The Brussels Post, 1977-11-02, Page 1hurry and
be a great
the date,
E.Madill is
east
spotters"
La on both
er will be
F.E.Madill
nd "Drink
it covers
ities for a
of events
,them a
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO
Reforestation scheme had
limited success County hears
n
U ES
The Huron County
Reforestation scheme has had
limited success after its first year
of existence and a report to
Huron County Council Friday
revealed taht only five land-
owners turned over 25 acres of
land for reforestation.
The plan was implemented at
the beginning of the year and
basically involves an agreement
between the landowner, the
municipality the land is in, the
county and the ministry of natural
resources. The ministry provides
the manpower and machinery to
plant the trees and the costs are
paid by the township and county.
Half the costs are paid by the
county and half left to the
responsibility, of the township.
The townships can choose
whether to pay their half
themselves or pay a quarter of the
costs leaving the remainder for
the landowner.
Marvin Smith from the
Wingham office of the ministry of
natural resources told council
21,000 trees had been planted
under the scheme and that the
county share of the costs was.
$1,370. He broke the expenses
down to great detail showing that
No serious damage has been
reported as the result of the acts
of reckless Hallowe'en pranksters
in the early morning hours.
Fire hydrants throughout the
village -were opened off and on. If
there had been a fire, a shortage
of water caused by this, could
have caused a disaster, or even -
loss of life. Those on duty
patrolling the village kept a clsoe
close watch on what was going on
to alleviate the danger of such an
occurrence.
Another dangerous incident
took place on the main street. A
car tire was filled with gasoline•
and set afire. It was rolled across
the street from in front of the
5,000 trees, in six acres in
Goderich township, 4,000 trees on
five. acres in Hullett township and
10,000 on 10' acres . in East
Wawanosh. Two types of trees
were planted according to the
reports which showed that 17,000
white pine trees were used and
(Continued on. Page 16)
Yilllage Inn, bounced over the
' curb, and landed against the front
of the Brussels Post building,.
Fortunately it was observed and
quickly extinguished by Malcolm
Jacobs, Harold Bridge and
Murray Lowe. If it had bounced
high enough to crash through the
window the portion of the
building being renovated by
'George of Brussels) it would
almost certainly have caused a
fire which could have demolished
the entire building. demolished the
culprits seemed intent on
setting fires for shrubs and paper
at the side of the library were
ignited) but were put out before
too much harm resulted.
the county portion covered half
the ranting costs, repairs to the
planting machinery and the costs
for the nursery stock. The total
costs for the planting were
$2,216.
Mr. Smith reported that 2,000
trees were planted on a four acre
parcel in Ashfield township,
Pranksters out
Halloween damage slight
ESTABLISHED
ten
Brussels Post
'INCHING UPWAR I •Poriatj40-for',Mie. 01N001p:
'Morris and GY6jr.tiirti.M.dnityJderfie Fund .are still
-rising. Here Bruce Armstrong 'paints in the
thermometer, which indicates that the fund has ,
moved well past the $150;000 mark.
Flora Street sewers 'near .completiOn'
106th Year - Issue No.44
EONESOAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1977
ounty council adopts
Senior liouing policy
Work on the Flora Street chain
which has been causing flooded
basements in the Brussels area
should be completed in a few
days, according to village clerk,
Bill King.
This year, a length otthree foot
tile has been installed in the drain
Ghost window scribtlers
Could not Wait for HallOWe'en to
practice their messy art.
Windows of main street business
places were well plastered with
their efforts by. Saturday:
* * :f4 *
If you are not a regular user
of our fine Brussels Library yOu
Are losing out on one of life's
greatest pleasures.reading.
There has been a recent exchange
Of books of Huron Comity Library
atidthe shelves are full of
reading matter to suit any literary
.tastt„ There is an excellent assortme n t of children's books, It •
You are creative there is materialon arts, Crafts you like
tottiaiitio reading there are
romantic novels or historical novels, these do not Interest: YOU there are biographies( WeSternS, detective .stories, Whatever your taste in reading
find it in our library... GO• 'nand browse around.
Y6tt Win 136 amazed at the wide range o.„ subjects to select &tit
* 30*
The. the maloite YVomen's Institute are Very busY
to help relieve the problems.
In connection with the
proposed installation of sanitary
sewers in the village the Ministry
of Environment has negotiated
easements for the sewers in the
village which are expected to be
installed next year.
these days preparing all those
lovely things you find to choose
from at a bazaar. These items will
be offered for sale at their bazaar
to be held in the library on
Saturday, November 12th. Not
only will there be beautiful
needlew6rk and crafts but also
delicious homemade baking to
tempt the tastebuds of your
family. The November meeting of
the W.I. on the 9th will feature a
film on energy with Mrs. Leona
Connelly and Mrs. Ida Evans as
conveners.
** >it * * *
After the calls made at our
„home on Monday evening by
"Trick or Treaters" I concluded
that the Brussels ghosts, goblins,
and various other Hallowe'en
characters we welcomed were in
spite Of their"sonietimeS terrifying
appearances, the nicest
Mannerly holgoblins anywhere.
******
It is encouraging to find that
at last a more effective way to
• treat petty vandalism is being
tried. Fines have proved to be no
deteteht, Now the idea is' that
(Continued oh Page 16)
Huron County Council
endorsed a county-wide policy for
senior citizens housing at its
Friday session and now plans to
contact .each municipality in the
county to see if suitable
agreements can be worked out.
Council accepted 'a recommen-
dation from executive committee
that would have the county pick
up any operating deficits from
senior citizens residences in order
to establish a county wide
residency rule.
The committee felt that more
efficient use could be made of
senior citizens units if a one year
county wide residency rule Was
adopted. To accomplish the
residency rule the county plans to
negotiate with each municipality
to relieve the municipalities of the
responsibility of the operating
deficit. This would become a
county concern.
Under the present system the
municipality the senior citizens
housing is located in is
responsible for 71/2 percent of any
operating deficit the unit incurs,
By accepting: the responsibility
for the operating deficit the
municipality ensures that its
senior citizens will get housing
when needed by invoking the one
year residency rule:-The Senior
citizens must live in the
municipality in which the' unit is
located for one yeaar to be eligible
for the government-sponsored
housing:
The committee felt that the
resiliency rule could be expanded
to cover the entire county if the
county picked up the deficits.
That way all seniors in the county
Would be assured eligibility for
government housing even if their
municipality had no housing
Within its jurisdiction.
County clerk Bill Hanly
explained to council that if the
county picked up the deficit the
costs would be pro-rated across
the municipalities in the county.
He said that larger municipalities
would pay a greater portion of the
costs due to' their population but
added that the costs would be less
than if they had to pay the entire
71/2 percent on a unit in their
jurisdiction.
Hanly explained that the
motion would not put the county
into any position, to dictate
location of future units. He said
each municipality would still be
left to negotiate for its own units
as the ,need developed.
Mrs. Barbara Watts recently
has been appointed Clysdale
Division Commissioner for the
Girl Guides of Canada.
Mrs, Vq,•atts ltas, 7 districts
within her jurisdiction: They are
Stratford, St,. Marys, ListoWel;
Is4Onkton, IviilVertori, Mitchell ;
Exeter, Huron. Park,
Staforth and Brussels. There ate
1100 girl guides , brownies,
rang ett and cadets in this area.
The ClySdale Division Arithial
banquet was held t at St, Joseph
ktClitiith Stratford, \OCt.. 14,
attending• were Barbara Watts.
tiebble Troitope, Linda Patterson.
Mr. Hanly said all that Would
change would be the eligibility
rule meaning a person in Zurich
could move into a unit in
Wingham if he wished, without
having to live injWingharn a year
to become eligible. He added that
the person would not be sent to
Wingham unless requested and
would be permitted to locate in
the municipality of his choice.
Bayfield 'reeve 'Ed Oddleifson
said that he favored the motion
,provided the senior citizens still
had the right to live where, they
chose. He said the motion was
another step that wouldt ensure
that senior citizen units were used
to the most advantage. Hd added
that vacancies in the units were
very costly to the municipality
that built them.
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
Brussels guide. leader
named commissioner