HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-01-04, Page 1Reconstructed Brussels Legion to re-open Sat.
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VOL. 5 NO. 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1989.45 CENTS
Volunteer Firemen and emergency personnel from both Grey Township and
Wingham work side by side to free the victim of a fatal accident on County
Road 16 just east of Brussels last Friday. One woman died and her husband
was badly injured after their late-model pick-up slammed into a bridge
abutment. Firemen spread foam under the demolished vehicle to prevent
any possible fires which could be caused by a spark from the “Jaws of Life”
equipment.
Belgrave-area native killed in crash
BY USA BOONSTOPPEL
A fatal accident during the holiday
season last Friday, five miles east of
Brussels has claimed the life of
former East Wawanosh resident,
Eleanor Hiseler.
Mrs. Hiseler died when the
pick-up she was a passenger in
struck a bridge abutment on County
Road 16. Her husband, Stanley
Hiseler, was the driver of the truck.
He suffered serious injuries and was
taken to Wingham and District
Hospital, and was transferred over
the weekend to Port Colborne
General Hospital where he is listed
in satisfactory condition.
Police say Mr. Hiseler blacked out
before swerving into the bridge over
the Maitland River. The pick-up was
demolished.
Grey Township firefighters and
the Wingham Area Fire Depart
ment’s rescue vehicle were called to
the accident scene. A Newry veteri
narian, Dr. Terry Johnston, arrived
to rescue a cat and dog that were
discovered in thebackofthepick-up.
Mr. Newry said the animals have
been treated and are being taken
care of by relatives of the accident
Dauphin buys Walton Feed Mill
The Walton Feed Mill has been
purchased by Dauphin Feed and
Supply Ltd. of Dungannon, with the
change effective immediately.
‘‘Thepurchasehasbeenin the
works for the past couple of months,
with the takeover planned for
January 3,” said new owner-opera
tor Gary Dauphin of Brussels, w'ho
will operate the Walton facility
underthe name of Dauphin Feedand
victims. Eleanor Hiseler was the
daughter of Mary Wightman and
sister of Susan Howson, both of
Blyth.
Police report an otherwise acci
dent free holiday season except for a
fender bender in Morris Township
Supply Ltd. (Walton).
Mr. Dauphin is well known in the
Brussels area, w here he has lived
with his wife Heather and four
children for the past two and one half
years. The family is active in the
community, where Mr. Dauphin is a
member ofthe Brussels Legion, a
former Brussels minor hockey coach
and a director of the local minor
hockey association, aswellas the
on Friday. Alison Coultes of Brus
sels skidded while driving down an
ice covered hill on concession three,
east of sideroad five, six, and struck
the rear of a pick-up owned by
Donald Dodds of Teeswater. There
was light damage to both vehicles
but nobody was hurt.
present coach of the Brussels
Crusaders Intermediate hockey
team.
Mr. Dauphin lived in the Dungan
non area after he moved there from
Kent County in 1961 with his
farming parents, later operating an
Ashfield Township farm himself as
well as working in sales and
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The new Brussels Legion will be
officially opened this Saturday with a
gala ribbon-cutting ceremony less
than seven months after the building
was al most totally destroyed by what
police charge was an act of arson in
the early morning hours of July 6.
Most Legion facilities have actu
ally been back in use since early
December, but the official opening
will be formally recognized with an
afternoon of special celebration as a
thank you to all who have donated
the hundreds of hours of labour and
thousands of dollars in do nations
which have gone into resurrecting
the facility into the up-to-date
premises it occupies today.
A short outside ceremony will
begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, with
formal laying of wreaths at the
cenotaph followed by the official
ribbon cutting. At about 2:30, the
ceremonies will be moved inside,
where they will continue in the new
upstairshall.tobefollowedbyan
Open House and a wine and cheese
party, with a dance and live
entertainment closing out the cele
bration in the evening.
The complete schedule of Official
Opening events may be found on
pages 11 - 14 of today’s Citizen.
Stockyards back
in business
The Brussels stockyards is up and
running again, this time to stay, says
the facility’s new owner-operator,
Gordon Brindley of Dungannon.
The final sale of 1988 was held
Friday under the business’s new
name. Brussels Livestock Inc., with
every indication that the yard’s
troubles over the past ten weeks are
now behind it and that business can
continue as usual, Mr. Brindley
said.
“We are very happy with the
results of (Friday’s) sale,” Mr.
Brindley said. “We had a big crowd
and excellent prices, with extremely
good support from the packers for a
holiday sale.”
He added that the December30
sale had been held under a special
licenceasthelastone in the calendar
year, but said that the facility was
fully licencedfor 1989, the result of a
visit to OMAF’s Livestock Financial
Protection Bran ch in Tor ontolast
week by Agnes Brindley, Gord’s
wife and partner in Brussels Live
stock Inc.
Two weeks ago Mr. Brindley told
The Citizen that it was extremely
unlikely the sales barn would be back
in business before the end of 1988
because of some ‘‘problems” in
communication between the Brind
leys and LFP officials. However,
when Mrs. Brindley went to apply
forthelice nee in perso n, she said
everyone involved was most helpful,
and willingly accepted the busi
ness’s fixed assets as collateral in
issuing the Sales Barn License.
There are still a few glitches to be
ironed out as the result of the
stockyard takeover, Mr. Brindley
said, such as a telephone bill in
excess of $1,800 that Brussels
Livestock Inc. had to pay before Bell
Canada would connect a phone
under the new name. But he says
that he has had tremendous support
from local producers as well as from
his staff, all but a few of whom have
stayed on from the Brussels Stock-
yards days.
‘‘We’ve got a great bunch of
people here, and we certainly
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