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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Aug 1951, p. 8

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local ct rmo ~Jow areas in the inundated as al rain descended ene bour Frida fl;rdg.thjt Esson St. in t} trict, one of th ene bour Friday night. hit spot here was on Kasom ‘St in ine Westmount disâ€" ERBBBeTTE HPRe CC IPDOmoies. trict, one of the most vuinerable areas in any flood. Pumped Out Water CIMorkenlhbored late into the ht pumping out the water which inundated streets, Ymp"- ties and flowed into two cellars in that district. Several other Waâ€" terioo areas, including Erb~ St. near Seagram‘s, King St. south of the creek and spots on Union St. and Moore Ave. suffered considerâ€" Farmer Outsmarts Gasoline: Thief, Uses Water ‘Trap‘ Musical Society To Seek Assistance From C. of C. The Waterloo Musical Society‘s annural Waterloo Band Festival has grown to the point where the society must have assistance. , ellars Flooded, Cars tall in Big Downpour At an executive meeting last week the society decided to seek the coâ€"operation and assistance of the Waterloo Chamber of Comâ€" b on se â€"Atdaiiahitain nepaums merce in arranging next year‘s festival. â€" A moave for assistance was started this year. Parents of boys in the society‘s youthâ€"training scheme were asked to help. Asâ€" sistance also was sought from Waâ€" terloo industrial firms. The coâ€" operation in both cases was enâ€" couraging. _ ___ â€" It was decided to extend this plan and also to ask the Chamber of Commerce to assist. _ _ _ A letter from the chamber read at the meeting extended congraâ€" tulations to the society and C. F. STRATFORD.â€"A district farmer evolved his own plan to disâ€" cover who was stealing his gasoline. He kept a metal drum in his ‘field for emergency uses when worki? far from the barn. A few days ago he decided to roll the the bafre! back home and discovered it empty. He hadn‘t used the gasoline. He said not a word, but filled the drum with water. Two days later he discovered who was stealing his gasoline. The man whose car stalled when water got into ~tfile carburetor : 11. 0) 1 c l 6 candi t on ie hkb ne oi o ds t adth 0 went to the farmer‘s home to telephone a garage for aid. Roomy kitchen sideboard and coal oil heater. Phone 3â€"3264. Bhuleeu_auvmfloodod eds of intersections and sreas in the Twin Cities were adated as almost two inches of . descended on the district in _ INVISIBLE WEAYING AND MENDING SERVICE Trerma Prova®r \ MANACER It pays to advertise in 1 . WATERLOO CH‘RON[CLE[ "Repairing of Clothes" 49 Kinc Street, East KITCHENER, ONTARIO BETTER YISION GLASSES 17 King St. West _ Walper House Block _ Phone 2â€"1971 Good. Coâ€"operation Y OUNG°‘S FOR SALE Like all delicate machinery your eyes deâ€" serve regular checkâ€"ups . . . don‘t negiest them.: You may be suffering neediessly from nervousness and headaches‘due to eyestrain. it‘s smart to be wre and safe. TELEPHONE 21173 ’,‘,’.;'“"ao:fd" _and the 'z'& .l(; charged P‘l"‘m"fi"" city All places susceptible to flooding were hard hit. The Park St. subw:& was quickly inundated and traffic was Lufily inundated and traffic was layed for some time. A caveâ€"in Sn e im en oee n an d on a lawn, seemingly caused by the downpour, was reported on Queen St. Cars Stail Many cars were stailed dur."n:s the downpour and drivers passengers had to wait until the rain subsided before drying off spark plugs and wires. R ‘The exact measurement of rainâ€" fall was 1.97 inches, the weather bureau said. Another tenth of an \inch fell during the night. ‘Thiele, director, on the success of the festival "which is no lon‘rer a local affair but is now Canada‘s greatest band show." L l T Es S esn cs aha ..b d wl ct dn aketle arin td o The letter also noted that the festival film would also be one of the finest mediums of advertising of Waterloo. The film is to be shown in theatres. Workmen were also busy in itchener where several cellars Appoint Delegation On motion to Harry Bierstock and Elmer Giller it was decided to ask the Chamber of Commerce to appoint a delegation of three to five members to meet with the society to discuss active planning assistance for the l%Z__test_ival. |P.U.C. EMPLOYEES !HONOR KESSELRING The society also will offer to have the festival film shown at a meeting of the chamber. The film is in color and sound. Uk LidR L o. d i d d seni ies nasat t Keeping the parade route wide enough for bands to march proâ€" perly also is becoming a problem as lalger crowds view the parade, Ear! Sippel observed. KITCHENER.â€"About 60 fellow employees honored Gerry Kesselâ€" ring, new Ontario Amateur golf champion, at the_P.U.C. wareâ€" hoyse on Gaukel St. on Monday aiternoon. _Gerrv‘s golf history was outâ€" lined by B. F. "Spike" Kearns, an official of the Ontario Golf Assoâ€" ciation, and employees and offiâ€" cials congratulated the 22â€"yearâ€" old champion and presented him with an electric clock. HRARING AID SERVICE "Prices in Canada same as in U.8.A." 4 King Bt. E. Kitshener, Ont. Pho . . . that we found out in time that she was losing her hearing. And lucky for us that there was an Acousticon representative clese by. Why? Becamse Acousticon provide ®cive Tou the Besting baip. you need. T it e un esn m ons about Acousticon and the marvelous help it is giving poople wheo have a loss of hearing. ACOUSTICON rPOR XOTHIER! Waterloo Library Extends Service to Vacationers As a mm to Waterloo h-vlnm‘ m’p annua) vacation ‘ the Waterloo Library has extendâ€" Under the new lm.ly_ take -‘u bnom and nonâ€"fiction, for as long as the reader vmm reaâ€" son" that is. ‘The only exceptions to the plan are sevenâ€"day books which canâ€" also requests that recent releases not be efilout for longer than the usual twoâ€"week period. _ â€" It is felt that the new service will be of value to those indiâ€" viduals and families who take to the resorts and beaches during the To Hold Weekly summer for periods of three weeks to a month, or even longer Stock Car Racing At Bridgeport The debut of Stock Car is scheduled for the Bridge Speedwng on Wednesday e . K. H. Brown, Brantford promoâ€" ter, says the local drivers will compete against the best in the business from all over Ontario. ‘The races will be held _ at the Bridgeport track every Wednesâ€" day night until further notice, The new track is located near the Kâ€"W Driveâ€"In Theatre. Local drivers comémlng here will inâ€" clude Earl Carley, known as the Roll Over Kid, from Kitchener; Bill and Bob Morrison from Waâ€" terloo and Ken Pailbiski, from Citchener. Highway Traffic Act Ruled Invalid On Reservations LONDON, Ont. â€" Ontario‘s Highway Traffic Act does not apâ€" ply to Indians driving cars on Inâ€" dian reserves, Magistrate A. F. Cook ruled here this week, but he said he would like to see an apâ€" peal against his j_u“]‘ln?ll!. e ~ In county magistrate‘s court he dismissed a charge against Donald Doxtator, 22â€"yearâ€"old Oneida Inâ€" dian. Doxtator was accused of drivâ€" ing a car bearing 1950 markers on a road at the Muncey reserve, July 10. _ e & RUTT P DE Defence lawyer .W. R. Poole claimed jurisdiction of Indian reâ€" serves is the exclusive right of the federal government and conseâ€" qtnlxently provincia! laws such as the Highway Traffic Act are inâ€" valid. Offer $500 for Jacknife Tradeâ€"In On New Automobile Late Blight Strikes Onfario Potato Fields OTTAWA.â€"Late blight, one of the most serious potato diseases has been observed in. several fields in Ontario duringathe past week, cautions N. M. rks, Poâ€" tato _ Specialist, _ Experimental Farms Service, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa_. L Late blight is a fungus disease that frequently appears in potato fields in late August. It rarely occurs during hot dry seasons but in wet, cool weather, such as this year, it becomes very prevalent and destructive, often destroying whole crogs. The disease comâ€" monly makes its appearance on the lower leaves or stem of the Waterloo Lutheran Church To Be Completed Before Schedule The new Redeemer Lutheran â€" The church was founded in 1935 Church, Waterloo, under conâ€"{and a basement unit built at Earl struction, will be completed next|and John streets two years later. month, well in advance of the| The congregation has worshipped Sept. 16 date of qledication, it was)in the basement since. learned this week VANCOUVER. â€" Here‘s one for the Twin City car dealers to mull over as they cry into their draught beer. One Vancouver car dealer has reported sales so slow that he has offered anybody $500 allowance on a jacknife if traded in on a new car. _ The unâ€"named dealer reâ€" ports that not one single sale *% Flies 50 Miles At No Expense Canadian Soaring Meet Held at New Wâ€"W Airport i \ ng. en on apne, 'x?ing?f;"i'fffé E!mkl‘n.nl:.r\{no(w:hrz mss uie th?g‘l!:«.l:ll' ::fl:ht:’ u:n(aruu 1:;‘363:\9. Hagersvile, Georgetown, Kitchener Police Debate Status of ‘Novel Firearms KITCHENER. â€" Kitchener sleuths have a new knotty probâ€" lem to scratch their careâ€"worn craniums over now. _ L ander, of Toronto, likes glidâ€" i mru# the air with the %fit ease. fi: he‘s not A report from city hall says that the boys are now debating the status of a novel souvenir weapon. To be more explicit the gun takes the form of a walking stick or cane. Its hollow core hides a .38 calibre barrel chambered to fit a 38 revolver cartridge, and the stag handle houses a well hidden trigger mechanism, _ _ The owner wishes to register the firearm as a curio and has no intention of using it for any other ‘)urpou. officers say. However, a etter has been dispatched to the provincial registrar of firearms to glarify the issue. soaring about the Kâ€"W Airâ€" P MeGCD AnRmentatioe‘s 'f'fle cane, which doubles as a rifle, breaks just below the hanâ€" dle to reteive ane cartridge. _ gliders he decided to branch out on a crossâ€"country expeâ€" He sailed to the west, and two and a half hours later landed at Crumlin Airport. Altogether he had been aloft three hours and 31 minutes. plant around blossoming time. This infection usually does not show until late August when cool nights and heavy dews enable the fungus to become established on the upper leaves of the plant. The blight shows on the leaves as dark, waterâ€"soaked areas which have on their under surfaces a white mildew. This mildew is made up of myriads of sfiores of the fungus. It is through them, when washed down into the soil by heavy rains, that infection is carried to Tthe tubers, resulting in blfl“ rot. { e onl; method of control, says Mr. Parks, is by thorough! spruyin'g or dusting the plants with a fungicide such as bordeaux mixture, or any of the fixed copâ€" pers recommended for the control of late blight on potatoes applied in accordance with the directions on the container, Mr. Parks stresses that in order to prevent loss from this disease, growers The basement has been altered and extended. A new kitchen and washrooms have been installed and a stage provided. Stained glass windows were inâ€" stalled last week and the organ will be put in this week, Albert Apel, chairman of the building committee, reported. . i â€" Painters have started â€" their work now. When completed the church auditorium and galiery wn_l‘l seat 39'5 n@rshipper;. Rev. C. T. Wetzstein is pastor of the church. He has accepted a call to serve Bethel Lutheran conâ€" gregation of the Twin Cities which he organized. Wil Continue To Serve He will continue to serve the Similar to Parsonage The new church is built of simâ€" ilar brick to the parsonage and will connect with the pastor‘s stuâ€" dy in the adjoining building built eight years ago. _ _ â€" congregation at Redeemer Church untm,m the dedication ceremoâ€" Rev. K. A. Kriesel, first pastor of the church, will be one of the 3uut preachers for services of deâ€" ication afternoon and tvcr\lng of Sept. 16. Rev. Mr. Kriese! now lives at Silver Creek, N.Y. nies and until a pastor is called was registered by his agency last month. _ _____ _ __; > .’-i‘n"é;b'l;'ining the deal the dealer said: e "We are actually giving a $500 discount on the purchase price, but we can‘t show this as part of the down payment because it‘s against the law. The jacknife trade makes it legal." ly arranged in a small cabinet nesr theigunâ€"rack 500 rounds of leave h:.-hh. 1 rith -:5 a i es hokg a aoll found two other .22 rifies,‘a shotâ€" gun, an old Mauser rifie and neatâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Kayeiman, dmw'&mm of the tragedy and returned home onâ€" Sunday and have since indicated that will care for their dead de :hy.h their absence the dead was made by Hermon Kavelâ€" _ ‘The chores at the CGofton farm nuuwb;&.m Chesterfleld cemetery. The four bodies were placed in a single grave _ Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. with a private service at the Glendenâ€" a private service al the Liiendenâ€" ning Funeral Home in Plattsville Mercury Hits 92 on Monday followed by A new record for the current year was also set on Monday night, when the temperature dropped to only 67 degrees. _ The 92 degree mark equals that set last year. Torontoâ€"theâ€""good" also boasts a new high for the year when the mercue?' in the provincial capital crawl up from the depths of the new subway to hit a humid 90 degrees Sale of British Made Cars, Trucks Drops in Canada OTTAWA. â€" Sales of Britishâ€" made cars and trucks in Canada dropped 80 sg:r cent. in June, the Bureau of tistics reported this week, Sales of Canadian and American makes dropped 20 per cent in the month. _ e While sales were down in June, lL______â€"_»___ they were higher in the first six tm months of this year than in the| corresponding period of 1950. A|,.,, total of 181,004 new passenger Kl'chener cars were sold in the sixâ€"month period compared with 166,387, an e increase of 9 per cent. Commerâ€" Makes '4“‘ W“‘ cial vehicle sales were up 22 per cent. 2 KITCHENER. â€" Wi six In June, sales of new passengeT | titles at the Streetsville el cars totalled 23,025, compared| (lubp Show last Saturday, Chicoâ€" with 35,231 in the correspondx:s geel Kennels‘ Guardian obtained month of 1950. They were valu is championship, the 14th for at $59,718,051, _ compared .with | Chicopee. $70,083,429 in June, 1950. Comâ€"| ~ Guardian, a 10â€"monthâ€"old black mercial vehicle sales totalled {and tane male dachshund owned 9,642, a drop of 10 per cent. by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Riedel should spray or dust their potato crops with a fungicide immediateâ€" ly and give additional applications at intervals of 7 to 10 days, deâ€" pending upon weather conditions. Hamilton River in Labrador is 600 miles long. 5â€"Pc. Walnut Finish Bridge Set Special Secretary Woinut Finish Bookcases Diningroom Suite Special 39.3 Like new 29.50 up 9â€"Pc. Broadloom Mais 27" x 54" INDIAN Reg. 29.50 each. Special 27.50 each Axminster Rug And PAD. Green. Wilton Rug 9x 104 Faristan Wilton Rug BULLAS TRADEâ€"IN STORE 12‘ x 12‘ Reg. 179.50. Spec. 164.50 ‘‘Y ou‘re 92 Onterie St. â€" Kitchener Phone 20301 BULLAS PRESENTS THESE OUTSTANDING BARGAINS 79.50 49.50 Guardian, a 10â€"monthâ€"old black and tane. male dachshund owned by Mr. and Mrs. Douflls Riedel of Chicopee Kennels, / Freeport, won the open class, ‘y(nnem and best of winnersâ€"cluss. He later captured the best of breed, best hound in the show and best puppy in the show. _ Seena Tawny, sevenâ€"monthsâ€" old red female dachshund, also of Chicopee, won three points toâ€" ward her championship and the Your Dog Need Not Suffer ‘Dog Days‘ The current "dog days" are tough on the local canine populaâ€" tion. Wearing a fur coat through a hot spell is sufficiently uncomâ€" fortable without additional hazâ€" ::ds provided by thoughtless masâ€" Ts. Several sugg:tions from _ the Kâ€"W Humane iety will aid reâ€" sidents in becoming a real hero to their best friend during this trying time of the year. _ WAYS TO KEEP COOL Dogs are not allowed to run at large in the city but should be provided with sufficient runnind( room. If the {ard is not fenced, the a leash of a suitable length should be provided. _ _ _ _ A dog needs shade, and a leash that cuts him just short of a cool, shady spot can work a real hardâ€" shjphdufing the summer heat. e official also reminded ownâ€" ers to provide plenty of cool waâ€" ter. An earthenware crock is the best receptacle, but any lowâ€"sidâ€" ed pan will serve. It should be filled often and placed in the shade Bandleader To Fly Own Plane To Kitchener The new Waterlooâ€"Wellingto airport may have a musical visiâ€" tor Aug 7th in the person of one of America‘s foremast band leadâ€" Vaughn Monroe of the tromâ€" bone and baritone will be appearâ€" ing at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium that night and it wouldn‘t be surprising if he arâ€" rived by air. Do s C Monroe is probably the only bandleader who has taken to the air in a seiours way. Although mar:{ have taken to flying their bands between distant engageâ€" ments, Monroe, a licensed pilot, fAles his own plane on almost evâ€" must keep at dances, Monroe doesn‘t trust himself to do all the Afly He keeps a pilot on his band i1 to take over when the m aeu sleepy. : The also a safety meaâ€" sure in case, Monroe tarvels by bus or train with the rest of the band and the pilot stays behind to fly the craft to the next town when the weather clears. ‘"‘Shop with ~ Shoe Department â€" King Street Main Floor Provide Long Leash Blachford linen pumps black or grey suede = white kid straps and ties * black, brown, blue softie calf high and low heels . . . incomplete size ranges. Regular $15.95 shoes for $10.98 Confidence" the best of opposite sex to Guardian. Chicopee‘s Cherokee, a red male dachshund and litter brother to Seena, won â€"the reserve best dachshund and the best Canadian WATERLOO INFANT SMOTHERS TO DEATH ON CHESTERFIELD bred class. Threeâ€"monthsâ€"old Linda Dianne Way, da#hter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Way, 165 Erb St. West, died early Sunday morning as she lay on a chesterfleld at her home. Death was ::Ppnrently due to sufâ€" focation and no inquest will be When travelling, the dog should be allowed to have a short run from time to time. And under no condition should he be left shut up in a vehicle. If you take your dog to the beach this summer, why not let the "old boy" go in for swim with you? The humane society officer said â€" dogs love the water and swimming _ provides _ excellent C OU c The child was placed on the Goldemn Pheasont Phone 2â€"2115 1060 King St. E. Kitchener Waetch for "25" â€" The Bleck and Red Beauty built and driven by "Blou‘s Auto Body" LADIES: 134 King $. â€" Neer William St. Phone 2â€"9080 WATERLOO PAGODA GRILL BLAU‘S AUTO BODY Let Your Dog Swim KING & QUEEN STS WHY NOT DROP IN AND PICK UP A TAKEâ€"OUT ORDER OF OUR TASTY â€"»â€" FISH & CHIPS â€"@â€"â€"a 10.98 couch while the family ate breakâ€" fast in a nearby room. Forty minâ€" utes later Linda was found dead with her head down in a crevice between the back and seat of the sofa Wâ€"W AIRPORT OPENED SATURDAY The Waterloo-Wellinfton airâ€" port, four miles north of Preston, which produces pilots, corn, oats and wheat, was formally opened Saturday. _ 2s 80 The airport was developed by the Waterlooâ€"Wellington Airport Commission representing Kitchâ€"â€" ener, Waterloo, Galt, Guelph and Preston, with assistance of the Transport Department. All dogs are able to swim and will love the sport if they are carefully taught to approach the water and are not thrown in. Throw a stick into shallow water, he advised, and let the dog wade in to retrieve it. Soon he will beâ€" come accustomed to deeper water. exercise With a little consideration and thought, summer need not be "dog days" for your pet. Telej Research lle(phone 3â€"363 ITCHENER SHOPPING DOWNTOWN

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