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I was looking ahead in a calendar the other day and when I came to the date Sept. 3, suddenly 1 had one of those flashes of total reâ€" Instead of being in my fifâ€" ties, I was 21â€"sleeping in a basement apartment in the centre of Winnipeg and hearâ€" ing a loud shout on the street outside, "EXTRA! EXâ€" TRA!" I pushed up the window l::‘ yelled at a pair of es going by, ‘‘What‘s it about?‘‘ But the paper boy was being so mobbed that I hbad to grab my pants and go outside and buy a paper to find out. Like most Canadians, I‘d gone to bed on Sept. 2, 1939, knowing the Germans were in Poland but not sure what that meant to us. This extra told me. A little before dawn our time, Britain and France had declared war on Gerâ€" many in support of Poland. I worked on the Winnipeg Free Press then, and I ran the two blocks to the office to read all about it, hot off the teletype. In Ottawa, Prime Minisâ€" ter Mackenzie King had callâ€" ed a cabinet meeting for 8 a.m. A crowd awaited him at Parliament | Hill, â€" calling ‘"Are we at war?" He only smiled faintly and tipped his hat (What would Truâ€" deau do, I wonder; maybe the same). We learned later that Mackenzie King faced his cabinet and said: "For all practical purposes we are at war. But technically we are neutral until Parliament decides.‘"‘ He had promised in 1936 he never would lead the country into war without Parliament‘s approval. The cabinet meeting ended at noon. By midâ€"afternnon, armories in Canadian cities were being stormed by men wanting to join up. Some didn‘t know who Hitler was. Some had been out of work C.W. Tweed & Son Put your insurance in safe, experienced hands. CAFE: MOZART BUSINESS _ gos tweeo HOME â€" CAR â€" ‘‘Deutsche Konditorei" Decorate Your Dinner with True Authentic Home Made German Cakes and Pastries from 38 King St. South Waterloo LIMITED 9 Erb St. W., Waterloo 578â€"4590 744â€"5274 Phone for years. Still others limitâ€" ed their declarations of inâ€" tent to wondering if the Madâ€" found, as of old, in Armenâ€" tieres. the nation,‘"‘ as one observer of the time put it) of events thys far; Labor Minister Norman Rogers said hoardâ€" ing would not be tolerated and Justice Minister Emmest Laponite spoke briefly in French. Outside newspaper offices crowds gathered and some broke into prophetic song: "It‘s a long, long trail At 7 p.m. the prime minisâ€" ter told the nation by radio At about the same time, a ship called the Athenia, Oh Philomena we are sad ., The news you‘re leaving us is bad. The Chronicle won‘t seem the same, With not a mention of your name. Deeper thoughts came to our head, When your editorials we read. The views expressed were all your own, But open minded, fair of tone. You gave to us through eloquent pen. The doings of our fellow men. The news of youthful people fine, Sooft‘ condemned with our time. The family paper, it fills the need for one to let our children read. The merchants ads, â€" To Sell or Buy." And photos pleasing to the eye. Some things will stay, but you "II be gone. A successor then will carry on . We wish him luck, fortune and fame. But the Chronicle won‘t be the same. EDITOR‘S NOTEâ€"Philomena Rutherford had been with the Waterloo Chronicle for almost four years. She resigned last week, much to the dismay of many of the Chronâ€" icle‘s readers and a temporary editor is takâ€" ing her place. One reader expressed her feelâ€" ings in the poem "And so goodbye Mrs. Editor" ‘"Where the Hard to Find Sports Items Are" LOWER MALL WATERLOO SQUARE 578â€"58 10 Including the famous â€" NORTHLAND, KOâ€"HOE, LOUISVILLE and VICTORIAVILLE SUMMER SALE Nearly All Inventory Marked Down, including TIM‘S SPORT SHOP Hockey Sticks * ADIDAS Shoes & Bags * Golf Equipment * Soft and Hard Balls * Gloves and Ball Bases * Scuba Gear and Fins * Lacrosse Sticks and Balls * Sling Shots SPECIAL Now in Stock standing out from Britain inâ€" to the North Atlantic, was hit by a torpedo and sank. To many outraged Canadians, that was the instant the war MRS. DORIS BROWN, 57 Union St. E.. Apt. 105. Waterloo All that week, the Englishâ€" speaking papers said things like: We must stand shouldâ€" erâ€"toâ€"shoulder _ with _ the Motherland. And some Frenâ€" châ€"speaking papers said: Stay out. Expert stories on new weapons spoke with awe of bombers that zipped along at 200 miles an hour. On Sept. 8, the prime minâ€" ister delivered a speech in the Commons that began in the afternoon, continued in the evening, and at one stage included 14 stanzas of Scott Young (Mackenze King was great on recitations). J.S. Woodsworth, leader of the CCF, said he‘d be proudâ€" er of a son who refused to ficht than he would of a son who enlisted; but M.J. Coldwell said the CCF would support the government.. At 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, the prime minister said that if the House adopâ€" ted his address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, it would be taken as approvâ€" ing a Canadian declaration of war. At 10.23 that vote was taâ€" ken and the course set. The prime minister still had a few matters of protocol up his sleeve, however. A British Columbia womâ€" an won the Hometown Newsâ€" paper â€" contest sponsored earlier this year by the Canâ€" adian Weekly Newspapers Association. He cabled the king and asked him to declare war on Canada‘s behalf, then sat at the phone all day Sunday waiting for a reply. At dawn Monday the call came: the King had issued the declarâ€" ation of war on Canada‘s beâ€" half Sept. 10. Mrs. Joan Stutchbury, whose entry appeared in the Seashell Peninsula Times in B.C., was awarded the $300 prize for her story of the role of the weekly paper in her community. The paper‘s publisher was also recipient of $300 by virtue of his role in publicizing the contest and having the winner aâ€" mong his readers. It took a whole week to do it. We didn‘t rush in pellâ€" mell. But from that decision came nearly six years that shaped the lives of every Canadian of my generation. The results were announcâ€" ed at the annual CWNA conâ€" vention in Vancouver Aug. 15 to 18. B.C. woman awarded $300 744â€"6507 KITCHENER BORG TOYS BRIDGE INSTRUCTION CAKE DECORATING CHRISTMAS CRAFTS CROCHET FLOWER ARRANGING JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGING EVERYTHING STARTS SOON, JOIN NOW! *NEIGHBORKHOOD YW GROUPS *A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THE BASICS OF LAW for the layman GYMNASTICS â€" SLIM‘N TRIM â€" TINY TOTS â€" LEADERS IN TRAINING NEW CLASSES FOR FALL ‘71 SWIMMING â€" New Red Cross Course to Junior Level for all ages. Mother and child swims Moms and moppets gym There will be no letter carrier, rural route or parâ€" cel post delivery Monday, Sept. 6, for Kitchenerâ€"Watâ€" erloo and Bridgeport Post Offices. Postmaster C.R. O‘Brien announced this week there will be no wicket service on the Labour Day holiday, No mail detivery on Labour Day YWCA Ei oi 14 Chlllh is 4 A A 4. d d iob ate dsA " aianed of the Members of the Waterloo Mutual Insurance Co. will be held at the Head Office of the Company, 14 Erb Street West, Waterloo, on the 30th day of September, 1971, at ten o‘clock a.m. to consider, and it deemed advisable, ratify and confirm Byâ€"law Numâ€" ber 10 passed by the Directors, amending Poragraph 17 of Byâ€"law Number 1 and Paragraph 1 of Byâ€"law Number 8, changing the date of the Annval Meeting of Members from the second Saturday of February in each year to the last Thursday in February at eleven o‘clock a.m. 14 Erb Street West, September, 1971, at t it deemed advisable, ber 10 passed by the 17 of Byâ€"law Numbe Number 8, changing Watertoo Chronicile, Thursday, September 2, 1971 5 1971. No collection of garbage on Monday September 6th, (Labour Day). Garbage normally _ collected . on Monday will be picked up on Tuesday September 7th. All garbage must be out by 8.00 A.M. Way., Tok _â€"@10 HArmigt ons TAKE NOTICE that a Special General Meeting P PsL PP 80 2 2 Dated: at Waterloo on of Special General Meeting of the Members of THE WATERLOO MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. GARBAGE COLLECTION *INTERIOR DECORATING * MACRAME *NONâ€"LOOM wWEAVING *SELFEâ€"IMPROVEMENT *SILK SCREEN PRINT MAKING *SEWING *BRIDGE CLUBS NOTICE _ _ CITY OF RAWATERLOO 186 King South, Kitchener 84 Frederick, Kitchener taceboards. window frames doors. windows and covering of overhang. 784 Union St. E. Kitchener STROEDER ALUMINUM SIDING this 18th day of August, Call 744â€"3749 M. W. Both, Secretary 744â€"1711 WATERLOO