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BEAUTIFYING BRUSSELS — A group of Leos were hard at work Monday night
planting flowers along Main Street. here three Leos put the finishing touches on
their planting job. They planted flowers at the municipal building and in front of the
library. " (Photo by Langlois)
77 budget set
at $ 231,000
Brussels Council set a 1977. 'mills; Commercial 44.80
budget of $231,000 at a special. In other business at the special
meeting May 31. The mill rate meeting, council passed a motion
was set at 134.11 residential and to' send letters to each of the
0.42 commercial. provincial political parties
requesting help in cleaning up the
dam and mill pond area of the
Maitland • River in
Brussels. Council feels the area
could become an asset- to
recreation in the village if repairs
to the dam can be made.
Malcolm Jacobs wassworn in
at the meeting after council had
voted to re-instate both Mr.
Jacobs and councillor Tom Pletch,
Both men had resigned following
the re-appointment of Clerk
treasurer Bill King.
Short Shots
The mill rate is made up 'as
follows:
County rate - Residential 29.27
mills; Commercial 34.44 mills.
Elementary School rate -
Residential 35.89 mills;
Commercial 39.88 mills. •
Secondary School rate -
Residential 30.87 mills;
Commercial 34.30 mills .,
Separate School rate
'Residential 36.54 mills.
Local rate - Residential 38.08
by Evelyn
The commemorative memorial
which is to be placed in the foyer
of the New Community Centre
here sounds like an excellent
manner in which to perpetuate,
and honor the names of families,
who i n past years, helped to
make this community what it is
today. Read, elsewhere in this
issue of The Post, the details of
this program and give what help
you can,
The Week of June 13 to 18 has
been proclaimed "Hire A Student
Week" in Brussels, If you iieed
help, hire a student. They
deserve and need support.
* * * *
Congratulations to our area
young people who participated in
the recent 1971 Huron County
441 Livestock and Peed Crop
Competitions: John Van Vliet, of
Brussels ; who topped *12
competitors in the Senior Division and also received the BlatchfOrd
Feeds Award for the highest
score in competition; 131rO°e Godkin, of R.R.1, Walton, who
;placed first in a field of 20 the
Kennedy
Junior Division; and Oscar Meier,
of R.R.4, Brussels, who, was
runner-up for the Huron County
Milk Committee Award,
* * * **
No one can persuade me that
the teenagers in our community
are lazy, self-centred, or wild
adolescents who are headed for
future trouble: Oh yes, there are
always the odd ones in most
communities who get into trouble
and give teenagers' a 'bad name.
Take a moment to think about the
activities of our young people.
Many are engaged in community
affairs.
The Leo Club boys and girls
Who just recently presented a
$1,000 cheque to the' new
Community Centre; money raised
.by projects they ceindUcted;. They
have now taken oven the care of
HorticultUral flower beds to raise
money for their club with which to
go to other good deeds.
There are also the Young.
People of the 4-1-1 clubs, who iii
addition to their Scholastic
education are fitting themselves
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A QUARTER .CENTURY 8•11i &roomer of Waltbh
has. doh vered a lot of mail in his lifetime: Tuesday he i.
was presented With. pin marking 2.6 years. Of SerVide
as rural mail Brehlther began
delivernng the .mail in 1942 with a horse and buggy
and a sleigh, He has even made his rounds by tractor
When, the roads were particularly. bad, Today he
deli'VerS. to .route arid- 4, carrying mail to 112
bligtbiterS. (Photo by Langlois)
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BRUSSELS
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106th Year'- Issue No. 23,
WEDNESDAY; JUNE 8, 1977
Antique Car Rally, Flea
Market is this weekend
PUC questions
share of salary
The Legion Pipe Band will
perform in Brussels Friday night
as part of a weekend that will
The Brussels PUC isn't happy
about paying 60. percent. of the.
wages of village Clerk Bill King.
PUC commissioners Alec Keffer
and. Harold Bridge told council.
Monday night the split should be-
reversed.
Both Mr, King and, his
assistant Ruth Sauve do office
work for the PUC as well as for
the village. The commissioners
told council the PUC may have to
go to computer billing and extend
the billing period to two month
intervals if the village doesn't pay
a larger shay- of Mr. King's
wages.
The commissioners told council
the PUC sends out about 450 bills.
a month. Computer billing would
cost the PUC 36c per bill council
was told. if the commission made
the bills payable at the local bank,
'the cost would be 61c ,per bill,
The earliest the computer billing.
could go into effect is December
of this year.
Councillor George Jutzi said
council should wait 'till the PUC
decides if it is going to adopt the
computer - billing system before
any change in the wage sharing is
made. He said the 60/40 split was
in effect before the PUC changed
to monthly, billing. Monthly
billing means more PUC work is
being done by Mr. King and Mrs.
Sauve. lie said, yet the PUC
include an antique car rally and a
flea market. The announcement
came at a meeting of the Brussels
wants to pay less of their wages.
Councillor Tom Pletch said
council should continue to pay
only the 40 percent share of Mr.
King's wages until at least
December.
PUC commissioner Harold
Bridge walked out of the meeting
when council was hesitant about
changing the '60/40 split.
Council decided to put the
question aside for consideration
at a later meeting.
In other businesss, council
decided to extend Thomas Street
to' meet up with Maple Street.
A letter from Louis Cardiff,
owner of Maitside Orchards,
requesting a zoning change for
part of his orchard, was tabled at
the meeting. Mr. Cardiff owns
20.7' acres of land within the
Village of Brussels that is
currently zoned agricultural. He
informed council that the apple
trees on the property are reaching
the end of their productive life,
and asked that he be allowed to
subdivide the property into
building lots through a change
to residential zoning.
There was some confusion
among council members as to
whether a zoning by-law was in
effect in the village.
Councillor Malcolm Jacobs said
council 'should ask M r.. Cardiff to
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Business Association
Wednesday.
The car hdly will see as many
as 80 antique vehicles parading
through Brussels Friday evening,
Saturday and Sunday. The cars
are owned by members of the
Maitland Valley 'Region
Historical Automobile Society.
BBA president Ken Webster said
the BBA hopes the Ilea market
and rally will become an annual
event in the village.
BBA members decided to offer
special discounts between six and
nine P.M. to encourage people fo
come to the village on the night
the Legion Pipe Band is to
perform.
Beside the flea market, there
will be a Trash and Treasure
sale Friday evening in the Legion
Hall. Money from the sale, which
is being organized by the Grade
seven class of Brussels Public
School, will go to send students to
a camp in the Goderich area.
The BBA has obtained
permission from 'the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority to
allow camping next weekend in
the cleared area beside the river.
Mr. Webster said the BBA hopes
the MVCA will allow camping in
the area whenever special events
take place in the village,
Also at the meeting, it was
decided that the BBA should' form
a welcoming committee to
welcome newcomers to Brussels.
BBA members HerbStretton and
Larry Brocklebank were
appointed to the Committee.
Information on newcomers is to
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