HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-05-25, Page 1A HARD EARNED $100.0 — BrusselsLeo. Club president Brenda McCutcheon and
arena fund raising committee chairman Jim Prior obviously enjoyed themselves
Saturday night at the Leo's first anniversary banquet.. On behalf of the club, Brenda
presented the new arena committee with a cheque for $1000, the results of bake
sales, car' washes, booths and miller skating sponsored by the .Leos.
(Photo by Langlois)
Brussels Post
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO
106th Year - Issue No. 21
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25,.1977
NEW -110OP .GOING'-11.0 ---ThO Brussels Legion is. getting a new roof these
Willis Knight COnstitiotion of. Brussels is putting on the new.. roof coveeing„ The
nOrth'Side.haa.beettcomploted.and.abOlt Otte, third of the south tide. WAS .
on the the weekend, • . (Photo. by LanglOit).
No rain...
And that's bad
Farmers in Huron County
urgently need rain if they are to
have a good crop.
"It is not a very good outlook
right now," Mike Miller of the
Clinton agricultural office said.
"Lack of rain is causing a
number of problems."
The dry weather is causing
poor germination in the grain and
corn drops, he said, which will
mean an uneven crop at harvest
time.
Pre-emergent herbicides
depend on rain to be effective and
the weed seeds have germinated
in the dry weather making control
more difficult. If farmers apply
another chemical , they may get
crop damage of the rain comes
and they may also have residue
problems, he said.
Lack of rain may also damage
the effectiveness of incorporated
herbicides as they need some
moisture to work, he said.
The hay crop isn't growing
well, Mr. Miller said, but the
wheat and grains look good,
considering the dry weather.
ESTABLISHED
1972
WWI
To councils
of E tries to justify budget
ew priest-from
oath Africa
and working with all people in
this community.
The Huron County Board of
Education met with about 60
elected and appointed officials
from around the county last week
to ,try- to, *lain.- the• 'reasons:: for
Hie board's 18 percent budget
increase in 1977. Superintendent
of Business Affairs Roy Dunlop
, tried to explain the budget in
laymen's terms to • the audience
consisting_ largely of elect; ed
officials and although reaching a
few municipal clerkS', seemed to
' cloud an already muddy picture.
. Mr. Dunlop said he had tried to,
sim iffy the budget ' and
to help xplairi things. He pointed
\
Ares nted a set of comparison
figure based on the 1976 budgtet
out `that\ the entire budget was a
"horrendous" 20 page document
sent to the ministry that would
Completely escape everyone in
the room if it was used for
explanation. He said the ministry
requires a very complicated
procedure for setting up the
budget when calculating the
grant structure and cost sharing
adding that it required all of his
department's expertise to handle
the chore. .
Kennedy
and a cup,, of tea the folks Who
attended found both the, crafts
and flower arrangements
interesting and, lovely.
*****
The 4-H Clubs are again this
year encouraging the beautifi-
cation of farm entrances. They
are condUcting an Entrance Gate
Sign Competition: This to include
anything that will improve the
entrance to the farm, such as new
fence, corner post, flowers or just
cleaning up. * * * * * *
The Monday holiday that
marked Victoria Day, May 24th,
passed with out any noticeable
observance of the occasion here.
A good many people in our village
took the opportunity to garden, or
enhance their property
With flowers. Others just sought a
shady spot to laze away the hours
from the humid heat,
The budget riled the majority of
municipal officials because of the
increases their municipalities
faced .due to. the budget Tikes..
The. board. passed the budget in
March after the budget
committee eiplained that it faced
an 18 percent increase in
expenses this year. Among those
expenses was construction of a
school in. Exeter, re-establishing a
reserve fund for more • financial
security,, correcting an underlevy
from 1975 and paying expenses
for construction at Victoria School
in Goderich.
Mr. Dunlop said the increases
could easily be broken into
percentages. He said . nine
percent Of the increase was in
regular expenses, four percent
Covered the use of $200,000 in
reserve funds from last year, two
•
percent covered the Exeter
school, one percent the Victoria
School and two percent covered
the underlevy.
Bare Bones
He added that the budget was
bare bones explaining that if the
Anti Inflation Board went out of
business and the teachers in the
county sought more money than
the AIB allows,' the board would
be in dire straights. He said the
budget allowed for salary
increases to the AIB maximum
and with no reserves couldn't
accomodate more than that
amount.
Exeter deputy reeve Cy
Simmons said he was discouraged
by the board budget pointing out
that the entire audience consisted
of elected officials who should be
more concerned with halting
inflationary trends. He said the
public blamed labour for inflation
adding that 'he knew of no labor
settlement for a 23 percent
increase.
If they're the cause of inflation
where does' that leave us," he
said.
Howick Reeve Harold Robinson
suggested that wages were the
main reason for the increase
pointing out that the board had to
make a decision to stop the
increase somewhere. He
compared the salaries to a
farmer's plight suggesting that
farmers take what they can get for
their cattle when they go to
market. He said that possibly the
teachers should be prepared to
take what they get when salaries
are negotiated either that or the
• (Continued on Page .6)
Short Shots
Rev. Father A Nolan of St.
Ambrose Church lockup his new
position in Kinkora last week.
Rev. -Father Anthony John
Sonderup1 has replaced Father
Nolan as pastor of St. Ambrose.
Father Sonderup. was born in
Port Elizabeth, Republic of South
Africa, in September 1936. His
parents are both deceased but he
has nine brothers and sisters,
eight of whom are resident in
South Africa, while a sister lives
in London, Ontario. His
grandmothers were both born in
South Africa, so his family has
resided in South Africa for over
100 years.
He did his primary and his high
schooling in Port Elizabeth. He,
went to St. John Viarney
Seminary in Pretoria for six years
nd was ordained in 1962.
For the next 10 years he worked
mainly among a 'tribal people
called the Ama Xhasa. It was
ost enjoyable and -ewarding.
work although it meant '-re had to
earn the language and customs
of the people. •
In 1972 he decided he did not
want to work anymore in a
ountry which espouses a policy
f " partheid" or racial
egregation, with all its attendant
njustices. In September 1972 he
migrated to Canada and since
hen he has worked for 18 months
in St. Andrew the Apostle Parish
London, and three years in. St.
artin's Parish, also in London.
Sacred Heart Parish represents
his first pastorship in Canada.
He looks forward to meeting
by Evelyn
The annual I.O.O.F. Church;
service will be held this year in
the BruSsels United Church on
unday, May 29th. At 2:30 on the
Same afternoon the Oddfellows
and Rebekahs and the Brussels
Branch of the Canadian Legion
with their Lidies' Auxiliary and
Pipe Band will again this year
hold their decoration service at he Brussels Cemetery. In this pedal way they honor the
emery of their dead brothers,
!stets and comrades.
******
A splendid display of crafts Y the Work and Play Club and
litiful floWerS Of the liorticul-
urn] Society brigheried the
U
ruasels Library for the very
ucceSsful tea and bake sale held
the Majestic W.I. on aturday. As well as being able to. Muse delicious hoirie baking