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The Citizen, 1986-08-13, Page 1Theatre visit 'smash hit' A trip to the theatre was a real smash for more than just the theatre patron Friday night in Blyth. A car owned by Joan Reid of Windsor was parked in the alley behind the Blyth Memorial Hall when it, decided to do some travelling ofitsown. The car began rolling backwards, north down the lane, managed to miss other vehicles parked along the way, crossed Drummond Street, went down the hill and crashed into the home of George Hamm, Sr. The car mounted the back steps, crashed into the back door, damaging the door, siding and a post holding the awning. Ken Hamm who was in the house said it sounded like a bomb going off. The collision jarred the house enough to move the refrigerator in the kitchen two inches .and knock the glassware off a windowsill on the other side of the room. Ontario Provincial Police from the Wingham detachment esti­ mated damage at $1,000 to the house and $1,000 to the Reid car (plus a ruined evening at the theatre). Joan Reid has been charged in the incident. Seat belts get credit Those who still argue that seat belts don’t do any good will get an argument from Bob Richmond of Brussels. Mr. Richmond, alongwithhis wife Irene and Ross and Cora Alcock were on their way to Guelph Friday when the car Mr. Alcock was driving was struck broadside by a car that missed a flashing stoplight east of Elmira. Most severely injured in the accident was Mrs. Richmond who is still in hospital, having had surgery on a broken ankle Monday. Mrs. Alcock is expected to be released from hospital today (Wednesday) after being badly shaken up. Mr. Alcock was treated and released immediately after the accident. Mr. Richmond suffered a lacer­ ated retina in his eye from flying glass but was grateful to his seat beltforsavinghislife. As itwas, he said, he was thrust forward enough that his knees left an impression in the dashboard of the car. If not for the seat belt, he says, he would have been pitched through the windshield. The other driver has been charged by police. The corner, east of Elmira on old highway 86, has been the location of many fatal accidents over the years. Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. V01. 2 NO. 33 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1986.40 CENTS More than the cars got washed when the youngsters from the Blyth recreation program held a car wash in Blyth Saturday. While some, like Jason Elliott [right] seemed to concentrate on their work, others seemed to have more fun with other activities. Brussels council 'cleans up' business Brussels council spent time “cleaning up’’ at its August meeting last Tuesday night. Council was concerned about a lot on main street which was once the site of Trollope’s Upholstery Shop. Councillor Malcolm Jacobs said he thought the site was unsafe. He feltthe lot should either be fenced or cleaned up. Other councillors agreed saying the village had spent money to clean up the lot beside it to make it safe but the lot under discussion was not as safe today as when the village lot was first cleaned up. Council asked Clerk-treasurer Hugh Hanly to send a letter to the owner asking that the lot be cleaned up and made safe by Sept. 30 or the village would do the work and add it to the taxes. Council also voted to evict a trailer from the village trailer park because the tenant is behind in his rent and there have been com­ plaints from neighbours about the condition of the trailer. Reeve Hank Ten Pas said that the trailer had been allowed in on a temporary basis but that the owner was not living up to the terms of the lease. Clerk-treasurer Hanly poin­ ted out the tenant was now two months behind on rent and the rental agreement states that if the tenant is more than 10 days late in payment, council will ask him to leave. Council voted to ask that the trailer be removed by September 1. Council also cracked down on a homeowner who has not hooked up his house to the sanitary sewer system. Mr. Hanly explained that Phil Paquette of the Huron County Health Unit had visited the homeowner after a complaint of sewage smell in storm sewers in the area and the homeowner had readily admitted he had not hooked up to the sanitary sewer system. Council voted to send a letter to the man saying that if he had not made arrangements for a hookup by September 1, council would cut off the supply of water to the dwelling. Councillors said it was not fair for many people who had already gone to the expense of hooking up their sewers to have someone ignore the law. Brussels council to purchase industrial land Buoyed by a recent near-miss in attracting industry to the village, Brussels village council voted last Tuesday night, Aug. 5, to think big in the purchase of industrial land. In a unanimous vote, council agreed to go ahead with the purchase of a 13-acre parcel at the north end of the village from William Wheeler. Council had been discussing two possible purchases from Mr. Wheelerfor several months but had held up because of not having its budget set. In earlier discus­ sions council had been leaning toward a two-acre parcel of land located on Turnberry street. This land is already serviced and would be easily made ready for an industry. But Councillor Malcolm Jacobs, the Brussels representative on the Brussels, Morris and Grey indus­ trial committee said he now favoured purchase of the larger parcel of land which would have room for more than one factory. In addition, ownership of this land would make it easier to service the area optioned by Astra Pyrotechn­ ics if for some reason the deal between the company and Arthur township fell through. Councillor Gordon Workman agreed, saying that just because the village didn’t own the front parcel of land didn’t mean it couldn’t still be purchased by an industry directly from Mr. Wheel­ er. Councillor Neil McDonald point­ ed out the larger parcel of land would also be more easily serviced by a railway spur line. Councillor Jacobs said that if the village could afford it, he’d love to buy both parcels of land. After his recent experience in negotiating with Astra, he said, he’s more sure than ever that the village should have industrial land. In the end, the only discussion was over how the village should finance the purchase. About half the price will come from money the village recovered from the sale of the old Queen’s Hotel. Financing of the other half will be worked out after Clerk-treasurer Hugh Hanly has examined the alternatives. Brussels had been in the running for the possible location of a plant by Astra to manufacture military flares and training devices which would have brought 80 jobs to the village but lost out to Arthur township. In another development matter, council met with Terry Johnston and John Hunt of Newry Veteri­ nary Services about the possible location of a temporary office to serve as a satellite clinic in Brussels. The temporary office would be located on the property of Don Bray on Turnberry St. North, just north of Queen Street. Mr. Johnston had first appeared before council with the proposition last month but council had asked for a picture of what the office would look like and asked him to speak with all the neighbours in the area and see if there were any objections. Mr. Johnston brought a photo­ graph of an office similar to the one he wants to locate on the lot and said that he had spoken to the neighbours and no one had objected to the proposal. The main concern of neighbours, he said was if animals would be kept there Continued on page 2