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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-12-10, Page 2WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER 10, 1976 111048SE LS. ONTARIO Serving Brussels and the surrounding community. Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario by McLean Bros. Publishers, Limited. Evelyn. Kennedy - Editor Dave Robb Advertising Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and r--\\ Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association —/--Subscriptions (in advance) Canada $6.00 a year. Others $8.00 a year, Single Copies 15 cents each. .CNA drtAIKOSSIFO flt72 4Brussels Post Be careful on ice PA Ca? a .** %,304 The sparkling purity of a fresh blanket of snow covering an icy river, stream or lake can be deceptively inviting. We all become eager to try out new skates or the latest model 'snowmobile. But our haste can lead to tragic mishaps. The Canadian Red Cross Water Safety Service urges you to think twice before you try the ice. Remember to check both ice thickness and weather conditions. Authorities usually declare local sites safe in newspapers and by radio. A quick 'phone call to the police is all it takes to be sure. If these sources of information are not available you, can measure the thickness by cutting a hole in the ice. Make sure the ice is at least four inches thick for group skating and hockey. Ice seven to eight inches thick is required, for ice boating, snowmobiling and similar activities betause of the extra weight. Ice over large bodies of water, or rivers with currents, or on salt water is likely to be unsafe. Currents can erode and melt ice from below. Extra caution is necessary around moving currents because it is here that it is easiest to become trapped if you fall through, and fail to surface in the same spot. Watch for dark spots which generally indicate weakened ice. And stay close to shore. Ice in the centre tends to be thinner. Always check weather conditions. Be extra careful during early and late winter when ice thaws and re-freezes. Remember that ice weakens under midday sun. M ake sure the ice you play ed hockey on last evening is just as sturdy today when you skate during your lunch hour. And never skate or snowmobile alone. If you should fall in, don't panic. Extend your nands and arms onto the ice surface before you. Gently kick your legs out behind you to a level position and slide or squirm forward to safety.D0 NOT STAND! Your concentrated weight can cause the ice to break. A fall through the ice is not always fatal, but it can be an extremely shocking experience. A plunge into icy water causes muscles to contract. Blood circulation slows down and body temperature falls rapidly. When your core body temperature drops from its normal 37°C (98.6°F) to around 30°C (85°F) your life is in danger. If you like ice sports and want to continue enjoying them, remember that we're warm-blooded humans, not Cold-blooded fish. The Red Cross reminds: If you're not sure, always seek local advice, or stay off the ice. To the editor *cation% Orectin0 from to 115ou Mem Council gave al salary I but it chairma commit McKinl commit increas approva lnflatio require Provinc the s subsidr The case, ti percent and a the pro The pprove ession ases t county c with s Cher cc o be interpr ce county dmit t tiestio1 eview enied, The Comm e adj e fed dopte The f re a 2,000 25,500 9,000 ustm Meets 3,520 ( ty 080 Innin 1,156 dminist i6,400 AGOG. iris IMO seu ni 1,265 p siddia s $81 eq, 15, $1 $1,, Some re a 'tate( $9,001 frit 14e'Nit( Thanks for ad! The Editor:. Now that the mail is moving again. We're getting our cheque for the advertising for the Train auction sale off to you. Thank you for'the fine job you did. The sale was quite successful. .Mrs, Wallace Efallagh Hockey problems As of late the Brussels Minor HOdkey Association has tint into" a very touchy political situation, which has becoind highly epleSive. Some readers may be award of this, but as a very concerned citizen of the village, I Would like to make thy comments public. (Continued On page If)) Amen by Karl Schuessler Martin, Martin, my good neighbor. My close neighbor. My constant neighbor. I never thought the time would come when you'd leave us. You were as steady and sure as the land you lived on. Each morning when I looked out my east window and checked on the rising sun and the day's weather, I saw down the road your white farm house, your weathered barns and well kept fences. thought you were as permanent as those fence posts --as enduring as those apple trees you shook so I could pick up the fruitthe lazy man's way. I always figured that the ninth concession of Logan township meant the Meyer farm. The ninth was the Meyer farm; one of the best kept, farms on the line. You took care. You didn't let the burdocks and thistles grow in your fields. In the fall you went and pulled them out--by hand. You didn't let things go. If a bath door hinge needed fixing, you fixed it. If tree limbs blew down, you picked them up. And if anyone wanted to see the neatest looking manure pile outside a barn all he had to do was look at y ours. You kept one. Mart, Martin my good neighbor. Did you have to leave us so soon? Without much warning? You never complained. You just kept right on going. The last time you came out of the hospital, you never once talked about your operation. You never did talk that much about yourself. gut this last time, y ou did talk about the 'nurses. You must have had some mighty fine nurses. I always Wondeted then if you wished you were a bit yoUnger. If you had it to do over wOuld you have married. but you always reminded the you grew up in the hungry 30S. Men didn't get married then on a shoe string and credit cards. You knew enough of hard thrieS, breattit weren't the stuff life was made of Hard work and money in the bank were. Martin' , Martin,ping to miss you, Often I'd Wtite in my olumt4 my neighbor said this; my neighbor said that. That was y ou Martina You introduced me to the wonderful word of Arnolds -.the pigs you bought a couple times a year to fill out your freezer and mind, You Made blood sausage a household' word at out plate. You gave me the dried raisin recipe to catch the mouse in My house, You told the how' to Mete cabbages. Y ou --along with your sister Marie,-showed trie how to make apple juice, the best I ever drank. • You let me store my onions in your bags --and in your basement. Six months later when you asked for the bags back, I didn't have them.Saving containers is your way of life. Mine was the throwaway variety. I drove all the way into Stratford and bought onion bags for you. I didn't dare let on I wasn't thinking your way. When I wanted someone to tell me about tractor's ear, that deafness in the ear from years of driving an unmulflered tractor, y ou knew all about it. You, had one. If I wanted to interview' a herb doctor, or a faith healer or a lady who finds missing cows, you could lead me to the right place. You knew the country cure for a bad cold -- drink a glass of schnapps and sit on the stove for ten minutes. You showed me what to do when you had ten minutes left on your parking meter in town. *Go into the Hicks House and drink a glass of beer. And when I needed the garden plowed this fall -- like every other fall I knew that Martin Would make' a good job of it. No one could plow like Martin Meyer, Martin, Martin, my good neighbor, I remember so much about you-,from the very first day t saw you in your harn. I came to introduce myself and make you an offer, Could we rent your old vacant farm house up the hill while we fixed up the church we just bought? You never said yts, but then you never said rid. We waited a v hile, week. Or so to let y ou think it Over. You Said yes, And now when I think of it, you've been saying yet ever "since. Yes to borrowing your sledge hammer. Yes to a lend of beer when company cattle- over and we ran out. Yes to looking over tetrid farm property I was thinking of 'buying. Yes to buying the Corner pine clothes closet in your bedroom. Martin i Martin ; my close neighbor. I'm thankful for these yes years of grace--livingd in the dottntty and living nekt to you: It's not going to be the tame Martin. You're leaving an empty space without replace, Martin, M my neighbor, I miss You already'.