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Family, friends and co-workers honoured retiring Brussels Public School principal, Jim Axtmann,
seated left, at an Open House in June.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991. PAGE 13.
Simon Hallahan was chosen as
Blyth’s Citizen of the Year. A
group of 39 purebred swine from
Morris township's Bodmin Farms
were shipped to a large sophisti
cated pig breeding operation in
Bangkok, Thailand. Bessie John
ston is named Brussels’ Citizen of
the Year. East Wawanosh taxes
increase 6.39 per cent. Thys and
B.J. deJong open the Walton Tea
Room. Brussels Library gets a new
computer.
A 16-year-old Londesboro boy
was critically injured in a car
accident in Hullett township. Theo
dore Vanderlei was taken for
treatment to University Hospital.
Brussels council and the recreation
committee got into a squabble over
a plan to expand the parking area.
Bob Rae, leader of the provincial
NDP party visited the Huron
riding.
MPP Jack Riddell has announced
his retirement after serving for the
past 17 years. “Local Talent”
opened Blyth Festival’s 16th sea
son and the featured guest speaker
at the opening ceremony is radio
commentator Peter Gzowski. Pro
gressive Conservative leader
Michael Wilson spent some time
Wet and wild
visiting Huron. “Another Season’s
Promise’’ by Anne Chislett and
Keith Roulston, which premiered
at the Blyth Festival won second
place in the first annual W. C.
Good awards given for excellent
writing on rural themes.
Blyth taxes increase 8.66 per
cent in the new budget while
McKillop township increases its
taxes by 9.2 per cent. Wingham
OPP investigated a break-in at
Humphries’ General Store in
Walton. Organizers of Blyth’s first
annual Rutabaga Festival were
very pleased with the event’s
success.
Dr. Maarten Bokhout, medical
officer of health for Huron, intro
duced a new innovative telephone
service to provide information to
seniors, physically disabled adults
and their families. The telephone
number is listed under one heading
in the phone book, making it easier
for people to discover what services
are available.
After 35 years of delivering the
mail to RR 3, Blyth, Marie Heffron
has retired. Pat Brigham, who
earlier in the year had taken over
the routes of Harvey Garniss after
his retirement, took Mrs. Heffron’s
Community groups pulled to
gether to host another successful
FunFest in Brussels. Lightning was
blamed as the cause of a Walton
fire that destroyed a barn full of
hay on property owned by Ken
Shortreed. Bruce Switzer opened
his music store in Blyth. Forty five
production workers were laid off at
Royal Homes in Wingham. Hullett
township presented awards to
Murray Lyon and Frank Szusz for
their contribution to recreation.
Belgrave Kinsmen unveiled their
new arena complex proposal to
Morris and East Wawanosh rate
payers at an information meeting.
An announcement was made that
the Walton Post Office, located in
Humphries’ General Store would
be closing on August 4. A Walton-
area toddler, Tannis Gwen Smith,
drowned after slipping into a
trough on the family farm. Work is
progressing on the new road in the
industrial park at the north end of
Brussels. The Blyth play, “Firefly”
recalling the coming of the tele
phone, featured three local young
sters: Erin Roulston, Ben Thomson
and Maridale Bromley. A display of
Raku art is the first show at the new
Blyth art gallefy.
Brussels Bulls executive named
new coaches for the upcoming
hockey season. Scott Pettigrew of
Wingham has been named as head
coach while Tim Fritz, a former
Bull, and Hugh Hanly, have been
appointed as assistant coaches. Six
area students were recommended
as Ontario Scholars: Corrinna
Stephenson, Gerald Knight, Tracey
Fischer, Craig Jefferson, Heather
Morton and Dianne Hall. Brussels
stock car driver Murray Ducharme
won his first race in Kalamazoo^
Michigan and took home the trophy
for the top rookie driver.
place. Auburn resident Paul Ross
has written a book entitled, “Four
Corners on Main Street”. Rev.
Paul Ross has taken over the
pastoral charges at Knox Auburn
and Londesboro United Churches.
Steven Betts of Betts Funeral
Homes in Brussels and Gorrie
purchased a customized coach from
J.L. McCutcheon Motors Ltd.
The Walton Tea Room has been
chosen by Canada Post as the site
of the new postal outlet in Walton.
Ken Brown resigned his seat on
Blyth council citing personal rea
sons. Eight people were remanded
on drug charges after raids on
Turnberry and Howick townships.
CN has made its move to again
try and close the Brussels rail line.
Zurich farmer Paul Klopp won the
NDP candidacy for the September 6
election. The enthusiasm in Blyth
and Area Scouting surpassed ex
pectations and a new Venture
Company was formed. A century of
tradition ended when Anderson
Hardware in Belgrave closed.
Residents were stunned as a
tragic accident claimed the lives of
three Brussels teens on August 12.
Todd Rice, Scott Bremner, Neil
Pipe, Jason Kraemer of Teeswater
and Jeanne Saldivar of RR 2, Staffa
all died instantly when their vehi
cles collided head-on.
Premier David Peterson visited
the county on his campaign tour.
Tory supporters applauded the
selection of Ken Campbell as the
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man to lead the Huron PC’s. Loma
Fraser was named Blyth’s new
councillor.
L.H. Resources in Walton manu
factured a giant composter for the
University of Minnesota. Brussels
girls won the Mite championship at
a league tournament in Brussels.
Steve Fritz of RR 2, Brussels was
the captain of the “Cinderella”
Milverton Midget team, that came
from no where to capture the
National Championship at a tourna-
ment in Milverton.
Bob Rae pledged to fight for
farmers if he won the election when
he visited the Howick township
farm of Vic Karpinski.
Leanne Whitmore, of RR 4,
Walton, was crowned Queen of the
Furrow, by last year’s winner
Heather McGavin at the county
plowing match near Varna. The
controversial reconstruction of the
George Radford Memorial Bail
Diamond is completed and paid for.
Wade Whittacker-Cumming is the
new director of Blyth Festival
Singers as they begin their 10th
season.
The sunny skies and comfortable
temperatures made it a perfect
three days for the 29th annual
Thresher Reunion in Blyth. In a
huge upset Paul Klopp wins the
Huron riding, the first time an NDP
has held a provincial seat in this
county. While many expected the
race to be close, few anticipated the
Liberal’s third place finish.
Getting in the Swim of things was easy during the three fun-filled days in July at Brussels FunFest.Those who attended knew that Blyth’s first annual Rutabaga
Festival in June was quite a party.