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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-06-11, Page 1the; the., n of lbe" lain be fat A HARD RUN RACE 7— The, ard work of running is etched all over this girl's face. She was a competitor in the Brussels Public Soho()) track and field meet on Wednesday afternoon, and by.the look of the ribbon pinned to her shorts, got something to show for her exertions. Catherine Wheeler won the senior' 4-40, followed by Katherine Cardiff' and Patricia Haverman. ( Photo by Langlois) Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy ESTABLISHED 1872 russels Post ;103rd Year — Issue No. 25 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1975 BRUSSELS ONTARIO Grey taxes up 11 mills . THE .PHONE Brussels POO correspondent Annie 8q41,, trAtibtotiik takes some news : over the. phone At her home: Mrs, Ehget. Who been a Mist Writer '.few 30 'years .4 ,ties. in .fit heat 'at StibttOk -all her We, (Bluff PhOto) NEWS OVER. ew tainted meat mplaints in Huron , restaurants and butchers will be inspected. (Continued on Page 20) ,77771"..4, unday is Father's Day. If you embered mother on Mother's y do not forget to remember d. Man are credited with being s sensitive and emotional than ladies. We doubt, at times, if is really true. Gifts are not t they look for, and in spite of fling about the whole thing, Y appreciate being embered, — Just a phone Call or a card — will give them a in glow. ****** his is Respect for Law Week Bike Safety Week in Brussels eclared by the Optimist Club russels. We hope it, will be ,rued as such, not only this k, but in every week of the e. Unfortunately there are who have little respect for. law or for bike safety, The uragement of our citizens to e all persons act on the rvance of this week will rove,we trust, respect for law more exercise of bike safety his village. ********** time of writing we had not rd of any instant millionaires ted in this community by the Olympic tottery Draw oil day Hight. However there e. two winners of lesser' afits. John Mckinnon won thousand dollars and Mrs. Peters of Brussels one dred dollars, To avoid dit- itittent in such draws one notld t. b leipate ding a net, In spite of equal chance all ticket holders', you are h alOre likely not to be a winner, and what a happy sur- prise if you are. No doubt there were thousands of eyes glued to T.V. sets all across Canada in hopes of just that kind of surprise while the "Millions Possible" program was on the air. ********** Have you made your donation of articles to the Optimist Club of Brussels for their Country Auction to be held on Saturday, ,..June 21st? If you have some things you no longer have use for, or want to get rid of, now is the time to get them out of the way. (Continued on Page 3) Some people might say there is nothing essentially unique anoint Mrs. Mac Engel. Mrs, angel is an ordinary grandmother who has five grandchildren, a son who's a Mechanic and a daughter-in-law Who is a history buff. Annie En el is like a host Of' other Men and women who have added that personal and local touch to the Brussels Post, Mrs. Engel is unique. She's the longest Serving Post Correspondent. This is her thittieth year AS correspondent for CrArilitook, a small village about two miles front Brussels, At seventy three years old i Mrs.Engel likes to crochet, garden and hasn't travelled Villa except to Florida with her sister, Sean Keyes and her husband The farm and residential rate rose 11 mills this year in Grey Township. Grey Township council fixed the rate at 31 mills for farm and residential areas and 36,42 mills for the commercial rate on Monday, June 2. 'Clerk Edythe Cardiff said the increases were due to the cost of the new fire truck bought by the council and the new township garage for the road department. This rate doesn't include the county levy and all other expenses were up this year, Mrs. Cardiff said. Not only did council set the tax rate for property owners, it also set a rate for dogs. Dog owners must pay $5.00 for a male or spayed female, $10 for the second male or spayed female, $10 for .one female and $20 for the second female. At the special meeting held on May 22, George Wesenberg was James and one of her brothers making the trip a short time after her husband Mac died. She said: "No, I haven't been one for travelling . . . When my husband was living he was tied to the buSiriess and in those days we didn't have two week holidays as they do how, Mrs. Engel is a local girl who was born a Mile and a quarter up the road hi the saline tibuse as her father, het mother tenting froth Walton. She walked to school at S.S.e, in Oro Township' which was closed in 060. She retneinberS as A -child that Cratibrook, which she said has always had about 60 people, Was A beehive of activity with tout churches, several hotels; SeVetal higekStitith shags, (eantintied nil Page 1) At the 'request of the Ministry of Health a study will be done in the county where all food stores, -The Brussels Flood Plain Committee is ' seeking the endorsement 'of local councils in their efforts to present a brief on the flood plain plan to provincial Minister of Natural Resources, Leo Bernier, Brussels village council _endorsed the idea of presenting a• brief at their Meeting last week. The committee will also seek support from Morris and Grey township councils, it decided at its latest meeting. The flood Plain Committee was formed last month at a citizen's hired as dog counter and tags were ordered. The court of revision or council upheld it's decision on the assessment of Leo Deitner for the Hoy municipal drain. The next step if he wants to continue to appeal their decision would be to appeal to the county judge, Clerk Cardiff said. Eric Prescott forwarded a claim against the township due to an accident which was supposedly caused by gravel on the road. The clerk was told to forward the claim to the Frank Cown Insurance Company. meeting to oppose plans that would put most of downtown Brussels in a flood plain area and restrict new construction there. At their most recent meeting the committee said that the proposed flood plain map is on display in the window of Herb Stretton's store and can be seen there or by contacting any member of the committee. Charles Thomas, a committee chairman presided at the meeting and the group decided to meet again, at his call. Council accepted a loan for $4,500 under the Tile Drainage Act. This loan will allow council to lend money to farmers to repair their drains. The money in turn will be paid back through taxes over a ten year period. Grey township granted $1,500. to their recreation (ommittee with $500 .being .paid now and the balance as required. Building permits were granted to Archie Jacklifi- to build a driving shed and Gerald And Nella Blake for -an addition to their home. The selling of tainted meat may be a problem in the rest ofCartada but there seems to have been no problems in Huron County. The Huron County H ealth Unit gets the "odd complaint" about uninspected meat, Jim McCaulof the HCHU said. One man claimed the meat he sold was uninspected only to convince his customers his prices were lower, he said. Mr. McCaul said the health unit has had no case of misrepresentation of meat or horse meat being sold for beef. In spite of the inquiry raging in Quebec about the more than 16 million pounds of federally- inspected horse meat being sold as beef products, the Huron County Health Unit had received no previous calls on the meat situation in the county, Mr McCall,' said. Cronbrook correspondent in 30.th year with Post Flood committee seeks support