The Brussels Post, 1974-05-15, Page 1ESTABLISHED
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russels Post
BRUSSELS
103rd Year — Issue No. 20 Wednesday, May 15, 1974
ONTARIO
BETTER THAN RECESS - Christine Achilles,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Achilles, finds
treeplanting more fun than usual schoolwork.
Christine was one of many students at Walton Public
School who took part in the tree planting for Arbor
Day. (Staff)
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(By Evelyn Kennedy)
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A TASTE OF PINK BREAD' - Pink bread. i n. picnic
badrool sket? The &Ade eight students .Of ,Brussels
rehearsed Pink Bread for. their Wednesday
Public
night oerfOrthande, Schoolgirls Julie cattipbeti i.
Michelle MOCUtChediti i „ .1,001616 and Joan
HUether are deep in during a Oldhid
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Taxes up with county
and school increases
al
hydro crew were kept busy .
hours on Motiday re-installing
repairing a hydro light
dard that had been broken off
he base during the weekend.
tunately the car driver who
le into collision with it escaped
ous injury.
russels residents face an
tease in municipal taxes this
r. However, do not blame our
council for inefficiency or
ravaganee. The 9 mill increase
et last year is due to increased
uisitions of Huron County and
ron County School Board.
erless, regardless of what
sed the increase, or what the
ditional money will be used for,
ssels folks will have to dig
per come municipal tax pay, ut time,
** * * * *
The' service clubs of Brussels
who sponsor various sports activi-
ties here throughout the year, for
the younger people of Brussels
and community, deserve ,a great
deal of credit for their efforts.
Without their sponsorships and
the work of the, Recreation
Committee, Brussels would 'sadly
lack sports activities. Those indiv-
iduals who give their time and
efforts, and provide transporta-
tion often without . recompense,
should not be forgotten. Their
endeavours add much to the
pleasant life in our village.
Here we are again in the costly
matter, of electing a Federal
Government that will (hopefully)
settle down to govern for the
ultimate good of all Canadians.
With every party soundly denoun-
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The mill rate is up 9 mills over
last year due to the rise in county
and school requisitions. This
year's budget of $136,102 was
approved at last Wednesday's
village council meeting.
The education rate is up 1.62
mills and the county rose 5.6 mills
over last year's figures.
Last year's residential mill rate
was 97 mills as compared to this
year's 106. The commercial mill
rate is set at 116.
The Brussels Business Associa-
tion did not pass a motion at their
last meeting critical of OPP
policing in the village. BBA
secretary Harold Bridge told the
Post that the critical motion was
Another public meeting will be
held Thursday night to plan a
public swimming pool for Brus-
sels. The committee named at the
last meeting on the swimming
pool are Chairman Jim Cardiff,
Secretary Jim Armstrong, and
treasurer William Beacom.
The building committee con-
sists of Jack Bryans, Ross
McCall, Max Watts, Ivan Camp-
bell and Allan Nichol. H.R.
Morris Township Council voted
a grant of $400 to the Blyth
Recreation Committee to be used
for all recreation purposes for
1974 provided the swimming pool
is built , at their meeting last
week.
Membership will be paid to
Huron County Municipal Officers
Association.
A $200 grant was given to the
Brussels Horticultural Society
and $350 was given to the
Medical-Dental Centre.
The firemen's compensation
was increased from $6,000 to
•
' Council approved the hiring of
Harry Crich as a village emplo-
yee. He will be on a three month
probation period.
The Waxman building was
given to John Pennington for
the BBA regrets any misunder-
Pearson, Bill AdamS, Tom Miller,
Jim Knight, Carl Graber, 'Don
Achilles, Howard Hackwell,
George Langlois and Douglas
Evans are the members of the
finance committee.
All interested members of the
public are invited to attend
Thursday's meeting, which will
be held in the curling rooms of the
arena.
A grant of $150 will be giv en
Brussels, Morris & Grey
Medical Centre.
The Road Superintendent will
advertise for supplying and
delivering approximately 20,000
cu. yds. pit run gravel.
Accounts paid were: Roads
$3,371.56 and General 2,653.45
for a total of $6,025.01.
tearing down and cleaning up.
The cement walls and foundation
will be left.
Building permits totalling
$1,350' were granted to David
Hastings Jr. and Bruce Hahn.
Sidewalks will be laid on the
main street by Gerald Exel whose
tender of $2,975 was accepted at
council. An entrance into the
north side of the library will Asia
be built by Mr. Exel whose tender
of $483 was accepted.
standing this error might have
caused.
DEBBIE DIMMICK
Debbie Dimmick has joined the
The Post staff for the summer.
She is a third year journalism
student at Conestoga College in
Kitchener.
Originally from Windsor, she
now resides in Goderich. While in
Seaforth she will be writing under
the name Debbie Darling, her
maiden name.
Debbie worked for a month last
winter as a student intern at the
Goderich Signal Star.
made by Gord Workman and last week's Post. Mr. Bridge said'
Malcolm Jacobs but was with-
Public invited to
swimming pool meeting
$400 given to pool
BBA not critical, invites OPP to meeting
drawn when another motion
invited the OPP to send repre-
sentatives to the next BBA
meeting.
The secretary of the associatiOn.. - Reporter
missed this withdraw' and a story
about the criticism was printed in joins Post
Tot hurt
in accident
Donald Hastings, 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Hastings of Brussels is a patient
in St. Joseph's Hospital, London,
after an accident on Saturday
afternoon.
Donald suffered an extremely
serious cut to a leg, a broken
ankle and bone in the foot, in an
unfortunate lawn mower acci-
dent. He was rushed to Wingham
and District Hospital for emer-
gency treatment and transferred
to St. Joseph's Hospital.
The ,accident occurred when
Jack Loswe was mowing, the flats
adjacent to the Hastings home
and the child, unobserved, ran
behind the mower while Mr.
Lowe was backing up the
machine,