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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-10-26, Page 7elgrave RIAand GREY Bic Razors ,___ 5 String orri Broom_ Bic Disposable Lighters While They Last — Halloween Masks & Costumes 1 /2 IPRICE 4/.59' _.$2.19 _79' KEEPS THE COMMUNITY ALIVE -- The Belgrave arena is where Belgrave community life is centered. All 'important events and recreational activities take place here. Two of the biggest events held here are the Turkey Supper and the Welsh. Country Fayre. (Staff Photo) PaRTICII2aL71017 The Canadian movement for personal fitness. Fitness. In your heart you know it's right. Wingham Memorial Shop QUALITY SERVICE CRAFTMANSHIP Open Every Weekday Your Guarantee for Over 35 Years of CEMETERY LETTERING Box 158, WINGHAM JOHN MALLICK Win the fight against rising gas prices. Drive. a new DOtSun .B210 Gas mileage winner in its class, at 48 m.p.g. 2- door and 4-door Models, and a- sporty Hatch- back available. All with extra value features like reclining bucket seats, • rear window defogger, whitewalls, carpeting, tinted glass and more. Test drive a Datiun today, and start saving on gas now. Datsun 8210 $ Special 5. Freight and Pre-Delivery Inspection Extra DATSUN As" GERALD'S DATSUN LTD. 22 GoiletidiSt*,; Seatorth 517.1010 Wedding and. Mrs, eter, The )me of the s. Frank and Miss days with ?atop and on infant )b Gordon on Sunday London. Goderich service at lurch and elgrave on :end John peaker at Tice at 1. During and John mpanied ire were evening. winners' ;. Laura Lawrence Mildred n-George 7 Hands- n's Most ightman, e every 1 p.m. in ?nt of Oh 245, • (By Debbie Ranney) Belgrave is a tiny community a subdivision going up in one• ner of the village , gives 'dente that it will soon be wing bigger. It is here that a group of people orking toward a common goal ed to build and preserve an na, an arena around which the munity itself is c nteered. Community spirit built the grave arena and community it keeps it going. The present arena, built in was the product of unteer labor and volunteer ations as well. as some grants. The volunteer labor and ations came from Belgrave, Wawanosh and Morris ownships. The balance of the ney needed to build the arena es from government grants. ut 75 percent of the cost was e by the government. , Clarence Hanna, former.reeve.' East Wawanosh Township and former member of the arena's d of directors, said the ship estimated that they'd ave to raise $13,000 on their , but when they went out vassing the response was cellent and $18,000 was ected. They_ canvassed the mgham, Blytlu, East awanosh and Morris Township seas, The townships of East Wawan- sh and Morris are supposed to elc up any debts that the arena, self may have at the end of each ear, but so far they haven't had "The arena is paying for If. Everybody said it would a real elephant but it's, done onderfully," Mr. Hanna said. Areal elephant the arena isn't, communities from all over use and the people's dedication to it obvious. The arena,is a hub of activity in wintertime. Ice in the Belgrave arena isn't ificially made as 'it is in most er community arenas. oiling of the ice surface can't rt until the temperature inside building is consistently below ezing, Conditions , aren't sually right until the week hen you need money — ortgage money — get it ere at Victoria and Grey rust where money rental osts are now at alower ate. COMPANY siNcE .N.1.,efebvre, Manager ListOwel l Ontario- before Christmas. •But once the ice is ready, the building is used almost constantly, day and night, Mr. Hanna says. Throughout the winter months the arena is used for small hockey games and ice skating. This year there will be five hockey teams - tyke, squirt, pewee, bantam and. These are Tri-County teams. Their playing schedule starts sometime in November. For big playoff games, they usually rent the ice in other arenas, because late in the season the ice in the Belgrave arena may not be good e4u`gh. When the warm weather comes and the ice disappears the arena is turned over to other uses. East Wawanosh Township Council meets upstairs in the auditorium, the Huron County Library keeps a supply of books there and euchre parties are frequently held. But by far the biggest event at the arena each year is the turkey supper that's held on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It's been an annual event in Belgrave since 1949. It is the turkey supper which is a major source of funding for the arena. The money raised from the supper gives children free hockey and free skating for., beginning During the week October 17-23, O.P.P. officers at ,Wingham conducted thirty-five investi- gations in the area. Twenty-one charges were laid under the Highway Traffic "Act and thirty-six warnings were issued. • Nine charges were laid under the Liquor Licence Act. . One charge was laid under the Criminal Code. During the week, there were six motor vehicle collisions which caused an estimated $6,700 in property damage and injuries to two people. On Friday, October 21, Dorothy, C. Raynard received minor injuries as a result of a single car accident on concession road 1-2, east of sideroad 20-21, Grey township when her vehicle left the roadway, entered the 'north children on Saturday afternoons. A lot of meat, vegetables, coffee and dessert are consumed at that supper. This year about, five bags of turnips, four or five bags of potatoes plus a large amount of home grown potatoes, 150 dOzen buns, 28 pounds of butter, 24 pounds of coffee and 75 pounds of sugar were consumed There were also about 16 or 18 pies to a table which' made for a lot of good eating. About 1000 people attended this year's dinner which is given by the community itself. For each of the past two years the supper• has raised about $2000. Last year the arena was one of those which fell victim to government condemnation. The community decided it should be repaired. The engineering firm of B.M. Ross was called in and'plans were made to reinforce the building. More wood and steel had to be put into the structure to reinforce it. It cost about $55,000 to do the necessary repairs. Once again, volunteer labor and. volunteer donations from the same places played a major part in getting the arena fixed. The Belgrave arena is a case in ditch and struck a hydro, pole. Also on Friday, October 21, ,Larry E. Lorenz of R. R. #3 Teeswater, suffered minor injuries as a result ,of a single car accident on Highway 4, north of Blyth when his vehicle skidded into the east ditch and struck a hydro pole. Logs Wanted Standing Timber for top, prices and instant cash Call your local sawmill. CRAIG'S SAWMILL Auburn BM Craig i At Craig 526-7220 526-7511 ower cost oney vailable ere OPP lay 35 charges THE BRUSSELS POST, OCTOBER 26, 1977 — point of a small community proving the skeptics wrong, doing something on their • own, just wren because they believe in , their ' community and want to keep it 'alive. .111, CTIVIT S centre on.