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101st Year — Issue No. 5 Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1972
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By Evelyn Kennedy
Mrs. Ha.rold Bolger president of the women's section, Murray Hoover, president of the. BrUssels
Agricultural Society and Ed. 1VIartin, secretary-treasurer are shown following the annual "meeting of
the society Friday evening. (Staff Photo)
Bruce McCall (right) presents an award to Neil Hemingway
at the Brussels fair annual meeting Friday evening. Selwyn
Baker is in the foreground. (Staff Photo)
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Brussels Wins Championship
Members of the Brussels school volleyball team who
won the championships when they defeated Howick (Front)
Juanita Smith, Dianne Willis, Maxine Watts, Colleen White,
(Back) Laverne M ason , Fern Elliott, Marie Lichty, Helen
Idzik, Laureen Barbour, Colleen Raymond, Norma Smith,
Janice Draper, Brenda Kingsbury. (See story on Page 7)
Advances Discussion
On Pollution Problem
Despite stormy cold weather
there was a large attendance
for the annual dinner meeting of
the Brussels Agricultural Society
in the Anglican Parish Hall Fri-
day evening.
The gathering recognized ex-
cellence in 4-H activity when Neil
Hemingway was presented with a
pen and, pencil, set for highest
number of points in 4-H work, by
Mr. Hyde, manager of the Canad-
ian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
Brussels, and a trophy by Bruce
McCall for best showmanship
in his class at. Brussels Fair.
The treasurer's report
showed a favourable balance after
payment of all 1971 accounts.
The 1972 Brussels Fall Fair
will be held Thursday and Fri-
day, October 5 and 6.
Edwin Martin showed pictures
taken on thei,r trip to Europe
during the summer. Graeme
Craig entertained with musical
numbers.
Election of officers for 1972
resulted as follows: President,
Murray Hoover; 1st Vice-pres-
ident, Harold Bolger; 2nd Vice-
president, Gerald Smith; Sec-
retary-treasurer, Edwin Martin;
Directors, Lloyd Wheeler, Harry
Goll, Wm. Hewitt, Graeme Craig,
Bob Higgins, Fred Uhler, Emer-
son Mitchell, Hugh Pearson, Jack
Cardiff. Auditors, Cecil Parker
and. Norman Hoover; President
of the Ladies' Divison, Mrs.
Douglas Hemingway; Secretary-
Treasurer, Mrs. Adah Smith.
plans to alleviate a pollution
problem in Brussels were
advanced a step Monday evening
when members of council met
with representatives of the
Ontario Water Resources Com-
mission.
The meeting had been
scheduled earlier but had been
postponed because of weather.
John Bray and Neil McMullen
of London told council the OWRC
had made a test above and below
Brussels and found that the pol-
lution rate was increased slightly
as the river passed through the
village. Tests were carried out
at the six storm sewer outlets
and two were found to have
severe contamination outputs.
The OWRC officials outlined
ways in which the problem could
be solved. The first suggestion
was to make those responsible
clean up. Discussion suggested
that this might not be possible in
all cases since some stores do
not have space for septic tanks
and weeper beds. Another alter-
native was to install a town-
wide sewage system which will
take two to three years to get
started.
Three ways in which such a
system could be paid were out-
Highland Ball
Attracts
Attendance
The annual Highland Ball held
by the Brussels Royal Canadian
Legion Pipe Band was a well-
attended event in the Legion Hall
on Saturday evening.
The hall was appropriately
decorated with pipes and busbys
for the occasion. Kilts and
dresses with Scottis h accents,
and the skirl of the pipes gave
a distinctive Scottish flavour to
the Highland Ball.
One of the new band mem-
bers, Miss Susan Langlois, fav-
oured the gathering with a couple
of Scotch Dances accompanied
by Pipe rTorn McFarlane. The
Legion Pipe Band contributed
several numbers.
Winners of the Pipe Band
draw were: first, Wm. Logue,
Blyth; second, Gordon Price;
third, Herb Traviss, Walton; first
spot dance, Mr. and Mrs. Len
Rooney, Blyth; second spot dance,
Mr. and Mrs. George Cousins;
Jim Prior Won a prize for having
a birthday on January 25th.
Proceeds from the Ball will
g9 the provide kilts for the new
members of the band.
lined to the council. By the
first method Brussels would build
the system, staff it and main-
tains it with no grants or assis-
tance.
The second suggestion was
that Brussels build the system
and OWRC finance it. It would
be paid for over a 25 to 30 year
period with Brussels again staf-
fing it.
A third method was to have
a system built, financed, staffed
and owned by the OWRC with
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Thank goodness the storm
of Tuesday, January 25th was
not a repeat of the one we had
exactly one year ago. The fury
of that storm closed schools,
kept the students overnight pris-
oners in schools and nearby
homes, and completely halted
traffic. Many people were storm
bound in their homes and snow-
mobile operators came to their
rescue with fodd supplies, med-
icines, etc. We were more for-
tunate this year. The gusting
high winds and frequent snow
squalls made operation of school-
busses impossible and numerous
schools were closed. Visibility
was nil at times and motorists
were warned to stay off the
roads. The wind factor created
below zero temperatures esti-
mated at 30 below. Only those
who had to be about ventured out
of their homes.
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This weekend, February 5th
and 6th, Brussels entertains our
U.S. visitors from Garden City.
Our Brussels boys will be bat-
tling the Garden City youngsters
on the arena ice. Many parents
and friends of the hockey players
will be here to cheer their teams
on and arrangements have been
made for their entertainment. All
concerned seem to enjoy these
exchange visits which have be-
come a yearly event. A great
way to promote friendly inter-
national relationships.
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A telephone call has been
received by the Centennial Com-
mittee, from John Ainlay of Evan-
ston, Ill., assuring then.' that he
will be in. Brussels for the Cen-
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