HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-12-26, Page 13Aug. 15/79
THE FINAL PAYMENT — Roy Cousin; first
president of the Lions Club in 1946;, presented
Jim Prior, chairman of the arena building fund
committee with a cheque for $4,220.80 to pay
off the final debt remaining on the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Community Centre. The
cheque was presented at the Lions. Club
Elimination Draw on Saturday night.
September 5/79
BACK TO READIN', WRITIN' AND 'RITHMETIC — Brenda Richmond,
a Grade 8 student at Brussels Public School, escorts Heather and Natasha
McDonald and Dana Stevenson to school Tuesday for the first day of the
fall term. .(Photo by Langlois)
Oct. 3/79
HMM, WHAT SHALL I DO NEXT? — That's what Erica McDonald
seems to be asking as she took advantage of some of the things the new
playschool in BrUssels will offer when she attended the registrMion with
her mother oh Friday at St. John's Anglican church.
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THE BRUSSELS POST DECEMBER 26, 1979 13
2 BPS Kindergartens
SEPTEMBER 26, 1979
Attendance is over 2000 at
the Brussels fair.
Brussels people are gener-
ous in providing Wintario
tickets so that the Huron
County library can take ad-
vantage of the half back
program on Canadian pro-
ducts offered by the provinc-
ial government in order to
buy records. The Brussels
people provide 150 tickets.
'Ontario Hydro Chairman
Hugh • Macaulay speaks a-
bRut nuclear power at a
meeting of the Ontario Mun-
icipal Electrical Association
held in Brussels.
OCTOBER 3, 1979
Brussels council has a)
deputation from Greg Smith
of Arteeka Canine Control
'Who offers his dog control
services to the village and
council decides to discuss the
matter at the next meeting.
Ian DesLaurier, resources
manager with the Maitland
Valley Conservation Author-
ity, talks to. Brussels council
about the proposed flood
plain mapping for the village
which will use both the 1 n
100 years flood plain and the
Hurricane Hazel flood line.
Brussels Public School kin-
dergarten boasts huge enrol-
ment of 29 and has to be
divided into two classes.
Morris Township council
turns down a request by the
Citizens Action Committee to
provide funds so that the
committee can proceed with
court action in an effort to
save beds at the Wingham
and District Hospital.
$10 in small change is
stolen from a pop machine at
Brussels Motors.
Joan Bernard tells about
the Ontario Massed Legions
Pipes acid Drums trip to
Scotland.
OCTOBER 10,1979
Vandals break Malcolm
Jacobs Harness and Saddlery
Shop window for the second
week in a row.
Playschool is off to a good
Start as 17 enroll for the first
week.
Henry Exel of the Lions
Club approaches the BBA
with the idea of having a
Home and Garden show in
the spring.
Residents of Brussels and
area enjoy a Scottish Celidh
on the weekend.
Huron County Council
changes its maximum fine
for illegally cutting trees
from $500. to $5,000.
OCTOBER 17, 1979
Brussels Santa Claus par-
ade committee decides on
December 8 date for Santa's
visit.
The Lorne Humphrey sub-
division in Belgrave receives
OMB approval.
Ethel Brown is the Post's
first Gorrie correspondent.
The Women's Institute
celebrates its 40th anniver-
sary with dinner at the
Olympia restaurant, then
members travel to Blyth to
hear the Woodstock Choral-
aires .
OCTOBER 24, 1979
Morris Township council
discusses the township's
equalization factor with.
Floyd Jenkins and Ken
Ileagan from the regional
assessment office in God-
erich.
The Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority (MVCA)
works to control erosion a-
long the Belgrave creek and
at the time men from the
Ministry of Natural Re-
sources (MNR). Work on the
creek to make it a more
viable trout stream.
The Brussels Arthritic Soc-
iety raises $816.94 in its blitz
around Brussels and area.
The Brussels Ladies Auxil-
iary for the Brownies and
Girl Guides decides to hold a
Christmas Concert as a fund-
raising effort to adopt a
foster child;
Huron Federation of Agri-
culture elects new slate of
officers at its annual meeting
held in Brussels.
OCTOBER:Ai, 1979
A family of Laotian re
fitgees--the Manichanh &In-
dy moves into the Brussels
area and settles into a home
owned by Arthtit Jones on
County Road 19 between
Molesworth and Ethel.
Brussels area residents are
interviewed for possible sol-
utions to the vandalism prob-
lem.
Rev. Dan Sargent asks for
increased enrolment to keep
the Brussels playschool oper-
ating.
County council sets new
by-law to update its method
of establishing hospital
grants which says council
will now pay a grant up to a
maximum of 37.5 per cent of
the paid provincial subsidy.
, NOVEMBER 7,1979
Mrs. Stuart McNair tells of
her visit to her brother's
grave in France and Mrs.
Clarke Matheson tells of her
remembrances of the war for
a Remembrance Day story
for the Post.
Huron County planner
Roman Dsusz presents Brus-
sels council with the first
draft of the zoning map for
the village.
Morris Council discusses
land severances for Bill Arm-
strong and Wayne and Est-
her Cantelon,
Former Brussels resident
James McNeil, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James McNeil of
Brussels and now a teacher
in Hanover is a nominee for
the Dick Asninall Memorial
Award presented an-
nually to an educator in Grey
County, for an outstanding
contribution to education
during the previous school
,year.
Kevin, Darlene and Mich-
ael Bishop, children of Mr.
'and Mrs. Clarence Bishop of
Ethel, find a balloon launch-
ed by the Detroit Public
School System in a field on'
'the farm of their uncle Jack,
Bishop on Concession 8, Lot
'12 of Grey Township. -
NOVEMBER 14,1979
Brussels organizations and
Brussels and area residents
lay wreaths aegemembranee
Day services on Sundajr".....
Bevan Elliott of Brussels is
honored with his 50 years pin
by members of Brussels Leg-
ion Branch 218 at his home
on Saturday night.
Three fires occur in Bel-
grave within a period of one
week. They include a fire in
Clarence Hanna's workshop,
fire in the basement of the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Moran and fire at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Mathers who live on the
second concession of Morris
Township.
Darwin McCutcheon, son
of Frank and Betty McCutch-
eon of Brussels triumphs in
the hockey world and plays
for the Kitchener Rangers.
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