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r gt! The new additions was approved by council com- mittee of the whole at its last meeting The Waterloo County.TB and , Respiratory Disease Association recently held a contest 'in the schools throughout the county in colaboration with their black, Soon he went to the grave .e above poem was writ- by Sherry Freund of 311 Braemore Avenue. Sher- ry, a grade five student at Elizabeth Ziegler School had her poem chosen as the best anti-smoking slogan in Waterloo County. yard And never came back He smoked and he smoked. 'Till his lungs were stained He choked and he coughed And he couldn't walk far. 'Cause his lungs were packed full, With the smoke and the tar He was my best friend 'Till he started to smoke I once had a friend His name was Joe Sloke. He was my best friend ‘Till he started to smoke. Sherry Freund, of 311 Braemore Avenue got her choice of two books to donate to the Elizabeth Ziegler Public School library when her anti-smok- ing slogan was chosen as the best in Waterloo county. Hires four firefighters Waterloo crllflfrlhlriW?)t 118th YEAR, NO. 27 ation Don't Start was pro- vided to the schools wishing to participate. It included teacher and teaching aids The program centred on children between the ages of eight and 11 since re- search conducted by the Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Feder- ation indicated that 38.8 per cent of the boys and 29 per cent of the girls in this age group were actively experimenting with ciga- rette smoking. "Operation Doit Start" has been taught in most schools across the county to junior grades with the idea that education in the dangers of smoking might keep children from picking up the habit later in life. Sherry was awarded her choice of any books up to a maximum of $10 which she would in turn donate to the school library. anti - smoking campaign. "Operation Don't Start". teacher's kit for Oper- WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1973 The program also said that smoking should be shown as socially unaccep- table and not associated with adulthood, virility, athletic ability and sophistication as sometimes suggested in advertisements. Mrs. Karen Griffith. grade five teacher at Elizabeth Ziegler said the program had aroused enthusiasm among the pupils She said they were more interested though in the effects smoking might presently be having on their parents, Whether of not the pro- gram accomplished Its' por- pose Mrs. Griffith said would be hard to determine, She added “We'll just have to wait ten years and see how many haven't started smoking .. The program suggested that the emphasis be plac- ed on the positive aspects of not smoking rather than the negative aspects of smoking. Stress was put on good health and better endurance in sports rather than the disease aspect which is generally used as an incentive for not smok- ing. dealing with the effects of cigarette smoking. There were several related acti- vities such as the slogan writing contest in which the children could become involved. Operating on an Opportunities for Youth Grant local students have started work on developing Maple Hill park. Ken Pflug, community services director for Waterloo said the city had the park in its plans for future development. He said although the students would prob- ably not finish the park completely in one summer. that their work would hope- fully have developed it into a good useable park for the community. Nearly 5,000 letters have been sent out with brochures since Mrs. Walsh began her job in mid-April. Her desk is situated in the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce office. Both her telephone line and salary are paid by Oktoberfest with the Chamber only providing the office space. T Mrs. Walsh said the placing of people in private homes around the area is still continuing. She added that anyone interest- ed in putting a spare room to use during Oktoberfest should contact her at the Oktoberfest office. Although the situation sounds as it likely visitors to Oktoberfest will be tum- ed away, it still has some distance to go before it reaches that point. Reservations are also being made in the Stratford and Guelph area. An Opportunities for Youth grant amounting to $4,000 will employ six stu- dents to work on the developing of Maple Hill Park this summer. The young men have completed one week of work already on the development which has its entrance on Warrington Drive. Mrs. Charles Walsh who handles ac- comodation requests for Oktoberfest said she was no longer making motel or hotel reservations for the two weekends but still had a few left for during the week. More activities for 2973 Oktoberfest Motel accommodation is no longer available in the Kitchener-Waterloo area tor the two Oktoberfest weekends but reservations are still being made in pri- vate homes. Grant helps work on park The city will be contributing approxi- Requests have come from as far away WATE R LOO, ONTARIO The backstop for the diamond has al- ready been provided by the city and Mr. Lobsinger said they intended to equip the children's play area with inexpensive climbing and play equipment. He said this could be accomplished by plac- ing culverts for the children to crawl in as well as having logs to climb on and a sand box. Throughout the week there will be various displays held such as an antique show and sale at First United Church in Waterloo, a craft fair at Thomas House of Crafts, children’s fun fair with games and activities for the children it Heidel- berg Haus, perforrnances of the K-W Sym- phony orchestra and the K-W Little Theatre's presentation of Cabaret. _ Jim Lobsinger. of 402 Warrington Drive. spokesman for the students said the whole project would take 11 weeks. The grant included $3,690 for salaries and motor equipment. Other competitions being held during the week are: the North American Oktoberfest Baton Twirling contest, Bogenschutzen fest (archery ), bowling tournament, German shepherd dog show, ear slolam. marathon and bier doetor's jog, bicycle races, motorcycle racing. golf tournament. dressage competition and a curling "funenspiel". mately $700 or $800 towards the project with the contribution of supply materials such as piping, trees for planting, shrub- bery and that sort of thing Mr. Pflug said. as Nova Scotia and various parts of the United States for this year's Oktoberfest which will include more than double the activities of other years. The week will officially begin Friday October 5 at noon with the traditional opening ceremonies in downtown Kit- chener. Later on in the day from 7 p.m. to lo p.m. there .will be the Oktoberfest International Long Course Swim Meet eliminations at WLU. The meet will con- tinue over the weekend. 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