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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-05-23, Page 1Village taxes down, B of Elrs. up, BY DEBBIE RANNEY ratepayers after a budget meeting Tuesday Brussels council had some good news night, and some bad news for the village The good news is that the village's CASTING A VOTE — Rev. Gordon early voters out to the Brussels p his ballot in the box as returning Detailed federal election results will (Photo by Langlois) WI raises '1600 for cancer research The Majestic Women's Institute again headed the Cancer Drive in Brussels and the surrounding district. The canvassers helped to put the dtive over the top this year with a total of $1,592.88. The Majestic W.I. appreciate the contributions of .all the doners with a special thanks to the canvassers. This is it! Rain or shine the B.B.A. sponsored Family Carnival Days go on. Come to Brussels this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and join in the fun. It all takes place at the Fair Grounds if the weather is favourable. If it rains the Brussels Morris and Grey Community Centre is the place to be. Enjoy the Imperial Rides Midway. Look things over at the "Trash to Treasure" sale. Who knows but what you may find a valuable treasure there. Some- thing interesting to do or see every day. It all ends up with the Blue Grass Jamboree on Sunday. You can get a bite to eat on the grounds for there will be concessions run by local organizations, where you can satisfy your hunger. ******. The slaughter on Ontario Highways rose alarmingly in the first three months of this year. The main cause, we are told, is not mechanical faults in vehicles, or weather conditions, but the drivers of the vehicles. Carelessness and lack of concentration takes the lives of drivers and passengers. Drive defensively! Drive safely! * * * * * * Strawberries are one of the favourite things of many folks. The season of those lucious red berries will soon be here. You can enjoy them served in style at the Brussels United Church Strawberry and Ham Supper on June 20th. Keep the date in mind. * * * * * * Hey! Hey! Kids! Know what? The Midway will be here this week for Family Carnival Days. In fact it arrives here today (Wednesday), May 23rd. lust think of all the fun you can have with those rides, games, candy floss and who knows what else. You 108th Year — Issue No. 21 William McCall of RR2, Blyth recently had a piece of interesting history to relate to the Brussels Post. On a trip to Disneyland last will find the Midway at the rear of the Brussels Inn and Oldfield Hardware just waiting for you to come and have a good time. ****** Tractors are unsafe vehicles on which to give children a ride. Again last week we read of a six year old boy killed when he fell from the tractor driven by his father. Time and again we read, or hear about, such an accident claiming yet another young life. Still tractor drivers take the risk when a youngster pleads for a ride. Better to disappoint a child than to see him die beneath your wheels. ****** Would you like to win a thousand dollars? No, not in one of the lotteries. Buy a chance where it is more likely to make you a winner. Get a ticket on the 50-50 draw sponsored right here at home by the Brussels-Busiriess Association. The draw will be made on May 27th at the Blue Grass Jamboree. That Blue Grass music is something you fans wilt not want to miss. Get your 50-50 draw tickets quick before they are all gone and you miss your chance to win up to $1,000. * * * * * * It is hard to imagine any sane person becoming so upset about being caught in a gasoline shortage line-up that they would resort to using a gun, injuring people. That is exactly what happened in at least one gas station in California. Some gas station attendants are now wearing guns to prevent robberies and unruly behaviour in long gas lines: So far Canada has not had Such a shortage, If it ever does come - it is to be hoped we do not get such violent reaction from disappointed customers. * * * * * residential mill rate is down 8,76 mills to 41.82 compared with last year's rate of 50.58. This represents a $35 saving for the average taxpayer. The bad news is that school rates have risen 16.54 mills and this represents a $66 increase in taxes for the ratepayer. The village's commercial rate is down 10.09 mills to 49.20 compared with last year's mill of 59.29. Overall, a people with a residential assessment of $4,000 will pay $584.28 in taxes while last year they paid $536.44.. The biggest cut is in the transportation and streetlight budget, set about $13,000 less than last year's. Breaking the mill rates down separately, the county residential rate increased from 20.10 to 24.28 mills and the commercial rate rose from 23.65 to 28.57 mills. The elementary school rate increased from 34.00 residential in 1978 to 44.53 this year and in commercial from 37.78 in 1978 to 49.48 this year. The secondary school rate also increased going from 29.43 residential last year to 35,44 mills in 1979. The commercial secondary school rate jumped from 32.7 to 39.38 mills. The separate school residential rate dropped from 38.4 to 32.27 mills. Council was upset that while it managed to keep the village mill rate down, the school rates seem to be increasing every year. Reeve Cal Krauter said, "We're being ground down. Any further and we won't be ESTABLISHED 1872 BRUSSELS ONTARIO year Mr. McCall inquired about Walt Disney's family living in Canada, and last Friday he received the following letter. Your request left at Walt Disney World for information about the Disney family in Canada has been refered to the Archives for reply, as I am the keeper of the Disney genealogy. Walt Disney's great grandfather, Elias Disney, emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1834. He settled just outside of Holmesville and operated a grist mill. His son, Kepple Disney married Mary Richardson and moved to Bluevale around 1858, and it was there that Walt Disney's father, Elias, was born in 1859. Elias grew up in Bluevale and went to school in Goderich, before moving to Kansas in 1878. Bert Rowden was a distant cousin on the Richardson side. I have never had any .,contact with him so do not know his address. I hope that this information will be of help. Dayid R. Smith Archivist able to manipulate," Councillor Gord Workman suggested they should let the county school board know that they're upset with this. Councillor George Cousins proposed starting a resolution that the school board collect its own taxes but was told it would probably go under File 13 anyway. When Councillor Workman pointed out that some municipalities do let the school boards collect their own taxes, the reeve told him that the boards had to agree to do so. It was also pointed out that the town has no control over the increased mill rates for the schools. The village budget for this year has been set at $241,550 compared with a total laSt year of $261,117. Council also talked about some of the vandalism that has been going on in the village such as cars speeding through the village and running over property. Council decided to make the public aware of the fact that all councillors are against breaking the law and would report any infractions or support anyone else who reported *NOlem. They decided to call attention to this by putting an ad in the Brussels Post. Separate board won't cut convention attendance BY WILMA OKE The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School board voted against reducing the number of trustees- permitted to attend conferences outside of Ontario, but in Canada, at a board session Monday night. The amendment to the board policy was defeated when Trustee Ronald Marcy of Stratford, on the Policy and By-law commit- tee, presented a number of changes to various policies when up-dating them. The proposal to cut the number of trustees flying to various conferences outside the province was made because of the cost factor. At present three trustees and one administrator are allowed to attend at board expense and the committee proposed that a limit be set at two trustees and one administrator. The board set the policy that attendance at a conference outside of Canada by either a trustee or an administrator must first receive board approval. Director of Education, William Eckert, objected to having to get board approval before he could allow a member of the teaching staff or administration to attend a conference outside of Canada because he has control of that budget, He said, "I feel that I should be judge of that." The trustees' honorarium was increased to $180 per month from $162,The allowance for the board chairman was increased to $240 from $216. both retroactive to January 1, 1979. (Continued on Page 12 Hazelwood was just one of the oils Tuesday morning. Here he drops officer Mrs. Helen Elliott looks on. appear next week. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1979 Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy Brussels Post Disney family lived in Bluevale LET'S EAT — Everybody seemed to be pretty hungry as they' dug into the supper provided by the Melville Presbyterian Church on Wednesday night. (Brussels Post Photo) .',!..:49!'41'64uS4.,..