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INFORMATION
WANTED
regarding the descendants of
those Who took part in, ex-
i halted at, or attended the
Canadian National Exhibition
during its early years.
FOUNDERS' YEAR
This
year punks
t e Diamond
yb
Jubilee e of the Exhibition,
and e
a
uh-t has O i
s been set1 as
""Founders' Year" in honour of
those mon and women who sup-
ported the Exhibition during
those early years by their organiz-
ing ability, their exhibits or their
attendance. A special effort is
being made' to locate as many as
possible of the descendants of
those far•seeieg pioneers, and to
hold a gala roumon on the open-
ing day of the Exhibition.
For registration card write
to or call in at Canadian
National Exhibition office,
8 King St. West, Toronto.
New Attractions This Year
Royal Artillery Band
For the first time in history this
famous band is leaving the British
Isles to visit the C.N.B. Band concerts
daily from the specially constructed
Band Shell on the grounds.
Guy Lombardo ...Benny Goodman
▪ ,.Tommy Dorsey
An enormous marquee has been
erected covering a dance floor250feet
by 90 feet Here the maestros of sweet
and swing music will conduct their
famoua orchestras. Come and dance.
• Come to this greatest annual
Exhibition on earth. Agriculture,
art, science, engineering. Dramatic
exhibits by European countries.
• Horsemanship, stock fudging,
sculling, power boats, stunt drivers,
fireworks ... 350 acres of land and
buildings.
DIAMOND JUBILEE 1879-1938
GEORGE Biuooea,. Ecwcon A. seems,
President General Manager
CANADIAMI:NATIONAL
EXHIBITION
Aiiig. , tiotioNTo,4ept.10
The Brussels Post
FOUNDED -1875
R. W. KENNEDY — Publisher
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Th -UE 'POSY' P1tLNT
BRUSSELS —.— CANADA
Telephone 31 Brussels, Ont.
bless where a comfortable borne NOTE AI1n COMMENT Letter To
NOTE f11�+1+ L +1��►•
Mail be Irro'rtdod or a faintly, where
eltilldorn can be raised And oduea4
ed,
an it le le business that Pee-
nntts the percale to give the young
yolk a Malt in life,'•
The Bairn has done lies from the
start 01 ag'rieultui'e in Canada, and
no doubt will continue ,to de so,
Naturally the p'rbductiveness of
the land and the , management'
determine ite some extent the stan-
dard of living that May be enjoyed
in thee termterm home but cult .u^
s,
genuine Cenvf0nt rain ideal home life
are not always bought with money.
On some rough - h epoVertsthed farm,
one will Rad a cozy cottage, vine -
covered. and euerOunded by
trees and flowers., while the fertile
teem may leave some structure
called a home that stands out bisalt
and bare, indecent in Its nudity.
It le not a question of money or
of wealth, It 1s a state of mice
Unfortunately it is a stale of mind,
when 1a reverse, that makes young
People dissatisfied with 'rural life
and robs the anof those youthful
pleasures, thtrt boys and girls
derive from the pleasant associa-
tions In else home which they ad-
mire and adore,
With :time, Patience and effort
the rural home can be made a panel's announcing a red'hotion iu
beauty spot without the outlay of the wages if men working la 1;, S.
steel md11s, As a rule that is
moneya
why should it not s about the same as saying that a
attractive, From without as wet las ti*ike is on the way within? Nature, with trees and s,*T*.
shrubs and flower, will make the Man in Montreal is charged with
home a part the landscape that having kept $100 which ris fiance
draws rather than repels,
The tidy, well -kept home edit, gave him to buy her an engagement
value to the property, but more ring. And it seems well that the
affair ended right here.
important still it stimulates the
pride, salt -respect and inward satis-
faction
Tile march of the army worm is
Not of those who dwell 'Pile not pleasant in this province, bat
only does it stable els Ile we'd rather have that than some of
oeai1y s to live but it makes life the armies which aa'e marching in
really worth ]lying, other parts of the world.
MORE TRAFFIC OFFICERS Marriages in Canada increased by
SUGGESTED 12 per cent, in June as compared
to last year's .showing for that
The Ontario Safety League is rive
eating the appoi0tmeut of a largo
number of additional tratflc officers
on Ontario highways, a suggestion
that is more likely to impress the
government with the expense that
would be involved In augmenting
the traffic speed, rather than wit '
the benetlt from a safety viewpoint
that night be expected to "follow
the appointment of more motor-
sycle men,
There is no disputing the foot
that the sight of a traffic officer in
the neighborhood has a very mark
ed effect for the better on driving
teohnige. 'Pre nios't reckless
driver steadies down, the speeder
brings his racy within the limit, the
roadhog keeps to his own side and
the bttthe spirit who thinks it fen
to weave in and out of traffic gets
into line and stays there,
Unfortunately, however, motor
cycle officers cannot be everywhe"'
at once and their present routes are
decidedly long. The result is they
are able to deal only with a frac-
tion of the driving irregularities'
that are committed on the highways
and there are not enough of then"
to make drivers realize that their
movements' are more or less' car -
Unmanly ander observation and
that it would be good business •to
obey the traffic code. The Safety
Leaguebras something there when It
suggests that condttions ou the
highway cannot be expected to im-
Prove 'materially until the roads are
more crlosely patrolled. That of
Course can only be clone by the a.
pointing el more officers,. The
present office1;s are .doing all that
could be expected of them, Their
beats are extensive and there Is
n'0 limit to the hours , they work
both night and day.
Twice as many of diem would do
twice as. much work and it is reas-
onable 10 say would cause drivers
to be twice es careful,
Rumania rias been without beef'
during t1 heat were beea95e of a
dileliiute. Peace evidently has its
terms ae well 08 war,
ISOems rather Strange but no Iter•
son has so far thought of askleg
Mussolini ger littler what sitould be
done With
our rai11
L>
p
roblem
We eau'it jest get it straight why
Japan after tending CJlelna should
obieot to Iluslsta stepping access
the border into •the Japanese Alan-
deeukuo,
A Boeten vess- el ,boo been datnag-
ed ,to the extent of $5,000 by being
bunted by a whale, The 'latter will
probably be charged as a hitand-
run driver.
- -*—*—
Kitchener .Record has developed
Its instinct For statistics to the
point where It states there are 57
varieties of potato salad and Ste) of
these taste not irad if a fellow is
very hungry.
There was, something in. the
STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING
There are people who are certain
they are going to be struck by
lightning. The chances of such
a thing taking place are remote,
far more so than being struck by a
ear or being killed or seriOuely in-
jured by an alicideut in the home.
From time to time there are a
nuluber of rules whiah people stay
should he followed when a storm is
raging. Whether they have any
scientific worth ye da net know, but
it is worth while considering sole?
of the cases' Which have been re-
corded within recent weeks.
One man was struck when leav-
in ga field where he had been load-
ing sheaves. The team was nurried-
ly driven toward 1110 barn and this
man wast running because a storm
was• coming rapidly. He was caley-
ing a pitchfork with him.
We have before us records of two
eases where men were strack
while standing in an ben barn deer,
and there was ()thing in elttiber case
to suggest that trs individual had
been holding any steel obJect in his
hand.
This year has once more demon-
strated that it Is not wise to take
shelter andel' or near a tree, There
15' apparently no way in which to
pevent livestock from doing that, re
they generally brindle together' and
frequent oases are recorded of mul-
tiple deaths,.
'Without attempting to draw up
any rules, but merely judging by
what has, happened, it seems to be
advisable not to be out in the open
With 'stela an article as a pitchfork
or any other agent of the conductor
type; do not stand In an oven door -
Way when the letornl is close; it
scents' to be hunch safer" oat tn. the
open than seeking shelter under a
tree. It is also well to remember
twat the chances oe beteg str9ck by
lightning are quite remote,
07191+5,
RURAL HOME
A BEAUTY SPOT
ralmlleg is a way of living. With-
out the' home the tal'tn--tis Wee bine
of the fal'm_ would, not exist,
The ikia^y2 Is not a plaice Wherd
su1Reient money eat be made to
enable the owner later on to travel
or live in idleness, But the farm is
The Editor,:
13ruseeia 'Post
]pear Sir;
Your editorial 0f last Vela On
the "ART OF SWIMMING" wa5.
provocative of much thought. But
I do not th1n5t that you went far
enough.
d n
3
ou f aha
iYs
ls anal
there-
fore
I submit this letter for your
publicatioit, I write this as a mem-
ber of the Royal Life Saving Society
and ae a bolder of the coveted
owned' and would offer the following
:iugtgestionww for your consideration.
We all realize that there le an
ever-present danger in swimming
in stagnant water and that Brus-
sels tints is deprived of gwimmlug
facilities'. We could go to Lis-
towel or Seaforth and the fact is
that many of our children hitch-
hike to either place, a pra,elee
which. endangers ,their lives and
which should be discouraged. Hoy -
ever if we had a swimming pool
erectedin our own village it Woeel
keep our cllilda'en at borne under
our supervision and would he•1P
tester a better community spirit.
Some day an accident may happen
when children are forced to shim is
the river and 1t may be Just your
little boy or girl whose life will be
snuffed out, Now I feel certain
that $1000.00 would erecta beauti-
ful concrete pool down by the bowl-
ing green or tenets court or any de-
slraible location, This tank would
be under strict supervision at all
times of syimmliig. Surely we have
enough public spirited men ane
women in Brussels who would
gladly give of their time gratia 1'
supervise and teeth the non -swim-
mers the art of stwimminrg, $1000.
sounds like a big investment but if
it saves ,the life of one child in
Brussels, particularly if It were
Your child it would be a small stn
indeed.
Th;;;
Auct10
The undersigned has instruct-
Mtn
nstruct
month, The old two -can -live -etc.
theory seetmte to be coiningNow who is backgoing to erect this
into favor, pool? In Listowel the pool is
�_•—*._
operated privately by a service
A Car near London rolled over a station, subsidized vvlth a grant by
couple of times and then smashed the council. In Seaforth it is
into a tree. After which three- financed by the Lions' Club, We
persons' got out and 1'000 of them
was injured. It's a nice trick after
you learn clow to do It,
—9--*—
Man and wife from Vancouver
have arrived in Halifax, ma13u; the
Journey in a car worth $20 and a
trailer which mas home made. No
wonder our transcontinental lines
have been finding business rather
Sat, ..w
—9 --'--
In order to handle auto traffic in
Detroit where there is one car for
each three residents of the place it
is proposed to build tuntels for
traffic. I 'that Way the pedestrians
will have the new and delightful suggestions' are feasible, er,et a
experience of being on top 01 the tank. Thus' we will protect oar
automobiles. children, promote a better com-
munity spirit and make Brussels
still more beItutiful,
Yours sincerely,
Harry J. Mahoney,
Construdiye Criticism
For Local Businessmen
--
The, Tara Leader says; "Tara or
any tuner town will not beeerne a
good business, centre so 10110 as its
busdness'men rely on a few mer-
chants to make the effort to bring
trade to town. Too often the
mon lu a few lines of trade are
about the only ones' hut reach out
after customers• Other merchants
wait until .dress men induce people
to come to town and content them-
selves with tr01do that naturally
delfts to ,their place. A public-,
spirited min should ask himself if
ho ie doing 111's best to attract
people, to'eome t0 town 10 trade 111
helping tete entire heathen cone
meaty, anti' Iva towel is a success
unless all rhes urns work leg to oft.
tend tris trade as. far ae possible
midi Drying to bring a larger torri.
tory in the circlets in which the
WWII is the business' canto, i
ed F. W. Kemp to sell by Public
Auction the following.
at
■Aug.l3tb.
2
1.30 p. m. at Ralph Connor's
Residence, Brussels
have no such donors therefore I
would suigest that our council
float a debenture which would
gradually be reduced by public
subscriptions from individuals or
clubs.
There is one diffoulty which
would have to be overcome and
that is the lack of water. Possibly
our county engineer or AIr. Bob
Warwick could devise some scheme
whereby we could tap the ar:eslan
wells along the river bank, It is
too late this year to build; a tane
but let us' give it our most serious
consideration: during the fall and
winter and then next year, if those
WRONG
(By A. R, K.)
I mend when Skinny vveut to
school, Ire 'bttste1 neatly every 11110,
and got the teacher sore; he used
to gat his thtuupiugs too, for
310011luy it was nothing new, to stay
In after roar,
¶ When. there were ball games
played in town, you couldn't well
hold Skinny dawn, be seemed tt
leave the itch; he'd carry bats atm
water too, one thing he wanted thee
to do, vvas learning how to pitch.
¶ And •Sletnny used to hook Brom
sdhool, as stubborn like as any
mule, the teacher strapped some
Mone; they Used LO say when
Skinny grew, 0110 Mace he'd seer
was heading to, that was' the poor.
]buss door,
Bu.t Skinny kept on pitching
ball, he only quit with snow in full,
he failed at passing time; but 110
made curves and all snob stuff, be
side two yetuts 'awes sure enough,
he'd made elle local nine.
¶ Then Sidney got his big
league .*911100 and kept his team -Nett
in the rage, 110 made good money
too; and next year Skinny had his
3807, and big leagues mentioned
•L1i t his' pay, Was melltiplied by two,
11 When Skinny was a little lad,
his knowledge record tallied bad,
lie never won at wheel; but le wee.
very wrong to say, he'd reach the
poo111101 se door some day --or ,that
he wail a mole,
tilt yod've a bed reattaclte just
as emtere making tea, lean over
the pot of a fres'hiyanade tea and
Whole the futlies through your
nose, Veer heodaehe should go,
MORRIS
Marks Re -Union
DISHES, KITCHEN UTENSILS, NEW KITCHEN RANGE, 2 DROP
LEAF TABLES, 6 KITCHEN CHAIRS KITCHEN TABLE,LAR.GE
KITCHEN RANGE, 2 COUCHES, WASH STAND, CUPBOARD, 3
LAMPS, 3 WASH TUBS„ GARDEN TOOLS, LAWN MOWER, WATER-
ING CANS, PAILS, WASH BAISINS, SEWING MACHINE,
SINGLE BED & MATTRESS, CHEST DRAWERS, INVALID'S
CHAIR, WASH STAND, CLOCK, SIDE BOARD, 4 OAK ROCKERS,
HEATING STOVE, 4 PARLOR TABLES, BED, MATTRESS &
SPRINGS, WASH STAND, BEDDING CLOTHES BASKET, 1 GOT
HARDWOOD and CEDAR, TOOLS and ETC.
C
TERMS CASH
Mr. and Mrs, Wilson Marks of
Morris entertained ata family re-
union on August 7111 and Sth.
Twenty-nine guests were present
from Waehigton, DC,; Brussels;
Crenbrook; Beigrave; Owen Sound;
Wallace and Walton.
A delicious dinner and buffet
lunch was served and a gala time
was enjoyed by all. A vote of
thanks was tendered to the host
and hostess atter which all joined
in singing Auld Lang Syne.
Athletes' of council meeting held
in the Township Hall, Morris, on
Monday, Jely 18, 1938.
Members all present, The 'min-
utes of the last meeting were read
and a1Prove2. A request for per-
mission to operate a pool table in
Walton was refused and a 011910 ge
of $10.00 per annum, Wits fixed 00r
the pool table at Mr. Fred Miller's,
Accounts—
Howard Smith, making
21 tile
bags cement
P, lei, Santis, feuetng
Carl Oakle, relief
Geo, Edgar, sheep killed
1\'alter Jeffreys, sheep
killed
Eli C1ase4110r0, sheep
killed , 0,00
Stewart Pr0Otee inspector 4.50
Council wit meet at the Township
Hall, on Monday, August 16, 1033.
A, M eleWee, Clerk,
10,50
Ralph Connor
PROP,
F. W. Kemp
Auctioneer & Monument Dealer
....' 3.90
7.90
10.00
2.00
11.00
LET US LOOK
AT THE PAST
Hera Aft sterni Taken Pros
Tilat of the Pon of 10
and Si rears tae
25 YEARS AGO
BELGRAVE
Mrs, Wm, Geddes has sold her
home near the mill to Mrs. Jim.
Black of Wfngham.
* D '1'
Preacher Called—At e. cougrega-
tional meeting of the two Presby-
terian churches, held Monday, e call
was' extended to Rev, A, M. Boyle,
who has been preaching at Kemble,
Owen Sotlnd Presbytery.
Geed salesntansltlp 19 selling
geode. vvilielt• Won't conte back to
0its't0, 1.0119 that will.
JAMESTOWN
Misses Rae _,loses and E'sie
Strachan are at GoderlOh this week
attending the Summer School,
* * *
This week Robt. Menthol' is
erecting a new barn on his flue
farm.
GREY
Sask., has been renewing old friend-
ships" in Brussels,
Wrist Broken—Iiugh Lamont, Jr„
VMS'' on a ladder last Friday nailing
a board on the side of the barn,
Lot 5, Con. 10, when the ladder,
yrieh was an 0e:te •ion nue came
apart causing A•I1'. Lamont to fall
to the ground. He suffered a
broken wrist, a severe cut on the
wide of the head and a general
shaking up.
* * *
3rd prize in the Barley crop com-
petition wast awarded to Donald
Robertson, 9th con. by Blyth Agri-
eteltural Society's expert judge,
First prizes were wan by 4 pm 'rs
3 of them au adjoining farms and
one across the road viz,—.Messrs
Hoover, Robertson, Cerra, and
Hemingway,
M'3RRIS
9. T. Bell, Toronto, is a visitor
this week at the home of Jas
Spot,, 6111 line,
* * *
The two new steel bridges' on the
let line have been completed and
will he ready as soot. as the cement
floor hardens,
50 YEARS AGO
CRANBROOK
A bear was seen in a
woods east of here last
afternoon.
piece of
Thursday, •
* 9 *
Jim Cameron received a severe
blow on the head from the Drank
of a windless while cleaning out 'te
well, which laid him up for a dew
days. :.,.,t
Misses Pearl and Ruby MllLliews
of 'Aionletou, are visitors at the
home of Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Matters,
411) line. Their fatber hats' the eon -
tract tor the Grant and also the
a
Inglis deaths.
ETHEL
W. Doig, H, F. McAllister, Alex
Peebles' and 3, N. Robertson have
gone on a trip to Manitoba.
Joe Hemsworth has returned in-
vigorated 'Prom his tells on the
lakes,
BRUSSELS
Miss Annie Jolinoton, Chicago, Is
a visitor with Miss, Ella. Inman,
• • e
Miss Forsyth, et Hamilton, Man„
is, visiting blies Menzies, William
street,
MORRIS
During the wind storm hast
Thursday afternoon e' portion of the
roof of Dougall Taylor's barn was
blows off.
Miss' Jessie* Manners; Detroit, is
a vlsltor with, G. C. and Mrs, M,
Manners. She Is a niece.
* * *
Gus 'i4lcLauttnlin, of Weybiun,
* * *
Last Friday night the barn of
Mr, Nicholson, Ord line, was struck
by lightning and almost instantly
consumed.
• Robb Bros, disposed a8 91 head of
flue three-year-old steers to MdLean
Bros.' well known stook man,
the hand5dme sum of $156
They were bought for the
'Conatry market.
GREY
Mrs. Samuel Shine le home from
Manitoba,
Henry Bali and family have m,•v
ed lute their new residence giuz,
week.
BRUSSELS
iAitL9', Adam Koenig and little
Lottie are visiting at Buffalo for a
hew weeks,
* * et
Ms's, Alexander has, moved into
the house lately occpied by Me.
Nightingale.
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