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A LAZY SATURDAY AFTERNOON As the
summer holidays dwindle away, these Brussels kids
were determined to get in as much of their favourite
summer sport as possible at the diamond in the Lions
Park. What this group lacked in size they made up in
enthusiasm as they imitated their elders who starred
in the recent invitational softball tournament.
(Photo by Pat Langlois)
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DRIVE DEFENSIVELY
18—THE BRUSSELS POST, AUGUST 28, 1974
10.
you and the ear ahead. At least
one car length for every 10 miles
of speed.
--don't insist on the right-of-way
at highway intersections, even if
you are legally entitled to it.
--look well ahead and be
constantly aware of people or
objects in your path which may
affect the movement of your
vehicle.
--gear your speed-to weather and
road conditions so that in an
errrergency situation you have
time to take defensive action or
find some safe "out" of a
collision situation.
"All drivers must learn to give
Urge defensive driving on holiday
As the leaves begin to turn,
home gardeners will be doing the
same, only their turn will be in
the direction of shovel and rake,
getting ready for fall planting.
This should be the routine from
now until the end of October.
Why plant in the fall? First,
you've more time. The weather is
in your favor, soil temperatures
are ideal for active root formation,
and nice warm rains are more
common in the fall.
Secondly, there's no better
time to start a lawn than in the
fall--more moisture, warm soil,
and cool nights--the three most
beneficial things required to give
your seeds a good start to develop
into the Lawn Beautiful.
Minister of Transportation and
Communications John R. Rhodes
urged motorists to drive defen-
sively over the coming Labour
Day weekend in an effort to avoid
a repetition of the carnage on
Ontario roads during the August
Civic Holiday.
"Through the August 3-4.5
Civic Holiday weekend this year,
• 33 people died in traffic accidents
on provincial highways," said
Mr. Rhodes. Defensive driVing
could have prevented many of
these highway tragedies. Speed
too fast for conditions, failure to
yield, improper passing and loss
of control were major contributing
Preparing the lawn , area: if
your lawn has been thin, or looks
brown, best thing to do is brush it
with your hand and see how much
thatch might be in between the
blades of the growing grasses.
If you haven't been using a
grass catcher on your mower,
then the cut blades of grass fall in
between the growing grasses and
the thatch builds up. The build-up
prevents moisture and fertilizer
from getting to the roots of the
grasses, and then you have
trouble.
It has to be removed to give the
grasses a better start. Then when
you've grown a good stand of
grass and see the results from fall
sowing, feed the lawn with a low
factors.
"Surely it's worth a tremen-
dous effort on the part of every
citizen who drives, to see that we
stop sacrificing dozens of lives
each holiday weekend," added
Mr. Rhodes.
Preventability is the keyword to
defensive driving. The only
consideration when a possible
emergency situation arises is to
prevent an accident from happen-
ing, despite the actions of other
-Myers or adverse driving condi.
tions.
Critical defensive driving prac-
tice must include:
--leaving a safe distance between
them. Then they can get air,
moisture and heat to germinate.
Sometimes the homeowners think
the seed they purchased is full of
weed seed.
The weeds that grow after
you've seeded a lawn were there
to start with. They won't live
long. Once your lawn has started
to grow, the grass will crowd out
the weeds.
If-they are the persistent type,
don't use weed-killers until after
at least the second mowing; the
young grasses can't take those
strong chemicals. All I suggest
you do, is live with it until you've
gotten the grasses to grow good
and strong, then if need be, use a
weed-killer.
weekend
a little," the Minister concluded.
"They must learn to react repon-
sibly to the unexpected. It doesn't
matter whether a driver is
right--he can be right and dead--
and that is a real tragedy."
OBITUARIES
MRS, HAROLD SPERI
Mrs. Isabella Speir, widow 0
the late Harold Speir, formerly of
Brussels, died, in Huronview on
August 21st. She was in her $6th
year.
Born in Morris Township, she
was the daughter of the late
Robert and Isabella Speir. Prior to
her marriage to James Harold
Speir she had taught school. She
was an active member of the
Majestic Women's Institute of
Brussels for many years, being
one of those responsible for its
organization here, She was a
member of Melville Presbyterian
Church, Brussels.
She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Allan (Isobel)
Harmer of Burlington; three sons,
Jim of Brock, Sask;) Bill of
Lethbridge, Alta; Don of London,
Ontario.
She was predeceased by her
husband, James Harold Speir in
1970; a son Mac Speir and two
brothers, W.G.Henderson of
Smithsville and John of Streets.
ville.
Funeral services were held
from the M.L.Watts Funeral
Home on Saturday, August 24th
at 1:30 p.m. Rev. E. LeDrew
officiated. Burial was in Brussels
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Wm. Miller,
Jack Pennington, Alvie Higgins,
Ken Speir, Stewart Henderson
and Ray Henderson.
GEORGE ROY McFARLANE
George Roy McFarlane of
Brussels died in Huronview,
Clinton on Saturday morning in
his 73rd year.,
He was the son of the late
George McFarlane and Mary
Ellen Turnbull.Born in Grey
Township, he lived there until he
moved to Brussels 2 years ago.
Surviving are one sister, Millie,
and brother, Jim, both of
Brussels and two nieces, Mrs.
Jack Fish of Burlington and Mrs.
Doug. Evans of Ethel.
Funeral services, conducted by
Rev. E. L. LeDrew, were held on
Monday, August 26 from the
M.L.Watts Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Jack Cardiff,
Graham Work, George Wheeler,
Lloyd- Wheeler, Harvey Jacklin
andMac Cardiff. Clarence Bishop
and Bob Wheeler were flower-
bearers. Interment was in
Brussels Cemetery.
nitrogen content fox winter
protection.
Weeding: If you are starting a
new lawn area, either rototil the
area or dig it by spade, then rake
it level, and apply the seed--and
neighbours, apply seed heavily--
follow the directions; if the seed is
of the type that only one pound is
needed to cover 1,000 square
feet, use just that amount applied
evenly, and you'll have a good
lawn.
But while the seed is germinat-
ing, you'll find the wed seeds
germinate faster, and you'll have
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