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Vol. F, ‘- According to a mu: received by u: from Don Schaeter. Water- loo tax collector. it would be pos- sible to follow last week's sugges- tion In this column md have tux- es paid on the installment plan. " such a method were to be adopted it would however. neceao date a larger sum in the ofhee of the tax collector. _ _ Another tty In the ointment of instalment collection would be the 30 percent of homes tn the newer section of the city. As most ot the mortgages on these new homes are held try Insurance companies, taxes are included In the mortgage payment and thug, At is the insurance companies who make the payments tu the City, not the irunxudual home owner There is also the added expense i which would be incurred by the, city and which would have to be' lumen out of the taxpayer's pocket oy-some method or other. The csty each year borrows money un- ul such time as taxes are collect- ed, If It were necessary to carry a large number of taxpayers while they pod by installment, natured) the added length ot tune necessary far the city to hold me borrowed money would re- sult in increased interest costs. Around Waterloo An 1963. me pertcenlage oi cur- '; lent tuxu collected amounted to $13.0 percent. Tins percentage may 1 be the lughebt or second highest) 1n the province of Ontarw. It IS', an interesting tact that while laxeb have increased each year, so have the percentage of collections. Mr. Schaefer’s letter also poun- ed out that a number of commum- ties have installment collection of taxes at the present time. Despite this, records indicate that these municipalities do not enjoy the high rate of collection prevalent in Waterloo. high rate of collection prevalent Other jobs include water mains in Waterloo. on Princess St. East; recapping All in all, it would seem that Erb St West; class 3 pavement, while installment paying of taxes iAlexandra Park subdivision; road in Waterloo might ease conditions l base and dram, Balsam and Hem- tor a few, it might very well leock strata; walk, Murdock St. me means of upsetting the v.e91East; curb and gutter, class l row tax picture as it now exitrta. 'pavement, Diet: Ave. South and Maybe it would be better to leave Stanley Rd.; class 3 pavement, well enough alone. 'Fairfield Heights district and We appreciate Mr:. Schaefer/Spruce St. North. We appreciate Mr. Schaefer's eitorts in giving us the answers to some questions asked in this. autumn last week. J.HS. Waterloo police were recently commended for the fine way in which they apprehended two teen ugers for damaging the sate m the Snider Flour Milling Co. Ltd., premises. Constable Wxiham Heller was credited for his noticing that the safe had been tampered with when he mspected the premises. Sgt. Lorne Glrlmg turned scout for the occasion and actually fol- lowed the bsotprmts of the ac- cused lo their homes If this seems like an incrediblegsiece of police work, take Into considera- uun that there had been fresh mow and the tracks were not hard to make out, Giving credit where credet IS due, both mesa otrtcer, deserve considerable commendation for their alertness Both are young officers. but we would he “hung to state that many older amou- would not have noticed the con- dmun of the safe or the footprints m the snow Waterloo Slsklns are plapng am tine brand of hockey this season' and will ruler the ring against the Sealmtn Baldwms this comma, Saturday sught The Baldwins are threatening to Wipe tne we with the Siskms, but we thmk they are taking a lot‘lpr gganted. That the game will be a hot one his prophesied by those who fol- low hockey as it should be. The Siskins have not backed down from a single team The Baldwins have the same reputation. These are the same teen-age skaters who placed second m the all-Canadian competition at Cal- TNV, They are In,errtber,s of the One of the two teams 1s 30mg to come out on the losing end, but we warant the winners will have worked to earn their reward .1115 --aa an added Inducement efforts are being made to arrange for crack Bgure skaters to perform between periods of the Smkm- Seaforth game on Saturday night kyiir geatlne Club and to see these tine youngI skuers Perform I; alone worth t e price 0 admis- men, sports fans Can yuu turn down In oportumly to see the fast Sis kins and Baldwms play and also have the opportumt of watching some of the finest UL', skating you will see anywhere Better make sure you will get a s. a! by arranging for your tickets now We'll see you {here All but driven are not road hogs. Four times this week we hive had them wave us through when we were trying to make a turn m muck traffV Irs more “an most drivers of prwmn (hrs wth do turn m thick traffic It's more It Is beginning to loot u though than most drivers of prrvat" (It's Bridgeport Road residents may wth do have some hope of eventually rid- There are still a few who be- ding themselves at the numerous C.uige they are drtsung a lime. lakes and ponds now existing think they can rut you oN, shoul- along this urea. der you into nnrnmmg traftk and Work has now started and while generally make a nuisance of we agree it should proceed with themselves, but they do not seem all speed, we also think a little to be in the majority anymore trtrtN supervision would be In JHS wu‘ellent measure at this time Civic workers nre fast l.(~4<vn7 With everyone trying to get tome gm; higher paid and being grant at the wutrtle time, Sometme " Ito- ’4 more privileges than many m mg to get hurt it sumt ne is not peivnte industry hold responsible for directing the In me cases no doubt their hundreds of vehicles using thin m wan-Int the “a. "y Ind mud during the rush hour .1 H S Civic worltn no fast mwum Jrt0 higher pan! and being grant pd more previleges than many m MVIIQ industry What do )uu so), you Wtstyloo ---- __ --. -. ..,........ '3 JWes JHS BUILDING PERMITS LOWEST IN YEAR The value of building permits in Waterloo last month was the lowest since January. 1953, That month the_total was 357.200. Home budding was also at a low mark Only two permits for new houses were issued last month by building inspector Al- bert Fuel. The number of home permits was the same as the January to- tal. which was the lowest in two years. Only poorer record in re- cent year: was m January. 1952, when one home permit was is- sued Only mthlur budding permit flven out In February was one or construction of a new church hall at First United Church. Value of the permit Was $57.- 500, It IS hoped cor‘struclion will Waterloo Hos Authorized $200,000 Works Proiects More than $200,000 in works and gutter, Erb St. West; walk or projects have been authorized by IEllis Ave. North and class 3 pave Waterloo Council for this year. ment, Murdock Street. Some of the work is already un- Storm drains on Herbert Street der way and much at the remain- Sunshine trunk sewer and walk der iS expectvd to be started be- on Bristol Street have been sane fore long, _ Eloned te1At?y.ts. have not ye Workers have begun the job ot' installing road drains on Bridge- port Road. Other jobs being started immediately are laying curb and gutter and class one pavement on Allen Street and stortu drain, on Elgln Street. Two of the larger projects slat- ed to be done In 1954 are laying road base and drains, curb and gutter and walks on Regina St. South and class 3 pavement m the Glen Acres subdivision. _ Subdivision Jobs Three jobs are scheduled for sections of the Fairfield Heights area. They are sewers and mm- nechons, water and other services and road base and drains. l Other Jobs I Also curb and quiet and class " pavement, Bristol Street, walks. Cornwall Street; walk and curb the extra time granted ior hol1- days and sick leaves, but demands have gone about as tar a." IS safe to stretch them. The lush days of unions being to push any type of employer around. whether it be city or m- dustry, is pretty well on Its way out. Unions came about originally because ot abuse of power erer- cised by industry owners and ad- nuntstrators. The facts that un- ions in recent years have m man) cases uut-abused anything indus- trial administration could think pp has weakened their case with ‘lhe general public and many or tnetr own members l At this ume of year a great deal of damage IS done shrubs and {young trees by the constant Vlslls rut cats and dogs, Cats have killed several of our low heavy trees by tsharpemng their claws and m ho [doing leanng almost all the bark Mf the law sections of the tree. "Jotts employ other but num- [he less ellullvc methuds The upswmg of wages and more money for less work has about reached tts peak, " wage de- mands continue, they could rust!) outreach survive dcmund.s and then there ts only one unowexz less employment, While we hate to see a dog "un- p,ytntt" all his freedom at the end of a rope or chain, we do ttunk that uwncrs of all ammuh and thu,. dethntcly mrides cats, should have mum- responxability for the witerubout, and actions ol that peto While we still think It Is pretty hard on an arumal to keep It tied at all limes, people who like to nwn pets should think enough of them to keep track of their whereabouts Just because your nmghnor drrec, not call the pnlue does not mean that he wants your animals on his property. We have had a iot of tomplatrvts on thus matter m the past and am beginning to (eel that stricter regulations are needed Don" get me Aron I own a dog and a big one. f let It run luuse but only when I am there mm " and then only In the fteid beside my home I know every- one hasn't a fieid to exercise their dog m, but any dog or even a cat can be taught in stay out of ftower beds and away from fancy trees if the owner takes the time to go ulth the animal Complete restraint of mals may be some time but It Will tf owners dr to control them JHS these Im- 1n (”Ming not learn beam m the spring and will be tttttge,',',?)';',: at least tor sun- " hool purposes, in the full. The city's total lut month is nearly "00,000 lower than the January amount this year And is the lowest Febrgry_t9tal in the iGGGmir2. "rite" Februar ttg- ures for 1953 and 1952 were {100,- MS and $40,060 respectively. But the total value of building permits in 1054 u still consider. ably higher than the unount for the am two months of Jinan“. The February Bgure, although low, brought the year's total to 8356206, comgared to ”57.685 in January and ebruary last year. Home building is lower this gt," So tar only tour-home per- its have'been issued comgared to M in me same period in I " Storm drains on Herbert Street, Sunshine trunk sewer and walks on Bristol Street have been sanc- honed but bylaws have not yet been passed for these protects. Sunshine trunk sewer and walks! SALT. - The Gttit Knitting on Bristol Street have been sanc- I‘Company Limited will go into ' honed but bylaws have not yet ,voluntary liquidation shortly, af. been passed (or these protects. ter 73 years of business in Galt, The jobs of Installing sewerséEdwm-d G. Warnock, president of will be proceded with early andlthe company, has announced. road base and drains will be tty He said high labor costs, over- as soon as the trust is out of the (product/on in Canada ot the pro- ground, When the weather " "tucts the company makes Ind warmer. pavement will be laid m {high competition make it unwluo the various smtlons to continue in business. l, Officially Open Kitchener Traffic Violators School Witn the purpose In mind of teaching traftic oftenders and oth. er volunteer students the A-B-C of traffic safety, the first traffic violators school in the province was onieially opened Tuesday ntgnt in Kitchener. . about 100 attended the iryum-liiiit ural muting. of the Kitchener/ties trattle violators school held at the child YMCA. Those attending repre-land sented traffic safety councips, tax: city, associations. insurance adjusters.l La transport drivers. lawyers and Mel's law enforcement officers from the nod Twin Cities. dome. Magistrate J R. H. Kirkpatrick; mid the meeting that he was ap- palled w11'n figures revealing that during the Second World Wanl 101,000 Canadians were killed or Injured In active mmbat. Yet tn, um same slx-year period, more) than twee as many casualties were reported on Canadian high-; ways and streets. t, First in Ontario During the recent Korean war, the magistrate pomted out, 300 Canadians were killed in action. In the same period 7,000 were killed m atcidonts. He said the newly-formed tranic school m Kitchener was Ihe first m Ontario but the Idea was not original, Guest speaker Deputy Cummis- stoner James Hoye of the tramc diuswn of the Detroit police. said that traftic control Is one of the greatest prolalens confronting ci- ties today He pointed out that one-seventh T at the uniformed force uf the De- fruit pohce are engaged m trattic contlul 1xork, He said Detroit pm. hoe stop every traftic Violator seen and attempt to reason with the " fender If this reasoning is found l, useless a traffic ticket is Issued. f The bulk of trunk policemen in ms city, the speyker said, areps-, signed to inc frequent accident arm-as during tne ttme mo 1 mis- mph happen Program tor 30 Years A safety program was started in DHrmt grammar schools 30 COMMENDS WAIERLOO‘ POLICE f0frSlhllfT TRACING Of (ULPRITS Waterloo police were commend- ed in court last Friday by Malian irate Kirkpatrick after evidence indicated that police tracked down and arrested two city teen- agers shortly after they had un- successfully attempted to break "pen a safe at the Snider Flour Milling Ctr, Limited Convicted of breaking and en- tering were Gerald Bordman, " Dawson St, and Joseph Brennan, 9 Dunbar Rd, both 18, They pleaded guilty tn the chases Ind were remanded m cu: y two weeks tor pre-sentence reports Evndem e showed that Constable Wtiltam Heller nunced that the ,ate m the company"' otBce had heen tampered wrth, while mak- Ing Ms regular rounds Followed Fri-u Sgt Marne Girlmg followed two sets "t foot prints m the freshly- fallen >nuw and waved the 1m- prints to Bowman's home The second set led from there to Bren, nIn's house ll us a saltsfndmn to the cm- zens to know the police tte sn -triuLrike muul'rlto "id B. thar $12,000 Subscribed to " Charities . ofBcinu "mu may that over 812.000 bun whoch to date in the Ionian“ Chad“ ctuPpaier.t in ttye WQ‘M- L “my..." ... -- -__--- --'" Donor's cud; which have hot- turned in indicate that well om 50 per cent of alums have bull respondma to the “duct for u leet I live per an! M. However. campaign chairman Clay Hill in “than” and Mor- man Putter in Waterloo staph» and that "it'a a long. itrg.t2.""i' to the obiective of 8100, ., A unnamed Mort on tir", ot an 050 “has": an artful tho-1%: on the welfare needs at "he in Cities on the part ot (those cunvuued is necessary, they --.' Company donations to data have been at least Bve per cent above those of a year ago. while donations of local: 303 and 404 ot the Amalgated Clothing Workers of America is up by 12% per cent over last year. . Gal! Iexlile Firm locks Doors bears ago The success of this} "w TG"..',', "YY "D "t'"e iii) i venture is indicated by figures re- _ftr',',tgvi,i,"giT1h','gt,f2li't,"s'"i't'l Healing that 10 years? ago the nv- liiia Hamburg Bind. "rrage Me of DEERE“ hulltlesl It is expected that many sports i'"'? 4rnliat " h ss. celebrities including Tory Gregg, . Additional Mugs vacated 511 resident of the 0.H.A. and Mike itne deputy-commissioner show Wlt'it president of the O.M.. rtllal moat yonn‘ pedestrian tntall- HA. will be in ”tandem along tie, 1recur,ritttirt I block of tht with well-known district sports child's reSIdence. Forty-tiv-tm writers, Othcitti dedication cert?- ltiriii up " a dangerous Me tn the monies will be conducted by the city, tee speaker emphasized. :Rev. Arthur Buehlow. 1 Last year there were 130 mur- l --------. -,. lders in Detroit. In the same pe-) nod there were 213 killed in auto 1 'accidents. In 1953 there werel 184,000 traitic accidents compared lt M H MI with 49.000 felonies. . . . 1 Show Slide- I Sgt. Vincent O1shade, also from ‘me Detroit police, accompanied the deputy - commissioner to Kitchener. He showed a series of slides emphaiizipg tragic ttttly., "You can readily see by _thege figures that the control of triadic tn a major thing," he said. He said that Detroit has now) Kitchener Councildecided Mon- made " mandatory for all new day night to ask the Board of drivers, before they receive their Transport Commissioners of Can- license, to attend that city's traffic lad. to impose a speed limit of 10 school. Over 93,000. he slid. Il-‘miles an hour on Grand River tended the school last year. Railway trolleys at the Kingsdalg Kitchener Police Chief Patrick stressed the need for driver edu- canon and the eventual elimina- uon of acculenls. He said in Kitchener last year there were IO trafflc fatalities compared with one murder for the same period. However, he pointed out, no school-age child has been killed in an automobile accident since 1948. In this year the city entered into an enforcement prop-uni The need now is for an educational program, the chief ”in. . "girGrihr/ -tricJcje-scisoot started m 1950 there have been no cy- clists inleed o_r 1illed, A - mb Sgt Wilfred Heinrich of the Kitchener force demonstrated I series of tests designed to accur- ately Judge a driver's reflexes and ability. He stressed that the tak- mg of these tests by drivers was purely voluntary, complimented Sgt Siptt for the "remarkably Me job" o tracing tht fr?otprytus I A . ___ "hGaiiiGo money was taken from the safe damage was estim- ated It 3300 - __‘ A St Anna men was remand- ed until April " for sentence " ter pleedmg guilty of unless Ldriving Walter Scott. RR l, St. ‘Anthl, Wu Instructed to attend llhe newly-formulated Kukhener ,vmlltnrs trafN grhool Eldon Riepert, 80 Norm-n St. Waterloo, was smtenced to three months m gall after convtcttort on a charge of Cumin. I disturb- ante The original sentence was two months but at the mused} re- qqtat, an addition-l month wr idded Evidence Ind-cued that the Scott cur skidded " feet on dry Bridgeport Rd pavement, Jumped the curb and slammed mm a tree So." and two passengers m the an were ttdmitted to hospital fol- lowing the Mom with “porn- cnl out Ind m Vim-loo. Ont-lo. who. use a. nu May Appoint \Detective . In Waterloo lt o :03th trom Vina-too Chief Lloy Otto II tttut": the 133er have . po detective Tho chief told the Waterloo po- Bee comm loudly that he would like tohlveonemmber of to dog-moat my out inma- |otton work. Ho felt a constable could be gd'; moudtottt-itioppnd.nother mun hired on constable, _ Although the m doing inves- tmuon work would not be u de- active u Brat. his iots would eventually lead to that ot . plain- clotheanm. - 7 ' " we: indicated at the meeting that a new constable might be hired lbout July I and e ap- po.g.ttment We“ that time. I " The COHIMOH was notified that city council had chopped about $4,000 oft its 1964 mum- “at. leaving a budget of approx- irnttelt *n,000. A .... The increased budget from $52,- 785 last year was caused mainly by the addition ot three men to the force last year, the members were told. The force now totals " men. ii Mil l NEW HAMBURG.--After con- siderable planning the program Ity.. the otBcitU opening of the new $30,000 ice plant in the Memorial jCommunity Centre Arena, has _tsettartttnged for Friday. ... . A hockey game between Kitch- ener Oldtimers, and New Han.- burg Oldtimers will be played. The New Hamburg line-up will include all oh ttttltr', champions: John Routh, skalin star and an honour student at 3!. Jerome's College. Kitchener, wilt give an exhibition of ttgure skating. Strat- ford Figure Skating Club will also Perle, l . _ Hib Wiebe and his troup of clowns will provide entertainment and music will be supplied by the Neyy . Hamburg Aysf. KIICHEIER ASKS 10mm. UN" 3 " an. mounts 'iidi, {misr‘ihr‘s' of Second' aitdlcoiiGUtUri" bS'MJ‘VquimL srstuly SHE“! Ayenuei . T uncreases from $200 mnumum lo Aid. John Wintermeyer, chair- man of the railway and traffic committee, sand his committee held a meeting with Grand River R a i l w a y representatives last week In an effort to reach an agreement on the trolley speed (issue without resorting; to the board. \ No agreement was rennin-d however. It was pointed out the railway had on authority and nel- ther did council to make a ruling on what the speed would be Tue only cars, left Is to put the case before the railway board and nsk it to make annrder. It was pointed out the Clly " running a certain ftnancial risk in making this request. The rail- way board may order signals. lights or gates for the crossmgs which will prove costly Officially Open ke on April 2 AYR.---The omcial opening ut the newly installed tsrtifkial Ice has been §et fer April , While the plant has been oper- sting for the past three weeks, with Ayr, Plattsville, New Dun- dee and Washington. still in the hockey plawdowns. mostly all available nights have been booked and will be for another two weeks _ _ _ Tory Gregg, president of the Ontario Hockey Associnhon. will be master of ceremonies ttt the opening night Rutal Teachers Meet at Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT-A variety pro- ;rlm wu presented It I meeting‘ of the North Waterloo Women Teachers Federation last week at) Bri_dqeport Public School l Taking part wrth songs, slut: and piano numbers were teaches: from St, Jacobs, Bridgeport, E t mm. Flor-dale, Winterbourne and MncGregor Schools In Harvey Dundas premded and the devotions were led by Miss Prisctll. Bunch -r irGG-drrGer" m; be held May " It the Pines Inn, Bridge- port “In June Waddell and Mass Margaret Dickson were named deleptu to the region-l unem- hly m Hamilton Mny 1 Refreshments In I St Punch :4 theme were served by the Ladies' Aid at Emmanuel Bundle-l UB can ”no" (itit' their {Imposed mund- m Income caged“! banning 'ureemen! wi Waterloo " I meeting of the board of work: committee Monday night. Civic Workers Request 160 Wage Hike; Grant Firemen Percentage Raise A mung of representatives how 7 e cine workers [anion pro; Representing the union were Harry Bolduc, Gordon Mussel- muI. Steve Mel-nychuk and AV bert Seblefski. The union requested ad increase l of 15 cents an hour acre“ the board. A request was also sub- mitted for the instigation of a po- sition of janitor maintenance at an annual wage of $3,051.52. l Increase Sick have 1 [ An increase of from 12 to 1ttl weeks full salary during absence‘ from work due to non-occupation- l ‘al illness was also proposed. _ Two additional statutory holi- dagswere reguested tor the year - ter Mon " and Boxingpay The proposals will now be con- sidered JT the committee md an attempt settlement reached in two weeks. ---rGiirarentine u increase'frorh eight to ten days over last year. The Waterloo Fire Fighters As- sociation Local 791 were told by the fire and light committee Mon- day night that the city ‘would tt'2tStys JRIO CLAIMS DOVER ST. Io lake Inleresl In Git Mairs "More women should interest themselves in council procedure and iShublio: attairs." said Mrs. W. H. ughes, Waterloo alderman. Gs/gi"',-','," at a meeting of the MCA in Kitchener. Since 52 per cent of women vol- ed in the last election there ‘should be more women represen- Natives on all levels of civic work. [she said. She described the. nominating procedure, how one's name goes on the voters' list. qualifications for a nominee in an election, as well as the routine of inaugural meeting. How the budget ls drawn up and the mill rate set, (Gris ether interesting points of In; mt. She also mentioned that new', Canadinns must reside in Canada. for five years before they arel eligible to vote. . i "Even though then- are certain sacrifices in cine activities. wr men owe it to themselves and the community to become part of the affairs around them." she conclud- ed. PRESION RAISES POLICE SALARIES $400 maximum lor member; of the Preston Police lo1,"j1'lr",U't') according to rank, were voted by _ Preston Ponce Cummxsslon at the annual budget meeting, The mm crease wrll he retroactive to Jan l, TORONTO (Special to the Daily. dunng the Show, to m _ ichronit]er---Detunef, to encour- ‘wnll bt, presented to all lady v _ .. n I - . -- n __, U _.. "fl.r,.._..,._ .,...a n.- crease Will he retroactive to Jan I TORONTO (Special to the Ist. - tChron/tter-Defy-l, to tncour-i [ Reporting the wmmissmn deci- luge still more Canadians to own sion was unanimous. Judge D. S. their homes and to elevate our Charlton of Galt. declared thatipresentstandsti otiivirtg,the Na-; "while the commission IS not an- ilional Home Show, sponsored by} xiuus to raise salaries, the sche. "he Toronto Metropolitan Home dule paid m Preston was definite- Builders Association. will be iiiiiil 1y below the standard of similar in the Industry Building ttt itil;) municipalities. and “as. retiected:CN.E, growids from April I to {in the high turnover of person-l")- . met" t This tte', Home f,1ty prom- 1rmil-ikl) HURT AI NEW HAMBURG NEW HAMBURG-X-rays will be taken to determine extent of head injuries sustainted by Philip Hahn, 13, who drove hls bicycle into the side of a truck here Tues. day He suffered severe concus- sum and ts being attended by Dr T, B, Feick The boy. sun of Mr and Mrs Robert Hahn, was driving his bi. cycle at Waterloo and Byron Sts, when the mishap occurred, Po, lice Chief George Thomas at. tuned no blame to the truck tiri. ver, Ray Rambler of New Ham. burg PRESTON-Subjetl to ofTicial HYDRO Blll DEB“ M NEW HAMBURG NEW HAMBURG --For the sec- ond time In the history of the New Hamburg Public Utilities Comlssion, the lath power bill show a debit amounting to $930 - "Thus Is considerably higher than the other one received some years Iggrwhlch was _less than $100 .Thr commission Pxplams the deb" account IS due to the fact that power ls plld for In twelve "vrtttllments during the year and later a statement from the OHEPC shows the balance as a credit or debt! In pasl years there has been a credit balance, but due to the men-aged u" of hydro 1n the village during 1953, thu additional amount Is owing N ihe figures for the conversibn have been awed and show thet convonion coat the local (mumb- ion at.“ K PAIR GIVEN ‘JAII. TERMS aunt mm amounting to Bve, The the mud three = pct cent per mum for otNeraoentativets, told Carter, and three per cent LT, mum for {Studying and Cart Baum or the balance ot the orce. 1messed trd when?“ t m sett t rent l In. I 310 GV'." emen y 1 John 1'gt"g'ge',',; 21. of Break“. 19nd Kenneth town. 30. of Ham- ilton, were nth sentenced to Ithree you: in Kingston Peniten- tiary in Knew“ court, Monday, when they 'Needed guilty to lchargea of bra-Inn; and entry of Sehrelter's Furniture Company. ikitehener. . The mum: had originally requested I an! tun-mu ot 810 weekly for each employee. Raymond Saunders. also of lariGiaiiiiorTdi aw, -- -ee--- _- Hamilton, pleaded not guilty to i) The cit .', . . . . b s proposals will now similar trr and wns heed by _ be considered by the union and if Magistrate . I'. 1aycke. At??u.t _no satisfactory agreement h 3130 was taken In the theft which ‘reached between the two parties occurred F ebruar y 22nd. ‘an ttrbitration board will ev‘ldent- Brown and Thompson both/ly be requested to consider the have prison records. demands. F uw; Iili0lllll'fhlii1' Three Dover Street residents complained to the Waterloo court of revision last week that taxes were exhorbitnnt and were told the troubles should be taken to city council for consideration and }not to the court. 77 - William Whalen, 123 Dover St., one of the trio, said the Glen Acres subdivision, in which he lives. was to be built tor "the working man" but taxes were too high. He said when he purchased his home he was assured his total taxes would be about $270 to $290 but they are $340. It was evident that others feel their taxes are about $5010 $69 goqhhiah. A Dover §lreel neighbor. Doug- las Swnrtz. “id residents of the street signed a petition for a side- walk at 36 cents a foot but the chyrge__i_s_ 48 cents. , foot. Mr. Whalen slid curb and gut- ter on the street " 22 inches but he felt an eigh-inch curb and gut- ter would be adequate, as it is in some other districts. C. E. Voelker. a member of the court, suggested that the trio might take their complaints to council " the court of tension .annul deal with it. The third HUNDREDS OF FIRMS T0 l This year's Home Show prom- ises to be In outstanding spring- ‘time exhibition featuring all the iroducta and services that go into the construction of a house and tht 'dit/gli,": and serwces which trans arm that house into a home. Several hundred of Canada's leading manufacturers. distribu- tors and retailers of building pro- ducts, as well as furniture compa- nies, paint companies, electrical firms and numerous other Indus- tries closely allied with home- building and home ownership. Wlll participate m the 1954 show, This is the mm year that the residential building industry ha promoted a Home Show ot Inter- est to the Canadian public, par- ucularly home owners and pros- pechve home owners, and there will be a variety of features |nd attractions for the thousands ex- {new to attend Raise Ward Rates At K-W Hospital The K-W Hospital Commildon Tuesday nulhorned In than” trom 8650 to $7 a day for four- bod wards of the horpttals Other rue Increm authorized in a move to union-re rum; costs ot operuion included a 10 per cent ruse m openung room charges, Increue trom " to " I day for nursery charger Some l-bnruory charges Will also be Increued slightly Estimated mere-u m revel“): trom the change; which go into effect May l, " $31,000tor the re- m-imng eight moqlhs of the year The 'board nuthorhed the in. (rate of Fl "1d " crPVPs after they were told that The wlrd rate " St Mnr 's was done“ for February ret1oapiut, Krtchener, Is " 'trd,' £1,660 " and for the year to don The 'NN " " 50 Sister Bu, 2.31010 lporior M uguattne aid no nu In recommending an m- morn-e u planned at present mam," ' _ among-q»; ( . . l, Mr. Btuebing and the with attempting to gain mm mummy with the city’s m 1 tome. "We feel out omens ‘be entitled to the sane pay " po- lice enters." he said. Other proposals not gamed: the city was the request for . houlr week.k The 5tztexnen we "to ent y wot i hours . The Inquest: It autum- days were cut to the present nine. The city refused to grant the tlremen's request that Wmteehto subsidize the government and mu. nicipll pension schemes to being etch employee's salary on retire- agtettt up to $100 I month. Sick leave was mere-ted ttom the present " weks to " with no accumulation ot salary. member of the delegation was J F. Tucker, 115 Boyer St, . Four pleas before the court were successful. eight were un- successful and the court promised investigation of eight other re- quests. Success“! Plus Successful were Norman Koe- bei. over assessment tor from}? Lukas Fries, Bridgeport " charged for flankttge that did not exist; R. G. Halstead. Westmount Rd., messed for street lighting although he did not receive the Service; and John Borsie, 81 Av- iondate Ave. South, whose Dues- ment for an advertising sign wt; human“. -- - Unsuccessful were William Cas- sel, Murdock St.; Don Erdnnn. 163 Erb St. East.; Norman Rau. 44 George St.; Frank Hoswitchkn. 67 William St; Principal Invest- ments. and the three Dover Street residents. The court promised to investi- gate the requests of Harvey Bor- man, 172 Allen St. East; oseph Gatschene. 25 Marshall St.; Hur- vey McGtlltvray, 184 Regina St; Harold Struts, 52 Dover St.; Lenn- ider Strauss, Albert St.; Orley Ut- -felman. 8 Moore Ave. North. Daily. during the Show, roses trill be presented to all lady visi- tors. Every afternoon and even- ing, too. Colin Corbett. one of the foremost organists on this contin- ent, will entertain at the console of the Hammond organ, Decorating Workshop Another Interesting feature will Ire an interior decorating work- shop. This will be conducted by ers Elsa Jenkins. director of wo- men's.acttyities at the Canadian National Exhibition. It will in- clude display s, hints and demon, striations on interior decorating. furniture arrangement, color schemes, floral arrangements and so Another novel feature at the 1954 National Home Show will be a "Miss Future Homemaket" compeUhon sponsored by the Consumers' Gas Company ot To- ronto. This competition is open to all secondary schools In Metro- pohlan Toronto and IS designed to Increase and stimulate interest In home economics for high school "students Grant Smedmor of Toronto is general manager of the Show while W. E Maybee, also of To. ronto, " chairman of the sponsor- nng mocmlwn‘s executive com- mittee creases, Walter Hatch, hospital gtdmrntstrator, told the commir sion the hospital might face "in- creased costs salary-wise" shon- 1y, He emphassred. at the same lumen that further "forts were be. m; made to keep costs down by budget control m the venous de- putmenls A _achedttle of rawc m compar- nble hospitals m Ontttrto w" presented the hand. whtch showed that the and run of u " was well unmr the IVQI'I‘O "It of $7 Ind "