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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-09-12, Page 3Farmers... We will be receiving *White Beans *Corn Trucking is available for pickgip & *Slivery RYAN DRYING LTD. Seaforth 887-9261- 527-0527 Walton, Ont. Bet&S$018, Some of the suggested uses in the hall if it were fixed up were catering to small banquets and possibly fowl suppers if the church would like to have it, games room downstairs, a drop-in centre for the elderly and using it for meetings. The committee is now to look into repair costs and different types of grants available to them. Possibly a New Horizons group will be started. "I think all the people that were there definitely wanted the hall. But if we don't get the support, I don't know how we're going to keep it open," he said. He said the number of people who attended the meeting wasn't many for the 'number of people it (the hall decision) involves. Win in crop contest Results from the Field Crop Competition White Beans at the Brussels Fall Fair were Neil Hemingway, Jeffery Cardiff, John Van Vliet, Leslie Knight, Murray Cardiff, Laurie Black, Dale Knight, Jack Knight, Bob Wheeler. In order to qualify the contestant was required to show 1/2 bushel. Classified Ads pay dividends. :rya. Grey debates foam insulation merits BY DEBBIE RANNEY About 15 people including firemen from Grey Township, Brussels and Exeter crowded the Grey Township Council Chabmers Tuesday night to listen to Cliff Strassburger from Strassburger Supplies Ltd. in London defend the use of urethane insulation in buildings. Grey Township has a statement on its building permits which prohibits the use of urethane foam. The present council did not make the rule. Mr. Strassburger asked how the rule came about. Reeve Roy Williamson told him that the danger in using the insulation was of concern to firemen, and Grey Township Fire Chief Gordon Engel told him that through the Fire Marshall's office, firemen had been led to believe that a poisonous gas comes off the insulation and they had been told not to go into a building that had that type of insulation. Mr. Strassburger said there are definitely gases or toxic fumes that come off the product when it burns but the percentage of toxics was not nearly as bad as that coming off the rug in the Grey council chambers. "There's toxic off any type of building materials," he said. He added that the insulation should have some kind of coating on top of it so as not to leave the foam exposed. "The one thing we as an industry have taken a stand on is that you've got to indicate that urethane foam is combustible and we are recommending coating." He said that the problem is that some insurance companies have accepted the exposed insulation. "Properly done and covered you've got a good system. It's not a hazard if done corrently," he said. Grey Township building inspector Gerald Exel told Mr . Strassburger that the former Grey council made the decision to put the statement on the building permits about the urethane insulation. LIVES OF FIREMEN "They were not interested in how good the insulation was but about the lives of our firemen," he said. He added that he thought if somebody put urethane in a building they should indicate on a sign that the building had that kind of insulation. Mr. Strassburger said that was absur d and asked if you would indicate a house that had combustible furniture inside? Dave Hastings, Brussels fire chief said firemen there hadn't run into any problems with the insulation. "I think people forget about the breathing apparatus which is what we got them for. We're not against it. If there's a house burning, we're going to try and put it out." Councillor Ed Krauter said one point in Mr. Strassburger 's favor was that he'd say most farmers didn't expect people to risk their lives to save livestock. "The way I look at it if it's gone through Melville Church W.M.S. met for the first meeting of the Fall season on. Friday, Sept. 7 with President Mrs. Gerald Gibson in the chair. Twenty-seven calls on sick and shut-ins were recorded. Mrs. Gibson read some items from the annual report half an inch of gyprock it (the building ) is gone anyway," fire chief Hastings said. Mr. Strassburger said that their only concern was that the township was still allowing styrofoarn and eliminating urethane foam. He said it just didn't add up when both kinds are combustible. "We'd just like to see urethane insulation get back into your township. The basic idea we're affirming tonight is that if handled properly it (urethane foam) doesn't increase the hazards in that structure," he said. Mr. Strassburger said the urethane industry was trying to get together with the firemarshall's office and the insurance companies to find out what the concerns about the urethane insulation were. HAMLET Council also had a delegation from about nine ratepayers concerned about the possibility that Moncrieff would be designate and urban residential area and made into a hamlet. This 'possibility had beef, presented at a public meeting as a proposed amendment to Grey Township's Secondary Plan. The delegation at council's regular meeting on Tuesday night didn't want this change to go through as they didn't want their agricultural area to be restricted. Huron County Planner Gary Davidson had said at the public meeting that if the hamlet was made into an urban residential area agricultural practices could be restricted up to 2000 feet away from the area. Councillor Charlie Thomas told the delegation that if everybody wanted to leave the area in Moncrieff designated agricultural as it is now he couldn't see any problem. One of the men presented council with seven letters from people who were pr otesting the proposed amendment. He said their lawyer had told them they should bring letters and register them with the township to be kept for further use and reference. Council then made a motion that council would not proceed with the proposed amendment in the Moncrieff area and that it will remain an agricultural area. It was pointed out by councillor Ed Krauter that if the area remained this way they probably wouldn't be able to get severances anymore as the Grey Township Secondary Plan restricts severances in an agricultural area. Council also had a complaint from a resident of Ethel who was concerned with dogs running loose in the village. Council advised him to find out from the police village trustees if there was a by-law stating that dogs in the village had to be tied up. The clerk read a petition from some Cranbrook people asking for four way stop signs at the intersection there. It was decided that the clerk should get information from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for the correct by-law to do this. THE BRUSSELS POST, SEPTEMBER 12, 1979 3 THE BROWNIES ARE BACK — It's a new season for the Brussel:. Brciwnies and at registration day on Monday, the Brownies had a relaxing first day singing songs and playing games. Helping the Brownies out with their games and songs Were leaders Shirley Magee and Debbie Trol lope. (Brussels Post Photo) New kitchen suggested for Bluevale hall About 25 people attended a meeting the Bluevale hall Tuesday night and it was decided that a committee appointed at a July meeting should look into the costs of repairing the hall. At the July meeting, a committee had been set up to find out who would use the hall if it stayed open. Keith Moffatt, a director on the hall board said that the facilities in the hall were not up-to-date and in its current condition the hall would not meet with the fire marshall's approval for some of the uses suggested, such as a catering hall. He said that with the kitchen located downstairs everybody felt it wasn't very handy to carry food upstairs if they wanted to have a catering group in the build- ing, It was also felt that the floors downstairs in the building made it too cold to play euchre there. Mr. Mof- fatt said that from the information gathered it was felt that the hall would be used a lot more if the kitchen was upstairs and that the basement could be used for cards if some type of flooring. Was put in and if it was insulated. Downstairs and upstairs :washrooms were also suggested. It was also felt that if the building met with health and fire regu- lations that it could possibly get a social licence for Christmas parties, small groups and other things. / Plumbing Flepalit & Installations • Water Softeners Mervin A. Jones Plumbing & Heating ..„874685 WMS studies China Huron FURNITURE Hotel 1 Seaforth m VALUES! Hwy. #8 Cioettler 1 iii High Quality Low Prices Furniture ... GO G ETTLER, Q Otibilvt , F i n e Furniture MAIN STREET 346.220 Closed Mon. Open ail day Wed., Filo night tiii 9 pan,. DRIVE a trrrict and SAVE a LOT Of the Western Division of the W.M.S. Miss Isabella Hunter, President of the Western Division, is visitng in the East and reported the progress of the Korean Presbyterian Church. The flow of Christian literature into these new churches is assisted by grants from the church in Canada. The devotions were in charge of Mrs. W.C. King, who read the scripture. Mrs. Amy Speir read an interesting story of the writing of the familiar poem, "A House by the side of the Road" written by W. Foss and finished by reading the poem. Mrs, Jean McDonald led in prayer. Mrs. Ruth Martin discussed the fifth chapter of the study book on "Contemporary China". A very rosy picture is painted of life under Communist vale but it is being contradicted by present world happenings. Their theme seems to be "Religion is to be bi-passed." keruetuberi It takes- but a ilettietit to place a giliSSelS- POSt Want Ad „„ Dial Brussels 887.6641. A