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In June that year he told council there were fewer than 150 customers present the previous Saturday and that the general feeling was Relocation of the market was a major municipal topâ€" ic in 1965 when plans were well under way for a civic centre to be located on what is now the site of Marsâ€" land Centre and the public library and which then housâ€" ed the old city hall, fire hall and the market. Ald. Ron Buddell, then chairman of council‘s city and property committee, was charged with reporting on the state of the market and finding an alternative site. ‘""Oldtimers remember when all the tables were in use and patrons lined up to make their purchases of farmâ€"cured meats, cut to suit the buyer, vegetables that still retained the smell of the earth, eggs so fresh that many swore they still held the warmth of the hen, homeâ€"made bread and cakes straight from the farmhouse kitchen, _ many _ assorted pickled delicacies and flowâ€" ers that the farm women spent hours coaxing and nursing to full growth."" It explained how the adâ€" vent of the giant superâ€" markets played havoc with the market business until â€" ‘"‘The market died slowly but surely and at the last only a very few vendors and a mere handful of steady customers remained." The library was to mark the start of the complex of which a new city hall was to be the culmination. According to a 1965 issue of The Chronicle: That weekly trip to the local market was a way of life for some people whose parents and grandparents had shopped there before them. _ ~ Admittedly, the market was no longer the thriving centre it was in the 1930s when vendors packed the twoâ€"storey building and customers lined up to seâ€" cure their purchases. When the wreckers‘ hamâ€" mers went to work on Watâ€" erloo‘s 101â€"yearâ€"old market building six years ago this month a little bit of this community‘s tradition was choked in the rubble. SKINNY DIPPINGâ€""How can a fella take a dip when his diaper‘s always in the way", this tot seems to be saying. But where there‘s a will there‘s a way and it‘s ‘"Take it offâ€"take it all Apathy A joint proposal by the late Harold Paikin and Ald. Bauman was that (1) the old post office be rented for the market, (2) the arena be used in the interim and (3) Kitchener be informed Waterloo was interested in joining with them in a new market. However, Ald Buddell exâ€" plained that some people were violently opposed to such a proposal. He also noted that some vendors‘ demands would make it imâ€" possible for them to be reloâ€" cated in Waterloo Square. that the market was doomâ€" ed. Most vendors were alâ€" ready making arrangements with another market. Ald Harold Wagner suggested setting up a fruit and vegeâ€" table market on the cityâ€" owned platform in front of Waterloo Square. Meantime, the city and property committee, under Ald. Buddell‘s chairmanâ€" ship, continued its hunt for another market site. Later, reporting to counâ€" cil, Ald. Buddell said he had exhausted every â€" avenue suggested to him. Waterloo Square was deâ€" finitely out. Space in the arena, tentative at best at this point, was considered unsuitable as it was felt the vendors wouldn‘t appreciate standing for two to three hours on ice. Other properâ€" ty suggested was too exâ€" pensive. Another Saturday market survey found 16 vendors and 150 to 175 patrons, nott all of whom were buyers. In late June the commitâ€" tee held a Saturday meetâ€" ing in the market building where "an excellent ‘turnâ€" out of vendors and citizens" was reported. Another council member, Ald. Snider, pointed out there were times one could fire a cannon in the market and not hit anyone. ‘‘We built up the market attendance to 1,000 some time ago and we shouldn‘t be pessimistic about doing it again with the way the city is growing,"‘ he claimed. He also suggested the venâ€" dors should be willing to compromise. Ald. Roy Bauman said he opposed the ‘"marketâ€"isâ€" doomed*‘ approach of counâ€" cil. opposition killed market off! * as he plunges into the wading pool at Waterâ€" loo Park. He was only one of many youngsters who coaxed their parents into letting them romp in the allâ€"together on last week‘s warmer days. ‘We are a forwardâ€"movâ€" ing community and should use our time and efforts to develop other areas, especiâ€" ally in the field of educaâ€" tion." Commenting on the end of the affair, Mayor Bauer said: "The â€" newspapers have been making a big thing out of the issue for years when there is really nothing there at all, nothing that can be done. When a thing is finished, it is finishâ€" "It is my firm conclusion that the city has outgrown the era of the market ....It was just a meeting place for people to talk and maybe make a few purchases and they can easily drive to Kitâ€" chener. Ald. Peter Stewart comâ€" mended Ald. Buddell‘s efâ€" forts and added : The arena couldn‘t be used because it was needed for skating on Friday and Saturday evenings and Satâ€" urday afternoons and there was no space there for storing tables. _ > Vendors paid 50 cents a week for a stall. This totalâ€" led $300 revenue a year, of which the city paid back alâ€" most as much to an official to collect it in the first place. Supermarket owners were evidently making noises in the background, too. Aldermen took note that if the city built a new marâ€" ket building, supermarkets, which were _ taxpayers, would be subscribing to a building for their competiâ€" By midâ€"July Ald. Budâ€" dell‘s committee had failed to find an alternate market site. J PB Check auto before _ _ SX 7 hooking up trailer There is no doubt about it the market wasn‘t doing much for the city coffers at the time. We‘ve noticed that most of the passengers on the first bus bound for town get up surly in the morning. 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