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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-08-01, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1072 4' Brussels Pos BRUSSELS 108th Year - Issue No. 31 ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1979 Car forced off road . Five unhurt SEWERS UNDER THE RIVER — Turnberry St.. and Other parts of Brussels look a bit like a battlefield recently as sewer construction continues, well ahead of schedule. Here workmen are running sewers under the Maitland. The river was first dammed so that no water could interfere as the pipe was laid. (Photo by Langlois) Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy Five Brussels residents escaped serious injury in a one-car accident early Sunday morning. A car driven by Bruce Blake, 21, of R.R. 2, Brussels, was northbound on County Rd. 12, Howick Township, when it was forced off the• road by a southbound vehicle. The Blake car entered the east ditch and rolled over. Wingham OPP reported approx- imately $7,000 damage to the 1979 Pontiac driven by Mr. Blake., The four passengers hi the vehicle were Keith McLean of Brussels, Murray Duch- arme of Brussels, Gerald Ryan of R.A. 1, The big weekend in Brussels is coming up. The big weekend where 16 teams will be playing in the Ninth Annual Softball Tournament which is sponsored by the Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Committee. The tournament was the brainchild of Max Watts who was on the recreation committee nine years ago and Wayne Lowe who still is on the committee. Although Brussels doesn't have a team anymore there is a team from Walton playing in the tournament which will probably have a few players from Brussels on it. Karen Hastings of the recreation committee said that two years ago 24 teams played in the tournament and some of them had to be taken over to Walton ball park but that was just too much to handle and keep track of so the number of teams has remained at 16 ever since. It's an invitational bail tournament in which the same teams are invited back every year and if some of them can't make it new teams are invited. "It's been a success each year. Everybody Walton and William Diehl of Monkton. There were only minimal injuries to three of the car's occupants, who were taken to Wingham hospital. • No charges have been laid in the accident since the driver of the southbound vehicle is unknown. On Friday, JUly 27, a vehicle driven by Ross Rennick, proceeding north on Turn- berry Street, Brussels; dropped " into a construction excavation. The mishap result- ed in approximately $100 in damages to the Rennick vehicle. has enjoyed it. They think the ball diamond is really good," Wayne Lowe said. He added that the prize money is good too, but Wayne thinks the teams come because they have a good time. The teams (Continued on Page 3) Barn burns The barn on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Lazenby,' R. R. #4, Brussels was completely destroyed by fire Friday morning of last week, When Mr, Lazenby went to the barn to feed and water chickens, housed in the Upper portion of the barn, he fOund it filled with smoke, The Blyth fire department were unable to contain the blaze and the barn and contents were totally destroyed. One hundred chickens and a large number of pigs were lost in the tire, Leaving Wales we travelled through the Radnor Forest to Knighton on the border. Knighton, as so many places we saw, seemed to cling to a steep hill, climbing up and up. On to Ludnov.., an old town on the Rivers. Corrie and (Fe me. through Tenbury Wells to the cathedral city of Worcester on the River Severn, to Warwick, a picturesque town on the River Avon, where we spent the night. * * * * * * While in Edinburgh we attended a Scottish night. It featured songs, dances, jigs, the pipes, and the Ceremony of the Haggis. At the close of the entertainment those in the audience were served Haggis and mashed potatoes. My apology to you. Scots,who enjoy Haggis. I could only manage one taste and had to leave the rest. ****** Countryside things remembered from our tour: the beauty of the English Lake country; the many lakes, streams; the rolling land and hillsides aglow with an unfamiliar shrub in bloom in brilliant yellow. We did not see field after field in England, Scotland or Wales, of growing crops as one does here. It was mostly pasture land where there were herds of dairy cows. Apparently, as we saw on English TV, there is a flourishing dairy industry in England. Grazing sheep we saw by the thousands in northern England, Scotland and Wales. Front these come the famous Scottish woolens. The stone walls that fenced fields in Scotland were built by hand many years ago from flat stones picked from the land on which they stand. They are dry walls, no adhesive of any kind was used when they were put up. It is amazing to see them still stknding in good condition. The farms in Wales tucked in lush green valleys, far below us, surrounded by mountain slopes. * * * * * On the last day of the tour we were soon aware of the Shakespearean influence in the pleasant Warwickshire countryside as. we approached Stratford - upon - Avon, the traditional' birthplace of "The Bard" Will- iam Shakespeare. We saw his birthplace. It is a half-timbered building in Henley Street. At the rear are beautiful flower gardens and trees. The predominant note of the town's architectural style is the half-timbered pattern of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. While here we visited Anne "Hathaway's Cottage. This picturesque thatched farm- house was the home of Shakespeare's wife. It is a mile from the centre of Stratford - upon -Avon, of traditional sixteenth century construction, furnished from the same period, surrounded by a beautiful garden of flowers, shrubs and trees, and orchard. ****** Just after leaving Woodstock, which we passed through after leaving Stratford-upon- Avon, we saw the great pile of Blenheim Palace, the home of the Marlborough family and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. He buried in nearby Bladon, in the quiet country churchyard of his choice. We visited Oxford, one of the famous cities of Britain. Oxford University dates back to the 13th century. Leaving Oxford our route took us across the Oxfordshire landscape and the Cheltern Hills and soon we were back once again in London. Big tournament here * * * * * Our week-long coach tour was an enjoy- able trip. We saw marvellous seenery, visited many interesting villages, towns and cities, The one-thing to be regretted was that in covering such great distances there was, too little time to spend in each of them and so missed things we would like to have seen, and the opportunity to meet some of the residents and talk to them. (Continued on Page 12;