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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 22 Feb 1938, p. 2

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- Can-b- - lit-m ' than. was IJ_:~;:1Qz7-Vu In.» in. cum-M- a n n..- a A recent Issue ot the new mas-- zme Time ran-tad an extremely hr wrestling article on the general goodness ot the ideal town in which to lite The article dealt with the research or the tamed psychologist Gi. India; Lihhiwwuv.. 'iiltp Di. Edwarti Thorndike of Columbia Lniveratty: leathers college, who has spent some musiderable time, mgethn with a [tamed stall. in re search lulu what " mnsldered the measure of a good town In his sur- uy he musidered data on some "' traits of a number at small cities and larger towns picked at random From these he selected " character- istics which he thought most people would agree were attributes or a good town~ " law death rate. high per capital expenditures tor educa, tion. libraries. parks and recreation, rarity of extreme poverty. high pro- duction of home ownership, high ttro- portion or youths over 16 in school. large per capita circulation ot good magazines, widespread installation of gas and electricity excess of doc- tors. nurses and teachers over male domestic servants. The resultant store he called G4F-tgenerat good- Ttetrtr--r1ot from the standpoint of 'ro- phistication or show, but trom the standpoint of health and decency. Conceding that the good lite Is not the same for all men. Dr. Thorn- dike selected these criteria because he believed moat men prefer to live in cities where habies’ lives are saved. where Schools are well pro- vided tor. where people live without ostentatiou. etc. The good town. says or. Thorn- dike. elaborating on his conclusions. has many cigar stores. The explana- tion is that in the good town people Practice small vices instead ot " ones. Peoirlc in n good town read much. but much they read is not g tod, While quality magazines have a lamp ciruttation in such a town, su do thc confession magazines. Many radios are considered a good sign on rhu premises that time spent in “stoning to the radio, no matter how Poor the pmuram may be. " 156410? spam than listening to cheap Lussip, dirty storitss and hanging mound saloons and pool parlors. Good tmuzs have slightly fewer cl- _ if!“ luzvns that rank in tho "Who's Who" ltHtt Stags This is based on the theory "us, that thorn are too few outstanding " tl citizens in anv town to utfect the gen- l ol Mal spore The size or the town or '"'f city has not hearing whatsoever on! .. tho amoral goodness of the Macaw-xv The superior town has female doe-lac tors and female clergy. which twof'm sizns are accounted as signs ot pro- l "f s:tesivrmess, l, mil PAGE TNMI Dr. Thorndike was astounded to federal aumnrmea wm nave w rest t'ewm' ministers in a good town 1 listen." and a slizhtly negative correlationi _------------- bptwprm the goodness ot a city and lo REGULATE SMALL its church attendance. Swinging! LOAN COMPANIES from rolizinn to puhlic utilities he) tyrrAWA.--Mrtttt the banking ttnd has found that the good town tends I Unnmerce committee of the House to own its own power supply anaiot Commons ready to consult with "loctrhity, while a had town owns Id., provinces on regulation of small its cemeteries. !Ioaa companies. there was indication The hirthrnte is a peculiar story."rhursday the Federal Government tn tho hotter towns the birth rate is ‘ might act either to take complete ju- i'n-lined to be lower than in the poor- 'tisdiction over such companies or to or towns. is being found that theH-vave the field of regulation to the 'iirth mic was considerably higher provim'trs. :Imnne the poorer families. I "T-rr-ctr',-.'),-,-" The Chou-:1: . on ‘10 u. a. new in liuh- k, Dr. Thorndike rnnrludPs that the good town is a place where most citi, 20m; enjoy the creature comforts. who good CTrC, ot their own (amines. tin» tTsttectable. unpretentious hours sieoig lives. that only 35% of a mum‘s desirability as a place to live is aocmmed tor by wealth mad lu- mme: 55% depends on the character Tu: WATIIILoo Gunmen Tho luan- “In. 'uwbv Con-Aft an: nun-nun: luv-non}, DAVD um I 30” ydNNttl.'tT, l. BEAN, m. WILLIAI . . Anti-k Ilium summons PAYMLI " mm TUESDAY, "BIUABY " 1988 l “(when or the Ontario Mayors' Association were called into emer- mun-y session in Tanzania next Tue.- day to discuss the Domimon's mm- ual of a joim proposal trout the asso- (union and the Ontario Government to split relief rests on a 404020 In- Assuming tttat Dr Thorndike ls correct In his obat'rvatioms. take a mental took around Waterloo and me but it stands up against such a mea- >ul‘rlnoul of Ike people and 100; on other tac torq. of Town 18 It? Increased [nation to? Dunno mu. nicipalities was foreseen today as a maul! of the Dominion Governmeql's decision not to increase its payments towards the cost of relief In Ontario Mayors Protest federal Stand Property Owners Forced to Pay Unfair Share, Say Kitchener Under the proposal. refusal at Mulch was announced in Ottawa by Labor Minister Rogers on Wednes- day. the Dominion's monthly grant would have been increased from " u) or per cent.. the Provinclal Gov- umnenl also to pay 40 per cent. and the municipalities 20, Critieal or the decision, Mayor ml K. Serviss, of Call, president ot the] Mayors' Association. expressed tttr-l Si'PllIl‘ disappointment" in a, stale- hurl" milling the emergency melding." Gravely Disappointed ' Mrtyrrr George W. Gordon. of Kitch- l um: said residents there were “grand; uisuappoitated" hy tho dc", cision 1 "We. hare derided how this yearl w [my In“ our relief out of tho tax Luv without having recourse tel nmd'mp,." ho said. "This is good ' lumiuosxs and we will go through with u if m- have to ran a mass meeting ol the taxpayers to protest the ac- rmn of lho Federal Government "The Dominion authorities harp pissed the m'opPrty owner until his hark is against the wall and " In lime the property owner was mak- in}. a protest that wilt be Dominion- wide and ot sutrietent strong“: that federal authorities win hare to listen." Antique Furnitoret Collector-ro called to collect some back payments on your antique tarnitare. 7 Head of thtt House-You'- crazy, I never bought any antique furniture on the instaIment plan. _ Comwtor--wel1, hay it watm't an. tiquo when you bought it. on Relief Costs and Gait Mayors. Jam 9. "" Al [mt-panda!“ THE WATIILOO SW! CHRONICLE The agreement provides that 1.500 tsrt,terred shares at 6% per cent In- Jen-9! accumulative annnnlly will be wmlable 1.210 at which will be taken by the intern-ted groups headed by me Macdonald Engineering Com- !pany ot Canada. There will be 290 shares left in the treasury to be mad " further timutcinty should be- CII'" a necessity. This small-lion n ' written into the agreement at the suggeltion at Aid. J, G, Brown [And A W, Boon. $297,600 Cold To Be Elected - Bel-1 , Bquev'tz6---4a1r_0trarseii haul-1 to be erected noun; on Mt Monti. The city sour ett on Wednesday unanimously our domed the reject "tor an “we want In (nun up tully ”will. tlm ettru tutors-L M "can; In” given to I bl-hI unhorldn; the city to enter into In agreement Iith tho Mould Engineering my. Aeommny will hemmed to be known In the Kitchener Cold Storage we] Wholesale lurks! but, at which the myor will be member at the bound at directorll with the mantra of the county and two dtroc- tors uppoinled by the council and I tttth by the preferred stockholders. The city will hare 10,000 chattel ot manual: stock at no par value in tarballs» tor ltte land reuutred for "te building, X The new military expense Iceman. as completed by the Bntutee mlnlury. brought the bill for the seven months [of contiiet to 32.146.000.000. The sum already spent on the con- tlict is more than tour times as much c"' the Iolal for the Chinetsedapanoso in“ or 1894,95 and tho Russian-Jap- nurse war of 1904-06 combined. 'I‘OKYO.vThe Jame-e Govern- mem earmarked 31.392.000.000 for the army and navy Thurman)! to coo- linue the war in China. Huge Sums Spent on War in Japan The 4.800.ty00,000 yen ttl,392,000,- OOO) "special account tor extraor- dinary military expenditure" is a supplement to the ordinary budget. The thxauce ministry's titrurms will be submitted to the Cabinet tor an- proval next week. xm-n years The money was weil SIN’HL commented (‘hnirman Wm. Toletln. MONEY WELL SPENT Ruben Hackney at a recent meet- ing or the Waterloo Park Board. ex- rlain'sd that $200 was spent on re- tairs at Park 'tver/tstr in 1937. lmrnusv little had been done in tlt. tutu-er in to “we a MM SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK (an. ME Arise 6 'RY" Pun/unzip on cosNh ch‘s Maw a eErrmvos _ Storage Plant For Kitchener SAYS CHAIRMAN ..- a..--"-- up. Gus Phillipa (above) railroad en- what in believed to be the fhrat unna- gineer of Full: City, Net, who made "Jamie telephone call to Fulani- from America. when he column» lated King Boris by long distance on his birthday. The king Ind Gus be- cnme friends when Gus give the monarch I ride on his locomotive oh King Boris' last visit to America. The call cost Phillips 831.00. tTreutots ('ouriel-Advoule) The paymem of Taxes or yearly rum Is now a seasonahly quandry and we oiler the folio-nag poem which enumerates plenty of “thin and that" upon which we the peo- ple. my and my. Taxes on the living Taxeo on ther dead. Taxes when you're working. Taxes when in bod. Taxes on your labor, Taxes on your play. Taxes on your troulen. Shirts and shoes and socks. Taxes on your lady’s Lipsticks. step-ins. truth; Taxes on your savings. Taxes on your notes, Taxes on your business Taxes on your voles. Taxes when you marry, Taxes when you die, Taxes when you’re lobar. Taxes when you're high. Taxes when Taxes when Taxes on ya Taxes on w] PHONING KING BtNUty TAXES In. provide tor more Jul-‘01! no lbodl tn. In! all Inc-km. - lmg Rt, Holt " B. Bennett. "rnttt" |ml needed, . Iguana-Bo “I again»! the menace ot drunk and " ghgenl driven. Nation Wide Drive Against Drunken Motor Drivers (Sex Killer of Girl l Faced Firing Squad MAW.~4II An anon w and lilo In" tott or In!» at” by mm: “which“ m m. Hot . " polnus will "ttmtdttm, l Gum mmun- In the "on. m. - A national attack on drunk driv- ers and highway (rune klllers it. planned Thursday by T L (lurch. (Con, Toronto-Broadview), 111mm tar-reaching ammdmeuls to [he Cri- minal Code The proposal was our ported by Fred Huts. (Com-1., lol- don) Mr Lapel-ms suggeuled a well n mn-lerence with provincial (Incl-‘0 n-hlch might load to unilorlu - [anon or unlit-lent streaeth to mod. the problem. Suspension of n hil~and¢un dri- ver'ty license: tor 511 months, a you in lull tor racing on the highway or cutting in and out of trallc, high ways kill-2n to be barred trom drlr mg for two years, no driveru’ lio- enses for anyone under 18 years ot age, c-otttiscation of can tor some ulenses and recording of section- dealing with drunk driving. were some ot the provisions ot a bill upon- mred by the veteran Toronto moll- her. Justice Minister Laminate novel adjournment of the debate on the bill to give him time to study "I terms before presenting a Go-- ment bill would incorporate many meat bill would incoporato many chanres in the Criminal Code, some Kimmy-bin" dealing with automobile "we. Thirty soldiers, appearing at the Tits Juana jail just before dawn. took charge of Juan Castillo Morales. M, one or their comrades who aPegedtr confessed attacking and kllling eight- yearmid Olga Consuelo Conancho. n hartender‘s daughter. TIA JUANA. Menu-0.71M: army firintt squad executed a sex ki“.er Thursday to evade a relatively b- nienl civil law and ease mob tension ottieh gripped Tia Juana tor " hours. They marched him to a cemetery oud shot him to death. Military authorities said a court- tnatttal decreed the death sentence. Tia Juana officials said the extNHt- tion eased the tense spirit which swvnl the vity Tuesday as a mob of MI" mph and women set ttro to the city Jail. police» station and federal building in an unsucrnssful attempt to seize the killer $15,000 Fine for Taking Kiwanians Across U.S. Border DUL'PH. Minn ~Beranse one of m drivers drove a bus load of ae-rvico club members_ (Kiwanians) acros- Ilw international banndary at Inter- rationa! Falls Thursday. the N'otth. Eznd Transportation was ttned $15.- ooo by the customs service, This is an automatic tine for failure to npm-t a trip across the border. in- r!udin2 $100 for the [allure to report and $500 tor each passenger. OTTAWA. Feb. '2L--Sir Frederick naming. discoverer ot insulin treat- nu-nl or diabetes and chief ot the l'.atttine Institute Friday WEI nominated to head the asso- rialn committee of medical research of the National Research Council, . committee being formed to under- take the job ot corplating medical ro- search in Canada. ML nt-CMA, BANTI NG HEADS MEDICAL RESEARCH '89-me Will Be Giv- i-New [ginkgo-To

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