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Bowling buff beats blaze Mrs. Duchkowistsch was cook- ing steaks when she left the kitchen for a few minutes. When she returned the pan had caught fine and flames had spread to the window, breaking the glass and attacking the woodwork. The Miller family who live overhead smelled smoke and heard Mrs. Duchkowistsch's calls for help. Bob. who lives with his parents, Mr, and Mrs, Eldon Miller, grabbed a chemical powder fire extinguisher and dashed to the apartment which by now was black with smoke. Mr, Duchkowistsch had re- moved the pan from the heat and Bob Miller of 28 Young St. W., normally spends his Thursday evenings in the bowling alley. Last week he took the night off which was fortunate for Mr. and Mrs. Horst Duchkowistsch who have an apartment in the same building. Because it was Bob's prompt tion which extinguished a ase fire in the couple's kitchen, iting damage to about $200 and venting flames spreading to other apartments. Feb. 27. Line-ups at the Belmont Avenue Motor Vehicle Licence bur- eau marked the last day in which old licence plates were legal on vehi- cles. The office issued 35,901 licences since the plates went on sale in De- cember. - Mrs. William Lobban of 289 Algonquin Drive suffered a broken col- lar bone and minor head injuries when her car and a school bus collid- ed at Westmount Road and University Avenue West. dated plates on their" cars to park the vehicles iehGiriii/idGiiiUii. lie Library. I WILD WEST DAYS? - Waterloo Square took on a pioneer flavor last it right Mrs. John Gubesch (left) and her daughter Orianne pause for a week when merchants donned old west attire as part of a mall promotion. chat with Mrs. Flannery and Mike Specht while setting up counters out- In photo at left, Mrs. Ben Flannery takes off in mock flight when John side Julianne’s in the lower mall corridor. . __ Brown makes a fast draw. Harold Pflug looks on in amusement. In photo " (3.. other Marathon 3; March I. The kick-off dinner to launch the K-W Federated Appeal was at!tndefAt fio canyassera in (he $42,000 campaign. _ Feb. 25. Public and high school teachers requested pay increases of V I - l tlt I lllt a 8.4 percent from Waterloo County board of education. T ". g Damage was estimated at 8200 in a kitchen fire at 28 Young St. W. a _ Ttttt years Mt, 'thttttttt With. . o o o proprietor of the China Kitchen Feb. 26. Spokesmen for K-W Pollution Probe said the group will at 51 Kl!!! st.. PM "ted com force an Ontario Municipal Board hearing or court action if the Grand ty partial; Mil/119m In {rout of River Conservation Authority proceeds with its five-dam project. a lis business premises, which spe- _ . . . citli.zesinteout foods. J Feb. 27. Line-ups at the Belmont Avenue Motor Vehicle Licence bur- [ His request was deemed on the . . . . _ grounds that council would be can marked the last day in which old licence plates were legal on vehl- settin a recedent cles. The office issued 35.901 licences gin» tho nlatoc want m. enL, in m g p. . Week in retrospect Feb. 28 Waterloo police _order_ed " motorists found driving with out- . _ s" L'l'l'j r - ' , , > tEr, _ i I .wAhitttso.oitrAmo , C _ _ ' ’ I ball. , Cl I " ' ‘THURsDAY,ihRCH4,1971_ [b Mr. Miller used the extinguisher to put out the flames which by now were creeping toward the ceiling. The fire was out by the time Waterloo firemen reached the scene and took over mopping up operations. gin" Bob Miller Traffic and transportatitm com- mittee chairman Herb Epp ex- plained the recommendation was made to council because cabs from both companies -were oc- cupying too many spaces along King Street. _ The committee felt that by ap- proving one space to each com- pany in front of their offices and prohibiting cabs from parking anywhere else on King Street between William and Young Streets it would free up to IO spaces for other vehicles. Mr. every' As business grew it secured lar- ger quarters in the Waterloo Mu- tual Fire Insurance building. Finally, in 1914 it built the exist- ing grey, cut-stone building at 3 King St. S, in front of the site This week, Mr. Mah returned to ask why the consideration he was denied was about to be given to two taxi companies. Local branches of the Bank of Montreal celebrated a 90th birth, day this week without fanfare. The bank opened its first Water- loo office in the Equitable Life building i in what was" then known as the Devitt Block) on March l, 1881. Mr. Epp also explained that his committee felt cabs were in a different category toMores since they were a transportation com- pany providing a service. Numer- ous other municipalities permit- ted taxi companies these privi- leges. Claims code discrepant /"" Bank has birthday-but no bash Mah pointed out that if business in its own self- Two other branches of the bank have located here in recent years _ one at University Avenue West and Phillip Street, the other at Weber Street North and Univer- sity Avenue East. Waterloo's first banking facili- ties were provided by the Mer- chants' Bank which closed about mm. It was replaced by Molson's Bank which gave the pioneer set- tlement its first permanent bank- ing facilities. of its original office. Aid. Robert Henry will re- present Waterloo on the student summer job committee which has been established in the Twin Cities by placement officers at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo Lutheran University, Conestoga College and officials of Canada Manpower. The committee has been set up to create a central agency where students seeking summer employment and people willing to provide it may be brought to- gether. _ "it is our hope to assist stu- dents of this community, no mat- ter where they are studying," Horace K. Braden, director of placement at WLU told alderrnen this week. He said office space for the pro- ject has been provided at St. Student summer iobs aim of K-W committee interest didn't provide trservice to the public it wou1dn't remain in business long. He said his business involves delivering food to. many people who are unable to get out,“ their homesandtbathedoesthisata cost considerably less than could - -¢,a ""i . q. "We “.A' I t - .IM, " r r H . IMrti V f, . . In later years both the Mer- chant's and Molson's Bank were merged with the Bank of Mont- real. which has the distinction of being Canada's first permanent banking firm. . The 'Umpany was founded in Montreal in November 1817 when p . ' moneer Canadians were doing practically all their business by barter. Total capital of its nine found- ing merchants - all English and Scotsmen _ was "i0,000. Local federal and provincial representatives as well " one member each from Kitchener and Waterloo councils, will be asked to sit on the committee. Ald. Henry explained that part of the committee's function will be to generate jobs and to pres- sure other government levels to provide the funds to create them. The office will be mannedhy a student from each of the local universities and Conestoga Col- lege and will operate under super- vision from Manpower officials. However, it will be directed by the 'committee, of which Peter Kalbfleisch of Conestoga College is chairman. cupied by hotel and theatre patronsatthese hours, _ Council referred the matter back to a committee meeting bedone byacab. He said he needs parking mainly between 6 p.m. and t am. and parking spaces in his area are oc- Andrew's Presbyterian Church at Weber and Queen Streets in Kitchener. -I ' s,Rts 7.1 " t "‘ (See other photos, Page 3/