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Mayor McKersie. "I know it will be as clean and open an election as has ever been held." "It‘s Not My Fault and Not Yours", Mayor Tells Trade Board. Waterloo was test for ml‘lyonl elections, uesd Mayor Wes. McK would attempt to for the third con o%ponent will be ] who has served o1 councils for eight without so much meeting. While refusing to commit himself, Deputy Reeve H. E. Ratz indicated he would again be a candidate for that office. Ald. Herman Sturm exâ€" pressed the belief he would oppose Mr. Ratz. KITCHENBR.â€"Kitchener Board of Trade Tuesday night declined to disâ€" cuss the proposed $165,000 civic audiâ€" torium when a special committee, apâ€" pointed by city council, failed to apâ€" pear and explain the project. Proâ€" perty owners will vote on the proâ€" posal at the municipal election on ‘"The committee is not here, and it‘s not my fault and it‘s not yours", observed Mayor George W. Gordon. To be quite fair about it. Ihaven‘t heard a thing about the project since we appointed the committee to deal with it a week ago." m ai inz it h mly j °"C"C} *men Ne T00R from a Waenâ€" he[s:f‘:-lo-:;;:;; 12%2‘:‘;]’21,;‘00::01‘;_ i,’; Es'lein woodlot and planted there fifty order that the electors might vote *°2"S 980. ____ on it this year, he admitted. Waterâ€" i in loo will vote on a $50,000 hockey | wWHEAT SHORTAGE palace the same day. | =â€"â€"3yâ€"â€" "If the people want to vote for the[ Although the exact quantity of this auditorium or dissapprove of it, it‘s year‘s wheat crop in Portugal has not all right with city council," stated been officially determined, it is genâ€" Ald. Henry Sturm. "The vommlttee;erally conceded that this country which should be out working on the | will shortly be in the market for this question and trying to put it over Lcereal for a quantity estimated at all the time. is evidently not "up on from 100,000 to 190,000 metric tons. the bit"." ,The Portuguese Government prohiâ€" President Breithaupt contended |bits the importation of wheat or the board could not discuss the pro-’wheat flour except by decree when ject intelligently without further inâ€" tenders are called for.â€"Commercial Citing his record of nine years in the service of Waterloo, Ald. W. D. Brill announced he would be in the field for the reeveship, to be vacated by Mr. Heer, while Aldermen H. H. Gould and E. Honsberger said they would again seek aldermanic posts. Ald. Jacob Welker said he had not yet reached a decision DECLINE TO Must Move On Says Candidate For Mayoralty President â€" Breithaupt â€" contended the board could not discuss the proâ€" ject intelligently without further inâ€" formation. Mayor Vol. 82, No. 92 Board Would Make School Children Empire Conscious Public School Board Urges Placing of Flags in Prominent Places. "The children will forget they are under «he British flag. the freest flag in God‘s country," exclaimed Trustee A. H. Lowe, urging Waterloo public school board to declare themâ€" selves etrongly in favor of increasâ€" ed patriotic teaching CITIES TO BECIN REFUCE HOME AUDIT Following a lengthy discussion, the board agreed that large flags should be installed in the corridors of each school. They did not favor flying a flag from the masthead each day, however. due to excessive cost of "What we need in our schools is a little patriotism such as is taught in the schools of France and Gerâ€" many." _ continued â€" Trustee Lowe. "We‘re too silent about our priviâ€" leges, and they should be declared to our children." "I‘m getting fed up with this proâ€" paganda from the mother country. Let‘s do something for ourselves for » change." he declared Members of the board admitted, however. they probably knew less about the flag than do the pupils of the present schools. "Compared to patriotic etandards of other countries we are pretty low." asserted Trustee Dr. F.F. Zwick, "In these days we should make the children as Empireâ€"conscious as possible. stated _ Trustee â€" Harold Wagner. expressing surprise that even the day of Armistico celebraâ€" tion at one of the schools in Waterâ€" hleo, me flag was displayed. Â¥ lag BRILL oard Told Kitchener Arena Committee Not "Up On Bit" LENGTHY DISCUSSION Retain realize oo was assured of a conâ€" ma‘lyonlty at the Dec. 5 uesday â€" night, when es. McKersie announced he who h | must r r, at th council DISCUSS PROJECT there . McKersic Seat For Th Term. t to retain I consecutive secutive year. His Reeve Albert Heer, n town and county . consecutive years, i as missing one assured REEVESHIP are e men higher his ie Would Third position the THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE x Apple harvest time finds the Egerdee family mustered for ciderâ€" making. _ Mrs. William Eierdee (left) pours aples on the shaver. Her motherâ€"inâ€"law, Mrs. Fred Egerâ€" dee (second from left) at 70 still watches over the cooking. (By Chronicle Correspondent) WALLENSTEIN.â€"Mr. J. Fenton Martinson of Wallenstein, entered the teaching profession dfifty years ago and had as his first school S.S. No. 21, ‘Wellesley. In the school section there were only four surnames on the register, the same as when he taught there, namely, Milner, Ogram, Hackett and Holzschub. The Maples are still there, which he took from a Wallenâ€" stein woodlot and planted there fifty years ago. Visits School Where He Taught Half Century Ago He recently reâ€"visited the school for the first time in the half century. He found that a modern brick strucâ€" ture has replaced the old log school. L. 0. Breithaupt Is Reâ€"elected L. O. Breithaupt, prominent manuâ€" facturer, was reâ€"elected president of the Kitchener Board of Trade Toesâ€" day night. Other officers reâ€"elected were: W. M. Ehler, viceâ€"president; William Milner, 2nd viceâ€"president; A. J. Cundick, treasurer, and Norman Riffer. secretary Intelligence Journal Flames Raze Home In Linwood District Believed the result of an overâ€" heated chimney, flames destroyed the frame dwelling of William Dennis, near Linwood, Wednesday afternoon. Fanned by a west wind, the blaze gutted the entire building, before any effort could be made to save it. Including $120 cash burned in the house, loss is estimated at more than $1500, partly covered by inâ€" surance. * Volunteer neighbours were creditâ€" ed with saving the home of Nelson Hoffman, across the road, from a similar fate, when sparks threatened to ignite the roof. Asked on what he based his prediction, Mr. Ballantyne reâ€" plied that the girls of his room . are busily engaged at the pres ant time knithing bed acake, (By Chronicle Correspondent) EAST ZORRA.â€"According to Edwin Ballantyne, member of the teaching staff of the Taviâ€" stock Public School, a cold winâ€" ter is ahead. Teacher Knows Sure Signs of Cold Winter f gpe~ s 4. o tA i ts se mss woay Y > M n > timm * + Aly u"‘/rz +A mt ho 4 A P I 1 ~â€"~ ue nsl d â€" ied /Â¥ w & d | x a R wl P + # C 'E’ ; ® : h. : F } M “'z“’ f s s ‘ 5 * €a 125|R | ~B 35 + t s + hk K F t a \ | Th < : 3. 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M . _ \ Three Generations Keep Up An Old Fashioned Industry at New Dundee Established 1856 Voters In Waterloo Arena Committee Checking Eligible Will _ Establish _ Committee Rooms in Hotel Waterloo. Checking of the list of eligible voâ€" ters on the arena money byâ€"law which will be presented to the proâ€" perty owners of Waterloo on Decemâ€" ber 5th was commenced Wednesday night by the Community Arena comâ€" mittee. ‘The meeting was held at the Hotel Waterloo, with Chairman Ford S. Kumpf presiding. For over half a century this mill near New Dufidee has been turning out agyle cider and apple butter by the thousand gallons. Farmers bring their apples by the wagon load and take away the finished product. Run by three generations of the Egerdee family, the HEADQUARTERS ON ELECTION DAY Committee rooms will be establishâ€" ed in the Hotel building in one of the emall offices facing on Erb street on the ground floor. The rooms will be available to the eight poll district committees for checking over the eligible names in the two weeks beâ€" fore the election. ‘The rooms will become headquarters on election day for the directing of committee cars to drive the voters to the polls. Among those at ‘Wednesday‘s meeting were poll captains W. H. Gleiser, Leo Schaus, J .0. Hemphill, Orville Hasenpflug, Jerome Herringâ€" er, R. 8. McPhail, Mayor Wesley Mcâ€" Kersie and Reeve Albert Heer. Genâ€" eral committee members attending include E. Sipoel, H. E. Ratz and W. T. B. Mortality Down In Waterloo M. Bean Superintendent Dr. E. N. Coutts Gives Interesting Report. "Of 72 patients discharged from this institution last year, 40 may be expected to resume active work," declared superintendent Dr. E. N. Coutts at the annual meeting of the institution, on Wednesday. Of the 238 patients under treatâ€" ment in the hospital, 138 now reâ€" main. The other 100 either died or were discharged. Twentyâ€"two of the 100 died, he goinud 0 so that actually only 78 were dikcharged. Dr. Coutts‘ report revealed that only ei{ht of those examined in the | institution _ were ~nonâ€"tuberculous, and two of this number died. On admission, 23 had less than oneâ€" third of a lung involved with the disease, while 25 had moderately advanced case, not having more than a total of one lung involved, he stated. The report showed that the mor-i tality rate from tuberculosis in (Contiaued on Page 8, Ne. 1) URGES PREVENTATIVE PROGRAM From September Until November All Is Activity 3 Escape Injury When Car Upsets (By Chronicle Correspondent) BADEN.â€"A litle oil for their autoâ€" mobile was all that was needed to let three persons continue on their way after the car turned over on top of Baden hill, Wednesday afternoon. © ‘Driven by Fred Krug, RR. 3, Taâ€" vistock, the machine is believed to have skidded on the pavement, made treacherous by a light snowfall, and landed in the dicth on its side. New Street Signs Are ZLovely To Behold About what?â€"About the new and highly visible streets signs placed on street lamps by town engineer Claude Necker and a reâ€" presentative of a metal signs company, on Tuesday. Much favorable comment has been heard recently at the interâ€" section of King and Erb streets in Waterioo. A symphony of black letters on a yellow background, the signs are expected to receive the unanimous approval of council at an early meeting next year, and an order for several hundred placed. YOU KNOW .. That readers of The Waterâ€" loo Chronicle were privileged to read complete returns on the federal byâ€"election, held Monday, before subscribers to any other.daily or weekly paper? â€" Since its inception, The Chronicle has endeavored to give its readers this upâ€"toâ€"theâ€" minute service and will enâ€" deavor to do so even more in the future. By virtue of the splendid coâ€"operation given us by our entire staff and telephone operators, The Chronicle was enabled to not only be the first to print the returns of the election, but to provide telephone enquirers with an upâ€"toâ€"theâ€"minute sketch of reâ€" sults as they poured in from individual polis. . "We‘re gatting more like New mill is operated from September until November. Apples are crushed, the liquid is used for cider and the cider is boiled down to apple butter. The mill is situated on a springâ€"fed lake stocked with trout. Says Kitchener ~â€"Must Lead In "Kitchener is the largest city on No. 7 Highway, and if we don‘t back this highway association. no one else will," asserted A. H. Kabel, urgâ€" ing the ‘Board of Trade to make every effort to have the strip comâ€" pleted. Tuesday night. "It‘s a really good way to cash in on some. of this. American tourist business," he declared, pointing out that traffic between Port Huron and Sarnia is ‘"lined up". Twentyâ€"one miles of the road have yet to be paved and recently, municipalities along the route appointed a commitâ€" tee to sush construction. Mayer George W. Gordon said it | was the wish of the association that individual municipalities formed 10â€" | cal groups that enthusiasm in the | project might be maintained. He be lieved completion of the No. 7 route would be of "tremendous" hbenefit to Kitchener. * Trade Board Told Good Way To "Cash In" on Tourist 4 Trade. "Kitchener stands to gain probably more than any other municipality." concluded Mr. Kabel. As a result of seasonal changes in the tariff, the duty on apples enterâ€" ing Norway fromâ€" November 28 to July 31, 1939 (including temporary surtax) has been reduced to approxâ€" imately 4 cents per pound.â€"Commerâ€" cial Intelligence Journal. URGE COMPLETION OF NO. 7 HIGHWAY DUTY ON APPLES | TO NORWAY REDUCED, According to R. D. Kennedy, representative of the sign conâ€" cern, Windsor and many other cities have placed orders for simâ€" ilar signs, admitting they outâ€" moded anything devised to date. York every day," quoth one ad mirer. Of particular interest to Waâ€" terloo citizens is the fact that the brackets for the signs were made by the Waterloo Sunshine plant. The sign itself, a massive affair, is of porcelain enamel. Mr. Kennedy expressed the beâ€" lief that the Sunshine plant is the best equipped in Canada to handle this type of work, and substantial orders have been placed with them. Highway Group Ald. A. J. Cundick believed «it would he an excellent way to provide new blood in the "father" organizaâ€" tion in future "A great worry of many service clubs in existence toâ€" day is the fact they started out with (By Chronicle Correspondent) BADEN.â€"Mr. Albert Stemm, one of Baden‘s seventy and some years young men, suffered painful injuries to his chest just at dusk on Wednesâ€" day evening. The possibility of forming a "Junior" Board of Trade in Kitchenâ€" er was discussed at length by memâ€" bers of the Board of Trade in session Tuesday night. In appointing a speâ€" cial committee to ascertain the feelâ€" ing of the young men in the city, the board expressed the belief their sons were sufficient in number for a good start. There are over 400 members on the board. "A greater interest in public affairs is absolutely necessary for the good of democracy," stated Ald. A. B. Bruâ€" bacher. in approving the suggestion. old members," he stated Must Prepare For War To Maintain Peace Is Claim Trade Board Laud Housing Scheme Fred Egerdee (second from right), who is over 70, keelrs the furnace going in the cider mill. His son William (ritiht), is shown with gallon ju'fs of the finished product. Even William‘s son and «r-nghter help while the plant is open. Reâ€"elect W. H. Somerville Head Of Freeport San As he entered his barn to secure some shingles, which he had located theré he tripped over a rope and fell to the floor, striking his chest sharpâ€" ly on the handles of the wheelbarâ€" row. Tt is ‘sincerely hoped his in juries are not serious although they are extremely painful. "Getting At Root of Burdenâ€" some Taxation" Is Belief. "There should be a great deal of interest in this scheme in a city like Kitchener, where there so many owned homes," declared William Milner. asking that further informaâ€" tionbe presented to the board at the annual meeting. Houses to rent in Kitchener are getting fewer in numâ€" ber. he said. Falls on Wheelâ€" barrow, Suffers Painful Injuries Kitchener May Form "Junior" Board of Trade wOULD STIMULATE BUSINESS CONDITION Belief that the national housing scheme is getting "at the root of things" underlying burdensome taxaâ€" tion, was expressed by a member of Kitchener Board of Trade, Tuesday night. Mr. Milner expressed the belief that not sufficient publicity has been given the scheme to date, and that the public knew very little about it. "It‘s the same as years ago when the people failed to take advantage of facilitiea offered by the banks. It was just a closed book about which they knew nothing," he stated. "It‘s stil‘ a "closed book" as far as the banks are concerned," broke in another member. "We‘ve been agitating for this sysâ€" f0r years and now that we‘ve got it. we‘re not making use of it," added (C. N. Weber, who believed that increase in the building trade would serve to stimulate all other business conditiené nformaâ€", Col. Hunter expressed the belief 1 at tha,!hll the sole duty of aircraft in fuâ€" rent in ‘ture conflict will be merely the deâ€" in numâ€"|struction of its target. the latter idea being a new development in military > belief |technique, he said. Wateclooâ€"W. H. Somerville, H. M. Snyder, Dr. J. M. Livingstone, T. W. Seagram, Ford S. Kumpf, Wm. Henâ€" derson; Kitchenerâ€"J. A. Martin, H. W. Shoemaker, Dr. R. L. Shields. August Lang, H. Krug. J. L. Thompâ€" son, Rev. R. M. Haller, W. E. Woelâ€" fle, C. Forsythe, K. Sims; Galtâ€"L. L. Lang, T. R. Richardson, H. Mcâ€" Culloch, Dr. J. iR. Beaven, Geo. Hanâ€" cock, L. Savage, M. M. Todd, Colonel A. J. Oliver, E..C. Warnock; Preston â€"P. R. Hilborn, N. O. Mipel. F. Patâ€" tinson, A. D. iPringle, J. S. Clare; Hespelerâ€"J. J. Shaw, Dr. R. L. Sla: ter, V. Hunt, A. Forbes, Rev. W. Simpson. Col. ~Fraser Hunter Delivers Stirring â€" Address to Kiwanians. Other officers of the organization reâ€"elected, which is the board of manâ€" agement of the santorium, were as follows: Hon. president, . A. {R. Pringle, iPreston; viceâ€"president, P. R. Hilborn, \iPreston; secretary, T. Richardson, Galt; chairman, finance man, property committee, P. R. Hilâ€" committee, L. L. Lang, Galt; chairâ€" born; medical superintendent, Freeâ€" port, Dr. E. N. Coutts, FAC.P.; visiting consultant in medicine, Dr. W. E. Ogden, F.A.C.P.. Toronto; visiting consultant in surgery, Dr. This was the assertion Tuesday night by Col. Fraser Hunter, M.P., tor St. Patrick‘s riding. who adâ€" dressed the Kitchener Kiwanis Club. Guests at the luncheon were the Scots Fusiliers regiment. Entire Board of Management Reâ€"appointed at Annual Meeting. KITCHENER.â€"â€"W. \H. Somerville, of Watarloo, ‘was reâ€"elected president of the Waterloo County Health Assoâ€" cilation at its annual meeting at the Freeport Sanatorium, on Wednesday. R. I. Harris, Toronto; visiting conâ€" sultant in eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. C. C. Ballantyne, F.A.C.S., Galt. The board of directors includes six from Waterloo, ten from Kitchener, ten from Galt, five from Preston and five from Hespeler. They are as folâ€" lows: SCOTS FUSILIERS GUESTS "If war had been declared in Europe last September, 17 minutes later, London would have been wiped off the map, even before she had time to protest." "You may, take it as a positive fact that had the recent crisis reâ€" sulted in war, the German air force alone wouid have been sufficient to have quickly decided the iseue," conâ€" tinued the speaker. "In the noxt war. it will not be a case of air machine fighting air machine. for each will evade the other." SIX DIRECTORS The H point of ties and sion of a for five members draw up merous .& heold. "No one has used this technique as yet, and that has been the great mieâ€" take made by these leaders of Japan and Spain. who call themseives genâ€" efals. This revolutionary way of waging war will undonbtedly have a profound influence on the next genâ€" eration," he declared. giving as an illustration the fact that countlesd young lads in Toronto spend "more than their chare of «pare time at city airports." KITOHENBR.â€" establishing their terloo County } Kitchener and Ga joint session, here ordered an indepe books of the instit Refusal Will Throw Bad Light "It will appear as if the county has something to hide if they refuse to allow an audit by an independent auditor," replied Ald. A. W. Boos, of Kitchener, when Ald. Jack Brown, of (Continued on Page 8, No. 2) "Whether you are willing to beâ€" lHeve it or not, the only gnardian in all ages is armed force." continued Col. Hunter. "It always has heen a fact and always will be. Look at (Cortimued on Page 8%, No. 3) Galt City Councils Demand Action On Old Issue WOULD Mayor Councils ession, here, Wedr d an independent of the institution. House of Refuge of contention bet ouse of Refuge has contention between the county since the an agreement which years. For the pas s have vainly attem _another agreement . special meetings hay Session Here and Galt FROM WATERLOO D. ESTABLISH EQUITY _ â€"With r equity House Chairman uity in the . se of Refi ity councils ednesday ni which exis the past ye â€" attempted Price 3 Cents audit Joint nt and have t view . to the Wa Refuge been a the ciâ€" concluâ€" existed t year, night, of the As to to