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Pos.r.r PUNLISHING HOUSE
SHORT HISTORY OF
MUNICIPAL 'GOVT IN
TOWNSHIP OF GREY
And Record of Years of Service
of Those People Who Headed
The Councils During the Century
Ily Clifford R. Dunbar
At the outset we could consider
how we got our name. We appear
to be named for Charles the
second Earl of they who later he-
came Prime Minster of Great
Britain. ITe was an active political
reformer throughout his life.
Municipal cloverartient or local.
Government it is often called was
first thrust upon the people by
the legislature of rpper Canada,
clue to the lack of communication
facilities at the time, Local
authority was necessary.
The responsibility of local
councils were many; to quote a
few; organizing the building Of
roads and bridges, the former
mostly by Statute Labonr, organ-
izing drainage systems, setting
up School' Sections, Public
health., Licensing and control of
Taverns, Public WeMire, Jostles
and many others,
Otte project which T think has
Historical value Which shows that
the councils of those earlier years
could move quickly, a Motion was
passed on a split vote on Sept-
ember 3rd, 1892, to award the
contract to. X, W. Fogel to con-
struct a township nail on one-
fifth acre o.f wilm land west of
Ethel for the slim of $859.00. On
November 15th follOWing, the
first Council Meeting was held in
the boll. This building exists
to-dav rood condition, but has
hod on addition constructed on
north end in 1955 and is now a
Ce.ertionity Centre.
Prcryions to the roost-motion of
the town shin hall,' Nomination
1Tootings and Council Meetings
e Poen r tohave been hold in
helots in. Crenbrook with on
0 ,casionai meetinn. Tieing held in
the lintel at 'Millet
In the year 1910 a Loral (Intim
Py-Law was passed. prohibiting the
sale, of snirititous liquors with then
resulting ("fleet of rinsing most of
the hotels in the township, There
wow
vote on this Tly-Lew, tit f]
A ,Yainst.
The rise and fall of our pop-
ulation in 'Cray Township is sig-
nificant. In the year 152 our
population was about 2N00. In
1S7?. about 40(10, at 'present nloy,0-
1 ‘-,0 residents,.
As at the present, the Reeves
and Deputy Reeves attended
County Coirtieil, A difficult task
considering tins thohom of trans-
nortatien in th•q each' years.
There have been three Wardens
of the County From (trey, namely:
Thos. Stretcher' 14MI, Robert W.
I ivinqston 121 R end Alen Alexand-
er 1947,
rer fli<, protection of the 'nett-
ro,of eltizterie n Trout* of
i'errtatrllOW rtliftr.f
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
.iirinisels, Out.
dear Sir:
I would like to commend the
the various orgfonNations for the
effort they have put forth toward
hy;tulifying and decorating
our village for the centennial
year. II is certainly iipprecioted.
If f may. I would like to speak
particularly Omni our Legion.
Rranch No. 218. t believe they
have made a. very great. contri-
bution to our First, at
g.reat expense of time and money
theo erected a community hell
along with their 'Legion rooms
which are a benefit to not only
our village hut ro the oommunity
as a whole, Tt is a building of
which we can he justly proud.
Now, as a centennial project,
they hove moved the Cenotaph
Memorial to the main. street be-
side the -new . Legion Hall.. had
them cleaned,. Illuminated and
two. flag standards put beside
them..This to me, is .again e'very
great reminder in this Veteran's
Week of those men who (lied to
PrOF•nin'n our way of life. and gave,
is rannda as we know it,
Wo are living in times of crises
at present and we hope and prey,
there will not 1-/P 11()111Pr so
that it seem these men
foi7111 anti died iz,• vain. Let as
VP11107111)Pr them,
Ti'ST Wul EORCTlT
("al .granter, 'Reeve
CP A 1\TRR fICVK
Knox W.M.S.
The Afternoon Group of the
W.IVLS, held their June meeting
at the Manse in Monkton, Mrs.
Clare Witch, the leader, opened
the mooting with a mem, followed
by liVran 291. The Scripture reed-
q Acts 2: 32-12 was read In nn-
ison. with the meditation by Mrs,
Vielloh. Mrs, John Perrie led in
uraver. A group t4 hymns was
Played on the record player and
enjoyed by all. The tople "The
(Toes West' wets given by
John Solinock, Mrs. Allan
rrave the THIlltng "TTonloSi %
'Ti", Earl Dunn, president, con-
,luef ad the bliSITLPSS Twelve
members and ono visitor were
,lecsort. The roll call was an
qwered with a verse conteining
wisdom. Tt was announced that
plans arc completed for the family
11;521;1 for ell W.M.S. groups and
C,O.C, in be held in the church
on Smulav evening, ,Tone 25. at
Slides will he shown and
lunch served. Cards and visit to
irl:end slott-ins were reported.
At, Ft n 41- Fiscb or Fr^ vo a re-
Port nu 11,0 W.M _S. Conferenc e
cromertv on Tine 7. Mrs.
Eisrber, Mrs, Clare Ireiteh. Mrs.
01110:1ov anA Mrs. ''Tao.
Pagel attended. An ;nterestirier
„„,o, urrinaele” was reed by
-rrs Ceirerep Tt hod
h rferi written ly!, her ;mut in li'an-
ontivor meottm-.- e ftrm..0 with
byrun inrl ornvnr 'Mrs.
• oh: 'c-it, .-T.IVt,f1 lie
AIN( 11-loo.
United Church Annual
Flower Sunday Service
The annual loh»ver Sunday
service was held last Sunday at
the Hrussels United Church, with
Rev. ,11Iti ,1 ohnston sprat king
on the theme flow loirm a Pound-
ation. It w:.) depleted by a. log
church, made member of the
Sunday School staff, and it was
surrounded by a Minister and his
house and several oeople going
to church.
The 'Beginners choir sang Clint
number and the older boys and
girin of the Sunday School sang
LW() anthems.
The church was beautifully do-
cOrated with • Centennial emblems
and other floral. displays, • •
Special thanks to all who helped
make it a memorable. event.
JOHNSTON — ZURBSIGG
Listowel United Church was
the scene of the wedding of
Margaret Ann (Peggy)
7.urbrigg and Allan Kenneth
;(christen, at ,three; o'clock on
Saturday. June 10th, Rev, Lloyd
Stapleton of Listowel -United .
Cli ore]) officiated.
The bride is tne daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. Leroy Zurbrigg
of Listowel. Mr. and Mrs: Hugh
Johnston. Walton. ere parents of
the groom.
Mr. Lorne Willits provided the
wedding music and accompanied
the soloist Earl 7,-orbrigg,
The bride, given in marriage by
lie" father, wore a, full length
Vown of white peatt de sole, which
featured a detachable, peon de soie
earn t train. Tier flowers Were a
eitseade hamlet of white roses
end stephattetis.
Mrs, James Prior, es matron of
honmr. bridesmaid Mrs. SteVen
rt.,-word. and Sunior bridesmaid
.Miss Lynn Zurbrigg, wore full
length Empire gowns of hir-
((noise georgette over taffeta.
Tbov turquoise :end white
Larry ,TOhnSton of Walton was
best man end ushers were Jim
Pilo- cyf Brussels and Don
Achilles , of Walton,
At the reception in Listowel
Failerl Church the bride's mother
received in 0 blue silk 2 niece
dress, rith blue flowered bat and
corsage of white roses. She was
assisted in the mother of the
groom in a 2 piece pink suit.
black accessories and Corsage of
rnQ,ns,
For a wedding trip to New 'York
the bride chose a :1 MON, suit
yolloly Milian knit. The couple
it reside in Kitchener.
srvili4TVI1IIkW LESSONS
Enrollment for swimming in-
sirtiotions will he held at the
Penal Canadian T pgirm Auditor-,
01 nil Saturday, :Tone 17th. at
elect:. Public arbor-0 Children
('-'''aide's 1 - 4 Parent moist
e o,ceititiativ olittri 01, 11'.!A't' 0%0'0111r
• !ji0t 1'ti,'0
BRUSSELS U.C.W.
ENTERTAIN GUESTS
`Pee .J Ii Oct meeting of the 1:CW
of ItrosselFi 1711i ted t 'nu reh was
held in the church basement Toes-
day, .tune tith. Ladies from sister ;
clni 'iii es and friends attended,
mony in Centennial costumes.
Mrs, Thomas, president, wel-
pouted the guests. Mrs, Bryans,
secretary, read the minutes of
tin I anti the roll call of the same
year. Varied comments were made
former members (where tbey
lived and who were their rela-
tives, or descendants). The .
program consisted of readings,
quartettes, solos, etc. Those talt- •
iw; part were Sarah Stephen-
sou, Mary Lowe. Barbara .Mc-
Cob-diem), Betty Campbell, :Mettle,
Rahn, Rose. Rowa.nd, F1ma .Coos
ins, Rota 'Hoover, 'Meta, •Cousins,
Eleapor Tiemingway reviewed the
history of the church. Mae Skel-
fon gave the Current Events of
yours past, which was very inter-
esting, Mary Bryans and. Crate
Mitzi played soft music during
lunch hour.
Two large tables of antiques
were on display. Rev, A. Johnston
arranged at display of old records
of the church in the vestibule up-
stairs. which. was very interest-
ing,
*A*.
MAJESTIC W. I.
JUNE MEETING.
Members of the Majestic
Women's Institute met in the
Tarary basement last Thurs-
day evening,
invitation frOm the Huron
COunty HiStorical Society to be
Present at the, opening of the,
new archives room ot the museum
ire (loderich on June 15th at Vit)
o.m, Mrs, Geo, Davis reported on
her visit, with. Mrs. Amy Spelt;
to the Brussels Connell,
The Institute was requeSting fin-
ancial help in their centennial
project of erecting a cairn over
-rove in memory or William
:founder of Brussels, 1852,
who died on July 2nd, 1862. at
7",i. 51 years. The council is giV-
ing n grant of $59 end the. come.
Vry board are putting- in n cement
base for which ire thank thorn.
',1.1oned by 'Mrs, D. Hemingway
seconded by Mrs. Ti, W. Stephens
that we -proceed with the erection
the NOM. Carried.
The Institute visit to Huronyiew
is on .tune •21st. Arrengentents
were made for lunch, program
:rifts. Members are to he of the
library at 1 p.m. to proceed by bus
Or car.
The lucky ticket for the Cen-
tennial quilt will be drawn at the
Tail TTortienNkirel meeting.
•11Tiss Ella Pearson gave the
motto A busy woman has time
for overvtbincr. A panel cdisenssinia
r a il,m. its tources. and uses. The
will enter a float in the
centennial paTacle. TArneb frill o' ed
ANNUAL DECORATION
DAY SERVICE
Tit, independent Order of
14(.1)(,kohs. the Royal
unnoclia)1 Legion and their Ladies*
Auxliary, \vitt). the Legion Piper
Ihind paraded to the 'Brussels,
cetiwIcry for the ;Annual 04ecor-
dtion Day Service,
Rev, A- Higginbotham of'
Duff s United Church, Walton,
was the sliest speaker.
Jae), McCuteheon, N.G., Bob'
i‘resett, and Ronald Cardiff eon.
Noted the service for the Odd-
follow.-1 with Ban -Grand Percy
delivering the charge.
Mrs. Mary Davidson N,G, and
c1'rs. Mary Lowe were in charge
of the 'Rebekah service,
Teti Elliott Pres., and Dan
1-.3nytier performed the duties tor
Clic Legion.
A r4rod crowd was nn hand for
the service.
BRUSSELS FIREMEN'S
CENTENNIAL BALL
An enthusiastic crowd, many in
centennial costume, 'were in
attendance at the Firemen's
Centennial Bell in the. Legion.
TTall here on. Friday night.
Prizes were awarded as followsT
c tennial Elimination Dance.
Edna. Fletch and Bob Wheeler:
Best reard, Win, F. King; Best
Centennial CoitPle, Frank and
Kathy Workman,
Mr, and Mrs, HArold Thomas
Honored On Fortieth
Wedding Aimiversary
Mr, and Mrs. Harold Thomas
were sorprised on Sunday when
members of their family gathered
iat e home of their sou Charles
*Ind Mrs, Thomas to honor them
on the occasion of their fortieth
'Wedding anniversary which takeS
place on June 15th,
Thirty eight immediate memb-
ers of their family sat down to as
hot turkey dinner and abont,
sixty five relatives and friends
me t to spend a most enjoyable
afternoon.
The table was daintily arranged
'with pink candles and fl lovely
three tiered seise made by their
don-hIor , Mrs. Roy Thirst, also
a heetitiful floral arrangement
a gift from their twelve grand-
ohildren.
A delicious Buffett slipper was
served. The couple have one son,
Charles. find three daughters,
Mrs. Roy (Ruth) Burst, Walker-
ton: Mrs. James (Joan) Edgar,
T,istowed: Mrs. Jan (joyee) van
,Cirey Township, Durinn• the
afternoon the fernily presented
their parents with a lovely chino.
dinner set, and a host of coed
wishes for the fuivre were ex
tended from all nrosenl.
miesi, were twsent front
Toronto. rooksville. Woodstock.
Togersoll, Tierrie, 'Kitchener. n'eds
f, no n+.
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