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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-05-02, Page 11 Mr. and Mrs. Floyd' Hilts (left) who come from St. Agatha have purchased the Lowe grocery store here and took possession. mi.. and Mrs. Stewart Lowe are retiring after 28 years in business in Brussels. (Staff Photo) ESTABLISHED t$72 072 102nd Year — Issue No. 18 Wednesday, ,May 2, 1973 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO Brussels .P6s concerning the succes's of the recent Friday night opening spe- cial. with a suggestion that stores should remain • open until 10 o'clock. A second suggestion advanced by Geo. Mutter proposed that a draw .be held each Friday night at 9:30 and that in order to win the holder of the draw would be required to be present. It was agreed that dates of holiday closings would be adrer- Used. A committee on the promo- tion of sidewalk days was set up and includes: Fred Stephen- son, Barry peters, Bob Hayward, George Langlois, Bill Beacom. Volunteers to collect money on the night of the fireworks are: Barry Peters, Frank Thompson, Merle Freeman. A booth at the fair grounds on the night of the fireworks was discussed but was left up to the restaurant owners them- selves. The next meeting of the Asso- ciation will be held in the library basement on May 30th at 8 p.m. Association officers were en- couraged at the interest indicated by the large attendance. Mrs. Helen Adams, President of the Brussels Businessrnens Association_ was in charge of the meet- 4ng, that followed dinner at a gathering in the Brussels Legion Hall, Wednesday. (Staff Photo) District Liberals gather to hear Agricultural Minister Association dinner:. marks retireriterit of business couple Eugene Whelan federal Agri- culture Minister, guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Huron Federal riding in . Exeter Friday night, replied to criticism ! levelled at him recently by the Ontario Beef . Improvement Association about beef trade. The dinner meeting which filled Exeter Legion Hall was followed by a dance. Mr. Whelan said he was accused of misleading the House of Commons and the Canadian public into thinking that leis beef was being imported from the United States than previously. "In actual fact," -he said, "our imports of slaughter cattle from the U.S. are down con- siderably froni last year. At the same time our exports are up. Slaughter imports are down by almost 70 per cent from a year ago whereas exports are up by nearly 150 per cent. If we look at feeder cattle exports we see that this year we have exported over 41,000 head to date versus only 1,749 head for the corres- Nom. hort hots By Evelyn Kennedy Strolling home from work one bright sunny afternoon last week, I wondered what all the excite- ment on the bridge was about. Bikes were lined up on one side. On the other side a half dozen youngsters were hanging over the rail, peering down at the water below exclaiming and shouting directions accompanied by ges- tures. On arriving on the scene (Continued on Page 10 poncling period last year. A phenomenal increase of nearly 40,000 head." Speaking on the dressed beef trade with the U.S., he said, '.'we are importing more beef from the U.S. than we did a year ago. ' However, :our total ' beef imports from all countries in- cluding the U.S. is down by about one per cent. This is because we have been importing , more U.S. beef and less from the Oceanic countries, principally Australia and New Zealand. Now, if we focus just on our trading position with the U.S..I should set the records straight by giv- ing you the entire situation.While it is true that total dressed beef imports from the U.S. have risen by some 4,000,000 pounds we must look at our imports of slaughter cattle. when we com- bine the imports of dressed beef with slaughter cattle and make the assumption that on average the (Continued on Page 9) A large representation of the Business Community attended the beef dinner and Meeting of the Brussels Business Association in the Legion Hall wednesday evening. The dinner, served by the ladies of the Legion Auxiliary, was followed with entertainment provided by the Din-a-Lings. The four young ladies of this group, who pleased their listeners with orchestral music, song and dance and set many toes a-tapping, were Julie McCall, Julie Camp- bell, Susan Langlois and Mich- elle McCutcheon. Mr. and Mrs. •Stewart Lowe, who, after 28 years of business in Brussels, have disposed- of the Lowe- Food Market, were honored. Cal. Krauter, local businessman and friend who him- self this -week marked 25 years in business in Brussels, paid tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and Mrs. Oldfield presented the couple with a gift on behalf, of the association. Mr. Lowe re- plied and introduced their business successors, Mr. and. Mrs. Floyd Hilts of St. Agatha, and welcomed them to. the Brus- sels community. The president of the assoc- iation, Mrs. Helen Adams, con- ducted the business meeting. She called for an expression of ap- preciation to the ladies of the auxiliary for the meal served which was replied to by Mrs. B. Elliott:• — Harold Bridge, secretary, dealt with minutes and corres- pondence. Store hours and open nights were under discussion as were various means of improving bus- iness - customer relations. Plans were furthered for the gigantic fire works display to be held May 18th at the Brussels Fair Grounds (in case Of rain delayed until May 21st.) There was general agreement Ladies division plans for Fair Te Ladies' Division of the Brussels • Fall Fair met in the library to lay plans for this year's 'fair. Mrs. Ross Bennett presided and Mrs. Doug Smith was secretary. The meeting agreed the division would not sponsor a queen. Judges for • the different sections were chosen as well as additional names suggested of persons to serve as directors. A proposal to sponsor a bake sale on June 9th in the library was approved and donations would be appreciated. While the vacancy in the office of 1st Vice-President continues, the president hoped this office would be filled by fair time. Prize books for the ladies' division are now ready and available from Mrs. Doug Smith the secretary. Huron reeves vote to save historic jail - wall . _ Only 1 4 votes separated the county dOuncillOrs in favor of retaining the. jail Wall from the county councillors who would have 'torn it &Wit but those 14 votes have preserved the historical old building, located at the northern entrance to the Town of Goderich, possibly ter a national monumente It was Reeve oddlieisOn who announced the possibility of the fernier Huron County Jail becoming a national monument In a lengthy and sometimes heated debate i keeike odciiie&bripleatibC1 with council to "preserve a nion,, uitient older thin tobtedetatiotiP.'. said the time may be "very near" when the site will-be pained a national monument and in that CaSe f no one will be able tOtotidh it The recorded vote Whieli, fol lowed council's deliberatiOrt showed 34 vote's, in favor of • retaining the wall and the addition to the assessment building on the preeent paved parking lot jtist north of the eit., offices of the-Minton-Perth Itegionat ArOesshieht Office. There were 20 totes' livoe of removing- the will even though the To*ti of Goderich has • f(Continued on Page 0) There was Ali enthusiastic attendance'that crowded Exeter Legion '1101, Friday evenings tor the annual Meeting itit the Attith 'Liberal ASiodisitiOri. Shown 'heke Ott) are Colin V'/rigilaini. Who WAS deeted Orekiident Aitedeedifit Odeddit Mat4aViii of WattOtio, •Graeine Craig WEilton i• hated as vice: president, Hon: toot* Whelan, Canada of .Agkidtiltuttit, WhO addressed the gathering and trued Mobongdi, Brussels Nein* Liberal representative on the etedutive, by bke>, •