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Largest and Newslest heavy death toll from accidents caused by carelessness, the absolute lack of consideration and care shown by the local railway stands out like a sore thumb. Probably one of these days a council will be elected in Waterioo that will force the railways to get their ramâ€" shackle equipment off the public streets, and keep them out on the edge of town where they belong. Vol. 90, No. 21 xt glresem. they have the run of the whole place. It doesn‘t matter whether you are walking or driving your car . . . if the great and mighty railway wishes to block the road until they are through shunting their contraptions back and forth, then you can just sit and wait until they are through and ready to let you pass. No there isn‘t a thing you can do about it . . . not you alone at least. _ . 0o Of all the dirty smelly things that happen to Waterioo in one shape or another, nothing compares to the train running right across the main street and spouting soot and smoke all over the whole town â€" The shunter, while not quite so dirty, seems to take a real delight in plugging up the streets, partiâ€" cularly at noon hour. Not only do they pull their equipment out across the street so that you can‘t get by, but they take enough time in moving it for the average busiâ€" ness man to walk home. St., they condescend to send a man ahead to warn traffic that they are going to cross, but when the shunâ€" ter and its string of freight crosses Erb or any other street, they just plow right through. One of these days there is going to be someone killed by this stupid procedure, and then possibly our town fathers will wake up to the amount of trouble and inconvenience the railway is causing. Probably the worst feature of the whole thing is the railways‘ absoâ€" lute lack of care when they are goâ€" ing to cross a street. We have noâ€" ticed that when they cross King The railway crossings are almost as bad as the railway themselves and are the main cause of more than one car owner having to reâ€" place broken springs on his car. There is absolutely no need for this condition to exist. If it was some little concern that was operating on a shoeâ€"string, that was causing all this inconvenience, they _ would have had to fix it long ago. Because it is the railway that is causing the trouble . . . it is let go and they can mend it or not at their convenience. J.HS. There has been a regular epideâ€" mic of sewer digging in Waterloo in the last few months, and the roads look like it. Every road pracâ€" tically that you drive on in Waâ€" terloo has its share of these "trenches", and so far as can be seen no effort is being made to fill them in. For example, look at Enrb St. What with people having sewâ€" ets dug and the railway crossings plus the numerous holes that, have never even had sand in them, this street is now running 2&close secâ€" ond to King Street o which will end up in the Gorst condition. Probably th t thing that Waâ€" terloo ¢ o is to disband a couâ€" pl its civic organizations, and ,Anstigate the forming of a "Good Roads" committee. JHS. One of the best suggestions that has been made by any member . of the Waterloo Council for some time was that of Alderman A. Hauck reâ€" garding the disposal of the garbage for Waterloo. â€" Alderman Hauck has suggested that the new garbage dump be I placed on the same property as the | sewer farm, and his suggestion has | much merit. Mainly it is far enough | away from Waterloo that there will l be no odour of garbage drifting | over the town. There is also plenâ€" ty of room for the garbage to be spread out and either dried and burned, or have soil spread over it. Mr. Hauck also suggested that the incinerator be placed at the sewer farm. It is a general feeling that his suggestions have a great deal of merit and there is no real reason why they cannot be carried out. J.H.S. A good move on the part of the whole council was the cutting down of the length of the present trolley bus stops. As they are at present, Waterloo hasn‘t enough parking space for one third of the cars that are ordinarily driven down town every day, and it certainly was a slap in the face for<the Waterloo merchants, who not only could not allow their customers to park in front of their stores, but who also had to sit and watch a lot of Waterâ€" loo business going to Kitchener on the buses that occupied the space. In a country that already has a J.H.S. In case you are interested the story in several of the daily papers to the effect that the animal trainer at the Kinsmen‘s Circus was badly injured, was a lot of publicity bunk. While some of the papers claimed that his clothes were torn to ribâ€" bons, what actually happened was that he had about a threeâ€"inch scratch on his arm where the lionâ€" ess made a pass at him with her paw, and it took a couple of men about ten minutes to find the hole in his uniform Around Waterloo Stitches Required To Close Gash Caused by Barb Wire EAST ZORRA.â€"Aaron Schlegel, East Zorra, suffered a painful gash in his r'ight groin on Tuesday when he accidentally drove his tractor into a barbâ€"wire fence, the strand in some manner whipping back, and gashing the groin, necessitatâ€" ing ten stitches to close. UREL C (By OChronicle Correspondent) JHS THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE â€"~â€"= Eldon C. Hallman Eldon C. Hallman, RR. 3, Waâ€" terloo, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday night Mr. Hallman was"past president of the Waterloo County Federation of Agriculture and was well known in agricultural circles throughout the province. He married Jessie Stauffer, who survives him, Nov. 26, 1900. Dies at Farm Home Mr. Hallman organized and was the first president of the Federation or Agriculture in this county. He was also first president of the Twin City Milk Producers Associaâ€" tion. A viceâ€"president of the Onâ€" tario Milk Producers Association, he was an exâ€"officio member of the Ontario Milk Control Board. He was also president of the Waterloo County Hog Producers Association. Born at New Dundee Sept. 9, 1879, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hallman. Mr. Hallman operated a large farm just outside Waterloo on the road to St. Agatha. He was a memâ€" ber of the iboard of elders and the board of trustees of the First Unitâ€" ed Church, Waterloo. He is survived by one daugh, ter, Mrs. Maxwell (Eileen) Zink, Kitchener, one brother, Irvin C Hallman, Waterloo, and two sisâ€" ters, Mrs. Mary Ann Simmons, Ceâ€" dar Springs, Mich., and Mrs. Lydia Ann Schultz, Clawson, Mich. One grandson also survives him. The funeral will be held from his late residence at 2 p.m. Friday with services at the First United Church, Waterloo, at 2.30. Rev. A. R. Cragg will officiate. The body was at the Ratzâ€"Bechtel Funeral Home until 10 a.m. Thursday, when removal was made to the residence. OTTAWA.â€"Scores of people now deprived of oldâ€"age pensions because they own small pieces of property are made eligible by new pensions regulations tabled in the Commons May 20. The changes are to be effective as from May 15. _ New Regulations Make More Eligible For Old Age Pension A pensioner may now receive diâ€" rect relief payable by the province or municipality in which he resides without having his pension reduced or cut off entirely. The new reguâ€" lations also permit the pensioner to receive casual gifts of small value and contributions for any special care. Presented to the House by Health Minister Paul Martin,, the more generous regulations will add an estimated $500,000 to the Dominion Government‘s share of oldâ€"age penâ€" sions. The Dominion pays 75 per cent of oldâ€"age pensions up to $25 a month now being received by 309,000 men and women over 70 years of age and 7100 blindperâ€" sons across Canada. The other 25 per cent is paid by the provinces which, by reason of the regulations, {will have their pension costs inâ€" creased. The etigible age for oldâ€"age penâ€" sions is still 70. Accident Fund To Be Effective July 1 pared for delivery over the Ontario network of the CBC, Highways Minister Doucett announced Monâ€" day night that Ontario‘s new highâ€" ways legislation under which every judgment arising out of a motor acâ€" cident must be satisfied, becomes effective July 1. _ Every judgment, whether for personal injuries or property damâ€" age "if not paid by the responsible cwner or driver, will be paid out of a special government fund to be known as the unsatisfied judgment fund," said Mr. Doucett. The limits imposed respecting payments from the fund are $5000 for injuries to one person, $10,000 for two or more persons and $1000 for property damage relating to one }laccident. "When the judgment is paid from | the fund, the judgment debtor may thereafter neither own nor operate a motor vehicle until he has reimâ€" bursed the fund with interest and | until he has filed proof of financial responsibility. I should interject that this latter proof ordinarily implies filing with the department either a certificate of insurance or negotiable securties in the sum of $11,000. â€" â€" o 2 each year." "Our new law applies to all judgâ€" | ments relating to the operation of | motor vehicles within our provinâ€"| cial borders Our reciprocal arâ€"| rangements with other pmvince:‘ and more than 20 states are effecâ€"| tive and of the utmost value in dealing with nonâ€"Ontario violators| }and ‘delinquent debtors." | At another ,30““ he declared "the unsatish judgment fund | will be created by the collection of | a fee not exce«:finl $1 from each | person securing a driver‘s or chautâ€" feur‘s license in 1948. It is my hope \that it will not be necessary to colâ€" ‘lect the full authorized amount in TOORONTO.â€"In a speech preâ€" } Mr. Gifford, the new chief town cngineer, suggested in a report to |Council that all town oil roads be recovered every two years. When Deputy Reeve Bauman of the \Board of Works objected on the | grounds that this was too frequent Fand would entail unnecessary exâ€" To Relieve King Street Traffic May Build Street A report to Monday night‘s Counâ€" cil proposed that a new street be opened from Ahrens St. in Kitchâ€" ener, northward to cross the Bridgeport Rd. west of the transâ€" port company‘s buildi and cross over to Airport Rd. to gin the Elâ€" mira highway. This road would serve as a raâ€" Ei;lin'conmcun‘ g link between the ira and Guelph hlfih\';‘o and divert much heavy traffic King | _ It was believed that a phone call | from an apartment dweller was reâ€" l:'ponsible for sounding the alarm. \The fire was eating into wooden flooring and joints by the time the firemen arrived. _ _ . divert much heavy street. pense, Mr. Gifford replied that his suggestion was the usual procedure followed for keeping such roads in good repair. _ . Oiling Suggested Every Two Years For Town Roads Deputy Reeve Bauman argued further that such a practice would result in a thick spongy surface forming which would only break away from the base. The engineer made no comment on this other than that oiling was only done on such roads that needed this treatâ€" ment A fire in Eddy‘s Paint Shop, Charles St., Kitchener which was discovered about 9 p.m., is believed to have been caused by an exploâ€" sion which occurred several hours earlier. Explosion Blamed For Paint Shop Fire _ Chief Karn said, but for the timeâ€" ly notice, the fire would rapidly have become serious. _ s ‘Chief Karn believes that red hot pieces of the compressor, which flew all over the shop, lit in a pile of rags, which began to smolder and eventually burst into flames. Remains of the rags and the wrecked compressor were found. Plan T.B. Tests For Rural Residents Plans for a T.B. test of rural resiâ€" dents of Waterloo County were adâ€" vanced by the health committee of the Waterloo Federation of Agriâ€" culture Monday night. _ _ _ Dr. S. J. Hawkins of FreepOIt| Y u2 zons hack in his nriginal Ssnalorum and Medicsl officers of bloyes falls back to his original the five townships participated in PC W3 salary, and in some cases the discussions. |the cut amounts to as much as 50 en cl cdaen ts 4s en Abn N â€"pac hie PEF cent of the war level. :l‘t‘n_é- f)â€"l-a_n"i;io use the Xâ€"ray bus in the rural area for a twoâ€"week period next fall. l! is__believed the bus can be secured. The dates for the campaign in the townships will be determined by the Ontario Deâ€" partment of Health. Owners To Have Chance To Occupy Their Own Homes OTTAWAâ€"It was learned_from the Finance Department that Prices Roard‘s rental regulations shortly will be relaxed sufficiently to perâ€" mit home owners to take possession of their properties. A'pi)ro;;r;\?;iely 2,500 persons who bought houses have been unable to secure possession. _ Soon, under an amendment to the rentals regulations, the owner wili be permitted to take possession providing he offers the rented acâ€" commodation he occupies at presâ€" ent to the tenant who he intends to evict. The home owners will be reâ€" quired to prove ‘"hardship" or "grave inconvenience" before the board will permit them to take posâ€" session of their homes. â€" With the exception of this one amendment, officials said, the renâ€" tal regulations will remain unâ€" changed for the balance of the year. Japs Seek to Return to Canada VANCOUVERâ€"The Vancouver Sun in a special dispatch from Otâ€" tawa said that British Columbiaâ€" especially Vancouverâ€"is threatenâ€" ed with a new invasion of Japanese. The report said many Canadianâ€" born Japanese, who returned to their ancestral home while Japan was still at war with Canada, find conditions in the old cities of Japan unfavorable. e ‘‘Many of these 2,500 now are exâ€" pressing dissatisfaction and are making inquiries about a moveâ€" ment back again across the Pacific They are obviously coming back to ciaim rights as Canadian subjects. "It is possible the Japanese will send a few of their party to make application to enter Canada as a test case." WATERLOO, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY %3, 1947 \ _ ‘The Prior band comes to this disâ€" ‘mct with a smart record, hm played such night clubs as the Clu To Have Dancing At Waterloo Arena Two of dancing will be (Mgmm'aufloolo morial Arena this weekâ€"end with plying music. elevenâ€"piece aggregation will feature the song stylings of Irene Briggs °* _ _ _ Esquire, Embassy and Top Hat in Toronto along with summer enâ€" gagements at the Royal Muskoka Hotel and Southampton. The band played the last three winters at the Ali)an‘ ing wiil be held Eri W » 23 andmnguurd-y. m’g m the Friday program until one o‘clock. The new hardwood floor at the arena will be on display and it is expected that it will offer many conveniences not experienced at other dance spots. There is lots of room and the cool breeze off Silver Lake can be depended upon to keep the temperature down throughout the summer. Suggest Byâ€"Law To Govern Building Of Chicken Coops Several Board of Health memâ€" bers and Mr. Merner, the Sanitary Inspector, were present at Monâ€" day night‘s Council meeting to disâ€" cuss with Council the advisability of a byâ€"law governing the keeping of chickens in the Town of Waterâ€" Discussion covered such matters as the size of the chicken coonfl. where they would have to be built, the nature of the runway provided for the chickens and how much space should be allowed per chickâ€" i The majority of the substantial ‘pay cuts was in a category where ‘no reclassification of salary could !be made. In these cases the emâ€" to give them better authority to control those people who were flagâ€" rantly violating these requirements. The Board does not want to restrict chickenâ€"coop building, but rather to make certain that they are built ond maintained properly. cn. All these details are considered part of the sanitary requirements of chicken coops which are built within a town‘s limits. The Board members explained that such a byâ€"law was necessary Cut Made In Civil Service Pay OTTAWA. â€" War supplements which have been paid to some 8000 civil servants during the war years, chiefly in National Defence, the Post Office, Department of Veterâ€" ans‘ Affairs and other departments where war duties increased normal peacetime activities have been cut off by a recent order_â€"in-coruncil, uo In about half of the 8000 cases, a reclassification and upgrading of the permanent salary has offset, or partially offset, the war suppleâ€" ment, so that deductions, if any, have been small. The most permanent civil serâ€" vice posts carry a salary range from minimum to maximum, with yearly increases given so long as the services are satisfactory. Durâ€" ing the war years when staff shortâ€" ages made it necessary to offer exâ€" tra inducement, the yearly increase plan was extended to temporary staffs. This, also, was eliminated on March 31, when the orderâ€"inâ€" council was passed. Kitchener Seeks Building of 100 Homes For Veterans OTTAWA.â€"A delegation from Kitchener has conferred with Ottaâ€" wa officials with a view of speedâ€" ing the construction of 100 new homes in Kitchener, primarily for veterans. 7.;\vlirir.%}7{arry Ainley, chairman of | ‘ the Kitchener c}?uncil's honsifl nl g‘ More POleS committee ,and Harper Schofield, 5 j chairman of the city housing comâ€" Commg TO Canada i mission, conferred here with D. B.\ ben on rnmes | Mansur, president of the Central| SOUTHAMPTON. â€" Five hun-l Mortgage and Housing Corporation 1dred Polish soldiers who are being | and W. E. Uren, director general of brought into Canada to work on | the priorities branch of the Departâ€" } work on farms were scheduled to | ment of Reconstruction. |sail on the Acquitania on Wednesâ€" | The twoâ€"man delegation met the Gay, May 21. They are entering officials through the offices of ‘Canada under a Canadian Governâ€" | Louis O. Breithaupt, Liberal memâ€"| ment immigration scheme for men | ber for Waterloo North. \with previous agricultural experâ€"| ‘"Highly Satisfactory" |ience. . | Mr. Breithaupt said that the conâ€"| _ During the voyage they are to reâ€" ference had ironed out bottlenecks | °C‘V© English lessons by an t_)fl'xcer‘ holding up the construction of| of the British Army Intelligence ‘homes in the Kitchener area. CC e During the discussions an arâ€"| UI rangement was made under which four or five contractors would start | l cn the construction of the 100 new & homes on condition that the city prvoided a suitable site at low cost. r }This site would be on the ouhkiru‘th | of the city, but close enough so that | me‘ In view of the fact that Kitchâ€" cner never had experienced mushâ€" room growth, wartime houses were unsuitable; that the need was for a more bérmancnt type of dwell ings. While the homes were being built primarily for exâ€"servicemen and their families, they would go on the open market if insufficient veterans came forwartd to purchase the resiâ€" dences. Sou n. The band lmw'.:nm-th «â€" Use of Rockets * Is Now Prohibited â€" The Waterlco Town Council agreed on Monday night to forward aruoluthn\ofieOnnrioDem- ment of Highways auo-besv-tom ing and cutting down of Buck‘s Hill on Will Ask Province To Widen and Cat Buck‘s Hill Readway Mr. Lorne Weber who made the ummtom.nmcn-mmz it St. North were widened on the west side by seven feet, a botâ€" tleneck and hazard would be creâ€" ated at the top of the hill where the highway remained narrow. "I suggest you petition the deâ€" Highway 85 r-rtment to mngy consider takâ€" rfi&c&reolma itional 20 or 30 " he said. ; Mr. Weber felt that the contracâ€" tor hired to resurface King St. could also take the brow off the hill and widen the h;thway to conâ€" firm with Kin‘f St. North limits if Waterloo could get the Department of Highways interested. â€" lent ;u?;fliou." Ald. Beynon comâ€" mented. "It is worthy of our supâ€" with the idea and recommended that a resolution be forwarded to the Department of Highways. Window Smashing Lands Waterloo Boys In Court Three Waterloo youngsters who took part in smashing nearly 50 windows in Waterloo Park received a stern warning from Magistrate Polson in juvenile court here on Tuesday. | During the 1945â€"46 crop year a record number of farmers bought supplies and sold produce coâ€"operâ€" |atively, it is disclosed in a report just issued by the Economics Diviâ€" |sion,. Dominion Department of |\Agriculture. In the same period, their volume of coâ€"operative busiâ€" ness attained a new record. The boys said that 11 others had helped to break the windows in the park. Magistrate Polson suggested the names of the others be obtained so he could have a talk with the entire group. â€" Chief Moreau reported that faâ€" thers of the three had agreed to Yay $10 each to defray the damage. t was suggested also that the young trio be made to report to the police department once a week. _ The boys were remanded for one week until the names of the others were obtained. New Record For Coâ€"op. Business Preliminary statistics collected by J. E. O‘Meara, who compiled the report gives membership in farmâ€" ers‘ coâ€"operatives as 789,408, comâ€" pared with 739,604 in the 1944â€"45 crop year. The Division emphasizes that these membership totals are greater than the number of indiâ€" viduals in coâ€"operatives, as a farâ€" mer may, and often does, belong to more than one organization. . more than one organization. E TORONTO.â€"The Toronto police, Further, comparing co-operative‘with the authority of the Ontario activities in the two crop years, the | Attorneyâ€"General‘s Department, reâ€" number of farm coâ€"operatives reâ€" port that they are seeking a definite porting has increased from 1,824 to |court ruling in a dispute with the 1,905, with additional organizations Bell Telephone Co. Lately the Bell expected to be heard from before a|\Telephone Co. have applied for a final report is issued. The Division court order nullifying a police estimates that in addition to these search warrant and seizure order farm coâ€"operatives there are apâ€"|in connection with an alleged betâ€" proximately 2,500 credit unions in ting establishment. Canada together with many other| The police specifically seek a rulâ€" associations engaged in such coâ€" 4 ing on whether they may tap teleâ€" operative services as housing, teleâ€" phone lines, whether they may reâ€" phone, medical, transportation and ‘quire telephone companies to diâ€" fish marketing. |vulge . information respecting the Total business transacted by ‘nature and number of calls put farmers‘ coâ€"operatives in Canada through from a certain telephone amounted to $585,545,170, comparcd,end whether they may seize teleâ€" with $581,842,482, in the 1944â€"45 phone equipment found in estabâ€" tcrop year. This increase is attributâ€" |lishments operatedâ€"for an illegal ed by Mr. O‘Meara to greater coâ€" |purpose. inpcrative buying of supplies Coâ€"| On application of Detective Jas. operative marketings declined beâ€" Hawton, head of the police antiâ€" cause in the latest crop year westâ€"‘gambling squad, Justice of the ern wheat pools had only current Peace James Rennicks on May 12, | production to sell, while in the preâ€" lissued a warrant for search of preâ€" \vious year they also disposed of mises on Church St. {carry«over wheat. The warrant authorized police tg \ _ The soldiers, all sinél: men who ‘served in Italy with Gen. Wladysâ€" |law Anders‘ Polish 2nd Corps, will | become civilians upon their arrival in Halifax. Ald. Arnold Hauck also agreed "L hnd o+ Weber mas an exce!. l:dwt'o' sell onlx to o said Manufacturers are now d to sell only to orga g';é'“lEast Zorra d‘”y“;?iStill Plagued Yal By Winter Weather * timated the bwilding to cost $7,500 and would be approximately 40 |feet square. _ _ 2 _ Permit Granted For Knox Ave. Restaurant The Waterlioo Council, despite stremsous cbjection Oy Ald. Gordon it to keep the building back from the street line far enough to allow widâ€" cning of the bridge at the flood Knox Ave. Tor Permission the building is subject to Mr. Weickert‘s promise Mr. Weickert also offered to doâ€" nate, sufficient property to allow widening ef Knox. Ave. roadway and a strip approximately 22 feet wide to the north of the board of works building on Caroline St., if this street is extended. At a previous meeting Mr. Weiâ€" ckert charged council with being prejudiced because of his nationalâ€" ity. ‘The council strongly denied this. Ald. Raymond said last night that Mr. Weickert was not the man to run a restaurant. "If necessary I‘ll make my charges in the open," Ald Rayâ€" mond went on, whereupon he made liquor and bookie allegations. _ _ ‘"Can you prove it," Ald. Charlâ€" ton asked. Ald. Hauck contended council could not condemn a man who hadn‘t been proven guilty. _ _ _ Ald. Raymond replied he had proof. s ualle. _ Despite the charges, Ald. Beyâ€" non mainfained this did not come under the jurisdiction of council _ Police Seek Ruling \On Phone Tapping "I can‘t understand Ald. Rayâ€" mond making a statement like that," he added. Reeve Snider favored the idea of a restaurant, but said council must be assured none of the conditions Aid. Raymond mentioned existed. Ald Beynon pointed out that Mr. Weickert was not planning to build + hot dog stand, but something more substantial. Mr. Weickert esâ€" Ald. Paul Schendel felt council should have confidence in the planâ€" ning board when it made a recomâ€" mendation. School Children To See Governorâ€"General Alderman Charlton in his reg’ort to Council proposed that all Waâ€" terloo School children be assemâ€" bled in Waterloo Park the mornâ€" ing of May 31 to permit them to see the Governorâ€"General. A special lane around the oval could be preâ€" pared with snow fencing to permit His Excellency to drive through the crowd. Council approved the suggestion to spend about $40.00 to buy souâ€" venir flags for all the children. _ The Bell Company contends that ‘it is not its function to censor conâ€" |versations over its equipment and ‘that it has a duty to preserve the |secrecy of telephone conversations. \‘The lower courts have always orâ€" \dered return of telephone equipâ€" \ment seized in gambling raids. On application of Detective Jas. Hawton, head of the police antiâ€" gambling squad, Justice of the Peace James Rennicks on May 12, issued a warrant for search of preâ€" mises on Church St. â€" The warrant authorized police to seize telephone equipment found on the premises. Police have conâ€" tended in the past that the only way to break up bookmaking esâ€" tablishments is to deprive them of telephone service. The police also argue that telephones used for an illegal purpose are as much liable to seizure as slot machines. _ _ _ (By Chronicle Correspondent) EAST ZORRAâ€"The cold weaâ€" ther of last week with snow and hail, and frost several nights, to say nothing of boneâ€"chilling winds, was most ¢iscou-n‘ing for wouldâ€" be gardeners, as well as farmers. A member of the East Zorra council reported that the council, accompanying the township road superintendent on the â€" annual spring tour of roads, got stuck in a snowbank on the 10th line south of the Hickson sideroad last Tuesâ€" | day. It seems the road had never | been plowed open during the winâ€"| ter and the car wedged itself on the hump between the ruts, the bank was in a cut and the rmdwaziso narrow that the car doors couldn‘t | be opened. One member of the council had to crawl out of a win-‘ cow, get around to the trunk get busy on the loose end of shovel before others could get o( the vehicle b'gnm it over hump and out of the cut. Eet 'nmupd to the trunk a_pd the Waterloo Strike Ended by Signing of Company ended their 17â€"dayâ€"old strike last Wednesday night, with the announcement that the Nationâ€" al Union of Furniture Workers (CIOâ€"CCL) had signed a new conâ€" tract with the company. _ The new amlem gives an eight cents an wage increase "across the board" three paid yearâ€" ly holidays, a union security clause and two weeks holidays with pay for workers with ten years service Board of Health Ask Waterloo Streets Be Kept Cleaner On Monday night the Waterloo Board of Health served notice on Town Council that it proposed the early establishmént of a street cleaning department and a byâ€"law for regulating the keeping of domestic fowl in Waterloo. ‘per year with the first grant to be {made in 1947 and to continue until ‘December 31st, 1951. Applicants, |after 1947 (if the general policy is still in force) will enjoy this grant {yearly as from the time of the ocâ€" ‘cupancy up to and including the lyear 1951. In all cases there must be an annual renewal of the appliâ€" cation for the benefit originally granted. Suc grants are to apply to ownerâ€"occupied properties where land and building assessment does not exceed $4,000.00. Men and woâ€" men dishonorably discharged from the Services cannot qualify for the grant." Wallace Merner, assistant saniâ€" tary inspector, said the staff at present was too small and the streets were not being kept as saniâ€" tary as they might be. He said Waâ€" terloo needed a staff or mechanical equipment to keep the streets in sanitary condition. S Deputy Reeve Bauman admitted the town had insufficient help but felt there had not been many comâ€" plaints about the condition of the streets He said, however, the health â€" board‘s â€" recommendation should be considered. Chairman of the sanitation comâ€" mittee, Ald Hauck said the streets had been kept clean to a point but the point ended at street corners where refuse was being dumped. Mayor Hilliard said there was difficulty in keeping men employed on this type of work. A suggestion had been made to hire a man to do this particular job. May Give Tax Grant To War Veterans Council was given notice of a motion to provide for tax grants by the municipality to war veterans and widows. The motion is wordâ€" ed as follows: ‘‘That a tax grant ibe made to the 1939â€"1945 veterans and war widows who have purchased land and built homes for their own use since Jaâ€" nuary Ist, 1947. The amount of this grant is to.be at the rate of $60._00 Fire Departmentt Stands Sixth In Fire Prevention KITCHENER. â€" The Kitchener Fire Department has been awardâ€" ed a sixth position in fire prevenâ€" tion in Canada. On Wednesday Fire Chief Philip® Karn received a certificate from the office of W. J. Scott, Ontario fire marshal. Several times the department has received high standing but the Caâ€" nadianâ€"wide placing represented the highest attainment of the deâ€" partment to date in fire prevention work the chief said. Workers of the Globe Furniture "I am pleased with the distincâ€" tion, and am grateful for coâ€"operaâ€" tion of all membe? of the departâ€" ment and also gratéful for coâ€"operâ€" ation the department receives from the general public," said the chief. Council decided to pay Waterloo College $450.00 for their skating rink equipment. The boards will be dismantled and removed as soon as possible. Proctor, Redfern and Laughlin has given acknowledgment of the motions, respecting them, passed by council last week. These were in regard to the sewage plant. The Kitchener P.UC. has comâ€" municated with council in regard to the length of bus stops. The Ontario Conference of Soâ€" cial Welfare has sent Council an advance program for their conferâ€" ence of June 12 to 24. Is@bel Tilton, secretary of the Murdockâ€"McKenzie _ Auxiliary â€" of First United Church, Waterloo sent council thanks for the use of the market building by the club. Housing Enterprises of Canada Ltd., _ has â€" communicated _ with council respecting rental of their Waterloo units. A letter from the Junior Chamâ€" ber of Commerce of Kitchener and Waterloo, gave information respectâ€" ing the civic beautification camâ€" paign on May 12 to 24. The Imperial Order of _ the Daughters of the Empire, St. Quenâ€" tin Chapter, sent a letter to Mayor Hilliard asking official permission to hold a penny sale at their annual garden party to be held on June 11 Council was notified that the Onâ€" tario Municipal Association con vention dates will be May 27, 28 and 29 The place will be Brantâ€" Waterloo Council Notes, $1.00 per your