The Brussels Post, 1973-01-31, Page 4News of Huronview
Volunteers from the Clinton Christian Reformed Church
and Mrs. Elmer Dale helped with activities at Monday
afternoon's get-together. Marie Flynn, Mary Taylor and
Norman Spier provided the music for the old tyme dance and
a sing-song of Scottish numbers in honour of Bobbie Burns
birthday. Happy Birthday was sung for those celebrating,
with special mention to Mrs. Leah Robertson, Miss Mc-
Kenzie and Miss Deacon, who are over 90,
On Family Night a special Bobby Burns program,
arranged by Jim Lawrie of Blyth, was enjoyed by everyone,
those that are Scottish and the ones that wish they were.
Mr. Lawrie, who has • become a frequent guest on the
CKNX - TV program, "Circle Light", was all decked out
in his kilt, singing a number of Scottish favourites, as well
as chairman for the evening. Others taking part in the
program were step-dancing, Karen Glousher; accordion
solo, Angela Duttman; vocal solos, Cheryl Cronin; Scot-
tish medley, Sylvia and Sherry Bremmer, Hugh and James
Wharton; square-dancers, Karen Young, Christine Chal-
mers, Jean Siertsema, Charlene Campbell, Dennis Knox,
James Wharton, Tom Duttman, Nelson Caldwell and pianist,
Mrs. Grace Brown, Volunteer Harvey Howard called on
Cassie Dougall, who expressed appreciation to all those
responsible for providing the excellent entertainment,
on behalf of the residents.
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Receive
25—year
jewels
in Brussels
District Deputy Grand Master
Harry Gerrie of Wingham paid an
official visit to Western Star 1.0.
O.F. Lodge, Brussels, Thursday
evening.
The highlight of the occasion
was the presentation of Jewels
to the following members of the
Lodge:
Past Grand Jewel to Melville
McCutcheon.
Twenty-five year Jewels to
Harold Thomas, Ralph Pearson
and Hugh Pearson.
Visitors were in attendance
at the meeting from Lodges of
Seaforth, Exeter, Monkton and
Wingham.
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The Provincial Treasurer's
announcements concerning reg-
ional government has elicited a
strong reaction from deeply in-
volved citizens of the areas con-
cerned. In recent weeks, my
staff and I have met with indiv-
iduals and delegations from the
4 0shawa"-Whitby area and from
Port Hope, Cobourg and Peter-
borough, which have arbitrarily
been included by the provincial
announcement. West of Toronto,
the residents of Peel, Halton,
Hamilton and Wentworth have
also expressed views concerned
with the high costs of regional
government and the imposition
of a program without adequate
or meaningful consultation.
Announce
short
courses
J. D. Jamieson, P. Ag. has
announced three short courses
on farm business management
will be held during February at
Centralia College of Agricultural
Technology, Huron Park.
Interested persons should
register now since there is limi-
ted enrolment.
On February 6th & 7th a
course on Farm Business Ar-
rangements and Estate Planning
is scheduled. Under discussion
will be changes in income tax,
capital gains tax, Ontario suc-
cession duties and gift taxes,,
asset transfers and farm asset
evaluation. In addition unem-
ployment insurance, Workman's
Compensation, Canada Pension
plan, life insurance as well as
'farm business agreements will be
studied. Experts .in these fields
will be in attendance to lead
discussiOn and answer questions.
Current ISsues in Marketing
will be discussed on Monday,'
February 12th. Speakers from
Ottawa, Guelph and Toronto will
discuss national and international
marketing. Of particular interest
is the upcoming U.S, - Canada
trade negotiations, the effect of
the E.E.C. and the development of
offshore markets.
A three day course in Under-
standing the Futures Market is
planned for February 13th, 19th
and 26th. This course Will ex-
amine futures trading in various
commodities such as corn, soy-
beans, beef, pork and others
and explain hoW farMer8 can use
thi s Market. Only a few more
applidationS can be accepted for
this course.
you are interested in one
Or more of these courses contact
your county agricultural rem
presentative or Mr. Doug. Jamie-
son at Centralia College (228,,
with the recent appointment
of a new Minister responsible
for regional government, now is
the time for Premier Davis to
change his implementation phil-
osophy from one of insensitive
imposition to one of concern for
the people affected. Icall upon
the people affected. I call upon
the Premier and his new Min-
ister to listen' with an open mind
to the very credible and reason-
able alternative proposals that
have been presented to them from
these groups. There can be no
justification for any other course
of action, certainly not for the
philosophy of imposition char-
acterized by Darcy McKeough
procedures in the past.
In my view, the Conservative
policies have for too long tended
to concentrate decision-making
at Queen's Park. This has re-
sulted in the imposition of re-
gional governments which have
proven to escalate costs. Our
experience with regional govern-
ments in Niagara, Ottawa, York,
and Muskoka has been one of
increased costs and the trans-
formation of local government
from something involving the
man-on-the- street and counc-
illor or alderman of the next
block or concession, to ex-
pensive, impersonal, Queen's
Park type bureaucracy.
The Liberal Party has long
urged the government to adopt
two fundamental changes which .
we believe would go a long way
to ensure that the views of those
citizens affected by regionaliza-
tion are heard and acted upon.
First, the very heavy responsi-
bility of municipal affairs should
be assigned to one' Cabinet
Minister so that he could focus
properly on the serious problem s
of regional government. Second,
when legislation to create any
new regional government is
introduced into the Legislature,
at least six months should be
allowed between first and second
reading so that concerned citi-
,zeris and the Opposition Parties
can offer counter-proposals and
amendments.
With one important exception,
it is true that government-spon-
sored studies have hashed over
the alternatives and have been
on file for many months and
even years. Still, a real ex-
change of views is meaningful
only when taxpayer's can respond
to a definite plan rather than just
a thick book of all the alterna-
tives.
The exception involved the
Port Hope-Cobourg area which
was never included with Oshawa-
Whitby in any proposal or study
until the Treasurer dropped his
bombshell late in 1972. A ri-
diculously short period, ending
February28th, 1973, was set for
hearing objections, obviously
with the idea of forcing the plan
through the Legislature at the.
Spring Session.
The bulldozing tactics of Pre-
mier Davis must stop. He should
act now to give evidence of his
real concern for thousands of
angry, resentful residents of this
province faced with unwanted, ill-
conceived and costly forms of
regional government. The new
Minister, The Honourable John
White, who has the responsibility
for regional government schemes
should take this opportunity to
review the policies which simply
add to the taxpayers' costs at the
local level without achieving the
economics of scale which the
Conservatives have been predict-
ing for so long.
The one positive advantage of
regionalization is larger planning
areas. Since the province has
already announced the abolition of
the ten Regional Development
Councils to be replaced by five
large planning areas, the reason
for pursuing the ureaucratic
concepts of new regional govern-
ments should be reviewed while
a pause in further implementation
is established,
If the Premier persists inhis
plans, it can only be fork the con-
venience of the Queen's Park
bureaucracy - cetainly not for
the benefit of the citizens con-
cerned.
Fire completely gutted the
Hugh Pearson produce depot in
Brussels 25 years ago.. The
building was on the site, of the
',resent C. and G. Kr.auter Plum-
)ing.
According to a story in the
Huron Expositor of February 6,
1948, damage was estimated at
approximately $20,000.
Fire also destroyed a three-.
room apartment occupied by a
war veteran Kenneth Coleman and
his wife and three children.
Mr. Coleman had just moved
his new furniture into the apart-
ment the day before. Everything
was destroyed when the roof
caved in.
Brussels and wirigham fire
men were hampered in thei
efforts to fight the fire whe
ice conditions in the river re
duced the water supply.
The fire was discovered i
the basement of the building a
about 6 a.m.
Flames quickly swept throug
the structure and reached the
top storey within half an hour
At 7:20 o'clock the roof cave
in.
The building contained a chic•
ken plucking plant, cold, storagE
rooms, egg room, and the toi
storey apartment.
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BRUSSELS POSTy JANUARY 31, 1973