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TlIE 13RUSSF4LS POS'1'. T11 WAS 16th, 1968 POST PUBLISHING HMIS*
It was announced that May 1.8th
will be the Achievement bay for
4-77 ClUb Girls •after. completing.
their project "The Club Girl Enter.-
table.. Everyone is invited to
this event held in Wing-
li am.
rout voting delegates Were
choseli• to attend the. District
Atilinai to' be held in FordWiell on
May 16th. These • -eliosen. Were •
Miss . linla Pearson, Mrs, Jaines'
Sin innAy, rs. Tani siS• Armstrong,:
and Mrs. Carl HeinitigWayn Mrs.
jantes Arinstrong WaS ChOSeit to
attend a Meeting of the Auxiliary
at iniroliview on May .20th.
It was Moved by Mrs, Deng'
in Seconded by Mrs', em ;way and
Earl Ondthore that We start a hank
account for new baby born to one
of the mettiber$,. Eli, ilde at pre•
sent. is baby daUghter • 'Of Mra, •
T./onalti Petrie, •.• •
The meeting: "cleSett and ai.
lovely hatch Was .serVed by Mrs.
dames-, ,AlfirStrting., Mrs.. 'TOM
• Strdellain .tind Mtn— Amy SPelin. •
CRANBROOK
Brenda Knigh, little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs alai, I,tiighI Was to
patient in Wingham illat
Weelt• ,
Callutil,
Thomas, is visiting, net Sister
Lytle Gordon.
Mrs. Stuart Evans and Gary
visited on Sunday with Mrs.
Beatrice Young, Listewel.
Mr. and Mrs. John Beckett,
Debbie and Diane, :Preston, were
Sunday visitors with mr. and MrS.
Wes, McEachern,
may W. I. Meeting
Athe: May meeting of the Coln.
brook W.I. was held the Coo,
tunntty Centre : with guests pres-
eq kora 'Walton gad moncrieff,
also the, 4-it Club
meetifig _onehed in the
Way and the President, Mrs.
Ducharme, welcomed the visitors,.
Correspondence included a letter
from a foster child, an invitation
to Brussels W.i. on Thursday, May
9th; bus trip information, tins
leave Vonctleff at 8,30 arid retitril
after seeing illumination at Niag-
ara rails; District Annual voting
delegates are Mrs.. Dacha:Me,
Mrs. Allan. MeTaggart, and Mrs,
,tire Hart. Mrs. Clare Ireittill re
Ported on the Guelph Ceinretition
a,nd told of Mina, Speenlien„ and
MS0188301 groups, tlavolyti ittid
Marie Lake from Nn. 1 Club dein-
blistrated packing an overnight
bag, Leaders are. Mrs. Veitch and
MriL Prank Smith. The motto "A
weinen IS old when she chooges
her clothes with only the Weather
IT was given by 'Minn Prank
Othith. Club .Ne. 2,11ad ail exhibit
'Sandwiches for afternoon tee.
:This Was convinented on' by Sharon
Fischer. Leaders are Mrs. Allan
MeTaggart and Mts, Ross Knight.
Mrs. Dan Gionsher, Myth, den1011-
Strated making rugs and Wa'S
'thanked by Mrs. Mac Macintosh,
nonni, for the Pist,tict Annual
is to be Made up by MI'S. Allan
Mt:Taggart and Mrs. Ross knight,
"(Tod Save the Queen" was sung
iii clesing A bake sale' Was held
With Mrs. Frank Sni1111, Mrs, Win.
Bremner, Mid Mrs. Allan. Mc,
Taggart in chatge, Llineh was
served by the committee, Mrs,
Glare Veitch, Mrs. Gordon. Engel.
Mrs. Ducharme and Mts. jiin Hart.
YOU ARE 1.11/41Vtttd
HORTICULTURAL. MEETING .
The May meeting of the B'rti's-
seis and District :Hot ticiiittiral
Society will be held -Monday, May
20th, . tit 8:00 pain, :in the Inlin-
Sels Public Libtaty.
Mrs. Leo Deaner • Will detitoil-
stitite Driftwood ArrangemetitS.
The Meeting will' be in charge
diva Misses; Dianne UM Mine
Mtichatt Who- are trying for their .
'Mid Cord in :Gm.
• This. Meeting I'S (Men
Please anoint this invitininn. to
mime and einjoy onr meeting, •
SLAsHES FAI R t3tibOa'r
0.0Q41011... PRECEDENT
HRLISSE,LS ---- The 'village
council here has wade it Move,
never Oven trop; idered by
simiise 0011i-tells in ttit 'terth
Conilt,t area,
In estal'ildiii1;4 t rainsfor 1968
the Brussels coattail cut time grant
to the Brussels Fair -Board in
half from $100 to $50.
At the same time they increae-
ed the village's recreation coM-
mittee from $1.50 to $500. Clerk
William 'King .explained the move
Of :Council saying it,considered the
recreation committee does Mote
for Brussels than the fall fair
board.
TaVistoek's reeve William
intchiow. said iitfclli 6 Move 'would
be diSantrewl, anythilig we
would be Con8idering increasing
1:6 'grant to: tlttr fall fain board,"
he said, Tavi6nieft $41111 naCii
year to the board, .
nnicklaw said these fairs
must be kept going because it is
the only chance the rural people
have to show their produce per-
sonally to the urban pole and it
also gives that tiro chahco to talk
about such things as what keeps
their community together.
The councils in Milverton, List-
°Wel, St, Marys and Mitchell,
ea.011 Making grams Troth $200 to
$500 to the fall fair, bards Iu
their eoiniiinilitie:4, have never
consideted dropping the grants
according to their elerkS.
Mr. 'King said the deopphig of
horSe racing from the, fair agenda
two years ago Spoiled the :Brussels
Fall Fain
8f:fa:Hoed Rea co inn er d
Editors :Note: The reporter re,
sponsibld the aboVe which
appeared in the Stratford Beacon.
Herald. made fin error in the grant
figures. The grant last year was
$150. The grant for 1968, as it
appeared to the cohltdil Minutes
published lb .the ili'u9sels Post,
was $100, hoWeVer Reeve grainer
stated this was 'mit neeessatily
the final figure of the 1968 grant,
PEOPLE WE KNOW
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garton, of
Ripley Were Visitors!..n Brussels.:
Mr, arid Mrs, Wayne Klein of
Lindsay spent the weekend, in
Brussels.
Mrs. W.' it. Sttettoil and dattght-
er of :Snyder, N.Y.. Were ViSitors in
BruSsels. last Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack MeCaitcheon
Were Visitors With her Mother,
Mrs. Dritst of Stinitfotd, and with
his inotlien, in Ingersoll, on Sun-
day,
ReV, Allan JO/distort has been
attending the 44th Annurn London
Conference of the Halted Church,
in WilidSet, thin week.
Mr. and Mrs, Watson: .Slinidiee
and. Mrn and Mrs, Ken 'Slibitlice
Were in London last week attend ,
big the nitininii of Mrs. Tolbert
sister` of 'Watson Sholdicc.
• •$'01"4
Brus$4 School. Receives
Four Top Awards At 'Festival
Tbe two-day music festival of
the ilrnssels, Blyth and Belgrave
Central Schools came to a con•
einsiOn with the presentation of
a eonn'ert, by top festival winners
in the Wingtnon District High
School on Wednesday evening.
The concert was interspersed
With the three final :conipelition
classe's,
Dawson Woodhurn., festival'.
adjudicator, who is professor of
an, Athouse College, London,
said' Pe tifss impressed with the
confidence ciii4 ailinity of the young
singerS,
Ninety 'was the lifgtnnt mark
awarded by Mr. Woodburn: Two
Unison choruses from the Brussels`
stakinI, achieved it in tne Grades
7 and t$ efaSS Wednesday and the
Grades 3 eat 4 class on Tuesday.
Two individual* also received
marks of 90 on WetfneSday after.-
noon. They were Joan Conine of
Init 3, Winghani and DaVid $'treat
. of Myth, both competing in soffit
classes for singers 14 and under.
Da001 singing 'with Debbie Hicks'
Blytk t:01 the senior vocal duet
class receivall ;mother' mark of
of 90.
Other 'Wednesday reelAts were
as follows:
DniSon chorus, Grrad,es 5 and (.
(14.7Mghaitt, "ions Club Trophy):
.Blyth gt•teet 89,
Boy's yoke, Solo. age 11 and
antler; John Bat-,-Me Blyth, 85
David Stapleton, ve 84;
Glen Nixon, :Flelgtave 82.
Girls' solo 11 and under: M'aintt
Garniss, Belgrave, 86; Lori'
McCutcheon, Brussels 85; Marie
Entpey and Hilly Van Amersfort
both of Blyth, tied with 84,
Senior duet: David Street and
Debbie Hicks, 73lyth, 90; John and :
Joan. Eilliott, Brussels '88; Debbie
McCall and Cathy Cousins, Brus-
sels 86.
Boys' solo for changed voices:
Don Edgar, B'elgrave 85; Kevin.
,Tasker, Blyth 84; Wayne Mc-
:Deno% Blyth, 82,
Girls' solo, age 14 and under;
jean Currie, Belgrave 90; Mar-
jorie Procter, Belgrave, 84; Joyce
Pearson, Brussels 83.
TWo-nart dial's: Grades 7 and,
8, 11.-runsels WoMen's Institute
Trophy): Beigrave School, SS.
illoyS' Vocal SOlo '14 anti `tinder:
David Street, Blyth, 90; Batry
Young, rnyth, 50, Murray White-
man, Beintave, 86 •
Triple Trio (CKNX TtOtihY):
bitssels Trio. No. 1 89; BelgtaVe
Trio No. 2, 86; BelgraVe '.l'i'fe No,
1: 84.
T.wo,-part choruses. Grades 6
and 6 (Blyth Women's institute
Shield):: -Myth 88, Belgrave 87;
Bits-sets 85:
tiiiiSolt Moths, Grades 7 and 8
(Blyth, Lions Chin Shield): Brits,
sets NI; Beigravo, 88; Blyth 1;6,
-•6Akt0'111,1
'Celetntte Victoria Day' •bitt
don't get careless.Bn. careful with
Witte fireworks;.
,STANFIELI) TO VISIT
WINGHAM, MAY 30th
nt, E. 'McKinley informed
the Post 'that the Progressive
CoilserVatiVe leader, Robert
Stanfield, Will be lit Wingliant ore
Thursday, May 30th. Final plans
Will be announced later.
MRS. PETER .NELSON
Mrs. Peter Nelson, 88, Brussels,
died Priday at the Calla.nder Inurs-
ing
A widow, she was the former
Christina Anderson. She came to
Ontario from Sasktadholtua about
ten years ago.
She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Cliffotd (Esther)
Skolrood, Stoney Creek; Mrs.
Siebert. (Gertrude) Skolindern
Maidstone, Sask.; Mrs. Norman
(Ida) Mulligan, Brussels; two
sons, William, Maidstone; Eric,
Burnaby, .:13.C.; 14 grandchildren,
53 great-grandchildren and one
grin t-groat-grand child.
Tile funeral set-vice was held
froth the B, A. Reim funeral
home, BrusSelS, on. Monday, at Il.
non Burial was in BrusSels cenie,
tery.
were: Pallbearers Bruce
Mulligan, Bryan Martin, Daryl
Smith. George McDonald, Gordon
MoDotaid,, Martin Skolrood..
1. Retirement: O'eligoin SlitHi/et'
benefit tension,' Thninfillity
benefits (which come vino
effect in May 1970). Mr. Shears WaS:
thanked by Mrs. Clarence Mc-
Cutcheon and presented with a'
giet on behalf of the. Women's In-
stitute.
Mrs. McCutcheon trie-tik introduc-
ed Joan :Elliott and John 1.;11ft'At
who had won second place in the.'
recent Music festival at Blyth,
Joan and John sang "The Two
Roses as a duet, and were accom-
panied by Cloleen Cardiff on. the
piano,
A triple trio Consisting of Moira
Rooney, "Nancy Adams, Shirley
Pipe, Connie MeWhirteri Joan
SteVelison, Coleen. Cardiff, Cittli•
Coueind, Chris Exel and John
Elliott Sang 'Country Garden"
,',They were "very tchiy directed by
jean Mita It. VA repotted that
the Brussels Ptiblic School had
won four of the eight shields that
were presented at whighati
District Dinh School on the last
evening of the music festival, The
Majestic Woitienis Institute shield
was Won by Orates I and or the
Belgra we school,
MAJESTIC W.I. HEAR
GUEST SPEAKER
Time ma.:Jesik ‘voioples institute
held their May meeting. in the
library basement on May isitfr at
'p.111
This Was a "Public Relations"
Meeting With the convenors being
Mrs. Doug 'Hemingway and Mrs.
:Mdebitiefieoh, Mrs, Doug
Efeiningi4Y oni
opened the -onn-jillve •:ir'fini the In-
stitute Ode and Mary il1!6Wai-1,,
lent. The roll call was alisw'n'r"?...lif
with "Something 1 know about
another organisation".
Miss Ella Pearson prepared
Preiklbted the motto "Keep
smiling nn. (Ito whole world is
taking your picture".
Mrs. Doug Hemingway nano-
dneed the guest speaker, Mr.
Manuel Shears of the Department
of t"Cearth and Welfare, ,Pension
,Divisinin Mr.. Shears spoke on the
!Canada PenSion Pfan, and explain-, „
ed heitefitS can lie recofted as
MAIT. EDGAR RECEIVES'
LIBERAL NOMINATION
'Maitland EAgat of Clinton wawa'
chosen Liberal candiante in Huron
riding at the Liberal nomination
meeting in clinton on Monday
i4dgar, 30, a teacher, who is
a geography instructor at South
Huron secondary school, was giVerx
the candidacy on the first ballot,
This will be the second time Mr.
.F.dgar has conte§ted the federal
S.cat. He was defeated by 1,294,
votes, hi 1965,, by, the incuttihent,
MCKinley.
Four other candidates stooil
for the nmitination at the meet-
ing on Monday. They were:
Charles Thomas, farmer, Brussels;
Rev, John Boyne, Presbyterian
minister from Exeter; Dr. Archie
Ctwi'ie, professon of eeonomics
'University of Toronto and a part-
time -Winer at Parkhill; Dr. Frank
Mills, mayor of Goderich.
The nomination meeting was
one of the, largest political meet.
ings ever held in this riding.
it :was attended by about 750 per..
sons, The meeting was chaired
by Gordon McGavin of Walton.
Y. McLean, Seatorth, supervised
the ballots.
Huron riding includes all of
Huron 'County, I:TcG7llivray and
Hiddulph townships of Middlesex
county, and AiTsa Craig and7
Luenn. Bibbert To'wnsh'ip was put
back. Into the Pearth riding after
363.\;:ie..ali'lgttllirHiltro si arLnative of Morris
Township and has recently been
honored for his activities in both
athletics and Kinsmen Man Work.
He is a graduate of the Univer-
sity Of 'Western Mantle. Mr. Ugar
and wife, the former Mary.
Bowman of Btussels have six