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SMASHED-IN — Arena manager Hank Exel discovered this hole in the
wall of the men's washroom in the Brussels, Morris-and Grey
Community Centre after the teen dance on Friday night.
work, carpet' 'tooling, rug
hooking and needlework.
The Ronnenberg Insur-
ance Agency gets a new
owner as Murray Siddall of
Mississauga buys the busi-
ness from Glenn and Clar-
ence Ronnenberg.
Huron County Federation
of Agriculture members are
asked to oppose a proposed
restaurant which would abut
the site of the Goderich
Elevator and Transit Co.
Limited and their grain hand-
ling facilities as the land use
committee of the F of A feela
the restaurant could interfere
with farmers' livelihood.
JANUARY 10,1979
Brussels council increases
salaries for its members and
village employees by
roughly 6% per cent.
The Brussels Btsiness
A.ssociaton lists its aims and
objectives.
Five guns are stolen from
Oldfield's Hardware in
Brussels. ,
Nancy McPherson of the
Rural Outreach Devlopment
Project talks to Mortis
council about the results of a
Survey on transportation
needs in Huron County.
Morris council makes corn-
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With last year
ending on a
happy note,
we're tooting
the horn in
anticipation of
a harmonious ,
1980.
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Brussels in 1979
Snow squalls close schools in January
1
JANUARY 3, 1979
Building permits in Brus-
sels in 1978 double those of
1977. In 1978 the town
clerk's office issued $3611,155
tiisq
, permits compared to
80,625 in 1977.
• 11he Brussels :Maple Villa
Ck: receives a ;New Horiz-
sots' grrtnt of $31933 for its
.HealPh and Fitness Club and
will use the money to estab-
lish activities t including
movies, •' shuffleboard, golf
putting, ertercise program,
social get-tbgethers and a
crafts progrAn't, with leather
mittee appointments and de-
lays on setting gradermen's
wages until they get further
information. •
Cattle in the north part of
Huron County are placed
under guarantee for rabies.
JANUARY 17, 1979
Snow squalls and high
winds cause Brussels and
area schools to close.
Grey Township council
,passes by-law to increase
employee's salaries. The
new salaries are: Reeve -
$1,200; Deputy-reeve and
councillors - $1,000; Road
superintendent - $11,298;
mad labour - $ 5.50 per
hour; maintenance operator -
$5.85 per hour; waste site
attendant - $4.75 per hour;
office help - $4.20 per hour;
Berk - $11,500. .
Wingham hospital gets
new volunteer chaplain ser-
vice. •
JANUARY 24, 1979
Brussels residents suffer
the loss of hydro and water
for three hours when a
branch falls on a hydro
transformer.
Brussels area hospitals
'may lose beds because of the
Ontario Health Ministry's
new budget formula which
allowed 3.5 active treatment
beds per 1,000. population.
Brussels council receives
only one application for the
position of by-law officer.
JANUARY 31, 1979
Murray Cardiff of R.R. 1,
Ethel is elected chairman of '
the Ontario White Be
Producers Marketing Boa d,
replacing W.L. Sherman' of
Kent County.
Hydro rates in Brussels
are to increase 'as of Febru-
ary 1.
Huron County Council
agrees to spend $63,000 to
get meals to Huronview.
Huron County Council ap-
proves a $25 increase in
severances which means the
total cost of getting a sever-
ance will be $125.
FEBRUARY 7,1979
Brussels gets some posi-
tive news on the sewers after
a four year wait as tenders.
for the sewer system are
supposed to be opened in
Toronto, on February 15,
according to a Ministry of
Environment letter.
Brussels council reviews
its insurance coverage with
Dave Reed of Cowan Insur-
ance and Jim Cardiff of
, Cardiff and Mulvey Insur-
!ance.
Huron County Council
learns that it can spend
1 $25,000 and save the county
housing industry millions of
dollars in interest if approval
power for housing projects in
Huron County is turned over
to County Council.
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