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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-11-02, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1988. Linda MacDonald of Brussels does the cutting part of a Halloween mask for her daughter, two-and-one-half-year-old Sarah, while her nine-week-old son, Andrew, tries to help. The activity is part of the Saturday Story Hour for two and three-year-olds at the Brussels Library, supervised by librarian Susan Nichol. After listening to some scary Halloween stories, the kids made their own masks to take home. 4-Hers serve meal Melville Guild gets tour by slides The guild of Melville Church met in the church parlour on October 18. Leona Armstrong and Donna Western cattle disappear Continued from page 1 laid against Mr. Henschel but there’s ‘‘not a big hurry” to issue the charges because Mr. Henschel isn’t around. The case involves seven truck­ loads of cattle from Western sup­ pliers, ordered in the name of Brussels Stockyards Limited, that never arrived at the Brussels yard. Instead, the cattle were sold at stockyards throughout southern On­ tario including Denfield and Tri­ county at Cargill Mr. McCall said lastweek. It was thefailure to pay for these cattle that got the investiga­ tion unit of the Financial Protection Branch involved last Monday, Mr. Grout said, and by Tuesday morning OMAF had a man at the sales barns and the licences had been provision­ ally suspended. Mr. McCall, however, said he and sales barn staff were already in action by that time. Staff had voiced suspicions that something was wrong a week earlier, on Oct. 17, Mr. McCall said. They felt there was something wrong because Mr. Henschel was doing a lot of business from his house, not the office as normal. By Friday Keith McLean had taken Mr. McCall to one side to voice his suspicions and on the weekend, Mr. McCall said, he went to the Brussels branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Com­ merce to warn the bank of his suspicions. Mr. Henschel had complained of being ill during the latter part of the week of Oct. 17 and had not been on hand for the regular sale on October 21. His family had been supposed to visit him in hospital in London on Monday morning, but sometime during the weekend the entire family disappeared. On Monday, October 24. Stock- yards staff found the company safe jammed shut so they couldn’t open it. Records showed it should contain $104,000 in cheques from buyers of cattle at the Friday sale, Mr. McCall Knight were in charge of the devotions. They had a well-planned programme based on Thankful­ ness.” said. When the safe was finally opened with the help of a safe expert, it was found to be empty. The buyers who had issued the cheques were immediately notified to stop pay­ ment on their cheques, Mr. McCall said. Meanwhile the Bank of Com­ merce moved to protect its interests by refusing to honour cheques from the sale of cattle in the Friday sale, catching dozens of area cattlemen in the pinch. The report of the Oct. 21 sale published in The Citizen last week stated that 729 head of cattle and 462 pigs had been sold through the Stockyards rings. Mr. McCall said he didn’t know if any farmers had their cheques deposited before the bank moved to put a freeze on all Stockyard accounts. In addition to the western cattle, 550 head of cattle owned by the Stockyard that had been on pasture intheareaalsoweresold through other yards. The money for these, and for the western cattle, went through a series of accounts to a separate company registered in the name of Kristin Henschel. Money apparently was transferred out of the country but by week’s end those involved in the investigation felt that not all the money had been lost, that some had been stopped before it could get out of reach. At this point the real total of losses still seems to be up in the air. Blair Dickson, manager of the Brussels branch of the Commerce, said the information still needs to be all pulled together and the O.P.P. investigation is still ongoing. Be­ yond that, he said, all inquiries for information are being handled through the Bank’s Toronto office. Mr. Grout said by later this week his office is likely to have a better idea of what the true losses will be. Mr. McCall estimated Monday the final loss will likely be between $900,000 and $1 million, an amount aboyt the same, hesaid. as the investment Mr. Henschel had in the Stockyards. After the hymn ‘‘Prayer of Thanksgiving”, Donna showed pic­ tures of many beauty spots in western Canada, and Leona showed beautiful scenes in eastern Canada. They also had some of coloured leaves in Algonquin Park. Jean Bewley, the president pre­ sided for the business. Eluned McNair read the minutes of the last meeting and Jeanne Ireland gave the treasurer’s report. Eluned read ‘‘thank you notes” and an invitation from the ladies of the Anglican Church to see pictures of Russia on October 27 in their church. There was some discussion con- cerningfinances. Members were pleased to learn that the group had had a good year. After the meeting closed, Leona and Donna served a very delicious lunch. In September the Guild of Melville Church entertained members of the Church and visitors from Belgrave, Walton and the other Brussels churches. Eluned McNair and Jeanne Ire­ land had meditations. Joanne King was pianist. Margaret Shortreed sang two solos. Jean Bewley showed pictures taken on her trip to China in the summer. These were very interest­ ing and she had an excellent commentary. All present enjoyed the evening and we learned more about China. A delicious lunch was served and a time of fellowship enjoyed. BRUSSELS OFFICE HOURS Monday -10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesday - Closed Wednesday -10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Thursday -10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday -10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday - Closed Sunday - Closed BY TRICIA DUSKOCY The Brussels I 4H club held its meeting October 24 at Kathy Bridge’s place. Members started the 4H club off with the 4H motto and then they started right into Meeting 5. While they were doing the 4H club, Cathy Graber and Cherida Garniss did the meatloaf. Jacquie Seilia and Tricia Duskocy was doing a salad for the meatloaf. After the meatloaf was done they started to plan their skit. After all that was done they closed DENTURE THERAPYj CLINIC J GODERICH y Horst Feige D.T. 58 West Street CALL ANY TIME Goderich [519]524-6688 a„d leave message No charge 1-800-265-7555 weekdays, evenings & Saturdays appointment onlyI NOTICE VILLAGE OF BRUSSELS ELECTORS Plan to attend the Meet the Candidates Night N0VEMBER9TH AT 7:30 P.M. Brussels, Morris & GreyCommunityCentre Brussels Council Public Utilities Commission Royal Canadian Legion Brussels Branch 218 IS HOSTING REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE & BANQUET Friday, November 11,1988 SERVICE ATTHE CENOTAPH 10:30A.M. CHURCH SERVICE TO FOLLOW ATTHE UNITEDCHURCH In the evening a BANQUET & DANCE Social Hour 6 - 7 p.m. Dinner 7-8 p.m. Dance To Follow Tickets available from Murray Lowe, Ross Bennett, Eugene Janes, Laverne Jamieson $7.00 per person the meeting with the closing pledge and started for home. GREG WILSON FORCOUNCIL NOVEMBERS ‘ 'A lifelong commitment to Brussels Royal Canadian Legion Branch 218- Brussels would liketothankyouforyour support and donations during our 1987 POPPY CAMPAIGN Total amount collected - $1,447.73 Prize money - poster & essay contest - $370.00 Poppy Campaign Expenses: wreaths, poppies - $857.36 Veteran’s Comfort - $295.20 Total money spent - $1,522.56