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HELP YOURSELVES — Brussels Brownies,
Guides and their mothers helped themselves to good
food at the annual Brownies and Guides mother
daughter night last Wednesday at the United
Church. More photos inside the Post.
107th Year - Issue No. 9
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1978
'BR U SSE L S
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chaols closed as
oard, teachers
each claim support
.Atoms
h ere on
weekend
Crowds of young hockey
players are expected in the village
this weekend as the fourth
Annual Brussels Optimist Atom
Tournament gets underway. The
tournament will continue for two
more weekends, March 11, 12, 18
and 19 with 38 teams Competing
in five different categories.
The first weekend will feature
"AA" and "B" Division play
with games beginning at 9:30 on
Saturday and 12:00 on Sunday.
Teams entered in the "AA"
Division are from Kitchener,
Welland, Richmond Hill, Galt,
Owen Sound and Preston. The
"B" Division is comprised of
teams' from Listowel, Aylmer,
Sarnia Township, Port Elgin,
Hanover, Strathroy, Kincardine
and Goderich.
• The second
weekend will feature C and D
Division competition with games
beginning at 9:00 on Saturday
and 12:00 on Sunday. Teams
entered in the _-`.`C" Division 'are
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Brownies, Guides
entertain mothers
Brussels Post
The Girl Guides took part in the
annual Mother and Daughter
banquet.
Their part of the program was a
very moving, speech on Guiding
by MiriantieSeott;: Jean Shipman
and Donna Elliott did a skit on,
Thinking -Day.
.Captain Blenkhorn presented
three All Round Cords to Velma
Elliott, Sherri Heibein and
Marianne Scott.
- Lieutenant Betty Graber
presented the many badges the
girls had worked so hard to earn.
The tester Stephanie
Kellington presented a plaque to
Marianne Scott for extra special
effort put into her badge work.
Those receiving badges
included: Singers-Cindy Bernard.
Do not forget to attend .the
World Day of Prayer in Brussels
United Church at 2:00 p.m.,
Friday of this week. The care of
young children need not keep
you at home for babysitting will
be provided at the church.
* * * ** *
People in this area have been
slow in getting their new cat
license. The local Motor Vehicle
Branch expects the usual last
minute rush.
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It is expected that more
summer jobs will be available for
the young people of Ontario this
year. Experience '78 has been
expanded to 16.1 million.
Through this program 13,500 job
opportunities have been created
for Ontario's youth.
* * * 4: * *
If you think that older folks are
not capable of driving a car, you
are wrong. An article in the
Ontario Safety publication states
that most motorists over 80 pass
their yearly compulsory drive test
and have low percentage of
accidents. * *
Huron County Secondary
School students are still out of the.
ClasstooniS., They are the thief
Georgina Protopapas, Twyla
Thornton, Debbie Golly, Jennifer.
Rosener, Shannon Rice, Donna
Miller, Cindy McNeil.
Neighbours. Linda . Ten • Pas,
Dawn Maxwell, Cindy McNeil,
Donna Shannen
Ruth. Ann Watts.
Puppeteer-Linda Ten Pas,
Cindy McNeil.
Craft-Cindy MCNeil, Donna
Miller.
Skaters-Cindy McNeil,
Shannon Rice.
Thrift-Donna 'Miller.
Skier-Ruth Ann Watts.
Native Lore-Lori. Patterson,
World Friendship Lori Patterson,
Gardener,, Lori Patterson,
Signaller Lori Patterson, Golden
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victims of the deadlOck between
Board and T ,achers. We are well
aware that teaching, for the
dedicated teacher, is not an easy
job. Yet, with so many people out
of work, with declining school
enrolment making it harder to get
a teaching position, perhaps
teachers should be thankful they
have a job with a much better
salary than a good many people
earn. They chose their profession
and so should be willing, at this
to accept the conditions that
go along• with their salary. It is the
people who pay both teachers and
Board and they should have
something to say in what goes on.
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Beginning April 1 of this year,
you will see two new traffic signs.
In an attempt to make traffic
signs more easily understood a
new symbolized "No Left Turn"
and "No Right Turn" will take
the place of the old ones. There
should be no mistaking • what
these new signs mean.
* ** *
George Keil, president of Farm
Automatic Feeding Ltd. of bottle,
will be among those of the
Ontario Trade Mission who go to
Iran this month to seek export
sales for their product.
* * * **
Both sides say they have
public support in the current
dispute over contract negotiations
between Huron County teachers
and the Huron County Board of
Education as the teachers
continue with their strike and the
board continues with their lockout
against the teachers.
John Elliott, of Blyth, chairman
of the Board said he had no
comment at the present time on
negotiations, but that that could
change at any time.
He said the board didn't know
of any tutoring classes that would
be made available for students
who are out of class but that
course material is available from
the principal's offices.
Asked whether he felt the
strike was harmful to the
students, he said, "Certainly I
think any strike is harmful to any
sector but the innocent party in
this case happens to the
students."
As for support for the board's
position in the strike from the
ratepayers he said he can only get
the personal observation from
each trustee and, "by and large
the support from the ratepayers is
there," he said.
Meanwhile; Shriley Weary,
negotiator for the teacher's
federation, said they've made no
formalized plans for negotiating.
"We're still willing to meet
With the board if they're willing to
meet with us. There have been no
formal requests for negotiation"
she said.
Will the strike and lockout be
harmful to the students? "I
suppose if it goes On for a long
period of time it will, but at the
moment, I don't think there
should be any real problem,"
Mrs. Weary said.
Crowd
About 200 parents packed the
main hall at Family Paradise last
Wednesday night to hear Board
of Education trustees confirm that
aboard committee is recommend-
ing the closing of Walton Public
School.
The parents didn't get any
details on ftio w the closing will
save the board money though
because committee chairman
John Henderson said those facts
will come out at the board's
March 6 meeting since a
committee can't give information
to the public liefore it's gone to
the board.
.He told the meeting that his
committee had planned to meet
with parents to discuss the
recommendation that it's making
to the board: taht WPS students
be bused to Seaforth Public
School and that SPS Grade 8's
attend classes in Seafoarth
District High School, beginning in
September, but that the par ents
called a meeting first.
"Things have Corte along
faster than we thought they
would'', said Walton area trustee
Don McDonald. "Our committee
is quite a bit at fault because of
poor public relations:" Most
parents learned of the proposal to
close Walton School by word of
mouth.
John Elliott, the board,
As for Support for the teacher's
position in the strike she, said it
seemed to vary from area to area.
chairman who is a trustee for
Morris and Blyth assured parents
as did Mr. Henderson that the
March 6 board meeting will not
see the final vote on the future of
the school. The parents will send
a delegation to that board
meeting. "My personal opinion is
that the committee should look at
boundaries alone at the present
time," Mr. Elliott said.
Displace Portables
"First we should displace the
portables we're renting before
getting rid of physical facilites we
already own," the chairman said.
If McKillop students had gone
to Seaforth seven years ago and
left Walton School as it was, the
school would now have 79
students from Grades 1 to 8 and
11in Kindergarten in a four room
school, Mr. Henderson told the
meeting. "I agree Walton has a
dandy little set up but it can't
last because there's room in
IN Seafoarth . It's as simple as
that," the longtime trustee said.
"A four room school today is as
obsolete as a one room was seven
years ago."
A standing vote showed
parents at the meeting were
Unanimously it favour Of leaving
both elethentary schools as they
are now.
One parent ; Leo Greidanus of
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Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy ,
wants school open