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Let me add my voice to the many who recently have expressed concern over the Dear Editor, proposed widening of Alâ€" bert Street. Having lived on this street for the past twenty years and raised a family in what was one of the original farmhouses of Waterloo County, I know what Mrs. Kerrâ€"Lawson is talking about by a special difeâ€"style. The 40â€"voice Mennonite Children‘s Choir of Winniâ€" peg, which bas gained inâ€" ternational icclaim with performances in Canada, the United States, and Euâ€" rope, stopped off in the Twin Cities Monday eveâ€" ning for a concert at Waâ€" terloo Collegiate auditorium. Choir _ _ performs .drs. Rowe‘s goad of ‘"apathy‘‘ is well deserved. Those of us who value what Since this house took up its position at 65 Albert Street in the mid 1800‘s it can be said that there was an attraction to it by mill owners and doctors. It came into the hands of the first mill owner, William Snider, in 1873. William inherited three mills in the area from his father Elias who was the grandson of Jacob. Jacob had purchased the Waterloo mill from its founder Abraham Erb in 1829. _ William sold the house to a Dr. Bauman in 1894 who remained in it for only a couple of years before selling. â€" o :; The house went through two more owners before coming to another mill owner. Fred Snider in 1910. Fred sold to Dr. Zuirck in 1922 who in turn sold the house to its present owner C.M. Snider in 1944. In keeping with the Snider tradition. the present owner runs the mill in St. Jacobs. Mrs. Snider said about the only change her husâ€" band has made which altered the appearance of the house from the front was the verandah. ‘"It used to stretch right across the entire front of the house she said. "but we took it off and replaced it with the smalier part which now is over just the front door .‘ _ The walls in the cellar according to Mrs. Snider are not made of cement. She said they were about 24 to 2%6 inches thick and consisted of stones held toâ€" Home attracts mill owners Stand up before it is too late we have here should stand up to be counted, in the hope that it may not be too late to__ acquaint City Council MBR the wishes of its elecâ€" When we moved here we said to each other: ‘"Where else can we live where we have tall trees lining the street, â€" landmark â€" homes which have been lived in, loved and cared for, and where within six blocks our children can progress from kindergarten to a University degree?"‘ It seemed heavenâ€" sent. It has been wonderful. It is a street of memories for us, too. From all we can learn, our house dates back approximately a hunâ€" dred and fifty years, the trees around it about eighty. Houses were built to last then, to be passed on, with love and pride, to succeedâ€" ing generations; no builtâ€"in obsolescence then‘ The celâ€" lar beams were handâ€"hewn, the nails square, and the rafters of the attic strong as Westminster Abbey. An appreciative successor may put down carpeting, may renovate the kitchen to But growing up today can accommodate a dishwasher â€" be a very speedy and periâ€" rather than a handâ€"operated â€" lous process. What better pump, may add bathrooms gift can parents give them and hot water heating, but he than a home that can be a does not desecrate it with a â€" haven, with perhaps a treeâ€" hulldozer in the name of proâ€" â€" house in the back yard where pump, may add bathrooms and hot water heating, but he does not desecrate it with a bulldozer in the name of proâ€" Not so long as he can pay the taxes, and maintain the way of life he has chosen and cherished. Sentimental twaddle? It seems I am not alone in my thinking. The stresses and strains imposed on people of this century by their inability to adapt to a spiralling techâ€" nology are exemplified by our overflowing hospitals. Psychiatrists recognize our need for green and quiet places as a buffer for the frenzied hustle of our minds and bodies. J believe that our children need this as much, if not more than adults in today‘s world. Certainly we want for them the stimulation of good schools, easy access to a Library and a "Y", and a peer group of as many racâ€" es and creeds as only a city can offer. gether with mortar. _ The glass in the windows at the side of the house and some of the ones in the front are also extremely old. "I think when they put the addition on the pack Mrs. Snider said, "They brought the windows from there up to the front. The glass is wavy and not clear like modern glass so we think it is very_o_ld. * The peaceful appearance of the outside of the house is carried through inside also. Mrs. Snider said that due to the double brick structure of the house and the outer layer of stucco, very little noise breaks through the walls. "We have also tried to keep the inside appearance of the house similar to the time period of the outâ€" side‘" Mrs. Snider said, "adding she often found it a bit of a shock to walk into a house which was old on the outside and then a sharp contrast on the inside. Mrs. Snider said some of the original fixtures are still in the house and the washroom has the marble sink and grill work which she said "you‘d have diffiâ€" culty finding these days." All these little things, such as bits and pieces of the original structure and the determination by its ownâ€" ers to keep the house acting its age so to speak adds to its charm and radiates that certain warmth as only an older house can. they can climb to a someâ€" times necessary solitude, to think things out for themâ€" selves in their own sweet time? This is good, but it isn‘t oneâ€"twoâ€"three with giving a kid a chance to straddle a branch of a tall, old tree and feel it sway in a spring wind ; to listen to the sounds of the world waking up on a summer moming, with his arm around the neck of a trusty dog on his own back porch; or having the time to marvel at how many colours there are in the snow he‘s shovelling out of a long, treeâ€"lined Larger cities than ours are spending millions to creâ€" ate synthetic oases in their families may live in a sembâ€" lance of serenity and still be close to their areas of driveway. . Children who grow up in houses smackâ€"dab on the sidewalks of a fourâ€"lane thoroughfare aren‘t apt to absorb these gratuitous stabilizers against present and future pressures of his society . This is one of the most imâ€" portant things that will be destroyed for Waterloo by Chamber having a busy new year In the two and one half months since the start of the new year more than 70 requests for information about the variâ€" ous attributes of Waterioo have been forwarded to persons and offices in many states of the U.S., the United Kingâ€" dom and across Canada. The Waterloo Chamber of Commerce is now in its 84th year of service to members and this community as a whole. The unwritten slogan that it ‘‘Works Serving People®" is the true basis of the Chamber‘s policy. Participating in the community‘s Federated Appeal, the Chamber has provided speakers to groups of industrial canvassers as well as plant assemblies of employees. The Chamber encourages all wage earners to do their bit by contributing their fair share of 15 minutes per week or 13 hours of their earnings in 1973 for the Appeal. The assistâ€" ance would provide about $12.00 a year per person toward those services needed by those less fortunate than those who can provide for themselves. Recently Waterloo City Council has proposed architecâ€"! tural changes for public buildings and particularly their entrances for the benefit of the physically disabled and handicapped. The Chamber as in the past few years becomes involved in activities of the immediate area and is again assisting in accommodation and the program for two bus loads of visitors from Pennsylvania coming to the Elmira Syrup Festival. _ In addition they have already processed information for accommodation for the 1973 Kâ€"W Oktoberfest . â€" The Chamber endorses and commends this kind of sugâ€" gestion. So many are fortunate that the benefits will offset only a small majority of people, but it is the responsibility of legislators and administrators to serve all citizens with the same respect and considerations. Such changes can and will provide extra comforts and pleasures but more imâ€" portant a feeling of personal independence for the users. This is what the policy of the Chamber of Commerce is all about. The Chamber commends the action of the Federal Govâ€" ernment U.LC. in scrutinizing more closely the requests for benefits of unemployment. It is too bad that such action comes only now for that which they found to be unjust will probably never be reâ€" covered. â€" Again this year the Chamber is participating in the Stuâ€". dent Summer job program. This was inaugurated by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce several years ago un der the direction of the President of Bell Canada. It has now grown to status of community importance to those students who depend on summer employment to supâ€" plement their education costs. Last year the operation of the centre placed some 2200 students of which more than 1200 were post secondary registration students, a 22 per cent increase over the previous years. If you require summer help call the job centre. You will have the double satisfaction of knowing that apart from bringing a student into the business you may have instilled a little business in the student. :any food order over $2.00 â€"offer e ®expires April 4th. 1973. Limited 3 eone coupon per order. e e o o 0 0o 0o 0 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0o 0 Waterico Chronicie, Wednesday, March 28, 1973 § PIZZA PLUS "SUBMARINES" Open Daily at 4 p.m. Westmount Place â€" Waterioo 744â€"7371 50: OFF chopping off our front lawns and more pollutionâ€"spewing vehicies. It is to be hoped long, hard look at the price they propose to pay for proâ€" the Respectfully yours, Doris Hill