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"" APrNtrie1ATRN1 to gm r 'The article is headed Arthur (rloa.uave pegnge Office. Kart iot .the content reads; The Hon. John Root MP. for Wellington, Dufferin and Minister without Portfolio, announced this week that an Auto Licensing Bur- ee, will be established in Art. hur late this Fall. , Balance ot the article was comprised ot two letters, one to Clive Williams, editor of the Arthur Enterprise and the other to the Honourable John Root from John Yaremko, Min- ister of Tramport. part of which stated, “I an very plea- ted to advise will“ we are - ison who erktosed a clip- Emg from the Archur Better. rise on which yolp_hnve_gr§nt- '106 The Way." Twit}: offiqt in Arum my: fol-(has been made, they are to obtain their own Auto Licensing bureau. How about the City of Waterloo council following in these well direct- ed footsteps? WATERLOO‘S ZONING BY- LAW evidently has not receiv- ed support from many quar- ters of the city and while the 'irst and second reading was given it prior to council meet- ing on Monday night, a special leaking will he conducted where the amaze citizen may speak " piece, will be held prior to the bylaw receiving a third reading. In between it will be sent to the Municipal Board for its opinion and hoped for approv- ll. . A number of residential groups in the city have petit- toned council for a change in the proposed zoning changes and one from Royal Street was present'llonday night. This delegatir'i objected to the re-zoning of a vacant lot on that street from single resi- dence to light industrial. Their bone of contention being that diy plant erected there would be the one thing they all could see from their houses. The lot is adjacent to Frank Boomer and Sons Ltd. and was orr:inally purchased by them for the purpose of expansion W" " became necessary. b l Doerner said he can“ appreciate the home our, in' viewpoint, but felt that an industry located in Water- loo for 14-years, should not he penalized because they wanted to expand on property obtain- ed before there was any how As we all know, sh: . in the district. He promi. sed the property would be be::vtified and that a "buffer" how; would be planted. The petitioners decided to call another meeting before they took further action. WATERLOO MERCHANTS ARE NOT the only ones con- cerned with early closing hours and an article given us from the Weston Times and Guide asks, "Should Stores Close Early"? Following is the copy from that newspaper; A survey is being made of all Weston, suburban and To. ronto merchantg to determine whether or not the majority are in favour of a uniform by- law to control the opening and closing of retail stores in the Metro area. The resins of the survey will be famed over to the (Continued on Page " J.H.S. Show Water- is Vol. 108 Harry L. Guy, " president of Mutual Life Assurance Com- pany of Canada, one of the leading figures in Canadian in- surance circles, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. Mr. Guy died at his home, 110 John Blvd., Waterloo, " months " ter his election to the presiden- Firemen Rescue Children From Ferris Wheel Twin City firemen moved quickly to save 11 children and one adult when an immobilized ferris wheel threatened to top p e. When a pin in the wheel's supporting mechanism failed, and when an unsupported brace slipped off a block, the wheel tilted over at a dangerous an- gle. Strong winds buffeted the 12 persons trapped. No one was injured. Owned by King's Shows, the wheel was set up " part of a small playground midway at 94 Bridgeport Rd., Waterloo, near M’s Markets, Ltd. store. Firemen in Waterloo called the Kitchener aerial ladder. One by one the stranded riders were brought to the ground while a ladder and ropes stedied the mechanism. dismantled immediately. Residents Averse To lone Changes At the regular meeting of the Legislation and By/laws Com- mittee Monday night, Ald. Frank Doerner to defend his stand against a delegation of ratepayers from Royal street stepped down from his seat and gave his views as a resident. The delegation of six from the area approached the com- mittee with a petition signed by 53 residents asking them to reconsider the planned zone change from 375 feet of vacant property along Royal St. ' "HST "i,airG""G" "ii' owned by Frank Doerner and Sons Ltd, If the plan is approved, Doerner and Sons will be allow- ed to expand on the property which now connects to his pre- sent plant. The zoning plan calls for this area to be chan- ged from single residence to light industrial. In this war, the Doerner Co. would be al- lowed to expand. . -iGs' Gaikuiection from the residents was that many of their homes would took Airect- 1y ot the insurance company, Janie: Seeing Mother in the kitchen doing the dishes on Mother. Day." You should- n't be doing those dishes today." Mother expecting Janie to take over. Janie: "Why don't you leave them till marrow.” Mutual President H. L Guy, 55, Dies Firemen said the wheel CHRONICLE QUIPS WELL KNOWN WATERLOO RESIDENT itie street to this ex- succeeding Louis L. Lani. later that year. Born in WV. all Sept. 1‘,‘ H. m name 1903,hewuthe|onoflu. eealmanager' Mabel Ellen Guy of Town!» INA. From 19 and the late Edgar Jamel Guy. Guy held the I Mt Guy attended Oakwood tant general In Collegiate in Toronto and we: in 1954 was ele graduated from the University manager. In F of Toronto in honor mathemat- year he was e ies with a bachelor of arts de- In mmim His first contact with insur- ance business came during his school days when he secured a summer job with the Canada Life Assurance Commuy._ - In May, 1927, he joined the Mutual Life actuarial staff hem the following year he wu appointed assistant actuary, be. came associate actuary in 1930 and treasurer of the company tention. I Ald. Doerner defended his), case by saying that land for the company, of which he is pre- sident was purchased before there were any homes in the area, and that the area has) always been planned for plant' expansion. When asked by the residents why the area was not zoned light industrial years ago, Aid. James Bauer stated that such a recommendation had been pas- sed by Planning Board seven' years ago, but as the new zon- l ing by/law was being prepared F it was not finalized by the On- ‘tario Municipal Board. Mr. J. Phillips, 201 Royal St., the delegation spokesman said that their quarrel is not against Doerners, and Aid Doemer re- cognized the delegation" con- cern but added that it is Itot Alderman Doerner stated that a representative of Ober- lander Const. Co. had tried to purchase the lot from him four times and gave the people the understanding that he would buy the land and put houses on it. Edits; same the growth of " yen old ind_ustry. _ " Mr. Doerner added that he will do his best to beautify the lot and that when a building is built a hedge any be placed around it to act as a buffer. The delegation agreed to have a meeting with the petit- ioners before furthet union Waterloo. -6iri-iFGPthumanr, Apr! " an Guy held the position of assis- tant general manager and late in 1954 was elevated to general manager. In February of last! year he was chosen president. In recognition of his war; services as assistant chairman‘ and member of the executive committe of the nation war finance committee, he was nam- ed a Commander of the Carder of the British Empire in July, 1946. In the same year he was elected Joint chairman of the Kitchener-Waterloo war savings committee and the national _ war finanee committee for Wat- erloo north. I He was past president of the Council Gives Zoning By-law Second Reading City Property Made into Parking lot The Traffic and Transportat- ion Committee heard both sides of an argument at their re- gular ,meeting‘Monday night. Ho was tinned assistant sep- Sidney H. Jessop, plant pres- ident of Imperial Refractories Ltd. approached the Traffic and Transportation Committee with the request to pave a portion of the City owned property immediately abuting the plant's property to make parking space for his employees who at present must park fn the street. He added that he is willing to beautify the area (which is in a bad shape of disrepair) by installing a picket fence and flagstone. He also said he will have a driveway off Union St. fixed so that trucks which bring steel to the company will be allowed to enter and exit by driving straight in instead of the awkward backing in and out that they must now do. _ At a special meeting of Council before committee meetings, council, with Alderman Peter Stewart in the chair, (Mayor Paikin is in Montreal attending the funeral of his sister-in-law) gave first and second reading to the zoning by-law which will now go to the Ontario Municipal Board tor approyal: _ - -- -. . _ .. -iieiGe%G TEEN becomes law after a third reading, there will be a special hearing at which residents will he allowed to voice any complaints. . The Kitchener and Waterloo Recreation Commissions Will be Joint hosts to the 14th an- nual meeting and conference of the Ontario Recreation As- sociation on May 1, 2 and 3. Attending will be members of “and recreation commit- (Continued on Page 6) Mr. Jessdp stated that his Recreationally E t 2 Speaking! 4 " " THE WATERLOO RECREATION DEPT. Tin-Alfons Of Wanda. Canning"- Committee to aagiat him costs tar gutting topsoil on 1 Mullen“! halting his no: He also asked it council we mind if he had the boulev; hardtopped. i does this street go?" ‘Ald. Anna Hughes: "You'" l come to a point where you I know it never ends." Bridgeppn Road, Way Ald. Vernon Baum; Why? Mr. Rum: "So I don't have to mow the grass" City Engineer, D'Arcy button: "Would you paint it green'." Mr. S. W. Buttee. 238 IIN, West, Waterloo asks the City! Property _ctrrynittee's and» ance in installing a walk II front of his house extending the presen§_Erb W. gidewglk.‘ -isirdeigittrour made a sini- lar request last year. Aid. Roy Bauman: _'IHow it company will pay half the cost to have the lot paved. Approval was given, but, as is in the case in Kitchener, the twenty cars parked on the lot will each be charged an annual rental fee. AGAINST MOVE A delegation of residents with a petition approached the committee immediately follow- ing to take action againct (he driveway that Mr. Jessnp is made (on city property) trul- ing in off of Union St. . The delegation stated thct it was unsafe for the 40 chillon in the area because trucks _ ‘d to back in and out of the I' dc. The Committee decided to hold the petition on file v,rstil Mr. Jessop has completed his parking lot and repaired the Union St. driveway. With the drive repaired, trucks will be able to enter and exit to un- load by driving ahead rather than backing. sions, recreation directors and others interested in commun- ity and industry recreation programmes. It is expected that 350 will be present for the sessions at the Walper Hotel. The conference theme l by George Gerhardt (Continued on PQ