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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 19 Mar 1975, p. 23

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b.% _ (llWtrttto,irtall Ile\\vs*=l,|i1'f\'i‘«“"s flap 2r1lttqte_rtepoSttroniem, 'ttttttee, Much 10.1.75 Ir-m/pets--------'----'- lllllrilllf"Jllrf.)llll,i),,,,Y ""t"tj)_i4fffellll[1t/ ALL THE FURNITURE SAVINGS YOU CAN CARRY N FOR YOUR FIRST LEISURE OR PERMANENT HOME. WE INVITE YOU TO SEND FOR YOUR FOLDER TO REVIEW OUR POPULAR MODELS. COST $1.00. (MORTGAGE FUNDS AVAILABLE) EARL McLEAN - Box 34, WaieI'IOO, Ont. OPEN DAILY 1O a.m. to " p.m. SATURDAY'S UNTIL 6 RM. FAIRWAY RD. Kitchener 1istzarto i7igo tiiiiiiiFsre 8unday fit 5:05pm next to Fairview Park Mall THE ELDORADO YMMIGIIBIIMCMN E students get opportunity to travel Twelve children from the Waterloo Region have been selected to make up the three delegations the, Wa- terloo County chapter of the Children's International Summer Villages will be sent to Sweden. Italy and Victoria. BC. this sum- mer. Each delegation is made up of four 11-year-old chil- dren, two boys and two girls. accompanied by an adult counsellor; At each village they will spend a month in company with similar dele- gations from about 10 other nations. Victoria: Danny Gunn, 16 William St.. Linwood; Scott McKinnon. 29 Brant Rd. N., Cambridge: Sybil McKenna,' 176 Pinegrove Cres.. Waterloo: Janice Loker. 24 Park Ave.. Cam- bridge. They will be ac- companied by Jan Knox of Kitchener. Selected for the dele- gations are: Italy: Scott Willcox, 2 Marketa Cres.. Kitchener: Terry Walters. 12 Farm- brook Place. Kitchener; Michelle Coulter, 105 Silver- spring Cres.. Kitchener: Kit Snyder. 262 Stanley Drive, Waterloo. accom- partied by Wayne Gingrich of Cambridge. In addition. the Waterloo chapter will be sending Junior counsellors to as- sist at two villages. Beverly Pugh. 294 Albert St., Wa- terloo. will travel with the local delegation to Vic- toria. while Mark Mitchell. 240 Lydia St.. Kitchener. will attend a village in Aus- tria. Sweden: Kerry Shapan- sky. 156 West Heights Drive. Kitchener: Mark O'Krafka, 206-8 Green Valley Drive. Kitchener: Katie Osborne, 209 Riverbank Drive. Cam- bridge: Nancy Ballantyne. 8 Bradley Place. Kitchener. The 12 Waterloo- Region delegates were chosen (mm about 150 original appli- cants. Judges at activities days assessed how the chit- dren would cope at an inter- can! store shopping for a birthday present for my father. I paid for the gift, but as I was leaving a man in a blue unifolfm stopped me. Me flashed a “security didn't want to go bat I thought I had better. They searched me but I hadn't stolen aatythissg--so they let me go. But it.mined a good danyhy do they let security guards have so much power. A. They do not. Security guards have no greater powers than anyone else. Their powers of arrest are exactly what is referred to as "citizen's arrest", under the Criminal Code. Under s. 449. (2) of thir Code, "Anyone who is the owner...of property or a person authorized by the owner...may arrest without warrant a person whom he finds committing a criminal offence on or in relation to that property." He may also arrest without a warrant anyone who, or: reasonable N and probable grounds he believes has committed a criminal of- fence. If the guard does not catch you in the act, and cannot show good grounds for be- lieving you are a shop- lifter, then you can sue him for false imprisonment. So the irery first .thing you should do in a case like Do you know a Waterloo truck driver who may have performed an act of heroism or bravery recently. Then thatdriver may be eligible to be the Dunlop National Truck Hero. Manley J. Spencer, the president of Whitby Tire, formerly Dunlop of Can- ada Ltd.. announced the start of the search for the It.. l was ' a large; dis- The Law and You Truck hero search begins " l who ,was to blame. The damage to my car was so ir--rninimaVt didn’t even get E it fixed. I heard, nothing y more from the other driver y and gradually forgot about a it. A few days ago I received -n a letter from an insurance g company stating that the n accident was my fault " and that l was going to it be sued for damages. Every- m thing happened so long ago, ie' I can’t remember the de- .g tails. What can I do? national villa’andhe ori- ginal 150 entrants were re- duced to about 30 finalists. The 12 delegates we re chosen after a final judging and all the firtatists had this is ask if you are under arrest. If you are not, then you don’t have to go along. If the guard tries to detain you without arresting you, create a disturbance. _ Even if you are arrested by the guard, he has no power to search your per- son. If he tries without your consent, again, you have a civil action against him. He may ask you to let him search your person or cloth- ing. Before you _ agree, remember that you do not have to, and that he cannot require you to. It. In June of 1923, l was involved in a car acci- dent. Everything happened so fast, I really don't know A. Don't worry. Sec- tion 146 of the Highway Traffic Act imposes a limit of twelve months in bring- ing a suit as a result of an auto accident. In that, more than twelve months has elapsed since the accident, you can't be sued for dam- ages even if you were at hero driver recently. "In sponsoring the award." said Mr. Spencer, “we are focusing public attention on the frequent acts of bravery performed by professional truck driv- ers on Canadian highways and at the same time, are encouraging safe driving practice." He said that his company been given an interview The object of the Chil- dren's International Sum- mer Villages is to foster international understanding through children. Q. I'm a waiting mother with a problem. My husband drinking lately, and spend- ing a little too much of his salary. I try to put most of my pay cheque into the bank. Bet my husband says I have a legal duty to give the money to him because fault. Reply to the letter, pointing out section 146 and the twelve-month limi- tation period it imposes. A. Your husband would have been right 90, years ago. But in 1884 a statute called the Married Women's Property Act was passed. This act for the first time allowed married women to own and enjoy their own property as something separate and apart' from their husbands' property. right? It established that "Every married woman shall have and hold as her separate property, and may dispose of. as such, the wages, earnings, money and pro- perty gained or acquired by her in any employment, trade or occupation in which she is engaged or which she carries on and in which her husband has no propriety interest. , ' The result is that, unless you are in partnership ,.with your husband in busi- ness, he has no claim to your pay cheque. was encouraged by the grow- ing public response to the Award, which received a record 19 individual nomin- ations in 1974. The selected hero re- ceives a trophy. a Rolex Tudor wristwatch, a $1.000 cash award and a VIP weekend for two in Toronto while $200 is awarded to the person who nominates the National Truck Hero. "We are honoured to com- mend these brave men who risk their lives without thought of their own safety while responding to the need for help. .. Nominations, . accom- panied by a newspaper clipping or witness state- ment as evidence, should be sent to Dunlop National Truck Hero Award Com- mittee. c o Canada Safety Council,. 1565 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, Ontario. KIG 3V4. by Sept, 30, 1975 The act must have been performed during the pre- vious 12 months. The I975 Award will again be presented at the On- tarm Trucking Assoctation convention to be held at the Royal York Hotel In Toronto in November. my' husband. Is he

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