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BRUSSELS
ONTARIO 104th Year - Issue No. 10
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1975
CoUncil meeting
BPS to.:s.es. addition
as Ministry refuses
BolE building budget
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56 YEARS — There was a happy reunion at Callendar's Nursing Home
'here on Friday when Mrs. Dora Fisher of Brussels met her sister whom she hadn't
seen for 56 years, since she left England in 1919 ast age 19. Visiting Mrs. Fisher are
her sister Ethel Limberg and husband George of Margate, Kent, England. The
Limbergs plan to spend a few weeks in Canada. (Photo by Langlois)
Passes No. 1
Short
Shots
Brussels Public School will not
et the home economics and
ndustrial arts classrooms, that
ere planned. The Provincial
overnment rejected the entire
uron County Board of Education
rogram of school renovations
nd alterations saying no funds
were available.
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Congratulations to Brussels
torn "A's" who defeated
ucknow in their final series to
ring home the W.O.A.A.
hampionship. Congratulations
lso go to the Brussels Novice
earn, who for the fourth year out
five, won the annual Lucknow
ournament.
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The tardy oneswho have not yet
btained their 1975 license
ickers have been granted a few
ays of grace. The time for
etting them has been extended
March 15th.
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Complaints have been , heard
out several dogs running at
rge in the village. it is suspected
at some of these animals are not
ned by Brussels residents but
e unwanted ones that have been
opped off here, or that have
rayed, Dogs should be tied up.
at least confined to owner's
emises. This situation is a
arty problem.
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This is Easter Seal time again,
e annual appeal in aid of
ppled children. The Brussels
ns are again the sponsors of
e campaign in this community
hen you receive your Easter
als be as generotts as possible.
, out the enclosed cheque ,and
l in the addressed envelope
vided for your convenience.
ck a Fighter. Help crippled
ildren with Easter Seals,
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With two councillors abstaining
from voting, the number one
by-law was passed by Brussels
Council at their third meeting of
1975 on Monday night.
Councillors George Jutzi and
Frank Stretton abstained from
voting on the bylaw which names
appointees and sets salaries for
village employees for 1975.
Councillor Stretton said he
declined to vote on the bylaw until
the matter of a secret ballot on the
appointment of a Brussels
representative to the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority
was cleared up. Reeve Jack
McCutcheon suggested that it.
Was councillor Stretton''s duty to
investigate and come up with
Support for his interpretation of
clause 197 of the Municipal Act.
The reeve said that a month had
passed since the by law had been
introduced and there had been
ample time for anyOne to bring up
legitimate objections on the
subject.
Council heard teptesentatives
from the Brussels Lawn Bowling
Club, Frank Carter and Jim Smith
Who said they would accept the
old CST station from council and
will move it to their bowling
greens: The Old 'Station Will be
renovated as a bowling
clubhouse. The building will be
moved by the club and they will
fill in and clean the CN site
after it is moved. The bowlers
hope to have the station in place
by May, they told council.
-11;x13 Stretton asked councillors
to look into installing lights at the
Medical. Centre parking lot.
Councillors will consider the
matter. Mr. Stretton told Council
that the Medieal Centre could
install flood lights on the building
itself as well. •
The problem of dogs running
loose in the village was
discussed.Dogs must be kept tied
and wear 1975 licences. Council
will contact the Wingham dog
pound about the possibility of
taking dogs picked up in the
village there and will advertise for
a dog catcher.
Connell members are consider-
ing an overnight parking bylaw
and will investigate Other town's
regulatioriS and What . fees they
charge.
The council will also lOok into
setting up snowmobile
regulations for next year so that
problems like unnecessary noise
at night can be dealt With.
Immediate action will be taken
against Royal Homes of
The Huron County Board of
Education voted unanimously to
make an appeal to the Ont ario
Ministry of Education who
refused any capital allocation for
building projects for schools
under the board's jurisdiction for
the 1975 fiscal year.
The Board had budgeted for
$900,000 in its five-year forecast
which was to include $210,000 for
renovations to Exeter Public
School, the construction of an
industrial • arts and 'home
economics complex in Exeter,
Turnberry and Brussels each to
cost approximately $200,000 and
also $40,000 for a mini computer
for South Huron Secondary
School.
The computer facility, if it was
approved by the Ministry, would
have been installed as a pilot
project and under the Board's
approval similar facilities would
have been installed in other high
schools in the area.
D.J.Cochrane, Director • of
Education, told the board that he
was sure the Ministry would cut
back on expenditures but was
surprised that they got nothing at
all. He stated that the only course
of action was to appeal the
decision to the Minister. A letter
from the regiorial office of the
Ministry of/Education in London
stated that the region received its
proportion of provincial funding
and unfortunately all needs or
requirements cannot be met.
Board member Charles Thomas
bylaw
Wingham, Council decided, who
are pumping water from a home
' they own on James Street onto
the street. The water is causing
hazardous conditions on the
street.
A committee from Taro
Properties Ltd. who have the
contract to build the Senior
Citizens Apartments have been in
Brussels looking at the site, and
work will start as soon as weather
permits, council learned.
Councillors passed a resolution
requesting consideration by the
Minister of Housing for a grant
under the community planning
study program.
Monteith and Monteith of
Stratford will give an estimate on
the cost of auditing the village's
books and council will decide on
an auditing firm for 1975.
A donation of $50 was granted
to the Canadian Cancer Society:
David Hastings asked council
that he be alloWed to purchase the
chief's badge arid old revolver
used by his late father for a
keepsake and pertriission was
granted by council for the
purchase.
Ringing the town bell was
again discussed: Councillors
learned that many people mks its
morning ring.
said that the Board should
challenge the decision since the
building projects were not only
important from an educational
standpoint but it would also be
good for the economy by
providing jobs.
Since the Board cannot proceed
with any project and building
must be put off a delegation of
three members, Cayley Hill,
Harry Hayter and D.J.Cochrane,
were elected to approach the
ministry concerning grants for the
region.
The Board learned that under
the terms of the Education Act
the Chairman's Advisory
Committee could deduct an
amount not exceeding $300 'for
'each month missed by a board
Member. The , director of
education, acting as secretary,
will now keep a record of
attendance at board meetings and
committee meetings and the
attendance record will be
reviewed by the Advisory
Committee.
At the ,last meeting the
members passed a resolution that
the Advisory Committee would be
responsible for the question of
payment to an absent board
member and that the absence of
Trustee J.P.Alexander of
Wingham since November of last
year be considered an approved
leave of absence.
Under the terms of the
Education Act a board member
must forfeit his seat if he misses
three consecutive meetings
without a leave of absence.
However a 'board member- d'Oes
have the right to appeal if his
salary is affected by the
resolution.
In other board business a
delegation who had attended a
metric workshop in Chatham
advised the board to pursue a
metric education program. Vice-' -
chairman Herb Turkheim said
that he believes that it should be
part of the board's job to educate
the public on the metric system
which was coming • into effect
faster than the public realiztd. A
motion was carried for - the
Advisory Board to set up a metric
committee comprised of both
board members and staff people.
A report to the board from
Superintendent of Education J.
W. Coulter indicated that phasing
out North Ashfield School could
save the board over $2,000.
In the report Mr. Coulter listed
two options available which would
be to operate one classroom in
North Ashfield in the next school
year to accommodate grades five
and six and transport the other
students to Brookside or to
provide a portable classroom at
Brookside and accommodate all
the students at Brookside.
North Ashfield school has two
regular classrooms and two
divided by a wall while Brookside
has 11 classrooms, one
kindergarten, one library, a
gymnasium and a portable. The
present enrollment in North
Ashfield is 40 covering grades
four through six.
The matter was referred to the
committees for further investi-
gation with the suggestion that
the Board also re-evaluate its
school boundaries within the
County: One board member noted
that some children are already
being bussed several miles to
school while living within a
"stories throw" Of another
school.
The meeting of the Both' of
Education Marked the first time
the board had met on the first
Monday of the month Open to the
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