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The Brussels Post, 1978-05-03, Page 5FLORENCE' REA'VEY Principal,of Golden Circle School, Wingham, was honoured on her retirement by fellow teachers at their banquet in Brussels last week. Mrs. Reavey is retiring after 16 years. (Brussels Post Photo by Langlois) Now Paying a HIGH RATE of 9 7/ 8 Guaranteed 0/ Trust /0 Certificates for 5 Year Term If you can not come to the office we will call at your home. The Company is a member of the Canada Desposit Insurance Corporation. Ronnenberg Insurance Agency Monkton Office Open Monday thru •Saturday Phone 347-2241 Brussels Office Open • TheOditYs.8qiidays. Phone 887-6663 Blyth man fined for UIC fraud William Mullan, R. R. #2, Blyth, was found guilty in. Gdderich court of collecting unemployment insurance benefits for seven weeks while being employed. Mr. Mullan had 'four counts of fraud against him. Judge William ....ochrane fined him $100 for each Dffense or 10 days in jail. Mr. Mullan must also reimburse U.I.C. for 'the $962. collected white he was ineligible for benefits. He has three months to pay. • READ and USE POST CLASSIFIED DIAL DIRECT .887 6641 THE, BRUSSELS POST, MAY 3, 1973 5 Tpepple get shots as. rables on rise in Huron Rabies are on the increasse in Huron County and already this year a record number of people have had to receive rabies ,shots. For the first four months of the year, there have been 15 cases of rabies diagnosed in animals. Ten people who have come in contact with these animals are under- going treatment, a series of 14 shots in the abdomen. The incidents are unusual:Five cattle have come in contact with the rabies virus, nine foxes and Last week we listed ways in whi eh we can all pitch in to Save money and energy by recycling products. Following are some questions you might ask yoOrself which may help you put the remaining 2 R's to work - namely' REJECT & RE-USE. Do you: Reject such items as: 1.. Disposable paper plates, towels? 2: Over-packaged items? packaging' is rhe. largest component of waste. Less Obituary JEAN ISABELLE LITTLE Jean Isabelle Little, Brussels, died in Wingham ‘.and District Hospital on Wednesday, April 26th after a lengthy illness. • Born in Morris Township, she was 91 years old and was the former Jean Isabelle Sheddon, a daughter of 'the -late Robert and Christine Sheddon. She is survived by one daughter' Jessie of Brussels. ,A member of Melville Presby- terian Church she was a past nobel grand and a 45 year member of Morning. Star Rebekah Lodge in Brussels.' Funeral and committal service were held at the M.L.watts Funeral Home in Brussels on Friday, April 28th at 2 p.m. Rev. Ken Trines officiated and interment followed in Brussels Cemetery. The Rebekah's held a memorial service at the Funeral Home Thursday evening. one horse. Seven of the ten people involved with the cases came in contact with the horse. Rabies is a virus that must get into the blood streath in order to take effect. Any open wound or cut when exposed to saliva from a rabid animal can becom infected appear.. The Huron County Health Unit is encoUraging‘owners to keep a careful watch on their pets•and to packages products 'cost less money. Avoid "bubble" packaging and cardboard and heavy foil wrapped articles. Buy in bulk if possible, and take your own containers. Or how about 'growing your own vegetables? -Backyard gardens provide .good food, lots of fun; lower food bills -and hidden energy savings. The energy you will use to Cook them will be less than the energy used to'prePate, precook and preserve a convenience item. 3. Unsolicited mail? Junk mail can be returned free if it is unopened; just mark it "Refused --Return to Sender" and drop in any mail box.0 have your name removed from all 'mailing lists by writing to the Canadian Direct Mail Association, 130 Merton. St., Toronto, Ont. M4S IA4. 4. Aerosol cans? Aerosols can be 3 or 4 times more expensive than comparable products in simple. non-presssurized containers, and cannot be re-used or recycled, They are now believed to be indirectly tespon , sible for destrnction of the earth's ozone layer which blocks off daligetous levels of ultra violet light from reaching the earth. 5. Novelty or luxury items? Do you really need an electric can Opener; electric carving knife and electric tooth brush? 6. Appliances that ate not built to last and are net easily repaired? Check the .filittitifae- ttnee'S guarantee before you buy, 7. Plastics? kcycling is difficult and• birching creates undesirable fumes. 8, Soft drink cans With s aluniinurh tops? 9. Tin cans? Which aren't Smiles The police sent out pictures of an escaped convict in six different mug shots. , A constable from a town some distance away sent the following wire a few days later: "Have captured five of them and on the .trail of the sixth." An elephant was drinking from an African river when he -spied a snapping turtle asleep' on a log. He ambled over to it and -kicked it clear across the river. "Why- did you do that?'" asked . a giraffe: "Because," replied- the ele- phant modestly.. "Turtle recall." really thi, they're mostly steel with a small amount of tin. Do you: Re-Use such items as: 1. Gift wrapping, string, apper clips,. rubber hands? 2. Old tires? Can be retreaded and are available at various retail outlets.' Estimates are that, we discard one tire per person every year in Canada. That is about 22 million tires a year! 3. Buy recycl ed paper'? Look for the recyeledsymbol before buying stationery, notebooks, typewriter paper, 4. Old chitties and shoes? Patching, sewing and mending a not lost arts. 5. Buttons? Cut off clothes beyond repair and turn 'cloths into useful household rags. 6. • Repair it? Instead of throwing it out, fix if. If you have any suggestions or questions we would like to hear from you. Please contact either of the Energy Conservation Centres listed below. Goderich! 36A West Street, (above Bluewater Cleaners) Phone 524-4114, Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., Sat.--9 a.m. - Fri. 9 a.n1 it p.m. Lucknow: Campticil Street (beside Lich-low Setninel) Phone 528-3304, Honest Wed:, Sat.,--9' a:hid , 5'p.111.; Thins:, Fri., 9 a.ni. 9 p:ro. On Friday, April 28 at 7130 p.n.r the 8neegy Conservation' 'Centre at 36A 'West Street, Oodetich, is pleased to present a slide presentation and talk by Ian Finlayson4 who recently attended an Alternative Energy Seminar" at the Reathotd School of Living in PetinSylVania, CONGRATULATIONS Huron's director' of Education, John Cochrane handed out award ribbons to Science Fair winners at BPS last week. Displays were judged by Father Anthony Sonderup, Art Carr of the Ministry of. Natural Resources, Byron Adams of Western foundry and Mr. Cochrane. - .1 (Brussels POst Photo) Energy centre says keep, them confined. Signs to watch for in a rabid animal are hard to pin down. Dr. Bill Thompson, of Health of Seaforth, reported that if specific symptoms are listed and a pet owner doesn't recognize the symptoms or if the animal and the virus can take from days does not react in the prescribed to months before symptoms manner then the owner feels that his pet does not have the dis'ease. If the animal acts out of the ordinary a vet should be consulted. The areas with the most recorded cases are East Wawanosh,,West ,Wawanosh and. Ashfield , townships although other cases have been reported throughout the county. The scheduling of a rabies clinic in Huron County is decided by Health of Animals, the Huron County Health. 'Unit and the number of enquiries about having Reject disposables a clinic, plus , the number of diagnosed rabies cases. The cost of having a clinic. is, high and the immunity gained from these immunization shots lasts for dogs, between three and bur years. In cats, the immunity does not last as long. The only sure way to diagnose a rabies case is to send the head, of the animal in question to the lab in Ottawa through Health of animals in Seaforth and have it tested. Health of animals officer Dr. Thompson pointed out that "It is too risky with humans involved to go by diagnosis without a lab result"