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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1972-06-28, Page 48Mrs. Ross Turvey of Bluevale and her compare copies of the Brussels Post today. Mrs. Turvey is the former father J, L. Kerr and grandfather W. Post from 1880 until 1932. daughter, Sandr a, of 80 years ago and Mary H. Kerr. Her H. Kerr published the McGillicuddy Bros. in the late 1870's erected a building to accommodate the Post. Shown here as it appeared a number of years ago. The building still stands behind what is now the Brussels 5C to $1.00 store and is used as 4..garage. to the Village of Brussels on their 100th Birthday Having been associated with the Community for 24 years, we welcome former residents and visitors on this historic occasion C&G KRAUTER Company Plumbing BRUSSELS PhOne. 887-6147 The last issue of the Brussels Post to be printed by letter- press on the press in the Brussels office was that dated December 23, 1971. Here Mrs. Roy Kennedy feeds a sheet while Mr. Kennedy, who has published the Post for nearly 40 Years, looks on. The sale of the Post to McLean Bros. Publishers Ltd. of Seaforth was announced by Mr. Kennedy in his last issue. 24a—THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 28, 1972 Post completing hundred years in com-munity 1 The Brussels Post is complating a .century Oring. which it has been in, business Brussels .And: with thq village marks its centennial, Established by McGillicuddy Bros, the Post was, moused. by the late W. H. Kerr in 1.8004. A native of picsherton, Ontario, Mr. Kerr was a son of the manse,, his. father ,having been Rev. J. L. Kerr. Keenly interested in muntuipal politics, he was reeve of BrusselS for seven years and: When in. January of this year the Brussels Post was purchased by McLean Bros. Publishers Ltd. of Seaforth, two Huron weeklies that had had a close association for nearly a hundred years came under a common ownership. The Huron Expositor of Sea- forth is believed to have had its beginning in 186.0 as "The Express" with C. H. Cull as publisher. An item in Belden's Perth Atlas indicates that Alex- ander Campbell, son of Rev. James Campbell, a Baptist minister of Logan township in 1862 commenced issuing a paper which was then called t , The Huron Express" but he died soon after. The 1863 Gazetteer showed C.H. Cull , publisher of the Huron Express and J. W. Graham, fore- man in the. Huron Express office. The Express continued on an irregular basis until in November 1867 Penton and Colbourne car- ried out a reorganization and. introduced the Expositor. Shortly after George W. Ross and W. F. Luxton purchased the business, which was managed by Murdo Young McLean who came to Seaforth from Cornwall and Ayr. The Ross of the firm went on to become Sir George W. Ross, Premier of Ontario, while Mr. Luxton moved West and a few years later founded the • Winnipeg Free Press. In December 1870 the bus- iness was purchased by Mr. Mc- in 1903 was Warden of Huron.• Active the church, he was a member of the United Church. J. L. Kerr followed his father as, publisher, continuing unto his death k. April 21, 1932. In the following year the paper was purchased by Roy W. Kennedy, who at the beginning of this year concluded a publishing career of nearly forty years when he sold the Brussels Post to McLean Bros. Publishers Limited of Seaforth. Announce- Lean and his brother, Allan McLean, and the name was changed to The Huron Expositor. Within two years, Allan McLean because of ill health, was forced to resign and the business was carried on by M. Y. McLean who continued as editor until his death in 1916. Mr. McLean re- presented Huron in the Provincial Legislature and the House of Commons for several terms. On the death of M. Y. McLean in 1916, Keith M. McLean, who had been associated with his father for many years, became editor. Mr. McLean continued as editor until his death in 1948, when the management was assumed in turn by his son, Andrew Y. McLean, the third generation of the McLean family to publish the paper. A. Y. McLean, like his grandfather, is a former member of the House of Commons when he represented Huron Perth Riding. He is a past president of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association and is a vice president of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. This year of the Brussels Centennial marks the 112th year of publication in Seaforth, the 105th anniversary of the estab- lishment of The Expositor and the 102nd year during which Mc- Lean Bros. has appeared on the masthead as publishers and during which three generations of the McLean family have edited the paper. meat of the impending sale was, Made by Mr. Kennedy a few days before Christmas. while Mr. Kennedy has disposed of the Post, he is con- tinuing to carry on his commer- cial printin& business which operates under the name of the Post Publishing House. Mrs. Kennedy, who has been associated with her husband in the publication of the Post, has con- tinued as editor under the new owners. The present Post accommo- dation is continuing in use. Al- terations carried out this month have provided increased office accommodation. Mr. Kennedy is the eldest son of the late A. R. Kennedy, a former well known editor of the Stratford Beacon and, prior to his death, of the Peterborough Examiner. Following graduation from Beal Technical School of Printing, he was employed at the Beacon Herald as a compositor before purchasing the Brussels Post. His brother, Hugh, now of Toronto, was associated with him for a short time. Following his marriage, his wife Evelyn joined him in the business. Mr. Kennedy has taken an active part in the community serving on the public school board for a number of years.On two different occasions he has served on Brussels council and this year is his 13th year in that office. Originally a n eight full size page paper containing several pages of ready print, the Post was changed to tabloid size in 1963 with all pages produced locally. At the first of the year production by offset was commenced which has permitted an increased use of pictures and a greater number of pages. Long-time Huron weeklies under common ownership Qs.