The Brussels Post, 1977-11-16, Page 1REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY — Members
of the Brussels Legion, Brownies, Air Cadets and
village citizens turned out on a cold and blustery day
Friday to honour Brussels men who gave their lives
in war. Here District Commissioner Barb Watson
leads the Brownies who placed a wreath at the -
cenotaph. (Photo by Langlois)
A construction program started
this fall by Maitland 'II eleservices
is nearing completion.
The program has involved
installation of buried cable- and
service wires on the 9 and 10';
concessions and 15 and
concessions of Grey Township,
I the 3 and 4 concessions of Morris
Township as well as in the Ethel,
tarea.
j The 35 miles of cable and
approximately 12 miles of service
wire was placed by The
1Telephone Cable and Wire
Company. The cable at a cost of
approximately $250,000, addi-
tional switching equipment that
' also was required will cost
approximately $50,000 additional.
According to officials the
construction program will provide
Maitland Teles,;rvices customers
with a more reliable service but
will not reduce the present line
loads. However, on the 9 and 10
concessions of Grey an improved
grade of service will result since a
large cable has been placed from
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Teiephpne, Co,
installs
• buried cable
BBA approves
of penitentiary russels Pogt. The Brussels Business
Association has approved in
principle the idea of locating a
federal penitentiary in the village.
At its meeting November 2 , the
association asked member Herb
Stretton to write a letter to MP
Robert McKinley indicating
support for council's decision to
apply for the. penitenti4F,Ye 4 .
BBA In other busine4s, the has
been told the druggiSI who has
agreed to set up a shop in the
village will begin a satellite
service using a Zenith number 'in
the near future until he can obtain
the services of a qualified
pharmacist.
The association members were
informed that a new industry,
The lack of respect shown by
some segments of the public
during the Remembrance Day
Service at the Cenotaph greatly
troubled some of those in atten-
dance. The constant passing of
trucks and cars on the street in
front of the Cenotaph made the
service inaudible on a number of
occasions. There were also
complaints of annoying banging
car doors and cars starting up and
pulling away from nearby gas
pumps. Folks questions why the
Cenotaph area of the main street
could not be closed during the
short period of the Remembrance
Day Service. People are also
asking why, when a proclamation said businesses and offices would
be closed from 10 a.ro,to 12 noon,
some continued business during
that time.
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Witter was introduced to us
last week with the first snow of
the season ,Grationsly, Mother
Nature did not dump too .Mitch of
the pesky white Stuff on us to
start with. We hope it remains
this Way for some time to come,
There are those who tell us we are
to have a great deal of trio* and
severe cold this Winter, That is
not a bright prospect considering
thdrising fuel ceSts. Driving froth
tondon to Brussels on Friday
evening Was extremely hazardous
with snoW Squall§ and the
8111:1)drY conclitiotts. bitt were
Link-Belt, has shown some
interest in Brussels as a possible
location for some of its
operations. Ken. Webster and
Terry Sugg were asked to follow
up on the matter.
Medals and trophy for the
upcoming bed race were shown to
the Members and approved. 7he
,_medals were purchased with
donations,from Fred Stephenson,
John Cousins, Brussels Inn, Zip
Electric, George Langlois, Cec.
Moore, J. and K. Shoes, Olympia
Restaurant, Jacobs Saddlery,
Texan Grill, McCutcheon.
Grocery, Ray and Helen's and the
Brussels Post.
An entry form for the bed race
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spotted-off the highway, no doubt
there, because of unwary drivers
who did not sufficiently heed
driving conditions and use
necessary caution.
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NO longer will the Lombardo
Band be led by Guy Lombardo, a
native of, the London, Ontario
area, without whose music New
Year's Eve would never' have
been the same. It was brought to
our attention by Gerald Gibson
that the late "Bobs" Campbell
told him that he had danced to the
music of the Guy Lombardo Band
in the old Brussels Town Hall a
good many years ago. Are there
any of our readers who can recall
when Guy and two of his brothers
played here?
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It now seems that there will be
a compromise between the Old
Order Amish and the Ontario
Milk .Marketing. Board that will
enable the Amish farmers to
market their Milk ,in Ontario and
still adhere to their religious
beliefs and retain their family
farenS. That is good news. It
would be a pity for them to have
to leave their farms here in
Ontario and go to the U.S.; or
elsewhere. Having lived among
theft as a child, I am' well aware
of What fine people and good
fatriers they are, in spite of what
some people consider their
Strange ways.
The Huron County Board of
Education made a move at its
Monday meeting that should
encourage greater involvement of
trustees in board business in 1978
and result in more debate during
monthly board meetings. The
board realigned its committee
system 'dropping the present two
comittee policy and replacing it
with a five committee one.
The move was made after a
three-day board seminar held
earlier in November. Trustees
met in a three day private session
to review its organization and
,method of co-operation and
agreed to give the five committee
system a one-year t rial period to
see if it is more effective.
Director of Education John
Cochrane said Monday that the
five committee system is
designed to make more members
of the board actively involved in
board business, He said the new
system should encourage more
debate during board meetings
and should make the public more
aware of what the.aboard of
education does.
Cochrane explained that under
the old two committee system the
bulk of the board's work was done
at the committee level and only
involved half the board members.
He said seven of the 16 trustees
sat on the education committee
and seven on the management
committee: The vice-chairman
usually,Sat in On one committee's
meetings and the Chairman on the
other.
"When a committee made a
recommendation to, the board to
-:be voted on it already had half the
board voting in favor of it Witheitt
the other half`even knowing about
it," said Cochrane. "What
usually happened is the other half
would assume that if the Other
committee was hi favor of it it
must be good and voted in favor
of it."
Committee Responsibility
The five committee system was
presented to the board by Mr.
Cochrane after he worked with
the four superintendent's roles in
the education system.
Each committee will consist of
a chairman elected by the board
and two members appointed by a
striking committee made up of
the board chairman and vice-
chairman and the four elected
chairmen. An executive
committee will consist of the
board chairman and vice-chair
man, the past chairman if he or
she wishes and, one or two
members of the board, whichever
is required to bring the committee
membeiship to four.
Other committees will be the
'fiscal and property policies
committee, the instructional
personnel policies committee, the
school programs policy committee
and the student policies
committee. Each will have a
chairman and two appinted
members.
Mr.Cochrane said no trustee will
sit on more than one committee
ensuring that every trustee has
responsibilities to handle. He
said the committee will have
to review any material offered on
a recommendation and then sell it
to the board at the regular
meeting, It will then be up to the
remaining trustees to ask
e
questions on the subject and
nsure that the decision will be
beneficial to their constituents.
"The biggest critipisin the
beard receives is thati,tt rubber
stamps things' said Mr.
Cochrane. "This is bound to
create More debate removing that
criticism.
Mr. Cochrane' Went on record
with the board as being opposed
to the two committee system. He
said the committees were too
large and weren't working
effectively to make all the
trustees aware of what the board
was doing. He said he wasn't
going to completely condemn the
two committee system and say it
was ineffective in handling board
business, but he would say that
he hoped the new system would
be better.
He said that the recent Huron
County shool system evaluation
report, which was completed in
May, was not the reason the
board ;changed its policy. He
pointed out that the report
"planked away at communication
problems" but it was not the
impetus for the chanee.
The five committee system will
o on trial for one year and the
board will evaluate its results in
November of 1978. At the
January meeting the committees
will be established and shout d
be functioning by Februaryof next
year.
"We'll have to stub our toes
and maikesome changes as we g6
along," said Mr. Cochrane.
We'll have to see how it goes,"
The board also changed the
format for its meetings to permit
more time during board sessions
for debate. Meetings now start at
1:00 pan, with committee Of the
whole and the public portion
begins at 2:00 pan. Now the
committee of the whole will m eet
on the third Monday of each
month and that session will be
followed by the four comittee
meetings, held simultaneously in
the board officeS.
The, monthly meetings will
begin in public session at 1:00
p.m,.Ori the first Monday of every
BRUSSELS.
ONTARIO
106th Year - Issue No.46
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1977
n committee system
of E makes changes
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy