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The Brussels Post, 1978-12-27, Page 4Township a deficit. MAY 10, 1978 The Brussels Business. Association plans a carnival. Brussels council learns they have a $31,459 surplus. The senior citizens apart- ment building in Brussels now' has a full house. Grey council prepares to sell clerk's office in Ethel. Belgrave Minor hockey players are honoured at a banquet in Belgrave, Belgrave collects $902 in its Cancer campaign. The Huron County Board of Education sends its dirty book problem--The Diviners, Catcher in the Rye and Of committee. Mice and policy Men- -to WEEKLY SALE BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS LTD. • EVERY FRIDAY_ At 12 Noon ./ 4 — THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 27, 1978 JANUARY 4, 1978 Telephone costs rise with. Bell takeover. Property tax assessors are to survey county. Huron County studies '78 budget and gives preliminary approval. Huron County gets new family care agency, Huron County Homemakers, JANUARY 11, 1978 The first blizzard in the new year closes area roads. Council sets salaries for Brussels employees. Huron school costs climb despite attendance drop, declining enrolment would reduce grants according to Board chairman Herb Turkhein-i. R. J. Elliot of Blyth is elected chairman of the Huron County Board of Education--urges trustees to support one another in the coming year. JANUARY 18, 1978 Murie; G:t rniss is hired as Brussels new postmistress. The Huron County Board of Education approves religious instruction classes at Grey Central. Gerry Ginn, reeve of Goderich Township, is elected as Huron County's new warden. JANUARY 25, 1978 Over $200,000 in building permits are issued for the village in 1977. Improved lighting for the Crystal Pala ,e is promised at the annual meeting of the Brussels Agricultural Society. The Huron-Perth Roman Catholic School Board begins a detailed study of enrolment decline in 'its schools. Brussels music pupils win honours. FEBRUARY 1,1978 Think plowing match is the theme of the first meeting of the Brussels, Morris and Grey catering tent committee. Winter storm closes schools. FEBRUARY 8, 1978 Jean Leach, a former Brussels jeweller, dies in K-W hospital. Brussels, Morris and Grey Councils discuss county wide system for senior citizens building with representatives from the Huron County Housing Authority. Water is shut off and some phones are cut when Bell Canada gives village employees wrong location to dig to repair water pipe. Huron Federation of Agriculture decided to boycott National Food Conference. FEBRUARY 15, 1978 Huron County secondary school teachers vote to strike unless Huron County School Board comes up with a better contract offer. Huron County reeves reject market value assess- ment. The Diviners by author Margaret Laurence is criticized at Huron School Board meeting. Brussels new bank--The Royal Bank,-opens. FEBRUARY 22,1978 Murray Bremner is tops in ski tour--captures highest possible award in cross- country tour from Quebec to Ottawa. The future of the Walton Public School is in doubt. The Board of 'Education considers closing it, parents protest. The Board 'of Education and the Canadian Union of Public Employees ratify 1978 salaries. MARCH 1, 1978 Huron high schools are closed as the board and teachers each claim support on their side. 200 show up--parents want Walton school to remain open. Funeral home in Brussels celebrates 100 years., Max Watts makes additions in new location. MARCH 15, 1978 Longtime Brussels post publisher Roy W. Kennedy dies. Grade 13's picket Board of Education; . protest battle between teachers and Board. MARCH 22, 1978 CIL rents old Brussels arena. Roy Hanna of R. R. #2, Auburn is named a new director of the Brussels Agri- cultural Society. Brussels Atoms win Western Ontario Champion. ship. MARCH 29, 1978 Dance raises $600 and Brussels, Morris and Grey plowing match committee can now purchase items needed for the plowing match in September. Huron County Secondary School students return to class but their teachers stay out. The Huron County Board of Education's plans to bus some students attending Brussels to the East Wawanosh school instead meets parental disapproval. APRIL 5, 1978 Board of Education drops busing proposal, tables motion recommending the move until transportation boundaries across the whole county are studied. Morris council criticizes Federation of Agriculture, cuts grant from $500 to $400. H & N Dairy Systems opens new building in Walton. APRIL 12, 1978 Only 295 people out of a possible 1230 vote and as a result, Morris Township stays dry. Grey Clerk Edythe Cardiff resigns her position, stating she has worked long enough. Nominaton meetings are set for local politicians. APRIL 26, 1978 Graeme Craig of Walton wins Liberal nomination to grader MAY 3,.1978 Teachers of the N.,prth Huron Unit of the Ontario Women. Teachers Federation are honoured at a banquet in Brussels. • The Ministry of the Environment tells council there may be money for sewers after all. The purchase of a new Morris gives January blizzard closes roods. represent the Liberals in the Huron-Bruce riding. Veterans of the Royal Canadian. Legion honor George Ingles and help him celebrate his 800 birthday, Salaries make up 75 per cent of cost, in the Board of Education budget, Ray Dunlop, superintendent of buS'iness affairs says. BUSINESS . Home Siding Aluminum Imp FREE MacLean 52T-0032 -Aluminum Awnings, ESTIMATES Windows, Railings & Vinyl Doors • DIRECTORY TRANS Ronald BOX 255 We specialize - CONTINENTAL TELEPHONE NOM Representative BLYTH, in g. No. 1H0 ONTARIO 357-1268 5 machine Carter BOLT bolts. 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