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The Huron Expositor, 1982-11-17, Page 6A6 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 17, 1982 ssel BRUSSELS FOREMAN Jack McWhirter, centre, Was honoured for his 30 years as a member of the fire department. Councillor Elizabeth Graber, on behalf of the village, presented Jack with a clock. Fire chief Howard Bernard press ted an appreciation award on behalf of the department. (Wassink photo) Fireman is honoure By Ron Wassink Special recognition came at ' the meeting of Huron County Mutual Aid firefight- ing departments, when Brussels fireman, Jack McWhirter was honoured for 30 years of service to the Brussels department. The meeting was held in the Brussels, Morris and Grev community centre. November 15. with etre re- presentatives from Brussels. Blyth, Brucefield, Huron Park, Exeter, Goderich. Hensall. Seaforth, Wingham and Crediton attending. Representatives from King -Seagrave 1982. menu- - facturers of fire fighting equipment. attended the meeting. An explanation was given of the takeover of the financially troubled Wood- stock company by Waiters Canada. a firm which spe. 4lalues in airport crash and &scue equipment and air- iort rcfuelers. The spokes- man said King-Scagrave 1982 will continue as in the past. the Goderich fire depart- ment had previously ap- proached each fire depart- ment with a proposal of eliminating fire phones and changing to a new county- wide dispatch system, tied in with the Huron County system. All police depart- ments in the county receive their calls through a dispatch in Goderich, Wingham Fire Chief Dave Carruthers strongly opposed the suggestion saying install- ations costs would be too great and priorities could become confused. He was satisfied with each com- munity using their own fire phones. Seaforth Fire Chief Harry Hak felt the proposal should be further investigated. He felt most communities would benefit using a 24-hour, centralized •dispatch system. He explained Seaforth al- ready has a 24-hour. answering service. at the Seaforth Community Hosp. ital. "It's the best system in the county". Estimated cost of the Seaforth sers'ice ip S600 per year. Alt calls to 11 are recorded. Volunteer Honoured Representing the village of Brussels- councillor Eliza- beth Graber said Jack Mc. Whirter. in the past 30 years as a fireman, has put in a lot of practice and firefighting time. The village showed their appreciation by pre• Grader needs Road superintendent. Lloyd Michie told Morris council that the Champion 0740 road grader requires an estimated $3500 in repairs at its Nov. 3 meeting. Council approved the necessary re- pairs. Mr. Michie also ad- vised council that stones dumped in a sideroad ditch on sideroad 10.11. concession six at Pierre Rammeloo's have been removed as re- quested by council. Council passed a motion. providing a grant of SI 500 be given to the Morris township recreation fund and it was recommended to the Recrea- tion Committee that 51500 be granted to the Blyth Cont. munity centre hoard. A motion by Tom Miller, seconded by Clare Van Camp "that it he recorded in the minutes of August 16. that the cheque watch was for. *carded to Don and Melva Fraser for settlement for the construction at lot 21. south half of conc. ssinn eight in 1418 was returned The set- tlement was nos accepted It u as noted the Morris township hictnrs can now he purchased through the W1n. farm Half Back Program. The hook, selling for 512, can be purchased for 56 plus six Wintario tickets, while the program is in progress. Deputy returning officers, poll clerks and polling sta- tions for the recent 1982 municipal election will he paid 555. In a letter to council. the Ministry of the Environment has advised that a grant of up to $2500 is available to the township for investigation of the area well logs (soil type and well depths in the area of the Waste Disposal Site. The township would be required to pass a resolution advising the Ministry they request financial assistance. Clerk Nancy Michte said the issue stems hack to last December w hen tan Wilson. a Geological Engineer from Durham prepared the well logs. She explained if the 52500 grant is received, it wnuld met. all expenses except legal costs. Following lengths discus. stop. council passed a motion stating. "That the tnunchip of Morris requests a cop, of the financial assistance ton senting Mr. McWhirter with a clock, Fire Chief Howard Bern- ard. on behalf of the Brussels fire department presented Mr. McWhirter with an Appreciation Award, Mr. MrWhirter explained a recent ceremony was held at the Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst where he and 46 other Ontario Fire fighters received 30 year pins. The pins were presented by Ont- ario Lieutanant Governor John Black Aird. When he joined the Brussels brigade in 1952, Mr. McWhirter said he was paid 51.00 per hour to practice time and 51.50 per hour fire fighting time. "It wasn't very much, but we sure liked fighting fires." He said he has never regretted joining the department. When asked of good and bad experiences. Mr. Mc- Whirter said the department "has saved a lot of buildings. The worst fire was approx- imately 24 years ago, when three small boys died in a house fire. I found the boys, upstairs near a window and wrapped them in blankets. It's the worst thing I've ever see n. "• • repair tract for review before the council passes a resolution requesting financial assist• ance under the terms of the Waste Management Contract Program: or the township of Morris will proceed with the Environmental Appeal Hear- ing." Jim McNeil met with coun- cil to discuss part of Lorne Street in the Leckie's Survey, near Brussels. which was previously closed by council. The adjoining owner. Brian Ten Pas, has notified council of his intention to exercise ms right to purchase 33 feet of the Int. Mr. McNeil informed council he paid 54500 for the Int Reeve Bill Elston will investigate the matter. The meeting adjourned *c ith the next regular meeting scheduled for Monday. De- cember h. In response to many re- quests from readers for more Brussels news, we now have a correspondent in the village. She is Jean Bewley, who with her husband Wait, retired to Brussels last year from their farm near Walton. • If you have news of local groups, people and activities, or ideas for feature stories, call Jean at 887-9047. Of course news items may still be left in the Brussels Post box at Brussels Variety. Because of space limita- tions news submitted for the Post pages has to be held over a week because it just isn't possible to add an extra page. The paper's management wants to assure Brussels readers that their 'Contribu- tions are very welcome and that the news will appear as soon as possible after it's submitted. News items should be in to Mrs. Bewley Monday night or in the Post box at Brussels Variety Tues- day morning by 8:30 in order to make that week's paper. -Susan White, Editor Correspondent JEAN BEWLEY Out-of-town guests of the Brussels Legion on Remem- brance Day were: Mr, Moe Wineberg, Willowdale; Mr. Alan Webb, 'Toronto, who stayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Elliott; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Adamson, Lucknow; Mr. and Mrs. Norm Jarvis. Amberley. Mrs. Edna McDonald is a patient in Seaforth Hospital, The regular November euchre party was held at the Angnean church ori Monday night with five tables in play. Prize winners were : High lady- Isabel Alcock; Low Lady- Marg Bernard; High man- Norman Hoover; Low lady- Marg Stephenson; Lone hands- Della Shaw. Lunch was served by Mrs. Betty Gowing, Mrs. Jean Workman and Mrs, Alberta Smith. The next card party will be on Mon. Nov. the 22 at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Joe Black is a patient in Wingham Hospital. Mary and Wayne Baker and their children, Kevin and Mark, arrived from Darwin, Australia, Sunday night. if ,ey will be visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Car- men Baker, Atwood, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Walter Bewley. Brussels. They reported a good trip in spite of Kevin's broken hip. Walter Kerr is convalesc- ing at his home after a stay in Listowel Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Johns, Arva and Mrs, Laura Standish. visited their mother, Mrs. Amy Speir on BEING Sales -Service installation 1 FREE ESTIMATES Donald G. Ives R.R. 02, Blyth Phone: 1 Brussels 887-9024 i to i 5 i O. Lt�f®-a • Barn Cleaners • Bunk Feeders • Stabling 1 McKillop UCW hold contest The McKillop Unit of the U.C.W. met on November 10 in the church basement. The worship part was opened with a reading by Mrs. Wey on The Year of the Senior Citizen. In Christ Neither Male or Female, A Litany of Script- ure and Confession was given, with each member reading about a woman in the Bible. Mrs. Lavern Godkin led in prayer. The topic was pre - seated by Mrs. Merton Hackwell, she spoke on Senior Citizens. Mrs. Wev read an article on Stereotype Types of the elderly. Business was conducted by Mrs. Campbell Wey, president. The slate of officers for the coming year was read by Mrs, Murray Dennis. Copper contest money was turned in with Mrs. Wey having the win- ning side. A group Family Night is planned for November 23. A Christmas gift exchange will be held at the neat meeting. r ss&s a ss THE BASEMENT of the Brussels library was crowded with buyers at the annual Majestic Women's# Institute bazaar and bake sale. Making a purchase are Noreen Eder, left and Dorothy Dennison. The sale was held Saturday with baking, as always, the most popular item. (Wassink photo) p@©_ v,@ Ilm©W✓ the occastm of her 85th birthday. Laura and Marg- aret also attended the Cenotaph Service in Brussels on Remembrance Day. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bryans attended the 40th wedding a-niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bryans, 555 Berk- shire Dr.. London. Hary and Cora are longtime readers of the Brussels Post and former- ly of this area. They have two daughters; Margaret (Mrs. Jim Knight) and Beverley and one granddaughter, Kristen. Mr. and 'Mrs. Knight entertained relatives at their home Saturday afternoon and in the evening many friends were entertained in the same home. Guests were from Trenton, Hamilton, Kitchener, Goderich, Mitchell and Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Moffat of Wingham held an early Christmas celebration for their family in the basement of Brussels Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon. Nov. 14, There were over 30 guests from Oakville. Kitch- ener, London, Brussels and Milton. Mr. and Mrs. Moffat are leaving to spend the Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rit- chie. Scarborough and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Huether attended the 13th annual awards banquet at Fanshawe College. London on Oct. 29. Here. Joan was presented with the CGA Award of Excellence for the year 1981- 82 in her Business Admini- stration and Accounting Course. winter in Florida. Mr, and Mrs, Graham Work spent a recent week• end visitingg,friends in Cooks- town, Peterborough and Pembroke. In Pembroke, they attended the wedding of Graham's cousin, Trudy Wock, the daughter of Eric Work. On the way home, they visited their daughter Judy, in Kitchener. 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