The Brussels Post, 1977-01-19, Page 1SMASH IN AT LIQUOR STORE The Brussels LOBO was brOken into about11
Saturday night and an tiOu'r later Wingham OPP had two y ouths in custody Who
smashed this front .window to old- entey.,,LCbo manager Murray Huether said the
CUrbrite left a real. Meat Of broken bottleg to be' cleaned up in the Stare;
(PhotebyLanglOie)
Short Shots
by Evelyn. Kennedy
Remember those delicious
desserts the ladies of Morning
Star Lodge serve at their Dessert.
Euchre parties. They are going to
have another of those parties on
February 14th so forget about
dieting and be there to enjoy
them. Watch for further
announcements.
* * * * * *
A blizzard, like the one that hit
us just' a week ago, again
wrapped this area in snow with
temperatures anywhere from
.26 to -15 celsius. Mail trucks did
not arrive in Brussels Moilday
morning; school bus service was
cancelled. Blowing snow made
visibility nil at times, not good at
any time, and driving extremely
hazardous. The bitter cold and
snowdrifts made it difficult for
pedestrians to get about. Those
who did were well bundled up.
Appearance, of necessity, was
sacrificed for comfort. Where, 'oh
where, we ask again, is that mild
winter some people are still
predicting? They say, winter
came in like a lamb, it must go out
like a lamb, At Presesnt it
;ontinues to be' a raging beast.
* * * * * *
Three broken water mains have
:ecently given the P.U.C. here
trouble. Two weeks ago a main
broke under the railway crossing;
last week another. problem arose
at the corner of Albert and
William Street and again on
Saturday a main broke at Queen
and Albert. Some folks were left
without water for a time. In this
weather it was not only trouble
but a bitter cold job that had to be
done. P.U.C. staff did it and no
one was without water for any
considerable length of time.
* * * * * *
Every day we read, or hear
about, snowmobile accidents,
fatal, or with serious injuries.
There are many snowmobiles in
use in this community and a great
way it is to get around with
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SHOVELLING TIME AGAIN — Heavy snowfalls
have made driving difficult and left huge snowbanks
beside streets and roads throughout the area:Snow
piled along Main Street in Brussels obscures parked
cars. Now, where is that traditional. January' thaw?
(Photo by Langlois)
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1977
and acquired for arena
Ano ither step.'towards the new
Brussels, Morris and Grey
'Cominithity 'Centre was taken last
week as Brussels council passed a
bylaw to allow them to acquire the
site of the new building and rights
of way to it.
The bylaw also authorized the
establishment of a new arena and
community centre. The old
Brussels arena is not a'
community centre.
The new community centre
building committee, which is a
Storm
slows Post
production
A number of stories and
features were left out of last
week's Brussels Post because the
two day storm that hit the area on
Monday and Tuesday interfered
'with mail delivery and travelling.
What limited copy there was
available for last week's Post
went from Brussels to Seaforth,
where it is. set, late Tuesday
afternoon, instead of before noon
on Tuesday, as usual. Staff
worked until 10 p.m. getting the
Post ready for publication' and it
was printed in Goderich early
Wednesday morning.
In spite of problems with the
weather, the Post was on the
street in Brussels early
Wednesday afternoon as usual:
Monday afternoon, the weather
appeared toL be a repeat of last
week with heavy snow failing and
poor visibility on most area roads.
The mail truck didn't make it in to
Brussels on Monday and buses
weren't running to Brussels
Public School.
County council was cancelled in
Goderith and a meeting of the
Huron Perth Roman Catholic
School Board in Dttbliti, posponed
from last Monday night was also
cancelled.
committee of council, hopes. to
call tenders• so that c9nstruction
• ,,can s start„in the spring
• The arena cointnittee sibeettng
are held: the fourth Monday of
every month in the Brussels. fire
hall, and are open to the public-.
Brussels council is having an
engineer's report prepared that
will , show .:how , high ; a wind'
010eity Lold; arena
can Stand. The Ministry of LabOut
has asked for a report and wants
the village to close the arena
temporarily if it is threatened by
high winds.
Goderich engineer KenDunn of
—13.M.ROss and.Associates whwdid
the snow load Study ,on the
Brussels arena, will do the wind
report for the Ministry, Brussels
council decided at their first
meeting of the year last. Monday.
Because of the new area that is
being planned for the village,
council hasbeen able to` keep the
yid one open by monitoring the
snow load on its roof. It has been
closed temporarily a couple of
:imes while volunteers removed --
snow from its roof, clerk Bill King
said, and then re-opened.
Pay increases were approved
for village employees at the
council meeting. Public works
employee Harry Crich will receive
Z5c more per hour for a total of $4
an hour. Council will pay $5 more
(Continued, on Pak,. 8)
OPP nab
LCBO
thieves
Swift apprehension of two
persons who broke into the
Brussels main street Liquor Store
on Saturday night was the result
of the prompt action 'of an alert
Brussels resident. 17-year-old Paul
R. Cockwell of Listowel and John
P. Jonkman of Ethel, the O.P.P.
told The Post, have been charged
with break, entry and theft.
A persobL who lives in an
apartment across the street from
the Liquor Store, heard the sound
of breaking glass at 11:15 on
Saturday night, saw the men
enter the premises and watched
them come' out with their arms
full and put the stuff in their car.
She immediately notit\ied the
Wingham Detachment of the
'VVinghana O.P.P. who caught up
with the culprits in Ethel shortly
after midnight.
Entry. was gained by smashing
the window to the right of the
front entrance.
The thieves made off with
approximately $85.00 worth of
liquor. Murray Huether of
Brussels, manager of the store,
said the Worst of it was the mess
they left behind. Bottles were
scattered all over the place.