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109th Year -- Issue No. 17
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980
eaforth phones
BY WILMA OKE "
Walton area 'subscribers to the Seaforth,
Bell Telephone exchange are waging -a
fight with Ma. Bell against losing their
Seaforth phone numbers by the end of the
year.
They, have enlisted ..the aid of local
• ,1 politicians Murray Gaunt, MPP, Huron-
Bruce, and Jack Riddell, MPP, Huron-
Middlesex. and are protesting the move to
J.G. Patcnaude, Secretary General of the
CRTC, and E.E. Saunders, Q.C., Vice-
President of Bell Canada, and Peter Croome,
Manager, Bell Canada, Stratford.
In January this year, Mr. Croome
sent the subscribers a letter stating that as
they, were in the geographical area served by
the Brussels exchange they could not .have
the toll free service with Seaforth. Mr.
Croome said that since Bell Canada assumed
responsibility for the.,, Prussels exchange
from Maitland Teleservices Ltd in 1978, both
the Brussels and Seaforth exchanges
became regulated by the Bell. Canada tariffs.
He said these , regulations require the
company to charge foreign exchange rates
for telephone service from "any exchange to
her than the proper serving exchange: To
keep the Seaforth service, 'present Walton
area subscribers would have to pay $1.69.55
per month, which includes an individual
line.
Mr. Croome said the changeover has been
delayed to Deceniber in order that an
extensive rural improvement program can
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be eompleted in the Brussels area "to
provide a better grade Of service to all our
customers in the Walton area."
He said there would be no change in the
monthly rae for multi-party service and that
an individual Brussels ' line would be
available'at the monthly rae of $5.95 • or a
two-party line;at $4.30 per month:.
The concerned Walton and area residents
formed a committee to convince Bell to leave
the service' as it is now. 'In a letter to
Stratford manager, Peter Croome, the
chairman of the committee, Mrs. Nelson
(Maxine) Marks, spoke of , the location of
Walton, on the southern edge of the
• Brussels exchange, but outside of the
Seaforth exchange. This places them at a
disadvantage to others in the Brussels
exchange becausetoll free calling to Gorrie
and Wingham is not an advantage when
Seaforth serves the. Walton area as a supply
and service centre, she said.
TOLL FREE
Mrs'. Marks asked that Bell provide toll
free service from the Seaforth exchange to
all subscribers of the Brussels exchange who`
Nye south of the BruSsels boundary-Grey
Township con. ,12 and Morris Township con.
6.
She stated there are 59 Brussels telephones,
and nine Seaforth telephones in the
immediate village and of these eight
subscribers have been willing to pay a
double phone bill in the past for two phones
in their homes and toll free calling to both
The annual Maytime Supper of Melville
Presbyterian Church will be heldthis year on
Wednesday, May 28th. Reserve this date
and-watch for further particulars. •
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Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week are days to visit the B.M. & G.
Communi ty Centre. They are the days 'of
the Lions Town and Country Tradefest. All
available display bOoths have been taken, by
not only Brussels business people, but also
'by those of surrounding communities. When
you visit the Tradefest you may be surprised
to find that you were not aware 'that many
things displayed were available to you
nearby. By-the-way, do not miss the
Brussels Post booth. It will be manned by
two friendly members of our Staff who will
be glad to answer any questions you may'
have.
*PP ****
Dog owners: If you love your dog and are
concerned for your pet's safety ,take care to
keep it on your own property. You may
have seen in an ad.in last week's Post that
any dog caught running at large will be
destroyed. The Municipal Council has been
forced to this because of numerous
complaints from residents that dogs are
becoming a nuisance: Most dog owners
value the companionship of their animal
enough to care for it properly and obey the
necessary restrictions, Unfortunately there
are a few who care little that their wandering
dogs are a nuisance, and some dangerous, to
ethers. Of course there are times, no matter
how careful one tries to be, when your dog
will get away. That has happened to me
more than once, Sheba's collar broke,'
another time the snap somehow came
unfastened; and someone 'accidentally let
her out, Like any dog that is kept chained
She 'ran free when She had the chatted and
refused to come when called, These are
eircunistapceS quite different to letting your
to Seaorth would be needed to bring the fire
department. In case of sickness a long
distance call would be neceSsary to call the
doctor, an ambulance or a dentist, all in.
Seaforth. Because many of the residents are
retired, elederly people on fixed incomes,
she said. this punpunnlizes thein for their
- medical care.:
- Mrs. Marks stated in her letter that
Walton public school, kindergarten to Grade
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dog purposely run loose.
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It is again that time of year when
pedestrians should keep alert. Youngsters
are no longer trudging through snow or all
walking on their two feet. Some are riding
their bikes on sidewalks. Being hit by a
speeding bicycle is no pleasant prospect. It
is a dangerous possibility when stepping out
of a mainstreet doorway, or when failing to
hear a bike overtaking you.- Watch out for
such sidewalk bike-riders. Parent should
warn children, if they will ride on sidewalks
to do' so slowly and with caution.
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Last week was not a happy time for me. I
was in Toronto to attend the funeral of a
brother-in-law. His death took away, not
only a brother-in-law 'of whom I was fond,
but a clear friend for many years. He will be
missed and memories of happy times
cherished. Another regret was the death of a
cousin's husband whose death occurred later
the same day and whose funeral I was
unable to attend, From the time one is able
to understand we know that • death is
inevitable yet when someone near and dear
is taken from us it leaves avoid no one else
can fill.
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This morning (Monday) I am.in a state of
exhaustion for I worked all night long. The
chestnut tree in my backyard has spread its
limbs beyond yeasonable Spade and I was
hacking them off by hand. The yard was a
sodden mass of chestnut leaves that were
not raked in the fall. I struggled with that
unsightly mess until the dawn's early light.
This 'morning I opened my back door,to view
my tidy tree and yard. What met my eyes
was the same sorry sight Of the day before.
My night of ardous work was ail a dream, It
was the result, no doubt, of guilty
consciousness of mY'neglect brought on by
the sight of my industrious neighbours
cleaning up their yard on Saturday,
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
Fed up with the up arid down cycles of
the livestock market, Robert Black and his
wife Anita of RR 5, Brussels are .trying
something new in both the Brussels and
the Huron County area.
They recently built a hydroponic green-
house or one that operates on the new
Aquiculture system. Crops are grown ina
Soil-less greenhouse' environment using'
only water and nutrients.
In laymen's terms, Robert explained
that the fertilizer is monitored into the
Water at a set tate. There are two probes
monitoring the water one to keep track of
PH level and Which tuna on a pump that
controls the PH level while the other meter
monitors fertilizer.
A main pump pumps the fertilizer water
Solution out to the start of each row and
down to each plant, then to a return trench
A new sort of farm
where the solution flows back into a main,
reservoir. This cycle continues 24 hours a
day.
Robert said he and Anita were the third
or fourth people to, start looking at the
Aquiculture operation after the company,
had been advertising.
He said the company was interested in,
starting these new greenhouses because of
increasing energy costs and after they
heard people complaining that they just
couldn't get, quality vegetables in the
wintertime from regular greenhouses, For
Robert, the chance to operate his own
greenhouse was, "something different,"
"I was in strictly beef for about four
years and I was beggining to get a bit
discouraged With the up and down cycles."
He had started looking at the hog
industry but said it's about as bad if not
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exchanges. She said the committee feels that
all residents of the village and areas
surrounding. the village, shouldr have this
advantage of toll' free, calling to both
exchanges, but with only one line in their
homes. •
Mrs. Marks spoke of the business firms in
Walteh area. which - needed the toll free-.
service to their customers in the rural area.
:If a fire` broke out in the sonthern part- of
Walton. she explained, a long distance call,
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy 1