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that were helchn the Brandon Cemetery in Belgrave on Sunday.
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107th Year — Inoue No. 27 ,
WEDNESDAY,JULY 5,1978
Morris
BRUSSELS
ONTARIO
Clerk gets raise
County :residency goes
ahead without .Brussels
County-wide residency for
senior citizen housing will lbeput
into effect as soon as possible in
21 out of Huron County's 26
municipalities.
This decision was reached at a
Huron County Council meeting on
June 30 and only the townships of
Stephen, Howick Morris and Grey
and the village of Brussels will
not participate, reasoning that the
present arrangement is suitable
to them.
Under this present arrange-
ment, municipalities with senior
citizen housing require vacancies
to be filled with either local
residents or people from
neighbouring townships with
whom they have signed agree-
ments.
In order to fill a vacancy with a
non-local person, the Huron
County Housing Authority has to
go through a lot of red tape with
the municipalities involved. So,
last fall, the authority requested
that it be allowed to place
applicants anywhere in the
county, based on need.
"I believe this is a better
system," said Huron County
Warden Gerry Ginn.
County Clerk-Treasurer, Bill
Hanley, agreed. "It seems much
more humane," he said
egplaining that senior citizens
don't have to go to senior citizen
housing outside their munici-
palities, but they have that elm*,
if necessary.
The Housing Authority
maintains that no one will be
forced to move to another
community for seniW citizen
housing but the change will
mean those who dolcan move with
less difficulty.
Brussels is the only munici-
pality with senior citizen housing
units that is not participating in
the new arrangement. Brussels
Reeve J. Calvin Krauter said his
municipality is willing to accept
people outside the village but he
wants to be able to say which ones
it will take.
Exeter Reeve, W. Eldrid
Simmons said, "I believe
Brussels is discriminating against
the rest of Huron County and
that's against human rights."
The change to county-wide
residency is unlikelyjto create a
difference in what the partici-
pating municipalities are paying
to support their senior citizen
housing. Under the new agree-
ment they will pay on a per-capita
basis a 7.5 per cent share of any
operating deficit for the 237 units
involved.
' Wingham OPP foiled a break
and enter attempt at the Belgrave
Co-op late Monday afternoon and
have one suspect in custody.
Bernard McQuaid, 19 of
Seaforth, has been charged with
break and enter with intent at the
United Co-operatives Storage
shed on Highway 4 in Belgrave.
He was remanded in custody to
July 6 for a bail hearing in
Wingham. Jim Nelemans, branch
manager of the Co-op, said the
break and enter was discovered
when Wingham OPP on their way
back • froni • the Fleck .
Manufacturing strike in Huron
Park noticed a strange. car in the
parking lot. Since the Co-op was
closed Monday for the Canada
Day Holiday, the police' .decided
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Man charged
with mischief
David George Rosekat, 18 of R.
R. #1, Walton has been charged
with three counts, of mischief
following an incident Sunday
morning in which four wind-
shields were smashed, 'on vehicles
owned by Lorne Brown, Bridge
. Motors and James Jutzi. •
He is to appear July 12 in
provincial court in Wingham.
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
Anyone who watched the
"Canada Show", presented on
Saturday night on the CBC to
celebrate Canada's 111th
birthday, could not help but be
impressed with the multi-cultural
content of the program. The
people from many lands, who
have come to make Canada their
home,, have brought. with them,
retained and nourished, their
cultural heritage. Thereby they
have enriched Canada for the
enjoyment of us all. They should
be encouraged, and applauded
for this.
******
We hear on every side what
terrible shape the Canadian
economy is in. It was then
refreshing to read, in an excerpt
from the Toronto Star, that at
least one writer on that staff held
a different view. He wrote, in
part, "it is not really an economic
problem we have. It is a problem
born -of success rather than
failure. Over the past quarter Oa
century we have done so well that
our expectations are high. That
makes any setback seem like a
crisis. For the vast majority of
Canadians life has never been
better." „.
There is certainly a great
deal of truth in what he said. If we
were all honest with ourselves we
would have to admit that for most
Of us, the past years have been
good. The greed for material
possessions and easier lifestyle
makes us loath to give any of it tip
orbe satisfied with what we have.
* * *
It is gratifying to know that our
fine Brussels Legion Pipe Band
has attracted and is recognized
beyond their own community.
They have been invited to parti-
cipate in a number of Centennial'
Parades, including those of
Seaforth, Strathroy and Harriston
as well as, on other occasions.
Why not! The sound of those
pipes and drums, and their smart
appearance, in' those attractive
swinging kilts, are welcome
sound and sight anywhere.
******
"Canada Day", July 1, di d
not • 'create much of a stir in
Brussels. Very few flags were
flying.and our village was quiet. It
appeared that many were away
enjoying the holiday weekend
elsewhere. There were all kinds
of cars. seen passing through
hauling trailers and campers of all
descriptions, or with canoes atop
the cars. Presumably they were
heading" for various lakes or
campsites.
* * * * * *
There may be a sensible way to
get rid of all the garbage that
municipalities are finding it more
difficult all the time to find space
for, (No, not propel it into the
upper atmosphere. There is too
much junk up there now) It seems
that experts in such matters are
experimenting with something
called Liquid Methanal Fuel to be
obtained from municipal garbage,
It this turnsotit to be feasible it
will do two things. Provide a 'good
way to dispose of garbage an
somewhat alleviate the so-called
fuel shortage, Just imagine,
someday our disgarded trash may
keep us warm. Nice thought if
only it proves less expensive than
the oil our furnaces gobble up' so
quickly,
By Debbie Ranney
Following a lengthy discussion,
Morris Township Council made
some concessions in the income of
Township clerk Jane Badley who
had offered her resignation a
month ago.
In the end, a motion was made
and carried that ‘Mrs. Badley be
paid $75 a month rent, retroactive
to the first of January for using
her home as an office and that she
would be paid $916.30 for hours
and mileage for the Association'of
Municipal clerks and Tresaures of
Ontario course that she took in
London to make up for extra
hours she had worked in the
spring on the liquor 'vote. .
In addition Mrs. Badley will be
paid $517.50 for typewriter chairs
and desk, so that the township
will now have ownership of the
'office equipment. She will also
be paid for other mileage and for
her telephone bills on behalf of
the township. The.clerk :started to
keep a time sheet on June 19 and
her wages are to be adjusted on
November 1 to $5 per hour as per
her time sheet from Jurie 19.
Council heard from Ken Henry
and Dianne English of the
Bluevale Recreation Association
who were in need of money for
purchasing things for the ball
diamond.
Mr. Henry told council that the
association had put playground
equipment right on the boundary
of Morris and Turnberry, He said
they had gilt in a slide, a climber,
tow new teeter-totters," four
swings, new bleachers and a new
backstop fOr the ball diamond,
The association plans to resurface
the diamond and fence both sides
of it. They also want to extend the
diamond to make it look a little bit
bigger.
He said right now the group
has a balance of $1,914.90. He
told council members that Blue-
vale would really like to get lights
for the ball park. "I think when
we can show a really good ball
diamond, we can get lights," he
said.
He also said the township of
Turnberry had given a donation of
$1,000.
Morris held a recreation
meeting after the adjournment of
the regular council meeting and
decided to give the Bluevale
group a grant of $300.
In other business, council de-
cided that Murray Reid should
spray approximately 50 miles of
mad on sideroads 2, 3 and 4 at $6
In a Board of Health report
presented at the Huron County
Council meeting on Juno 30, it
was learned that the Medical
Officer of Health had received
requests from two industries
in the County, Domtar and
Dashwood Industries, to provide
hearing tests for their employees
on an annual basis., These in,
chistrieS are now required to have
this done due to regnlatOry,
changes from the Ministry of
a mile and that the township
supply the spray.
Morris also received a letter
from. Brussels council regarding
their share of the deficit on the
senior citizens apartment in
Brussels. Their share would be 25
per cent according to the number
of people in the building from
Morris. The clerk was instructed
to write Brussels that Morris had
agreed to pay 15 per cent of the
operating deficit until a new
agreement was drawn up.
The plowing match was also
discussed and councillor Ross
Procter suggested that a few
members of council attend a
meeting of the Plowman's As-
sociation and ask if council could
do anything for them.
Council decided to give a
donation of $10 to the Huron
Historical Society.
labour.
Atpresent time the Audio
Technician is Working ten months
of the year and is granted a leaVe
of absence for July and August.
The proposed Industrial Hearing
Testing could be carried out
during the summer months if the
Audio Technician were retained
on an annual basis, A five dollar
fee is proposed which would make
fhe program financially self-Sup.
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Health Uhit to
do hearing. tests