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The Brussels Post, 1974-08-07, Page 2Wednesday, August 7, 1974 Serving Brussels and the surrounding community. Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario by McLean Bros.Publishers, Limited. Evelyn Kennedy - Editor Torn Haley - Advertising Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and' Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association. Subscriptions'(in advance) Canada $6.00 a year, Others $8.00 a year, Single Copies 15 cents each. Second class mail Registration. No. 0562. Telephone 887-6641. a. • Sewage treatment needed The Ontario government's Department of the Environment has released a report, researched in 1972, which is very critical of the village of Brussels for polluting, mostly with household sewage, the Maitland River. Now we are in no way condoning dumping of sewage into our once beautiful Maitland and we support the Department of the Environment in their efforts to get cleaner water for all of us. But, we would like to point out to the Environmental people that the village of Brussels has been trying, and before 1972, to get proper sewage treatment facilities. Red tape from various government departments is one of the big reasons that sewage from Brussels is still going into the river. According to Reeve .Jack McCutcheon, Brussels Council approached the province to have a survey made on the need for sewers in the village in 1971. Council has been working with various government departments since then and a hearing was held a couple of months ago on the proposed sewage treatment plant. The critical report may be evidence that one branch of, the department doesn't know what the other branch is doing. But there is not much point in getting hot under the collar and blasting the department when we are trying to do something about our sewage problem. The best way of looking at the critical findings of the Department of the Environment is as a reminder that yes, we are polluting the Maitland. Surely after they've been so critical, Department of theEnvironment authorities will be turning somersaults to see that we get our sewage treatment plant , now awaiting approval, and sewers as quickly as possible. I 8 new pups Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiley aP, .64,00eCi,f(es ,o.ike two aipitItiSi remove the headband and Call hie in the morning." AM. ..••114•10.100.=.111•11.1.1111 I have a number of things to be disposed of -this week, and the first is my wife. Don't worry, I'm not going to put her in the basement and cover her with fresh cement.That's old-fashioned, and you usually get caught. I'm going to put her in the attic, with a gag in her mouth, rolled up in a piece of that roofing that will be left over after our shingling job, which she ordered. Now, I've nothing against women, particularly, though I have generally, and nothing against roofers at all, though they charge too much and get you involved in all sorts of side issues like louvres and insulation and squirrels. know what a squirrel is, and I've a vague idea about insulation, but I haven't a clue about louvres. I thought it was some kind of an art gallery in Paris, but it turns out to be a couple of holes up around the roof so the air can circulate. It's not that my wife has an extra big mouth for a woman, but every time she opens it, it costs me money. I had a perfectly straightforward deal with a roofer to put on a roof. That's what roofers are for. besides taking them off. Admittedly, not many people call up a roofer and say, "I'd like my roof t aken off." But, as a rule, they take off the old one before they put on the new one. ok? That's when the Old Battleaxe opened her mouth. "What about the insulation?" She wouldn't know an insulation if it bit her on the kneecap, but she has this subconscious desire to be an engineer. The roofer is a fine fellow, but he wasn't going to argue with a lady. lie agreed that you can't have too much insulation. Then he said, "1 guess you'd want a couple of louvres?" I just nodded numbly. A couple of art museums? Fine. Might as well go for the works. There. I've disposed of my wife, and I feel better already. The blood is beginning to recede from my head and go back to its normal channels, But I have a few other people to dispose of, so let's get on with it. How about Coca-Cola? I can feel the blood mounting again. Perhaps it's a Mistake taking on both my wife and Coca-Cola in the sante Column. They are both undisposable, if not unclispensible. But my wife is much more formidable. Anyway. There is this fellow, Donald Burwash, who works for Coca-Cola Ltd. He is a pouncer. Not a bouncer, which we don't need when we're dealing with soft drinks, but a pouncer. Whenever he sees. the word Coke written with a small "c" , he pounces. He doesn't get hysterical, but he does get a bit stuffy. He pounced on a column of mine recently in which the sacrilegious word, was used twice with a small "c". Two of the more than 100 papers using this column sent me along his hurt letter of protest. Hi, Harry Stemp of the Lake Simcoe Advocate, and Hi, Mrs. Brebner of the Meaford Express. I hopeold Burwash didn't write the sante letter to all the other -editors. Knowing weekly editors, I'm sure, if he did, that most of the letters wound up in the trash-can. I won't bore you with brother Burwash's whole letter, which was almost identical in both cases (sorry, Donald), because it is a very boring letter. But here's a sample: "Coke" distinguishes and identifies only the product of this Company (large "c") and we must of necessity be diligent in safeguarding it against improper use lest inadvertently, it loses its distinctiveness and significance.' ' "Diligent Ho How about that? "Of necessity"? in "Inadvertently"? That lafigsuaafgege ui dingstraight. out of a novel by Dickens. And do you think the word "Coke" is distinctive and significant? Lest you should ; inadvertently, think otherwise, pray do not be deceived by the obtuse ramifications of the unholy and insidious myself: H ow's that? can Write that stuff Oh, well, BurwaSh old boy„ it takes all kinds. But y ou're getting there, kid. On June 12, you were Assistant. Secretary at Coca Cola. On June 21, you were Secretary, It must be that Magnificent. Chtitchillian prose style. In the meantime, is it all right if I burn a little coke in my fireplace? Or should I just cool off and have a Pepsi?