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The Brussels Post, 1979-01-24, Page 3H N DAIRY SYSTEMS LTD. Sales, Service 8 Installation of pipelines & milking pdrlours WALTON Universal BRUSSELS Wingham Memorial Shop QUALITY SERVICE CRAFTSMANSHIP Open Every Weekday Your Guarantee for Over 35 Years of CEMETERY LETTERING Box 158, WINGHAM JOHN MALLICK NEED HOLIDAY MONEY? See Victoria a It's in your best interest'. "shopping around" for the best deal, but how many of us shop around for the best deal in Few of us make a major purchisa4ithout personal loans? There is a difference. Call or drop in to our office and inquire about our personal loan plans. vitcromA VG AND GREY TRUST Since/844 Contact our branch manager: Main Street. East Listbwel 291.1450 Methber: danada deiwait Insuranc0 Corporation • • • Ronnenberg Insurance Agency INCOME TAX PREPARED Farmers—Businesses--Individuals —Reasonable Rates File early to Avoid the Rush and delay in refunds [25 years Experience] Top rates for Guaranteed Certificates %Ione& Offlee Open MOnktori &lee Open Saturday Phone & FrIdaya Monday then Phone 881-6661 • s MURRAY_ • •ID -- .DAL , -L Phone 3474241 Nights 887,066 • - iiiii.,iiiimilimialmo. A SHOT FOR CASPER—Mrs. Marie Verleek of Bluevale brought her dog Casper in for a shot when Brussels held a free rabieS clinic at the fire hall on Friday. Giving the animal a shot is Dr. W.J. Thompson from the Health of,Animals Branch, the Department of AgricUlture in Seaforth. Mrs. Joan Garniss had to leave her cat in the bag in order for it to get its rabies shot. The owner of the other patient cat is - unidentified. (Photo by Langlois) A small chimney fire broke out at the home of George Somers on Thursday afternoone. When the Brussels Fire Department arrived, the chimney was on fire and had backed up smoke into the basement, The firemen put a dry chemical down the chimney to put the fire out. They put a smoke ejector in the stairway of the (continued from Page 1) At the present time, books come into the library every three months. Mrs. Mac- Pherson said the biggest users of the library are the pre-schoolers and the adults. A total of 1,165 books were borrowed in November of 1978, compared to a total of 1,109 books in November of 1977, an increase of 56 books in a year. The amount of children's books usage has doubled. If a reader wants a bestseller, it can be ordered. Anything people want can be requested from the Huron County Library System including films. As Mrs. MacPherson points out, the library looks small, but it has the advantages of the bigger libraries. She said one library user ordered some bestsellers she had seen on television and they were back within two weeks of her request. ROMANCES Just what do the people around the Walton area like to read? According to Mrs. MacPherson, it goes from bestsellers to the romances such as those written by Grace Livingston Hill. She said they generally go in for doctor and nurse stories and the men like cowboy stories. She said the library runs out of these types of books fast and so she sometimes goes in and picks up some new ones from the Brussels library. FIVE ON HAND Since some series of books such as Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys have been made into television series, their popularity may have increased. In fact there is such a run on Hardy Boys books that Mrs. MacPherson can only keep five on hand at a time since there is such a demand ifor them in other libraries. She said her own two boys have just started to read them. Winter wheat producers are going to get an 87 cents a bushel stabilization payment on the 1977 winter wheat crop, Canada's agriculture minister Eugene Whelan has announced. Although winter wheat isn't covered under the stabilization act, the support is being paid because protection for growers was needed after the 1977 low prices and uncertain international grain markets, according to Mr. Whelan's office. THE BRUSSELS POST JANUARY 24, 1979 No damage in chimney fire basement and opened up the windows in the basement to take the smoke out, The same thing happened at the Somers home last year. Jack tvicWhirter, truck driver for the Fire department said the cause of the fire was a partially blocked chimney. No damage occured but the dust left by the chemical had to be cleaned up. But most of her reading group are pre-schoolers. She said the odd teenager comes in for a reference book. "I think the libraries in the schools have affected the other libraries quite a bit," she said, but added that when all the reference books were gone out of the school libraries, "there's still lots of room for us as far as reference is concerned." Otherwise, Walton library doesn't see many teenagers, she said, "This is a sports-minded town," she said by way of explanation. Although there is a charge of five cents a day on overdue books, Mrs. MacPherson points out that the library is not there to make a profit. Back in December, there was some talk about closing the building which houses the library because of heating and lighting problems. SERVES A NEED Mrs. MacPherson believes the library serves a definite community need, however. "People don't want the library closed here at all. I believe they would really miss it. It's too bad we couldn't get more young ones interested in it," she said. Mrs. Reid also thought the library would be missed if it were closed down. "We don't want to lose our library. We'd be willing to do something towards the building ourselves, rather than see it close down," she said. She pointed out that if the library was located in a new building, rent would have to be paid and she said the rent money could be put toward fixing up the old building instead. Currently the library is open Tuesday nights and Saturday afternoons with no charge for joining and no charge for library cards. Madill VISIONS OF A, wverat SAX by Maid Walsh The trees stand like giants guarding the secrets of the forest knowing all. The river still a frozen mirror perilously sharp watching waiting. The green fields play hide and seek beneath the crusty snow silent lost 'til spring. The mountains omniscient enormous today small against eternity thankful for their place tranquil. The sky empty and full boundless blue endless grey a little sun; much snow. The air crisp clear and hard fragments of silver reborn each second travelling the earth. The man assumes frightens breathes touches and is gone. All else remains enduring [ the winter witch's spell strenthened and eternal. Walton library is vital '77 Winter wheat crop gets support The record 1977 crop of 30.2 bushels coincided with an extra large US crop and average grower returns of $227 a bushel were well below .the level of the previous two years. Total payment to winter wheat growers 'in Eastern Canada is estimated at $26 million. Most of Ontario's winter wheat is used in cake and pastry flour. Application for the support payment will be mailed to growers on the Ontario Wheat Growers list.