The Brussels Post, 1975-07-09, Page 1EstAeLostieD
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REPAIRING THE DAM Lloyd Glanville and MVCA
employees were repairing boards in the dam on the
Maitland at the Conservation Authority property last
week. They hope, to stop water leakage around the
dam completely. (Photo by Langlois)
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ler park at Monday night's
nail meeting.
ffective September 1, the lot
tal fees for the,ten trailers in
park will increase from $25 to
lerk William King said this
ease was so the village could
er its costs which include the
allation of sewers and roads.
he raise is to include the cost
garbage collection. Mr. King
that more recent admissions
he park had been warned
ut a future possible increase.
t the same time, council
Bested 'a copy of the lease
ement be sent to all tenants
ell them they must comply
the lease agreement.
r, King said this is only to
e sure that trailer owners
ntain their lots.
anks to the village ,council,
Brussels' Bowling Green Club
a new- clubhouse.
. King said the village
ht the old CNR station last
for a token amount, •for the
of the senior citizens.
e said it wasn't being used by
group because of its location,
which is on the north end of town.
Because the' seniors didn't use
it, it was given to the bowling club
which moved it to a new location
in front of the fairgrounds.
Council gave instructions to
send a letter to the Canadian
National Railway telling them
they had moved the building as
agreed upon earlier.
The council agreed to proceed
with the installation of a 36 inch
storm drain behind the senior
citizens units. The project is to
cost about $8,000 and the Ontario
Housing Corporation, OHC, has
agreed to p ay $4,500 of the cost.
Mr. King said there is a lot spot
behind the senior ' apartment
units, so the village wanted to
proceed with the work before the
OHC puts in the senior citizen's
apartment weeping system.
Council also agreed to
contribute seven and a half per
cent of the senior citizens units
operating deficit.
Mr. King said there will not
necessarily be a deficit, but it is
standard procedure that a
municipality agree to fund part of
the deficit. The federal
government, in turn, will pay 50
per .cent and the province 421/z
per ,cent.
Village council is going' to
spend $2,000 to have the fire hall
and the municipal office
re-roofed. Mr. King said no
tenders were calledhecause there
are no local companies that would
do the job.
Council invited a proposal
from Dane's Home Improvement
Co. of Listowel. The job is to be
completed early in September.
At Monday night's meeting
Reeve Jack McCutcheon and
three councillors were present
while Frank Strachan was absent
due to illness.
Council passed a by-law to
require all private swimming
pools to be fenced. When asked
later, Mr. King said the council's
meant all deep swimming pools,
not wading pools, although no
distinction was made with regard
to pool's size.
The by-law said the fence must
be a minimum of three feet away
from the edge of the pool, so if a
child tries to climb over, he lands
on earth and not into the pool.
He said this by-law was passed
following the recommendation of
a clerk treasurers' meeting which
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Students of Program 26
(formerly known.as SWEEP) were
• at work in Brussels for two days
last week cleaning up property
adjacent to the east side of the
river in the dam area. This
particular group involved in
student employment in the
Maitland Valley watershed, Les
Henderson and Nancy Danbrook
of Atwood, Andy Doig of
Wroxeter, Arlene Cleland and
Terry Quennell of Listowel and
Karen Wilson of Wingham, under
the direction of foreman Rick Earl
and sub-foreman Candace Kidd,
both of Atwood, are based in
Brussels at the former Logan
Mill. This crew will be working
in Morris, Grey, Elma, Wallace
and McKillop Township as well as
in Brussels, Listowel 7- and
Seaforth.
******
July 1st came and went with
little sign of celebration in
Brussels.Very few flags were
flying. Our village was quiet with
the exception of motorists passing
through and those who took their
usual turn of racing. about the
streets interrupting the restful.
peace of the holdayS with racing
motors and squealing tires, A
number of our residents took the
opportunity of enjoying
Centennial celebrations in
Seaforth, Listowel or, Atwood.
******
Eighty-four percent of Brussels
taxpayers • were pronipt in
payment of the' June installment
of their Municipal takes, Nine
percent took advantage of the
opportunity to pay the entire
amount of their 1975 taxes
instead awaiting until November
to make the final payment.
Sixteen percent of the tax money
due in June remains unpaid;
approidniately $8,351,00.
With what eager anticipation
Olyinpid tottery ticket holders
wait to see if they are the lucky
*too-deg -of -a million &Batt, Ate
ou lucky if you do win a million?
It has brought serious problems
to some of those who h ave. Their
troubles have included attempted
kidnapping, being forced to move
frequently to escape the
annoyance of harassment from
many quarters. Oh yes, it wold be
Ice to win a million but you had
better be prepared for the
problems it will bring with it.
* * * * *
Other than having a couple of
inquiries as to where the 12th of
July celebrations are to be held
we have heard little about "The
Glorious 12th" here this year. Not
too many years ago it was an
occasion to be looked forward to
with anticipation by a good
number of people. The "12t 'h"
parade and activities can be
remembered in. Brussels when it
" drew crowds of spectators as well
as the celebrating
L.O.L.members. This year ti.e
long-ago Battle of the Boye will
be remembered in Clinton on
Saturday of this week.
******
Times and wages sure have
changed. It has come to our
attention that hi the "Good Old
Days", 50 years ago, the scale of
wages for road workers in Morris
Township was as follows: patrol
men 25 cents per hour; 8hovellers
25 cetits'per hours; man and team
50 cents per hour;grader
operators 30 cents per hour.
Those were the days that people
thought would never ettd, but
they did. At least, a dollar they
bought a lot more than it. can be
stretched to purchase tO,day.
You never know what
you Might seel A resident Of our
business tectiOti heard, latd one
bight, a clatter that sounded like
horses. On looking out the
Window what did they See/ three
young ladies in wooden "shots
cluinping merrily along in great
glee.
BRUSSELS
104th Year • Issue No. 29, ' (WARM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1976 ,
russets council raises
is trailer tenants fees