The Brussels Post, 1978-06-07, Page 1THE CIRCUS IS GOOD BUT IT CAN'T COMPETE
WITH A SNO-CONE — Laurie Cowan of Brussels
seemed to be paying more attention to her sno-cone
than the circus acts when the circus was in Brussels
last week. (Brussels Post Photo)
WINDBLOWN — A small twister in the. Brussels
area took the roof off a barn on a farm owned by Jim
Bowman. Mr. Bowman estimated that it could take
$7;000 or$8;000 to be repaired. The roof was blown
'100 rods down the field. (Photo by Langlois)
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
$237,000 collected for arena,
Brussels council hears
911
I WON, I WON! — Mr. and Mrs. Herman Terpstra
of R.R.5, Brussels, look happily at a cheque for
$3;000 that was presented to them when . the Lions
Club held their elimination draw in the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Community Centre on Saturday
night. The money raised is to go towards the
Community Centre. Photo by Langlois)
By Debbie Ranney
' James Prior chairman of the
arena building committee came to
the Brussels Council 'Monday
night to give council members an
updaled report on the financial
shape of the arena.
Mr. Prior told council members
that all the service club's pledges
had been paid with the exception
of the plowing match group, He
said the arena had between
$4,000 and $5,000 in personal
pledge s outstanding and that
they were sure of getting at least
half of those. He said as of now
about $237,000 will have been
collected if all the pledges come
in. He told council they had over
spent their budget by $45,000. He
said they were also going to try
and get more Wintario grants.
Council discussed the hole
Cecil Machan had left for the
foundation of the house he
bought from Bruce McCall.
Members werew worried about
the hole filling with water 'and
children falling into it. Clerk Bill
King called. Mr. Machan who said
he would do something about the
problem.
Council had an earlier meeting
with B.M.Ross and Associates
Ltd. regarding the Export Packers
and Ball Auctions Building who
told them both buildings were
beyond repair. Council decided
something would have to be done
if the owners of the buildings
didn't live up their. June 30
deadline to tear down. the
buildings.
Council decided to, give a
donation of $25 to the Salvation,
Army in Wingham and a donation
of $200 to the 13russeK
cultural Society for the fall fair'
being held. September 19 and 20.
They also heard from Clerk Bill
King about a notice of a meeting
from the Huron County Board of
Education for the Treasurer of the
County and the- Tresurers of all
municipalities.
Mr. King said that Bayfield
had appealed its apportionment
for school purposes . and the
treasurers' were to arbitrate -
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1872
107th Year — Issue No. 23
WEDNESDAY, JUNE •7, 1978
russels Post
Rare twister hit here Tuesday
Some residents of the Brussels
area got a surprise in the form of
a small twister Tuesday which
caused major damage on the farm
of Jim Bowman of •R.R.5,
Brussels and minor damage to
other farm homes.
The Bowmans probably
suffered the most damage with
the storm taking the roof off the
barn and, breaking .some beams.
The Bowmans estimated that
the damage cost could run. over
$7,000 or $8,000 but added that,
"you can't hardly tell how much
it's going to cost until you get the
bill".
He also said the hail cut about
six or eight inches off the alfalfa.
Windows were broken by hail
in several homes including those
of Ted Cowan and Mel Jermyn
and windows in the barn at Carl
Gowing' s. •
Culverts on the road north of
Brussels could not handle the
sudden torrential rain and there
was considerable flash flooding.
The storm acted not unlike a
mini-tornado, touching down here
and 'there.
Brussels escaped damage but
had the heavy downpour of rain
and an electrical storm while only
a short distance away the dust
was flying.
Fortunately there have been no
reports of injury to anyone.,
Mrs. Ted Cowan. of R.R.5,
Brussels, said it started to rain
about 12:45 and then at about
1:25 it started to hail. Mrs.
Cowan turned to her husband and
said it sounded like the -windows
were going to break. Sure enough
the hail broke all her storm
windows which she hadn't taken
off yet.
By two o'clock the hail had
stopped but it continued to rain
and the hailstones weren't
melting very fast.
"By six o'clock we were still
picking up hailstones the size of
alleys," Mrs. Cowan said.
The storm also damaged a good
40 acres of wheat and about 50
acres of corn and the Cowans are
just waiting to see whether the
two crops are going to come or
not.
Mrs. Mel; Jermyn ' of R.R.2
•Brussels, said they had doors
and windows blown out of the
house and she described the hail
as being the size of golf balls.
They're not too sure of the crop
damage yet but Mrs. Jermyn said
the storm had stripped the grass
and ruined the strawberry patch.
Alan Campbell had two
windows blown off his house and
damage to some farm equipment
out in the yard which got swung
around in the storm.
A barn on Mr. Campbell's
other farm which he doesn't use
was blown down.
One wagon rack was
demolished and a bale elevator
was upset over onto another piece
of farm machinery. Mr. Campbell
said it would be a fair bit of work
to replace parts in the machinery
but there wasn't too much
damage that was 'going to cost a
lot.
Mr. Campbell said that his hay
and grain fields were flattened
but that the corn wasn't up yet.
'It was really 'frightening for
maybe five to ten minutes, then it
was gone, Mr . Campbell said of
the strong wind.
Carl Gowing of R.R.2, Bluevale
had damage to the windows in his
three pig barns and Mrs. Gowing
said the strawberry patch was a
total loss and that the hay fields
were cut right' off.
check with the Ontario Weather
Centre' in Toronto to see if the
storm that went through Brussels
could actually be classified as a
twister.
He said that Michael Newark
from the Centre with the descrip-
tion of the damage given to him
We have written of the many •
cases of physical abuse to young
children but what of the
permanent psychological damage
inflicted on minds of children by
unthinking parents. This kind of
damage can harm them for the
rest of their lives. Children who
are constantly rebuked; never
praised for something well done;
told they are bad; no good; will
never amount to anything; are
quite likely we are told by the
experts, to grow up being just
that. Young minds are very
impressionable. If their homes
am a battleground of unleashed
tempers; mistrust: strained
relations; too strict, unreason
able, discipline with little, or no'
expression of love and under-
standing, it will have a disastrous
influence on their personality. It
will effect their future relations
with their parents and others.
Certainly children, and young
people need discipline but it must
be administered with discussion
and an abundance of love. If they
and because it hit only one area
he figures that the localized
energy meant a twister.
Mr. Campbell said Mr.
Neward was surprised to hear
about the twister since it was only
about the third or fourth reported
in Ontario within the last. year.
can feel that is so, thought they
may resent it at times, they will
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Not accepted
Morris
clerk
resigns
Jane Badley clerk of Morris
Township resigned at a meeting
of Morris Council on Monday
night, but concil refused to accept
her resignation.
Wages is one of the reasons She
resigned but she said there were,
"a whole bunch of reasons.': The
resignation is to he • discussed
June 19 at a meeting to be held in
Morris Township Hall at 7 p.m.
She submitted her resignation
as being effective September" 1. It
(Continued' on Page 16)
Charles Tfjomas had some of
the roof torn off his barn in Morris
Township.
Tony Chir of the Sky Harbor
Airport Weather Station in
Goderich says a twister is the
result of cooler weather coming
up against the hot air mass.
The reason for it hitting the
Brussels area only could be that
twisters are very sporadic in
nature according to Mr. Chit.
He said it would have to touch
ground to be called a twister and
if it took a barn up or ripped the
land up then it could be classified
as a twister.
Graham Campbell, weather
technician at Sky Harbor Airport
weather station made a further