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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1970-07-09, Page 6islekoeismommusion eleilleleasem ATTENTioN I Will Be Away From JULY 4th TO JULY 25th for Emergencies Please Call Tom McFarlane Phone: 887-6398 Office will be open Tuesday and Friday as. usual CAL KRAUTER Did you know that a' youth entering secondary schoo today 4-rra..y need to be retrained to FIVE new vocations in his lifetime? Did you know that training is now taking place in ever 100 occupations in the area served by Cone- stoga? If interested please fill in the coupon and mail t P.O. Box 802, Seaforth, Ontario. .. . .. . ..... . .. ........... .... e•• Are you eligible for Manpower. gell0fitt. Biguissio iiost.pg.ussu s, 0Nn.,4juo JVLY 9th, 197Q 4•41.41,414 4.4.0 .4.444.44•440.1 O.P.P. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTION: NVould you explain \vhat one i.; supposed to do if his car is stopped at a red light and an am. bulance or a fire truck is ap- preaching from the rear, with siren and flashing light on, and apparently has no intention of stopping? ANSWERI..• The Highway traffic act :Eates the driver of a vehicle upon the approach of an HMI) 111:111;:ki:, or police department vehicle or public utility emergency veh upon which a bell or siren is sounding, shall immediately bring such to a standstill as near as is practible to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway and .paral- lel therewith and Clear of any intersection. I would say the pos- ition of your car at the intersect- inn would govern what actions you ;.-Itould take if you are to comply with this section. QUESTION: \\'a3 ..t,;)Lied by a police officer last week and told that my sl•.rx :Moving Vehicle sign was upside down. I knew that I mast have one on my vehicle, but 1 didn't. know that the law specified how it should be mounted. Maybe you should Loll the other people about this because I um sure there ore many more like me who do not know about the law. ANSWER: 'fitat is a good sugg-estion. The klighway Traffic act statesth at. a Slow Moving Vehicle sign shall be mounted: lose down in a plane erp en i u lat. the direction of travel of the vehicle; which means, briefly, that the wide por- tion of the sign, 2 N, inches. must be at the bottc.on and the inch wide portion at the top. a QU4STIQN: Are the signs that tell you the sl.ecia Waits. itt tt cOttst rnc:tion zone law pr are they just a sug- gested safe speed? ANSWER: l'lr ey a te law, The llighwey Traffic. .Act states, "Signs posting the ina -thunm speeds at which :Tinto': vehicles may be driven in ii chnstruction ny lie erect- with the regul- atlons by•an official or the Depart- men( of Highways." Note, they are the maximum speed. It does' not mean that you have to travel that fast, you can go slower, but you cannot legally exceed the posted speed. QUESTION; Can a truck go down the road carrying gravel and Spill it on the road and have stones flying tiP and chip paint off cars? ANSWER: No, it Call not.. The Traffic Act stutes. ''Na 31er500k shall operate or permit to be cr - crated upon a highway any com- mercial motor vehicle or trailer unle:-:s the load (Intl such vehicle is carrying is firmly bound, sufficiently covered, or otherwise secured or loaded. in such man- ner that no portion of the load may become dislodged or fall •fl'0111 the commercial vehicle or trailer. ATWOOD LIONS: ANNUAL JULY 1st CELEBRATION 'Working with the threat of rain and thunder storms almost all day Wedncsday, the Atwood Lions Club prepared for and presented its annual, pominion :Day celebra- tions in the evening. A. few brief showers didn't chase many of the customers away front the outdoor game booths. 1;!)ther than a parade the club prepared a show of local talent for this year'S celebration, The rain came too late, to hit it. The show was a, hit with the crowd of omit :inn that gathered to see the yourng people from the area per- form.' Ileftwe the allow the Lions, with .the cooking help of the Perth County Hog Producers' Assoc- iation, served about !lbt) meats barbecued, pork chops with 'the trimmings, Away to Flurope for about six more AV e rdi s , Tien enderSon , Palmerston, will find out be won $.1,00tl iii the annual. draw for $2,000, when he returns. The firt ticket and every 100th ticket drawn from the, drum (1,000 were sold i were wnrt.h $11.10 to the e holder. V.'iu (he Ftlori priges Jerry Currie. Atwood: John Coghlin, Listewel: floss Han- nob, histowel: Airs. 'Velma rogh- lin, At wood, and At rs. Coghlin, Atwood (sharedl: Bruce Xennedy, Atwood; Oscar Thomn- sOn, Atwood; Mr... Jean Helot, Listowel; Jack Scott, MonktOill Engin Dewar, AtWood, Celebrations ended with a dance in the community centre about to be replaced by a. Few ono with the help of fund# raised !rem 11.10 ttvept.. For A Better USED CAR AT 121-1E RIGHT 1969 FAIRLANE 500 DR. WI% V8 Auto, 'cram:, • Radio 2968 PHEW. IMPALA 4 DR, HT. VS Autos. 'Frans., Pow e r Steering, Power Brakes, Radio 968 FALCON 2 DR. 6 Cyl.. Auto. 1965 FORD ECONOLINE VAN 6 C yl 19C4 'DODGE 1 T'CN PICKUP III ILDG.E MOTORS rOUV. MUSTANG, FALCON; •AIRLANE, F and THUNDERBIRD DEALER BRUSSELS PHONE 88-4.6249 WING.HAM PHONE 357-3460 WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR FUTURE? did .yeti know that . of our former oCcupations are now automated, and that Sl% of today's occu,- pations could be automated?'• Name — Adjress OvntplaEort Would you like Academic upgrading Would you attend in H on County ohly„,„Nnywhere.— What course or Courses would you like Days „„.„,„ BEAUTY AND BRAINS DO MIX The bright and charming Lorraine Thomson, who hosted The Weaker (?) Sex on CBC-TV last year, returns to CBC radio in a summery concoction, Four For Forty, heard weekdays, begin- ning June 29 at 1;16 EDT, A sprightly new quiz and con- versation show, with questions from Lorraine arid answers from three guest personalitiee. The answers usually lead to in, teIligent, am AO mi conversation, and ofteh, laughter, followed by Canoal.On rnulAlo on rogord, pqn,1 miqs Olt futt antf Huron information Centre CONESTOGA COLLEGE .1maeTtRraiitabliafft 4