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on our I:.nh, but so far nothâ€" ing has changed a great deal. At this time of year, all motorists try to prepare menâ€" tally and financially for the strain â€" of â€" supporting _ the government in the style they have voted for themselves. We re‘er of course to the qurâ€" chase of new car and driver 1icsnses, for which we pay far more ‘than present driving eonditions are worth. This hbowever, is not the main bone of contention in Waterloo. We are a comâ€" pletely independent city, but we have ‘to trot down to the ewburbs of Kitchener or the town of Elmira if we wish to purchase a car license (who Last yea@r there was. A rather feeble effort made to have a license bureau opened in Waterloo, se that at least if we have to spend the money, we"didn‘t have to travel miles by car and foot to do so. The existing â€"government turned &;v;inr‘itjhe v'oid, probably doing as is their habit, little or nothâ€" ing to find if we actually neceded one. It is our humble opinion that last year‘s council gave up too easy. It is our earnest supgestion that the new counâ€" cil take off their padded kid gloves and go after this issue with little or no discretion and lots of might. We get a little sick to our stomack with the laâ€"deâ€"da way of doing things. Pressure can be exortx@ on government to a point where they have to give us what we want. Lets exert it. . DESPITE MR. WEBER‘S conâ€" tention ‘to the contrary, their seems to be just as many parking meters in Kitchener that don‘t work, as there are that do. Its either that or we .get ing. This of course seems pretty unreasonable, but we suppose it could happen . . . once in about a million years. Too, there is stil the stupid proceedure of allowing trucks to lpg all the passenger @ar parking space while the truck parking spaces stand empty. These drivers should be proâ€" secuted, but we don‘t see anyâ€" thing being done about it. After all, what‘s sauce for the goose, should be sauce for the pander. If the truck driver can hog the passenger car spaces, why can‘t it work in reverse. As it now stands, if you park in a truck space, you get a ticket. What kind of stupidity is this? It seems to be everyone‘s opinion that Kibchener parkâ€" ing as it is now conducted is just a racket to extort money legally for absolutely nothing. Sooner or later it is going to backfire on those administraâ€" ting the thing <It might be sooner than later. HAROLD PAIKEN WAS forâ€" mally installed as mayor of this city at the inaugural meeting, Monday night of this week. We keep hoping each year as a new council and mayor take office, that they will do someâ€" thing constructive to improve the retail section of this city, ailflthoser which need fixâ€" (Continued on Page 3) J.H.S J.H.S. FATALITIES IN WATERLOO Waterloo, for the _ first time in a number of years has completed a year without a traffic fatality. Actually. it was more than 1% years since the city had a traffic fatality. The last one took place Jan. 22, 1956, on Bridgeport road. The fatalityâ€"free year is described by Police Chief Lloyd Otto as "most fortunâ€" ate." & Vol. 102 WATERLOO NOW 3,532 ACRES Along with Waterloo‘s anâ€" :»Ho-t‘e nexation of 530 acres °f!t;he Waterloo Township which I Club an extra work for the city‘s with came into effect Jan. 1, came , ; | Jecte works department. | _ C D‘Arcy Dutton, city engine~ | mem er, said taking in the extra| area means maintaining an i ~~~ extra mile of road. ! _ Snow removal and garbage collection will be affected to a certain extent, but the city will not have to buy more equipment at present, said Mr. Dutton. J. A. Martin Honored At Banquet â€" Ir;‘crlrfirding the new annexed area, the city now consists of $3,532 acres. The Ontario Society for Crippled Children and the Kâ€"W Rotary Cluwb has paid triâ€" bute to J. A. Martin, 76, of 41 Allen St. East, Waterloo. Mr Martin was presented with an engraved silver tray at the "Alex Martin Day" ceremonies by A. F. (Gus) Penny of â€" Brantford, past president of the OSCC. The presentation was made in honor of Mr. Martin‘s 35 years service â€" with the _ crippled children‘s association. Alongside his wife, Mr. Marâ€" tin listened to Rotary past presidents and former chairâ€" men of the crippled children‘s committee of the club recount his history. He is a native of the Lonâ€" don, Ont., area, and was deleâ€" gated by the local Rotary club to attend the Windsor meetâ€" ing with 15 other Rotary clubs in 1922 to form the OSCC. He has since served in various positions with the group and was former chairman of the Rotary Club‘s crippled childâ€" ren‘s committee for several years. Presently, he is honorary chairman _ of the _ crippled children‘s fund of the provâ€" incial group. Mr Martin came to Kitâ€" chener in 1919, two years afâ€" ter he started working for the Dominion Rubber Comâ€" pany in Montreal. In 1932 he was named general manager of the tire division and in 1939 was apâ€" pointed viceâ€"president. Mr. Martin, after the preâ€" sentation, said the reward for the work he has done is autoâ€" matic because of the "inner happiness it creates." ‘ A _ request â€" from â€" Grand mt." Hotel, the Lancaster Hotel and °* )i the Grand â€" River Country | Club that the vote we held without a petition was reâ€" | jected by Council. | â€" Committee â€" chairmen _ and | members were appointed. Mayor Paikin Addresses " First 2â€"Year Term Aldermen _ Bridgeport citizens. will soon be receiving a petition reâ€" questing a vote on the quesâ€" tion of cocktail bars and dinâ€" ing lounges, it was indicated at the Bridgeport Council inâ€" augural Monday night. At least 25 per cont of the eligible voters must sign the petition. College Students Travel Far: Quebec Waterloo College students studying Coâ€"operative applied science courses are receiving part of their training as far distant as Quebec. j Those students who started in the September section of this newâ€"course are now workâ€" ing in industries all over Onâ€" tario and some in Quebec, J. G. Hagey, president, has nounced. Although Waterloo‘s popâ€" ulation increased by 1,032, from 16,330 to 17,3852 last year, only one person, aA girl, was born within the confines of the city. The first of its kind offered in Canada, the coâ€"operative applied science course started in Waterloo in July. The hundreds of other babies who are Waterloo citizens were actually born in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Hospital. The course combines pracâ€" tical work experience with a college education through alâ€" ternating threeâ€"month periods with work assignments in inâ€" dustry. t Three â€" Waterloo â€" babies were born at home in 1956. The populatinn increase for the year was 6.31 per cent. Waterioo Ontario, Thursday, January 9, 1958 The college‘s coâ€"ordination department arranges industâ€" rial employment for students in companies that obligate themselves to provide work that is related to the courses being taken by the students. Last week the original 35 students who started the courâ€" ses in July quit their jobs and returned to classrooms for anâ€" other three months. Mr. Hagey said about 100 of the 150 new students will register â€" for â€" the _ sixâ€"year Only One Baby Born In Waterloo MAY ASK BARS FOR BRIDGEPORT A.ppgvximdvd!_ 50 who have They are: . Hydro, David Wismer, chairman, Ross Weber. Roads, Mr. Weber, chairâ€" man, Mr. Wismer. Cemetery, water, weeds and sanitation, George Gastmeier, chairman, Owen Kraatz. _ Fire, fwlice and light, Mr. Kraatz, chairman, Mr. Gastâ€" meier. Donald _ MacPherson, _ the reeve, will be a member exâ€" officio of all committees. Mr. Gastmeier was named chairman of the finance comâ€" mittee comnrising all members of council. their grade 13 certificates and will be registering for the fiveâ€"year course, he said. The course was described by Mr. Hagey as a revolutionary move in Canadian education in which students will attend classes and work in industry throughout the entire year, cxcept for~two weeks holidays. During the year the deâ€" partment of the city clerk, D. F. Preston, issued 74 marriage licences. About a third ‘of the parties applyâ€" ing for the licenees came from Kitchener. A delay in building plans for Waterloo College Associâ€" ate Faculties‘ new proposed $1,500,000 _ applied _ science building earlier this year failâ€" ed to halt the courses. f In 1956 only 57 marriage liconses woere issued. In cnmne application one of the parties applied from Bermuda and in auother inâ€" stanc>, from Illinois. SEEK T0 CONTROL NUMBER OF MIDWAYS Mr. â€" Preston‘s _ records show that 46 people died in Waterloo during 1957. The Kâ€"W Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the annual Kâ€"W Exhibition have asked Kitchener Council to permit only one midway to appear each year within city boundaries. â€" A midway is one feature of the exhibition, held at the Kitchener Auditorium. The letter s#tated a sccond ;. The carnival reduces the attractâ€" | finance (Continued on Page 6) stated a sccond | _ The letter was referred to uces the attractâ€" | finance committee for t0oâ€" attemiance at the | ther study. Problems Of City ; Mayor Harold Paikin of Waterloo speaking to the city‘s first aldermen elected for two years, and to more than 100 spectators who atâ€" tended the initial 1958 coumr cil session, said 11 major proâ€" blems face Waterloo as it en= ters its 101st year since im corporation. » The problems, he said, were housing and civic develop ment, safety, transportation, traffic, _ schools, â€" recreatio® hospitals, sewage and sanita« tion, water personnel and finâ€" ancing. However, he said these proe blems are formidable, but no# in<urmountable. The biggest problem, said Mayor Paikin, is financing. In a brief ceremony follow» ing the address, former Mayor Leo Whitney was presented with a key to the city and.»s gavel, tradition gift to departâ€" ing mayors. Mr. Whitney e# tablished the custom of giwvâ€" ing a key to the city to visit= ing personages It wus the first time a key has beenu pre sented to a former mayor. The Dominion Life Choir sang two selections, directed by Frederick Roy. Accompanâ€" ist was Miss Ada Eby. Rev. Church, Waterloo, hd in votions. t c ds orall | Mayor Paikin also spoke Monday night at a dinner for council and city department heads at the Waterloo Hotel It is sponsored by Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. Chairâ€" man â€" was Donald Roberts, ch: m ber president, and Waterlco‘s mayor when Masyor Paikin was first elected to council. _ Lecal Product Trims Men‘s Coats The textile division of Domâ€" inion Rubber Company, Ltd., is producing several new proâ€" ducts, one of which is a flâ€"ece made from nylon fibre that is now being used to decorate men‘s coats. The development of the nylon fur as coat lining reâ€" sults from work on fls~~d linings for winter footwear. Developed in the United States and sold in Canada by the U.S. Rubber Company, @ vinylâ€"coated fabric, is to be manufactured at the Kitchâ€" ener Footwear and general products division plant of Doâ€" cxhibition. This has resulted in decreased attendance and lower revenue. The Chamber said it would Be willing to pay the $1,000 fee but asked it be refunded. The letter said such refunds were provided by counciis in Chatham, London, Ont., and Montreal. en ~ (Continued on Page 8)