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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-09-26, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1872 russels OS 102nd Year — Issue No. 39 Wednesday, September 26, 1973 BRUSSELS ONTARIO Huron separates functions of planning, land division some ssels. Photo) y I9 ;90 190 1.30 !26, iver A prize being donated that Was not included in the printed list in the Domestic Sdience Sed, tion of the Ladies' Division was that of Neilson's Ltd. who will donate a 2 lb. box of chocolates' for the best chodolate cake dis- played with a NeilSon cocoa. label. The ladies - are aSking for donations Of pies for their bOoth on fair day. There are still a few prize lista available. You can pick up one at. the offide of the Brussels Post if you need October 3rd and 4th are Brus- sels Fair Days. That it T he Wednesday and ThUrsdaY. fact that the fair in other years hat always been on Thursday and ptiday is confusing some people. DOti't turn hp for the fair on P'riday: is on Wednesday and ThtiradaY. See ad elsewhere in this paper for further par, tfOularS. The lair officials' haVe been 'Working hard to make a success bf itI 1971 fair. All, that is needed OW Is good weather, and the participation Of the` publicy both as exhibitors' and SieottitOrS. Get yOtit entries in and be there On. ThUteday Of next week to enjoy the 1973 Brussels Fall Fair. Rain Rain stay away, come again .some other dayt - itg The C.N.R. at-Mounded the removal of a number of stations including Brussels. This pric, tically eliminates any dim gleam Of hope tor the restoration of the' resumption, of rail SerVide heft', It'is too bad that the building hote could not be put to some good use for the community in, stead of being demolished. We 'have read that elsewhere Sortie are to be converted kir use as a Senibt Citizens dentrei This teethe to be a Ctinatitdi, five idea. In spite :of the, fact thit, fn HtirOn, County the indidenCe of ribieS ha been relatively` constant 'Ior' some years, :Wire will be free rabies otinicit for pets, again this yeat:, it will be held in Brussels libra14 on October' 14th. Witoh hOtitideriient.• MOH explains need fOr new food bylaw The Executive Committee report to Huron County Council last Friday brought a storm of protest from Reeve Ed. Oddleif- son, a member of the Planning Board, whe n it was learned plans were afoot to make the planning Board and the Land Division Committees separate bodies. According to the Executive Committee report, the Planning Act provides for a Planning Board to be made up of four, six or eight members of county council Rabies in. animals in Huron `County continues to be a pro- blem, according to W.J. Thomp- son, Sub-district veterinarian with the Dept. of Agriculture. The number of confirmed cases during the first 8 months of 1973 was 53 for the period. This figure was 52 confirmed cases for the same period in 1972. The 53 animals were com- prised of the following: Bovines 11; Swine 1; Dogs 1; Cats 4;. Foxes 18; Skunks 10; Rabbits 1; Wolves L. The above figures represent a marked increase in confirmed cases in cats. During the pail" 7 years, Agri- culture Canada, Health of Animals Branch, in co-operation with the Huron County Health Unit, has sponsored free Anti- Rabies Vaccination clinics for dogs and cats in the county. The sponsoring groups have decided to hold Anti-Rabies Vaccination clinics ,in 1973, in an attempt to limit the spread of rabies . to dogs and cats from wild ani- mals, particularly skunks and Brussels is going to be featUred• in a video tape being pro, duced by an Ontario government' department this fall. Aresotirce ockage being organized. by the Sports and Recreation btandh Of the Ministry of. COMMercial and Social Services features Huron County Planners Gary Davidson and Nick Hill discUSSing develop, tent of the secondary plan for, Brussels, with the help . Of local` residents this summer. In a letter to Brussels Post editor, Evelyn . Kennedy, Alek* Andra Seinenhik, a consultant with the Recreation branch, says the videotape will fbdtia on citizen involvement with the planning pro cess and will use theHrtistelIS' experience as an example. The text of Miss Setrieniuk'S letter' follOWS. This summer, in responSe to a growing awareness on the part of Planners for the need to' actively involve" the pnbith in the Olanning process, the Sports and Recreation Standh Of the Ministry of, Community and Social 'Servides initiated a project related to diiieri Par, ticipatiOn in planning. The underlying goal of the project WAS defined iS goal,. To provide a pradtidal, tiae, ful resource for planning Midi:Orli-- ties regarding Citizen involve. teent in planning RedreatiOnOpeii SPace, your objectives of thiProjeCt Were identified, Which Served to plus the warden and to operate separately from the Land Divi- sion Committee. The recommendation which was finally approved by council was that for the year 1974, the Huron County Planning Board consist of six members of county council plus the warden. One member from the Social Services Committee will be transferred to the new committee to permit the proper number on the Planning. Board. The present Planning. Board foxes. All owners of dogs and cats are strongly urged to take, ad-. vantage of the Free Anti-Rabies Vaccination clinics which will take place from October 1, .1973 (in northern areas of the county) to, October 17, 1973 (in southern areas.) Please consult your local newspaper and radio station for locations, dates and times. Rabies is a virus disease of animals which can be spread to man and is usually fatal in all warm-blooded species. The fata- lity of the disease is an aspedt which makes the disease so im- portant in public health. To date no confirmed cases of rabies have occurred in humans in Huron County. This outstanding record is mainly due to the conscien- tious efforts of medical authori- ties. and V practitioners in the county, combined with control measures in animals. Dr. Thompson urged pet owners to present pets for Free Anti- Rabies Vaccination. consists of five members of council, five appointees from outside council and the warden. It has been felt that under that system, the same people made the decisions and heard the ap- peals on those decisions. "When the board doesn't agree," members are not very apt to appeal their own decis- ions," said Charles ':Thomas, reeve of. Grey. Reeve Oddleifson warned against "an independant arm" such as the Land Division Com- mittee would become with the • new legislation. He said he was "surprised" that the Executive- Committee would .make such a suggestion when it was the "first Indication" Reeve Oddleifson, a member of a planning board, had had it was in the works. "It is a little strange to me to learn the planning board isn't operating as smoothly as I thought (Continued on Page 12) Tells story of Gan brook • eginning Cranbrook I. hosted the SepteMber Meeting, of the Huron, COunty Historical Society in the. Cranbrook CemMunity Center. The meeting opened with O Canada and MrS. Wilfred Strickler welcomed the guests to Cranbrook., Harold S. Turner, president, of the Historical Society, repOrted on the Society's summer events. He commented on the Hayfield walkalong and the bus trip to the Bell homestead. 'Mrs. Amber M. Popp, secretary, read the June minutes-and gave. the treasurer's report. .Mrt. Poth reported on membership and in- vited interested people to secure a $2 membership ($3 fOr couple) Which would AISO entitle theM to receive a copy of the Huron Historical Notes. Mrs. Leslie Knight read a poem. "When Mother BakeS" and by so doing intrOduded Sharon, Rosanne, Tracy and. Susan Engel who told about Mother's apron of long. agO in .song. They were accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Stewart steisS4 Mrs. Strickler introduced Mrs.* Gordon Engel from the Cranbrook wa, who spoke On Pioneer bayg in Cranbrook. Mrs. Engel's talk was baSed On the Plot. She made many references to the tinge mapi pointing out locations and streets. It ';Vat abOtit 1855 she said when Cran, brook was surveyed into town plots, and park 'lots from lot 11 to. lot 15 concession 11 Grey. She pointed Out TantierSVille and the Mueller plan t eitplaining they Were, separate plans from. the plot. Many anecdotes were told about the early piOneeta.. MrS. Engel told how. the W.I. had researched all the town and park lots the past' winter and have recorded all the names lioni the Crown to the present day. The meeting was. invited to. view their effOrth in the Tweedsmuir tookS;i Mrs. Stewart 8teiSs• directed and accompanied the junior choir in two Lind is Ours"' and •ittVerything is beantifido in which 'Barbara Cameron, Abatable and Tracy kfitet sang a Sold part:, oti.'Page' .35 An' impromptu discussion at the regular September session of Huron County Council was touched off by Goderich deputy-reeve Stan Profit when he asked Dr. Frank Mills, Medical officer of Health, to explain the new Food Premises By-Law which the county Board of Health is attempting to put through. A letter from the Board of Health has gone out to all munici- pal councils for study regarding the proposed bylaw. From the discussion at council last Friday, it was learned the correspon- dence had been generally mis- understood throughout the county. Dr. Mills explained the county was interested in making a "registry" of food places in Huron. He said under present rules, persons selling food ready for eating were not required to register and there is no way of making sure that all such pre- mises conform to the local and provincial regulations. He stres- sed the point that the Board of Health was not interested in collecting the licence fees, only keeping an accurate record of all the food premises in Huron. "Our men are not detectives out looking for these places," said Mills. "When we're aware of them, we look after them. The big ones are under good control but we must know where they all are." Dr. Mills informed council that in one instance, a food pre- mises was operating in Huron with no sink, no refrigerator, no stove. He: said the meat was stored right out on the counter and there are "certain health hazards" in this. The doctor said that all school cafeterias are regularly inspected but other places where professional caterers are hired should also, be kept under watch. He stated that in his opinion, local ladies groups at church suppers for instance, would not be inspected in the same manner although the county Board of Health would be happy to co- operate with them on any food storage advice they may want. Dr. Mills pointed out there are guidelines published for persons serving food at such places as fall fairs, etc. He said these cases are covered under a tem- porary agreement. Food poisoning, Dr. Mills pointed out, remains the respon- sibility of the person who sells the food. The county, therefore, has a secondary responsibility to see that all food premises meet the requirements where health is concerned. "It is not a mandatory bylaw to bring hither financial pressure on our restaurateurs in our village," asked Reeve Ed. Oddleifson, Hayfield. ,(Continued on age 4) Horticultural society plans for Fall Fair The Brussels Horticultural. Society met Monday in the library with 28 members and ten guests present. Mrs. Wm. Hewitt, president, opened the meeting and Miss Vicky Machan contributed a piano solo. A. Knight read the newsletter and members discussed the flower show and suggested changes. The balance was $104.68, helped by a sale of turkey pies made by Mrs. F. Dunk from scraps when the turkeys were being carved. Mrs. E. Cudmore introduced Mrs. Wm. Klie of Hanover, the District 8 Director who spoke on 'Judging Changes on the His- tory of Societies', and congratu- lated the group for interest shown. Mr. F. Dunk thanked Mrs. Klie. Miss. Vicky Machan played another solo and Mrs. W. Hewitt thanked her. The Door Prize was -Vton by Miss Rene Jouwsma of wingham who gave a floral demonstration from miniature to large arrangement. Mrs. Wm. Hewitt also thanked her. Gifts were presented to those taking part. The fair group display was discussed and Mrs. Jas.• Smith volunteered to oversee, setting. up. Members who have items on hind suitable for Christmas are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Smith. The fair float com- mittee includes: Mr. and Mrs. F. Dunk, Mrs. A McCall, Mr. A. Knight with Mr. and Mrs. C. Hemingway assisting with tractor and wagon. Miss Jouwsma gave her ar- rangements for draws and these were won by Mrs.George Love, Mrs. Wm. Klie, Miss Mae Skel- ton . Mrs. E. Cudmore, Mrs. • F. Shaw. Lunch was served, by Mrs. L. McCutcheon, Mrs. Wm. Miller, Mrs. Bert Hemingway, Mrs. H. Tunney and mrs. Jas. Armstrong. Plan clinics in Huron as rabies continuing problem Will feature Brussels plan in video, package guide the project team in their search for infOrmation. The statement o f objectives also reveals our intent of what . the resource materials could be USed,for when they are finally available. (1) To better understand .what presently exists re: citizen in- vOlVement in planning Of open spaCe in the Ontario context. (2) To increase planning anthOritiet' understanding of involvement techniques and hoW to use them well. • (1) To shOW planners that citizen involvement is effective for 'both citizens and planning aittlibrities; and (4) TO encourage positive' attitude' about the value of Oaken, involvement at all stages of the Planning process. In the Course Of the field Work, the projed team became aware Of the planning' philosophy and the activities Of the Hutton detinty Planning Department' regarding its approach t inVOIVing the Local citizens' in the planning process.. Of Special interest Were the efforts of Mr. Gary Davidson and Mr Nick Hill in developing the Sitaaela add, - (Artery plan with the dromMtinitYi With their permission, We have documented on, Video tape, MeaSt S. taVidgOti and Hill dia, atiSSing their Work in titsSelg to illustrate their WOWS on bitlieti partidibatiOni :its tilde and (C ontinued On. Page 10