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While visions 'of sugar- -
plums may be dancing in
some people's heads, as
Christmas is fast approach-
ing the Brussels 'Post. also
needs some visionary: - •
Could you help out. by
giving us some ideas for
stories for our Christmas
issue?
If you know someone
who miles their, - own decor.:.-
atiOns, or has an unusual way
of celebrating Christmas, or
anyone who'd make an inter-
esting Christmas story, giVe
the paper a call.
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Shiiit Shots 108th Year — Issue No. 48
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1979
FUN AT THE. PLAYSCHDOL...,The thtee teachers, . 'WC Jane
'Mdtltielai, and Lynn Rowe engaged the children
at the Brussels brayabhoot in a game Of .reithet to the Dell on- Monday
The: playtdhbol has been experiencing .nonie OttibleMS lately,
but, patents' ihdtdated their commitment. toward it. (teutileti 008t.
1:)fidt0)'
by Evelyn Kennedy
Few changes as
Grey adopts
new assessment
Calling Senior Citizens: To not forget the
Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, December 4th
at 12:30. Come enjoy the meal to be served
in, the Legion Hall, catered by the ladies of •
the Legion Auxiliary.
* * * *
The Canadian Football classic, the Grey
Cup game, is over. At the end the Montreal
Alouettes had to swallow their pride as'
they ran to the dressing room. There they
could hide, their tears of disappointment,
try to drown their heartache of defeat in
champagne that was meant 'for a victory
celebration. It was the Edmonton Eskimos
who drank from the Victory Cup and
drenched fellow team members and inter-
viewers with the bubbly. I enjoyed it all
along with them. As an Easterner there
was some guilt felt in cheering for the
Eskimos. Montreal has won both the
football Grey Cup and the hockey Stanley
Cup,' so often that it seemed time that some
other team should take the Grey Cup home
for two consecutive years. However, it was
an exciting game to watch. Either team
could have won it in the last/few ,minutes.
Montreal might have done just that if. one
of their own misguided players had not'
been guilty of a penalty that wiped out a'
long runback touchdown:
***so*
Pity parents this Christmas season.
Much of the Christmas TV advertising is
aimed directly at children to influence
them in what they want, and expect, for
Christmas. With all kinds of electronit
gadgets hoW On the toy market, it is going
to be a very expensive Christmas for
parents whose children are fascinated by
these intriguing, toys and games. It is easy
to imagine my younger grandsons, all
eager and quick to learn, (they take after
their grandmother; of course) setting their
hearts on just such things. Be prepared
parents, for tears of disappointment if they
are not tinder the Christmas tree.
rf si *
It has been reported that a life span of
150 years is quite pOsSible. HOW many
people would Want to live for 150 year0 It •
might be great to look forward to if we
could keep ourselves in excellent• physical
condition and mentally alert for all those
years. Many of us are happy to have
passed over three score years and ten in
that condition. With the world confused
with troubles, as it now is, the financial
problems that produce all kinds of labour
troubles and the ever-present threat of
nuclear war hovering over us, the prospect
of such a lifetime is not as enticing as it
might be.
******
If you are, for some reason, doing
zig-zag erratic driving, do not refuse to
take a breath test if requested by a
policeman to do so. You have no right to
refuse without a reasonable cause. You are
not' under arrest so cannot refuse to take
the test With the excuse you want legal
advice before you do.
****** •
We are almost at the end of the Year of
the Child. That does not mean that we
should forget about what happens to the
children of the world, or our own, in the
years to come. A great many of our own
children do not lack for material things, but
these are 'not their greatest need. Above all
other things they need love, understanding
guidance and discipline from parents,
teachers, and all adults with whom they
come in contact. Children must be made
mire that discipline is enforced not in
anger, by parents but with affectionate
regard for their well-being, that they may
grow to adulthoOd with self-respect for the
person they have beeonie. We Must
remember that although young, they are
people too. Their rights' must be consid-
ered along with our own, Their most
important right is to know that we love
therm
* * *
I am not aware if Grey Cup fever was
rampant in 'Brussels on Sunday afternoon
or not, Yet I feel it must have been. When
made a quick trip down town at half time
the streets Were strangely quiet and empty
Which is not usual oft a beautiful bright
Sunday afternoon.
Grey Township council decided to adopt
Section' 86 tax assessment at a special
meeting held last Monday night with Floyd
Jenkins and Ted East from the regional
assessment office in Goderich.
In the residential class which has 53 per
cent of the units with very little change,
there will be 125 units coming down a total of
$4,716 and 165-units going up a total of
$4,679.
Thirty-one units in the business and
commercial class will be coming down a total
of $2,028 and 17 units will be going up a total
of $2,130 with 37 per cent showing very little
change.
In the farming class there will be 66 per
cent with little or no change. There will be
343 units coming down `a total of $28,113 and
422 units going up 'a total of $28,200.