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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-05-03, Page 201 lb. pkg. WIENERS 24 oz. Limit JAM Hostess 100 _ TEA BAGS 2 Litres Chapman's .ICE CREAM BakerY STEPHENSON'S Grocery . Free Delivery Phone 887.9226 Cooking ONIONS Schneider's 3 varieties 2 lb. bag. .19 .99 .89 Weston's 3 varieites WAGON WHEELS Box of 12 E.D.Smith Apple/Cherry Open 'tin 9 Friday nights beginning this Fri.' We Deliver Phone 887-944,, BRUSSELS Lump 20 lbs. CHARCOAL St. Williams Raspberry and Strawberry Mom's Parchment 1 lbs. MARGARINE Prints Allen's APPLE JUICE... 2.99 99' 1.25 47' 69' 99' We have certified seed potatoes by 75 lb. bag or by the lb. GROCERY .79 .73 PIE FILLING Weston's Cinnamon BUNS 19 oz. Pkg of 8 McCUTCHEON McCUTCHEON MOTORS they. Brussels 887-6856 Olds WITH A • Front End ALIGNMENT WHEEL BALANCE Re-tire now for summer All tires in stock Except Michelin 0 25 OFF • • • • • •• • • . 20 -- THE BRUSSELS POST, MAY 3, 1978 Grader, subdivision Father Carl. Ruhland of St. Patrick's in Garrytown, Iowa had a great idea. He figured out a way to keep all his parishioners at his church service until it was over. He had enough of his flock leaving the fold early, So he had a switch installed up at the altar. And when he tripped the switch, that activated the locks on the church door. Trapped. All those early leavers didn't make their fast get-away from his Saturday, evening mass. They had to slip back to their pews and sit down--to the end. Great idea. It didn't last long, though. A state fife marshall got wind of the switch and he told the good Father about the Iowa State fire code. No blocking of exits in public buildings. The switch had to go. But Father Ruhland doesn't feel that defeated. He says at least he's made his point and he hopes his people won't forget it. Now, he . has to rely on his flock's good memory, and if that doesn't work, then he's back to their good manners and sense of politeness. And if that doesn't work, then he's back to needling his people to stay to the very end. Clergymen have been nagging about this for years and going to all ends--and to some no good ones--to.keep their people in the pews until the final Amen. They can't understand it. Why must people leave the service too soon? Can't they wait? What's an extra ten, fifteen, twenty minutes? So what if company's coming? Or you're going away and need an extra head start? Or Ma wants to put the potatotes on? Or Billy's got a hockey practice? That can all wait, can't it? Now, most people - practice a little sense. They turn polite enough to wait until the sermonI is over. Or they're politer still, and wait until after the collection plate is passed. But a mass exodus usually takes place, when Holy Communion or the Eucharist begins. And that really gets to the clergy,. Why do people leave at the highpoint of the service? The whole worship has been building toward it. You wouldn't leave a drama, would you, at the climax? You wouldn't leave a host of a party just after he's spread out a meal, would you? You wouldn't mark all your time with incidentals and then .take off just before the main point, would, you? .But yes, people would. That's what people do when they walk out of the Holy Communion part. The old time preachers never had electonics and electrical switches on their side. But they . had their tongues, and they could switch them on and cut sharply. One Minister said as he saw several people leave his service, "I have observed down around- the wharves, when the tide rises, the chips float off. There they go now, "rag, tag, and bobtail!" Another time this same Methodist minister, Edward Taylor, declared "Small vessels are easily filled." The Rev. Jabez Swan wasn't going to be Outdone, either. He told his flock, "Every sliCep would conic back to the fold while only the goats preferred wandering." And the Rev. Sam Moody had his own special Way. When he stood up to preach, he said his sermon was directed to two groups. The first was to the sinners and the secondto the saints. And just when he reached the time when many usually left The service, he announced he. had finished preaching the portion of his sermon to sinners and they could leave now, for the rest of the sermon was now directed, to the saints. Rev. Moody found out that Sunday every person in his congregation was a .saint., (Continued from Page 1) hard to understand and councillor Ross. Procter asked if the report could be made more readable. "We want something the people can understand. We knew last year that we were going to • have this deficit in our budget because we intended to pay for the grader over two years," Reeve Bill Elston said. During 1977 the Wingham fire departmenrwas paid $2588, the Brussels fire department $1350 and the Blyth fire department $3750 for their work in Morris Township. Mill rates in the township will go up. For farm and residen- tial the county mill rate was set at 14.95, the township at 32,13, the elementary school rate at 30.65, the secondary school rate at 26.66 and the separate school rate at 31.24. For business and com- mercial the county mill rate was set at 17.59, the township rate at 37.80, the elementary rate at 34.06, the secondary rate at 29.62 and the separate school 'rate at 34.71. • After going over their financial statement council made a motion to have a common sense financial statement drawn up. In other business, ratepayers on the Blyth Creek Drain attend- ed the meeting to see what could be done about cleaning out a portion of the Creek. The rate- payers were asked whether they thought an engineer should be called in or if council should get somebody in to do the work for them without consulting an engineer. The ratepayers were in favor of doing the work without engineers and deepening the ditches wherever necessary. In other business council gave a gravel tender to Radford's Con- struction of glytb who 'had the lowest bid at $26,530 compared with a bid of $31,450 by Lloyd Jacklin, bid of $28,150 by Donnegan's Haulage of ListAel, a bid of $27,210 by Joe Kerr of Wingham and a bid of $30,970 by Lloyd Machan Construction of Monkton. Province says (Continued from Page 1) Morris and Grey Townships who also have residents in the building and decided to set up a meeting with the two townships on May 8. In other business council heard from George Cousins who is on the recreation committee that the building committee for the new arena wants to know if they could get some of the rent council is receiving from the old arena to pay off interest on a loan on the new arena. Council decided they should, get a financial statement from the building committee. Clerk Bill King and assistant Ruth Sauve had made up a new building by-law for 'the Brussels building code so that council could go ahead with their plans to tear down the Ball Auctions building but they were instructed by council to get lawyers to check over the by-law first to make sure everything is alright before going ahead with their actions on the building. Council also discussed having a special clein-up day in May and granted a severance to Ivan and Betty Campbell. Amen by KarlSchuessler Huron to spend $185,000 on match publicity for the. match. The publicity committee was given $26,247 to work with and $900 for expenses for committee members. The next largest ex- pense was for land which was estimated to cost $21,600. Members of the land committee will spend $1,600 boosting the bill for land to $23,200. Administration for the match will cost about $17,150 with committee members using about $6,575 making the total ad- ministration expense $23,725. The ladies program will be funded with $14,780 and a committee expense of $1,650 for a ' $16,430 total. Health and water costs will be about $10,200 and ` that committee needs just $325 to operate leaving health costs at $10,525. The tent city and parking were the other two major expenses in the budget. The tents are ex- pected to cost $10,585 with $900 for the committee making the total $11,485 while parking will cost $11,200, $10,600 in costs and $600 for committee expenses. Other expenses in' the budget were antique and historic displays costing $7,200, bands and parades, $3,850, a banquet cost- - ing $8,113, billeting $1,200, demonstrations costing $500, farmstead and home improve- ments $3,000, flying farmers $4,450, gates and tickets $8,180, a lounge costing $500, a $1,300 luncheon, special events $5:395, team and horse show $2,550, a tractor costing $4,700, traffic control $800, a trailer park $2,150, and wagon tours $7,400. ' County clerk Bill Rattly told, council that the .plowing match committee submitted the budget request and guaranteed the Money Would be returned 'to council coffers after the plowing match. He said the money financed the operations 'of the cointnittees up to the September opening,. Huron County council approved a $185,000 budget Friday for the International Plowing Match which is to be -held in .Huron County September 26 through 30 in the Windham area. The budget sets aside $1'60,000 for 24 committees and $25,000 for per diem payments and mileage for the committee members. • The biggest single expense the plowing match organizers face is Exams postponed The June examinations in Huron 'County secondary. schools will be postponed for one, week to allow the schools to make up some of the time lost during the 31 day teacher strike. Huron County board of educat- ion decided to ask the province to extend the school calendar so June 21 rather than June 14 is . final day of school. Under ministry of education regulations, all exmams must be marked by the end of June, and June 21 is the latest date to which the school year can be stretched. High schools in the county will now be announcing examination dates following the board's decision.