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y 4* "Waterloo Chronicie, Thursday, July 8, 1971 ## Perhaps it‘s the heat, but many motorists these days seem to find their patience tried beyond enâ€" durance. If they are held up even momentarily by another vehicle or pedestrian, they hit the horn. They are so impatient they don‘t even see that the object of their blast may have a legitiâ€" mate reason for hesitating. It could even be one of their children that the "offending‘‘ motorist is avoiding. Auto horns are intended for defensive, not offensive purposes. The hornâ€"happy motorists should cool it. That‘s one type of pollution that would take only a little patience to eliminate. There seems to be an intreasing use of the auto horn as an offensive weapon. â€" Miss Gingold‘s announced betrothal has creatâ€" ed enough interest to assure her invitations from the talk shows for weeks to come. She will undoubtedly spend much of her allotted time scolding the media. Whether or not she marries the man, her career, such as it is, has received a boost. Hermione Gingold is "angry‘‘ with the media. Miss Gingoldâ€"in case you don‘t watch televiâ€" sion talk showsâ€"is a former sometimesâ€"actress, sometimesâ€"entertainer who, at 74, has announced her forthcoming marriage to a 33â€"yearâ€"old antiâ€" que dealer. She is unhappy with the media because the difference in their ages has sparked a "disgustâ€" ing‘‘ interest. She has found no fault with any particular comments, just with the fact the meâ€" dia should have noticed their generation gap. For some years, Miss Gingold‘s career has consisted chiefly of appearances as a guest on various talk shows. After all, how many roles can there be for a 74â€"yearâ€"old actress who, even in her heyday, was generally limited to playing herself? If the hand she chooses to bite were to stop feeding her, the loss would be only hers. Lifejackets should be tested every year to make sure that the buoyancy of the material has not deteriorated and the strength of the covering and straps are sufficient to bear the strain of a person jumping into the water with the lifejackâ€" et strapped on. . , Children are the most difficult of al} to propâ€" erly fit with a lifejacket. There are two sizes for children, up to 45 pounds and from 45 to 90 pounds. It is important that the child be fitted with a lifeâ€" jacket that corresponds to his weight. Underâ€" sized and oversized jackets are both dangerous. All jackets should be tested to see that they perâ€" form properly especially for children. Put the jacket on and strap it firmly to the body and lie face down in the water. If the jacket performs properly it will automatically turn the wearer over onto his back and hold the face out of the water. A lifejacket is the most important item of perâ€" sonal safety equipment aboard a boat. It is not only required by law but statistics prove that nearly always the survivors of a boating acciâ€" dent were wearing lifejackets â€" the victims negâ€" lected this precaution. The Ontario Safety League stresses the fact that lifejackets must have the department of transport approved label to be legâ€" al for use in boats. Approved jackets are also supâ€" erior in performance and material, and range in price from about $4 to $13. Published every Thursday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd. 30 Queen St., N., Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterioo Square Watâ€" erioo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. * Philomena Rutherford, editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES , In Canada : one year $8 ; in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 Biting the hand Horns aplenty Lifejackets ESTABLISHED 1854 A m One, as I‘ve mentioned, is at a hotel, waiting table in the diningâ€"room. It‘s a pleasâ€" ant place, overâ€"looking the water. She likes the job and the people, chef, boss, and the other waitresses. The salary is well below the minâ€" imum wage, but the tips are But there‘s the inevitable fly in the soup. There is no accommodation for the hirâ€" ed help, and the darn thing is ten miles out of town, in a small village. * We‘re in a terrible dilâ€" emma around our house these days. My wife is going off her nut worrying about the situation, my daughter is having bad dreams about it, and I, as usual, am being ground between the millâ€" stones of two hysterical women who expect me ‘to come up smiling and with the right answers. As I have reported, this means that she must have transportation to and from the job, or get a roomi in the village. She doesn‘t have a car or driver‘s license. A taxi would be $2.50 each way and there goes a day‘s tips. So I‘ve been driving her to work in the mornings and her mother picking her up in the afternoons. Even the kid realizes that this is someâ€" what of an imposition, if we expect to have any holidays this summer. The wages are better, the tips poorer. The work is just about as hard. It‘s right on the main street, and hotter than hades in summer. She doesn‘t know whether she likes the boss. Up to how she‘s been working only partâ€"time at the hotel, usually weekends, but can be on fullâ€"time durâ€" ing July and August. She has already worked two shifts at the restaurant, on a trial basis, and they‘ve offered a fullâ€"time job An alternative would be to get a room in the village. As she puts it, this would be like going into a nunnery. Which, at age twenty, unless your tendencies are nunish, and hers are not, is not too appealing. However, like most teaâ€" pot tempests, something could probably be worked out. Now comes the dilemâ€" ma. She has been offered anâ€" other job as a waitress right here in town, five minutes walk from home. Isn‘t this a sad story? The W VF Bill Smiley The press release goes on to state:"‘most of the releâ€" vant municipal and private services agencies in the area have agreed to coâ€" operate with the study and implementation program .‘ The irony of the situation is that if she didles around and doesn‘t make up her mind, she could wind up without any job, and knowâ€" ing my daughter for twenty years, I have a feeling this is exactly what will happen. This would give her a perâ€" fect excuse to go off hitchâ€" hiking to Vancouver or Charâ€" lottetown which she‘d much rather be doing than workâ€" ing, as who wouldn‘t. And of course a waitress hasn‘t much security these days, or ever. She could be fired from either job if busiâ€" ness fell off or she got blisâ€" ters and couldn‘t walk or she had a runâ€"in with the chef or dropped a tray of food on the customers (which I did one time though it wasn‘t food, it was beer). The whole thing is comâ€" plicated by the fact that her mother was a waitress for a couple of summers at the same age, and thinks she knows all about everything and keeps poking her nose For $6,000, the federal government expects a "surâ€" vey of the needs and probâ€" lems of older people as well as the resources of the Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo area in dealing with them. The stuâ€" dents will determine what new services are required in the community and will work with existing services in establishing them." poor kid doesn‘t know what to do. She likes the first one better, but the second has no transportation problem. The federal group takes obvious pride in the way the $24.7 million fund is being alâ€" located, but if the projects they support are the best they could find, we wonder if the country isn‘t really in pretty good shape already. Almost daily, the Inâ€" dependent and, we imagine, most other Canadian newsâ€" papers, have been receiving press releases from the seâ€" cretary of state on the wondâ€" rous grants being distributed under the Opportunities for Youth program. Clippings from our contemporaries Is it not lunacy to think â€" agencies" do not know what more than a few hundred the elderly need and want, dollars, or, at most, $1,000, or, if they are not providâ€" would be needed to conduct ing the services, then willl‘ such a survey. someone please justify thei â€" If those "relevant muniâ€" existence. â€" If those ‘"relevant muniâ€" cipal and private service The most acute farm labor shortage ever is beâ€" ingâ€"experienced in Waterâ€" loo County according to reports from farmers and records at the employment office here. The home of James Ertel on Snider Street was hit by lightning during Thursday‘s severe thunder storm. 30 YEARS AGO voice choir. A pageant and tattoo enâ€" titled Salute to Britain conâ€" cluded the 10th annual Waterloo Band Festival. A crowd of 15,000 attended the final event which feaâ€" tured 36 bands and a 600â€" 40 YEARS AGO July 9 About $3,000 damage reâ€" sulted when fire destroyed the building and contents of Harmonie Hall on King Street North _ Tuesday morning.* The frame buildâ€" ing, one of Waterloo‘s landâ€" marks was the headquartâ€" ers of the big Saengerfest gatherings of the 90s. More than 130 persons, some from as far away as Detroit, attended. union of the Woods family was held at Waterloo Park. Files of Yesteryear "He never would have thrown me out if my pants hadn‘t fallen down‘‘ THE HOME TEAM Street from William Street to Waterloo Park to see 55 bands parade to the festival. Thousands saw the afterâ€" noon performance and 20,â€" 000 witnessed the evening Waterloo College board of governors authorized the renovation of the semiâ€" nary pioneer building as a women‘s residence. drop around and check if he had locked his front door. The department obâ€" liged, found all was secure, and the man was able to remain in Waterloo Park the remainder of the festiâ€" vities. O. W. (Mike) Weichel, MP, congratulated Waterâ€" loo, in a detter to council, for the city‘s fiveâ€"year fataâ€" lityâ€" free record. It is the best safety record of any city in Canada. 20 YEARS AGO July 13 A worried Kitchener man attending Waterloo‘s band festival this week called 10 YEARS AGO July 6 The increasingly difficult financial operating condiâ€" tions for gold mining in Canâ€" ada are being reflected in a growing rate of mine cloâ€" sures, John Soganich reports in The Financial Post. The latest to announce imâ€" pending closure are Cochenâ€" our Willans Gold Mines Ltd. and its two subsidiaries, Annco Mines Ltd. and Wilâ€" mar Mines Ltd., in the Red Lake area of Northwestern Ontario. They will be closâ€" ed down by Aug. 31. These closures (and there may be more before the year is out) will leave about gold mines operating in Ci ada. There were 144 in 194 mines New Hamburg Independent t# ~<**