The Brussels Post, 1974-05-22, Page 1VER THE DAM — Floods last week caused extensive damage in many parts of
ntario and although no major flooding was reported in Brussels, the Maitland
ver here was swollen and washing over the dam. The Brussels dam, unlike the
neat Wingham, held up against the fast running water. (Photo by Pat Langlois)
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Brussels Post
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO 03rd Year — Issue No. 21 Wednesday,-Niay, 22, 1974
ommittee seeks estimates
r pool in Brussels
hort
hots (By Evelyn Kennedy)
WINNING. SCRAPBOOK Frank Stretton of the
Brussels Opthniists lOokS 'through the scrapbook of
the:lOCal activities which he• compiled. The
scrapbook won first prite in an all .Ontario Optimist
competition' recently: Brussels was the. only' rural
dornniunity OriZe.., The scrapboo k now goeStO
Atlanta i, Georgia for an international competition.
(PhOtO. by Pat Langlois)
Grey Council
Buys new water truck
for fire department
building committee for the
sed swimming pool in
els will be gathering
ates from local contractors
next couple of weeks.
as decided at Thursday's
ng at the arena that costs for
ol, approximately 35 x 80
should be decided before
any further with plans.
. Pearson, who chaired the,
g, in absence of chairman
ardiff, gave one quOte of
0. This price would include
wit work, filtration and
st of installing a heater.
D. Spence of Brussels had
unique Victoria Day
ence. While weeding in her
erry bed she unearthed a
a large penny dated 1901.
find indeed!
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Optimist Country Auction
day, June 1st at Brussels
ark, This is a worthy effort
it part and should be well
ized by the public. The
ds will go to Youth Work,
unity Service and Minor A dance will also be held
at ena front 9 to 1 with
by "little England".
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large number of speetators
the Brussels Agricultural
ds to enjoy the fireworks
sponsored by the Brussels
s Association on Monday.
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Seniot Friendship Club of swill have as their guests
29th at the Legion Hall,
Senior Citizens. It should
The bath house has: already
been constructed on the proposed
site for the pool. The land was
bought originally with the
intention of putting a pool in.
The committee has found itself
in an awkward position
concerning their next move.
Funds for the construction will be
donations but these cannot be
gathered until plans are definite.
They are not in a position to call
for tenders because they are not -
sure of financial support. A
government grant will cover a fair
portion of the costs, but not
be a very swinging meeting for
they will have as entertainers the
Stratford Senior RHYTHM Band.
Be there to enjoy this special
entertainment.
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How fortunate Brussels is to
have escaped the devastating
havoc of the floods that have
brought disaster b so many
residents of other .areas. The
Maitland River here was. running
deep and swift, overflowing its
banks and flooding all low land.
There were numerous reports of
basements with water. While that
problem is troublesome it is a far
c ry from having your' home and
possessions ruined by flood
waters:
Grey Township Council has
purchased a truck to be used as a
water truck by the' local fire
department. At their meeting
May 6, council voted to buy the
1972 model truck from Brussels
Motors for $5,400.
Grey council voted a grant of
$150 to the Brussels Medical
Dental Centre and $1,500 to the
Grey Recreation, Parks and
Community Centres Board. The
Huron County Historical Society
was granted $10.
In other business council
adopted the report of James A.
Howes, O.L.S. on the Centre
Branch Northwest Drain
provisionally.
The request of Gary Earl,
owner of Lot 26, Concession 4, to
repair and improve a portion of
the Bremner Municipal Drain was
Two Grey Township girls will
run a program of recreational
activities for Township children at
Grey Central School in Ethel this
summer, financed by an
Opportunities for Youth grant.
Judy Armstrong of
R.R.2, Brussels and Terry Lynn of
Ethel will run the program from
July 1 until August 25.
The two girls will take a
training course in recreation after
they finish school, Judy's mother,
Mrs. Donald Armstrong said.
Terry is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Lynn. The budget
for the recreation program is
$1,540.
Other grants in the area include
one to a group in Blyth to plan
and landscape the Union
Cemetery there. Marsha McNall
is the contact person for the group
which will employ 6 people. The
project, which runs from June 17
until August 23, has a budget of
$4,375.
Another Blyth project will
provide recreational activities in
five Senior Citizen's homes in the
county. Evelyn Benjamins is
accepted and Gamsby
and Mannerow Limited,
Consulting Engineers were
appointed to make a survey and
prepare plans, profile and
specificiations and report.
Clifford Bray was appointed to
look after repairs to the Close
Municipal Drain.
The 1974 membership fee in
the amount of $15.00 was paid to
the Huron. County Municipal
Officers Association.
The Road Superintendent, Ross
Engel, was instructed to contact
the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications regarding
whether or not approval is to be
given to construct the Gill Bridge.
Accounts paid were General -,
$2,887.05; Roads and Bridges
2,953.09 , for a total of
$5,840.14.
co-ordinator of this project which
will employ six and has a budget
of $4,900.
In Wingham another program
for Senior Citizens has received
an Opportunities for Youth grant.
Nancy Kerwin of R.R.1, Wroxeter
is co-ordinator of the Wingham
Elderly Citizen's Youth Services
which employs three students and
has a budget of $1,800.
Two' OFY projects have been
approved for Seaforth, one
designed to help the elderly and
one a summer day camp program
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Cancer drive
nets nearly
$1,000
Canvassing for the Cancer
Society Drive in Brussels is now
complete. According to Mrs.
Leona Armstrong, convenor for
the village, $933.70 was collected.
Canvassers for the district
were: Mrs. Margaret Kelly, Mrs.
Bert Elliott, Mrs. Neil McDonald,
Mrs. James Knight, Mrs. Carl
Graber, Mrs. Bruce McCall, Mrs.
H. DeVries, Mrs. Doug
Hemingway, Mrs. James Smith,
Mrs. Carson Watson, Mrs.Carl
Hemingway, Mrs. Alex. Steiss,
Mrs. Ida Evans, Mrs. Jack Pipe
Jr„ Mrs. Julia Kerney, Mrs.
Robert Wheeler, Mrs. Joe Uniac,
Mrs. Jim Cardiff, Mrs. Bonnie
Wilson, Miss Laura Lucus, Mrs.
Wilbur Turnbull, Mrs. Adrian
McTaggart and Mrs. Wm. King.
R.C. board
to hire
supervisor
The Huron-Perth County Ro-
man Catholic Separate School
'Board will be advertising for. a
SUperviSory officer and special
educational consUltant for the
next school term:
The decision to advertise was
reached after haggling for almost
two hours on the subject and two
recorded votes during a speCial
Meeting in Seaforth Thortday to
study a proposal for reorganize.
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enough to go ahead with the
building. -
The Lions, Optimists and
Legion have formed an investi-
gative committee to look into the
possibility of a sports complex. If
it is conceivable they will consider
support of a new arena. If it does
not seem possible, the swimming
pool committee plans to approach
the clubs at a later date.
Should the swimming pool
project get underway, it is
doubtful it would be in operation
until next year.
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Wives who dislike hockey and
resent their husband's devoted
attention to the 14.111.
hockey broadcasts can now relax.
The season' is over, the Stanley
Cup has ,gone to F'hiladelphia, the
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OFY grant to finance
summer program at
Grey Central School