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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-10-31, Page 10Farmers . 'We are ready to receive your Fall Corn Crop We buy, sell, sir,* & custom dry Trucking available A complete line of Stewart seed corn is available RYAN Brussels Walton, Out. Seeforth '8814261 527•0527. Workman of Brussels visited Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller. Mrs. Jack Ferguson, Mrs, Raymond Gowdy and Mrs. Ronald McMichael of Wroxeter were among the Mari-Bel Singers who sang at the Sunday evening service in Brucefield United Church. Mr. Harold Robinson attended a convention in Ottawa and Mrs. Robinson accompanied him. Mr. and Mrs. John McCutcheon spent a couple of days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James. Maloney of Bramalee. Mr. and Mrs. Blake Ferguson of London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Hector Hamilton visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Carman Hamilton of London. Mr. Robt. Harper has returned home from Wingham Hospital. Mr. Woodrow Dustow of Toronto spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Albert Dustow. Mr. Bruce Grainger of Montreal, Que, visited over the weekend with Mrs. Cecil Grainger and also Mr. Cecil Grainger in Wingham hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Scott spent a week at the home of their son Mr. Willia Rea and grandsons Donnie and Billy while Mrs. Rea flew to Los Angeles, Cal, to visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Miller and family of Sudbury visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller and attended the Baldwin-Brears wedding in Forwich United Church. Mrs. Annie Mundell of Hamilton and Mr. Harold Hutton of Wingham visited Saturday withMr.and Mrs. Alvin Mundell. Mr. Wellesley Strong visited Sunday with Mrs. Addison Hutchison and Mr. Stanley Edgar of Molesworth. Mrs. Jean Taylor of Brussels spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar • Dane. The Youth Choir of Trinity Anglican Church in Thornhill provided special music at the Sunday morning service in Knox Presbyterian Church under the direction of Rev. Philip Poole who was also the guest preacher, Miss Bernice Brown of Hamilton spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. John A. Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hockridge of Scarborough visited Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hyndman. County council briefs Huron County council ap- proved a recommendation of the road committee to in- crease the land purchase price for road widenings from $500 an acre to $2,400 an acre plus $12 a rod for fence allowance. If a new fence is to be constructed by county staff at a price of $12 per rod, it will be deducted from the land purchase price. Council approved the pur- chase of a diesel motor grader, complete with snow plow equipment, from Champion Road Machinery Sales Ltd. of Goderich for a tender price of $79,715. The Huron County Library board reported that three branch supervisors over retirement age have agreed to serve another year. They are Mrs. Isabel Scott in the Brucefield branch,. Mrs. Lillian Letherland in Auburn and Miss Minnie McElwain in the Fordwich library, The Wingham District Off- ice of the Ministry of Natural Resources advised council they would agree to grant written permits to trappers on behalf of the count? ity any Agreement Forest. The social services coin- Mittee reported to council that there are 270 county residents presently receiving welfare assistance from the county, an increase of 21 cases over the same period in 1978. Council approved an amendment to the county's official plan changing the designation of the Sandpiper Inn restaurant in Vanastra from service/commercial to institutional. It was reported that a public meeting called to debate the change was attended only by Jack McLachlan, Tuckersmith Township clerk and a planner from the county. The re- classification was requested to pave the way for resale of the restaurant. A tender was accepted from Ross Scott Fuels, Brucefield, to supply indust- rial fuel oil to the Goderich courthouse for the next two years. Huron County Scholar- ships of $150 each were awarded to John Charles Mustard of Brucefield and Linda Marie Blake of Hohnesville, both students at the University of Western Ontario. The same scholar- ship was awarded to Joan L. Coulter of Goderich arid Ron Kaufman of R.R. 2, Gorrie, both students at the Univer- sity of Waterloo and to Margaret Haak of R.R. 2, Clinton, who is attending the Ridgetown College of Agri- cultural Technology. A whirlpool bath has been • Bracelets Chains • Crosses • Earrings donated to riuronview, Clin- ton by the I.O.O.F. and Rebekah Lodges of Huron County. Wayne Lester has been appointed as the admini- strator of Huronview, effect- ive Jan. 1, 1980, In Stock let GET 6011161 ONLY 43 swim to emus 1V • 'lk/lam ltg*It ON190 Pre-Christmas Special ,q,D oli 10K -& 14K Gold Mat'er's Jewellery Where personal service Is still iftwortant BRUSSELS Member B.B.A.. 887.9000 10 — THE BRUSSELS POST, OCTOBER 31, 1979 Children baptized at What can be done about it? Gorrie Anglican (Continued from Page 1) supervision. I think it's got to start with the parents, I really do," she said. One woman suggested a lot of citizens taking on the vandals themselves, but she added that "they're such dangerous characters, you hate to interfere with them." She thought drinking and drugs were responsible for vandals damaging things. "I don't think under normal conditions they would do it," she said. She also suggested that the vandals should be made to work out damages, "but at that time of night, nobody knows who does it," she said. Roy Cousins, a former Brussels reeve from 1946-1955, now residing in Aurora said, "I think the parents are a lot to blame. I don't think they're keeping control of the kids." He also thought we are spending too much money trying to keep the kids occupied and thought if they had more work to do, it might help. NO VANDALISM He said there was practically no vandalism from 1946 to 1955. Neil Adams of R.R. "). Bluevale said he thought we should ha. £he police here more often. "They should be here at the proper times. Say, if they were here at 1:30 in the morning," he said. Two women agreed Brussels should probably have better supervision from the provincial police. "I think citizens are afraid to do anything on their own for retaliatioa, because they just get back at you again," one of them said. She suggested that anybody caught and proven guilty should clean up the damage or else work for the community. One man suggested that all vandalism should be charged to the Ontario govern- ment and if they refused to accept it, it should be passed on to the federal government and when the federal govern- ment got tired of it, it should put all people between certain ages into military service. That same man brought in a clipping from a paper in Scotland about one man's movement to fight vandalism and thuggery there. The plan never got off the ground, but some of the points the man wanted discussed were restoration of hanging and the birch. Following are some of his other suggestions. "I would also like to see children's panels abolished and juvenile courts re-established, parents punished where necessary and the introduction of National Service on a community and military basis. No more than a week should be allowed for payment of fines and there should be heavy penalties for those supplying drink to under age youngsters." "Worthwhile projects like Adventure Schools should be expanded to give youngsters something to expend their energies on. "Schools could also teach children to be good citizens more than they are doing at the moment," DIRECTED AT WHAT? The Post also talked to John Penn, director of the Family and Children's Services Agency in Huron County. "I guess one significant thing is how directive vandalism is--like whether it's directed toward school or some other institution," he said. He said he thought sometimes psychol- ogists and social workers took the vandalism problem too seriously as this sort of thing also went on a long time ago, "When you get into a rural area, it's really hard to pinpoint the cause," he said and suggested looking at things like boredom or lack of parental supervision. He said he thought there were a whole range of reasons why acts of vandalism are committee and suggested: anger at some- one, to get attention--to draw attention to problems. As for a solution to these problems he said, "it depends on what the cause is." If kids have nothing to do, he suggested getting them more involved with community activities. "I know in urban areas, the police have often run boys' clubs," he said. "If it's a family-based problem, I don't think the community could do much, except reporting the kid and watching out for the kid," he said. Key. Dan Sargent of Blyth, a minister who serves the Brussels, Belgrave and Blyth Anglican churches and encourages young people to get involved with the church said, "I guess when it comes right down to it, it's really the parents--the example the child gets from his parents, our society and the peer group pressure as influences. "I think it's a matter of Christian morality which is no longer the standard of our country.'' He said the majority no longer adhere to Christian principles. As an example of this, he pointed out the defacement-of tombstones in a church yard, stating that would have been formerly too sacred, even for a tough kid. "I think what it comes down to in a nutshell is a combination of the fact that parents' Christian morality is lacking and with society's values, is no longer consid- ered the basis on which we behave. On the other hand, peer group pressure leads the best kids astray, because they all want to belong. He said the church was planning on starting a Christian Youth Club for any teenagers 13-19 in the community who want to attend. Correspondent MRS. GEORGE BROWN 335.3424 Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bennet presented for baptism their infant daughter Suzanne Dawn. Rev. Orence Laramie received her into the St. Stephen's Anglican Church by baptism. Following the ceremony a Christening dinner was held at their home with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Strong and Mr. Tom Strong attending. Mr. and Mrs. John Visser, RR2 Gorrie also presented their children Tracey Anne and Timothy John and were baptised by Rev. 0. Laramie. Mrs. Harvey Adams accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Earl King of Harriston on Sunday and visited Mrs. Freda Colvin of Teeswater. The Gorrie United Church women held a successful Bazaar on Saturday. Mr. Allan Morden and Mr. Larry Morden of Ottawa visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Morden. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Smith accompanied by Mrs. Robert Lincoln of Surrey England and Mr. and Mrs. John Alyward, Lincoln. England spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lightfoot of Orillia. Mr. and Mrs. Rick May of Trenton spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nay. Mr. Raymond Gowdy attended a two day Maple Syrup Convention at Dorset. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley R. Ball were guests at the Morris-Hilataeli wedding in Bedford Park United Church, Toronto on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mann, and family spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Weber of Kimberley. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd