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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-02-19, Page 13KINDERGARTEN, REGISTRATION Grey Central Public SchOol:—= February 26th (1.30 -- 3.00) Brussels Public School:--- March 3rd (1.30 —3.00) Walton Public School:--- March 4th (1.30 —r— 3.00) E. Wawanosh Public School:--- March 5th (a.m.) Blyth Public School:— • March 6th (1.30 -- 3.30) Children who will be 5 years of age on or before December 31, 1975 are eligible for enrolment in September. Child's birth certif- icate required' at registration. • READ and USE POST CLASSIFIED ARE YOU UNDER SIXTEEN? WANT TO SPEAK YOUR MIND? LIKE TO HAVE ADULTS LISTEN TO WHAT YOU THINK? COULD YOUR SPEAKING ABIL- ITY STAND IMPROVEMENT? WOULD A SCHOLARSHIP BE 'OF ANY VALUE TO YOU?. Annually, Optimist Clubs throughout Canada and the United States conduct oratorical con- tests for boys and girls under 16 years of age. Local winners are eligible to enter district con- tests and the winners of the district oratorical contests are presented $500 college scholar- ships. Official Subject (GIVE ME YOUR HAND). Entry Deadline: MARCH 7th, 1975 Contest will be held on FRIDAY, MARCH 14th, 1975, at 8:00 p.m. IN BRUSSELS PUBLIC SCHOOL If interested, fill in the form below and send to J. McLellan, 887-6181, Brussels Optimist Club Yes, I want to enter the Optimist Club (*Mar.- ical Contest:— Name I Address Prov. • Y • Date of Biith; • • • -4 if City 4- ' • „ nay 4 ik i • • Month 4 i war „ set Phone • • • School • • • 4. " • • 4 • • ••• ••• THE BRUSSELS POST, FEBRUARY 19, 1975 —13 Mariners Service is set. Sunday Feb ruary 23, will mark the 61st Annual Mariners' Service to be held in, Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich, in memory of those sailors who lost their lives during the greatest marine disaster ever rec orded in the history of the Great Lakes. It was on Sunday, November 9th, 1913, that 71 ships and 254 sailors were lost during the raging storm. In Lake Huron 24 ships were lost, 8 of them went down in the Goderich area. They were in Wexford, 17 lost; the Regina, 15 lost; the John A. McGean, 23 lost; the James A. Carruthers, 19 lost; 28 seamen were lost when the Isaac M. Scott OBITUARY WILLIAM GRANT marrii% William Grant (David) Brittain of the Queen's Hotel, Brussels, passed away in Wingham and District Hospital after an illness of about three weeks. He had suffered a stroke seven years ago and since -that tithe had been disabled. He was 68 years of age. Born in Pardick, Scotland, he came to Canada in 1910 and settled in Preston, Ontario where - he received his High School education. He was married in London, Ontario on July 30th, 1960 to the former Ada Forster, formerly of St. Marys, Ontario. In earlier years he was a trucker but had been in the Hotel business for the past 40 years. The couple came to Brussels in 1967 to the Queen's Hotel. He retired in 1968. He was a member of the Anglican Church , an honorary member of Pr eston Legion, member of Brussels Optimist Club and the Brussels Business Association. He was a war veteran having joined Field Artillery in the 2nd World War with the Guelph Regiment. He was very active in Lacrosse in his early years. Surviving are his wife ;. one son, Grant Brittain of Brussels; a daughter, Mrs. Donna Diebolt of Maryhill and three stepdaughters, Mrs. Kathleen Holden of Burks Falls, Mrs. Lillian Ball of St. Marys and Mrs. Ada Partridge of Wallaceburg. Funeral services were held from the Watts Funeral Home on Friday, February 14th, with the Rev. Fred Carson of St. John's Anglican Church officiating. ' Temporary entombment took place in Brussels Cemetery Chapel with burial to take place later in IngersollCemetery. Pallbearers were Carl Graber, Ted Dimn, Don Bray, George Langlois, Bob Hayward and George Wheeler of the Optimist Club. Maitland (Continued from Page 1) about $22,000. Resource manager Ian Deslauriers said the erosion control assistance program would not cover lands along the authority's recently-added seven miles of Lake Huron shoreline south of Goderich. He said overlapping jurisdiction between provincial, federal and municipal governments for such lands will have to be cleared up before the authority will begin a program to halt the shoreline erosion. Instead, he said, the atithority will look into the establishment of an erosion study in co-operation With the Ontario Ministry of natural resources to determine the extent of existing erosion. He said it "could be a Icing time" before the authority Would be able to implement any r ecommendations the study might produce. sank; the Hydrus lost 24 seamen;' the Charles S. Prince lost 28 and the Argus went down with 24 men lost. The most appalling tribute to the Great Storms' power was the toll in human lilfe ---254 men and women lost their lives; 181 of the 254 whose lives were lost in the Great Storm were lost in the rugged Lake Huron in the Goderich area. Probably one pf the strangest facts of the Great Storm is the fact that apparently all ships which sank in Lake Huron went down at the same time. Sailors from different ships whose bodies were washed ashore at widely separated points, who carried watches, when notes were compared, it was declared that all watches had stopped at the same time —1;25.- The Rev. G.L.Royal, moderator of Knox Presbyterian Church, will conduct the service. Harbouraires, the ever popular and well known all male choir which has presented many programmes throughout Western Ontario will take part in the service of worship. The choir, which has taken part in the annual Mariners' Service on 20 occasions, will be under the direction of Mr. George Buchanan. Chairman of the Huron County Safety Association, said that compulsory roll bars on all new tractors would probably soon be introduced. The railroads are now experimenting with revolving lights on locomotives and are applying reflecting devices on the side of a railway freight cars on the recommendation of the Safety Association. He warned further that anyone who hires labour is responsible to have the employee covered with Workmen's Compensation. If he doesn't he can be held responsible if an accident occurs. He suggested to the MP's that farmers be, made more aware of the Workmen's Compensation through „ the Tax offices and accounting departments. Too many accidents take'place on the farm, he said, and sooner or later the agricultural industry will be required to operate under the Farm Safety Act with regard to safety equipment, which will mean regular inspection of such devices. Maurice Bean of Auburn concluded the MP meeting with a brief on the salary increase' to be asked for federal members of parliament. He quoted a Blyth council man as saying in discussing councilmen's salaries: "The salary should be high enough so that good candidates won't be frightened off, but not so high as to attract people just for the money." Mr. McKinley replied that provincial members in Ontario 'and Quebec have a higher salary than the federal members and explained some of the costs a member is obliged to incur. If a municipality built a swimming pool, the MP donates $50, or if constituents visit Ottawa, the member invites them for dinner. Murray Gaunt said that on occasion a school class with seventy pupils may visit Queens Park and the least it cost him is seventy bottles of pop or maybe seventy box lunches. Mr.Bean pointed out that the MP also has to make sure that there will be money to fight the next election in his savings. The danger of too low a remuneration is that only the rich can afford to run in an election and that would put the representation of the not so rich in their hands. At the conclusion of the meeting, the MP's declared that they wouldn't like to miss this yearly exercise as it provides them with material for their speeches in the house. Shorts Shots (Continued from Page 1) One". Ladies of all four Brussels Churches will participate in the Service with the meditation to be given by the Rev. Fred Carson of St. John's. Join in prayer with women of the world on March 7th: (Continued from Page 1) in this area, if for instance tile drain water from the fields could be safely led back into the wells. A lengthy discussion brought out that farmers themselves are much to blame for the lower water table as they easily succumb to the temptation to enlarage their farms by cutting down wood lots. Warden Anson McKinley pointed out that Huron County has an excellent law which forbids the cutting and removing of woodlots of more than two acres and the cutting of trees with a circumference of more than 54 inches , 18 inches above the base. Any violation of this law makes one liable to a hefty fine. The Bean Producers Marketing Board devoted their entire brief to the contemplated, power plant in Huron County. They explained through their chairman, Philip Durant of Zurich, that 54,000 acres of land are used for the production of white beans in Huron County with a total production in 1973 of 63 million. pounds. With the building of a power plant this production will almost certainly be decimated, thereby depriving the world of an enormous amount of high protein food which can be, stored for a considerable period of time. Both MPP's assured the meeting that they would do everything in their power to prevent the contemplated development. They also stated that there is a good possibility that this plant will be built in or .near the Bruce Peninsula instead of in Huron County. Beef Producers, The problems of the • beef producer were presented by George Adams of Wroxeter and he wondered if more farming would go the way of the sugar' beet industry and the consequenceS of not having our own sugar industry have been made painfully aware in the last few months. If a commodity disappears from Canadian productioh,. all Canadian consumers will be . at the mercy of exporters from other lands. The same commodity was discussed in a brief . from Jake. Van Wonderen of Varna who wondered if governments. couldn't do more to help beef men to, becoe even Mere efficient, Some farmers some areaS are living on subsistence he claimed and he asked for government help k). they can help themselves. Mason Bailey_of Myth. explained . the Use Policy of the Ontario Federation of AgriPtilttire; This is often quoted out land context he said.WeWatit land ptesetved for food production but on condition that the farmer can make a living. off that land comparable with the rest of society who have the, same itiVeStMent :and the same. m a nagerial. ability, he said.. Paul Steckle of Zurich ; MP's attend