The Brussels Post, 1975-04-02, Page 1GETTING READY — Canoes and paddlers are all lined up ready to start the
Brussels Lions Canoe race at the Ethel bridge on Saturday. Twenty-one canoes •
were entered, despite the wintery weather and only one had an upset.
(Photo by Mrs. Greg Cowan)
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104th Year - Issue No. 14
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1975
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BRUSSELS
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Canoes portage,
paddle in Lions race
BATON TWIRLER. 811,1114. 'TROPHIES — Julie
Mactionatdpoeet'. With 801116 of the trophies that: her
skill as baton twirler have won her.. Julie is the
dapghter of Nitt,. and MrtGraidnie: MattjOhard of
• (Photo by Latigio*
r.
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An interested crowd of
spectators gathered at the
starting point of the BrtiSsels
Lions Club Southwestern
Championship Canoe Race, at
the bridge one and a half miles
east of Ethel on Saturay, to watch
the launching of the canoes and
the start of the eager paddlers.
The weather was not conducive
to a pleasant canoe trip but the
river conditions, according to
Grey Cown, were very good, no
canoe scraped bottom as was the
case last year.
One couple Were unforttinate
enough to get an unexpected
ducking in the cold water of the
Maitland soon after the race
started and withdrew. None of the
canoeists encountered any great
difficulty at the Brussels dam
portage.
Excited spectators Were on
hand at observation points
enroute and to watch the finish of
the race at the Lions Park and
encourage the paddlers On the
last lap of their approximately 10
mile trip.
Presentations were made to
prize winners at the Lions Park in Brussels.
PROFESSIONAL-6 entries Prizes
$75,00 - 1st - dreg arid Ted
Cowan :Brussels)
$50.00 = 2nd. Rene tioogetnanS
(t-letthall; and Ken. Farwell
(Zurich)
$25.00 - 3rd Julius Langpeter and
Ted McCabe (Windsor;
- 4th Dale Campbell
(13drrie) and Pat Boisson-
neault (Alliston)
- 5th Donald J. Martin
(Brussels) & Joe Ditch
(Ethel)
6th Neil Ennis (St.
Th omas) & Mike Mc-
creadie (Aylmer)
AMATEUR-- 15 entries
Paddle Trophies
1st. J.D.Hobbs (Barrie) & Mike
Ruddock (Orillia)
2nd. ' Bob Wissenz & Ian
McMillan (Rockwood)
3rd, Jim Dewar — Rick Bulley
Julie MacDonald', 9 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mts.
Graenie MacDonald, Brussels,
was successful in Winning several
Cards at the annual Baton
Competitions held in WitighArn
recently. Entered in five separate
categories in daytime she
captured three 1st place
trophies, one 2nd, and One 3rd.
The pagAerit which is entirely
separate from the earliet events
(Chatham)
4 Steve Guay, & Tony Risler
(London).
5-Doug Buwalds(London) &
Urbie Buwalds (Denfield)
6- Bill Macintosh (Chatham) &
Robert Paxton
Wallaceburg
7- Larry Brownlee & Bill' Tait
(London)
8- D avid & Richard 'Tait
alvinston)
9- Don Verhaeghe & Leo Denys
(Wallacebtirg)
10- George McClory & Paul
Cloakey (Brussels)
11- Murray McArter (Kitchener-
Waterloo) & Murray
(Continued on Page. 16)
continued into the evening. By
virtue of winning the "Princess'
division of the'Pagaent last year,
•Julie moved up to compete in the
"Queen" category this year with
girls 12 years old and over, and
placed 2nd in the final standing.
In the Majorette portion of the
Queen competition Julie. Came out
on top with a Mark of 87.1Th ree
girls tied for second position With
,84.
The name. of Lester tvlachan, a
former resident of Brussels, was
listed'as the Producer-Director of
the series based on the book "Six
War Years" written by Barry
Broadfoot. This interesting series
*as seen on the CBC presentation
"Take Thirty". Since leaving
Brussels, Mr. Machan has been a
member of the CBC staff,
Toronto.
******
If you want to have any idea of
what the temperature is going to
be you better bone up on the
Celsius scale and forget about
Fahrenheit. As of now. tempera-
tures are to be given in the
unfamiliar scale. If it is as
confusing to you as it is to many
people have a look at last week's .
Post which gave as simple an
explanation as we have seen.
******
• The Brussels firemen
responded to a call on Easter Day
to the home of Mrs. Winnie Bell
where fire was suspected. Steam
. appeared to be rising from the
roof of the house•ami they could
smell smoke but no fire could be
located. It was then discovered
Gerald Gibson was elected to
the board and praise and
efficiency were the by-words at
the Wingham and District Hospi-
tal Association annual meeting.
Praise for the hospital, the staff
and the board of governors came
from all the speakers. Retiring
Chairman Robert Ritter spoke
briefly but enthusiastically on the
"interest and dedication" of the
board members who "regard it as
a form of public service". He also
commented on the "high quality
of patient care" available at the
hospital, adding that "the quality
of care is related to the manner in
which the board looks to the good.
of its staff."
Mr. Ritter acknowledge the
work of Mrs. I. E. Morrey, who
retired from her position as
executive director in June 1974,
and the generous help of the
Hospital Auxiliary.
Words of praise were also
offered by Mrs. Robert Ritter in
her report from the public rela-
tions committee. "We have an
excellent hospital of which we
should be proud", she said. This
attitude was echoed in all the
that the smoke was carried by the
wind from a neighbour's woods
fire in a fireplace and hovering
over the roof appeared to be
coming from Mrs. Bell's resi-
dence. With the wind blowing it
was fortunate that it was a false
alarm.
******
From hereon it is "GO EASY
ON THE BUTTER". Spread it
thin for it has gone up in price 13
cents .per pound. Of course, if
you are a millionaire, or not as
fond of good butter as some of us
are, or are willing to give up
something else instead, the
increased price will not bother
you, so go on and spread it as
thick as ycu like.
******
Too bad if you splurged on a
beautiful new outfit to show off on
Easter Sunday. Your Easter
bonnet would have had to be
anchored securely to your head of
it most surely would have been
carried off by the angry March
wind. It was a day to stay close to
home and off the highways where
the wind blown snow made
visibility nil at times.
reports presented by the various
committee chairmen and was
manifest in the speedy passage of
t he annual meeting that lasted
less than two hours.
A report on hospital activity by
Executive Director Norman
Hayes indicated that total admis-
sions for 1974 decreased but
hospital services increased signi-
ficantly from 1973. With an eye
to the future, Mr. Hayes prophe-
sied that "1975 should be some-
what more serene as a whole"
and concluded that "there really
is no problem that's insurmount-
able."
Acclaimed as members of the
board were: Doug Button,
Teeswater-Culross; Robert Gib-
son. Howick Township; M. J.
Craig, Morris Township; Harold
Walker, Blyth-East Wawanosh
Townships; Harold Elliott, Turn-
berry Township; Jack Hodgins
and De Witt Miller, Wingham.
Mr. Hodgins and Mr. Miller were
elected for a two-year term, while
board members M.R. Kaufman
and Boris Milosevic have one
more year to serve as Wingham
(Continued on page 16)
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
folio MacDonald.
ins _baton awards
Elect G. Gibson
to hospital board