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In addition to outlining the cirâ€" cumstances leading to the rejecâ€" tion by council. the letter said Mr. Ratz made misrepresentaâ€" tion in his correspondence to the Later, Mr. Preston was asked hy the mayor to take a seat after the letter was read "Just _ keep _ quiet, hrother | mayor. Don‘t act so dictatorial." | Mr. Ratz told the mayor as he returned to his seat He replied to the statements in the letter saying they were) "‘mot right" and ‘"could 1 please have a copy Again the copy was relusedf and the ex alderman sat down "I move the letter be read just to show the people what kind of a jackass we‘re dealing with and that we have nothing to hide." said Ald. Doerner. Mr. Ratz who was in attend ance at the meeting was asked by Mayor Bauer to come to the front so he wouldn‘t miss hearing what was read Ald. Doerner and Ald. Anna Hughes said that Mr. Ratz is "going up and down the street" telling people he wasn‘t allowed to see a copy of the letter and "casting certain aspersions" on members of council Mr. Ratz complained to council that city clerk, D. F. Preston reâ€" fused to show him a copy of a letter sent by the city to the Onâ€" tario Municipal Board. Mr. Preston told council that he was advised not to show the letter because it was "privileged correspondence" and the Ontario Municipal Act says that interâ€" departmental correspondence or reports of officials do not have to be made public except under council‘s direction. Ald. Doerner pointed out the letter had been checked and told Mr. Ratz what it contained. "Yes. but 1 wanted to see it," complained Mr. Ratz Mr. Ratz who resides at 44 Geéorge Street had asked permisâ€" sion to build a home at the rear of his property. He wished an amendment to the city‘s zoning bylaw which would allow him to erect a single family unit. The name calling was due to Council‘s recent rejection of a zoning change requested by Mr. Ratz. Council Members Criticize Exâ€"Alderman Ald. Frank Doerner called forâ€" mer alderman Norman Ratz ~"A Jackass"® at the council meeting Monday night. PTt SPar Of" RPDCFA! MURICIPS! ‘The five Twin City school services. Twin City school boards boards report that the costlest expect to spend $7,221,89 beforeâ€";tem on the operating budget is the end of the year. the salaries, most of which go to The expenditures in 1962 of $7.â€" the teachers. This is a figure of 221,857 are up almost $800,000 $4600,590, and it exceeds the over 1961‘s costs of $6,423,233. _ total amount given to the boards This figure does not include by Twin City councils. the operating costs of the three private schools in the district,| GRANTS St. Jerome‘s, St. Mary‘s or RoCKâ€"‘ ‘This year the two councils way Mennonite. » Pronted The sabant hrsuds 61 4ee s ADDITIONAL COSTS The Kâ€"W High School Bbard exâ€" pects to spend a further $2,868,â€" #65 ofâ€" federal and provincial funds before the end of March, Additions to the three collegâ€" iates in the technical and vocaâ€" tional program is being furnishâ€" ed by the money. In order to Education costs in the Twin Cities is almost as great as the ruoning costs of the two cities. Waterloo and Kitchener counâ€" cils expect to spend $10,137.857 this year on general municipal services. Twin City school boards expect to spend $7,221,895 before the end of the year. The expenditures in 1962 of $7,â€" 221,857 are up almost $800,000 over 1961‘s costs of $6,423,233. Harvey Wightman, Waterioo parks _ superintendent _ claims that a proper clubhouse for minor sports is long overdue. He would like to see a club house for sports groups, a new greenhouse. a fencedâ€"in nursery, a zoo and replacement of the old park pavilion. These are a must in the "dream plans" of the superintendent. The greenbouse at the Park is attached to the pavilion and the lower part of the pavilion is being used as a parks works Estimate Education Costs Over $7 Million CITY Parks Superintendent Outlines Plans And Dreams 107 Te UioiferCoc hrcniclC ; Train Hits Truck At Crossing This year the two councils | granted the school boards $4,465,â€" 068. Another $2,200,595 was givâ€" en the boards in provincial grants, the balance was realized from tuition fees charged outâ€"ofâ€" town students and other revenues and grants. The _ parks superintendent | suggested that park vehicles and Roy Kress, 33, of 244 Lester | caught by the train engine and Street escaped injury when the was swung around ending up back of his truck was ripped off . on its side. Damage to the by a Canadian National Railâ€" truck was $900 and $250 damage ways engine at the University to the contents avenue crossing last week, The truck which was Toaded Mr. Kress told police his | with appliances is owned | by truck skidded after he braked Dominion Electrohome _ Indust for the oncoming train so he ries Ltd. stepped on the accelerator hop _ The train suffered $500 dam ing to make it across. age to the engine and one flat The boards all expect to spend | l;: just what they estimated and} E some may have surpluses, but 1 only nominal ones. | f; None of the boards expect to‘ have any great increases in the; budgets for the coming year.f Necessary funds for new sthoolsf and extensions are debentured ; and paid for over several years.| However, the five boards do expect some increases in budgets next year as more children enter the school system. Another 700 students is expected next year at the Kâ€"W collegiate and conâ€" struction of its fourth collegiate is being rushed. A broken ankle. fractured erloo deputy fire chief. neck vertebrae and scalp cuts Rene Larocke, 61. 141 Borden were suffered by Mr. George IIâ€" Ave.. North was the driver of lerbrun, 75, of 32 King St.‘the car. When Mr. IHierbrun was North after being struck by :jstruck he had been trying to car near his home December 12. \cross the road. Mr. Hlerbrun is a former Watâ€"| A collision at King and Laurâ€" The Kitchener Public School" 1D‘€ Board had the largest budget of | â€"â€" the five school boards in the Twin Cities â€" a total of $2,613,â€"; “ 486 and it expects to spend most of il. The Kâ€"W High School Board follows closely with a $2,â€", S' 312.693 budget. ; ' The Kitchener Separate School | s Board is next highest with a $1., ad 143,00 budget, followed by the | sit Waterloo Public School Board| *** which estimates its expenditures| *5* at $878.875 and the Waterloo Sep-, t arate School Board with a $273,â€"| D 841 budget. ) nan qualify for the 100 per cent grants from Ottawa and Toronto the program which was started in the fall of 1961, must be completâ€" ed by March 31, 1963. when the decision to tear down the present structure is agreed imated to cost between $3.50 and $4 a square foot Mr. Wightâ€" man said, and this does not inâ€" clude a potting shed or the heatâ€" ing system. Total cost would be about $10,000 to $12,000. CONSIDERS COST Car Injures 75â€" Yearâ€"Oldâ€" rear of the truck â€" was The Waterloo Chronicle WILL BE CLOSED NEXT WEEK U of W Appoints Six To Faculty | _ Dr. Sinnathamby T. Ariaratâ€" ) nam, graduate of the Universâ€" ‘ity of Ceylon, has been named | associate professor; Dr. Ralph The train suffered $500 damâ€" age to the engine and one flat car. ed to rt;newl:a;ul;v‘.;" ;.;; -(7::;:;. Recommendation was received sity of Waterloo, including an for construction of a 2,000,000 associate professor in civil enâ€" gallon reservoir. and developâ€" & D "‘18 from Ceylon. _ ‘ ment of an additional well with mn:- :’:;::J:;mlz a:é l‘}',‘"’“.'j capacity of 1,000,000 gallons a ity of Ceylon. has been nameg 42 !0 Waterloo Public Utilities associate professor:; Dr. Raipn Commission last Thursday. E. Boston has been appointed _ Expected cost of the reserâ€" chairman of the management voir would be $156,000 and the studies group and special lecturâ€" wp) $50,000. er in economics, Prof. Claude C. ‘ wl f Brodeur is administrative assist., _ NO 2CtOn was laken by the: ant, student affairs, and lecturer CODMiSSion on the recommenâ€" in philosophy: Prof. Royce C. dations contained in a report MacGillivray is lecturer in histâ€" from Proctor and Redfern, eonâ€" ory and acquisition librarian and sulm?g enginvers. Prof. Bruce G. Hutchison and Dr ; This report is a revision of Timothy H. Toppc have been O"¢ made up in 1958, and foreâ€" named lecturers in the departâ€"| Casts needs to 1965. George Mcâ€" ment of civil engineering. :M"Jh"' who read lhs_' report Dr. Ariaratnam has attended Cambridge University, the Upi», Six persons have been appointâ€" ed to the faculty at the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo, including an associate professor in civil enâ€" gineering from Ceylon. He pointed out that a display section could be set up near the old log schoolhouse, and an anâ€" cient brass bell from the old fire hall could be part of the display. Mr. Wightman said that gar bage cans in the park were un sightly and they annoy him. The superintendent is optimâ€" istie about having his "dreams" approved by the authorities, but added that "nothing is impossâ€" ible." He feels that a plastic or conâ€" crete figure of a kangaroo with paper going in via the pouch would _ be more altractive, es pecially in the children‘s playâ€" ground area. Picnickers in Waterioo Park | just have to take a chance on ; the weather said Mr. Wightman. "If it rains, we just can‘t help the people," he agded. Seventyâ€"one acres of this proâ€" perty has been set aside for cemetery use and 84 acres for the future development of parkâ€" land. the maintenance depot should be at the Young street _ city works building as this will be a central spot when future parks are developed throughout the city Site for the future zoo should be in the 155â€"acre area in Linâ€" coln road, now known as the Parkview Cemetery. Mr. Wightman also exptessede“fl'lo"- the need for enclosed â€" picnic Charges put forth Nov. 13 shelters, an area set aside for| that excessive profits . were relics of the past and replace made by Major Holdings (Watâ€" ments of garbage cans with plas |erloo) Ltd. from the sale of aâ€" tic caricature figure containers.‘ bout 177 acres of land to the : university were réad again al fl:::ucs. s”"'fl:u“. ____ | the council meeting last week. (Contrined on page ty WATERLOO, ONTARIO, THURSDAY DECEMBER 9) by Liberal leader Wintermeyer‘s | name was not mentioned at the meeting. STATEMENTS ACCEPTED | _ The councu "accepted" stateâ€" ments that A. I. Rosenberg and C. N. Weber had no part in the j land â€" deal. At the same <time however, the propriety of the two _ in accepting _ appointâ€" | ments to the university board of governors was questioned beâ€" ‘cause of their interest in the company. During the last month‘s alleâ€" ; gations, council _ questioned ,whexher the two had declared any conflict of interest in the | land â€" transaction. T»Iixâ€"posfiefd Reservoir & ‘Well To Cost $206,000 Civic Staffs To Get 4 â€" Days Off City civic office staffs will get a fourâ€"dgy holiday weekend this year. â€" The/ PUC and City Hall offi‘ Due to the increase in emâ€" ces whill be closed from Friday | ergency service provided to night until Wednesday morning‘Seagram‘s Distillery during the Boxing Day. development of the other well The works department â€" will ) water _ consumption rose _ and work on Monday and will be off| was up 50 per cent in Novemâ€" Boxing Day. PUC crews will ber over last year‘s 72,149,000 have four days off because of“gallons, an earlier agreement to work a A drop of one foot in the watâ€" Saturday morning. for table at the PUC‘s William The/ PUC and City Hall offiâ€" ces whll be closed from Friday night until Wednesday morning Boxing Day. el streets caused a bruised back and head cuts to Karl Gross, 29 of 28 Young St., Waterloo and Brucke â€" Robertson. 19 of 180 Ahrens S. West Kitchener Damage to the Gross car. a 1952 model was extensive. It hit a tree, sign and hydro pole aftâ€" er the crash. The â€" Robertson truck received $350 damages. This report is a revision of one made up in 1958. and foreâ€" casts needs to 1965. George Mcâ€" Mulkin, who read the â€" regort suggested the reservoir be. in operation â€" by the summer | of No action was taken by the commission on the recommenâ€" dations contained in a report from Proctor and Redfern, eanâ€" sulting engineers. The emphasis of the atlal:k‘ was changed by council. Mr. Wintermeyer was accused of being a party to and profi(â€" The Kâ€"W and District Labour Council has urged a provincial government | inquiry into . the sale of land to the University of Waterloo. Mr. â€" McMulkin | pointed â€" out Inquiry Urged Of U of W Land Deal | _ Chairman of the council‘s legâ€" islation _ and â€" political â€" action committee, _ Stephen McNeil, pointed out that a statement | that these profits were made | pracically overnight and they ‘ were made at the expense of the university, "which is experâ€" iencing enough difficulty obtainâ€" ing funds necessary for its exâ€" pansion program without | havâ€" ing to line the pockets of some land speculators as well." He added: | "In view of the importance of | the university to the communâ€" ity, and the fact that large sums ;of money raised by private donâ€" tions and by grants from the public â€" treasury are â€" involved, we feel the community is entitâ€" led to a full disclosure of all | the facts surrounding this land The commission agreed that costs of changing utility poles, hydrants _ and other _ services would be taken care of by landâ€" owners in new subâ€"divisions if changes were made from the registered plans. A drop of one foot in the watâ€" er table at the PUC‘s William street well showed as a result of the well which went into opâ€" eration last week. The Seagram well is about a quarter of a mile away. The site suggested for the res ervoir is the PUC property at‘ Erb street west and the Waterâ€" looâ€"Wiimot â€" Township {ine . beâ€"| cause this is a natural elevation ‘ of 1,325 feet which would elimâ€"| inate the need for elevated storage. The city‘s elevated tank is only 1,250 feel. { OTHER BUSINESS } Because operating . surpluses "a Oe are about 10 per cent, rates *‘ f could not be increased in 1963.| WFi/ * By using the method of finanâ€" [ @@. > *# cing capital expenditures by deâ€" $ * .. bentures, the cost of such debt , E:5 i *zz. plus current expenditures would }l"f le bring down this surplus, and a #:% > *%*% rate increase would then be exâ€"| {{ & _ pected. f +A ~. A $75,000 debenture issue to | # / @5 .. help _ finance _ approximately ,3;",‘ §# $200,000 in capital expenditures | { {.$, { during 1963 was approved by | §M ?‘ the commission. | / 4 Sm The commission approved a rate study by the Ontario Hydro Commission that may bring an increase in hydro rates for 1964. Ivan Bradley, manager outâ€" lined the commissions efforts to finance capital expenditures from current revenue for the past 10 years with as few deâ€" bentures as possible. and at the same time keep a domestic tate lower than the majority of oth ©r centres. INCREASED CONSUMPTION The St. Agatha well field enâ€" sures an adequate supply for summer lawn watering periods and would be sufficient during any major fires. that the city‘s water facilities are â€" adequate for the average daily requirements, but the storâ€" ; age capacity is 50 per cent beâ€" low that recommended by the Canadian â€" Underwriters Associâ€" ation. j CONSIDER LOCATION eering at the expense of the unâ€" iversity. Mr. Wintermeyer‘s law firm was fegal advisor to Major Holdings and he was a director of the land firm at the time of the land deal He denied makâ€" ing any money from the sale and reported that he was a dirâ€" ector only by virtue ‘of his posiâ€" tion as lawyer when Major Holdâ€" ings was chartered. _ m A3TAX A: * | _ Branch members stress that articles â€" should be new. Doâ€" nations to purchase extra gifts | if enough are not collected may | be sent to Box 13. Waterloo. A list of suitable gifts are: stationery, â€" cosmetics, books. candy, cigarettes, magazine subâ€" scriptions, wash and wear clothâ€" ing, sewing boxes; knitting wool, playing cards and paint sets. Hampers to receive the gifts are at the Kâ€"W YMCA and Y WCA‘s in Waterloo and Kitâ€" chener. Ail donors should have their gifts in the hampers by Dec. 22. They will then be wrapped by the membersg of the branch and delivered to the hospital in London the following day. . The Kâ€"W Area branch of the Canadian Mental Health Assoc iation is again collecting gifts for 160 â€" Waterloo County paâ€" tients at the Ontario Hospital in London, Ontario. _ This is the third year the local group has participated in this project. the delegates which means, acâ€" cording to president George Goebel, that the council‘s lawâ€" yers send a letter to the.provinâ€" cial government requesting an inquiry. The lawyers are Jollifâ€" fe, Lewis and Osler, a Toronto firm which specializes in labor matters. Mr. McNeil reported in his IT‘S CHRISTMAS and this tic scene of the nativity erected by transaction and who profited from . it._ We therefore urge the provâ€" incial government to undertake a public inquiry into this whole matter immediately. Yule Gifts Kâ€"W Branch (Continued on page 6) The plan had to be approved by two government bodies G.M. (Mac) Coutts, authority field ofâ€" ficer said, and the department of lands and forests and the | parks integration board, since ‘water as well as land {l} be : consarved in the area. Members felt that approvai éby the government of the $133.â€" \000 grant probably would not : be forthcoming until the new year and that the Twin Cities and _ Waterloo Township . will |have to rebudget the money alâ€" |otted for the scheme this year as well as budgeting additional money for it next year. It was felt by the authority | members â€" that â€" no _ difficulty would be entailed in obtaining the money as the scheme has reâ€" ‘cceived official sanction. * A board similar to that of the Speed Flood Control Advisory Board in Guelph would have to Lands and Forests Minister Roberts made known to the authority that his department will report whether a requested 50 per cent grant totalling $153,â€" 000 will be approved. It‘s been a long time in comâ€" ing," said GVCA Chairman Garâ€" field Disher of Dunnvilie. Plans for the thiree projects have been approved according to a letter received and read at an executive meeting of the Grand Valley Conservation â€" Authority coâ€"sponsors of the scheme, the two cities and Waterloo Townâ€" ship. 3. An area northwest of Waterâ€" loo _ on Laurel Creck, where Waterloo will create a waterâ€"| conserving reservoir and a pubâ€" lic park with various recreation facilities. | Cities district and they are: 1. The Kitchener east side con servation area, a belt of wooded land running from near High way 7 to Highway 8. which will be kept in a natural state to act as a sponge for the rainâ€" water runoff in the fastâ€"growing eastern section of the city. 2. The Chicopee hill area with nearly 100 acres of the only suiâ€" LETTER READ very realiss district Church clearly reminds us of ected by a â€" the true meaning of Christmas. The Ontario government has approved the purchase of three Kâ€"W Parks in in the Twin Chairman, _ Mr. Disher â€" said that Hespeler has not shown auy interest in heiping to pay for a comprehensive hydraulic study of the Speed River from l its junction with the Grand Rivâ€" er in Preston to the source areas above Guelph. ! OTHER l;)SME'Sâ€"S The execulive authorized its | Whiteman‘s _ Creek advisory ; board to acknowledge and acâ€" cept an offer from the newly formed Agriculture and Rehab \ ilitation Development Assn., | of the provincial department of agriculture to aid in the devel opment of the creek‘s water shed as an ARDA scheme. If the scheme is adopted by the association, the federal and provincial _ governments â€" would | likely pay 66 per cent of the deâ€" velopment program leaving the GVCA with only 36 per cent to Chairman of the authorities & education and publicity, Rolâ€" ert Haworth of Brantford, said that plans are being drawn up to hold a meeting at which repâ€" resentatives _ of _ participating centres, authority members and newspapermen _ can ask _ about the authority‘s operations. GVCA _ secretary > treasurer, Hugh C. Elliott, reported that Galt was mot aware of the cost of the job being as high as it turned out to be and they will have to pay about $8.000 for its & share of the improvement. at It was also noted that rough grading is yet to be completed after a cleanâ€"up job at the Bresâ€" lau pond, which cost the authâ€" ority about $5,510. It was learned that Galt has agreed to pay the difference beâ€" tween government grant and 2 Preston _ contribution _ towards rebuilding a retaining wall aâ€" long the Grand River within the ‘city limits. COST HIGH The â€" authority met Monday with landowners along the Nith River at New Hamburg to dis cuss expropriation plans for the expected channel improvement program along the river be set up to control the Twin City plan when approval of the money is given said Mr. Disher. The survey cost has been set 10,189 NO. 51 .