HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-12-26, Page 12Aug. 1/79
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)
ay your
New Year be a
beautiful balloon
of bright and
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12 — THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 26, 1979
Brussels Ontario Scholars in August
AUGUST 8, 1979
Malcolm Jacobs calls the
vacant Masters Plastics
building "a firetrap and a
deathtrap to our children,"
as Brussels council prepares
to discuss what to do about
the building at a meeting of
council.
Wingham is the winning
team at the Intermediate
Men's Softball. Tournament
in Brussels.
Ted Cowan of Brussels and
partner Sid Strange of La
Salle place second in the
expert class in the MattaWa
River Canoe Race.
Jerry Bremner of Brussels
wins the open class champ-
ionship at the Canadian Nat-
ional Junior Moto Cross
Championships in Elder-
grove, B.C.
The Post explores some of
the history of Belgrave.
Representatives for the
Maitland Valley Conserv-
ation authority construct a
watershed tour for the Auth-
ority's member municipal-
ities, engineering firms, the
Ontario Ministries of Agri-
culture and Food, Natural
Resources and Environment,
and the Maitland Conser-
vation Foundation.
AUGUST 15,1979
East Wawanosh and Mor-
ris Township agree to share
50 per cent of the operating
Costs of the Belgrave Com-
munity Centre and to a
number of other proposals of
the East Wawanosh Rem,
atlon Committee in an effort
to offset a $2000 deficit on
the centre.
Some students of F.E.
Madill Secondary School in
Wingham are named as Ont-
ario scholars and included in
the list is Joan Huether of
Brussels and Steve Johann of
RR 1, Wroxeter.
O.P.P. Sargent Roy And-
erson talks to Brussels coun-
cil about complaints in the
village and police coverage of
the village.
Mrs. B. Kerr of RR 5,
Brussels is named as a new
leader for the La Leche
League of Huron County.
Jeffrey and Bradley Cook,
sons of Arnold Cook of
Belgrave have the top index-
ing boar at the Ontario
R.O.P. Swine Test Station.
The Brussels Lions Club
pays off debt on the Brussels
Morris and Grey Community
Centre with the presentation
of a cheque for $4,220.80 to
Jim Prior, chairman of the
arena building fund commit-
tee.
AUGUST 22, 1979
Farmers air their com-
plaints at a meeting on Grey
Township's Secondary Plan.
Brussels Reeve and clerk
get invited to Brussels, Bel-
gium.
Local residents volunteer
their services to help out
victims of the Woodstock
tornado disaster.
Four generations of the
Knight family get together in
honor of wedding anniver
saries. One of the couples
being honored was "Russel
and Ella Knight who will
celebrate their 60th anniver-
sary in October.
AUGUST 29, 1979
Five Brussels area young
people are injured as the
result of a two car collision in
Morris Township.
Edwin krauter Of Ethel is
offered over $1 million for his
farm.
Helen Dobson of Ethel is
the overall winner for the
second year in a row when
the Brussels Horticultural
Society holds its annual
flower show and ham and
turkey supper.
Residents of Morris and
Grey Township meet to
discuss plans for a new
Walton library.
St. Ambrose in Brussels
and the Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic parish in Wingham
make plans to sponsor two
Southeast Asian and refugee
families.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1979
Enrolment is up at Brus-
sels and Belgrave schools
and down slightly at the
Walton Public School.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1979
BBA decides on a new
promotional drive for bus-
inesses, a1100 a week draw.
Brussels council decides to
write letters to a number of
people informing them they
were contravening a zoning
by law by carrying on bus-
inesses in a residential area.
Grey Township council de-
bates for the merits of foam
insulation.
Bluevale people appoint a
committee to look into the
costs of repairing the Blue=
vale hall.
Property tax equalization
factors are explained to Hur-
on County Council and the
townships are hit hard.
Lila Golf is honored upon
her retirement as caretaker -,
of the senior citizen's apart-
ment building.
BrusSels area farmers win
prizes at CA, BOdmin farms
with their cattle and Jan Van
Vliet with his swine.
SEPT. 19, 1979
Joanne King tells of the
reeve, clerk and their wives
trip to Brussels, Belgium
where they were given royal
treatment.
A playschool is to start in
Brussels on October 1, with
Mrs. Colleen Rue, Mrs. Lynn
Rowe and Mrs. Irene Mc-
Donald of Brussels as the
leaders.
The new idea orig-
inates with Rev. Dan Sargent
who had started a similar
school up north.
Lorne Strickler of RR 2,
Brussels shoots a 503 pound
black bear on a hunting trip
with his wife Arlene and
their friends Clayton and
Dawn Riley of RR 4, Sea-
forth.
Classified Ads pay dividends
Liquidation
SALE
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Sat. Jan. 5
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