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I887 MV WAIERLOO ST. JACOBS ST. CLEMENTS BRIDGEPORT ST. AGATHA HEIDELBERG CONESTOGO - He stated 'hat pavement and curb installations had born re- commended for Margaret Street several years ago, also a proposal for sidewalks which would be a water barrier, but council had do layed because of a problem with Several wer' referred for hand. ling by the city insurance adjus- tor so that council would not be placed in an untenable position should one or more of them be cause for a law suit, Property flooding, caused by the heavy rainfall last week, plagued committee members o. council Monday night. However, a committee under spokesman Wayne Brubacher (he represented residents at 245-247 and 249 Erb Street east, pressed members of the Works and Sani- tation Committee for some de.. eisive action. In a letter, Mr. Brubacher stat. ed that these residents had in stalled a catch basin on property they owned which handled the normal flow of rain water, how- ever. in such a storm as recently experienced (with water some- times three inches deep covering their yards) the basin was unable to handle. This they felt was a problem that the city should be dealing with, and not private citi- Ben; The letter also stated that it was not only the water that they had to contend with, but also silt and other debris. D'Arcy Dutton, city engineer, reported that tho w.ater was a '- cult of a f1owort from Margaret street because many of the pro- perties were below the road level. It flowed over and down to the properties on Erb. Want Sidewalks on Margaret St. To Prevent Erb Street Flooding VOL. ll' V " Committee agreed that. because of the problem of flooding, and also because a sidewalk had been requested on that street, by the Father Weiss had spent 25 years in the Twin Cities, minis- toring to his people, the last seven (since '960) as pastor of St. Louis. Previously he was the first pastor of St. Aloysius Church and prior to that, was assistant pastor of St. Louis. land titles (some residents did not want a sidewalk). The Rev. Clarence Joseph Weiss, pastor of St. Louis WC. Church, died Monday at St. Mary's Hospital. Ho was a member of the Water, loo Separate School Board and of the Knights of Columbus. In addition to his father, he ix survived by five brothers: Wm, of Fergus, Harvoy_and Joseph of London. Ont.; John and Joseph of Waterloo. Four sisters, Mrs. Robert (Lillian) Reit el of Watcr- loo, Mrs. Allan (Mary) Gamble of Galt, Sister Anne Therese of the School Sisters of Notro Dame, Preston and Martina of Tees. water. Son of Joseph Weiss of Tees. water. and the late Mrs Weiss, he received his elementary and secondary education in that com. munity. He attended St Jerome's College and received his bachelor of arts degree from St Peier's Seminary. London, in 1938, He was ordained at London in 1941. The body is at St Louis Church. The office of the dead and the rosary will be recited Rev. C. J. Weiss Dead WATERLOO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL Public School Board, that the clerk should be empowered to seek acquisition of the required land by all means (including ex- propriation). to allow sidewalks to be installed this year. Wayne Holst of 10 Young street. Waterloo, a theological student at WLU. has received a $l.500 graduate award that will enable him to study in Europe. Mr. Holst. son of Mr. and Mrs Alfred C. Holst of St. Jacobs, will graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. and will use the Lutheran Bro- therhood award to accept an op- portunity giver him by the World Council of Churches, to attend the graduate school of ecumeni. cal studies at the University of Geneva, Bossey. Switzerland. The Most Rev. Joseph P. Ryan. Bishop of Hamilton, will be chief celebrant at the funeral mass. to be held at ll a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. His wife. the former Eleanor Snider of Waterloo, will acComp- any him. Mrs. Hoist is presently secretary to WLU's chief “Mar Inn. there tonight (Wednesday) at tt pm, followed by a Knights of Columbus service at 8:30 pm. Holst to Study In Switzerland Agreed to support an appeal by Frank Doerner. vice president of Docrner Products Co Ltd, HS Bridgeport Road. against a com- mittee of adjustment ruling. The committee ruled that Doerner Pm- ducts must erect a fence between their parking and the plant but Mr. Doerner stated that this would limit access to their loading and unloading ramps. The trucks would stick partly out into Royal Street. While the department of highways would agree to the installa- tion of the signs, the two cities would be expected to pay instal- lation and maintenance costs. The expressway would also have signs designating it as highway 85 south. exit street signs and signs that would designate business section exits. It was stated that if the ruling was upheld, arrangements had been made to amalgamate with the Stratford plant which would mean loss of jobs to some 150 local people. Agreed to increase romunerations to members of the Waterloo Public Utilities Commission The chairman, Howard Seheitele, to re- eeive $1.000 per annum and commissioners to receive $25. per meet. ing to a maximum of $750 per annum, (The commission will comv menco meeting twice monthly, reported Alderman Henderson. who moved approval of the increases). Something should be done about those crazy crosswalk V stems we have in the Twin Cities, stated Alderman Russ Ledger when he introduced a late starter into Traffic and Transportation Committee proceedings. Noting that this had been con- sidered a few years ago, he termed it a "serious' problem that should be resolved before a tragedy occurred. There is noth, ing stating that they are legal crosswalks, he stated, referring to the painted crosswalks on King St, (one is located in front of the A & P store just north of the In Galt, Preston and Bridge- port, dozens of basements were flooded - a small mill dam and bridge at Bridgeport, near Kitch- ener were washed out - and high- way " sputh of Gait was closed when the river overflowed its banks. t The authority's Shand and Con- estoga dams were already full when the storm started. They are located north of Kitchener-Wat- erloo. Ald. Ledger stated that "it is time we faced up to the Ontario Government and not just go along when they say do this or do that." Alderman Doerncr said that, "since we are paying 54: million you would think that we could at least get signs put up." flooded - a small mill dam and Mr. Bauer also announced that bridge at Bridgeport. near Kitch- he had ordered an immediate ener were washed out - and high- study into a radio communica- way " south of Galt was closed tions system to link key points when the river overflowed its in the valley. Power failure dur. banks. t ing the storm caused a communi- The authority's Shand and Con- cations blaektu' between author- estogo dams were already full ity's head office in Can. and when the storm started. They are operators at the Shand and Con- located north of Kitchener-Wat- estogo dams. Telemetering equip. erloo. _ ment which uses telephone lines Mr. Bauer stated that he was to transmit river flow data was hoping for an early federal gover- also knocked out. C itt N t Bowling Lanes in Waterloo were recommended exemption from a hy-law which places a lax of each alley -- $10. for the first and ts. for each additional alley, Mr, Dutton reported that the bylaw had been enacted many years before bowling lanes were subject to am ment. t2, "67 He said that a small amount of additional rain could have caused a major catastrophy cost.. ing millions of dollars in prop- erty damage. Agreed to the location ot signs along the Conestoga Parkway (K-W Expressway) but withheld approval of expenditures and (it-Mun until further study has been made. Committee learned that the Conestoga signs would cost about $2000 each, and six would be required, , Ledger, Doerner Deplore Misleading Death Walks James S. Bauer ot Waterloo, chairman of the Grand River Conservation Authority, pointed out that near-disaster flood con- ditions along the Grand River last week. make the construction of more large dams imperative. All actions of committee must be approved by council of whole. Accepted the resignation of Alan P. Gordon from the Waterloo Public Library. and appointed Arthur Downie, manager of Sea- gram's Distillery to replace him. Will seek an agreement with the Canadian National Railways, for a mutually agreeble long term, flat rate lease of property the City is now renting from them for the Waterloo Square parking: area, storm drains and catch basins. The rental was increased from ap proximately $450 a year to approximtely $718, Bauer-Near Disaster More Dams Imperative nment approval of the authori- ty's 12-year program to construct five large da cost of $30,000,000. 'fd,1'attcie,sq',ee2'. ment has already approved the construction ohtwo of the damn " well as the purchase of sites for the other three. at an esti- mated cost of $17,074,000. Alderman Joe Doerner agreed and termed them 'misle ding death walks." Many people think the traffic must stop for them and place blind faith on these walks when they blithely step into moving traffic, Alderman Roy Bauman oppos- ed a suggestion by the two alder. men that the crosswalks Be paint. ed out, saying that the lines show pedestrians where they should walk. "Would you walk out in (Continued on Page 6) The authority has awaited fed- eral approval for about three months and Mr. Bauer states that he hopes it will come soon, so that "we can get on with the iotr." railway tracks and the other in fronVof the City Hotel at the T intersection). SUBSCRIPTION $3.“ YEA.