The Brussels Post, 1980-03-19, Page 1Community
program for Cranbro
as if they let a contractor working regular
daytime hours do it.
Finally it was decided to send out letter to
different -area contractors inviting them to
tender on the job stating labor and material
costs, and to hold a public meeting in two
weeks time to once again discuss the
building.
NEW ROAD SUPERINTENDENT—
Lloyd Michie of RR4,
Brussels just became Morris Town-
ship's new road superintendent.
Lloyd who is a graduate of grade 12
and took one .year of agricultural
college at Centralia has been
farming in Mori:is Township for the
past 10 years. He said the road
superintendent job appealed to him
and he knows the township well
enough that he felt he could handle
the job. He and_his wife Nancy have
three children, not two as reported
in last week's Post.
DROPPING THE PUCK—Gord Finch, president of the Brussels
Optimists dropped the puck for the official opening of the sixth annual
Optimist Atoms tournament on Saturday: Chris Warus of Listowel and
Scott. Garrow.of Goderich (number 9)i.prepare for the face-off. (Photo by
Lang °is
109th Year Issue No. 12
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1980
• A small crowd of approximatelY 15 people
showed up at a public meeting at the Walton
Hall'onWednesday ,night tOdiscuss the new
• library and community centre for Walton:
At the last ptiblic meeting, it had been
decided to go with a one-storey building and
to get some estimated costs on it. The
building which was finally decided upon
would include an activity room which could
contain, a library and be a meeting place;
iktiitecsh.en, lunch counter and bathroom facil-
One contractor gave them an estimated
The use of community halls in small and said that if they had some prograin here ball park figure Of $30,000 for everything
hamlets seemed to be on the decline until they hired someone, such as a playground included in the building, a figure that most
recently. Now it seems everyone is interest- leader they could-be eligible for a !/3 grant on of the people at the meeting seemed,to think
ed in fixing up these halls and making them leadership costs._ was too expensive.
useful again and the people of Cranbrook It was decided to set up committees for It was explained to the group that- a proved to be no exception on Friday night. programs and a number of people had portable classroom ha .d been looked at as a On Friday night, about 40 people got volnnteered to server
together to discuss what improvements
could be made to the‘Cranbrook CoMmunity B
Hall and what future uses -could be made of russe- s truc
After bteaking up into discussion groups, • •
Sto I uses such as family dances, games for young nic, the crowd came up with some possible future
people (such as tennis, weightlifting), teen
dances, concerts for local' talent, bingos; a J.C. McNeil recently brought the following
coffee cltib3 summer playschool. (ages ,itern of interest into the Post:
maybe 4-8) and community Meetings. Some "In the August 24, 1977 Brussels Post,was
imptovements suggested for the building a picture of a 1936 Ford truck owned by Jim
were: roof, ceiling, floor and door repairs; McNeil of Brussels.
kitchen and. washrboin improvements. The This truck was on lease to a Hollywood
group was also going to, look into liquor movie company for seven weeks at that time
liceneing standards. and was driven by Mickey Rooney for the
Melanie McLachlan from the Ministry of movie film name The Black Stallion.
Culture and Recreation office in Hanover This film has now been released arid was
Chaired the meeting and explained what playing in Kitchener, London, and Sarnia
grants were available for possible projects last week end.
such as a 25 per cent grant to a maximum of The Black Stallion will be playing in other
** $1000 per township on operating expenses theatres in thiS area in-the near future.
Short Shots
by. Evelyn Kennedy"
The B.M. &.G. Community Centre was
a busy place the. past weekend with young'
hockey players from, a wide area competing
in the Optimist Atom Hockey Tournament.
Along with their managers, coaches and
cheering parents and friends they kept the
arena humming Saturday and Sunday. There
is still more of the same to come this
weekend when Brussels AToms will Make
their first appearance in the tournament
early S aturday morning. It is amazing how
well some of these youn&ters play hockey.*
If you missed the action last weekend and
you enjoy hockey make it a point to be at the
arena this weekend.
* ** * * •
If you hive Credit Card balances owing
you had better hurry up and get them paid
pronto! The interest on credit cards such as
Chargex, and some others, is about to the
_ increased to 21 per cent in the very near
future. Credit Cards are so convenient and
easy to use (too easy perhaps) that before we
realize it we have exhausted our bank
account and destroyed our credit rating.
That is a sad state of affair that too many
find out when it is too late. "
* * * *
This is the week of the pre-taster school
break. Teachers and students alike are
enjoying a breathing spell before the tough
grind to a successful end of the school year.
Most of them, I ant sure are not cracking the
books this • week . in ptepatation for June
. exams. Some are off to warmer Climes while
othefg4te &66iiing';dOwti ski' lopes
THAT'S RIGHT, NOW SHOOT Scott Krampien follows instructions
from Captain. Karen McCutcheon as he takes part in the sports marathon
at the Brussels Public School on Friday. (Photo by Lan'glois)
tobogganing, skating or just having fun
in the snow, While they are, relishing the
days out of iehool some other students in
Ontario would be happy to be in their
- classrooms after being out for weeks while
their teachers are on strike. While some
teachers insist that the student's education
does not suffer, the students.themselves are
worried over the last time. They are the ones
who have the most to lose.
possibility but by the time it had been all
repaired they would have been better off to
get anew building anyway.
, Bill Shortreed, president of the Walton
Area Sports, Club said the three townships, of
Morris, McKillop and Grey had guaranteed
them a total of,$,10A99. —but the
:balance Of the cost 'would have io belaised
.,,by the cothintinitY.-
Grey Township was willing to go' up to
$4,000 and Tom Miller, deputy-reeve of
Morris ToWnship said Morris would prob-
ably agree to go to $4,000, but McKillop
Township reeve Allan Campbell didn't think
his township ,could go above the $3,000
already offered as it had other similar
commitments.
Treasurer Joanne McDonald said the club
itself had $5,000 that could be used toward
the new building, so that in order to meet the
$30,000 cost, the club would have to raise
$15,000. Graeme Craig told them that
Wintario grants which could have been used
for 25 per cent of the total cost are on hold
right now.
Someone' at the meeting suggested just
getting a carpenter and having voluntPer
labor, but other people wanted to know where
they would get the volunteer labor from as'
most people work during the day and they
wouldn't get as much accomplished at night
•
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Minor Hockey keeps a lot of youngsters
in the community, btisy in a sport they enjoy.
Managers, coaches and other interested
persons give freely of their time to keep
Minor Hockey going. It also takes money to
keep these teams in action. Give them a
helping-hand by attending the Minor liockey
Dance, Saturday, March "22nd. See
particulars elsewhere in the paper.
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Fashion Designers are busy again
altering the hemline of my lady's skirts.
They say shorter skirts are to be the thing,
barely below or above the knee. Just so long
as they do not bring back those short, short,
mini-skirts that only the young gals with
streamlined figures had any business to
wear, and then, with care. With prices for
clothing what they are to-day why should
anyone be satisfied with wispy mini-skirts
and the almost non-existent scanty swim
wear. We should at least get enough to' Over -
us up with the price we pay, One pleasing
noted fashion is that smart black and white
41.11' be 'On the fashion 'scene qhis' year:—