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The Brussels Post, 1972-03-22, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1072 Brussels Pos '101st Year ...,—.19999 No, 12 Wednesday, March 22, 1.972 $4,00 A Year in Advance —BSA° to USA. — Single Copy 10c A Provincial Police cruiser is parked in front of the 'Leitch Jewellery Shop in Brussels Thursday morning as constables from the Wingham Detachment investigate a break-in discovered that morning. (Staff Photo) Area councils meet to talk fire protection, recreation Brussels clerk, Wm. King, checks the barrel on the ice of the Maitland River and wonders when it will disappear, Brussels firemen are holding a competition to guess the moment the barrel is released from the melting ice. (Staff Photo) Brussels :.district students spend -holidays in Europe This week sees the culmin- ation of 11 months of planning by Dan Stuckey of F. 'E, Madill Secondary School for two voyages he has organized.. The trips were offered in the March, holidays by Ship's School Association of Toronto - one to Rome, and one to London and. Paris. The res- Chort Ohots BY Eirelyn Kennedy ponse was encouraging for both ventures; a total of 27 students put, their noses'to the grindstone to procure finances. 'Mr. Stuckey is the leader of the London-Paris group. With him are Mrs. Stuckey and Joanne Sutcliffe of wingham; Don G ibson, Jim Oldfield, Bob Thomas from Brussels; Brian Keith, Mr. and. Mrs. Jim Henderson and Mary) Mrs. Rose Robb, and Marjorie Thompson from Lucknow; Diane and Sandra Kempton, Sharon MacNay, Bill Bissonette, Mrs. Marian Emerson from Ripley- Amberley; Kendra Donaldson, Heather Johann from Teeswater, and Mrs. Marie Douglas of Wrox- eter. Set plans for campaign Ability Fund (March of Dimes) 19'72 campaign in Mc- Killop Township is now under- way with 12 Captains and 30 Marching Mothers dedicated to making calls on all McKillop homes. Co-Chairmen for the drive are Mrs. Edgar Elligsen, R.R.#4, Walton, and Mrs. Mervin Dietz, R.R.#1, Dublin. Mrs. Elligsen's Captains are Mrs. Gordon Elliott, R.R.#5, Seaforth; Mrs. Stewart McCall, R.R.#4, Walton;Mrs.Ken Beattie, R.R.#4, Walton; Mrs. Walter Bewley, Walton; Mrs. Mervin Smith, R.R.#1, Walton and Mrs. Edgar Elligsen, R.R.#2, Walton; Mrs. Walter- McClure, R.R.#2, Seaforth and Mrs. Don McClure, R.R.#1, Seaforth. Captains acting under Mrs. Dietz are Mrs.Arthur Devereaux, Mrs. Frank Ryan, R.R.#1,Dublin; Mrs. Kenneth Stewart, R.R.#5, Seaforth; Mrs. William Little, R.R.#1, Seaforth; Mrs. Elmer Koehler, R.R.#4, Walton. Mrs. Elligsen and Mrs.Dietz look forward to all the calls getting made during the month of March. The group left from Malton last Friday for Paris to spend three days sightseeing. On Wed- nesday of this week they trans- fer to London for another three days of touring and sightseeing. At the same time, Emery Stuckey is leading a smaller group of students on a week's vacation in Rome. On that trip are Brenda Kennedy, Brenda Leahy, Ron Sillick, Steve Don- aldson, Wayne Millen, and Terry McGlynn from Teeswater, Jim Scott from Ripley, and. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kopas of Wingham. Sponsor scrapbook competition The Maitland Valley Conser- vation Authority is again sponsoring a Conservation Scrapbook Competition in the Grade 7 and 8 classes in a number of elementary schools in the Maitland River watershed. This year, the competition is being held in co-operation with the Huron County Board of Education. This will be the sixth such . competition sponsored by the Authority. The students will be concentrating on the flood con- trol, forestry, wildlife , land use and recreational aspects of conservation. The scrapbooks will be judged by the Conservation Authority and prizes awarded to students in each school. The competition will close at the end of April of this year. The participating schools are the Blyth Public School, the Brookside Public School, the Brussels Public School, the East Wawanosh Public School and the Robertson Memorial Public School. Repregentatives of Morris, Grey and Brussels councils met Monday evening in Brussels to discuss fire protection for the area. At the same time talks were held concerning recreation for the area. Councillors James Mair and Robert. Grasby represented Mor- ris Township. Reeve Charles Thomas, councillors Clifford Bray, Roy Williamson and George Wesenberg were present for Grey Township. Reeve Jack McCutcheon and councillors H. A.Tempas and James. McTaggart were present from Brussels. Discussions were held on community recreation and fire OPPcheck break-in O.P.P. of Wingham Detach- ment are investigating in regard to a break-in at the LeachJewel- lery Store. A considerable number of the items stolen have been recovered. The store was entered Tues- day night of last week by remov- ing a pane of glass from a rear window. The break-in was not discovered until Thursday morning as the owner, Mrs. W. G. Leach had been out of town for several days. Investigation is continuing. protection rates. Proposals were advanced to be taken back to the councils involved. Wolf looms at breakfast Mr. and Mrs. Murray Cardiff of the Brussels area were startled one morning recently when, while at breakfast, they looked out the window and saw two wolves only a few yards from their house. The animals appeared in no hurry to move on.. Mr. Cardiff took after them and, joined by a neighbour, David Wheeler, tracked them for two hours but were unable to catch 1p with them. Presence of wolves in the area suggests the wild= o f parents warning children to remain clear of any strange ani- mals they might see. Clear grant to Maitland Hugh Edighoffer, Perth M.P.P. and the Minister of the Environment have announced the approval of a provincial grant of $5,000 to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority for the Galbraith Conservation Area. The Conservation Area com- prises some 100 acres of land in the Township of Mornington and is located on the Elm a-Morn- ington Township boundary, approximately four miles south of Highway 86. During the current' year the Authority is proposing to est- ablish camp sites, improve san- itary facilities, pond and service road and carry out other general development work. All member municipalities will bear the Authority's share of the cost. Oddfellows hold party An enjoyable evening was spent at the Western Star Lodge rooms at the Oddfellows Card Party held on Thursday. Nine tables were in play. Winners were: Ladies' high, Mrs, Harold Thomas; Low, Mrs. Margaret McCutcheon; Men's High, Merle Freeman; Low, Ray Crawford; Draw on Ham,, Ray Adarns. The next card party will be held on April 20th. There will be plenty of act- 4 ivity on the racetrack here during our C e ntennial. ne thousand dol- lars has been allotted to the com- mittee in charge of this popular sporting event. Plans are rapidly materializing to make sure racing fans will not be disappoin- ted: There will be lots of exciting • races to hoot and holler about as you cheer on your favourites. * * * * * * • * * * * * Have your made your guess as to when the firemen's barrel will go over the dam? There it sits, poised amid the ice, just 4 waiting for the moment when the sun's rays warm up enough to free it from its icy prison to send it careening over the dam with' the rushing water of early spring. A close watch is being kept on it to ascertain the exact day, hour, minute and second it takes to dive that will make the most accurate calculator, or more likely, guesser, the winner. * * * * • * * * * * * * * Hearty congratulations to Brussels Midget Hockey team. Even though they lost to Cayuga 9, in the final game of the best- of-three OMHA semi-final series by a score of 10-9, after three over-time periods, they still des- erve congratulations. Their fans are proud of their achievement this season. This' is the first time any Brussels Minor Hockey team has gone as far. They were handicapped by injuries to high-scoring centre Gerald Wheeler and defenceman Blaine. McCutcheon. They rate even more credit due to the fact they were playing a team from a larger centre. No doubt the boys were disappointed by the loss but they have every reason to be proud of their performance. * * * * * * * * * * * * * What marvelous opportuni- ties are available to students these days. This month there will be 3,800 Canadian students on tours abroad. Different groups are going to various European countries visiting such cities as London, England; Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium; Malaga, Spain; Lahr, West Germany with side trips to points of interest. These students will not only enjoy a holiday abroad but are also furthering their knowledge as different groups are concentrat- ing on history, English literature geography and drama. To we older folk, such things were un- known in our earlier years. We travelled only to such far-off places in our imaginative day- dreams.