__ It‘s one of those wild Canadian nights, with the wind howling ‘like a pack of wolves on an LSD trip, and snow seeking out every crevice. My wife came down toâ€" day and found a little kid trying manfully to shut our front door, which had been blown open. There was about eight inches of snow in the vestibule, and the furnace grunting away "like a hippo ‘ a hernia. t‘s the sort of night when you think with awe of our ancestors. In their draughty log cabins, Bimand their sod houses on the prairâ€" to us pampered, doughy creaâ€" tures, who whimper at the thought that we might not be able to get the car out of the drive in the morning. We simply can‘t imagine getâ€" ting up at five in pitch dark, lighting a lamp, building a fire, breasting it through three or four feet of snow to the barn or leanâ€"to to see whether the aniâ€" mals have survived, feeding them, numb to the bone, and coming back in to make porridge. A tough life, but in some ways we must envy them. They didn‘t have to worry about too much cholesterol in the eggs, too much fat in the bacon. They didn‘t have that demon of today, the They were giants, compared 171 King S. FAMILIES APPRECIATE OUR FINE CHAPEL FACILITIES Quotations, sealed in the envelopes provided which shall be clearly marked as to contents, will be received by the Chief of Purchasing, 4th Floor, 135 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto 7, Onâ€" tario, until 12 o‘clock noon Toronto time on Wednesday, March 3, 1971, for the removal and disposal of liquid raw sludge from the Waterloo Water Pollution Control Plant located on Lincoin Road â€" one mile north of the intersection of Weber Street and Bridgeport Road. Complete information and quotation forms may be obtainâ€" ed from the Director of Plant Operations, 5th Floor, 40 St. Clair Ave. West. Toronto, or his agent, Mr. Earl Hay, Superintenâ€" dent, of the Waterloo W.P.C.P . _ The Commission reserves the right to reject any or all quotations and the lowest or any quotation will not necessarily be accepted. Ontario Water Resources Commiussion D.S. Caverly, General Manager. W S. MacDonnell, Commission Secretary Funeral Home Ltd. Waterloo C€Edward 4. oob Quotations for Removal and Disposal of Sludge from Waterloo Water Pollution Control Plant Water management in Ontario 745â€"5383 alarmâ€"clock, to tear their tender morning nerves. And maybe, because they weren‘t geared to the clock, they missed some of the joys of modern life. They didn‘t have ulcers, because they had to do someâ€" thing about their problems, not just worry about them. They weren‘t constipated, beâ€" cause they didn‘t have time, in that cold. Their women weren‘t so neurotic, because they didn‘t have time to worry about nerves, cancer, gray hair and wrinkles. It was a hard, brutal life, no question. But were they worse off than we? Maybe their kids had to walk three miles to school through the snow. But when they got there, there wasn‘t anybody trying to convince them that sniffing nail polish was the greatâ€" est. And the same kids, when they hit their teens, were young men and women, capable and indepenâ€" dent. My grandmother died at 33â€" Fatigue and childâ€"bearing, comâ€" mon enough in those days. There were nine children. And my moâ€" ther, the oldest girl, reared the lot of them. I am presently trying to conâ€" vince my daughter that the freeâ€" enterprise system has its points. She has some piano pupils. She thinks it is atrocious that she gets only half the fee the kids pay, a mere $2 a halfâ€"hour, while the studio owner takes the other half, $2. I point out to her that he picks her up and delivers her home, that it is his studio, his piano, his advertising, his overhead. Nope. It is a clear case of vicious capiâ€" talistic expolitation of the young. Most of our kids today couldn‘t raise a guinea pig without the help of two parents and a veterâ€" inarian. And my mother hitched up the horseâ€"andâ€"buggy, or horseâ€" andâ€"cutter, and drove all over Clumet Island and half of Ponâ€" tiac County, giving lessons at fifty cents an hour. And drove the long, dark, lonely road home. It‘s not the money. Half a buck then was probably worth more than $4 today. It‘s the atâ€" titude. There‘s nobody to be blamed. Readers‘ letters On Friday, Feb. 5, page one of the Toronto Star publicized statements made by Mr. Stanâ€" ley Randall, Ontario trade and development minister, _ under the heading ‘"We‘ll have to forâ€" get these promises."‘ He predicted that promises made by candidates to curb foreign control will be forgotâ€" ten after the new premier takes office. Quote: ‘"When all the hoopla clears away, our boys are goâ€" ing to have to get down to realâ€" ity. Everybody‘s on the bandâ€" wagon now (for economic naâ€" tionalism), but you‘re not goâ€" ing to find jobs for those 700,000 unemployed. in this country without foreign investment.‘"‘ Stephen Lewis (P.1, Monday, Feb. 8, Toronto Star) stated that the latest unemployment figures released for Canada were 538,000. They grew up in an era of comâ€" parative peace, when a strong back and a strong will gave you a life that was rewarding. truth? A twoâ€"year study conducted in â€" California and published in the Journal of the American Medical _ Association _ reveals that â€" of _ 1,0% rivers â€" who died within 15 inutes after singleâ€"vehicle _ accidents, 15 percent had died of natural causes. This raises the quesâ€" tion of how many such acciâ€" dents are due to natural death at the wheel. With all of this political hot air floating around us, would there be any possibility of charging some of our politicâ€" ians with ‘"‘contribution to air m“ut’ion'†aramiri mAa ammnar sion and a world war and sought Our kids are growing up in an era of violence and fear and rapid change and insecurity. And perhaps the last are more idealistic than any of us, closer to the truth, with their slogan of ‘"*Love and Peace." _ The Ontario Safety League says that of those suffering natural death at the wheel in the Californian study, 94 perâ€" cent died of heart disease. We grew up through a depresâ€" 50 Roslin St. South Natural causes GRACE MILLINERY one is telling the NORMA SANGOL. "Heads up now . . . we‘ve got the wind on our side this period!‘ FINAL DATES FOR PAYMENT WITHOUT PENALTY Ward No. 1 (North Ward) February 16th Ward No. 3 (South Ward) February 18th Ward No. 2 (East Ward) February 17th Ward No. 4 (West Ward ) February 19th ~* Business Tax All Wards â€" February 19th. As an added convenience for making payment, the Tax Departâ€" ment will remain open until 5:30 p.m. on all due dates â€" Februâ€" ary 16th, 17th, 18th, i9th and on Saturday February 13th from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Hand Made N BF 4 B & Original Design Furs, Felts, Velvets, Feathers, Stitched and Draped, Material of Your Choice (Mrs. John Grace) 6 Ow 2 05; | “" L %E%e;% a| & -> 3 SAUK @G{g{)\ CITY OF WATERLOO INTERIM LEVY 1971 TAXES Waterloo ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR PAYMENT Custom and Stock Waterioo Chronicle, Thursday, February 11, 1971 _ 5 of fur Average Price About 25 fur hats reg. up to $100.00 going at cost D.C. Schaefer City Treasurer & Tax Collector 32500 9 am â€" 6 pm