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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 12 Sep 1952, p. 1

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::ivery trucl ir vehicle. drivers som -,l:{ when a is is not Tale propert; * propert) z:v-te prope to the m to cope with traffic condiâ€" Many have been g‘;cked up for ving too fast in Waterloo, but can‘t say they didn‘t get personal â€" attention from _ our *liec force. J.H.S. ‘ Havenm‘t heard of anyone being zhond to any great extent by starlings since the last shoot, sb possibly these birds took the smelly business, although someâ€" dmel'necemr( in smaller centres where the police force is inadeâ€" should do so if conditions remain Adufllfi if the entrance and exit for this area was kett safely cleared as it should be, the Prob- lem would eve.‘n}tluglly solve itself. free of hazards such as rnrked‘ trucks, is also great and clearing ) them off the main street would‘ be a big step ix} t:{\es right direction. [w Parking behind the new store! area in Waterioo is becoming | more dangerous every day. For & short time it looked as though there was something being dgne about the man{ vehicles being improperly parked, driving too fast, etc., etc., but the whole thing bas fallen back into a scramble of improperly parked trucks and @gars and drivers who are allowed to get away with anything so long as they don‘t kill a customer. ; lhn{n drivers parking their éars while they are shopping, find they have been blocked in with x‘hvery trucks while away from ir vehicle. These same trick drivers sometimes get pretty nels{ when asked to move. is is not a problem for the city police as it tgxs involveApri-} Wate property. However, where :i-v-u property becomes dangerâ€" to the general public the police are allowed to step in and What has happened to the plans to survey conditions behind King street stores with an eye to cleanâ€" ing up and widening the alleyway so that trucks might park there while unloading and not as they areé doing now, block traffic on These alleyways have long been more or less of a fireâ€"trap anyâ€" way and the need for improveâ€" ment has existed for a number lights should be in operation during the weekâ€"end. They serve no useful purpose and do entail & certain amount of expense. There is however, far too much | parking allowed on this street in the area near King street. Forâ€" merly there were no parking signs | all along this side, but some bright individual managed to have them changed to limited ; parking which is not observed | either. While as a general rule a driver has cut his speed before reaching the corner of Laurel and King streets, there is no good reason why any individual should be forced to wait or take chances of getting through just because a few want to use this street as a parking area. _ sighs of relief. It is probable that residents would have been glad While there are few drivers who do not heed the warning of these lights gladly and stop beâ€" cause they know in so doindg they may avoid hitting a child, still Laure! Street for a number of years an eyesore so far as a road was concerned, has now been reâ€" surfaced. Drivers have switched toâ€" it from the twisting detour necessary during the filling the resurfacing of this street, with if they continued to follow the As in everything else, there is one thing about these lights that irk most of the drivers and that is their use during the weekâ€"end. Central street is now blocked while being repaired, but with the lights in operation, every driver using the road during Saturday and Sunday, is stopped Most drivers feel this is possibly an oversight on the part of those responsible for having the l?hls installed. Others say it was done without â€" anyone â€" giving | it | a thought at all. â€" Frankly we can‘t see why these they are a little hard to take during the weekâ€"end when there For the first week of its operaâ€" tion, more drivers went through the red light than the green, but thq": gradually learning that the igh h.!.' in operation and slowâ€" m*he Waterloo P.U.C. have done & good job of trimming back the trees that â€" formerly _ blocked these lights to the view of drivers. is mno need for them. Of course the same thinx could be said about the light on Albert street. These never have been of any use, but Wateriee residents having chilâ€" dren going to Central School ‘ure nrymed-uve of the new stop now in operation at they are still allowed to remain where they were placed as an annoyance to ;h}; Speople. just the same as when the youngsters are attending school during the week. _ _ Vol. 05, No. 36 m ht $Â¥E* Around W aterloo The need for streets J.H.S Admit Two Polio Cases to New Kâ€"W Hospital Centre Stenches Affect Business This action was taken after township board of health had written to Dr. A. E. Berry, chief sanitation officer of the Departâ€" ment of Health in Toronto with complaints of river pollution by raw sewage entering the river and consequent stenches which were affecting the business of a Waterioo Township Council has asked its solicitor, A. W. Booas, to determine if legal action can be taken against Algitchener to force the city to "clean nE" its sewer plants, both of which are in the township. Township Contemplates Legal Action Over Sewage Disposal The charge afainst Charbonâ€" neau was laid after the generalâ€" manager‘s car was allegedly preâ€" vented from leaving the premises of the strikeâ€"bound plant Aug. 11. Charged with besetting in conâ€" necting with picketing at the Sunshine _ Waterloo _ Company Ltd., Vincent Charbonneau, Bridgeport, was given â€" two months suspended sentence when he appeared in Waterloo police court Tuesday. Magistrate â€" Kirkpatrick â€" said Charbonneau‘s activities in the picket line will be limited to lawâ€" Striking Sunshine Worker Given Suspended Sentence sound will depict an airâ€"raid sirâ€" The siren‘s blast lasted about 1% minutes each time shortly after 7 p.m. Waterloo Lad Badly Injured Mr. and Mrs. Neil 8. Harris, 80 Dover Rd., Waterloo (the new subdivision known as "Glen Acres", behind the Elizabeth Ziegler School) stand on the verandah of their newlyâ€"built home. It is the first "domestic structure" in Waterloo to be equipped with 60â€"cycle power. Two Kitchener cases of poli~ ols soume t e W Hespmial centre a â€" g:\ G. E. Duff Wilson, medical health o'flwla':m at a Kitchener Board of Hea meofi':fllonhy Boot?euesvere ly mild, one of them being nonâ€"paralytic. BoudehairmnnDr.LV.hng said the medical health officer to be highly commended for his Record Fire Siren for Use in Kâ€"W Exhibition Waterloo fire department‘s sirâ€" en was sounded three times Tuesâ€" day night about 7 p.m., but not because of any fire in the city. A tape recording was made of the sound, for use in & civil deâ€" fence film being presented at the Kâ€"W Industrial Exhibition. The work in connection with estabâ€" lishment of a polio clinic and also a cerebral palsy clinic at the hasâ€" Overâ€"Helpful Car Salesman Scored for Driving Tactics While Guiding Fair Client Magistrate Kirkpatrick criticized the sales tactics of a Listowel car dealer who appeared overzeafous in his efforts to close a deal with a female customer when the two appeared in Waterloo police court Tuesday. He is in the Kâ€"W Hotdpi- tal with a concussion and a possible fractured skull, Dr. P. A. Voelker attended the boy. Alfred Rosekat, 15, of King St. North, Waterloo, was seâ€" riously injured last Friday afternoon when he fell from a truck in Waterloo Park. â€"> £ .. * ho e Waterloo‘s First ©‘60â€"Cycle Home‘ THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE * m ful picketing, he will obey all orâ€" \ders of policement who may be in the vicinity of the picket line and will assist police in the lawâ€" ful execution of their duties, if f so requested. The worker was also ordered to pay court costs. _ The magistrate told Krotz he |didn‘t think his sales tactics were In the case of the odor at Bridgeport, he said, it was not possible to determine the exact source from which it came as both Kitchener and Waterloo have sewer plants in the area. Dr. Berry replied it was recogâ€" nized that Y(itchener sewer plants were overloaded. The steel shortâ€" age still delayed the enlargement or building of secondary treatâ€" ment plant, but added it would be only a "short while" until this was overcome. driye-i_r} theatre at Bridgeport The court is also scheduled to hear charges of besetting against 49 other workers and another group of 14. The 14, also charged with common assault, were reâ€" manded until Sept. 30. Hearing acainst Wilbert Cress of St. Jacobs, who is also charged with besetting, was opened gut later adjourned until next week. gitogether commendable ting his arm around her to sell a car or because he was fond of her." Criticizes Tactics ; In dismissing the case, Magisâ€"| trate Kirkpatrick said, "the| terrible thirfi about this case is | that Miss inspe;éer wouldn‘t , know whether Mr. Krotz was putâ€" , Police stopped the car when it appeared the driver‘s seat was being crowded. Arm on Back of Seat Miss Hinsperger said Krotz was helping her drive through the ciâ€" ty. Krotz, who sat in the centre of the front seat with his arm on the back of the seat behind the driyer, helpgd_ shifl gears. in Krotz said he did not have his arm around the accused and only helped her drive through the city. The accused said Krotz was not a "boy friend" but just a friend of the family. The charge stemmed from an| accident Aug. 21 when Miss Hinsâ€" | perger, who said she thought of ( buying a car from Harvey Krotz| of Listowel, tested the vehicle on King St., Waterloo. Krotz was! with the accused at the time. Mayor Weber said the enthusiâ€" «sm of Dr. Wilson had ‘‘sold" the polio clinic idea to the Hospital ronto could now come to Kitch &rovulc a much i?‘provod service Waterloo and Kitchener themâ€" Charge Dismissed The magistrate dismissed a charge against the customer, Miss Bernice Hinsperger, a nurse at the Kâ€"W Hospital, of crowding the driver‘s seat. selves, as well as for the district He said he would ask the newâ€" he whole north co\dr{:' who «viously had to get polio serâ€" «c at London, Hamilton or Toâ€" Dr. Wilson said the clinic will Can‘t Tell Source {112 Dearborn St. The Reinhart | vehicle was proceeding north on \Park Street. |\ _ Twelve â€" year â€" old _ Barbara |Strome, a neighbor of Mr. Reinâ€" ‘hart and a passenger in his car received two cuts on her right \arm and was badly shaken up in |the accident. She was taken to \the Kâ€"W Hospital for examination |but was released, shortly afterâ€" | wards. Both Reinbart and Bruâ€" ‘backer escaped uninjured. Council gave their solicitor the green light to proceed with whatâ€" ever action would give township residents some relief from this "public nuisance and menace to health." lyâ€"formed government pollution control board to investigate the Grand River as soon as possible. "Steel Shortage Excuse" Reeve Johannes didn‘t agree with the official on hi# "steel shortage excuse".. The reeve pointed out the “overlosd‘mf situâ€" ation has been going on for 10 years and there hasn‘t always ?_een a steel shortage in all that ime." After colliding with the Carse Sign truck, the Reinhart vehicle deflected off the front of the truck and crashed into a hydro pole. The force of the impact dislodged and broke the pole and damaged the car practically beyond repair. Damage tp the car was estimatâ€" ed at over $1,000. _ _ __ A check with the Waterloo PUC revealed that in replacing a hydro pole, the labor involved, etc., "runs a rough $200". Collide at Corner According to Waterloo police, the accident occurred when a Carse Signs truck in charge of 18â€"yearâ€"old Bruce Brubacker, 89 Allen St. West, proceeding east on John St. West, collided with a car driven by Leonard Reinbart DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIRâ€"This car, driven by Leonard Reinhart, 112 Dearâ€" burn St., Waterloo, was damaged almost beyond repair after being in collision with a Carse Signs truck at the intersection of John and Park Sts., Wednesday night. The imâ€" pact dislodged and broke the hydro pole. A 12â€"yearâ€"old Waterloo girl was injured. (See story on this page). A cur-lrucl; c.o'll:;ion a';ithf’ i;ni Sronâ€"emmnemens a iameliniani n ui t i io ce macaninaee ucce us â€" 2 anonne se enase tersection â€" 0 ohn â€" an a * streets at 5.25 Wednesd night B melimoun :g,wt,_fw'_Shelve Idea of Water Intake girl and caused damages estimâ€"| gy ve Stea at 31500 ‘For Arena From Siltver Lake CHILD HURT, $1,500 DAMAGE IN conmag CARâ€"TRUCK CRASH Crashed Into Pole Waterioo, Ontardy, Friday, September 12, 1962 ‘Robbers‘ Turn Out to be Cousins Of Prime Minister Another motion of thanks will be sent to the Kâ€"W Kiwanis Club which this summer sent a local boy to camp for chonically ill children at Cobourg for three weeks. Doctors of the Kâ€"W Academy of Medicine, who for years have been dofi\g tonsil and adenoid opâ€" erations for the Kitchener Board of Health at only a fraction of the regular fee, were lauded at a board meeting this week. Mayor Weber of Kitchener asked that a special motion of apâ€" preciation be forwarded to these Doctors Working For Small Fee Lauded by Mayor It was felt that, although probâ€" ably costly, it would enable some people who could not vote on election day to cast their ballot earlier. The office committee of Waterâ€" loo Council Monday night recomâ€" mended an advance poll be set up on the Saturday prior to the elecâ€" tion this fall The hours of voting that day would be from 9 a.m. to May Have Advance Poll This Year Waterloo may have an advance poll this year for the first time. Recei}.)ts for the month of Augâ€" ust totalled $4,639.12 gnd expenses came to $3,937.19. A bank balance of $1,011.31 was reported. _ Considerable â€" discussion _ took place at the Waterloo Arena Commission _ meeting _ Tuesday night on the possibility of instalâ€" ling a new water intake from Silâ€" ver lake to supply water for the wrena but further action was shelved for the season. Cost About $1,000 Estimated cost of the new inâ€" take was $1,000. The arena now uses water from the lake ‘but at certain times of the year when tne lake is drained their supply is cut off. The proposed intake would be located where a yearâ€" round supply would be assured. The officer making the check found the driver to be George St. Laurent, of Outâ€" remont, Montreal, a cousin of Prime Minister St Laurent Cousin George and his wife received a courteous explanaâ€" tion and proceeded on their KITCHENER.â€"A Kitchenâ€" er policeman was more than surprised when he noticed a car which exactly fitted the description of one used by robbers in the Toronto bank hold‘up last week, even down to having the same three last numbers on licence plates. Arena Manager N. J. (Bun) "Just as soon as 1 finished makâ€" in# fun of Aying saucers my wife hollered at me to look up in the skyâ€"then we just stood there in amazement and saw itâ€"a {yln‘ Residing in the Krb Street W district, the Waterlooite said he was ahuwinhhis yearâ€"old dluflh- ter, Janet, w to blow bubbles about six in the afternoon. He likened the floating bubbles to "fAying saucers" and llufhih'ly told his wife he was "blowing flyâ€" ing saucers" The main highlights contained none of the sensational headlines or front page stories common in today‘s dailies, but still the news proves interesting. Seems a news agent on a train near Cochrane distributed a number of apples Waterloo Man Sees Flying ‘Saucer‘ Do Aerial Stunts for Five Minutes ways "pooâ€"hooed" the idea of "flr‘ing saucers" ever being in existence has changed his way of thinking after an ep.sode on gun- day Published in the building now occupied by the C.P.R. Agency, the yellowed relic boasted some 96 columns, all for the price of 3 cents. Editor D. A. Bean conâ€" trolled The Telegraph for a numâ€" ber of years until its amalgamaâ€" tion with another newspaper. News "Interesting" . l A Waterloo man who has ways "pooâ€"hooed" the idea ~fAying saucers" ever being ex{.tence has changed his wa of the time when two papers wrestled for the control of the city‘s circulation, bears the date April 7, 1922, the year during which the Telegraph was forced ta, suspend publication. D. A. Bean, Editor MOVED AT ‘TERRIFIC SPEED (By Chronicle Staff Writer) KITCHENER.â€"Fragments of a thirtyâ€"yearâ€"old Daily Telegraph came to light last Sunday when a Chronicle reporter removed the back of a venerable bureau mirror in a Kitchener attic. The aging publication, a slim reminder 1922 Kitchener Telegraph Interesting Relic of Fight Between Two Dailies Mr. Cook also said that an agreement had been reached with the New Hamburf Wood Specialâ€" ties for the supplying of hockey sticks for Waterloo teams. They will be supplied through a local jobber. Couk announced that Bob Turâ€" ner‘s 15â€"piece orchestra had been engaged and dances would be sponsored Saturday nights in conâ€" junction with the roller skating. Roller skating will be held first, followed tg;dancing‘ Dances will start this Saturday night and, deâ€" Most of the wooden flooring has been sold and about 900 square feet remain. pending on their popularity, will last on ifto October. FOUND UNDER MIRROR Most of Flooring Sold color of a cloud travelling at an extremely high aititude and fȎ:x'-edvand seemed to be motionâ€" ess for an instantâ€"then "went like hâ€"â€" again." * The Watcrloo man, who preâ€" fers to remain anonymous, said the "saucer‘" moved across the sky "at a terriic speedâ€"faster than any jet I‘ve ever seen", zigâ€" zagged, disappeared and reapâ€" "L never believed in these fyâ€" ing saucers and just to make sure my eyes were working OK I ‘:)t my mother and sister out of the houseâ€"they all witneased the same thing." The story, headed by a Kansas dateline, went on to say a corâ€" oner‘s investigation had been ordered, but apparently yielded little information. Investigations were continuing at the time of the writing. The New LSok for ‘22 was apâ€" saucer!" he told the Chronicle The father, one L.H. Tremblay, had apparently been grilled exâ€" cessively by police detectives reâ€" garding the axe massacres of his sons, but refused to comment. He was found dead the next morning. Among more shocking in the world of the time was the small, oneâ€"column heading: "Father of Sons Hacked With Axe Found Dead Today." c â€" among a family of Russians enâ€" route to a future homestead in the area. When the father arrived on the scene some minutes later he immediately inquired the source of the unexpected gifts and promptly rewarded the "newsie" with a smile of 2gratitude and a bankroll _ of 0,000 _ Russian rubles. The dispatch concluded: ‘"‘The news agent has not yet counted his gift." 5 Sons "Axed" Magistrate Says Hotels Deliberately Make ‘em Drunk Magistrate Kirkpatrick ordered no restitution for damage done in a hotel fracas and commented that he was not here "to assist hotels which deliberately make men drunk" in Kitchener police court last week. The two accused Stratford men, who lPleaded guilty to fighting at the Imperial Hotel, New Hamâ€" burg, were each fined $15 and costs or four days. The meeting noted that tenants would not agree to accept 1939 wages today . .. "then why should property owner accept rents set on this basis?" they asked. Proâ€" perty owners have allowed housâ€" ing accommodation to deteriorate due to poor incomes forced upon them under existing regulations, according to the association. Tenâ€" ants also suffer as a result of this condition and complain about livâ€" ing in places that are "going to ruin". No Shortage In Kâ€"W "The existence of hundreds of vacant houses and apartments in Kitchener and Waterloo while tenants with the cash to buy homes don‘t make a stir to buy supports the contention that there is no shortage of accommodation, with the exception of large apartâ€" ments and houses, and these are being held by tenants at depresâ€" sion rents, who refuse to buy a home as long as they can get away with living chearer in rent and qquite often collect more rent from subâ€"tenants than they pay Landlords with no investment. Many property owners prefer to leave rooms vacant rather than face the humiliation of controlled rents and be controlled to keep the tenants indefinitely. This has helped to create the shortage of Freedom Worth More The relations between tenants and landlords where controls have recently been reâ€"imposed were discussed at length. It was stressed that "the price of freeâ€" dom and happiness is worth more to tenants than the money they get from their landlords in rebates after the axe has fallen." The newlyâ€"formed association will present a brief pointing out that controls are detrimental to both tenant and landlord. The meeting went on record as saying there are more rooms for rent than renters and that "it is imâ€" possible to oveuhu’e and keep the teunuâ€"eagecial y â€"after conâ€" trols are lifted. Thirtyâ€"six aroused property owners met Monday at thehr.dbehwfieklnn. umn.-.&wa:-fiu plan &n official protest to the rental ion g the Ontario Government. A. E. Hudson was chairman of the meeting. He was appointed chairman of future meetings. * Name Delegation A delegation was appointed to press for removal of rent controls at a meet%the Kitchener Housing Committee to be held at the Cig) this Thuruhg"ni(hx. At this meetâ€" ing the Housing Committee will consider the removal of rent controls in Kitchener. â€" » Property Owners Wa Reat Controls Remov The missile seemed to be the t 1 4 Jou see a lot of people around Waterloo with their hl‘g up in the airâ€"don‘t think they‘ snootyâ€"they‘re only my friends looking for fying saucers," he "I wasn‘t drinking and I have three myplo to back me up," the once "Doubting Thomas" told the Chronicle. and around for about five minâ€" utes before it diupflured in the horizon around the Rummelhardt area." shaped like a saucer. At various intervals it seemed to reflect the sun‘s rays. _ _ _0 _ _ playing a game in the sky", he uh; ’lt zoomed back and forth ‘‘The Aying saucer seemed to be playing a game in the sky", he Vogt died many years ago. Coroner Advertises One of the most unique adverâ€" tisements is the insertion by Dr. J. F. Honsberfer, who mentions he is the official coroner for the county of Waterloo. Any "busiâ€" ness" could be transacted by calling Waterloo 165. Ads. Enlightening The Telegraph‘s classified ad. section occupied an entire. page with a few comics thrown into the printed jumble just to make life interesting. Many ads. appeared from readers in Waterloo and among those inserted, it is noted two building lots are for sale on 90 John Street East. The site is now occupied by several houses. Bean was a pupil of the late Dr. Vogt, a renowned musician of his time. Both Miss Bean and Dr. Another ad. features the music classes of Miss Anna R. Bean, daughter of the late Chronicle publisher, David Bean. Miss parently designed to make the little woman slender as possible. The buxom lass of today had no The group will meet again next Monday night at the home of Miss Kleinknecht. A mass meetâ€" ing will be held in the l‘{.fl.l.l[ room of the Kitchener City "Wednesday night, Sept. 17. The costs, according to the maâ€" gistrate‘s order, will not cover one or more broken door panels and other damage at the hotel resultâ€" ing from the fight. _ _ _ _ Both accused men indicated they had been served a fairly large quantity of beer. The magistrate said the hotel will have to go to the civil courts if any damages are to be ebâ€" Of Cigarettes Frost Predicts town on commercial property, qor:lc, business m uz offices, sim/ because W and Luund has been .no-:fl to function freely again on this type of property, according to the proâ€" perty owners. H. S. Eme!l was appoipted secâ€" retaryâ€"treasurer and Miss Ethel existed in plenty of " town on Welcoming some 800 Canaâ€" dian and United States deleâ€" gates to the openin%seslom of the fourâ€"day 45th annual conference of the National Tax Association, Mr. Frost said acquisition of the tobacâ€" co tax would be the g:â€" vince‘s next move in the â€" ation feld. Ehe u:sgcinfion. primarily a Uni tates organization, has a considerable Canadian membership. _ Its members, including federal, state or provincial legislators, busiâ€" nessmen, l.:!e"' meet for scientific study #of taxation and finance this week predicted a drop in cigarette prices if Ontario obâ€" tains tobacco taxation control from the Dominion governâ€" ment. be per Copy, $2.00 per Yaenh To Mcet Again for rent" signs dation that has C A%

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