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, _ Not taken seriously envough is the stop light at the corner of ' *mg and Central Sts. . Too many children and adults too are cutting across the schoal playgrounds and coming out on the main street from behind rarked cars. This should be stopped at once and would probâ€" ably be more lasting if the effort _was made by both parents and * teachers. d Parents of these children have been worryinf for a long time | that their children had to cross this busy street without any proâ€" tection. Now the stop lights have * Leen installed and it is up to the parents to see that their offspring cross the street by the lights. ‘Teachers, too, can help in this reâ€" spect and should issue strict inâ€" structions to their charges that the new stop lights are not ornaâ€" the neub ‘::op 'l‘ig‘hu are nt‘n)t orna: | ments, to help cross the street w I A Ma ments, bu ‘Waterloo Army Man . J.HS. ‘f Lt.-CloI‘ E?wérd (Ted) Tate, 46, . . ormerly o ueiph, has be Collegiate teachers need to is named deputy dirgctor of nn:; sue a few instructions to the ‘téen personnel replacing Col. W. J agers also. s"l‘:he lights in front of| Moogk of Waterloo, army headâ€" the High hool are definitely quarters at Ottawa has anâ€" there for a purpose, not to stop a nounced. halfâ€"mile of traffic because some, (Col. Moogk is now serving in _student wants to cross the street| Korea with the 25th Brigade. for a coke. _ ;\Col. Tate was formerly army reâ€" Use of these lights should on!ly / presentative on the joint intelliâ€" abe allowed during the time the{gem:e board. whole school is coming out, not naoe dinmmaars wl enen crres 1 & G all day MBR 20200 omcoo fremeral Matore nenving arnnnd There never has been a street along this side of the bush and # there is no need of one now. The mere fact that a bunch of dollarâ€" humgry contractors want to build houses all over the â€"place is no reason for destroying what lmh‘ natural beauty is left to this come munity. ‘ J.H.S. ‘ There are several of these a'ounflellows who seem to think that King St. is their particular speedway. If the police do not pick them up soon maybe pubâ€" lishing their license number and ?‘t.l‘“ would slow them down a little. We realize there are a lot ol[ riders who obey the law in every mect. not only because they | eve in the law, but because they know that a feeling of anâ€" tagonism exists to a certain exâ€" Aent where motorcyclists are in-J wiaved. There have been too maâ€"| ny accidents and too much fast driving and noise for the general K‘\blic to accept things withoull ving something to say about it.| ceived some too r a tew of thie local motm:m As we mentioned several weeks :o. there seem to be just a few them who don‘t believe the speed laws or antiâ€"noise laws, have anything to do with them. Speeding so far as cars are conâ€" cerned has become very unpopuâ€" lar in this city due to the recent lar in this city due to the recent campaign by the Waterloo Police Speeding by a few of these moâ€" torcycle riders has been going on all along and still continues. we have received, it would seem At the present time it is quite common for one of the students to wander out, stop a couple of dozen cars and then saunter across the street. This, of course, is sheer nonsense and was not what the lights were designed for. A littte enlightening on the part of the teachers would probably cure this rather ridiculous situaâ€" It ailways amuses us to hear some of the consery ationists sound off and then see the mass .deâ€" struction of trees undertaken by local communities, road building which has plagued local motorists because of many road repair jobs and the installation of the new trunk sewer, is gradually smoothâ€" infiihelt out. ‘ e still are of the opinion that we have a great deal to be thankâ€" ful for in this ciiy considering the efficient manner in which most of these jobs l:‘u!\{!esheen handled. Breithaupt bush, one of the few remaining beauty spots in the ciâ€" t{do! Kitchener is being given the old bulldozer treatment, so that a road, which is not needed, can be ts O n 4o Bu:e trees are being torn loose and destroyed. This sadistic ‘tfie of destruction goes on day T day. Every time it seems as though there will be a few trees left, some butcher comes ajong and thinks a strip of pavement is more beautiful. _ â€" car qut. :vutcheq fosce U-&tun::r! tien pf road _ le@ives had ad and were at t‘a de t 1 A w Dan‘t get us wrong. The Ci? of Kitchener is not tearing out all the trees in the lovely bushlot, but they are certainly tearing down far more than there is any need for. e While our streets are cleaner than they ever have been in the pmth. leaves are now starting to 1 faster than they can be cleaned uY. You might keep this in mind if you drive and if it starts to rain while you have your car qut. £:ntched one ambitious inâ€" di 1 try to l;cr:ke luc‘lgenlx' the other to p! up a friend. U*hm‘:ry he ulecged a secâ€" tion pf road where a quantity of had adhered to the surface ‘Were at that time wet from t‘a dew. He ended up on t lawn . . . the owner was standing on his front verandah. Was his face red! Vol. #6, No. 28 Around W aterloo JHS JHS "fi' .I‘ "ax“ jI ‘â€"i, ; of Attendance Hits Allâ€"Time High â€" Gingerich, a bishop of the Menâ€" nonite Church. was taken to hosâ€" pital with bruises and a fractured rib, but attending Dr. F. Young of St. Jacobs anticipated his reâ€" lease Sunday. Strauss and his brother, a passenger, escaped unâ€" injured. S s Guelphite Replaces (By Chronicle Stuf Writer) HEIDELBERG. â€" The timeâ€" worn fight between the ancient horseâ€"drawn vehicle and modern automotive transport a ti on reached an accidental climax late Saturday night when a buggy driven bfi Bishop Addison Gingâ€" erich, RR. 2, Drayton, and.a car operated by Harold Strauss, St. Clements, collided on a thoroughâ€" fare east of Heidelberg. Investigating Provincial Police Constable Harry Pelz, Kitchener detachment, said the buggy was att.empth;lg to turn onto the St. Jacobs â€" Heideiberg thoroughfare from a darkened sideroad when collision with Strauss‘ Kitchenerâ€" bound car occurred. Strauss alâ€" legedly did not see the horseâ€" powered vehicle as its light was not visible from the rightâ€"hand side of the highway. $230 Damages The ditched buggy received damages estimated at $30, but the auto required a repair job of some $200. The horse sustained minor cuts and bruises. Bishop Gingerich was to have performed Communion in his church the same day, but a subâ€" stitute administered the sacraâ€" ment. General Motors proving sround | engineers use high speed movies,] taken at up to 12,000 pictures per| second, for analysis of automobile ‘ behaviour. a 6 Col. Moogk is now serving in Korea with the 25th Brigade. Col. Tate was formerly army reâ€" presentative on the joint intelliâ€" gence board. . Joe Meinzinger, spokesman for the large group, told council imâ€" mediate steps are necessary to saâ€" tis(f the property owners or "they will be there in a body every Monday night until they see some results." Waterloo Once Had Daily Paper Drayton Buggy Hit, Mennonite Bishop Injured The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Proâ€" perty Owners‘ Association apâ€" proached Kitchener City Council Monday night en masse protestâ€" ing rental administration and askâ€" ing for abolition of rent controls. Although painstaking historical records list no mention of Waterâ€" loo‘s first and only daily newsâ€" paper venture, Ford S. Kumpf says he‘s positive there was one, ?nd he should know. He organâ€" zed the sheet on the c\g;efiion of the Waterloo Town rd of Trade way back in 1906. Mr. Kump{, then correspondent for the Record and several Toâ€" ronto p'a,pers, niepuled to Record editor W. V. (Ben) Uttley to aid in the organization of a Waterâ€" loo daily. ‘"Ben" estimated $2,000 advertising for a twoâ€"year term would keep the sheet circulating and "Ford" was elected as estabâ€" Kâ€"W Property Owners May Ask For Kitchener Council‘s Resignation RE RENT CONTROL ISSUE Commerce‘s Industrial Exâ€" hibition at the Memorial Auditorium to 18,913. _ This was an increase of 1,208 over last year‘s total atâ€" tendance. Saturday‘s attendâ€" ance also showed an increase of 643 for the same day last the Kâ€"W Junior Chamber of (Ford _S. Kumpf, wellâ€" known Waterloo resident was prominent in Waterloo newsâ€" paper circles around the turn of the century. His father, Christian Kumpf, and partâ€" ner John Bowman, composed the team responsible for bringing the Chronicle to Waâ€" terloo in 1860. The paper had formerly occupied oflrc'u on Queen ~Street South, Kitchâ€" ener, and was known as "The Berlin Chronicle and Waterâ€" loo County Reformers Gaâ€" zette.) An attendance of 3,479 Satâ€" ‘CITIZEN®‘ FLOURISHED FEW YEARS THEN ‘FADED AWAY 1 at | Published in an alley near the |nowâ€"industrious King and Erb |\Streets intersection, the paper | was edited by Andrew Weidenâ€" hammer and published in the |offices of the "Bauern Freund" |\ (Farmer‘s Friend), another early town newspaper. Although the staff memg:rs probably â€" only lnumbered five or six at the most, the Ylper enjoyed an excellent ,circu ation for its short period of existence. $110 Total Expense Of Local Accidents Ninety dollars damages ocâ€" curred in a crash September 21, when cars driven by Don G. Moore, 12 Roosevelt St., and Wilâ€" liam Brydon, Parkway, collided at Erb and King Streets intersecâ€" tion. Only other crash reported ocâ€" curred Wednesday of last week when Kenneth Deline, Kitchener, froceeding east on John West, alâ€" egedly neglected to stop and an auto driven by another Kitchener driver, William Gingerich colâ€" lided with the Deline auto. $20 damages resulted. WHEEL FALLS OFF; REPORTER "REAL LUCKY According to reports, Brydon was proceeding south on King Street North. Moore attempted a left turn off King onto Erb and the vehicles met midway. Many "hardship cases" were brought to light by various speakâ€" ers allegedly because of the way rent control is administered in Kitchener. One case was that of a blind man whose income from a triplex was cut in half "after the axe had failen". This man and his family lisher. So determined to succeed was Mr. Kumpf that before a week passed, the required ads were signed up, and 10 days laâ€" ter the 4â€"page Evening Citizen hit the streets. May Ask Resignation The property owners, it was reâ€" ported, will ask council‘s resignaâ€" tion if "they further prove themâ€" selves incapable of facing up to responsibilities." In 1900, The Citizen faded into the weekly Sentine] with Andrew Weidenhammer as editor and gou‘!:lisher. Later James Heveron ght the ailing weekly which bade a sad farewell to its readers in 1912, the last retnnant of Waâ€" terloo‘s first and only daily newsâ€" paper venture. The offices formâ€"| erly occupied by the Sentinel now constitute the premises of the | Pirie Dru.. Store. | + ® ® * 1 The tale now lives only in the minds of Waterloo‘s elder citizens. Bishop Addison Gingerich of Drayton was injured late Saturday night when a car driven by Harold Strauss, St. Clements, struck his buggy on the Heidelberg higway, just weast of Heidelberg. Knocked unconscious when thrown from the buggy, Gingerich sufâ€" fered a broken rib and was taken to the Kâ€"W Hospital. The horse received minor cuts and bruises. Jerry Strauss, left, brother of the man in charge of the auto, and Delton Marâ€" tin, inspect the wrecked buggy. The accident occurred at Mr. Martin‘s lane driveway. Driving near Conestogo, he heard a strange © banging sound emit from the front of his car. Stopping his car ta check the trouble, he could find nothing wrong. A Chronicle reporter esâ€" caped what might have been a serious accident on his way to the office Monday mornâ€" ing. Slowing down to. almost a complete stop at a back road leading to Waterloo, the left Menuonite Bishop Hurt in Car ; Buggy Crash Derrick Hugs Erb Signal; Resulting ‘Damage Untotalled are reportedly in a destitute state due to the present rental controls. The property owners charged that there are "hundreds of vaâ€" cant houses and apartments in the Twin Cities". They said there are more rental units than renters. The council chamber was filled to capacity. The property owners promised they would come back "if it becomes necessary to take further measures to have these dictatorial controls removed." Another halfâ€"century and no one will remember the illustrious Daily Citizen of years past. Mrs. W. Phyllis Thomson, 44 King St., Elmira, the driâ€" ver, said she momentarily took her eyes off the road to talk to her young son and the accident occurred. Her father, John Godwin, R.R. 4, Komoka, a passenger in the front seat, reâ€" ceived head and nose injuries after striking the windshield. Township police investigated. * One person was hurt and considerable damage resulted to this car after it swerved off the side of the road and clipped off a hydro pole on the northerly outskirts of Waterâ€" loo Friday afternoon. _ s â€" front side of his car suddenly dropped and â€" momentarily went out of control. The left front wheel had worked itself loose and fell off. Only a minute before the mishap, the reporter was traâ€" velling at about 40 miles per hour. Chamber EhEira Car Clips Hydro Pole Waterloo, Outaric, Fridey, September 20, 1062 § Kitchener Cops Nab Two Hogs Nearly 1,300 of the 12,000 emâ€" ployees of General Motors of Canada have been associated with the company for more than 25 years. ?l'hey represent â€"38,000 years of service. ] Neil A. MacEachern of 183 Albert St. ian‘t actually holdâ€" ing up this traffic light standâ€" ard at the corner of King and Erb Streets. A huge derrick on a Foell transport truck clipped the standard Saturâ€" day morning. Despite the "list to the starboard" the "post" continued to operate. KITCHENER. â€" Kitchener police went "whole hog" in one episode early Monday. Taken into custody at Ahrens and Louisa Streets were two young pigs. The porkers were wandering about the street. The animals were taken to the Humane Society sheiter and eventually returned to a Louisa St. sty from which they had fled. â€"Chronicle Staff Photo The date was approved after the meeting was assured workâ€" men would be finished in the builâ€" ding by then. K. S. Rabb, building commitâ€" tee chairman, pointed out that there would be details and minor adjustments probably for a few months but that the work was virtually complete. _ _ Urges Minister to K. C. 1. Assembly The _ memorandum, . released Wednesday night to ail court clerks in Waterloo County, conâ€" tains a revised court ncho“ulc for the entire county. It explains that "in order to cope more effectively with heavy lists of cases at Kitchâ€" ener, it has been deemed advisâ€" able to alter the nchedug for maâ€" gstnte's courts in the County of ‘aterl00." News of the considered chnnfie has aroused the ire of local offiâ€" cials. now?" one Waterlooite asked. "It‘s just another attempt to break down Waterloo‘s identity," another official charged. Waterloo‘s newest and most modern institution of learnâ€" ing, the new MacGregor School, will be officially opened on October 1. Harold W. Wagner, chairman, in suggesting an Oct. 1 opening, said Education Minister Dunlop would be available on that date. However, the public address system will not be in operation for the opening, he reported. A delay in receiving parts is the reason. Beyond setting the date, the board left details of the opening ceremony to a committee comâ€" prising Rev. E. F. Bishop, C. A. Boehm, T. M. Ferguson and Dunâ€" can Douglass. Waterloo Officials Strongly Object _ To Court Being Moved to Kitchener _ Item number four of the reâ€" vised schedule points out that "consideration is bei.nf given to having Waterloo Police Court held at the City Hall, Kitchener, when the Waterloo Police Court reverts to its normally small docket." Waterloo‘s present court docket is unusually high due to the Sunshine plant strike: Education Minister to Open New Public School Waterloo Board Discusses Married Women Teachers‘ Role A brief discussion at a recent meeting of the Waterloo Public School Board on the status of married women teachers ended with a suggestion the matter be discussed at a future committee meeting. â€" e The discussion was touched off by a letter from a woman teachâ€" er written early in summer, inâ€" forming the board she was being married and adding she would continue to render the same serâ€" vice as in the past. ‘Read Your Bible stropeoobfection to rdagistrate J R. H. M'- court n;gor-' of haying Waterloo police court held ntm City Hall, Kitchener. "Waterloo has always had a police courtâ€"why take it away "If you have neglected religion, found no time for Ged and church, I would urge you to reâ€" trace your steps back to the time where you have forgotten God. . ." With these words, Rev. John Murdock of Waterloo‘s Knox Presbyterian Church emphasized the need for religion to the Colâ€" legiate‘s Senior Assembly last Thursday. _ o The occasion highlighted the Twin Cities annual Church and School Week, Septemher 15 to 21. Rev. Murdock was chosen as this year‘s delegate to represent Kâ€"W Churches on the K.C.LI. stage. _ In his speech Mr. Murdock told students "take your Bible and read it from cover to cover." He recalled that biblical heroes realâ€" ized they were God‘s children, and when bad, believed it was not themselves they were hurting, but God. As chaplain overseas, he said he often left this message with Canadian fightinc forces. The Kâ€"W Hospital Commission Tuesday voted to increase some room rates and certain operating room charges. The decision came in a move to offset at feast some part of the hospital deficit Raise Nurses‘ m The board also gran a raise to nurses on the staff which will amount to around $1,800 a month. It is effective Sept. 1. Increases which will be put into effect in operating room charges will earn about $7,000 yearly while the increased rates will bring in an additional $11,400 after the nurses‘ salary increase TO OFFSET DEFICIT Kâ€"W Hospital Rates Boosted Slightly Present High Docket | TORONTO.â€"The hearing for pickets charged with besetting at the Sunshineâ€"Waterloo Company plant in Waterloo Monday was adjourned for one week at the reâ€" quest of defence counsel E. B. Jolliffe who represented all the men charged. Start Hydro Conversion In Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Area by April, 1954 Included in the chu(:geom are Waterloo, Kitchener, Galt, Presâ€" ton, Hespeler, New Hamburg, Baâ€" den, Bridgeport, St. Jacobs, Welâ€" Adjourn Sunshine Hearing One Week Mr. Wagner suggested the board could protect itsalf by deâ€" signating married women teachâ€" ers as "permanent supply" teachâ€" ers. cial customers in the 563â€"square mile area. The plant has been closed by an employees‘ strike over wages. The men were charged ‘after an official‘s car was stopped while crossing a picket line. Public school children will not be Xâ€"rayed in the next mass chest Xâ€"ray campaign for Wilmot, North Dumfries and Waterloo Townships. Not one in 50,000 chilâ€" dren is found to be a reactor. This fact was revealed ‘by Dr. W. D. Jamieson, in charge of mass Xâ€"rays for the Ontario Deâ€" partment of Health, when he spoke at an organization meeting last week in the Kitchener Coâ€"op Hall. The meeting was called by the Waterloo Federation of Agriâ€" culture in coâ€"operation with Freeâ€" port Sanatorium. Twoâ€"Week Tour R. H. Saunders, hydro commisâ€" ssion chairman, said that while the exact number of appliances to be standardized in area one will not be known until the compleâ€" It was indicated that present regulations mean that the contract of a woman teacher who marries expires in the following June. He referred to a recent Oshawa case in which a board ran into difficulty in attempting to avoid retaining a woman teacher who had married. commissibn vb(edwhinofiaflmmie Cross hospital insurance t an increase in rates might be put inâ€" insist on a court here. Aâ€"Kitchâ€" ener court for Waterloo people would greatly inconvenience evâ€" den, Brid‘e‘g:'t, Bt. Jacobs, Welâ€" lesles and ira. There are 22,â€" 165 domestic and 2,661 commerâ€" Mr. Jolliffe said that evidence in the case was so voluminous gha_t a special hearing may have to be held Plans were made to have moâ€" bile Xâ€"ray machine tour the townships for two weeks comâ€" mencing Oct. 20. It is the plan of the federation to visit every home in the area before the tests start. If parents are found to be reâ€" actors, then public school children in their families will also be testâ€" ed. In mass surveys the machine new ward rates will be $6.50 daiâ€" ly with an $8.50 charge for semiâ€" private rooms and $11 and $12 a day for private rooms. _ _ B is taken into account, it was esâ€" timated. Boost Room Rates Increased room rates which go into effect Oct. 1, are 50 cents a day for ward and semiâ€"private rooms. Some larger private rooms wil} be increased b{ $1 a day. The new ward rates will be $6.50 daiâ€" The move was foreshadowed about three months ago when the The Ontario Hydro Commission has announced the conâ€" version dates for a §63â€"squareâ€"mile section of Waterioo Coun ty from 25 to 60â€"cycle equipment. Conversion is expected to start in November, 19538, and to end by October, 1954. 563â€"Squareâ€"Mile Area prm o e ki zi__2222 Find No Need to Xâ€"ray Children in Twp. Drive tto effect on Oct. 1. $19,039.46 Deficit Deficit for August, the fnanâ€" cla) statement presented by adâ€" ministrator Walter Hatch showed, was $19,039.46. For the year to the end of August it amounts to $108,103.37. For the same period last year it amounted to $134,â€" 532.01. Stratford rural ‘operating area (Wellesley distributing station), second week of November, 1953, (90; 10). Kitchener ROA (Wellesley DS), 2nd, 3rd weeks of November, 1953, (260; 20). _ _ â€" The higher average will mean that the commission will have to standardize for some 783,000 doâ€" mestic customers in the 25â€"cycle island more than 1,000,000 domesâ€" tic appliances in excess of the originally anticipated total. (The bracketed figures indicate the number of customers, the first figure being domestic and the secâ€" ond commercial). Kitchener ROA (Waterloo DS), last week January, first week Febâ€" ruary, 1954 (510; 40). weeks February, 1954 (350; 30). Bridgeport HES, .first two weeks February, 1954 (350; 30). Waterloo PUC, second week February to first week April, 1954 (3,700; 340). _ _ _ â€" tion of inven experience in other areas m‘m that doâ€" mestic c;ummn. own, on the avâ€" erage, four frequencyâ€"sensitive items, compared with an estimâ€" ated average of 2.7 based on test inventories made in 1947. TEVE, MEWTY TY Elmira ROA (Wellesley DS), 33rd week of November, 1953, (180; 16). Wellesley hydroâ€"electric sysâ€" tem, last week of November, 1%3. (175; 60). _ _ Baden HES, last week of Novâ€" ember, 1953, (210; 38). _ _ St. Jacobs HES, first two weeks January, 1954 (200; 4§5). _ _ _ New Hamburg PUC, first two weeks of November, 1953 (500; 125). Kitchener ROA (Baden DS), last week November, first week December, 1953, (2905; 42). Elmira PUC, last two weeks December, 1953, (800; 150). _ KITCHENER. â€" The canopy at the front entrance to the W-Yper Hotel on King St., an old "landâ€" mark", is being removed and will be replaced by a marquee. Removal of the old canopy will end a traffic hazard. Posts supâ€" porting the canopy have been struck by buses on two occasions. long uli.t'" and man:: CK» penses," it was pointed Expectations point to the Chamâ€" ber of Commerce and other interâ€" Kitchener ROA â€" (Mannheim DS), first two weeks December, 1953, (350; 55) Elmira ROA (St. Jacobs DS), last three weeks January, 1954 (730; 65). _ _ _ _ â€" Kitchener PUC, first week April to end October, 1954 (13,â€" 500; 1,600). does not operate efficiently on small children when it is set for adults‘ chests, Dr. Jamieson said. In commenting on the rate inâ€" crease, C. N. Weber, commission chairman, pointed out that rates at the local hospital were still beâ€" low the provincial average for new institutions of comparable _ Eimira ROA (Elmira DS), first week January, 1954 (275; 26). â€" Raymond Snyder of Bloomingâ€" dale, federation health committee chairman, was made overâ€"all camâ€" paign chairman. Among repreâ€" sentatives present were those from Blairâ€"Doon WI, Elmdale W1, Bridgeport W1I, Bloomingdale WI, Ayr Chamber of Commerce and others. All Tests Free All tests are provided free by the government. Organizational expenses are met by proceeds of Christmas seal sales of the Fedâ€" eration of Agriculture and the Sanatorium. Dr. Jamieson said the last camâ€" paign in the three south townâ€" ships was four years ago when 4,325 were Xâ€"rayed. With a poâ€" pulation of about 20,000 in the rural areas only, the target would be 10.000 this time. REMOVE HOTEL CANOPY Se per Copy, $2.00 per Yopz. â€"‘