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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Jun 1938, p. 1

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The flags were carried to the cenâ€" ivre of the field by members of Twin City Boy Scout Troops. and arranged in semiâ€"circle formation, at the north end of the park. presented a colorful =pectacle. Siznificant of the good inâ€" temational feeling and friendship beâ€" tween United Stites and Canada, their two banners were placed side hy side, which action drew a tremenâ€" dons ovation from the thousands of spectators and which must surely hate tewslted sha Riis l uic . M mt ©20,000 WITNESS BAND SPECTACLE furling of flags of almost every counâ€" try in the world in the centre of the field, :0 the strains of their respecâ€" tive national anthems, beautifully mayed by the Waterloo Band. tions. The program featured solos by Miss Leona May Smith, A. E. Mears and H. G. Brooker. Most enjoyed was the beautiful rendition of the tavorite ‘Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes", by Miss Smith. Colorful Presentation Feature of the entire extravaganâ€" za. the most ambitious ever attemptâ€" ed localy, was the colorful "Parade 0f Nations". which embodied the unâ€" Tibeir capable display of military ‘ur}uzque. was followed by a breath iaking musical arrangement, presentâ€" +d by the Waterloo Band in conjuncâ€" ton with numerous visiting bandsâ€" men. «Lo presented a halfâ€"hour proâ€" gram. broadcast over a Canadaâ€"wide radio hookâ€"up and 60 U. S. staâ€" Fiftyâ€"three bands, an all time reâ€" : rord for the famous music carnival, twok partr in the day‘s events, but vunrortunately, many of those from distant points in the province, were unable to remain for the evening exâ€" travaganza. ; Crowd Swells To Over 20,000 ‘ Following completion of the paâ€" rade and drills, the huge crowd, which by this time had swelled to well over the 20,000 mark, were treated to an amazing and beautifut Crill by the Kitchener Scotch Fusiâ€" liers. under Colonel Harold Ballan tyi.e. The body, 200 strong marched in.to the ring behind the colorful Fuâ€" sililer Band. 705 ovanon from the thousands of hectators and which must surely ivr touched the hearts of the many nited States citizens present. ‘"Feu de Joie" by Scots Fusiliers Also a brilliant spectacle. was the Have Monster Parade _ The parade, which commenced at ie southeriy end of King street, in Waterioo took more than 2 hours to nier the park, and was witnessed t’& thousands who lined the streets. Irl all, 27 bands participated in the pariade, _ marching _ in _ individual gromips before the adjudicator in drill torrhation. Commencing at 7 p.m. with a monster parade which inâ€" cluded bands from all parts of the province, the evening perâ€" formance featured three widely known cornetists. Leona May Smith, of New York City, feature soloist with the Goldman Band, and guest artist with Fred Waring and his "Pennsylâ€" vanians" on several occasions, amazed her huge audience with a sparkling presentation, being twice called on for encores. 1 E. A. Mear, of White River, Mich., another cornet virtuoso and soloist with the famed Sousa Band, was a feature performer as was H. G. Brooker, of Brantford, the third guest cornetist on the program. At the present time, Mr. Mear is conductor of the University Band at White River( while Mr. Brooker, a talented instrumentalist, is a radio performer. ‘_.More than 20,000 people in an estimated massed in beautiful Waterloo Park, Saturday the most spectacular band festival and tatt Ly the Waterloo Musical Society. The entire p the capable direction of Prof. C. F. Thiele. POLICEK EXPRESS APPRECIA TION Fityt Park Is Jammed As Waterloo \ Presents Monster Carnival I. 82, No. 51 1 ie O aedo d ontoanaaaie d 2 4 110 CC BBE L »reatest Festivalâ€"Parade of Nations l’rese." ts Brilh.“_ t and Colourful Panorama.â€"Famed American and Canadian Cornetists Please Huge Audience. "threeliandn, 1,500 Bandsmen Participate i bâ€"aaslse eE _3 m & CIce 1 s FOR COâ€"OPERATION OF ALL PRESENT aterioo Park, Saturday evening, to enjoy' band festival and tattoo ever presented VA wl t the thousands of automobiles which filled into the park, police who served almost constant duty during the day report the event to have been "orderly in every possible manner®. Police Express Appreciation Chietf C. E. Moreau wishes to |thank all in attendance and especialâ€" ly automobile drivers. for the coâ€" fap@mtion extended police officers. i 0 "I was very pleased with the way in _ which everyone coâ€"operated," Chief Morean told ‘The Chronicle, also expressing appreciation to the Boy Scout troops, who so successâ€" fully kept the route which the monâ€" ster parade followed, clear of traffic on the one side, as requested. Results were as follows: Class 1, brass bandsâ€"1st, Knight Templars. Windsor, 94 pts.; 2nd, (Continued on Page 8â€"No. 1) in an estimated 5,000 automobiles E ho umeceio e e iee Etds enint Despite the tremendous crowd which attended the extravaganza and Itho previous year. Correspondingly large gains were reported in the bass (brass)and the Eb alto horn solo contests, which in former years had small representation. Many and Varied Contests Unique among the competitions this year are highland dancing and piping contests, which formed the major part of the afternoon‘s perâ€" formance. Bugle band contests were held early in the evening just prior to the parade of bands to the park. Individual entries were by far the highest on record. A total of 84 enâ€" ‘trles were received for the seven cornet classes, as compared with 72 Over 1,000 bandmen from all parts of the provinceâ€"from Sarnia, Niagâ€" ara Falls, Toronto, and as far north as North Bay, ‘Temiskaming and many central communities, were present to compete in the day‘s loug and varied list of competitions. Large Crowd Despite Weather The crowd present for the contests during the morning hours was as large as in former years, despite deâ€" cidedly unfavorable weather, and would seve to indicate the greatly augmented interested in the festival, the seventh in the history of the Waâ€" terloo Musical Society. . tc make spectators protect their ears, and which at times, !‘t up the entire feld asâ€"though day, provided the compliment to the biggest band demonstration ever staged,; in Canâ€" ’presemntion of the colorful "Feu de Joie" or firing display, by the Scots Fusiliers. A beautiful and brilliant, yet nolsy dhplay_ of fireworke, which served entire program was under WATERLOO _ CHRONICLE A HOME NEWSPAPER FOR WATERLOO A HOME NEWSPAPER FOR WA in Dominion‘s ‘ctr was badly damaged, but the driver of both vehicles escaped withâ€" out any injuries. While driving to Kitchener on the Petersburg highway, Saturday morning, a car owned and driven by Mr. Simeon Cressman was in collision with a large truck driven by Mr. H. Wright of Lambton Mills. Provincial police were called to the scene of the accident. Cressman‘s Milk Truck, Car Collide at Baden broken. Roy 'fiulribe_lzn:l:l:vto use his foot for four or five weeks. Vlearview runner, slid into home Plate and came in collision with Fry, who at the same instant had receivâ€" ed the ball from the outfleld and was attempting to make the putout. Fry was taken to Galt hospital for an Xâ€"ray examination and Dr. Wilâ€" son, physician in charge, announcéd: ’fiw seventh inning of the Clearview Ayr league game at Ayr Wednesday night. ‘The accident to the local catcher occurred when Handorf, a Vics‘ softball team, broke two bones in his right ankle in a collision in Roy Fry P REAAARRL CCE Warer100, OntTamio, Tursoar, June 28, mmtenmmmemmemenmmmmmnemmemammmonsl,....."_2_2 200 4 "The Love Flight", Jane Dixon‘s great new romance about a girl who was pushed off the social merryâ€"goâ€"round, starts in The Chronicle today on page 6. It‘s told in thirty installments, and you‘ll thrill to every one of them. oy F ry, Ayr, Breaks an Ankle un oo h ie D eet the new and larger cit , Waterâ€" loo, as it is today, 'ifl be just a suburb or a ward, and will come last in the consideration of the new council, which on mpuhfion basis is certain to be gely â€" Kitchener â€" residents. Waterloo taxpayers will suffer for Kitchener‘s folly in the handling of its relief debenâ€" tures and uncontrolled spendâ€" ‘:;g ‘:uerlo?’ t'«iaxp.yers are rough soun nane now begining to enjoy themtcnefit of lighter taxes. A merger will put them so far behind they will never be able to get their heads above the mire. Let Kitchener pay its own taxesâ€" we‘re content to pay ours. Exciting New Chronicle Serial Begins Toâ€"Day Amaigamation of Waterloo and Kitchener will not and canâ€" not work out successfully. "‘Merge" says it will, but his arguments are futile. Savings to the taxpayer will result from mlfllmtion, yes â€" BUT ONLY TO KITCHENER TAXâ€" PAYERS. Waterloo stands to lose at every turn from a merger. To We‘ll Pay Our Own Taxes, Won‘t Join Kitchener Editor Chronicle: (By Chronicle corni;:nh-t) in Softball Game ‘bones in the ankle were "Old Timer." manager of the . AND _ WATERLOO COUNTY _ Dippel was arrested on June 2 for an alleged attempt to secure $43 from the Imperial Bank by false pretences. Appearing _ before Magistrate Blake in court Saturday, Dippel pleaded guilty to charges of ‘atâ€" tempted false pretences and escapâ€" ing arrest. He elected trial by the magistrate and was remanded in custody for sentence until Thursday, July 7. _ ( after visitiné his wife and c.!?;h; ;";; brought down to Galt by friends and surrendered to police. Wnn Aapaiihve: d 2 h w a 2 10 Dippel told police he hitchâ€"hiked his way as far as Memphis, Tenâ€" nessee, where he visited relatives. Dippel said he finally became homeâ€" sick for his wife and monthâ€"old baby and decided to come home. He arrived in Kitchener last night and after visiting his wife and ehild was _ GALT.â€"Wilfred Dippel, 22â€"yearâ€" old Kitchener man who escaped from custody here on June 3, walked into the police station at 1.50 Saturday morning and g-ve‘ himself up for arrest. Wilfred Dippel, Kitchener Athlete Surrenders at Galt The Lions Gate bridge which will spam the First Narrows, famous enâ€" trance to Vancouver‘s harbor, is be ginning to take shape. Cables ich carry the catwalks have been strung between the two 400â€"foot piers and soon the huge steel cables which will carry the bridge will be gin to move across the water. This ‘photo shows the bridge from the\ south with the partially completed catwalksâ€"used only during the conâ€" struction workâ€"and one of the tall ateel towers which will support the suspension span WILL FURTHER lNVES'l'l(};\'I'ION OF FORMER BREWERY omm mm in nmemmmmmcin ns s,,,omaunp en ie Police Uncover Large Still _ In HambflgLCheese Factory ~C Meake S eoel hi Raid Ork Grove e my t t and pprox 500 Gallons of "Fluid" Manufactured in Establishment. â€"‘Fud .l;.‘ge::gg'e_::bwim Cheese Maker, Homesick for Wife and Baby. 1938 NEW BRIDGE June 3, Became c wiln mucDl 202 [COTATT "ERRCE, Arrested.â€"Zito Baccarani Not Charged. © 1 io io en on an e 76 to the town of Waterloo some 15 years ago. Although he retired from business twenty odd years s Mr. Livingston is still blessed :fi good health. B oo en t n entnt 107 King St. North, Waterloo, on the celebration of his 82nd birthday, on Thursday last. Mr. John Rl Livingston is the father of Mr. Alex Livingston in Baden, and spent 35 yeax:; of his life here before moving TB . S otaanot t oi CC Hearty congratulatit_msh;;e exâ€" tended to Mr. John R. Livingston of O in d Wt tâ€"Cllo P nb td antlbcsadi in â€" Marks 82nd Birthâ€" day in Waterloo Police admitted finding a case of beer and liquor in Baccarani‘s lodgâ€" ing quarters, also a case of bootleg stuff. According to police, the still was located in the cellar below Langenâ€" egger‘s house, while the "bounty" was stored in a cellar below that, or "sub cellar". A passage led from the cheese factory into the subâ€"cellar, The still and its equipment was estimated to be capable of turning out about 80 quarts of various brands of liquor in one day if operated to caâ€" pacity. Located in the subâ€"cellar below the factory were 7 fortyâ€"gallon bar rels of wine, 2 fortyâ€"barrels of cider, 2 part 40â€"gallon barrels of cider, 7 empty 40 gallon barrels, one half empty barrel and one threeâ€"quarter empty barrel. In addition a cooling system of large vats, thermometers, flavorings for various brandsof liquors, labels for liquor bottles and other equip ment were found. _ There the alleged huge still was found by the officers after they exâ€" plored the dark passages of the old cellar. _ In the underground passages beâ€" neath the old brewery building poâ€" lice said they found a passage leadâ€" ing underground into the celler of the adjoining house in which Langâ€" enegger lives. The raiding party was made up of Corp. L. A. Denton and Constable Windsor, of London, and Constable Fahoy. of Muncey, detachments of the RC.MP. in company with Proâ€" vincial Constable Jack Clark, of Woodstock, and Sergt. W. C. Oliver, of Kitchener. _ No charge has been laid against Zito Bacca.ani, chief operator in the cheese factory. According to police Baccarani lives in quarters above the factory. As a result of the raid, Fred Langâ€" renegger, Swiss, chief cheesemaker at & factory now operating in the old brewery buiding was lodged in Stratford jail. He will face a charge of illegal possession of a still im court there Saturday. NEW | HA MiBURG. â€"What is perâ€" haps one of the largest plants al leged to have been used for illicit manufacture of moonshine liquor ever uncovered in Western Ontario was found Priday by a raiding squad of R.C.M.P. and provincial officers in the cellars under the "Old Browâ€" ery" at New Hamburg. (By Chronicle Correspondent) Price 2 Cents

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