HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-12-10, Page 1THANK YOU SANTA Two very young visitors are shy but happy as they accept
a treat from Santa Claus. Santa handed out bags of candy to a large number of local
kids after his parade through Brussels Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Langlois)
ESTABLISHED
1872
russels Post
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO
104th Year — Issue No..60
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1975
MB okays sewers
AN UPSIDE: DOWN FLOAT Ohe. of the :strangest floats iii the Santa Claus
beade in Brussels of Saturday was this •uOsit16. down.. wrecked car: It sported
Christmas tree anti was towed behind a tow trook. This flog was tbositOr6d by.
Carl's Auto BOdy, (Photo by LatiglOiS).
Those who must travel to
join members of their family for
the holiday season will be happy
if weather and highway
conditions are as favourable as at
present. The Christmas season is
traditionally a family time. A time
for happy reunion,, a time to recall
early memories. How happy the
home where . grandparents,
parents, children and
grandchildren have the privilege
of spending at least part of the
festive season together. May your
Christmas•season be a joyous one
and your New Year the best ever.
* * * * * *
Somehow the Christmas spirit
does not seem to have stirred a
great many people to the usual
flurry of activity,
There are 'a number of homes
displaying outdoor Christmas
displays and others with indoor
lighting but, not to as great an,
extent or as lavishly as in former
years. The windows of the
business section are attractive
with Christmas merchandise,
decorative scenes and lighting
effects but there is not the usual
decorative Christmas street lights
this year. No doubt it is because
people are becoming more and
more conscious of the ,predicted
energy crises and are responding
to Hydra's appeal for moderation
in Christmas lighting.
* * * **
The mail strike is over, What a
relief that is even though there is
still dissatisfaction and unrest
creating a potential explosive
situation in the not too distant
future. At least it means that our
publisher will not, at present,
with cheques for accounts
payable coming in regularly, have
to worry himself sick wondering
how he will meet publishing costs
and staff pay roll. BelieVe me
those publishing costs are enough
to make anyone sick. Those not
associated with the publishing
business have no idea how those
costs have escalated in the last
, few years. it is fearsome.
Flood plain
policy change ?
committee asks
The Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority may not
want to go ahead, with mapping
legislation that would put a good
part of Brussels on a flood plain
and restrict development after all.
(Continued on Page 7)
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
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Cattle rustlers
hit near here
OPP at the Wingham
etachment have confirmed that
head of cattle, valued at about
6000 and belonging to Aubrey
eNichol, of near Walton, were
olen recently.
OPPCorporal Croskill said the
attic stealing was the first. large
ne this year in this area.
The thieves just backed a truak •
to the farni, which is a little bit
olated and loaded the cattle on ,'
arty on the morning of Friday,
vember 28, police said.
Mr. McNichol's home farm is
Despite the fact that the
tario Municipal Board hearing
dBrussels to go ahead with the
million dollar sewer system, a
up of citizens +as-asked , the
lage council to hold a plebiscite
the project.
Spokesman Bill Wheeler and.. a
all group presented a petition
pied by more than 200 Brussels
'sidents at council's meeting
nday night, Councillors
pted the petition, tabled it
d will consider it further clerk
ill King said.
Clerk King said the village's
Pest for a LIP grant to finance
tort' of Brussels hasn't been
lived yet. Council asked him
write to the LIP authorities,
sling the importance of the
Council
project.
Qmneil also asked the Ontaria
lining Corporation to set a date
3i official opening of the new
for citizens apartments in the
age. Mr. King said OHC haS'
en him "no idea" yet on when
pie can Metre into the
None of notie of the applicants have, yet
notified that their ?illation for an apartMent has,
adtepted, he added. There
Yen't been enough applidatits
ill the 34 unit building yet and
King said perhaps OHC are
ling until they get mote
shoWing, a firtrt interest
ore con firming who will live lit
near Walton, but the cattle were
at another farm he owns, west of
Blyth.
"You have to have a lot of
nerve, that's all" to be a cattle
rustler, Corporal Croskill said.
...About suspects, the OPP
officer said "we've got lots of
ideas...but we've got to prove
them."
The cattle theft is under
investigation and the press will be
notified if there is a break in the
case, he promised.
the building.
An open house, with OHC and
local officials available to answer
questions about the new
apartments , was held yesterday.
(Continued on Page 7.)
72 year old
man tied,
robbed
A 72-year old Walton area man
who lives alone at his farm home
was tied up and robbed, by three
masked intruders some time
between five and six last Monday
morning.
Charlie Murray, of R.R .3,
Walton had only very minor
injuries, according to Corporal
Croskill of the Winghatri OPP who
are investigating: A small amount
of matey was stolen, the OPP
spokesman said.
Mt. Murray didn't know any of
,the robbers, the corporal said,
Mr. Murray, who is hard of
hearing has a dog, but he didn't
bother the tobbers. The man was
able to free h im'self Softie fling
after the ttio left.
Corporal Croskill refused to,
continent en whether the OPP
have any suspects and said they
ate 8.011 investigating.
In an unusual move, the
Ontario Municipal Board an-
nounced its decision after a short
recess after last week's sewer
hearing in Brussels.
The OMB heard objections to
the village's plan to spend almost
$3 million on sewers in the village
and hearing chairman Cornell
Ebers• announced after a half
hour adjournment that "public
health and saftey" tip the scales
heavily in favour of this applica-
tion."
The hearing heard testimony
from Ministry of the Environment
and Huron County Health Unit
officials that improper septic
tanks were dumping as much as
36,000 times the -safe level of fecal
material into the middle Maitland
River as if flow through Brussels.
Mr. Ebers c-'led Ole pollution
levels caused by an absence of
sewers "disasterous" and "frigh-
tening",
Five local residents spoke
against the sewers.
Ian McDonald, a retired farmer
living in the village, said while he
personally would not suffer finan-
cially, many of the older residents
of Brussels would.
He said many senior citizens
already live frugally in the
village, where he estimated the
average income is about $5,000.
He disagreed with town lawyer
A.R. Mill that the surcharge "is a
pittance compared with the harm
to the environment."
"It will cause a lot of hardship.
on a lot of people who will have to
do without things to pay for it,"
(Continued on Page71)
etition on sewer
ote given to council