The Citizen, 1987-12-09, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987
Little Joel Hemingway of RR 3, Brussels was truly amazed to find
himself right next to Santa Claus at the Brussels Legion following
Saturday ’ s Santa Claus parade in the village. Besides getting a big bag
of candy and fruit from the old saint, hundreds of kids like Joel were
treated to a free magic show.
Harriet Boon new
fair bd. secretary
Mrs. Harriet Boon, RR 2,
Bluevale, was named the new
secretary-treasurer of the Brussels
Agricultural Society at a meeting of
the officers of the Society Dec. 1.
Mrs. Boon succeeds Rose-Marie
Bishop, RR 1, Ethel. John McIn
tosh, president of the Society
presented Rose Marie with a
quartz watch for her work over the
past nine years on behalf of the fair
board.
In other business it was announ
ced the annual meeting of the
Society will be held at Duff’s
Church, Walton on Wednesday,
January 20. The constitution of the
group was received and 50 copies
will be made available for the
annual meeting.
A donation of $500 will be given
to the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Recreation Committee.
Majestic Wl
holds euchre
The Majestic Women’s Institute
held a euchre party in the Brussels
library with nine tables.
The following were prize winn
ers: high lady, Jean Bridge; low
lady, Edith Baker; high man,
Garnet Nicholson; low man, Tom
MacFarlane; travelling lone hand,
Leona Armstrong; birthday near-
estChristmas, George Laverty;
most lone hands, Ross Cunning
ham; most zeroes, Richard Lind
berg; lucky cup, Jean Bridge.
Lunch was served by Peggy
Cudmore, Jane De Vries and Leona
Armstrong.
Council briefs
Power outage brings bill
A bill from Todd’s Bakery for
$120 worth of baked goods had
councillors wondering if there had
been a party they hadn’t heard of
when Brussels council met Mon
day nightbutthey found outthe
dough was just for dough that
didn’t have a hot time.
Public Utilities Commission
workmen had to replace a trans
former at the corner of Thomas and
Turnberry streets recently and
warned the local businesses that
there would be a power interrup
tion . They didn ’ t realize the bakery
was served from that transformer,
however, and the batch of baked
goods was ruined. Thus the bill.
Councillors didn’t have to worry
though. It will be the PUC, not the
village, that will pay the bill.
*****
A request from Bill McWhirter
to have taxes lowered on the old
creamery building while he fixed it
up was turned down by council.
Mr. McWhirter had understood
that if he asked council for its
permission to reduce the taxes it
could inform the Regional Assess
ment Office to do so but Hugh
Hanly, clerk-treasurer, told him it
was the assessment office that told
the village what to do, not the other
way around. However, he said,
with the village being reassessed
last year it might turn out that the
assessment has already been
lowered on the building because of
its poor state of repair. He told
council he would phone the
assessment office in Goderich and
find out.*****
Council and PUC will meet soon
to negotiate salaries for municipal
employees for the coming year.
Indications are the employees can
expect raises. “There’s money in
this town for everything that comes
along so I think the people who run
the town should be properly paid, ’ ’
Reeve Gordon Workman said.
Each municipal employee was
asked what he or she felt was a fair
amount of payment and a meeting
will be held by the councillors and
commissioners later to come to an
agreement.*****
An estimate for the refinishing
of the wooden floors of the Brussels
Library in the amount of $2,642.50
was accepted by council. Paul
Rintoul will be contracted to do the
work. $1,000 of the amount needed
will come from a donation from the
Brussels Homecoming Commit
tee. A further $1,000 from the
Committee will be used for furni
ture for downstairs.
Council also approved the pur
chase of mats to protect the library
floor from salt and water damage.*****
As it stands now there will be at
least one vacancy on council when
election time rolls around in
Brussels nextfall. Councillor Betty
Graber indicated she won’t be
standingforcouncil for another
term because she will no longer be
a qualified elector. Her residence
is just across the border in Morris
township but with abusiness in
Brussels she had run for council.
Since the business is no longer
operating she will not be eligible in
the next election as it stands now.*****
The probationary term of Don
Crawford has been completed and
he was accepted by the councillors
and PUC as a full-time employee
with salary to be negotiated later.
*****
Council agreed to go ahead and
connect up a home that has never
been connected to the sanitary
sewer system and charge the cost
to the owner’s taxes if he refuses to
pay. This is the second such case
the village has tackled. Under the
by-law when sewers were installed
all homemakers had so long to
hook-up to the system and could be
fined and have the system hooked
up anyway if they failed to comply.
Council also decided it wanted a
trailer removed from the trailer
park despite the fact it may have
been sold to a new owner since
council earlier asked the trailer be
moved.
Deadline for removal of the
trailer was Dec. 10. Meanwhile
legal progress remains slow in an
attempt to evict another trailer
from the park. Reeve Gordon
Workman expressed displeasure
at the work of the village’s legal
firm and suggested council should
look elsewhere for legal advice in
the future if service doesn’t
improve.
*****
Council will advertise for several
openings on boards and commit
tees as the new year, the time for
BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
King Street
MINISTER: REVERENDCHARLESCARPENTIER
Sunday Morning Worship
11:00a.m. Church School
Nursery
We have this Hope as an anchor for our lives.
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•Silk PLANTS & FLOWER
ARRANGEMENTS
•BRASS
•PRINTS
•MUSICALS FOR EVERYONE PIGS - DUCKS
appointments of committees
draws near.
The death of Albert TenPas left
one vacancy on the BMG recrea-
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CORRECTION
NOTICE
The Citizen’s advertising de
partment apologizes for Mc
Cutcheon Grocery’s name not
appearing on the Brussels
Extra Jingles Draws. McCut
cheon Grocery is a participating
storeforthis Village promotion.
BRUSSELS
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
Kgn-8
presents the
"WIZARD
OF OZ"
Wednesday,
December16,1987
7:00p.m. Evening
Performance [ Doors open at
6:30]
1:00 p.m. Afternoon
Performance
[For Senior Citizens and others
unable to attend evening
performance]
COLLECTIONATDOOR
•TREASURED MEMORIES
•BESSIE PEASE GUTMAN
COLLECTIBLES
•Collector CLOWNS-UNICORNS -
ORDER YOUR
FRESH FLOWERS
AND PLANTS
Dear Gentlemen
You’re cordially invited to an OPEN HOUSE Wednesday,
December 9,1987 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at
fatten, 'fytW,
GIFTS & FLOWERS
Turnberry St. Brussels 887-9731
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