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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-12-06, Page 9Higgerson-Ryan Drian, estimated to cost $14,400 instead of actual cosi when completed, $11,093.06. Councillor • William 'teeming will attend the court of revision on the Buchanan Drian on December 14 at the Grey Township office for the report on the drain.. It is a Grey Township drain, Council will hold meeting on December Classified. Ads pay ends. Noir' I BERG !Sales — Servicel Installation FREE ESTIMATES I I ° Barn Cleaners. ° Bunk Feeders ai ° Stabling I I Donald G. Ives I R. R.#2, Blyth I I Phone: I Brussels 887-9024 S148 Member B.B.A. Brussel§ ,887.625' K SH, E .S':N JEANS 'Santa Claus Parade Special, Sat., Dec. OFF 'EVERYTHING in the store with 'this coupon Open Friday Nights Until 9 Agents tor Holliston Dry Cleaners, Brussels ' Member B.B.A. Phone 887-9497 rop insurance on eans near million McKillop Township council at its inaugural meeting in Winthrop Monday made several ap- pointments: Councillors Arthur, Anderson and liam Leeming will repreSea council on Seaforth Fire Area Board; Reeve Allan Camp- bell will represent council on Au'sable Bayfield Con- servation Authority and the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority; Deputy Reeve Harvey Craig on -the Blyth Fire Area' Board :and'.,. Cotincillor Marie Hicknell, newly elected, was appointed as representative on Seaforth ' Community Hotpital Board, • Passed for payment' were road 'accounts amounting to $8';825.87 and general ac- counts amounting to $182,655.26 including pay- ments to Huron County Board of Education, $86,835; Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, $16,756:50; and levy to Huron County amounting to:S37,305. Council will ask Ontario Hydro, to relocate three poles on''',Sideroad 31, concession 3, nine, feet west from, pre-- sent locations "beca ti sethey, will give a lot 'of'''prohlems,ti when snowplowing'.' according to road super- intendent William Campbell. Councillor Marie Hicknell will attend a seminar. for newly elected ,councilleys in Btantford January 12:13. ..'Council granted $200 to the Walton 'Women's In- stitute to help •defray ekpenses incurred by .,...the t ItiStitute =when 'extensive renovations were made to the Walton Comthunity Hall. • Both Grey and Morris townships gave $200. Council approved the pay- ment of membership fees to Good Roads, $31, and to Ontario Farm Drian Association, $25. Approval was given Urbain Blockeel for land division of 100 acres of agriculture and residential land on lot 28 the fourth concession of the township. A " number of amending draingage by-laws were pas- sed: To raise • an additional amount of money to pay for the Beauchamp Creek drain which was estimated to cost $9,682 but actual 'work cost $10,187.58. • To pay a lesser amount for tfie Carvalho-Ship Drain which cost $6,234.82 instead of the estimated $6,300. --to pay a lesser amount for Elligsen Drain cost $4,595.60 - instead of the estimated cost of $10,920. --a lesser amount for the ' McKillop council names committees' for -79 term. awanosh rfp„.. next 18. diyid- 'THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 6, 1978 -- 9 Rebekahs plan Christmas party The Rebekah Lodge met party. will be on Monday, on Tuesday night with a good December 18. attendance. Degree practice took place Noble Grand Janet 1 after lodge closed. McCutcheon conducted the A social time with lunch business and all officers per- closedthe meeting. framed their duffles. by Marie McTaggart. The annual- Christmas ; BY WILMA OKE William Kinahan, a 54-year old Lucknow• insurance salesman, was acclaimed chair-. man of Huron-Perth ,County Roman Catholic Separate School Board at' the inaugural meeting in Dublin Monday.. Representing the' townships, of Ashfield, Colborne, East and West-Wawanoshi'•he is 'starting his fifth year on the board serving as vice-chairman last dear. He and his wife, :the former Mary Kennedy of St. COluinban, have four children gone son was killed a.year ago in an accident. He succeeds Donald Crowley, of R.R.2, Gadshill; last year's' chairman. Ronald... Marcy, of 117 Redford crescent, Stratford, head of the Matheniatics Department at Northwestern Secondary School, was elected vice-chair- man. He won over John O'Leary of R.R.2, Staffa. Mr. Marcy and his wife, the former Rose Ducharrrie of St:. Coluniban, ,have three children. He is starting his fifth year on the board— Rev. 'Tony Sonderup of Scared' Heart Wingliam, Dean of the Stratford Daher gpoke to theitrustees. A striking committee, to name the members of the four standing committees and the three ad hoc committees, will consist of the board chairman° and vice chairman;" and O'Leary., The legal firm of Donnell? & Murphy of Goderich was named solicitor for the board. The board hired John McCauley, - 34, of Woodstock, to replace Joseph Mills as superintendent of education. He will commence his position the first of January at a salary of $33,000. He will be allowed' 20 cents' per mile for mileage and fringe benefits the same as given Mr. Mills. Prinitipal He is principal of St. Marys School, Woodstock. A native of Perth 'County, he was born and raised in the county and taught two years in Stratford prior to 1969. He is married. • The board pAssed a bOrrowing by-law of $2.5 million in order for the board to carry on the'. day to-day "business during the coming year. Dr. Roger Eickmeier a Stratford dentist, and his wife; Marie, of Dublin who completed in August the building of a new home in Logan. Township - on 50 acres, appearedhefore the board to speak of their "ptobleM with .the ToWtiship of Logan". Dr. Eickmeier said his troubles started because the township did. not like the location of their home on sideroad 30 and passed a byelaw not ,allowing a laneway, entrance to sideroad ;11uf must .be to a concession • road. He said.-- provincial 0 regulations clonot hinder entry to of egress off a sideroad.' He said the sideroad ii the past has been open all year until fast year after they had indicated they would be constructing a -honSe on the•-property.:: Dr. Eickmeier said on the weekend the township -put' tip, a ;;`road closed" sign' t the end of their Sideroad. The entranceway, to their home is a half mile east up this sideroad. "We• would like our little • boy's' picked up at their gateway, not a• half mile"' -away at the concession road," he said. ' "They are, five and seven,,years old. It is :simplY, pot ,safe for them -to 'walk this half mileye want our children to attend a ,..separate school--we Want tl en! picked tip where are being Pickedhpnow:-at our gateway." He went on to explain that this morning (Monday) the bus driver weuld not pick up children at their gateway even though ::the road was free otsnow and dry. He said .": he bad himself snow removal equipnient to keep it open. William ECkert, Director of Education, said that the driver had been instructed by the transportation committee not to enter the sideroad from concession 5 until the "road clOsed, sign was 'removed. The committee had reached this decision on October 18 after being informed the road ' would be closed. Why not open? Trustee Ronald Murray of Dublin asked, "Why do they (the township) not want to keep this road open?" Dr. Eickmeier replied, "They said it would cost too much money. They gave us a cost of $60,000, indicating they would `have to get another machine if they had to keep it free of snow." He said the business people in Brodhagen had presented a petition to the township council asking that the road be kept open for them and other residents. "It's pretty obvious to us it is a grudge match between the reeve and myself. I 'don't know flow it happened, 'But I have witnesses to prove there is." Trustee Ted. Geoffrey of Zurich asked, how many residents are living on the road. Dr. Eickmeier said "in the frist mile and a quarter out of Broadhagen, one family, My uncle,. 'that road is open, in the second section our farnily, it is closed now. In the third mile and a. quarter; two families and in the final ••mile and a qaurter before .1lighway 8, three families; both sections open." Dr.. Eicktneier said his lawyer, Jim Donnelly of GOderich 'was working on the problem. He said his family had lived thee. since 1864--his grandfather. . his father . The board took no 'action Monday but will meet behind closed doors to discuss it NEW HPRCSS CHAIRMAN, William Kinahan of Lucknow, right, was, acclairned chairman of the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board at the Board's inaugural meeting in Dublin Monday night. Ron Marcy, Stratford, left, is the new vice chairman. • (Photo by Wilma Oke) processed which could bring the final figure to just under One million.7 The insurance represent- • ative said 1,774 farmers con- tracted' for white bean crop insurance this year. This,Was an increase - of • 80 contracts over 1970. The total acreage insured this Year was 98,88.7 for a total value of $12,249,000. income for the' Insurance,. Commission $1,312,000 with• one-half coming through „ farmer premiums and the • other from government subsidies. IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SPECIALS Artificial Scotch Pine 2 1/2 , 4 1/2 , 6 ft. *Christmas Trees *Wrapping Paper , *Decorations for trees & Windows *In poor 8t Out Door Lights *Flood lights SAT. DEC.9 SPECIAL 1 0 Oh DISCOUNT ON ALL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS The amount of crop insurance paid out to Ontario, white bean farmers for the 1978 crop will be close to one million dollars, but, a far cry from 1977 'At Thursdays annual meeting of the Huron County division of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board; • Crop Insurance Corn— missioner Art Bolton saic1452 claims' bad been paid up to.' November 28 •to a total' of $516,811. Bolton said "A few more claims are waiting to be