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Head table pests listen attentively as Brussels reeve Cal
ICrauter praises Evelyn Kennedy. From left are Jo Shrier,
A.X. McLean. Mr. Krauter, Mrs. Kennedy, Marguerite
Krauter, Bob Shrier, Susan White and reeve Bill Elston of
Morris. Reeve Leona Armstrong of Grey and MPP Murray
Elston are out of, the photo at left. (Photo by Wassink)
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BRUCE SMITH
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139 Aeorgina Street
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INSUTANCI AND UNMOOR Na11KSS
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Publisher of the Expositor. .Jo Shrier, presents Evelyn
Kennedy with the Canadian Community Newspaper
Association's Bronze Quill award. (Photo by Wassink)
Expositor editor. Susan White, right, presents Evelyn
Kennedy with a silver tray from former Brussels Post
publishers, McLean Bros. (Photo by Wassink).'
A highlight of the appreciation night for Evelyn Kennedy. Thursday. was this kiss from a
special guest, her great-granddaughter. Samantha Pershaw of Pembrooke.
(Photo by Wassink)
Fifty years withl"he Brussels Post
BY RON WASSINK
' Forcing backs tears, Evelyn Kennedy,
former editor and co -publisher of the
Brussels Post, recalled the good times and
the hard times she and her late husband Roy
faced in her 50 years of bringing the news to
the residents of Brussels.
In an interview Friday afternoon. Evelyn
said she will remember the appreciation
shown to her the previous evening when
municipal representatives of Grey and
Morris townships, the Village of Brussels,
fellow newspaper workers and close friends
gathered at the Brussels Legion in her
honour. -
Mrs. Kennedy's association as editor of
the Brussels Post came to an end in June,
when the last issue of the small weekly was
printed. The sale of McLean Bros. Publish-
ers Ltd. newspapers. The Huron Expositor.
The Blyth Standard and The Brussels Post,
to Signal Star. Publishing Ltd. of Goderich•
saw the continued publishing of The Huron
Expositor, incorporating a Brussels section.
The Standard was incorporated with the
Clinton News Record.
Although she gave up her position as
editor. Mrs. Kennedy has continued to
write her weekly column. "Short Shots". in
the Brussels Post pages of the Expositor.
The history of The Brussels Post goes
back 110 years. The late Roy Kennedy
purchased the weekly 50 years after its
inception from the J.L. Kerr estate in 1932. .
Evelyn remembers that a\ friend who
published a paper in Milverton told her
husband we wouldn't last two years in
Brussels. "We did better than that. dtdn t
we?" she smiles. Prior to her ma?I'iage to
Roy on February 22. 1935. Evelyn and her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Chapman.
were well acquainted with the local
newspaper. having been residents in the
village since November, 1918.
Following studies at Continuation School,
Evelyn was employed by Brussels post
master W.S. Scott. After a stint as manager
of a shoe store, she worked in the Dank of
Nova Scotia, the present location of the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
WITH BOTH FEET
Having met her future husband while
managing the shoe store, Evelyn said she
did a bit of writing for the paper before her
marriage. When she took the Kennedy
name, she jumped into the newspaper
business with both feet. Beginning as a
"printer's devil for Roy", Evelyn was in
charge of most of the writing and
proofreading. "In time, Roy taught me to
run the Iinotype. 1 liked it. The only thing 1
hated was setting prize lists."
As she took on more responsibility at The
Post, Roy and Evelyn decided not to hire
additional help. "Finalist 1161/ and 1 ran the
paper by ourselves." says Evelyn. Besides
writing and typesetting, Evelyn operated
"the big flat-bed press and the large folder.
Roy hand -set all the advertisements and
looked after commercial printing."
She explained the old press was in the
newspaper office "when 1 came to Brussels
in 1918 and was used every week until Roy
and 1 sold.the newspaper to A.Y. McLean in
19'1. It was then broken up and sold as
scrap."
Recalling the press. Evelyn said. "it was
so cold one winter that the press froze up.
Roy heated it with a blow torch so it could be
operated. It's a wonder the place wasn't set
on fire'.
Evelyn explained the paper was publish-
ed every week. in spite of the time she
suffered a broken foot. "The doctor had just
finished putting on a cast and it wat the day
to print the paper. 1 went to the office on
crutches, crawled up the steps of the press
on my hands and knees and proceeded to
print the paper." She then continued her
weekly routine of folding the paper.
"'standing on one foot."
"The paper was sometimes late. but we
never missed a week."
TOUGH TIMES
The depression years were tough for
everyone. Evelyn says. "Farmers would
come in and say they would have to cancel
their subscription but asked if we would
take potatoes. fowl. or turnips on trade. We
didn't get that much stuff at once and we
used what we received."
Evelyn recalls the unforgettable experi-
ence of a former subscriber. "The family
had a serious fire. were completely burnt
out of their home and were hard -up. They
asked if we could continue their subscrip•
tion until they could pay for it. We carried,
them for 10 years because we felt sorry for
them. Then on day they came into the office
and wished to pay four their subscription.
They paid for the past 10 years and one year
in advance. In all the years we published the
paper. the people of Brussels who we had
dealings with were honest. We never had
problems collecting money. We never
starved, never went cold, but sometimes it
was a struggle."
The Kennedy raised two sons. Robert of
Ottawa and Da of Winnipeg. Evelyn says
her sons often s y; "we don't know how you
and dad ever made it."
"We told them it was hard work. long
hours and doing without things that would
have made life much easier," says Evelyn.
SAD EXPERIENCES
Although there were sad experiences
such as the house fire that burned
Christmas Eve and claimed the lives of
Stockyards report pigs, cattle trade at higher=prices
A g b*1 supply of cattle and
pigs at Brussels Stockyards
traded at higher prices. There
were 925 cattle and 1 1 16 pigs
on offer.
Choice Steers -'4.0O to
--.50 with sales to 80.'5.
Good Steers -72.00 to -4.00
A steer consigned by Dave
Eadie of Lucknow weighing
1280 lbs. topped the market
al 80.-5.
Five fang steers consign-
ed by Kevin Martin of Gow-
anst(rwn. averaging 1060 lbs.
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Seven steers consigned by
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".40 with their load of 40
steers averaging 1334 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
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Five steers consigned by
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Mitchell averaging 1172 lbs.
sold for 77.60 with his offer-
ing of 22 steers averaging
1188 lbs. selling for an overall
price of 76,82.
Nineteen steers consigned
by Kevin Shea of Seaforth
averaging 1216 lbs. sold for
an overall price of 77.00.
Eleven steers consigned by
Don Boak of Dungannon
averaging 1134 lbs` sold for
'5.40.
Four stccrs consigned by
K night Bros. of Brussels
averaging 1225 lbs. sold for
76.35 with their offering of 25
stccrs averaging 11'3 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
'5.61.
Choice Exotic Hcifcrs-
'3.00 to 76.00 with sales to
'9.'5. •
Choice Hereford Heifcrs-
70.(1(1 to 73.00
Good Heifers -6'.00 to
'0.00
A heifer consigned by
Elwood Fitch of Wroxeter
weighing 1230 lbs. sold for
78.25 with his offering of .18
heifers consisting mainly of
hereford heifers averaging
10291hs. selling for an overall
price of 73.56.
Choice Cows -45.00 to 49.00
with sales to 56.25.
Good Cows -42.00 to 45.00
Canners& Cutters -38.00 to
42.00
All weights of pigs sold
sha,ply higher.
30 to 40 Ib. pigs traded to a
high of 62.25.
40 to 50 Ib. pigs to a high of
74.00.
SO to 60 lb. pigs to a high of
80.00.
60 to 70 lb. pigs to a high of
87.75.
'0 to 80 Ib. pigs to a high of
95.50.
three young boys, .Evelyn says. "1 loved
the newspaper business, especially working
with the young people."
Work with young people was her
recreation. Evelyn recalls the many hours
she spent, year after year, organizing the
"Variety Review". She said the three night
event was usually sold out. Held in the old
town hall in Brussels, Evelyn Kennedy
produced and directed musicals had a junior
cast of approximately. 30 children and over
40 in the adult show.
"I even had the nerve to write a play
entitled 'Rudolph Ranch'. I've done so
many, that I can t remember all the titles.
Remembering the saddest occasion in her
life. Evelyn said both she d Roy, (he died
March 9, 1978) "shed a fey tears when we
published our 'last issue of The Post in
December. 1971." Due to Roy's declining
health. the newspaper was sold then to
McLean Bros. of Seaforth.
The sale of the he\vspaper did not see'"
Evelyn breaking her ties in the publishing
business. When asked by the new owner.
Andy McLean. if she would continue as
editor, Evelyn did not hesitate to answea in
the affirmative. She held the position until
1982 when The Post was incorporated with
The Expositor.
In her first column in The Expositor, back
in July. Evelyn wrote, "The people of
Brussels are somewhat upset and unhappy
because they will no longer have a
newspaper of their very own. The Brussels
Post has been theirs for over 110 years. But,
The Brussels Post has not passed out of
existence, ft is being continued as part of
The Seaforth Huron Expositor. We are sure
Signal Star Pifblishing of Goderich will have
the interest of Brussels in mind and will give
subscribers the best possible coverage. It
has been a pleasure to be a member of the
staff of The Brussels Post." ,
Evelyn
Kennedy
honoured
A contributiop extending
over 50 years to khe Brussels
community thio gh her asso-
ciation with the Brussels Post
was recognized Thursday
evening when Evelyn Ken-
nedy was guest of honour at a
dinner in Brussels Legion
Hall.
Hosts for the event were
McLean Bros. Publishers
Ltd. and Signal Star Publish-
ing Ltd. and guests included
elected officials representing
the citizens of Brussels, Mor-
ris and Grey.
A short program was chair-
ed by Andrew Y. McLean of
McLean Bros. who expressed
appreciation to the Brussels
community for the support
and cooperation which they
had received during the 11
years in which the company
had published the Post. He
recalled the contribution of
the Kennedys to the com-
munity and the close associa-
tion which the Post and
Expositor had enjoyed over
many years.
Robert Shrier. president of
Signal Star Publishing Ltd.
spoke of technical advances
facing the weekly industry
and how those could contri-
bute to an improved product.
The Brussels Pest in its new
.form in association with the
Expositor will continue to
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