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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Oct 1971, p. 1

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To the end of September $160,000 of the welfare budâ€" get had been spent, and despite the fact that the number of persons on welâ€" fare was down in Septemâ€" ber and October (students ::ore than 25 per cent above e bugeted amount. The provincial government pays 80 per cent of the welfare costs. About 225 members were on hand to honour Mrs. Steinson and Miss Bramhill of Elmira who are retiring this year after many years of dedicated teaching serâ€" vice. Twenty ~first year teachers were also honâ€" oured. Guest speaker, past preâ€" sident of the federation of women teachers association of Ontario, Miriam Evans addressed the group and gave inspiration for the exâ€" perienced as well as the new teachers. Shantz couple marks 50 years of married life A surprise smorgasbord dinner at Woolner‘s lodge commemorated the fifâ€" tieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Shantz of 43 Elgin street, Waterloo on Sunday. Phil Johnston, welfare adâ€" ministrator, told the counâ€" cil that an increase of layâ€" offs in the summer months this year and high student mmer unemployment may lsh the total welfare bill A dinner meeting was held by the Waterloo county women teachers‘ associaâ€" tion, unit one, at Brighton school on Monday evening. Waterloo council was told Monday night that the city‘s actual cost for welfare this year could spiral to more than $50,000, about three times that of last year. 225 women teachers honour retiring members Council opposes gas bar, sets up paper recycling box $250,000. This would be Waterloo welfare bill may rise 25 per cent in 71 t Mr. and Mrs. Moses Shantz An informal dance for youth 12 â€" 15 years old will be held at the Kitchener YMCA on Saturday, October 23, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Total cost is $35 and reâ€" gistrations are being accepâ€" ted by mail at the Waterloo centre. Further informaâ€" tion is available at 576â€"9700. Admission will be free to both Kitchener and Waterloo YMCA members. Admission price is 50¢ for nonâ€"members and inâ€" cludes the use of the gym and pool, as well as the dance. A delegation of several reâ€" sidents from the area in The course which aims to improve reading efficiency, speed and comprehension will start on October 27 and goes for seven weeks. Nephews and nieces of the couple planned the event which included a social evening and buffet luch at the home of Harold Schleuâ€" ter, later Sunday. Guests at the celebration presented been unsuccessful as yet and the only sign of help is the government‘s winter makeâ€"work programs. The Waterloo centre of Conestoga college, is offerâ€" ing to the public again this year, a course in effective reading. Attempts by Mayor Mesâ€" ton to obtain relief for the city due to the large numâ€" ber of students here have are back in school, and Budd Automotive hired 900 persons) a rise could be exâ€" pected between now and December, Mr. Johnston said. YMCA holds free dance for youth College offers reading course Mess s * * # London led 3â€"0 after one period. . Waterloo‘s Glen Cressman got the only secâ€" ond period goal and London netted three unanswered markers in the third. Despite their apparent edge in play, (they outshot London 13â€"5 in the third period) the Waterloo boys just couldn‘t find the mark. Waterloo Siskens dropped a 6â€"1 decision to the London Squires in OHA junior B hockey in London on Friday night. The loss was the second in two starts for the Siskens. The couple were married on October 19, 1921 at St. John‘s Lutheran parsonage, Waterloo by Rev. Buckleâ€" man. _ Siskens drop second game They have one son, Harâ€" old, who lives at home. the couple with a gold mirâ€" ror and candleholder set. Mr. Shantz a retired farâ€" mer, and his wife the forâ€" mer Lena Koerber, have lived in the Waterloo area all their lives. He is 75 while she is 71. The biggest demand for ice time is coming from the The Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo _ young skating club will hold its _ skates first classes on Saturday at tests Moses Springer arena. They â€" morni will be for the Waterloo _ and pr novices and juveniles and â€"~»The will go from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. _ quite Club _ president _ Jack Adams, reports that regisâ€" trations are up about 30 per cent from last year with 500 skaters registered at the same time as 385 only were enrolled last year. Waterloo skaters to start off Kâ€"W club‘s season question saw council uphold a committee recommenâ€" dation to oppose the erection of a car wash and gas bar at the corner of Bridgeport road and Erb street. _ Mrs. W.E. Gwatkin spoke for the group and expressed concern that the building would not be suitable as an entrance to the city. She also noted it would be a potential traffic hazard and criticized the council for not making sure that residents of the area were better informed of the situation. A waste paper container was to be placed at the Today is election day Polls close _ at 8 pm VOTE NP L4 The Kitchener â€" Waterloo Branch of the Consumer‘s Association of Canada will hold an open meeting Nov. 3 at St. Peter‘s Lutheran Church, Queen Street, Norâ€" th, Kitchener. The meeting, which will get under way at 8 p.m., will have Mrs. Una Abrahamson, consumer editor of Chatelâ€" aine Magazine as guest speaker. Chatelaine writer will address Kâ€"W consumers group The rangers met at St. John‘s Lutheran church, Willow street, Waterloo and finished at Breithaupt‘s park where they had luch and went swimming. This is the first year Ranger Day has been celeâ€" brated in Canada. The day is intended to focus on: the Ranger; the new Ranger program and the new Ranâ€" ger uniform. There is a posâ€" sibility it might become an annual event. To comemorate Ranger Day (October 16), a bike rally around the twin cities was held by members of 1st Waterloo and 4th Kitchâ€" ener Land Ranger comâ€" panies. Anyone â€" interested _ in joining the club may regisâ€" ter at Moses Springer Arena on Saturday afternoon. Kâ€"W giris bike to celebrate Ranger day quite full while the interâ€" mediate and juvenile still have a number of openings. As do the adult classes and the teenage dance classes. younger age groups, the skates working on figure tests and the Wednesday morning class for mothers and preâ€"schoolers. Charges for the week numbered 179 including: five criminal charges; 160 traffic charges; 11 liquor charges; two for impaired driving and one license was suspended. The Kitchener detachâ€" ment of the Qntario provinâ€" cial police reports twenty motor â€" vehicle accidents causing about $7,330 damâ€" age in the week ending last Saturday. Ten persons were injured in eight of the acâ€" cidents. t Officers of the detachâ€" ment patrolled 13,057 miles during the week and invesâ€" tigate 84 general ocurrenâ€" ces. Young street works year yesterday (Wednesday) acâ€" cording to city engineer Darcy Dutton. > The container is a result of the experimental paper collections held earlier this OPP patrol 13,057 _ ter building on November 6 miles, charge 179 _ and clerk Durward Preston The public is invited. classes are Monday, October 18 â€" Kâ€"W Oktoberfest officials announced that an estimated 280,000 people spent about $3.5 million on food accomodation and miscellaneous items during the nine days of the festival BOY SCOUT APPLE DAYâ€"James Lorbetski of 365 Hazel street Waterloo, a member of the eleventh Waâ€" terloo scouts hands Helen Smiley of the Waterloo Chronicle her thank you tag as she makes her donaâ€" tion to the annual Boy Scout fund raising drive. ° Wednesday, October 13 â€" Members of the board of governors of the university of Waterloo announced that their spring budget would have to be cut back due to a decrease in the number of students enrolled. Friday, October 15 â€" Michael Kraus of 267 Lincoln road Waâ€" terloo and his manufacturing firm, Kraus Carpet Mills Ltd. of Waterloo were fined $22,500 for four breeches of the inâ€" come tax act. : Saturday, October 16 â€" A letter of thanks from Prime Minâ€" ister Trudeau was. presented to Sepp Mayer, leader of the Munchener Pschorr Brau Band at Heidelberg Haus in Waâ€" terloo. The band which entertained at Heidelberg Haus durâ€" ing Oktoberfest had done a brief performance on Parliament hill the week before. As most Chronicle readers know, the issue of October 14 carried the political opinions of two of the four Waterloo North candidates. Through some misunderstanding between this paper and the campaign headquarters of the Progressive Conservative candidate, Brian Turnbull, no statement was received from him. At the request of his campaign manager we have prinâ€" ted a statement by Mr. Turnbull this week on page two. Thieves broke into the homes of Adolf Neumann and Bruâ€" no Dnkowsky of Waterloo and took $80 and $35 respectively from the homes. Accepts space in Chronicle year by the city. Residents who wish to may deposit newspapers and magazines in the container for recycâ€" ling. The city offices are to be moved to the Marsland cenâ€" Week in retrospect Turnbull talks to voters * $ * MWATERLOO CHRONICLE WAV. OCTOBER 21, 1971 The nomination meeting is scheduled for November 25 and the election if necesâ€" sary will be on December 6. said serious consideration is being given to holding the nomination meeting for the municiple eleetion on the twelfth floor of the cenâ€" Ns **". y3

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