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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-10-05, Page 1Board of .Ed Names expenses The Huron County Board of Education made buses,' provision of better facilities for trainable retarded and elementary industrial and home economics, facilities its capital expense priorities fdr the next two years. The three projects are estimated to cost $755,000 when the board actually undertakes. them. The two year projection was done by the board at the request of the ministry of education. Each year the ministry asks provincial boards to submit capital forecasts to allow the province to prepare its, own capital expenses' for the year.. The ministry supports each board on capital projects and asks what those. projects are to enable it to earmark necessary funds. John. Cochrane, director of education, told the board that the exercise was necessary but probably futile.. He said he fully expected the board to say no to the Huron requests just as it said no last year. He said he was unable to fell the board what todo but did say that if he was - able to he would ask the ministry for six new buses and funds to update facilities at. J.A.D.McCurdy School for the trainable retarded and leave it at that. The move would eliminate One priority for 1978 and,five for 1979, Cochrane said that the reasoning for the request was that last year the same requests were made by the Huron board and the ministry replied that the requests, would be rejected on the basis that the province was giving priority to additional expenses for more students in growth areas of the province.. Last year the Huron board asked that it b considered for assistance on projects valued at (Continued on Page 20) ESTABLISHED ..11172 SIGNING THEM UP—Mrs. Bonnie' Pennington was one of many parents who turned up at the Brussels arena Friday night to sign her children, Lisa and Mark for this year's minor hockey season. (Photo by Langlois) russels Post BRUSSELS 106th Year - Issue No.41 ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5,1977 eniteniory possible in Brussels lengths. I Values! • If.the city of London doesn want a penitentiary would Brussels be. interested instead? At a meeting of the Brussels Council on Monday night, council discussed some positive reasons.. why a penitentiary, could 'lobate here. They were answering a letter from Huron-Middlesex M.P. Robert McKinley, who wanted to know what recreational. facilities and special amenities Bmssels could offer if a Federal penitentiary were put here. The council instructed clerk Bill King to write 'a letter back to Mr. McKinley informing him that Bnisscls has a primary school, four churches, a legion which has Apple day for the Brussels First Wolf Cub Pack will be Saturday, October 8th. Originally it was t o have been Octobner 1st but was • postponed until this Saturday because of the extremely wet weather. The poor„ Cubs doubtlessly would have been half drowned and bobbing for their apples in mud puddles if they,had attempted to sell them in the kind of Weather we were having tkat day, Buy apples from thett. Your support is needed to keep the Pack alive and active: What better project could there be than hying to help young boys to grow up to be good Canadian Citizens? *****ua an auditorium, a senior citizens home and a conservation park. In other business, council decided that garbage collector Donald ..,Carter, `receive $105 'a' week retroactive to July 1977 up 'J an. 1, 1978. Mr. Carter had been making $100 a week. A by-law for the sale of land to the Ministry of the Environment for a pumping station for sewage disposal was passed. The pumping station is to be lOcated in the trailer park. Revisions in the draft plan of the. new subdivision off Maple. Street involving the companies of IM.McDonald Lumber Ltd:, centennial canoe race on Sunday. They had the fastest time of the 25 canoeists, one hour, 55 minutes. We •imagine that was quite an accomplishment, the wind, being what it was on Sunday, must have• kicked up the water and made it a rough course. Congratulations. * * * J. .C, Pegelow, former Owner and operator of a shoe repair business in Brussels has been .retired since 1970 but he has riot loSt interest in his foram& trade. He is cotitribitting his knowledge and experience to assist jinn Smith who has recently opened a shoe "repair business in Stratford, Mr, Smith learned his trade as an apprentice With Mr, Pegelow in Brussels and contacted him when considering starting in business in Stratford, We wish Me.• Smith, who is the son of Mrs. Adah Smith of Brussels, success in his new endeavour: J.W.Bryans and C. Krauter were discussed and the plan was tabled. Council made plans to arrange a meeting with Gary Davidson County of HdrOri planner to The office staff, rural mail couriers and friends, gathered at the Brussels Post Office on Thursday morning to express their regret to Earl Somers that the time of retirement from his duties as mail courier on rural route 5, which he had carried out so faithfully for forty-nine years, had come. On behalf el those_ present the presentation of a" chair was made to Mr. Somers, with an address read by Mrs. Ken Sholdiee, as an expression of theirttegard arid respect for him as a co-worker and friend. Earle,tksi n' deeply moved by the thoughtfulness, expressed his Hin • Mr. Somers, who be.gan delivering mail to the 80 boxes ;along his route Number 5; October 1, 1928, was one of the oldest' mail carriers in Canada until his retirement. Through all those years, he rarely missed a day of work. But there Were times when the weather slowed him down. There was teh bad snowstorm of 1947 Mt. Somers recalls. It took hint more than eight hours then to cover the route that' normally took him only two hours. Up to about 1950, Mr, Somers' used.a horse and cutter to d Civet' the mail on rural roads that in those days were never plowed,: During the 1947 storin,, StiOW was piled as high asthe 'hydro wires and traffic couldn't move for weeks. But Mr. Somers got the mail through., When he began carrying the mail, he was 'paid •865, a year, To supplement his, income discuss the finalization of the zoning by-law on a Friday night that the planner picks out at 9 p.m. Council, also decided to .check with' other villages Huron operated a livery business in Brussels. In recent years he has worked exclusively for the Post Office. County such as 'Myth, Lucknow and Teeswater to see how much they are giving for a grant toward the 1978 plowing match. Council will hold its next meeting on November 7. This poem accompanied the gifts as a tribute to him. Che .trs for the man who brings (Continued on Page 8) A Brussels canoeist cOntintieS to, exhibit his skill and stam ina ‘vah the paddleS, Warren Knight, teamed with rene tdogetrians of 1684, Won the 15-thile canoe race along the Sydenhatit River (10 from Dresden to Walladeburg at 50. the third animal' Wallaceburg Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy Earl Somers retires after 49 years on mail route 5 BRUSSELS MAIL CARRIER RETIRES -Earn Somers off idelly: retired Friday from the .Mail run he has" been` raking on Brilt806. Pirput e 5 for the, ,past. . yeasts. Shown with him are Brussels 'Post Office 'staff members, Isobel Workman, ,, Winifred COnabay, 'GarriiS,, and 8112,6ibeth Sholdibe. - (Photd. by Lefig Wit)