The Brussels Post, 1977-12-07, Page 1PROVINCIAL HONOURS Grace. Bird, L., Huron County Home Economist,
presented provincial honours certificates to Joan Hart of Cranbrook, and Joan.
Huether of Brussels at the 4-H Achievement -Day Saturday in Ethel. A member
must complete 12 projects to get the award. -(Photo byLanglois)
VANDALS :HIT LIBRARY —• .Tfiree ba§ehient:.
Windows on the'north tide of the Brussels Library
were smashed by vandals sometime Fri ay night:
are investigating 'Harty GOIl was .at the scene'
8atuitleyttiorti ihg to repair the damage. The vandals
did dote-titer th6building,, '(PhOtObyLatigioi4)
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School Fair Board
elects ..executive
eight per cent according to
VatiOtts eStithateS ahd reeord
number of heifers. have been
routed to feeding instead of
returning to the breeding hetd.
8hOW hoW sharply eattletrien
are reducing theft' bteeditig herd
he said- while it is normal for
heifers 'to make tip about 22 pet
Ott ;Of the feed beef supply„
the past tWO Yeait, heifers, have
made up OVet JO pet Cent-
8aid the offShore ihiptittS
be COlitt011ed by a beef
ittipOtt law promised by the
‘federal minister of agriculture
which will certainty etintitl: the
importation of beef coining ititd
Canada:
Aggravating the: supply
prOblem of 1018, 'be the
-abundant supplies of cheap. feed;
both grain. and :sitage,, =a8 well as
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The annual meeting of the
Belgrave,, Blytb, Brussels School
F'air Board was held Thursday
evening in, the Belgrave•
Community Centre. It was
decided that the 1978 fair would
be held on September 13th.
The election of officers and
directors was conducted by Mrs.
Janisa Coultes. They are as
follows: Past President - William
Coultes; President - Ross
Procter; 1st Vice President - Jack
Higgins; 2nd. Vice President
Ron Snell; Secretary-treasurer -
Mrs. Murray Vincent.
Morris Township:
1st line - Ross Abraham, Mrs.
Peter Campbell.
2nd. line - Mrs. Harvey Edgar,
Mrs. Bert Hastings.3rd line
Mrs. JIM Bakelaar; 4th Line -
George Procter, Garner
Nicholson; Sth Line - Mrs. Lloyd
Michie, Don. Procter.
East Wawanosh:
4th Line - Mrs. Jasper Snell,
Mrs. Arnold Cook; 6th Line - Mrs
Audrey Fenton, Mrs Murray
Scott; 9th Line - Murray Vincent,
Tarry Taylor; 10th Line - Mrs.
Bryan Coultes, Mrs. Sydney
Thompson; 12th Line - Murray
Shiell, Mrs. Geo. Chettleburgh,
Belgrave:
Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse, Harold
Vincent, Mrs. Tom Cameron,
Mrs. John Gnay.
Blyth;
Mrs. Jack Coultes, Mrs. Cecil
Wittich, Mrs. Mary Wightman.
Brussels:
Mrs. Jim Garniss; Mrs. Ken
Johnston.
Auditors Mrs. Mrs. Geo. Procter,
Mrs. Lorne Campbell.
Advertising:Auburn-Ron Snell
Belgrave - Geo. Johnston; Blyth -
Bill Taylor, Eldon Cook; Burssels
Walton - Geo. Michie, Clarence
McCutcheon; Wingham -- Murray
Shiell, Bob Taylor, Ross
Higgins.
The prize list revising
committee' for the Grain, Hay,
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Morris ..agrees
tO .ficipqr vote 4-Brussels Post
ESTABLISHED
1872
Morris Township will vote on
liquor questions on April 10.
The decision was taken by the
township council at a meeting on
Monday. With the 1978
International Plowing Match
being held. within the township
next September it had been
indicated thete wou41,betequesfs
for special -Could
not at the present be issued for
events in the township. At the 106th Year - Issue No.49
same time council recognized a WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977 request from Mervin Jones of the
Walton Inn. - •
Council cut short a discussion
of ether business because of
inclement weather conditions and
decided-to ...meet again
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hattoote4 by friends
Five of Earl Somers' friends,
called at his home in Brussels on
November 29 to make a
presentation. on behalf of all his
friends on his former R.R.#5 m,ail
route. •
Earl was reminded of his 49
years faithful- service as a mail
man and of the othet good deeds
he performed over the years.
Before the roads were kept open
in winter such as they are
nowadays, Earl. brought bread,
Why do some young people
have to get their kicks by •
damaging public and private
property, Three basement
windows on the north side of the
Brussels Library were smashed
sometime Friday night. It looked
as if they had been deliberately
kicked in. There was no evidence
that the culprits had entered the
library. The O.P.P. Who
investigated called it wilfUl
damage. It is too bad that the
guilty ones could riot have been
made to pick up all the glass
splinters from those shattered
windows instead of someone else
having cult fingers doing it:There
have also been reports of a car, Or
Ors, tearing around the village in
the wee small hours of Saturday
Morning.
Something different in the way
of spott Will be Seen .in Brussels.
A Bed Race is to be held as part of
the Santa: Claws Parade,
Saturday i nec, 17th, This type of
fun race has become popular in
many communities. Now we are
to see one on Brussels Main
Street. It should be hilarious for
spectators as well as for those in
the race. . .
Join the funl Register
now for the Bed Race that will
take place after the Santa Claus
parade. Get that bed ready 6nd
get your partners--in shape\ to
go-go-go.
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A Ski Club has been organized ,
for the Brussels area by Murray
Bremner and Ron &filth. Their
first meeting on November 26th -
was attended by 25 interested
persons. About 20 have already
joined the club arid Sufficient
interest has been shOWn to have a
news letter for .members.” Cross
Country ski instruction will be
given by'Greg Cowan, When the
menibers have mastered the art
cross &witty skiing they are
planning to arrange Ski-tows.
herd has been reduced, from Sik to
ByWilma Oke
' e greatest assurance we
can have of an 'abundant food,
supply is the profit motive
expressing itself in a free market
place,,' Sack Riddell, MPP for
Huxon-Middlesex, told the 100
members of the Perth-Huron
Shorthorn Association attending
the, annual meeting and banquet
at the Community Centre at
Brodhagen Friday.
"Profit and the expectation of
profit is the engine that drives our
food machine. The lack of profit,
the reality of losses, the growth of
agriculture's public dependency
leads ultimately and inevitably to
reduced food supplies, increased
inefficiency and higher costs.,"
he said.
Speaking of the market
siltation and outlook, he said
beef cow numbers grew over 40
per cent from 1969 to 1975 while
per capita beef supplies have
grown from 84 pounds in 1970 to
-110 pounds in 1976, an increase of
30 per cent.
the
supplies and prices are
the result of the rapid sell off of
the breeding herd. The beef cow
protean: concentrate, said and
"these will:' draw ax'iailable cattle
onto feed and will probably tend
to increase carcass' weight.
On the demand side he was
pessimistic saying the beef
indu-stry is just beginning, to
realize the . serious degree to
which it had over-produced with
the industry about 20 per cent
overbuilt.
He said a study, commission by
the Canadian Cattleman's
Association has determined that
the industry losses have totalled
over $400 million over the last
three years. It is important to
recognize •that theselosses were
caused primarily by the over
supply of cattle and, rising imput
costs and. not as some have
claimed, by 'an inefficient 'or-poor
Marketing, 'syStem, he stated.
Study after study, have been
conducted, 'he said, and little or
no fault wih the marketing system
has been found. The cattle
industry still has one of the best,
most competitive marketing
systems anywhere.
Discussing the cattle cycle
,which is peaking at the present
time and will be for some 'months
to come, he-said a cattleman or
creditor who -ignores the beef
cycle can expect a lot of grief. He
advised a much higher level of
understanding among cattlemen
and a higher degree of co-
operation to establish a much
more stable industry to tame the
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Retire -
stamps, drugs and several other
necessities into the rural district
while delivering the mail by horse
and cutter.
• Garner Nicholson, Jack
Higgins, Mrs. Alice Procter, Jim
Mair and Mrs. Margaret Kerr
made the prey lentation of an
A.M. - F.M. radio, reading lamp
and a sum of money along with
their best wishes for health and
happiness in his retiring years.
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy