HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-03-22, Page 1THE ROOF FELL IN—The roof of the vacant Export
Packers building, now owned by Ball Auctions, fell down
under a load of wet snow Thursday about 11 p.m. A side
wall also fell and three phone poles were taken out as
a phone line *was pulled -down. Bru-ssels council is
seeking a court injunction to tear the building down.
Mary Jarvis who lives in the Stretton building next
door said the collapse sounded like thunder. Another
tenant thought a furnace had , blown up. Phone
service was off for two days to Several area. homes.
See more photos inside. '(Photo by Langlois)
CIL rents old
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council was very pleased with the
amount of rent that the compa7
offered to pay for the building.
Jim Johnston, Brussels,
manager of the CIL Agromart
said they started moving into the
arena, at noon on Monday and
were anticipating 1,000 tons 'for
possibly two-and-a-half months
and then the tonnage maybe
going down from there. '
He said CIL rented the building, -
to alleviate storage problems and
to "better service our
customers.''
The total rent will be approxi-
mately $2,500, to $3;000. based
on the $1 per ton per month, Mr.
Johnston thinks.
107th Year -- No. 12
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1978 The old Brussels arena will
.once again have a function when
the CIL Agromart rents , the
building for storage space.
Brussels council passed a
motion renting ' the building to
CIL on March 8 before -Brussels
held their fire meeting with
Morris and Grey Townships.
Councillor Malcolm Jacobs said
council is renting the building to
the company for their spring rush
and that the company possibly
could rent it for up to four
,months.
CIL will be paying $1 per ton a
month to store fertilizer as their
rental fee. Mr. Jacbos said that
Easter! A time of joy and
,renewal of hope for the future.
Springtime, when nature comes
alive again after the. long cold
winter months. A time to rejoice
in the Risen Chiist.
** * * *
When sorrow comes to a home,
as it has .to mine, the abundant
kindness of neighbours, friends,
relatives, and business
associates, and the constant .
suppOrt of the fainily, during ,the
Months of anxiety, helped to ease
-the burden of those lonely months,
and the , pain of the, loss of my
husband. No words can express
my feelings or tell what all the
thoughtfulness of so many meant
-To me. Needless to say it will
never be forget-ten,
* * * *
Spring must haVe arrived. It
Was reported that Mr. and Mrs.
Don Coleman of Elmira who spent'
the weekend at their .cottage t
this community, sighted a
robin at their feeding station. A
robin just could net be mistaken.
They are our harbingers of
spring.
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There has been a question of
what to do about some of the
unsightly buildings in the'
business area of our village. On
of the buildings in qUestion, the
one just west of the rear of the
Queen's Hotel used last by Bell ,
Auctions, partially collapsed
recently. The weight of snow and
ice caused the roof .to fall in
taking the back section of the east
Wall with it. Fortunately no one
was in the area at the time. A
parked truck nearby narrowly
escaped' being crushed..'
*****4
A Circus is coming to town.
Hooray! Hoorayl theBrussels
Agricultural Society are
sponsoring the Tented Circus
here' on. Monday May 29. There
will be two performantes. Get
your tickets early and enjoy the
•antics of, clowns, the amazing
feats of acrobats and the spine=
(Continued on Page I I)
Use ; of small parcels of
farmland and the priorities of
hobby farmers "or , part-time'
farmers seemed to be of major
concern to the people of
.Turnberry Township when they
held their second meeting on the
proposed secondary 'plan for the
township on Monday night in the'
Bluevale Hall.
Monday night's meeting on
agriculture was just one of six
meetings being held.. Other topics
to be discussed include ogricul-
ture and natural environment,
recreation--natural resources,
urban development and a
summary ..workshop.
The questions that aroused the
biggest response from people. at
the meeting, however were those
Concerning the nonagricultural
use of small parcels of land and
the priority, .of hobby farmer or
part-tiMe farmers compared with
full-time farmers:
Councillor Harold. Elliott who
chaired the meeting said he
though there ' were some small
parcels .of rough land that could
be used for non-farm purposes.
Don Morrison asked if they
were not going. to have the
problem of the people owning
these lots beside agricultural
establishments complaining
about smells.
Doug. Filsinger said that the
people who 'tend to buy small'
. parcels of land are mostly city
dwellers who buy the land
becaUse it's cheaper than in the
city and sometimes they only
come up twice a year to see it.
"They say it's cheap land
where the farmer will say it's dear
land because they (the city
people) are comparing it with the
lot in the city." ,
"What they're planning on
doing with it is speculating and
this makes agricultural land- too
_dear," Mi. Filsinger said.
George Penfold of .Goderich,
Huron County planner told the
assembly that 12 per cent of land
in Turnberry Township is owned
by non-residents living outside
the township, a fairly high
percentage compared to other,
municipalities. .
One man said his definition of a
hobby farmer was a man that had
a good enough reserve of money
that he didn't need to work but
liked to keep himself occupied or
a man who was tied into a very
tough, job where he's got a lot of
mental responsibility who used
the hobby farm as a way of
relaxing.
This kind of thing is going to
cause land to get too dear fo the
agriculture and that spoils it for
the farmer, he said.
"A lot of part-time farmer
intend to become full-tithe farmer
as soon as they have enough
money," Mrs. Gerry Fortune
suggested.
George Thomson, • a former
clerk of Turnberry Township, told
the meeting that he had about 18
acres on the edge of the village
greenbelt on which he used to
grow trees.
"I' get great satisfaction out of
that. I hope you don't put any
restrictions on small parcels of
land. I don't like these restric-
tions. I think we're regulated to
ileath nearly." he said.
Mrs. Fortune asked if
severances were limited so that it
wasn't necessary to sever small
parcels of land if that would
, eliminate the hobby farmer.
Mr. Penfold agreed that if
there was a tight severance policy
if would eliminate small parcels of
land •for that kind of use.
Another man asked whether or
not all hobby farmers were
detrimental to the township.
"I don't think you can class
them all that way," he said.
"Do you think the plan should
encourage hobby farmers?" Mr.
Penfold asked the man.
"I think there's some small-
holdings now of about 25 acres
that aren't going to do that much
damage to the township to leave
that way," the man 'answered.
Mr. Penfold told the meeting
the amount of land operated by
farmers in. the township has been
decreaSing over the years and
capital investment had been
increasing.
/Don Pullen, Huron Cotinty
agricultural representative told
the audience there had been a
trend toward consolidation in
farming meaning where several
farms were under the ownership
of two or three brothers or a
father and his sons.
Inions: plentiful- on
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
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