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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 1 Oct 1954, p. 1

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As things now operate, resi- dents do not have a chance to ex- press opinion until the matter has ween approved by at least two ' Ivic bodies, at lead one of which 'y does not know the situation other than second hand. - in the North Bay area have led for an immune in the It» gal spud limit. They point out .fhuuuwuljy tequila! In} mph There will be ho plowin? done at night m there well be on of time for those unending the witches to Co thowin‘ it there I: anywhere to, 'o., Must of the men alundinl will he mmanivd by their wives and m many use: their families They will have to have "Komgno- datiorur, [and Ind In mun cue. will. want to shop. . _ $io Indication that Waterloo merchants intend staying open during the plowing match is yet vndent, although between 200,- and 300,000 persons are ex- ted during the time of the event While this talk my be just so much wishful thinking on the part of a few..them could be some truth in it. Talking to one of the electrical 'hell",,'",',' dealers who advertises _ riday night opening, we were tadd that he intends opening "every" night, "Those outside the city we haying open nights and are tak- ing many of my beat customers because of their evening hours, Large appliances are bought by both humand and wife and dur- ing the day the huaband " work- ing " Kitchener council doesn't like WM? staying open nights. then they'll have to dislike it. I'm saying open anyway? _' Many other merchants have told us that while they are not m a position to start the my]! opening move. they will certain- Ay go along with any group that does mike the "You. Shade: of Wan-rho . . _ III over "ain. T J.H.S, he stubborn because they have allowed themselves to be placed in a spot, the reason for which they have nut pruperlz investi- gated. and are now In! that others do nut agree wtth their 3111mm. How murh better it would he it in the first place the Manning Board had gnne to the residents " the area enacted and asked how they felt about the shopping tentre. In." Inn It that Kitchener stores will remain open ttet. during the period between I. 12 and Oct. 15, the dam of the Plowing Matches. Just how a city, the size of Wa- terioo can justify its expansion If it cannot even provide trans- portation is hard to understand. There's an answer to every prob- lem and with the amount of time and money Waterloo has spent on civic improvement. wouldn't it be a good idea to spend a little on the people for whom the im- Ncrovements arf_eceasary'. No body of men, regardless of who they are, should have the authority to change the rating of u residential district without ttrat havmg the approval of residents. There are far too many sections of the mty where small industries and stores have been located and where lo all Intent and purpose of those residing there, the pro- perty has last in vglue. A _ That the procedure now fol- luwed is wrong is evidenced by me approach of both the author» hes concerned and the restdents. Home owners concerned have had lime to consider the situation and approach any meeting with atsttytrrtses, m a disturbed and probably hush": frame of mind. Some authorities are inclined to This is supposed to be a demo- cratic country, yet procedure of obtaining permit for building could hardly be called democra- tic. Application is made by inter- vsted parties to Planning Board. They in turn recommend to camp cil and council passes it on to the Ontario Municipal Board. Admit- tedly Municipal Board hold hear- ings before sanctioning any ac- tion " procedure was as it otrould be, the Planning Board before making a suggestion to “no“, would check with resi- ts of immediate area to ascer- tain their feelings. - J.H.S. Reeergt 'mrtests by residents of the Westmount - Alexandra area where opposition was made to the proposed erection of a shopping centre, should never have been tttEttsa.ry. _ - - She points out that in the meantime, kindergarten age chir. dren Ire rials. bicycles through heavy trunk: " their only means of getting to and from school. . We heard of one youngster who had to visit the doctor this week. She lives on the outskirts of this city and because of the ex- penne of I taxi. she walked. The doctor took one look and ordered her to bed, yet the long walk was necessary regardless of her con- ditioo. no plug a“ 3M majori- tran M We wondered aloud this week why it is nec.es- sary to wait to: the new Datum» um Life building to become ten- ants! More any bus service can be given to that um. " wily hangout Ion mph allowed in the mph not. J.H.S, H. as it seems unlikely. a anus» tion should aria when? it was nhmluu-ly necessary tha moil be moved during rainy weather, then thou making the mom, trom the effort Mb: m- sible for ole-Mn. up the m... There has bun altogether too much le-way allowed both the trucker: Ind building teades and in time a but In. and. Planning at?" It? or side, walks with mu it de i Mir' Iic purport! and alum g It with moor inglr. There should be no mreeptions made tthd the " terloo wnrh department could be bryyeht under the up: ruling. Kitchener. Preston, Gill and other centres whwh have done everything to slow highway trunk to a 'uneerouearrl, please note. two or three weeks. n number of hard sudoce roads on Whttrloo have hoen under "when ot mud, simply because truckers of those In charge of them would not wait tor dry weather. Research has recently proven that high speed " a long way from the bad boy " has been pic- lured. and that more “News are caused by careless and thought- less drivers than those drrving at a high, controlled speed, so the speed may as well be made Itatal. A similar brhh-in, eftected through a rear Window. was dis covered at Mitchell Motors garage when it was opened Tuesday morning The safe was found upon and about $100 gone. Nrighbors believe that the break-in there occurred around 3 am Mount Forest Provincial Po< lice are also investigating. Miss, ing are a cash register and $50 in change‘and bills. TWO BREAK-INS tiff IHIEVES $150 dag night. imira Police Chief Harry Jar- v1.3 is investigating reports that a car with three page" was seen in the neighborh of Ging- ridi's Market, where entry was made through p cellar window. at about 'ISO in two Dwarf-Vii; which occurred here during Mon- datnight, 77 If a Province-wide policy is adopted this might remove need for the many arbitration hearings, R, G. Given, city clerk. felt. (in Endorses Province-Wide Arbitration _' The board ts to consist of one representative of the Provincial Fire Fighters Assumahun and the Provincial Police Association and a chairman and two members to be appointed by the Ontario Mu- nicipal Board. lTruck Hits Store Front A city ot London retolution asking that a three to tive-man permanent fire and police arbitra- tion board be established in we province was endorsed by the office committee ot Waterloo Council Monday night. The resolution pointed out that the establishment of such a board will aftect uniform arbitration tre- tiun throughout the province. Alexandra School in Waterloo has 33I ,including 41 kindergar- ten; Elizabeth Ziegler, 510, 65; Empire, 211, 30; MacGregor, 600, ' . Saharan? shoals in the larger of the Twin Cities total 2,921 sur. depts and in Waterloo, 708. Our Lady of boards. 202; St. Louis, 389; St. Michael's. 117. There are no kindergarten: in the Waterloo feparate schoor system. Total kimierganér; ruiiiiiGitrG in fhe Twin Cities is 1.332. The Waterloo pisbjilrairoos sys- tem has 228 (inn-year pupils. " School Registration Totals 10,900 Enrolment in Twin City ete- mentary schools totals 10,900 af- ter the first three weeks of school. The more accurate thture is based on recent records from the 23 Kitchener- Waterloo schools. Earlier figures were compiled tretry actual and estimated lists. Kitchener publié scholisfiriGn has 9.825 pupils and the Water- logsystem, 1.625. The front end of the truck was damaged and the livestock had to he transferred to another truck. The store front was heavi- ly damaged and produce was spoiled by the glass. "vutoch mad. (I wird f and a when he ',Nt'2.',t,e,', by I truck drivca by My!) Cram}! I?uhlimytoliee_eia, he Cronin truck. loaded with livestock, went out of control And crashed into a store .window owned by Joseph Dean, spread- ing glass and a variety of vege- tables over the entire store. SI-IAKEXPEABF. - A “an (rum came out second but . I c'aT truck collision " the madrs III- terjecy'on ltre Ting, wt. _ -- ills. 'V V -'__ (bang-only Quin. tht plug EL."TAcrccttsh /oot js placed Tex-lens N)t?emt, 33%; a is The reeommertdtttion and the tumult!!! on ro-operation nppur- named from evidence on Hugging of X-I’Iys after lurgery te, ' or? Ind smarter-q "new". Vern when. An Malian an. and: in Before the third xfny could be taVo, the bor's bean 'rtopped {ad beg-A done on the boy, t Dr. . M. Been, the surgeon. the m was told. naked that an X-rdy be taken so a decision could Be made on whether fur- thqr sugary wn indicated. An Kray was taken hut it failed to turn out humus: a mlu~ tion in the darkroom was too warm. A second X-ry was: taken Ind it wasIuoyryytuuuetory. Durtng the two night sessions the Lusty had heard more than 7% hou of unfunny from " wit- M The verdict was returned "ter nlmmt an hour's drum-rs- "We believe there could be hel- ter compaction behave": the opetmting room and radiology de- partment." .the jury ply? nan _ The lad‘s heart had been met med back into action after it stopped beating on an operating table bot he ied In; than six hours later, The verdict recommended outnA mm temperirturr 4xtntrol, be m- aulled in the X-ray darkroom which is part ot the operating room's facilities. No blame ha been launched to anyone in the death Aug. 24 at the K-W Hospital of tttree-year- old Brian Schnlrr of Waterloo. Better Co-operation at K-W Hospital Suggested By Jury The coroner's jury found the - of death was cerebral anu- xia (lack of oxygen to the brain) raging; from they-Mine arrest. The car, an old modM. was wrecked. Waterloo township police said the 1964-rnodel auto went out of control and rolled over. bass was about 82.800. Ouch, driving alone, was not hurt, He told provincial police that the front shock Number broke nnd put the car on! of um- trol. Dumage estimated at $300 re- sulted when a car driven by Clay- ton Ouch, R.R. l, Bamberg. left the road and turned over in the ditch tt mile north of St. Agatha. Loss to the McMahon auto was set at about $200 and to the Ro- benson car $300 or $400. Frank Kirkman. Milton, es- caped injury early Tuesday night when the car he was driving was wrecked on No. 7 Highway, near Breslau. ctr was; wrecked in a collision at the intersection of Highway No. 86 and the Floradale road. The other car involved, driven bv William Rohertaon, Kitchener. wu entering the highway from the sideroad, police said. Joseph McMahon. St. Clements, was ndmitted to K-W Hospital m Inm_m (he)! his Driver Hurt in Two-(or (rush One driver was injured and damage estimated at over $3,600 in three accidents on district roads Tuesday. CONESTOGO. --The Bve-team horsepower unit being brought from the farm of Thomas Scott of Cromarty to the International Plowing Match will provide pow- er for a Tty-year-old threshing machine with hand feed and straw carriers. The thmher is loaned by Wal- ter Stroll. It is thought to be the first one sold by Waterloo Manu- facturing Company Ltd., after it bought the business from Mr. FIRST Thllfi!Mill MADE IN WATERLOO To BE EXHIBITED dent ist the Club. CROW SHOOT WINNERHohn Motrer (left). chairman ofthn cont/est committee of the Waterloo Rod and Gun Club presents a $25 cheque to Wot Linwood. winner of the club’s crow shooting competition last Saturday. Mn VII Winner of a py9bit:ra.dio in a club draw. He is presented with his Arr Fred spun, gtmab “my. .7 p,; 9. The solution was um too warm on the second attempt. John “when, chief terhnicinn. uld he found the developer "hr too hot". n we; probably above .0 degrees when it should hive been as He indicated he would like to Mm Douort said xhe took the mm to the darkroom but u turned out blank, The solution had been too warm and the omullinn melt- MI” Edna Dahmn, the led-mi- cian uh" responded to take the operamrtg-room X-ray, aid only a 'tight movement of the boy’s hend was needed to Ill-p the tum undrrnoatrt, She estimated it " an Inch. ('nvrrml m the evidence were evcrtts from the time the boy W“ admitted alter he reiewed a nkull frtrrture when ntruck by I cut Aug. 2Oon Moore Avenue in WI- “who. Not Fat-l Type The injury was not of . hull typo, " was decrded, however to (-lovalv the depreased piece of bone m-ar the left rye pocket. The anaesthetic lube "Tet, in tho air way can cause I re ex Experimentally it has been shown that a twat! arrest can be pm- dorod tron such}! stimulus. he said No one could say what caused the boy's heart to Mop, doctors tetttitled at varmus points. Then are many possible can”. the ju- ry_was told. at the tlrst hearing 8‘? u all that m the taking of -rt'" the head had to be outmded to get the proper mlhoueue. the chest and 'tte hettrtrrteaaed, vreia.nt R. J. l'uwtineuu sug- gu-slrd that a money-raising pru we! be iicld this fall. Mr. Marr showed colored pic- tures he had taken on the trip and commented in detail on each scene, Rev, Frank Malimky ex- tended a vote of thanks to the speaker; Treasurer Frank MacNamara rt'purlvd that 31,126 was nt this year Iur child welfare 'WI', is the highest figure ever spent in one yvar fur ttus cause. Comparing prices, he said that food and services in B.C.,and the Yukon were only slightly above Ontario prices, but in Alukl prices were v"; high. There, a hot dog costs 5 cenu, an ice cream cone 25 cents, a newsm- per 25 cents, a'hotel mom from tl4 to $17 a day and a haiwul 32,50. A. B. Quonnell, chairman of the membership committee. reported that there are only 51 paid-up members. which is the lowest muybership recodedb -- He described Alaska " the In! great frontier where the venture- some have gone in the past and may go in the future to make their fortune. H01 DOGS IS: I ALASKA. MMR IM ELMIRA CLUB ELMIRA. - The highlight of Tuesday night's meeting of the Elmira Community Service Club was a description by R. B. Hart of his 5.800-mile vacation trip from Saskatoon, Sash. to Anchor- age. Alaska and back to Vancou- In Stroh hands the machine was never left open to the ele- ments and as a result the paint job and striping are in good shglpe. A - _ -- 5 - It never left the Stroh farm err- cept for a few days' threshing tor the late George Wright. It is the same one that was on exhibition at the Waterloo County Centen- nial at Waterloo Park two yeah Bryck_in the yearly 'tAl's. However, Dr. Bun in making Pe Hist typrirur Sam. " In] the Ya,,,trr2',,'t'", get ' notiaea in such c... mam; on... ' (numb - ot the heart _ In Add Marne shallow Ind quickly Mopped. He said he lined the drawn; und aw the hoy'n (ace my"; "ehen white". The-put- was of “verr poor quMttr and very do". He "ritehed from unaesmetk to oxy- strum. aid the hoipml oqut tttnt yuan-I 't,u",'1','ltda1'l'l't In detaining" the mummy. Dr. Curr 'tid/ burg trreet.hN Olly 0-. (have Dr, George indicated he felt movement of the tube In only on. ruihle can“: of the heart "mt fr: name one: " or " tum. an uknn, he said Crown Attorney Harold Daub man referred to the previous mention um heart arrest j,'," tre caused by a am. moving n pq- timn air WI). Two 1ltrtt to “he I picture would doube the hazard, he guilt Dr. George said troettrol of the room tempernture would be poo- able. Automatic control: on the operating-room unis would be nun. expensive. he said, aiding that with one pun-dbl: exception he knows of no like ttoqrital which bu than Wm War-h. " the department I: fore- grned iX-nys will t: regatta. equ ent can - F Dr, M. 'r"li'e%'l', rudiology de. partment head, and. " it in an arm-money an. a Wuhan available is sent He said the day and the room were very hot an: he felt tt room temperature ad van t to the wqrnth ot the Leg,'. Hope Io Relieve Phone Congestion k can “(In Inch emu. [ . _ . an... " “Chem, 'ommenting on the dinnet, said it is of majot import- 8MB. Wurud Penn of cm, peeai- dent of the branch Irma: repre- sents no “him said it win mark the branch'l an! venture into the are Minion tteid. He and then_ue leuolu indus- Sprinting " the dim will be Haro B. McFarland. director ot ind a! relations at the Detroit tranatitiasion department of Gen- eral loan-s. Mandi” will be [nests from the' Twin Cities. Brantford, Quaint. Gan. Preston. Paris and "KENMORE WWW ofr,Mrt mi i. -eeuaioTa, cm. "A m io0iiiiGriiGr. my , W,',liil am In: year. n we] -i Gif -fCiGiiik fo7ihe are to destroy the "ttregrroor' plug“: which 4,100 had been ler put the spa t sl'iijRtiri,1'li'ii't, Week 'tte di Oct. tt It Raisin Grove. name: the digits» Incubus of phat prisms, ted/ttii; execu- tiv." "ed new»! wt may M‘Cnnadinn Industrial Man- 'yreert J.uso.efptiort, 9W Y!!- No one will ever know the Wilt" “glen, Imp-piggi _|&nlpi The lines presently service the city hall otNes, the recre- ation mminion and the Chamber of Commeme once, The committee recommend- ed that the Reereotitm Com- nns.slun and the Chamber of Commerce be asked tur Bur gwliom u. alleviate the slim anon or else install direct telephone lines to their oftices, An attempt will be made to relieve telephone congestion at the city hall. The once committee of Wu- terloo Council wu told Mon- day night that complaints have been received that out- side parties are unable to Contact the city hall because the three telephone lines are aittLays_busv. All! 10 WIN-over I30 participated in the Ahdh annual Kitchener Police Association shunt Inst week. Contestant! as shown competing at the firing line. The new arts and scicttre but; ding Will be dedica1rd hy Itesr C R, Cronmiller, preeudcnt "I th, college board of direwtor., Following the opening and do dientiort, "pen hour will lw ht'lcl Honorary dogmas will be mm» terred at a tonvoration in thr Mutual Life auditorium Hm tol. lowing night. The 104th coovocatttrn of lhr University ot Westcrn Ontzlllu with which Waterloo (‘ullrgt- h “hunted, is in nhurvamr of th, dedication of the new budding Will Open New Building This Sunday Dr. Franklin Clark Fry or New York City. president " the Unit- ed Lutheran Church ot America, will be guest speaker at {hr oftr, cial opening of tho new Waterloo College building on Sunday Greeti s will ho (‘xlvmh-d from Dungould Widu-y of Wash- ington, mretar of the UIWA, and Dr. G, E. i7,u', vim-whanw-L lor and president of University of Western Ontario. 'mvmvfiafi" iii'iijiidiiitis TO, SHOPPING 1fililfitf ti' Mr. Hatch said that so far this year there had only neon two sus- pects. and neither was found lo nave the disease. One child-a 1963 polio case-is still in hospi- tal. An encouraging aspect of the picture was the fact advanced ab: one ot the reasons for the low oc- qeer-the [wk of puny» a; of. 2'03 was the "IowTest for some time." -ihe August gross deficit figure was below that fur July, which was $22,743, - _ _ A Administrator Walter Hatch told the hospital commission Tuesday the 72 per cent m'cupan- cy rate for August was the lowest recorded, while the average agn- K-W Hospital Deficit Now Up to $103,107 The K-W Hospital last month shryted. a. 'rofs deff_cit_ot $29.04!}. Other ottteera include. first vice- ptesident. Fred G. Daniells; sec- ond vice-president, Bob Murray; secretary, Charles Daniells and trogasurer, Grant Swarlzentruher. Several guests were introduced to the meeting Wtei"'gg Sid- ney Brown. are included Charles Cans. new; proprietor on the King Edward Hotel; Malcolm Home at Steiner Motors; Leon- ard Lorentz. New Hamburg and Newton Thomas, barrister of New Hamburg. . - -. A ' in Ween the . 'Mt'X,', and the city consider T payer's objections in» mam-l a parcel ot land by Man! Road, T M Watt and Alexandra, MM. it. citiefpplied some time 330‘ "an ririiif lot which constitutes hm are: named from a Kitchener and Waterloo is mm “at” tat,t,gge bushes on mm." Continuing he said the W to 1110 mtruction of a taxpayers in the are bought thiatoge commuglty shopping their home? in what they considr can. Indiervice station. ‘ert-d a residential area. He said - Mo m1 .mL-y were assured at the time Ah ontario municipal board _ that the zoning of the area would hearing last week reserved jude- not be changed. E. F. RllTZ HEADS BOARD OF TRADE NEW HAMBURG-E. F. Ritz 1n: elected president of the New Hamburg Board of Trade at a meeting held in the Memorial (immunity Hall last week. t' m tulle and city .ttev,eeertiisit on the city'- with“ Reuregret.t a! Wampum about 15 taxpayem of the l '---. M -I-...- _..-;....... I .,:.,A_ Hoioier, the two helped to up A repiirt on the Seventh An- fer, 91-5“). QéWJd-e}! Contributing to the deficit is the fart that " per cent of the ‘pam-nls in the Kathleen Scott Him-nit pavilion are indigents. IMr. Hutch sand Occupancy now ‘15 lit-tween lt,'ti and 110. about 'double that of the chronrc unit Jw‘m-n " was located at Knoll- uuvd Park a your ago, Whmlt00 PAIR AWARDED $2.040 Judson ttpproved the settlement of $2.040 in favor ot Mr, and Mrs Manson Ball!” ot Waterloo at the Ontario Supromo Court Monday. Mr Baltlvr won $1,940 tor dam- Hi,'" to his car in an accident near Gtworactowr, last year, Mrs. Bal- tler, driver of the rar at the time n! “no arodvnt. wusawarded $100 Mr personal iniuries suttered m tho rullislun Attemptllreddit At Drug Store An unsuccessful krrvak-itt was ullmanI-d varly Thursday morn- m at tlw Corncr Drug Slurp. King and Wulllmn Strccts In Waterloo. ~kl'h‘h) hut police believe the ab “mph-d break-in was made be- Ium-n 4 and 6 o'clock. Nu damage was tlotto other than Hm rut ~(‘l‘(‘l'll Police said a screen cuvormg a “uh-u had been cut. Details are For last month, a figure of $t3,- 805 is given as the amount writ- ten " for free service to indi- gonts. Subtracting this from the arms dofkit gives a figure of $6,- 243 as grass operating 1lcqirit, For too your to dam amount written "it " free '/ttti',e aer- vicr, ts gum An "vu; J.1. and tor the same pound Inst yum “A337. the gross deficit for the Fear so tar to $103,107.65. Gross dethcit to the end of August last year was $96,859.6t. The next dinner meeting will be the annual meeting to be held on Oct. Wth. Previous to the meeting a din- ner was served by the New Ham- burg Women's Institute. He urged those selling advance tickets to report sales as they are made. Voluntary help was asked fur the preparation and building of booths for the frolic. - C. o. Kruspe showed two color films on the vacation lands along the Blue Water Highway and in the Niagara Peninsula. wmhm A. Green, " Weat- moum and. one antenna foe the taxptuTts, told the committee "an awful lot which constitutes Kitchener and Waterloo is built on with." Continuing he said the taxpayers in the are bought their home? in what they considr ered a residential area. He said may Pere usured at the time nual Frolic to be held in the are- na by the Board of Trade on Oe- tober 15, was given by Horace Zehr, chairman ot the thiance and project committee. In: to istered objecthns. A iA'i'iiif, of about I) tax- payer! _ " night med the lame and on, development com- "ti.1ttr.tot byewne the urea. VmuoN,---Mr. Justice Wilfred L‘Ironw in. Elo- r"i' an A dnuhlr garage wtll cumpnse the ttmt storey, On the wand Noor will be two madman-I otBres and a rut room will be built on the third floor. DiirTu1'i'iiiN, " run by " hot. will ho hum at brick, A three-starry “(Mm-m, proved ing mainl for gnrnur and "ttire 'll5dll'llu,/C, Is undo way at Superior Hm: Cesrttimrty, Ltd, 63 William m, East, Wnterloo The bonrUtion hm been laid tor the strurturo whwh " expect- ed!" Ge nunplolrd this fall Khy Hush, supertntcndent, nu ported total pumpngv In August was 48,587.")0 gallon“. turmptsrtO to 47,523.30!) In the rorrr'spond- ing period last year Power den mend elm Jumped [rum 9,3935 kllowalta to It.337 Fifty-two new water and " new eltwtru, sl'l'Vltl‘m “or: Hr null”! m August mu! " we: SPF vices were de-nnhnunl Build Addition h Waterloo Plant Report of W. G, Woods, some» lary-lreasurer. shnwml that there were I? ttst min watrr healer ap- plications In August, "ringing the yrar's [Mai to 190 Manbers npprnw-d tho Installa- hun of '"xAauwts on palm In the William Street pump"ttl sta- tton at a cost of about slit) Advised to Con-Ida The "EFF. pmntmg nu! that the dolwntun~ (Ichl should not be any greater than Mt per cent, asked "ml the commission Cort- sider carefully any further ex- penditures until ttte balance Is more favorable, In anotlu-r letter trom the "EH: the cummxsslon was In- formed that to meet its estimated capital expenditures the electrical department for l954 a debenture irele of $225,000 is required. This would "tcrease the deben- tum balance to $506,000. greater than tio per cent "r tht. total elec- tric plant tttpit'" of 39001)"! In I952 the PUC pod $1.770 to the city but In several other gram :1 delirll resulted (rum the clecs trlcal operations. When a letter wap, received from the Ontario Hydro Electric Power CummLumn notifying the Waterloo PUC of as $7,070 sur- plus, the cumnussmn agreed to lurn over the money. The HEPC asked the local commissioners to give the funds to the cny. Provision In Act It was puintu-d nut that the Power Cumnussnm Act provides that where a surplus of deficit re- sults frum the supply ot electrical power or energy for municipal services "r a municipality the sun plus shall he returned to, ur the detlcit collate-d trum. the trem- urcr of the munn'npnhty. _ A "gift" of $7,070 to the City of Waterloo was authorized by the city's public utilities commis- sion last week. said. The money represented a sur- plus from the 1953 supply of elec- trical power for the city's muni. cipal] services. The committee decided to refer the objections to the planning board. Aid. Mrs. Hughes felt that the committee, at the time the change was approved, did not realize that the rezoning was in this particular area. "We were all. ynder a misapprehension." she $7,070 Surplus Given to City he!" Centres R. C. Rowland. vice-chairman of the Ontario Municipal Board, told last week's meeting that the board prefers to establish com- munity shopping centres in areas similar to this rather than "odd corner stores." At the municipal hoard hearing, John E. Hanstord. said most peo- ple in the area would object to trucks delivering supplies to the stores. He said some at the peti- tioners felt the stores “would not tf, trig enough to be of much VI- ue." Some of the delegates pointed out that they presently shop at Belmont Boulevard in Kitchener and ttnd the arrangement satis- factory. _ A - how many residents within this radius approved the rezoning. They acknowledged that the ma- Jority of the delegation lived out- side the 200-toot radius. The meg-£131. ,iaririiii that tttar- payers residing within ao feet of the proposed §h9pping can!” were 'adiriscd of iEE-iéianié-Bi zone. The delggatipn quqliolged The delegation also felt that the rezoning would dmouragq fur thy buildjng in the area." Not t3-tneqd . "No 00e can convmce "rue,', a shopping waln- must I follow where people build." E Green said. Another delegate. C, N. Hull. " Wentmoum Road South. claim" that no one advised ttim.9t the proposed zone change until the: the city had arranged for a muni- cipal board hearing. 'ttere it no reason for ratepayers to be put behind the eittht-bau," tie ctqtrgyd. , Referring to the munjcipal board hearing he and he got the impression that “as soon as peo- pie started to object (to the pro- posed change) the board thought there was annealing wrong with than. We_don’t li8tit/' he said. 'Nr m are“ Nith with s.-- what's going to happen to the onfnstho come behind us?" be

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