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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 22 Jun 1937, p. 8

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Georgina Goulet, 479 Armadale Avenue, Toronto. Kenneth Bloomfield, London. Oswald Bigras, Capleton Place. Mrs. William BBigras, Carleton Place. Wilam Laverdue, Carleton Place. iC. A. Letch, Ridgetown. Mrs. Elizabeth Falkner, Windsor. Harry Shaw, 14, London. Disappearing beneath the waters of Spettigue‘s pond in Westminster ‘Township after he dived from a small boat he was using just before 4 o‘clock Sunday â€" afternono, Harry Shaw, 1l3â€"yearâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shaw, Wellington road, London, was drowned. ters, Mabel, Elsie and Myrtle, all at home, seven brothefs, IsaiahtThoâ€" man of Kitchener, David, Didsbury, Alta., Harvey, Denver, Col., Manâ€" asseh, Kitchener, Russel, Kitchener, Levi and Albert, Toronto, and one sister, Mrs. Louis Maier, Kitchener. Mameny Anice (mimie Roient en e ns Funeral services were held at Kossuth on Sunday afternoon to Cressman Mennonite Church, Bresâ€" law, for services followed by interâ€" ment in the adjoining cemetery. Robert Pokrywhka Robert, twoâ€"monthâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Pokrywka, Herlan avenue, passed away at St. Mary‘s Hospital on Thursday. _ The death toll may lengthen, there ibeing a dozen or more victims lying critically injured. . â€" Mrs. Erwin Rieck, of Kossuth, passed away at her residence in her b2nd year. The deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gleason E. Thoman. On March 4, 1914, she was married to Erwn Rieck at Mannheim. She was a member of the Cressman Mennonite church. S 'â€"g'dr_v-iving are her husband, one son, Harold, at home, three daughâ€" ters, Mabel, Elsie and Myrtle, all at Weekâ€"End Death Toll (Continued from FPage 1) wastrapped by fire in his island home and a 10â€"yearâ€"old boy slipped and fell} into a canal, losing his life. Merton Little, Peterborough. James MoCullough, Peterborough. Mrs. Emma J. Niblake, Bloomsâ€" burg, Pa. iRobert Cook, Hamilton. John McKenzie, McKenzie Island, near Kingston. Mre. Annie Brechbill died at her late residence, Elgin street, Kitchâ€" ener, early Friday morning in her 65th year. The deceased was a Two levelâ€"crossing accidents took four lives, three of the victims be ing in one car. The dead: Mrs. lsa Brown, 585 Oakwood Avenue, Toronto. Adam Weichel. Burvivint: are her sisterâ€"inâ€"law, Miss â€" Katherine Brechbill, with whom she has resided for many ears; two sons, Philip, Toronto, %lml, two brothers, John W 1, Kitchener, and Clarke Weichel, Toronto, four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Rathman, Kitchener, Mrs. Emerson Matthew, Glenallien, Mrs. Ells Smith, Dover, N.J., and Mrs. Russell Ruppel!, Elmira. Her husâ€" band, William A. Brechbill, predeâ€" Frank Webb, Huron street, Toron to. YOU KNOW THAT ceased her 15 years. Schreiter â€" Sandrock Limited FUNERAL HOME 51 Benton St., Phone 4480 Mrs. Aunnic Brechbill of the late Mr. and Mrs. OBITUARY _ personnel a re . especially trained to serve u n o b trusively and without any signs of ostenâ€" tation. OUR staff and M'-nn-.l _ A total of 12 persons have been killed in the 25â€"dayâ€"old struggle be tween John Lewis‘ Committee for Inâ€" dustrial Organization and the four independent steel companies of "Little Steel"â€"Bethlehelm, Republic, Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet C Tubeâ€"over the queston of signed laibor contracts. The other 10 were killed in the Memorial Day riot at Rpublic Steel‘s Chicago plant. YOUNGSTOWN, O.â€"A showdown in the great "battle of steel", involvâ€" ing more than ©00,000 strikeâ€"idle men in seven states, began to shape up yesâ€" terday under the impetus of another outbreak of gunâ€"roaring violence at the Republic steel plant in Youngsâ€" town. HESPELER.â€"A counterâ€"proposal made by the directors of the Stampâ€" ed and Enameled Ware, Hespeler, in which an increased wage scale was provided, was refused by the 150 strikers of the . plant, the strikers of the plant, the strikers‘ ccmmittee advising the plant direcâ€" tors to that effect late on Saturday. The battle, which raged for more than three hours Saturday night with lursting tear gas shells and sniping from the hill top overlooking the plant, left two known dead and 26 identified wounded, including six â€"women. 2 Killed Over Weekâ€"End in U.S. Steel Strike J. S. Clare, of Preston, managing director of the Hespeler plant, stated yesterday that the directors had offered the strikers‘ committee a proposal, and that they had stipuâ€" lated that it was their best offer to the striking employees. The direcâ€" tors‘ proposals were placed before a general meeting of the strikers and refused. "We believe that the company will later come to a better wage agreement with us," Harry Hamburg, C.I.0. organizer from Hamilton, stated. "Showdown" Shaping Up After Employees Turn . Down Strike Offer Board of Works Chairman W. W. Frickey informed the Chronicle that he favors a plan whereby curbs and gutters be constructed where roads have been oiled and resurfaced in recent years. If the property owners do not make application to have the work done, the council will be obliged to put through an order for the work under Section 8 of the Local Improvement Act. The cost for a forty foot lot would be $3.75 for a ten year period. Ratepayers are urged to coâ€"operate by havinf petitions circulated and signed folâ€" lowing which work tan be proceeded with at once. R.R. 1, Blair, passed l'li{hlt his home on Bnndnd after an ess of a few weeks. He was born Novemâ€" ber 21, 1985, and is survived by his parents. An only brother, David, died last February. The funeral will be held on Tuesday at 2 o‘clock. Interment will be made in New CURBS AND GUTTERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED year. He is survived by one son, William, one daughter, Janet, one brother, Peter, of Linwood, and one sister, Mrs. Albert Ludwig of Hawkesville. The funeral will be held from the Ratzâ€"Bechtel Funeral Home on Tuesday at 9 a.m. to St. Mary‘s R. C. Church. Interment in Mount Hope cemetery. Donald Alastair Grant (By Chronicle Coriespondent) Donald, the 19â€"monthâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. Morrig John Grant, Joseph Ament, of Dorking, passed away at the K.â€"W. Hospital on June 21 at 8 p.m. He was in his 91st Dundee Union Cemetery. Fierce Battle at Republic Steel Plant. Joseph Ament THB WATERLOQ. CHRONICLE A car owned by George Grosz, George street, was stolen from near the corner of Allan and Park streets late Saturday night where Mr. Grosz was doing some repair work. It was recovered by Waterloo Police on Wilâ€" | mot street in Kitchener Sunday afâ€" ternoon. It had been driven 38 miles |but there was more gas in the tank Iwhen than when it was stolen. Walter Deeton, Ktchener paid a fine of $25 and costs to Water!loo poâ€" lice court over the weekâ€"end,when he was found guilty of consuming liquor in a public place. Homuth Denies ‘Car] Kiethan, Young street, Waterâ€" loo, reported to police on Sunday that _ the spare wheel and tire from his car parked in front of his home was stolen Saturday night. Among those noticed at the Hallâ€" man reunion in Galt on Saturday afâ€" ternoon was Charlie Winters, former gatekeeper at the C.N.R. crossing in Waterloo. Mr. ‘Winters was well known to practically every person in Waterloo in his many years at his post on King street. that he has been cept a post as minister of labor in the proposed coalition government Homuth, former representative for South Waterioo in the Provincial Government. Mr. Homuth returned yesterday from Quebec and when advised of the situation, issued a statement as follows: "I know nothing about this and wish to emphatically deny that I was ever approached by anyone on this question. Furthermore, had I been, I would have refused point blank to have anything to do with such a scheme. I am in accord with Mr. Rowe‘s attitude. I am absoluteâ€" ly opdponed to Mr. Hepburn‘s agpnrâ€" ent desires along with The Globe GALT BOY KILLED GALT, June 21,â€"Cycling back from a swimming excursion to Swastika Beach, William Robert Watson, 15, fell from his bicycle in the,qath of a car and was killed instantly. The accident occurred shortly be fore six p.m., Sunday on the Hespeler highway, a mile from the city limits. and Mail, to set up a dictatorship in Ontario, simply for the purpose of regimenting labor and thus takâ€" ing away from labor the rights which it has always enjoyed in a British country. R. G. McNeillie, widely known and popular Canadian Pacific Railway official, who on June 30 suceeds C. B. Foster as passenâ€" ger traffic manager of the Comâ€" pany with headquarters in Montâ€" real. Mr. Foster retires under the pension _ regulations â€" after 46 years of service. Announcement of Mr. Foster‘s retirement and Mr. McNeillie‘s promotion was made by George Stephen, traffic viceâ€"president of the Company. PRESTON. â€" Emphatical denial SsTOLEN CAR RECOVERED Earns High Post FINED $25 AND COSTS AT REUNION iA well balanced band concert was WATERLOO BAND given Friday night by the Waterloo Band, under the direction of Prof. C. F. Thiele, from the Memorial Park bandstand. USE CHRONICLE WANT AD6. ‘TO BUY OR SELL Buy Your Canvas & Camp Shoes Here YOU‘LL PAY LESS Store closed Wednesday afternoons, May 5, to October. No coupons after May 1. BOHLENDER‘S WATERLOO CREPES _ PRINTED VOILES LACE WEAVES Phone 768w WATERLOO 44 William St. GOUDIES â€"Regular price, 15¢ yard. Prints and solidâ€"color broadcloths. Range of shades. (King St. Floor). Special Selling This Week I enjoy my Work (China and Glassware â€" Downstairs Floor) _ _GOOD HEALTH. It‘s the old story. To enjoy one‘s daily tasks . . . . to perform them properly . . . . calls for the vim and vigor of a sound body. A "run down" condition never did make for efficiency and happiness. Prints and Broadcloths 12}%¢ H® SMILE gives you his secret. He‘s in 3, 5 and 10 ounce sizes. Nonâ€"chip edge. Crystal Tumblers CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS of the spine . . . . the source of most ailments . . . . can do much to build you up physically. Consult us and let us give you the FACTS! E.. G. FRY GIvEs CONCERT VALUES HOSPITAL FUND NOW $9,939 The St. Mary‘s Hos{)ihl Rose Day drive is now $9,839, less than $200 short of the objective of $10,000. Waterloo No extra charge for use of our homeâ€"like Funeral Chapel. 160 hing St. S. â€" Phone 677 Walsh Funcral Service A Bargain Table on The King St. Floor

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