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those who can affor leaving for warmer C . the United States. However, its one of â€" timgs in a number. of nj‘\p.\pwing that we q a c s0me â€" merchan tell. The p‘ain that ‘fl”\fl (‘h)f scheme CONTINUED . COLD _ y THER is an«abbmination A little more of a crackâ€" down on those who cannot see a piece of ice without also seeing dollar signs would be appreciated by â€" these none money groups It might even do something for the youth of these communities which at present is not being considered either wisely or too weli. ! / Whs These kids are in earnest.z One out of ten of them could | become a professional, but one out‘ of a thousand will have the opportunity of proving he | could become _ professional . materia). _ l Last week we helped ferry a group of hockey aspirants, all otf them Cubs, all the way to the small community of Ayr so they might have hockey pracâ€" tise There was nothing availâ€" able in Kitchener or Waterloo that they could have or afford on their limited budget. This is the silliest dam thing â€" we have heard of in a long time. Here are our future citizens and future hockey greats, if you want to put it tiat way, having to leave town, so they may learn to play this country‘s nat‘ional‘ game. Presently there are some | very earnest citizens trying to‘ make up for this lack of faciâ€"| lities, but they are far and[ few between when those disâ€" regarding it are concerned. [ What matter the profes-‘ sional games if there is nothing‘ coming along to fill the ranks of present players? What matâ€" ter the fancy rinks, if the players of ten years from now | . cannot find a place to pracâ€"| / 4t_.s tise? (Continued * J.H.S. WHILE WE ARE on the subâ€" ject of youngsters, how about the lack of facilities in this famed Twin Cities for some ol the junior groups like the Cubs. isnn eetee n and the sale of same by severâ€" al merchants. The bicycle no tonger has a place in our transâ€" portation system. Its a hazard and any clear thinking indiviâ€" dual wiH recognize it as such. There is a saying "from the sublime to the ridiculous." There is little that is sublime about riding a bike, but those who ride them at this time of year are even going a step’ beyond the ridiculous. m ‘,‘_ themselves This The child hasn‘t a hope of controlling his vehicle and cerâ€" tainly the car driver has only a vague idea where he is goâ€" ing to stop when there is nothâ€" ing under his wheels but jce and snow. vehicle in Bicycle riders mertime are a TYARKRELNI3 ALLOWING their ehfllr-‘ to ride bicycles at this sent _ road conditions, need their heads examined. MJJ ome _ merchants comâ€" at the weather wasn‘t ristmas". ' €" it is making one nf difference in the of things is hard fo same merchants that JH.S warmer climes ber.of years of one of the few )mination and afford it are haven‘t 2) WEAâ€" in When questioned, he emphasâ€" ized, that the committee was not approving in principle the establishmeont of a city planâ€" ning department. Office committee chairman. Ald. Vincent Alviano, advocatâ€" ed caution in setting up a city department. In reply to questions, Mr. Dutton, said a man working under his direction was not the eventual solution, but would suffice for some years. He added a cityâ€"employed planner would cost more â€" ‘"but there‘s a lot of work to be done." The board _ spent nearly $2,000 for consultant work â€" getting drawings and reports made, Ald. Bauer said. The industry and city deveâ€" lopment committee had earliet received notification from the Planning Board that E. W. Oke had resigned as planning consultant. Waterloo Looks For Planning Assistant A member of the Planning Board, Ald. James Bauver, told the committee that the board "wants something more perâ€" wanent than it has now. The new man will work unâ€" der city engineer D‘Arcy Dutâ€" ton, carrying out planning and traffic engineering work, and acts as consultant to the planâ€" ning board. Waterloo Council‘s office committee has agreed to adâ€" vertise for a planning assistâ€" ant, their first step in estabâ€" lishing their own planning deâ€" partment. ‘__At the mecting of Waterloo Council Monday night, Alderâ€" | man Alviano aired his beefs to | the $1750 expenditure on reâ€" {novations to the City Hall Annex. the is:ue was begun whon ntpumen Ald. Roy Bauman asked Counâ€" | nuvation. cil to approve the spending of no idea $150.00 for venetian blinds for | trical w Annex offices. | jobs and Ald. Alviano said, "I wish recoived to go on record opposing This. wet the f I was not pretent wlen the | Althoush "B" group Committees approvâ€"‘ can‘t ex; ed the recommendations. The | ate wiih amount layed out for the anâ€" | down jus nex was $325. Now $1,750 has | £o ovyrr i ALVIANO AGAINST ASPIRED AMOUNT The remaining $600,000 will be carried by the Sisters of St. Joseph who founded and still operate the hospital. Ald. Roy Bauman â€" asked Waterloo lawyer Walter Mcâ€" addition to that Hospital. Kitchener‘s share of the 9â€" storey extention is $900,000. Grantes from the Federal and Provincial â€" governments will total $1,700,000. A drive for funds is expected to raise $500,000, and Waterloo Counâ€" ty will be asked to contribute $300,000. 1 At the meeting of Waterâ€" loo Council Monday night, council doneated $200,000 to St. Mary‘s Hospital as this city‘s share in the $4,200,000 Waterloo Grants $200,666 Tfl St Mary‘s Hospital fomy AATHRA* T PIRML s beefs to | this re on reâ€" : en City Hall ) ted LA J s Eooemn lt med tC BM cxisting one on Sunshine Aveâ€" nue, run it through the Beechâ€" wood _ Park swbdivision _ and back to Erb street east to serve the proposed Maple HS§]] subdivision. Mr Bauer said work would start early in the spring. A $142%â€"anâ€"acre charge will be made on subdivisions and would resudt in the city reâ€" covering more than $13,000 olf 10 o Ne Dutton was a committee, to 000 main tru City clerk, D. F. P recommended _ acceptan the offer, which he said fair price. He pointed o it included the Carter nortion. It was agreed by the inâ€" dustry and city development committee to pay J. M. Schâ€" neider, Itd., $2,000 for 2.39 acres of land at the end of Marshali street, on the east ide of Laure] Creek. It will be used for park purposes. The company, which owned the land as part of its stock farm, turned down a city ofâ€"; fer of $1,250, plus $100, for] part of Carter Road. a Ald. Frank Doerner saw the engaging of a planniing assistâ€" ant as a good chance to mainâ€" tain liaison between the engiâ€" neering department and â€"the planning board. proving the principl the work done by ployee working in or‘s office, he said. Althougsh we‘ stated $325, you can‘t expoct offices to operâ€" ate wiih the walls half torn down just because we would go over that amount." linished yet." He added that this was a sign of ‘poor manaâ€" gemont‘ and it seems ‘we were led down the garden path‘ o Ald. Hophos cleared up the rirument with, "When the reâ€" nuvations were Lbezun, we had no idea of the cost of elecâ€" trical work and other smaller Jobs and full value has been recoived â€" through tenders to fret the cheapest cost possidle. Wair 0 . & H been spent, and the finished yet.‘" He a into law, it must first be apâ€" proved by the Ontario Munâ€" icipal Board. As evidence for the necesâ€" sity for the addition, Mr. Mcâ€" Gibbon stated that in 1958 there were 1200 births and Before the b the expenditure into law, it mu: proved by the icipal Board. Uibbon QC who was spokesâ€" man for the delegation from BSt. Mary‘s if a vote of the people was necessary, Mr. Mcâ€" Gibbon said it was not, but he added that the City has a right to hold a vote if they so desire. He stated that a vote would hold up starting on the project It is expected to be ready to operate in two Plan presented by Waterloo, Ontario a" presented by Mr. was agreed to by the to connect a $18,â€" trunk sewer to sn e on Sunshine Aveâ€" principle of havin»> acceptance â€" of by a city emâ€" in the engineâ€" byâ€"law granting sald was a ed out that arter Road «_ Preston job isn‘t , Thursday, December 18 division. He added this is true in the Domin} | month ,’ The { l : il‘ [ #in, i ind is ! der biÂ¥ildin " The for‘ner liquor _ stors~ [ Goilding was sold to Murra; I ill, 234 Mary St., Waterloo d is now converted into two dern stores, _ while _ the bÂ¥ilding â€" housing the Radio lElN‘tmnic Television _ School 15 King St. North, was sold to Lloyd Schweitzer of Schweit. zer‘s Shoes, 114 Kinc S South, Waterloo. Mr. o Bricker said | "residen tial transfers in the last few months have shown that home owners are gettiny more than what is considered the normal . increase in price when they , sell homes three or four years / old." | store i W lzed i | St. S $410,488. & Assessment commissioner, C. C. Bricker, pointed out that the hardware store sale was the third sale of a downtowa» business block in recent months, ,’ Hardware Store: ‘Sells For $43,700 transfers completed in Novem. ber exceeds by almost $50,000 those of the same month last year. In November 1957, a total of 55 tranâ€"fer; were made with a total value of Waterloo re§l esta':e h;x:( ::)ei:gmll(:t:h:?hgl:i‘le:z!ik.,‘t‘, taken another jump with the, * T suppose â€"ale of a Waterloo hardware * a store. * o e 4 Weiche!l Hardware is situaâ€" I . ted in this building, 22 Kin~! HmAltr;manxpf:(;{i&r q;xestmx St. S., was sold to Kenneth W.. the extra e iture for alt.. Schaefer for $43,700 by M.! D. C. Schaefer: Well, this i Weichel and Son, Ltd M a bad year for salt. Schaefer and his father, W. A. Ald. Stewart: Does anyone Schaefer, have operated the know how much dfl"“‘_e‘e saR business for almost 10 years. ; _ does to the automobile? The value of the real estate‘ V‘A"Yy Dutton: {(After some City Engineer D‘Arcy Dutâ€" ton told aldermen that "Provâ€" inclal legishation will be enâ€" acled in the future to deal with the problem." His motion that the problem be turned over to the lcgi.flla-j tion â€" and bvâ€"laws committee . was approved. } Alderman Vernon Bauman] advised Alderman Stewart th-at; an inspection of the City‘s i gas lines was now being cond-f ucted in Waterloo This inâ€" | spection he said is being carâ€"â€" ried on by a senior level of wovernment. | Ald. Peter Stewart asked Waterloo Council _ Monday night if Waterloo residents were getting all the protection they deserve against a possible gas line explosion. Gas Study To Be Made When the issue came to a vote the only one epposed was Ald. Roy Bauman. Alderman Bauman did not state his reaâ€" son for his opposition. D. C Schaefer, City Treaâ€" surer told Waterloo Aldermen that the grant would be paid over a 15 year period at $20,000 annually. ' that at times, there were 200 patients in the hospital. Many of these had to be placed in the halls and corridors. The present hospital has a 122 bed capacity. this is partic@larly Dominion !Â¥#e subâ€" the _ Radio ; sion _ School. ; , was sold to . 1 of Schweit./ , 1958 Most brands of coffee were cutâ€"at least two cents a pound last week, and some of the chain stores‘ own brands were reduced as much as six cents a pound The main reason fo@ the _ decrease, according â€" to Canadian Press is that the pre (Continued on Page 2) Coffee Down 2¢ posii and, ment hand ports all 1 erC © Board Of Works Committee Report Ald. _ Vernon â€" BRauman: The weather right now is cold, but I notice D‘Arcy has hi@ men out shooting levels and doing lots of good work ... lif he could be excused from FCounuil beo@use he was nok | feeling well. | Atd. Bauer: Are you sure he‘s t not going to a Christmas party? !M‘ayor Paikin: No. I felt his _ forehead and he‘s running & : temperature. Ald Hughes: You didn‘t fea mine when I was sick. Mayor Paikin: (After sonm heated discussion on t City Hall Annex) Is ther any further discussion . . I hope not? If that Arey Dutton: (After some humming and hawing) The test results of Canadian and American _ cities are _ coRe flicting. After the meeting of Fims ance Committee, Ald. Franm@@e Doerner, the chairman aske@ by George Gerhardt Teteâ€"Aâ€"Tetes Of Waterloo Council With Malice Toward None Council seldom has tors for their meetings. men that Mr Hauser w coâ€"worker of his and a able critic of council. He also â€"pleased to see other tators in the gallery and that he was pleased when the rateâ€" bayers show more interest im municipal affairs. can hear is . Mayor Paikin Ave., Ave., a spectator at Counsll Meeting Monday night. ~SPEAK UP PLEASE"! t He Thls Was the dmrQ H. Hauser of 53 Ruoss isn‘t bad enougR® of information e that this is ameâ€" No. spects» some