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► BRUSSELS
ONTARIO Wednesday, September 5, 1973
Long time
resident dies,
was 99
US Cyclists pay visit -
to Orossels .dishid
Fire damage
is $40,000
Fire caused an estimated kiss
of over $40,000 early Monday
afternOon ' when flameS raced
through a large L-shaped barn
on1\the farm of John Ewen of
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Labor day crash
takes ..three, lives
An early morning Labor Day
crash took the lives of three
members of a Kitchener family
and two others ofilksame family
were injured. single car
accident' occur d about 1 a.m.
Monday,
The car, driven by James.
Woelfle, 28, plunged into a ditch
and smashed against an embank-
ment on Huron County Road 12
about 12 miles north of Brussels
and a mile north of wroxeter,
police reported.
The crash killed Mrs.
Woelfle,, 27, and two children,
Lisa,1, and Kenneth, 2. Mr.
Wofle and another son James,
3, are in. Kitchener-Waterloo
Hospital in fair condition with
chest and head injuries.
The woefle family was,
returning to their Kitchener. horn e
following a :holiday at Sauble.
Beach. Mr• Woelfle is a nephew
of Mrs. Wm. Brown, Jarvis St.
Seaforth,
Mrs. Richard Hamilton,
widow of the late Dr. Richard
;, Hamilton, died in vVingham
nd District Hospital on Friday,'
ugust 31st, 1973, She was in
per 99th year,
A long-time resident of
russels, she was the former
da: May Bailey. Active, and
eerily interested in her corn-
unity, she maintained her own
ome until her health failed and
he became a resident of the
allander Nursing Home, Brus-
els.
She served at one time as
e organist of the Brussels
nited Church and also of St.
hn's Anglican Churel.
She is -survived by one sis-
r, Mrs. J.A. Smith of EdmOn-
n, also nieces and nephews,
Funeral services were held •
om the M.L. Watts Funeral
H uron p owing ome at 2 p.m. on Monday,
ptember 3rd with Rev. E. . •
plans have been completed for edrew officiating. Burial took the 46th Annual, Huron Plowmens ace in Brussels cemetery.
Pallbearers were Association plowing match.. ' : Jack
yans, Ken Tyerman, George The match this' year is being
liott, Hector Hamilton, Wm, heldat the Howard Datars farm,
shton and R.B. Cousins. 1 mile north ,of Dashwood on
Saturday, September
Two U.S. cyclists paid abrief
visit to Brussels last week.
'Allan and Dianne Mulka of
Warren, Michigan, are on a cycle
tour in South Western Ontario.
Leaving their home in Warren
on Monday, August 27th, they en-
tered Canada by way of Sarnia.
Taking advantage of camping
facilities in provincial parks en-
route, they had visited Goderich,
Kincardine and wingham before
arriving in. Brussels.
Commenting on the provincial
'parks they said they were most
impressed with Inverhuron,
finding it the best. They re-
gretted it was to be closed to
the public.
Asked what they thought of
Ontario they replied "beautiful
The preceding day,'starting
at noon on Friday, September
14th a coaching class will be
held, when- expert plowmen will
demonstrate . the proper setting
of plows and cosh the plow boys
and girls on the art of match
plowing . The plowing match
will get underway at 9.30 Satur-
day morning Septeber 15,
A horse shoe pitching contest
:,/s.,another feature of the matchon
Saturday afternoon with two
classes - one for Huron players
only, and one for all comers.
A Queen of - the Furrow
contest - another popular feature
of the match will be held'
when the 1973 Huron Queen of the
Furrow will be' chosen. The
Huron Queen will be eligible to
compete in the Ontario Queen of
the Furrow contest at the Inter-
national Plowing Match in
Lambton county, September 25 to
29.-
Pork producers name queen
Debbie will represent Huron's
pork producers at the Royal Win-
'ter Fair in Toronto in November
The idea of a Pork Hostess
for the province is relatively new,
and the producers hope her duties
will help promote the respective
product to consumers across the
province.
Each girl was interviewed by
a panel of judges made up of
Mrs; Robert S. McKercher of
Seaforth, Mre. Ian McAllister of
Zurich and Mrs. Sid. Freleigh
of Lambton County.
The girls were questioned on
pork production, preparatiOn of
pork for the dinner table, and
general information questions.
Following the barbecue which
fed over 1100 people, 'the gir 1 s
delivered a two-minute speech on
''Food Value of Pork".
Debbie was presented with a
silver tray from the Huron County
Pork producers' Association and
a leather bag and leather gloves
by Bainton Ltd. of Blyth. The
other contestants were presented
with a pair of leather gloves
each from Bainton Ltd.
PatiUteckle of R.R. 2, Zurich,
was master of ceremonies for the
Hostess competition.
,„ dance at the Seaforth Com-
munity Centre rounded out the
evening's entertainment.
We grumble about the heat,
e cold, the' snow, the , rain,
rid this and that. We should
stead consider how 'fortunate
e really are. No earthquakes;
"land slides; no torrential rains.
d floods; no violent tornadoes
at have devastated other
untries and left thousands of •
ctitns , dead, injured and
meless; no drOught with famine
rid starving millions in its.wake.,,
e need to count our blessings
d be thankful.
* * * * *
The Brussels Lion's Club
embers, after their two-month
cesS, are all ready to roar
lain and continue their good
ork on behalf of their community
d other prOjectt, ..TheYnieet
onday, Sept, 10th with 'the fol-
wing slate of officers; Past
resident, Jim Knight; President
in Prior; 1st VICO President
Oss McCall; 2ticlVite President,.
ayne Lowe; 3rdVitePreSident,
ck MCCutCheon; Directors, Ken
ott, Albert TenPaS, Frank
aster, Jack BryanS; secretary,
ecil McFadden; Treasurer, Don
aerie; Tail Twister, Jack
night Assistant, Bill teaCOM;
ion Tamer, Henry Ekel;
ht, C.
ditor ) Jim Armstrong, Pub-city, Roy keimedy; Assistant;.
evil McFadden; Auditors Jim '
night, Jail van Viiet; PrOjeOter,
in Prier, Gordon McGaVin,
fitY tkel,
******
The arena question
ready provoked a., great deal Of
PPOsitiOn from. the residents of
VliAlge. A new arena, at
the ,Outbd approximate cost of $325,000.- appale mahypeoide.hiti knoWr that the CO-St Of the instalia tion of a sewage ,Sydeiti ibevita
bly fades theiti in' the near future.
In the tatter of 'erilarging the present • arena it seems it would not Oferi meet prekent day safety eguiatietiS and the beet of eh-
DEBBIE RIDDELL
Debbie Riddell, R.R.1, Hay,
18-year old .daughter of Jack
'Riddell, MPP for Huron, and
Mrs. Riddell, became • Huron
County's first . Pork Hostess in
Seaforth Wednesday.
The selection of the Huron
County Pork Hostess was part
of the annual Huron County Pork
Association pork barbecue.
There were three girls in the
competition and the other com-
petitors were Janice Johns, 19,
of R.R. 3, Exeter; and Adrienne
VanRaay, 19, of Dashwood.
larging would increase beyond
what might have, been expected.
It certainly would be fine to
have a new, or enlarged
structure, but, can the community
afford it? It is understood that,
if opposition grows, and is
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especially in this area where they
had taken many pictures. In
most• places they found the people
friendly, though not as much so
as in Brussels. In some places
folks just, stared and wondered
if they were “touched," cycling
in the intense
The couple had averaged 75
miles a day until the heat became
oppressive and it was cut, to
what Allah described as . ega
tough 40".. .
After a cooling drink
proff e red by a kindly store-
keeper, astride their 'bikes, wits
packs a-back and cycles loaded,
they gave a final smile and waved
a gay farewell as they pedaled
off • on their way to Stratford,
match coming
Barr? Bowe n; The fire caused an estimated $40,000 damage, The large L. Shaped barn 'CM the ferM Of abhii
deatotth was destroyed hY:1#6 early Mbliday afternoon. Fire destroying large and barn, 1,00 bales of hay, 4,000
bales Of Striiki diesel tractor and equipment. CAA first the barti"e toet, story and was Spotted by