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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1971-12-02, Page 6NEW AMERICAN HOTEL BRUSSELS, ONT. FRIDAY and SATURDAY,. NIGHT THE STRING DUSTERS I td THE RAINBOW ROOM WE FEATURE,: Turkey, Spare Raba and Sauerkraut, Fish and Chips •foastillass.011111111ibmagri4sk, SNOWMOBILE REQUIRES TRAINED OPERATOR READER GRANTS FOR BLIND STUDENTS LARRY'S RADIO a d. TV Plum 523-9640 Blyth, On 4 SALM foul SERVIet your( rturomomt FLEETWOOD PANASONIC TrATIA yistflogiowAtik , -LA Breathe easier this winter with a new Texaco umidifier ( It's better for your health, and better for your furniture and walls if you have the right amount of moisture in the air. A Texaco humidifier will do just that. And you can get either the portable or the furnace- mounted model& HOME COMFORT agiessia POST: BRIMEIA, bisramo TRUTt$P4..Y.., DEC:,. 2nd, 1971 atowswpoompiam ewor ENTERT AINMENT AT THE volunteer " says D. ft Hipfner, Vocational Guidance Counseller, CID. "When this happens," he continued, the reader grant may be used to parehase bopks and tapes or a gilt tor the volunteer reader:" Every blind, stedelit is eligible for a," giant of $200. for the the acedemic year. Pest-graduatee are eligible for krhnte of $300: "However,' explains mr. Hipf- net, "not every student asks for a grant. But if he does he gets one, The grants are awarded on the basis of the student's needs." Part-time students are eligible for reader grants of $40, per course, "As long as the course Is a credited one, the student quali- fies," Mr. Hipfper points out. As well as reader grants, blind students are assisted by the CNIB library which provides a service geared to their own study course. When students forward text books, library volunteers prepare a tape recording or braille edition of the text and a copy is sent to the student. All books and tapes are supplied on a loan basis. Some book are transcribed by volunteers in London. ' Recorded and harilled texts have made it possible for blind students to complete, an increas- ing variety of courses. Last year 'brailDsts transcribed .197 books. This would normally take 18,289 hours or 11 years. • COME TO BLYTH LIONS CLUB BINGO Every Saturday Night until Christmas • at 8:30 p.m. in Blyth Memorialliall. Admission $1.00 12 regular games $1,Q each; 2 "Share the Wealth" games; one $25 Special Jackpot of $125 it taken in 00 calls or under. $10 added each week if jackpot. does not go. 50% of take if jackpot jackpot does not go to a full card. Aloe: "No, not yet, but the neighbours . almost got her last night." DEAL STOCK REMOVAL Clinton , HURON Due to the decrease in meat priole we arw unable to pay for any farm stock. We offer efficient, courtesy, same day, service 7 days e week; ga hour, a day. Phone Collect 483.9614 s041.1u fliihtin• OntOrio 44,4 4.t‘.:-.40&:44 snowmobile is a motorized vehicle that requires a trained operaor for safe operation_ This precept has been prompted by the Ontario Safety League from the inception of spawn-Milling and is now recognized and advised by all snowmobile authorities. Although a. snowmobile is easy to start, it is extremely difficult to, centrol under many conditions found in general operations. Initial operator training and caution while gain- ing experience and getting the "feel" of your snowmobile will develop the necessary control . for safe operation. The League strongly recom- mends snowmobilers to attend the Safety Clinics which are currently being conducted in communities throughout Ontario. They have been organized by, the Ontario Snowmobile Distributors Assoc- iation and are promoted by local dealers in their respective areas. The Ontario provincial Police, St.. Sohn Ambulance ana authorities on mechanical maintenance and end safe snowmobile operation join forces to present interesting and eomprenhens.ive- programs. Watch for the date of the Snow_ mobile Safety Clinic in your cone. iminity and attend. It will help to make your snowmobiling more enjoyable and safer. 'Thirty-seven reader grants amounting to over $9000. were awarded recently to blind univero sity and community college students throughout -Canada in. eluding the 'University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College, The Ontario Division Board of Management, Canadian National Institute for the BUM], approved $3420. in grants for Ontario under- graduate taking such courses as hotel - Management, education, music, physiotherapy, business social services, and general arts. At the same time. the Executive Committee of the National Coun- cil, CNIB, approved grants total- ling- $5850. for 20 post-graduates attending universities in Canada and the United StateS. Many are enrolled in a --Masters and Phd program. Readers grants, a service avail- able to the 230 blind Canadian students studying beyon the higt school level, are designed to meet the expenSe of paying people to read texts, books, and lecture notes to •a blind student. The grants rose out of the growing trend toward higher education among the blind. It enables them to study more effectively ,. in a in a university or college. "Some students are able to find Joe: "Iwas told that your wife is a finished soprano." BRUSSELS ACRES Now have a good supply of Apples, such as, Macs, Spys, Crt.,. Red and Yellow Delicious, Tolman Sweets, and Greenings. Also gallons of Apple Juice, Bulk Apple Butter, Winter Pears, and Honey. MERLE FREEMAN PH,ONE 887-6528 BRUSSELS, ONT. THE MAX FERGUSON SHOW Together againl The Inimitable Max (he's the one with the run, nIng shoes) and the Irrepressible Allan Mcffee (the sartorially Splendid gentleman on the left) are ineunIt•d In the Mee Pergu*oti Shew, weekdoyd M 2:etI pan' Et'''. on CH rtettllo, t nth at thiittte tviukk OhtilOO)i humph, tot,ind One cjIlett tlla tmettO witty prate wacky obkntrvotlortl art trio obtCtql11ni N w All of it tiey tnti t6okoili (10Altitithb for-. 0omuliontil 900)1[4041i •Mtd) Mookom