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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-10-25, Page 17ESTABLISHED 1872 Brussels Post Post A CROWD FOR THE PUPPET SHOW — Brussels children are obviously fascinated by puppet shows as the Brussels librarian could hardly squeeze any more children into the small room she had reserved for staff members Theresa Wilson and Marian Doucette of the Huron County Library to put on a puppet show. (Brussels Post Photo) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1978 107th Year — Issue No. 44 BRUSSELS ONTARIO Apples are an important Brussels industry By Debbie Ranney The season for picking apples has almost reached an end but that doesn't mean things stop for eitherWilliam Blake or Louis Cardiff who operate the two apple orchards near Brussels. William Blake and his brother tOuis first started planting the orchard at R.R.2, Brussels in 1939, and worked together until 1972. Now it is just William who operates the orchard. There were 126 trees planted in 1939 and Brussels Cadets and Girl Guides will be calling, Saturday, November 4, on people in Brussels, Ethel and Walton, with Poppies for sale. Buy and wear a poppy, symbol of Remembrance of blood shed for our freedom. Buy a poppy for veterans who have spent long years in hospital, the result of service in the armed forces of our country: * * * * * * The postal workers strike is over. Mail ,delivery has been getting back to normal. The union president, Jean-Paul Parrot, who had declared that he would go to prison before telling the strikers to go back to work, had to back -down when he realized the Government wag in earnest when they said that those not obeying the law to return to work would be fired: **** ** The Brussels Arthritic Society had a very successful fund raising campaign for Brus- sels, Ethel and Walton. They are very grateful to everyone who contributed. They indeed appreciated the generous contri- butions of time and effort by Leo Club members in assisting the society. The campaign raised $724.07 for this, very worthy cause. ****** While 53% of urban Canadians think the Switch to metric was necessary, 70% say they have difficulty adjusting to it. That to me is certainly understandable. My brain is definitely programmed for inches, yards, pounds, etc. etc, and most mettle meastire- mentS other than those pertaining to• weather or' speed, leave me slightly bewildered. * * * Huron Elementary teachers recently re- ceived an increase in salary: I have a great deal of respect and admiration for teachers: Their job is not always an easy one. It does not, however, seem quite fait that all the same amount were planted the next year. The first trees planted didn't bear fruit until 1949. Six years ago the first semi-dwarf trees were planted. Currently Mr. Blake has about 500 trees in his orchard plus 75, trees at the property—of his aunt Mrs. George Blake. Today, Mr. Blake's orchard varieties include Macintosh, Courtlands, Delicious, Spy§ and some harvest apples including, Wealthies, Dutchess and Yellow Trans- parents. teachers should automatically receive a raise when they ask for it. The dedicated teachers, who take a genuine interest in their pupils and make every effort to understand and ready them for further education, deserve recognition for their work. In teaching, as in any other profession, there are always those who are only there to earn a living with as little effort as possible. They do not deserve the same treatment. * * * * * * In long past years' The labouring class needed the right to strike. It was the only way for them to get what was sorely needed then. Now things have changed. Strikes are being used to force acceptance of demands beyond reason. If such actions are allowed to continue in all sections of labour, Canada will be in more serious trouble than is now the case. They are doing more than their share in destroying the economy of the country. They must be brought to an end unless their demands are kept within the bounds of reason. * * * * * Bicycle riders on sidewalks are still, very much a hazard to pedestrians in spite of all the warnings. Youngsters fail to realize that people, who perhaps do not hear too well, or are not as spry as they might be, have little chance of quickly avoiding a bic3Tle, coming up behind them without warning, or when they step out of a doorway to the sidewalk. There have been a number of very narrow escapes. If more care is not taken sooner or later someone is going to be seriously hurt. Not all sidewalk bike4iders are thoughtless, orcareless. They do use caution. Then there are those who race along the sidewalks without any evidence of consideration for pedestrians. If you ride a bike on sidewalks, 'take care that you are not the cause of injury to' others and to yourself. A storage plant built in 1957 keeps the apples until they are sent to the their various markets. The plant holds around 5,000 bushels. It was a good season for Mr. •Blake this, year. Hegot around 12,000 bushels of apples off his trees. His main markets this year were in St. Jacobs where there was a demand for cull apples for making apple juice and at Grocer's Produce in Waterloo which sells to the big outlets in Waterloo. The apples are taken by Brussels Transport to St. Jacobs and Waterloo. Mr. Blake of course also has a lot of business from people around this area and from Monkton, Atwood and Millbank. Although the picking of the apples didn't start until September the work stalled long before then. Hayward's Discount and Variety store in Brussels will soon have new owners. Robert and Lorna Young of London will be taking over the store around November 1. Robert was previously in the grocery business for about 12 years and Lorna worked in a public school as a secretary for the London Board of Education. The Youngs who have two children, Carolyn and Robbie, are going to keep the store as a variety store. They decided to buy in Brussels because, "We just wanted to strike out on our own. It's a nice town. We wanted to be in business for ourselves," they said. Meanwhile, Anna Hayward and her daughter Anna Hamilton are planning on Opening a dress shop right next to the variety store. They plan to call it appropri- ately enough—Anna's Dress Shop and are hoping to be open sometime around the end of November. Bob and Anna Hayward came from ListoWel to Brussels seven years ago and started their variety store business in what was an empty buildings and their daughter Anna has been helping them from the start. The two Anna's are going into the dress shop business because as Mrs. Hayward says, "We're trying, to bring another new service to town." But what does Bob Hayward plan to do While the two *when are operating the dress "There's an awful lot of work spraying from late April to the end of August," Mr. Blake said. The picking season at Mr. Blake's orchard started about September 15 and will be ending shortly. He has had help with the picking from .18 people as well as two boys from New Brunswick plus the people who were picking their own apples. Mixed Farming ' But apples aren't the only business Mr. Blake is in. He also has a mixed farming operation which includes 20 beef calves and half a dozen sows. The Blake brothers got started in the apple orchard business after an uncle saw that Maitside Orchard in Brussels was doing a good business and suggested that they try (Continued on page 16) shop? Well, for the time being, he's just going to go fishing. Robert and Lotto. Young Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy Variety store here to have new owners