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7.1. ttT,No, a wank. “no will open Prt- day night of this week in response to the demand for one night a week when husband and wife or the whole family can get out and shop together. Indications are that an agree- ment between the merchants will keep stores open every Friday night betwen now and next Janu- ary or February, This will be the trial_ period, taking in as. it goes Around Waterloo um. yum... --- -"' the lesser amount ot buying dur- ing the summer months and the peak period of Christmas. If at the end of this time, the merchants are agreed that the public really do want one night a week opening, then it is thought that night opening will become permanent. Merchants are optimistic over l the proposed opening, pointing I out that in Waterloo, shogpers I have a wider selection to c oose from, plus a great amount of free parking. Other communities which have neon staying open a night or two‘ " week, have managed to attract caiditional business and satisfy I Im- demand of the buying public lnr an opportunity for the family I Jrk ohop together. l J.H.S. I In Fergus where storekeepers L are divided in their opinion as to i', ..nether they should open Friday " t r Saturday night, and where 1 mine have opened both nights, one I L‘l'l/up is advertising Friday nigrt/ _ pcmng. while the other group ad- tt-rtisey saturday-night shopping.‘ The Fergus News-Record prints I the tollowmg short stories, and{ .uys that while they do not mean anything, they do throw sidelights _ on the present picture. Andy Foote, aged 94, was inter- l viewed by the Guelph radio sta- tmn. He was asked what he thought about the row over which The other was a remark over- heard in a Fergus store, well af- ter nine o‘clock on Saturday mghl. The proprietor was bush. mug around trying to serve a; may still full of customers. He War, heard to say: "1 hope those 'ulhcr guys never smarter: up." It is to be hoped that Waterloo merchants will be subjected to the same kind of business pressure now they are opening on Friday mghts ' l According to Chief Lloyd Otto, l then their ability to compare and present parking bylaw does not}apply needs some adJustmg. 1 cover hours after 8 p.m., and if. The $1,030 salary increase giv- me new night store opening to en the Waterloo 'city clerk brings come into effect this Friday "sre-ljfis total salary to $6,530 a year. atrs a parking problem, then steps ‘Kitchener City Clerk Charles “Ill have to be taken to remedy lLips, administering to the needs the condition. of a city tive times as big as Wa- A thorough check will be madelterloo, receives $6,700 yearly. The by police fur the next couple of [Waterloo clerk has ten years' ser- Friday night openings, and if Itzvice. Lips has served the city ot Is inund. as is expected, that the lKikhener for " yea“, Friday night shopping create?, a Ald, Ron Buddell said that in parking problem, then the p01‘celhis opinion the clerk, treasurer Will recommend to the traffic com- iand city engineer should receive' llllltt'c that the present parking l pay increases because of the extra by.l.ew Le changed. . . ihours they put in. Most people imam-f expressed the opinion wil agree with this _ within that suru a change would be reason . . necttsary. it was his "Pye!'. that Ald. Doerner claimed that over- .Ftuduy night shopping m Water- burdened Waterloo taxpayers will loo would pruyexery popular. lnot be happy with increases up to __ “L r--'. I‘m-Id Tm- cluvf u that such a necttsary. It Fruduy night Bedlotd's Drug Store has now been sold to Fred Blainey. The new owner IS presently employed at Hahn's Drug store. . L “L at nan-Ia Ann, 9"... Primarily because ot health, Howard Redford is moving to Florida where he will operate a motel. - Waterloo Council, Monday night OK'd the purchase of a 83,- 100 electric organ for the Water- hm Memorial trrena, It is thought this addition will attract more roller and ice skaters. .. _ I A " LA.‘-- Howard claims there are more varieties of fish m the waters near the motel than even this writer could identify. With sea fish, thut wouldn't be too many. " A wuunuu . “I. .w .......,. We are sorry to see Howard leave Waterloo, but certainly wish him the very best with his new venture. Fred has already gained recog- nition In Waterloo as a tine drug- gist, so It is expected he-will be able to retain Howard's customers without too much trouble. J HS. _ Waterloo Council, Moy dyp mun m... “V _.._.,., This ex‘rendilure had tetterl justify itse f in some way. Water- loo taxpayers“ are getting just I little tired of supp9rtin4 I white elephant of such prirportioeur. .1115. Now that all»! baseball _has Now that also: baseball been bled out of existence in terloo, we are wondering wl gum; to foot the many se.,? - . . -- qu., ..n wt" In“. v..- e. m, lerloo, we are wondering who is gum; to foot the many park bills formerly paid by the ball club. Senior ball was not only a big auradmn in this city, but paid far more than " should have for the small considerations received from the city. - - Waterloo taxpayers no ritaing more than eyebrows in pursuit ot a reason for the hefty mere.“ of ti,030 Increase given City Clerk Gwen at Monday night's meeting of Council, They are Blso wondering where the compnrative Mum come from the council memhen spoke of, " they were referring to Kitchener, they _"... "H V -V JMS Waterloo “thy"! J.H.S Ti (iDtrde ARTISTS' PARADISE - Over 75 art students from centres in Central Ontario converged on the Conestogo district last Saturday and painted the rustic scenery of one of Waterloo County's oldest settlements. This artist is shown painting the old flax mill. The sketching tour was planned [by the Five Counties Art Association. Waterlooite Wins Gold Grad Medal l Incl-1’, rum-w..-“ _.-----' W. Grott, Kitchener; Richard luv Eton, Kitchener. , Awards to the graduating ch: 1954, of the University of West- iern Ontario included one Water- looite. -. _ _ tA burdened Waterloo taxpayers will r not be happy with increases up to : $l,000 a year. We haven't heard a taxpayer disagree with him. , Increases were, no doubt. need- I ed by the city hall staff, but a private concern that would hand 4 over a one-shot raise of 31.030 1 would be swamped with applica- l, tions for jobs. Wially when 1 there is no guarantee that further ‘ wage demands will not be made. J.H.S. We are told that main reason more industry is not locating here is that available land rice: are , so high as to he prohibitive. ' Something like 30 dollars per , foot is the asking price on one piece of property. The owner . must think he is located in the _ centre of downtown Toronto. : 1.3.8. Received a letter this week from a gentlemen who signed his name and then a pen name of y "Fair Play". UIlC. Winning a University gold me- Any person writing us a letter may have it printed by the same procedure. If you have the cou- age of your conviction, sign your name and give us I nnme you tish printed with your lager. This gentleman pointed out that while all other laws are en- formed, that governing the free- dom of dogs, WIS not. In other words: while there were laws W! a dog had to be tied during the summer months, there are sun large number of them roaming " wall, destroying ttower beds, ‘shrubs and carefully tended llwns - This IS a lar, factual truth. Numerous indi all: do not take proper are of their dogs or see they are cont1ned in regard to the law, In some can. these people do not have property of their own and do not are it their animal damages the property of othen. Actually the fault rest- with the Hum-he Society hey Ire Jup- sed to pick up all dogs not can- R‘rred during the period stipulated, That they Ire not doing a toh is evident m the numerous animals naming at large in both Veter- loo and Kitchener '1: did for the highest spanding in the iiirihar oChonor courses was Nayda Schultz of Waterloo, Eng- iish and Latin. Nayda Schultz ox “alclnw, ”.57 iish and Linn. l sTRATFoRD.--Norman W. Rai- . . e tar, Waterloo, last week was Two district. women wer Wound guilty of dangerous driv- among those recetvtng bachelor of ing. He was fined $100 and costs, arts degrees Irom Ursuhne 'ite {Costs were $180. lege, ",'fg,'n"g, g W63“! 'ls The charge followed a collisior lane. " are ame t on " ‘between Raitar's westbound cm Elma? and Therese Wintermeyer. d tho d at driven b lot Kitchener. They graduated 'le h". sith' 'lrlhli'ld, NY , from the general course, grade 'f, -mmp.nl “'1er Juan“ " 1 no uuuam; I CB- to at: on ten leuve the her the lights le. whole an of topsoil subsoil tsl son Many n ere the citrs "9 with cud over the per thousand: 3;: would col " the :10 god en Bttoul the few, tractors , {it instigate e of large Bet city its I :3? begun! l your "Re Ol [you vidual , out bought I a en- (om-nu free- urea wh other on. He 'that ml eftty the hundret “mu through in: It Who bod! - o ended mum. just np, The (ollowing district students were among those recommended to the senate for graduation June Sth. From the graduate studies, An- na Schoderhoeck (German and French), Kitchener. Class n-start- Bowman of Kitchener and Bruce Powsett of Kitchener. From the Bachelor of Arts hon- ( or courses: Ruth UKehttttrt, Wa-' terloo, phychology. class I. The district students were among the names of 514 students who will graduate this year and take part in convocation ceremo- nies at the university this Satur- day. A law that is fair for one . . . is fair for all. Dog owners would be well advised to obey the present law lest through their negligence iiiliy force a stérner one J.H.S. Person- living in the vicinity of new housing areas are com- plaining of the sand which blows over their new lawns, gets into their new homes and even into their food. They point out that it costs a lot of money to landscape proper- ty. To have it destroyed through no fault of their own, is rubbing them where it hurts. col A few years ago, sand blowing over a wide area did not exist. Building contractors were killing to take one house It a time and leuve the topsoil and sod to hold the lighter soil in place. Now, whole area: are bulldozed clear of topsoil and grass and the light subsoil allowed to blow at will. Many residents have asked that the citr.cover these hare sections with calcium chloride. This would, over the period of a year, cost thousands of dollars, all of which would come out of the taxpayers' pockets. On the other hand there IS no god reason why home own- era should antler for the benefit of the few, the few being the con- tractors who build homes and who instigate the bulldozing of these large sections of land. Ttee the . I _. gnu“ A- "saor 1...: mm..- .. VG, city is us mach " fault tor they allow this action to tile plmre. On the other hand. the contractors ttp'" directly through Bn.ncial “in. __ . '__-- ac--. a- nu. huh. gun. The only lower then is the indi- vidual who ha already built or bought I home and has been un- fortunate enough to do so in an urea where trther. building is going on. He could, through the gain- ful efroru of others, lose several hundred donors and a lot of work through no fault of hin own. Who is going to bear the ex- pense of his loss? The unswer. of course. is he himself. There is just no way he can collect How- ever, the civic .dministratioet of every community have I duty to protect their uxpeyers uninst such unnecallry lost Wrench them the connector responsible for bulldocin‘ at! the protective top soil Ind sod, should be made to my for It lent severttr-ttve oer-cent of the cost of the atrium percent of the cost ot the CSKtum chloride with the city paying the haunt-e, " cont-(tors refused to co- pper-u. then a bylnw should be ttes, prohibiting the uncovering no mm mud thin II needed for 3:0}e'iround Gun II no immediate building needs 1.131” -ii,ijii"iiii,iiii/ Organ For . titi) Arena The City ot Waterloo urn-M. mousiy agreed My niqttt . tutanee the "new at I - chem: organ to be mum at the Waterloo AMI. The music vided by tho or gun. it is (drown unmet - roller and ice skating cum and will be an adv-nun It tttn various civic inaction; held.“ the arena from time and time. C. J. Doerr. claim” of the arena commission, told councillou that two electric organs were in- stalled at the arena 50m: time Mo on a trial bull. Attendance Bgures tor the ttrat six days of _the a.rretlr,ilt5 skat- in; GGG GG" itaitsted Inst W: be said. This increue was " - buted to the orpn music provid- With "canned music," Mr. Doml said, it is ditBcult tor the Weter-‘ loo Arena to compete with out- side amusement centres. He felt the Boor at the Waterloo Area: I: equal to any other nearby cen- tres. "We will hive a better prov duct to sell if we have an organ," he urged. mAldv Durward Preston Agreed that the qg-gan makes a "tirritk ditterence." Waledoo him fined $100, Costs The charge followed a conision between Raitar's westbound car and an eastbound car driven by Lee M. Kent, Hinsdale, N.Y. -ime accidehl occurred during a heavy snowstorm a! the Little Lakes on Highway T on March 20. Church Belief Ionic d VP (imp "Why I Believe in the Church"! “In the theme cl Int am. meeting ot the young News group of Emmanuel IN, in! ‘Uniurd Brethren Church. Iner- loo. Special music was provnded by Douglas and Donald Hallmnn. ac- companied at the piano by Calh- erine Hallman. - Fouls were read by Ruth Becking and Audrey Kopas and the scripture lesson was read by James Lacey Kitchener Man Seriously Hurt In ,Wellesley Mishap Three men were hurt-one seri- ously-and damage was estimat- ed at nearly $1,400 in three dis- trict accidents last wgell'gnsi1 L Swim "wile w!".') A Kitchener man, Jacob Liehty.1 was admitted to K-W Hospital with severe shock and a head cut following an accident in which the car he was drivinf hit a guard- rail post and rot ed over near {Welleslex Friday night. .. iiiiararhitted wais a passenger, in the car. Floyd McMillan, 23, of R.R. 2, Wellesley, who received face cuts Mined Tun Provincial police quoted McMil- lan as saying the car, making a left turn at an intersection near Wellesley, failed to negotiate the It went out of control, hit the guard-rail post and rolled over coming to rest on its wheels. Both men were thrown clear. The car. an old model, was listed a I to- lm wreck. WANT PROVINCE TO" PAY 75% OF LAUREL CREEK DAMMING An appeal will be nude to the provincial government by the Laurel Creek Wlunhed Commit- tee for IU", cent of m estimat- ed 8245. expenditure for the "umming of hurel Creek end. its Hribuuria L "mm...“ The request will be mid! through the Grand Valley Comer when Authority. Committee members made it clear that probably the Ttee,' would go ahead, only if pet cent of the cost were obtained from the government. Bald Pam W'h% In proieeta of this hind, Iaid Chief Engineer A. H Richard-on at the department of plannin and development, the r,",':',','.",".".', baa been paying only % per cent. However. Clayton Done" pointed out that in aeveral pro- jects completed recently the 'OT- __.__W i in On I tour to three vote council- l 'g,gggirf,t,'hr,rt "tttest-As-li, and. 'a um whedule with I the exception ot a catefory maxi- mum clause. Ald. Nei S. Harris atmtained Irvin voting. Tb "tum-y maximum clause wu situated so that city hall "nNorees would rench their 'tttttli',' usage: in three, ffl'f, ',lf " . epen ent upon e 1mm? service. This chm, It was felt, would tend to eliminate bargaining be- twun the city and the association tor I number of years. However, Jim Gny. representing the Baso- elation. told councilors that there m no guarantee that the associ- ation would not ask for higher wages in future yen-s. He said that association would have accepted a long-term saUry prognm if the city had not decid- ed at. a tIve per cent cut-back ot wt;- of all employees earning over $4,000 a year. This we; done by the once committee of council when the original agreement pro- posed by the association was pre- natal some months ago. Aid. Farr Hog-{n}? Giistioued whether a mechanic, listed as a SUFFERS BROKEN mm tit CRASH Damage totalled $1.000 and a Waterloo man received minor in- at!!! in an. accident on King t North, Sunday night, . In!“ {ultra-a. m John St. East. had teeth broken, left wrist sprained and was bruised when his car was in collision with a ve- hicle operated by Miss Enid Bar- tleman. " Bricker St., West. According to police Miss Bar- tleman was passing a can and Kuilman turned out to pass a parked vehicle when the accident occurred. Damage to the Kull- man car totalled $600 and to the Bartleman vehicle $400. 'iii"h"i'i"7, Tiiiaua Mon- Ioeting a all councillor; As the aftermath of a car-bus crash Friday on No. 7 highway, a half mile east of Breslau, Edmund Bettridge. RR. 2. Breslau, was _ -. .1 III "__-.'..,' . mt m ttls, IIT, sun Ano- 'jliiiililii1iiiii,ii W. Wale-In! ml of Deunugt. B..... ... u. -.P"""P v, _ admitted to the K-W Hospital with Iorehead and chin cuts. Damage was estimated at $700. __ _ ' .. ,_:.l AL.» n-ou on"..- m. _e_P___ei-e-"'" . Township police said the Gray Coach Lines bus was just starting off after halting lo discharge a . Elan-5. _ IS a , The timsncial statement showed 1 a net operating surplus so far this year of $3,964 while to the same l As the aftermath of a car-bus date a. year up there was a net 1 :raih Friday on go. 7 higEivay. l operating deficit of $3.392. _ rial mile east of reslau, mun Bettridge, RR. 2. Breslau, was , “1"" WNW _ admitted to the K-W Hospital . Nas, or wetkr.olttchettr, Crt- with Iorehead and chin cuts. ticized the. WWW“? government Damage was estimated at 'TOO. yver the tyruryr lst its decision to Township police said the Gray Increase theandigent rate to he Coach Lines bus was just starting Paid ‘by municieiitiet: ' . off after halting lo discharge a Irs too bad they didn't decide passenger. earlier. We have to .fi.nt another . $11,000 which we didn't budget 87.. Damage for, and we budgeted pretty close- The bus was hit from behind 1y." by the auto, police said. The car Comission Chairman C. N. We- had about $500 damage and the her said the Ontario Hospital As- bus about $100. sociation has stressed the import- Damage totalled $400 in a two- ance of proper timing of the deci- car crash on King Street North, sion. Waterloo, Friday night. "We urged upon them that they u ___a_" C.. ---- A... ;.. «am. an that councils - ----'-_- The bus was hit from behind by the auto, police said. The car had about $500 damage and the bus about $200, . - . it Police said a car operated Robert Martin, Elmira, proceedi north on King St., hit a park at owned by George Wunder Kitchener. . -- . “Satanic to the Martin car was estimated-tAW and to the Wun- EF'Iréhiéle tits eminent hu paid up cent. - 7 Survey of the are- hu been completed by Kilborn Engineer- ing Compcny of Toronto. The $245,000 climate it, only a prelim- in-ry report Ind does not include no“: of Inn! that would be re- quired, said omcals of the com- i"i'"'i"")"""-dlii.r.rrits Offiiee Staff . 1 'ante Flliikes "P '1hr)lif_/?ir1.., _" puny PM. Tvo - If the project was completed beside the ttood control treoettta, it would rovide excellent recre- uion fungus. slid Mr. 909251.) Previous plum have lnCIudeo four dun: to be built on two "ret-ts-ire Creek and part of Laurel Creek. It would lake 12 hours for wu- ter to ttll the four proposed dams. Meeting With the Waterloo tsuthorities on the cumming are representatives of both Waterloo Ind Wilmot townahips math-l Eligibility king Duet» um “I, §|u||. iy night. "We urged upon them that theyl a car operated by come out in time so that councils Elmira, proceeding, could budget for it," he said. St., hit a parked The commission alm considered George Wunder of another financittl problem at the meeting-in connection with the he Martin car was polio centre operated in co-opera‘ 125 Ind tothe Wun- tion with the provincial depart- ' ment of health.. . " . . 3‘52 included built on two reek and part toN per ""ii' iirGe in no one ivorkin tor himhe mm got 'Ul'l'fA'lfd'I 'iiriiiiruiiE Muel- ten. Chi-l OI Mr. Oke pointed out that thee. reticnlly the mechanic is the lore- POSSIBLE $II,000 GAIN WILL Illltltilfiiitl Ji-Ill HOSPITAL OUTLOOK Under present regulations re- wrding indigent patients, the K- Hospital will tpettfy1t Felt ik iétrbactive rite increases, the hospital commission was told Monday. If both Kitchener and Waterloo decide to pay the $5.25 rate for chronic patients instead of the $3.75 required. the Bgure will he about $1,000. it retroactive to Mar-gm? . . (The housing and special com-) mittee of Waterloo Council last week recommended that the full statutory rate of $5.25 he paid for chronic patients. This recommen- dation, however, has not been pre- sented to the city council for up- ('ll'r'lJ'll/. The hoirpirai knocked a net oper- Ming de6cit of 82.117 in A rii, who: the (to. tide" no tll': 274. T ‘ Gross deficit to date for this1 year was $47,969. compared to 436326 for the same period last year. . "if we get the full increased rate retroactive to Junuary. the picture will be about the same " - .. _'-" - -t.i....oer- ER fl year," Walter Hatch. Ot the gross deficit of $47,969 sol far this year, $42,149 is listed as amounts written oft for free ser- vice to indigents. For the same period last year this amount was only $25,197. "The indigent situation is wors- ening", with home indigents be- ing care for it was imiicateg. h -- ..,, WN-A, -_; u. n Ill. tun: Iv. .- ___ -9ee-iie-" However Mr. Hatch said, "the operating situation itself is bright- ening. a -- " . “-7-4 -_4 -Ln... IIICIII UI Alwyn»... The commission entered into the agreement with the under- standing patients or municipali- ties might be billed for amounts in addition to payments, made by "he province for polio trentment, Not Applicable Mr. Hatch told the commission the department claims this is only applicable to isolation hospitals and maintains its guments of " a day plus " for p ysiothenpy is all to which the hospital is en- titled, i. . -Br, ..-H_nO- llllcu, Recalling that polio patients from areas outside the county are treated at the hospital. treasurer J. G, Brown said "it doesn't stand to reason" that the two cities should make up the difference be- tween the provincial payments and the actual coat of treatment. The hmpital loses in more way Ittn one on polio patients, said Mr' Hatch Because of the nature of the diaease, often patients are placed in aemi-private or private room; while onl¥hthe regular rate in re- ceived is out: down on the hospital income Part of the hospital's deficit ___ . l. I er.-.' due " noted “no ”I“. Mr Hutch said am the prawn» cinl department of Mann med tho Del.“ cl 82.717 irrorihe hospital's amen is to this, Chairman M J Smith, -sditT Gdministrator 'hi l C? I‘ll" T" 'e-" Elm of his dzEmnent and then-cw tom tarantula. Aid. elm Dorie tainted that att tom-n. mama and super [hand-ab Ihould be under the toad at Work; union and not the 0M association Aid. Ron Buddell and that these men are not union men Ind con- uuqently they were tempted un- der the atatt deoeittiom ' L -iiaUriiGarGuu under the one. with: in the past with the amnion ot the mach-nit. AM. In. Hughes pointed out. Councillor: were edviud that it then men were not accepted by either otBee or Board of Work: union they would be (owed to join another outside union. "We don't want another bar- rlr.tt unit, so ta" about it," id. Donner repli . lt we- at thir point the! Aid. Humid Putin unsealed that an amendment be nd ed to the orig- inal motion layed. by Aid. WThe original motion re- commended that the, category hospitgl's facilities in other ways is (veil. -iiCissychitrtric clinic, operated by up prqvinge in qutrttrs pro- vided free by the commission, was an expeme to some extent as pa- tients from the clinic were often poor financial risks. It was also pointed out thatl rates for the pathology depart- ment services paid by the pro- vince might be in need of adjust- ment upward. Mr. Hatch told the commission he was writing the department immediately for clarification on the polio centre's position. The government's stand was af- fecting the hospital's position with regard to insurance payments for polio patients as well, he added. Start Pork _ Band Concerts “his Sunday Series of summer concerts by the Waterloo Musical Society Band will begin this Sunday night in Waterloo Park. The band will perform everv/ Sunday night during June and every second Sunday during July and August. The senior band is scheduled to provide all concerts except the second one which will feature the juniors. Plans are being made to have guest artists at each pro- gram. The Waterloo band will also {nude " the Waterloo band fes- ival. June 26, and will perform [at the evening festival program. Woman Shaken " In Crash m. _P..._r..._p_ w.” ,, NEW HAMBURG-hers. Clay- ton Litwiller. R.R. 2, Petersburg, WIS admitted to the new Hospi- tal Saturday night following a ‘twocar collision on Highway 7 [and 8, east of New Hamburg. “Eh: Trdra's condition is con- sidered {Ivor'abla She suffered intense shock. .. . According to police, the acci- dent occurred when a car driven by Clayton Litwiller proceeding towards New Hamburg, made a right turn into a driveway and was struck_in 1he.,rehr, bynn ca: driven by Baden. The Litwiller vehicle was spun against I tree and turned around. According to Police Chief Geo, Thomas, the Sham: car travelled over 300 feet before coming to a ‘SEOP' u t a - -»A~ . 11-4 AA...; Inl- tull- awy. In addition to Mrs, Litwiller four other passengers In the car were shaken up. They were Mr. and In Earl Litwiller and two-year- old daughter, Diane, and Mrs Ben Werner. R.R. 2, Petersburg. Commit Petjury Susped for Irial John Campbell of t5ridgeport, uppeer'mg in Kitchener court thu; week before Mtutistrttte Locke, in eommitteed for higher court Arial on I charge " perjury . Preliminary hearing was waived. The charge alleges thet Clmphell made a lalsv statement when he nppelred recently on an assault charge Alleged is that Campbell per- iured himself in "ying I girl did not have Inylhi to drink in sight of the “can. W my Chronicle (logospinfdem) Gh;ii'siaitz,' "Rat, 2, E519 mlxlmum chute}: iatqhat.hed) the moment. But AM. P“ teit t mt. clau- thonH be eliminated in view ot Mr. Gui. remarks the the cityjnn no Fe: uu. that the still and“ will not uh for higher m. and After legal consultation it “I agreed that both motions attmrid be handled individually and In!» tn unendment ndded a au-t. will. against the mean u bled. by Ald. “W APhAtt wud Preston slid the 1m“ JfiGtattnaaoeutiortis"vV arable". However, he tett that future councillors should not b. ‘obligated by a set category may" mum mic. “It is my duty to he fair to the will and it is also my duty to to hit to the taxpayers of Watt- loo," he empttasiaed. He said the salary Wu- tions ot the "an and-don an based on the experience of other municipalities and comparable po- mitions. (The wage scale proposed by the sum Asociation wu based on a Kitchener job evaluation plo- uam conducted by a ttrm at Kitchener engineers). Aid. Preston felt it was moot ditBcuit to secure lot, comm After making a private survey, in said, that he found that the scho- dule set-up by. the ma associa- tion did not compare with similar ptlsitions in other industries and any tit n Not limo.“ He said that his informatimt was not only secured locally but also by an independent survey group. "If my information is cor- rect the junior sun of the city hall is not “only national“ now," he charged. "A mic: ad- jusunent in wages is not Mo any. Ald. Preston felt that mutual raises are in order for the city hall stall at this time. In a brief, prepared address, Ald. Doerner charged that me- times co-operation between the various departments in the city is not "very good". He aid that major increases were worded the city hall once not! _inat you. "Overburdened tarp-yer: are not overjoyed with increases up to $1,000 a year." the alderman on- phuized. "Do taxpayers know that the city Employees are earutngt" In aske . He queried why all council members do not handle such ma- jor decisions as salaries and not leave it in the hands of the two committees alone. He said that committees take up to Bee or six weeks to "thrash things out" and then council in turn is expected to make up their minds in two hours. Opposes Motion He emphatically opposed the motion. - _ . . Mayor Frank Bauer advised that the work was divided be- tween the two committees to ac- celerate action on the various items handled. This system was (inaugurated in 1948. he said. The two committees should amalgamate for major decisions which concern all alderman, Aid. Doerner replied. I“ . City Clerk Robert Given, in supporting a category maximum scheme. said the staff association has to "fight and argue" each year [with the aldermen over the tmt- ary schedule. He felt a long-range let, would eliminate these annual occurrences. _ "Anyone is welcome to know my salary," he pointed out. Mr. Given said the staff association has been "fighting" for a number of years tor a salary schedule which will compare hvonhle with other "progressive muniei- palities." _ . , k l "rartainiy can't see the in- creases proposed," said Aid. Doct- net Mr. Given pointed out that he has been employed thy the city for 10 years. He said tho! the starting salary of a parched“ agent recently hired in Kitchener was $5,500 annually. “I do I bit ior work for the only." he said. . (Under the agreement accepted by council, Mr. Given will retain a wage increase of - this year. His salary will jump from $5,500 to $15,530. He is now the second highest paid civic em- FGra. W Entitled To henna Ald. Ron Buddell felt the clerk. treasurer and engineer were en- mled to major increase; because they work no set minimum houn ench week, Their work, he aid. unvolves a lot of overtime. He felt there was I laxity on the part of previous councils tor not granting wnge menu“ to some employees earlier, Aid Mrs Hughes felt um such Intangible ttungs Is overtime work should be taken into eoqtaid.. eratmn by the rsty when “limb eration by the city when “isn‘- mg salary schedules. She ul the high standard of workers an be retained by keeping the v... scale at a tugh level, "I! Intangibles don't add up to be something 1 don't know what run going to do about I city hall shall] Ald Hughes said. The four councillors opposing the cnlegory mnxlmum when. agreed that no guarantee, h-d be. given by the sun association that the muzlmum scheme would be adhered to.