HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-05-05, Page 1IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME LADIES — Members
of the Brussels Legion Ladies Auxiliary. marked their
thirtieth anniversary. last week. There were nine
original members and five of them above, lighting
candles on the anniversary cake are, from left,
comrades, Kitty. Rutledge, Anne Gemmel!, Verna
Tunney, Elsie Shaw and Kay Duncan.
(Photo by Langlois)
ESTAXLNIRED Ian
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HANDSOME PAIR Two of the cast of the
118iCal Oklahoma;. that is playing on the weekend .at-rey 06h1tal .gchoot fh- Ethel aee..Ddn MoDohald tt
Parker and Joyce Van Vildt as Aunt. EllaeL The
layi With- Iis three .0erfOrMandeS already sold out,is
tilitOted by the Grey Central 'Home and School
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BRUSSELS
'ONTARIO -
105th Year — Issue No. 18,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1976
russets supports
Council
looks for
curfew
Brussels council has asked
Clerk Bill King to see if the
village has a curfew law on its,
books, following complaints about
kids hanging around on Main St.
and vandalism problems.
Clerk King said he understood
that there is a provincial gut few
law for minors, whether, or not
there is a local law.
Main St. might be a little better,
lit in future afater council decided'
at its meeting Monday night to
have the globes,of Turnberry st.'s
mercury vapour lights cleaned.
Clerk King said the Brussels
mill rate should be established
shortly after the council meets
with the village auditors on May
11.
For certain, taxes will be up.
"Just the school levy puts ours up
15 mills" Clerk King told the
Post. (
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ilk cuts hit
uron hard
Huron County will be one of the
rdest hit areas as a result 'of the
peicent cutback in industrial.
quota. Some dairy farmers say
y are facing bankruptcy
cause they took the Ontario
vernment's advice.
"Basically it is going , to be a
were problem for those who
nt into the dairy business and
panded in the last year", said
Kennedy, Huron County dairy
pector. "Huron will. be one of
hardest hit areas because
large amount of industrial
tas that the fanners have."
uron County has ..800t,:t1:1ills
ducers with over 500 of therti
ipping industrial milk.
The federal government in
it recently announced dairy
icy demanded that provincial
rketing agencies bring their
ustrial milk production in line
h market requirements or have
on taken against them by the
nadian Dairy Commission.
tario had increaased its
ustrial quota shipments ih
nuary, February and March
s year by 30 percent ovedr the,
me period in 1975, and the
Ontario
had
Marketing Board
:felt it had to make an immediate
cut of. 15 , percent to bring
Ontario's production in li ne with
its national allotment.
Many farmers are up in arms
because the • Ontario government
encouraged them to increase
production and induced others to
enter the industry under the.
Industrial Milk Incentive
Program - IMPIP. The
government guaranteed loans for
farmers expanded
and 'forgave °a° portion of it if ''a")1'
farmer increased his production
by a set amount. 4v9yy there Asa
s%itplus and -farmers have Cut
back 15% in their production and
according to Huron-Middlesex
M.P.P., Jack Riddell, the cut will
really be a lot more.
'A lot of farmers borrowed on
the IMPIP program and now are
in serious trouble because they
did. Many have expanded in the
last year, but the quota cut will be
based on-the entire year's quota
and won't take into account "their
recent increase. The farmers
haven't taken a 15 percent cut;
(Continded on Page 26)
Brussels council supported a
recommendation from a Huron
County Council committee that
would reduce the number of
members on county council and
eliminate deputy reeves at their
regular meeting Monday night.
Reeve Jack McCutcheon chaired
County Council's local
government study committee that
made the recommendation.
Councillors again approved a
study to see what repairs the local
arena needs by Goderich
engineer B. M. Ross at a cost of
$1500' to $1700. Drawing up
-'specific plans for renovations that
will make the arena meet
Department of Labour safety
standards and supervision of
whatever construction work is
needed will cost, $3500 to $4000,
Clerk Bill King said. Once work is
:completed the„, engineer will
examine the arena to make sure it
by Evelyn
Mrs. Sweeney; organizer of the
Salvation Army Red Shield
Appeal, reported that the canvass
in Brussels was better than last
year, Donations amounted to
$518,10. Thanks goes to those
who gave their time to canvass
and to those who gave so
generously to make the campaign
a success here.
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If yeti have not already
obtained admission tickets for
Oklahoma you have little chance
of getting them' now, There has
been a sellout of tickets for all
three nights and there will not be
any tickets available at the debt,
The Grey Central Wind arid
School Association are asking'that
anyone having tickets, for any of
meets requirements.
Council's road committee will
decide whether to . apply 'calcium
or oil to keep the dust .down on
village streets. Clerk King said oil
has been used for the last few
years, but calium is cheaper.
Council voted 'to ask the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority's summer clean up
program, Experience '76, to clean
up the conservation area and the
river bank here, from the dam to
• (By Shirley J. Keller)
Members of Huron County
Council are considering the
Kennedy
the three nights, and are unable
to attend, to please call 887-6370
as there is a waiting list for
tickets. There will be seats
available at a dress rehearsal
Wednesday night on a first come,
first served basis for $1.
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Roller skating is in full swing at
the Brussels arena with Carl
Graber Sr. in charge, assisted
each night by two'members of the
Liens Club, who sporiser the
roller skating program-. The
young people seem to appreciate
this, form of recreation for there
has been about 150' of them
whirling around some evenings.
May 9th to 15th is Polite Week
(Continued on Page 8')
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past the Lions Park.
The OMB notified council that
it is scheduling a hearing for
Brussels' application to annex a
small portion of Grey Township .
that will form part of the
McDonald subdivision.
Building permits were issued to
Jean Bridge for siding, Lewis
Cardiff for a small storage shed,
Inez McDonald for a patio and
J.M.McDonald Lumber Ltd. for a
storage shed.
possibility of reducing its
members from 45 to 29, but it
isn't likely they will come to a
decision until June at the earliest.
A report of the local government
study committee was tabled until
the May session but council
probably won't be ready to vote
on the matter until the following
meeting at the end of June.
It was agreed at the April
session, Thursday, April 29, to
• send a letter to all municipal
councils in Huron asking for
opinions concerning the feasi-
bility of adopting Section 27 (a) of
The MUnicOal Act which
provides for a reeve for up to
240000 electors; a reeve and a
deputy-reeve over 2,500 electors;
the reeve with a second vote over
5,C00electors; and the reeve and
the deputy reeve with a second
Vote over 7,500' electors.
What's Mere, Jim Mar . Morris•Township hopes that there
will be finite for the Huron County
people to express their opinion on
the Matter - either by delegations
to councils or by speaking directly
to elected Officials in their
(COntintied oh Page 7)
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Short Shots
But county councillors
are not so sure
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