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served by' MdLellati,
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International Plowing Match. A
second payment of $4,563.78 was
made on the southwest storm
sewer.
Council received a letter from
- Solicitor-General Francis Fox
regarding the locating of a
William Cochrane of Goderich,
Crown attorney for Huron County
since 1962, has been appointed a
provincial court judge in the
criminal division.
The appointment, announced
Friday by Attorney-General Roy
McMurtry took effect Monday.
Mr. Cochrane, 63, will preside
in Huron County. He is a
graduate of the University of
Western Ontario and Osgoode
Hall Law School in Toronto. He
was called to the bar in 1941 and
Huron County Board of
Education * and its elementary
school teachers agreed to terms of
a 1977-78 contract for the
teachers Tuesday night when the
teachers voted to accept the latest
board offer. John Cochrane,
Director of Education said.
Wednesday that the teachers had
agreed to a 5.12% increase and
that the controversial pupil-
teacher ratio had been dropped
from the contract,
Mr. Cochrane said the new pact
brings the average earnings of
the 380 elementary . school
teachers in the county to.i17,448,
He said there are 380 teachers
working . in Huron County's
elementary SChods bidlthaf some
are part tirrie.',..He • said the full
time equiValent .of. the teachers
makes the total, full time staff
362.5.
R.J.Elliott, ',Bly :th School
Board trustee and chairman of the
board's elementary school
teacher negotiating committee
Santa Claus is coming to
town. This Saturday is the day
when Santa Claus will pay his
annual visit to the children of this
community. He is to be welcomed
with a parade led by the Legion
Fine Band'. Bring the youngsters
to meet him. He will have a treat
for them, After the-parade there
will be the Bed Race. That is
something that a good many folks
are anxious-to see for it should be
fun to watch. There are at least
nine teams entered in the race .
With all the snow We have they
may need skis on the beds, but
that should make it even more
hilarious for the spectators. While
the kiddies are enjoying Santa,
and after you laugh at the bed
race, visit the stores. They have a
vast variety of beautiful things for
Christmas on display. It will be a
good opportunity for you to finish
your Christrrias shopping.
* * * *
Christmas brings a happy
holiday season, a joyful reunion of
families, Be sure that' it is also a
safe season iii your home:
Christmas trees and decorations
are a threat of fire if safety
standards are not maintained. Be
sure your natural tree does not
dry out. It could go tip inflames in
seconds. • Check st rings of all
Christmas ' tree lights for worn.
insulation; 100Se bulb sockets or
broken pings-, Keep matches and
cigarettes away front the true, Do
not leave yOung 'Children alone for
a minute, .keep your Christmas
happy antl :Said. Do not let it turn
announced Monday that the
board had ratified the teacher
agreement and that the teachers
had to vote on acceptance of the
contract Tuesday night. He said
contract negotiations, which had
bogged down in October and had
been turned over to a mediator,
had been completed by Monday
and• that the teacher's vote to
accept the ratificatiOn would
settle the issue.
The negotiations broke down
due to differences arising from
basic pay rates for teachers and
the pupil-teacher ratio. The
settlement remove the pupil-
teacher ratio from contract talks
and turns it over to .a committee
Consisting of Mr. Cochrane,' 3
teachers and 3 board members,
which will determine the ratio in
the future.
Mr. Cochrane said the pay
rates are established in seven
categories depending on the
teacher's qualifications and
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into a family tragedy.
* * * ** *
Don Procter of RR 5,
Brussels, a member of the
Ellyth-Brussels 4-H Beef Calf.
Club, had the reserve Champion
Calf in the Shorthorn Class at the
Queen's Guineas Competition in
Toronto Twenty 4-H Club
members completed in. the
competition.
* * ** **
Folks are still struggling to
recover from last week's storms.
There was plenty of digging to
do. Most schools in this area, as
in many others were closed. For
those thatwereopen there was no
bus transporation. Scheduled
events were cancelled. Traveling
was extremely dangerous with
extreme cold, heavy wind swept
snow and icy conditions. People
were warned to stay off the
highways.• The weather seems to
have setttled down a bit this
Monday morning. Hopefully it
will continue this way with no
recurrence this winter of the
weather we Were subjected to
the past week. No doubt that is
wishful thinking.
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In the recent 4-1-1 Gate Sign
Competition we see that Lary,
Peter and Andy Carralho of 1d(1,
Walton tied for 7th place, Bonnie
McKay of RR 2, Brussels and
Terry Smith of RR f, Walton
received Honourable Mention,
There were NI 'entries lit the
competition.
Brussels council decided.
Monday that - Huron County
representatives should come to a
special Council meeting to discuss
a possible one year county wide
residency rule for senior citizens
housing.
Huron County had proposed
the one year county wide
residency rule and had also
proposed that all municipalities in
Huron County contribute 7 3/4 per.
cent of the total operating deficit
of such housing units. Council
decided to have the County at a
special meeting to hear details of
the proposals.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank in
Toronto had sent a letter to
council asking to be given time to
come to Brussels to inspect the
Export Packers building and
requests that a list of local
contractors be sent to the Bank to
see if repairs could be made.
Council decided to leave their
decision on the building for 30
days and to send the Bank a list of
local contractors.
Clerk Bill King was asked to
draft a by-law regarding the front
steps of Maitland Teleservices
Ltd. which are on village
property. The company had been
granted permission to leave the
steps where they were and asked
that the existing by-law be
changed' so that it continues to
apply when the company changes
hands, first to Teleontario
Incorporated and then to Bell
Canada'.
Council had a deputatien. from
Jim Armstrong who explained
some things about the Brussels
airport. He said the airport had
been licenced as a public airport
and had also been licenced fOr
night flying. He said that it was
classed as a Class C airport.
Council discussed dominission
arrangements on insurance for
the village arid the Brussels,
Morris and Grey arena but
reached no decision Ott the
matter.
In other btiSinesS, eouricsl
decided tij give a $25 grant to the
FarmSteacl and Home iritirceVe-
'met& Conipetitioti of the 1078
Santo comes to
Brussels Saturday
Brussels and area people are
expected to turn out in force
Saturday to welcome a special
visitor. Santa Claus will be fitting
a stopover in Brussels into his
busy schedule,, and a special
parade has been, arranged in his
honour.
The parade, which is scheduled
to begin at 1;30 p.m. will feature
the Brussels Legion Pipe Band,
Wingham Debutantes, Local
members of parliame:nt i poats,
clowns, horses, comic costumes ,
the Seaforth-Dashwood
Community Band, and of course,
Santa himself.
Prizes will be awarded in such
categories -as best float, best
original costume, best horse and
rider, best decorated
wheelbarrow, and a number of
others. Winners will receive their
awards at the Fire Hall following
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penetentiary in Brussels. The
letter said the Director-General
for the Ontario Region of
Corrections Service was being
informed of council's representa-
tions and that he would be
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was made a Queen's counsel in
1962.
While the appoin trnent is
effective Monday, Mr. Cochrane
said Friday he won't be sworn in
until ceremonies scheduled for
early January and therefore can't
preside over any cases.
In the meantime, his responsi-
bilities as Crown attorney will be
handled by George Patterson,
former Crown attorney in
Walkerton, and by others
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CLEANING UP — Brussels village employees were
hard at work this week cleaning up the large
accumulation of snow which fell over the weekend.
For 5.12% increase
Teachers settle
Here Ken Graber uses the front end loader to clear
plowed snow off Main Street.
(Photo by Langlois)
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
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BRUSSELS
106th Year - Issue NO.50 - ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,• 1977
Council wants special meeting
County's idea questioned
New judge appointed