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The Brussels Post, 1972-04-12, Page 1BrusselS curling club wound, up a successful season on Friday evening when trophies were presented at a dinner dance in the Legion Hall. Here D. A. Rann presents the Rann trophy to Jim Smith who skipped the rink with the highest score during the season. (Staff Photo) Brussels curlers sponsor end of season dinner,dance successful year with 110 mem- bers and after making several improvements to the Club room and paying all expenses had a favourable bank balance. The new executive for next season is : President, Danny Pearson; Past president, Ron McLean; 1st Vice President, Al- bert Ten pas; 2nd Vice Presi- dent, Ross Veitch; Secretary- Treasurer, Norman Hoover. After the business was com 7 pleted trophies and prizes were presented to the winning rinks. In each of the three draws the members of the Winning rink received trophies, while the members of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rink received prizes. The D. A. Rann Trophy was presented by Mr. Rann to the rink with the highest score for the whole season. The members of this rink were Linda Wilson, Lead, Ron McLean, second, Rhea Valiance, vice,' and Jim Smith, Skip. The remainder of the even- ing was spent in dancing to the music of Ian Wilbee's orchestra. Dads,lads gather for Lions dinner The Brussels Lions held their annual Father and Child night at the United Church on Monday evening with a good attendance. Lion president, Henry Exel presided and welcomed their guest. After dinner a short program of a film on the Great Lakes, shown by Lion Ken Scott and musical numbers by Misses Julie Valiance and Joan Elliott was presented. Brussels P The Brussels Curling Club ended the 1971-72 season with the annual meeting and banquet in the Legion Hall on Friday evening. The Ladies Auxiliary served a hot beef dinner to 114 members and guests. After dinner a short sing song was enjoyed before the bus- iness and reports of the year's activities took place. The presi- dent, Ron McLean, was incharge and conducted the various items of business. The club had a Chort Ohots By Evelyn Kennedy It is almost Variety Fair time again. Each year Morning Star Rebekah Lodge of Brus- sels sponsors this event. They offer a large variety of items,, for sale including everything from clothing to home baking and also feature a tea. The lad- ies of the lodge are now busy preparing for this popular yearly event which will be held in the I.O.O.F. Lodge rooms on May 6th. Watch for future announce- ments. ****** The use of drugs by young people, particularly by teen- agers, is causing a great deal of concern everywhere. People in small communities tend to think that it is a problem only in larger centres. This is not the case. It is maintained by some that there are drugs that are not injurious to some people, but, there are others, especially the young, who are not always aware of just what drug they are using or its strength, who ex- perience frightful hallucinations, and .sometimes fatal effects. Moral standards become unim- portant to them and they commit acts they would never think of doing under other circumstan- ces. We like to convince our- selves that such drug abuse with some of the inevitable conse- quences does not take place in our community. Are we sure they do not? All parents and others interested in the welfare of our young people should be concerned and alert in watching for appar- ent signs 'of drug use. Don't wait until tragedy 'strikes? ****** Our energetic utility man, David Hastinks Sr. and helpers, have been busily engaged in trim- ming dead limbs from trees on our village streets. These limbs are a hazard to property ) pedes- trians and hydro and telephone (Continued on page 16) While members of the Huron County Board of Educa.tion were having difficulty staying within a budget ceiling imposed on or- dinary expenses by the Ontario government, there was consider- able concern building for the fut- ure of education in this, county. During the meetings held Wednesday, March 29 and Monday April 3 in Clinton, some members of the board expressed the feel- ing that the Huron, board is being penalized for not spending more in previous years. It was pointed out that while Huron has spent wisely for educa- tion and implemented only those programs recommended by the Ontario Department of Education, other board s in the province have spent large sums of money and have updated their education- al facilities in the interim. It now appears, according to board officials, that Huron County will not be able to achieve the level of facilities and equipment maintained in other school jur- isdictions, because grant ceil- ings will rise in Huron at the same level as every other school district in the province while their base remains unusually low. Director of Education for Huron, D.J.Cochrane, termed Mrs Mutter heads fair board ladies The ladies of the Brussels Fair Board met Monday with a good number attending. It was decided to have a bake sale in the library on April 29t h when a good response is antici- pated from the members and the general public. The proceeds will be used for Centennial projects at the Fair Grounds and for the sponsorship of the Fairboard Queen at the Toronto Exhibition. Different classes of the ex- hibits were reviewed and some changes made with a view to more exhibits for the. coming year. The executive for 1972 are past president - Mrs. Geo. Mutter; President - Mrs. Doug Hemingway; 1st. Vice Pres. - Mrs. Ross, Bennett; 2nd Vice Pres. - Mrs. Wm. Hewitt; Sec- Treas. Mrs. Adah Smith. . Premier William Davis' promise for educational equality a myth. In a letter from the director to Hon. Thomas Wells, Minister of Education, Huron's position was explicitly outlined. "As Chief Education Officer for the Huron County Board of Education and as your repres- entative in Huron County School Set delegates for Ottawa Grey Township Council at its April meeting adopted the following resolutions: - That Charles H.. Thomas and Donald J. Martin be appointed voting delegates to the Associa- tion of Municipalities of Ontario to be held at Ottawa June 18th to 21st. - That the Corporation of the Township of Grey requests the Provincial Assessment Office to assess the properties or portion of properties to be affected by the street lighting contract in the built-up areas in and around the hamlet of Cranbrook. - . That the request of Kees Jan Bos, owner of Lots E1/2 12, W1/2 13, Concession 17 and N1/2 Lot 13, Concession 18 and otherS to repair and improve the Bruce-Williamson Municipal Drain be accepted and Gamsby and Mannerow Ltd., Consulting Engineers, be appointed to make a survey and prepare plans, pro- file and specifications and report for same. - That we enter into an agree- ment with the Village of Brussels to provide fire protection for the following lots in the Township of Grey: Lot 2, Concessions 9 and 10 and to answer calls to the Township of Grey only when cal- led by the fire chief or his help- ers; a fireman; the Reeve or Roy Hall at the rate of $150.00 for the first hour and $75.00 for each hour thereafter. - That the Grey Township Fire Department be authorized to buy a tank truck from B.P. and have necessary adjustments made by Forman Tanks. - That we enter into an agree- ment with Harold McCallum, R.R. #1, Walton, owner of Part of Lots 4 and 5, Concession 18, to pay the sum of Three Hund- red Dollars per year for the rent (Continued on Page 6) Division,"wrote Mr. Cochrane, "I feel obliged to draw to your attention the fact that the depart- ment of Education's ceiling on Ordinary Expenditures as applied to this particular jurisdiction will practically decimate the school system as it now exists." "In effect," the director con- tinued," the programs offered to the children of Huron County next year will, at best, be simi- lar to those offered before the introduction of the county boards of education in 1969. It seems to us that Mr. Robarts' state- ment in Galt on November 14, 1967, to the effect that the num- ber one priority was the equality of educational opportunity, will only be a myth insofar as we in (Continued on Page 3) Dr. Brian A. Hanlon M.B., BCH., L.M., D.R.C.O.G., who recently arrived from Ireland, has established practice with Dr. J. K. McGregor in Brus- sels and Wingham. Dr. Hanlon is a graduate of University College, Dublin. He worked in Ireland prim- arily, where he gained exper- ience in medicine, surgery and emergency room tech- nique. In 1969 he took the position of -Medical Officer in one of the Cottage Hospitals in New- foundland where he gained extensive experience in gen- eral practice and obstetrics. For the past two years he has been specializing in Ob- stetrics and Gynecology in Ireland. BRUSSELS $4.00 A Year in Advance — $5,00 to. USA, -- Single Copy 10q ONTARIO 101st Year — Issue No. 15 Wednesday, April 12, 1972 Claim Ontario school ceilings threaten Huron standards Members of Grey Township Council agreed to take a few minutes from a busy meeting in the Township Office at Ethel to have a picture taken. ShOWn are (left) Counc. Donald Martin, COunc. toy Williamson, ReeVe Charles Thomas; Counc.George Wesenberg,Mrs.Edythe Cardiff,cierk -treasurer and Ross Engel, road superintendent. CouncillOr Clifford Bray is absent. (Staff Photo)