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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 May 1937, p. 2

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PAGE TWO The Waterloo Chronicle, Waterloo County‘s only semiâ€"weekly newsâ€" paper, devoted to the interests of the Town of Waterleo and Waterioo County, is published at 7 Ontario Street, Waterloo, every Tuesday and Friday. The Chronicle is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, and the Ontarioâ€"Quebec Newspaper Association. Inspector Pullam‘s duties are to visit homes where parents have neglected their children and if necessary transfer them to the Children‘s shelter. Adâ€" vice and encouragement are given to parents and everything possible done to provide the child with a proper home enâ€" vironment. ‘The Chronicle is on sale at /’ C An Independ« n and W.h:oo G '.." N ener and the Chronicle Q"m 4) business office after 4 _ o\ _ p.m. Mondays and 'l'hundnyl.\\%é foreign countries. Single copies, Tuesday edition 2 cents, Friday edition Too few citizens in Kitchener and Waterloo and the County know of the wonderful work by the Children‘s Aid Society in behalf of the underprivileged and handicapped children. Each month Inspector Pullam and those associated with him meet to hear reports on children who through parental neglect reâ€" quire shelter and the care of the Society. Inspector _ Pullam places children in the Shelter where they are under strict discipline and receive an educaâ€" tion which fits them for a place in life. Many of the children are placed in homes of citizens and later given for adoption provided that the foster parents a;e ‘proper persons to care for them. Caring for these underâ€" privileged children is one of the really worthwhile activities in the county. The Children‘s Aid Society is deserving of the supâ€" port of all good citizens in its work of extending a helping hand to little children who, for no fault of their own, are living under conditions that blight their morale, and dull their inâ€" tellects. > On application. Display advertising copy must reach office by Friday and Tuesday noons to insure insertion in the following issues. Reading notices and want ads. taken up to 10 a.m. Monday and Thursday. Editorial A question two western Onâ€" tario township farmers are askâ€" ing themselves. Does it pay to go to law? A HUMANITARIAN WORK The two farmers invoked the . _"" _,>__ aid of the court to settle a disâ€" W acting pute over a line fence. The in a drive county judge in addition 1 ament an« assessing them for costs, orâ€"| dered them to build a five foot _ The pro wire fence and divide its costs laundry a equally between them. And while ridi neither of them wanted a fence with a bus across their property. The from whic judge also ordered them to hospital. make repairs to other fences Chinaman and to bear jointly the cost of Porcupine DOES IT PAY TO GO TO LaW? ROY S. BEAN, WILLIAM M. BEAN, Managing Editor. Associate Editor. SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE $2.00 per year in Canada. $2.50 per year in the United States and THE WaTteruL_o0 CHRONICLE DAVID BEAN & SONS LIMITED Owners and Publishers TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1937 ADVERTISING RATES At Schenectady, N.Y., five women have been attacked by a squirred, which apparently hasn‘t become innured to the new hat modes.â€"Guelph Merâ€" maintenance. These farmers by the time they have finished complying with the court‘s orders will find they have paid out more money than a good surveyor would have cost them to settle the dispute by peaceful means. But some people never want to amicably settle differâ€" ences and insist on going to law. It usually ends in both parties being out of pocket and a friendship of long standing ended. The lawyers and court officials are usually the only ones who benefit financially from law suits. The Christian Science Moniâ€" tor, one of the best edited newsâ€" papers in America, is to be conâ€" gratulated on its forty page Coronation Supplement pubâ€" lished recently. The Monitor has done much to further cement the ties of friendship between England and the United States. The Simcoe Reformer is to be comme‘uvded on its fight to rid the town of Simcoe of slot machines. It refers to the busiâ€" ness as a racket, believing they are a menace to the people and to the community. The Reâ€" former is threatened with a libel suit unless it apologizes to one of the operators of these machines. And this it firmly reâ€" fuses to do. Peace loving people are watching with interest United States President Roosevelt and Britain‘s Premier Stanley Baldâ€" win acting together as leaders in a drive for economic disarmâ€" ament and world peace. The proprietor of a Chinese‘ laundry at Chatham, Ontario, while riding a bicycle, collided , with a bus and received injuries from which he died later in the hospital. He didn‘t have a, Chinaman‘s chance.â€"Timmins Porcupine Advance. | EDITORIAL NOTES January 9, 1856 THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Reeve Wagner Nonâ€"Committal As To Likely Choice Among Nine Applicants. According to Reeve Wagner of Wellesley township no less than seven .|:£liennu are said to be seeking the position of township clerk to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Peter F. Schummer, veteran holder of the mmn for the past forty years. list of apg‘lric.nh include treasâ€" urer Cecil bour, now acting clerk, Frank H. Schummer, widely known Linwood citizen and prominâ€" ent merchant of the village; Louis Rosenblatt, son of a prominent St. Clements manufacturer; John Heimâ€" buck, David Williams, Joe McCormâ€" ick, all of Linwood, and John L. Hammond of Crosshill. Asked who council favored for the position, Reeve Wagner said he did not know the minds of the counâ€" cil members in the matter. It was urged in some quarters, he said, that the clerk and treasurership should be combined under Cecil Barbour. Whether the applications received would be considered at a special or regular meeting, Reeve Wagner was unable to say. Busses May Replace K.â€"W. Street Cars Bus Experiment Will Be Made and A bus service between Kitchener and Waterloo to replace the present Elecrtic street railway cars, is be ing considered by the Kitchener Public Utilities Commission. Manâ€" ager Mcintyre has been authorized to secure loan of a bus from the De troit Transportation Commission and make tests for a week. If the experiâ€" ment proves satisfactory the street cars may be replaced with 20 buses which would cost about $100,000. More information on the subject is being secured from Toronto and De troit. In Wellesley Tp. if Satisfactory $100,000 May Be Spent for 20 Busses. Press Comments Wellesley Hydro Reserve and Surpluq WELLESLEY, May 10. â€" The Hydro rates in Wellesley have been cut during the past twenty years, affecting a real saving to the conâ€" sumers at Wellesley village. The recent report of the Commission shows Hydro reserves and surplus to be $26,815. The total includes the following items: provincial Hydro System, $12,609 ; reserves for defiocintion in local plant, $3,086; debentures paid, $7,500, and operâ€" ating surplus $3,620. Conservation Scheme Would Question Will Come Before Premier Hepburn for Consideration Shortly. KINCHBENBRâ€"Mayor J. AM®OTt ninth grade satisfactorily, the techâ€" Smith of Kitchener speaking of the niea :{m of the co“:ley })rt::e::ic:g Grand River Conservation scheme the major problem. Until the board stated that Premier Hepburn wil TS members had more information on ceive a delegation from the vari0us the subject they could not come to municipalities interested at his offic¢ an intelligent decision in the matter, in the near future. Premier Hepburn |stated Trustee Wagner. He said the it is understood is much interuted’mmr would be discussed by the in flood control and is anxious t0 ) Rural School Teachers‘ Convention hear reports of engineers and other§. |at London when the trustees would If the scheme is approved by the|learn more details He wanted to government and municipalities and|know where the rural children work started this summer it will\ would secure their technical educaâ€" mean the en»ployment of 40 men for|tion under the new system. If the scheme is approved by the government and municipalities and work started this summer it will mean the en»ployment of 40 men for eight hours a day at forty cents an hour, and if both the Waldemar and the Holland dams are started 800 men will find work. ‘Many of the men would be drawn from Kitchener and Waterloo and would mean these z;mn would be able to get off relief list. WRITE EXAMS Approximately the same number as last year, 694 students, have filed applications for middle and upper school examinations which commence at the Kitchenerâ€"Waterâ€" 694 STUDENTS TO loo Collegiate on June 14th. Go Over $26,815 Give 800 Work Waterlso School Beard Apâ€" proves Change by Education Dept.â€"More Information Wanted. Extra Room For Ninth Form Class â€" Waterloo Elizabeth Ziegler school, at Friday‘s board meeting advised the trustees that another extra room would be required to take care of ninth grade proposed at a joint meeting of the Twin-Cg educationâ€" al bodies. It would d 35 more pupils to the Elizabeth Ziegler School where fifth form classes are now operated. There are now about 100 pupils enrolled in the entrance classes of three Waterloo public approved by the board all these Eupih will come to the Elizabeth iegler school. Secretary M. E. Braendle said that another joint meeting will be held Thursday or Friday this week at which a representative of the Ontario Department of Education will be present. 0_ o Trustee Wagner could see difficulâ€" ties in the way of operating the ninth grade satisfactorily, the techâ€" nical phase of the course presenting the major problem. Until the board members had more information on The Separate School Board of Kitchener, at a recent meeting apâ€" proved the assuming of ninth grade work which means the addition of another grade. The eighth and ninth grades, it is believed, can be accomâ€" modated at the St. Jerome‘s College where facilitiee of manual training can be provided. The cost of extra school administration will be about $5,000. $5,000 NEEDED FOR SEPARATE SCHOOLL 9th FORM CLASS C. J. MacGregor, principal of the 11,

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