HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-05-27, Page 1CADET INSPECTION Huron Bruce M.P. Murray Cardiff
was the inspecting officer at the annual inspection of the
Brussels Legion Army Cadet Corps held on Tuesday evening in
the Brussels Morris and Grey Community Centre.
(Photo by Lang lois)
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO
Two walks
planned
Walkathons seem to be the
popular thing in Brussels
these days starting with the
one on Mav 30 for the
International Year of the
Disabled and on Sunday,
June 7, another walkathon
will be held with proceeds to
be divided equally among
minor sports, figure skating
and Doug McArter,
A total of 10 miles makes
up the route which starts
with walkers registering at
the B.M.G. arena, then
proceeds south 11/4 miles to
the 12th of Grey, east
33/4 miles to Cranbrook,
north 11/4 miles to the 10th of
Grey and west to Brussels
where the walkathon will
finish at the B.M.and G
arena.
Pledge sheets can be
picked up at the Brussels,
Grey and Walton schools.
Lowe's Barbershop, the
Royal Bank or from the
executives of the Minor
sports of figure skating.
For further information on
the walkathon day schedule
see the 'ad inside this week's
paper.
The old arena Brussels Post bites the dust
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1981
109th Year — Issue No. 21
ESTAIL 'SHED
1872
A piece of the Brussels community was
relegated to the &Res: of histo!y when the
old arena on ElizabethfiVreserWi &hi doWn
last week.
Earlier this year, Brussels council sold the
old arena building to Duel-Trade Insulation
of St. Thomas at a price of $5000 and last
week a group of Mennonites was busy
• tearing it down.
There was great difficulty in trying to
track down some of the history of the old
structure which was built in 1931. Some
council meeting minutes for 1931, however,
indicated that on April 6, 1931, it was moved
by Willis, seconded by Clouse, "that the
Berk be instructed to prepare a by-law for
borrowing the sum of $3000 to assist in the
erection of a skating and curling rink. This
amount to be repayable in five years to be
provided for by the issue of debentures
bearing interest at the rate of 5% per cent
per annum and ' comprising five equal
payments of coin=
biped.
and interest
On June 3, 1931, it was moved by Willis,
seconded by Clouse that By-law No. 3, 1931
authorizing the borrowing to $3000 to assist
in the erection of a skating rink having been
approved by a vote of the ratepayers of the
municipality be read a third time and fmally
passed.
Some Brussels residents remember tidbits
about the arena, such as Archie Grewar who
remembers being the first one to set foot in
the new arena and that the first hockey game
there was played against Listowel.
tie also recalled admission charges for
skating as five cents for children, 10 cents,
for adults.
Norman Hoover of Brussels remembers
that the arena was built during the summer
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Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
You cannot run away from your weakness;
you must sometimes fight it out or perish,
and if that be so, why not now and where you
stand. Robert L. Stevenson
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Shortly after you read this I will be away to
Winnipeg for a two-week vacation with my
younger son and his wife and sons. That is I
will if .I do not wind up in some other country
or lose myself in the airport and do not reach
my flight in time. Having to leave home at
5:00 a.m. to fly out of Toronto at 8:05 I will
not be wide awake and conceivably I will be
dopey enough to do something silly. During
my stay in Winnipeg I will have charge, on
m y own, of my two young grandsons for a
few days. It is quite likely, though , that they
will be taking care of me rather than I of
them. Grandmothers are notoriously a soft
touch where grandchildren are concerned.
The little rascals all have the tendency to test
to find out just how much of soft touch
granny really is in regard to discipline.
However I do not see any problem ahead. -
beyond perhaps pacing the floor from
window to window when they do not appear
at a specified minute.
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If you have a backyard swimming pool,
take every precaution to prevent accidental
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DECORATION DAY SERVICE -- Members of various organizations in
for DeCoration Day services on Sunday. (Photo by. Latigjoit).
town and people from the community gathered at the Brussels Cemetery