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wwwnmeubrw established 1854 motioned every Wednesday try Funny Pro“, , a dwiséon of Kitchenet-Wutodoo Record Ltd., owner (In 225 funny mrs.. Kiichenor. Ont. --- “kn. con-“Mon- w Wan-don omce l . Illit arms: £,w-W.mt Nauru-Wanna- p, = I I " sm-oc-c-Cots-tsto/ttttttcette?..".",'.'?.'?'!, Though we feel the time is now to install traffic lights at the Bridgeport Road-Devitt Avenue intersection, Waterloo city council is not to be condemned for their shelving of the request Monday night for at least a year. - -- _ . . . n I - _te___-___eaV av., Ln.._o . Ti'iiTyiiiiiii,TirGiGiisAo he lauded lor ruling with the heart as well as the head. - _ .. . As trivial an issue as this might be to some, it is a significant concern for Tower's Plaza merchants and shoppers. Many consumers are elderly core residents and young children saddled with the dilemma of crossing a four-lane road at their own risk, or else walking far out of their way to cross at Bridgeport and Weber, an arduous assignment for those with physical or age handicaps. Concerned with the pedestrian hazard, plaza merchants asked council to install lights before misfortune struck. Sadly, though realistically. council at this time was unable to approve the spending of $20,000-$30,000 on lights this year, but did agree to re-examine the matter again in next year's budget deliberations. And more heartwarmingly, council rejected an engineering department report recommending the request be nixed because pedestrian numbers did not warrant it, and that even push-button signals would interfere with smooth traffic flow on the major artery. Hoorah for Aid. Doreen Thomas for insisting "it's the type of people using the intersection that I'm concerned about." Her thinking, and that of several of her colleagues, is com- mendable. - . So what if only five pedestrians an hour were surveyed to use the intersection as a crossing point? For most of those people, many with armfuls of groceries or other merchan- dise, the experience can be as harrowing as that of a much younger individual being asked to cross four lanes of Highway 401 during peak periods. ' Interfere with smooth traffic flow? Agh. Give us strength. Do the lights at Harold Wagner school interfere with smooth traffic flow? Aside from school opening and closing time, where is the demand for them? Yet they serve a valuable purpose, don't they? Do school crossing guards interfere with smooth traffic flow? What traffic flow? Empty ar- gument. - The point here is that this issue of lights at Bridgeport- Devitt continues to rear its head, meaning many people continue to be concerned for the special needs of our citizens. That council counts itself among those who really care is a point in their favor. Let's hope they follow up. ONE of the cynical, insulate remarks of the m century is, “You can’t fight City I think it's American in origin, as are so many of our colorful expressions, but it reflects a conception that has contributed to the skepticism that permeates many aspects of our lye. -- in essence it betrays a weariness of the individual spirit in a world that is growing ever more corrupt, violent and treacher- It means basically that the individual hasn't a chance against the burgeoning bureaucracy, the petty patronage, the you-scratch-mr-beck-ard-ill-scratch- yours philosppby that tes. always been .vv- 'iPNw.._%r.r.. -. -_-_ -r_-.e_- -" -- _ --"eee - - yours philosophy that has always been I could name a hundred others teho with us, and always will but should be cocked a snook at City Hall, and lost many resisted stoutly and sturdily whenever it a battle, but won many a war. The United rears its ugly head. States is a classic example. Another is the Jesus fought the City Hall of His time, Republic of France. Mahatma Ghandi and won, though He lost His life. practically had the British Empire beg- Sir Thomas More fought the City Hall of ging him to so change his diaper and leave his time, which included his king, the it alone. nobility and the clergy, and refused to Well, it's nice to be in the company ot Look both wan/s BILL SMILEY I...“ __'......"- _r.'-'we-e--'" _ - t - Grdiic0osatma-ot"toceuyoo'fe?'! Punt-autumn. ottttqttutgt'tog Guot'oottovtor"tuy Oman bsmpm t -t-tAar,_gy_itru.9...e.. nudge an inch to save his life, because he was my and City Tail W,“ wrong, _ Joan of Are tought her City Hall, in the form of her own king, traitors to her vision, and an opposing army. She wound up being burned at the stake, and became a saint. Her opponents are mere footnotes in history. 7 a Oliver Cromwell fought his City Hall, won his fight. and taught British royalty to mind its pees and queus, if you’ll pardon the elrprespioet. - - A _ _ _ “A William Lyon Mackenzie took on the City Hall of his day, and though his only battle with it was a typical Canadian Charade, he left it smerting. - _ Publisher: Paul Winkler Manger: Bill turges Editor: Rick Campbell to some, it is a r-----" is written Fighting City Hall "While the numbers don't meet the warrants, it's the type of people using the intersection I'm concerned about." such, even if only fer a [title while, only in the imagination. The Fourth St. Fusiliers. of which I am a proud, wounded veteran, has fought many a skirmish, several sharp encounters. and a prolonged war of attrition against the local town council, and the will of the people triumphed to the extent of a dozen trees being uncut, a new sidewalk in- stalled, and a desert of pot-holes turned into a paved street. You’ve heard of the 30 Years War, the 100 Years War, the War of the Roses, the War of Independence. the Boer War, and The Great War, followed by that sickening euphemism, World War M. Not to mention Korea and Viet Nam. Well, a lot has been written about them, and millions died in them, but for sheer intensity of emotion, 1 think the Fourth St. War outdoea them all. That's the reason for this bit of history. In three or four hundred years, the Fourth St. War may be almost forgotten, were it not for some humble scribe to get it down on paper. Aid. Doreen Nuns commenting on the question of stoplights Bridgeport Rd. and Devin Ave. It has lasted between seven and nine years, and the veterans will even argue hotly about the_duratioet. - _ _ _ - I do remember that the hundreds of children who were going to be slaughtered by trattle it the town council achieved its insidious ends are now replaced by grandchildren in many cages, - I do remember that'the first rush to the barricades was about as organized as the French revolutionaries‘ attack on the Bar tille. l do remember that one lady threatened to chain herself high in the branches of a maple tree it the town engineer carried out his plan of massacreing maples. There were other threats of a similar but unlikely nature, such as everyone lying down in front of the bulldozers, blowing up the town hall while council was in session, or kidnapping the town engineer and giving him a eernenr.barrel burial in the bay. - fortunately, cooler heads prevailed. After half the street was ruined, the works department ran out of money. --SEE PAGE I at