill Street. See related story on Page 3. (Photo by Langlois) 4Brussels Post BRUSSELS 108th Year — Issue No. 18 WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1979 Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy Average Morris taxes up $80 Brussels Legion Pipe Band stole the show at the celebration held in Standish City, Michigan, on the weekend. They went to Standish City, the sister city of Wingham, with the Wingham Legion. They left Wing. am at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday and partici vated in the parade there at 1:00 p.m., along v, ith the Wingham Canadettes. Our pipe ban. I was certainly appreciated by those people wi o only have the priviledge to see and hear i, Pipe Band on T.V. The music of the pipes 'nd drums, along with those colorful swin ling kilts, caught their fancy, delighting th audience, who kept de- manding more of the same. The obvious enthusiasm of the crowd was appreciated by the membes of fie band. m***** The residents of Brussels can look fotward to torn-up streets and inconvience in the months ahead. The hewer project is expected to get underway this week. It would be great, if when it is started, someone cou Id wave a magic wand-and-presto- the job was completed in a few days. Unfotunately that is not how it is. It mean . months of torn up streets and unsightly mess. We will just have to think of the benefits of the sewage system when all is completed, cope with the problems meantime and try not to worry about how much the system will increase our taxes. Oh yes,there will be the cost of connections also. ******* The ladies of Morning Star Rebekah Lodge are busy preparing for their May 12th Variety Fair. If you are looking for bargains you y very well find them at the Variety Fair. ma See ad in next week's Post for particulars. ******* May being Family Unity Month in this International Year of the Child, the Couples Club of Melville Presbyterian and Brussels United Church will present the film "A Chain to be Broken", narrated by Artie Johnson, in Melville Presbyterian Church on Sunday, May 6th, at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a slide shown on "Families are Special". Mrs. Cathy Pryde nom Family and Children's Services will be showing the film. There is something for everyone in this film, mom, dad, children and grandparents too. Everyone will be welcome. Our Ontario government reminds us that "the future of our province depends on our children; the future of our children depends onthe strength of our families". Attend this film and slide presentation. Family unity is not now what it has been in the past. Perhaps these will help to improve this very important aspect of our lives. ******** School kids here got a holiday last Friday. It was Professional Development Day for teachers. Maybe that is what I need — Professional Development Days. Perhaps it would then be possible to come up with a never-ending stream of interesting items to fill this space each week. That wou'Ild be a change from sitting at my desk with my mind blank . My fingers running frantically through my hair trying to stimulate a sluggish brain into creative thinking. Have you not noticed my constantly tousled head look? ******* It seems that Canadians are not the only ones who consider the Margaret Trudeau book a tasteless unveiling of the indiscretions of a so-called lady. At least a judge in one country found it obnoicions. The newspaper La Ra.on of B uenos Aires, has been ordered by a judge to suspend publication of excerpts from Beyond Season because they violated public morals. The newspaper said it Would appeal the ruling. Too bad it had not been banned elsewhere. The publishers of the book, and _newspapers that printed excerpts, would of course, Scream if it had. They saw it as "Cash in their' COffers". No doubt it has been. However much we deplore Beyond Reason We read it out of curiosity. BY DEBBIE RANNEY Morris Township council decided to raise the township's farm and residential mill rate nine mills this year and the business and commercial by about 10 mills so they could put aside $20,000 in the reserve fund so they could replace Marti, in's bridge. This means that a person having a $5,000 assessment on farm and residential would have to pay about $80, more taxes. this year than in 1978. The new farm and residential rate will be 41.24 while last year's rate was 32.13 and the new commercial rate will be 48.52 up from last year's rate of 37.80. The elementary school rate has also increased from 30.65 last year to 34.67 this year and the secondary school rate has gone up from 26,66 to 27.41 this year. Also increased this year were the county rates which went from 14.95 for farm and residential to 17.02 mills. The business and commercial rate went from 17.59 to 20.02. John Nesbitt president of the Morris Federation of Agriculture and Bev Brown Of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture were at council to ask for a donation for the Huron County Federation. Miss Brown gave council some information on what the federation has done for farmers. She told them that the federation Meets annually with the cabinet in Ontario and also with the federal cabinet She pointed out things the Fedetation had done like the farmers price index and that the Federation had had farmers at every one of the PLUARG meetings. She said Hilton County in considered one of the leading counties in the Federation of Agriculture, if she would have served this year there would have been about eight peOple on the provincial committee from Huron County, she said. She said the Federation had put in a brief to the Porter Commission and a year ago had (Continued on Page 9) BELGIAN VISIT Plans for the reception of visitors from Brussels, Belgium were in their final stages as representatives of council, the PUC, the BBA, the Optimists, the Lion's Club and the Legion met in the clerk's office on Thursday afternoon. Representatives were told that the plaque from the village to the mayor of Brussels was just about ready and clerk Bill King said that interpreters and their families coming to the reception would include ReneDelberque and wife and Julian Delberque and his wife of RR 3, Auburn; Elie Burie from Egmondville arid his wife, Rene Vercruyssen, from RR 2, Auburn, his wife and a friend, Henry and Rene Vercruyssen' s Mother and a friend. All are of Belgian background, The Lions club will present the visitors with flags representing the Lions club and Lion's pin with the Lion's emblem on them. The Optimists have decided to give a plaque With the words "Brussels, Ontario's pret- tiest village and Congratulations oh your 1000th birthday, BruSsels, Belgium" on it. The Legion will present a flag and the BBA *ill probably be presenting visitors with some crests and descriptive pamphlets of the village. Since Timothy (Bruce Koehler) was Unavailable to provide musical entertain= theist, disc jockey Clifford Stevens (Steven's Country Gold) will play records instead.