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"Just _ keep _ quiet. _ brother 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 refused| and the ex alderman sat down. | Later, Mr. Preston was asked hy the mayor to take a seat after the letter was read 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 Mr. Ratz who was in attendâ€" ance at the meeting was asked by Mayor Bauer to come to the front so he wouldn‘t miss hearing what was read "I move the letter be read just io show the people what kind of a jackass we‘re dealing with and that we have nothing to hide." said Ald. Doerner. to see a copy of the len;r and "casting certain aspersions" on members of council Ald. Doerner and Ald. Anna Hughes said that Mr. Ratz is "going up and down the street" telling people he wasn‘t allowed *‘Yes, but 1 wamedflmw;;.it," complained Mr. Ratz. 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. 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. Ralz who resides at 44 George 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 t« Council‘s recent rejection of a zoning change requested by Mr Ratz. Ald. Frank Doerner called forâ€" mer alderman Norman Ratz "A Jackass" at the council meeting Monday night. Council Members Criticize Exâ€"Alderman Additions to the three collegâ€" iates in the technical and vocaâ€" tional program is being furnishâ€" ed by the money. _ In order to ADDITIONAL COSTS The Kâ€"W High School Board exâ€" pects to spend a further $2,868,â€" 965 of federal and provincial funds before the end of March, This figure does not include the operating costs of the three private schools in the district, St. Jerome‘s, St. Mary‘s or Rockâ€" way Mennonite. The expenditures in 1962 of $7,â€" 221,857 are up almost $800,000 over 19%61‘s costs of $6,423,233. Education costs in the Twin Cities is almost as great as the runming 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 greenhouse at the Park is altached to the pavilion and the lower part of the pavilion is being used as a parks works Harvey Wightman, Waterioo parks _ superiniendent _ claim 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 oid park pavilion. These are a must in the "dream plans" of the superintendent. Estimate Education Costs Over $7 Million CITY Parks Superintendent Outlines Plans And Dreams 107 Ape UierlertCec hercnicle A broken ankle, | fractured neck vertebrae and scalp cuts ‘ were suffered by Mr. George 1i lerbrun, 75, of 32 King St.. , North after being struck by a car near his home December 12. | Mr. Hlerbrun is a former Watâ€" Mr. Kress told â€" police his | with appliances is owned by truck skidded after he braked Dominion Electrohome â€" Industâ€" for the oncoming train so he ries Ltd. stepped on the accelerator hopâ€" The train suffered $500 damâ€" ing to make it across. age to the engine and one flat C | _ City civic office staffs will get Roy Kress, 33, of 244 Lester | caught by the train engine and : 2 fourâ€"day holiday weekend this Street escaped injury when the was swung around ending up Y°®at: back of his truck was ripped off | on its side. Damage to the| The PUC and City Hall offiâ€" by a Canadian National Railâ€" truck was $900 and $250 damage; ces will be closed from Friday ways engine at the University to the contents Tnighl until Wednesday morning avenue crossing last week. / The truck which was loaded | Boxing Day. The boards all expect to spend just what they estimated and some may have surpluses, but only nominal ones. None of the boards expect to have any great increases in the ! budgets for the coming year. Necessary funds for new schools and extensions are debentured and paid for over several years. However, the five boards do. Pr’of, Br expect some increases in budgets Timothy next year as more children enter ; named | the school system. Another 700 ment of students is expected mnext year Dr. A at the Kâ€"W collegiate and conâ€" Camfirid: struction of its fourth collegiate| is being rushed. ’ (Con 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 Kitchener Public School , Board had the largest budget of the five school boards in the Twin Cities â€" a total of $2,613,â€" im and it expects to spend most of it. The Kâ€"W High School Board follows closely with a $2,â€" 312,693 budget. __ The Kitchener Separate School Board is next highest with a $1.â€" ’143.00 budget, followed by the | Waterloo Public School Board which estimates its expenditures at $878.875 and the Waterloo Sep‘ arate School Board with a $273,â€" 841 budget. j | the salaries, most of which go to the teachers. This is a figure of _ $4,600,590, and it exceeds the | total amount given to the boards by Twin City councils. | GRANTS The _ parks _ superintendent | | suggested that park vehicles and | beards report that the costliest item on the opentipg budget is 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. The five Twin City school Train Hits Truck At Crossing 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. A new greenhouse and works Car Injures 75â€" Yearâ€" Oldâ€"Man rear of the truck â€" was The Waterloo Chronicle WILL BE CLOSED NEXT WEEK erloo deputy fire chief. Rene Larocke, 61. 141 Borden Ave.. North was the driver of ! the car. When Mr. Ilierbrun was struck he had heen trying to {eross the road. The train suffered $500 damâ€" age to the engine and one flat car. E. Boston has been appointed chairman â€" of the management , studies group and special lecturâ€" er in economics, Prof. Claude C. | Brodeur is administrative assistâ€" | ant, student affairs, and lecturer ‘in philosophy: Prof. Royce C. | MacGillivray is lecturer in histâ€" fory and acquisition librarian and Prof. Bruce G. Hutchison and Dr Timothy H. Topper have been named lecturers in the departâ€" ment of civil engineering. Dr. Ariaratnam has attended Cambridge University, the Uni | _ He feels that a plastic or conâ€" !crele figure of a kangaroo with paper going in via the pouch wouid be more attractive, es { pecially in the children‘s playâ€" ground area. _ Mr. Wightman said that garâ€" bage cans in the park were un {sightly and they annoy him. Dr. Sinnathamby T. Ariaratâ€" nam, graduate of the Universâ€" ity of Ceylon, has been named associate professor; Dr. Raiph U of W Appoints Six To Faculty Six persons have been appoint ed to the faculty at the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo, including an associate professor in civil enâ€" gineering from Ceylon. The superintendent is optimâ€" istie about having his "dreams" approved by the authorities, but added that "nothing is impossâ€" ible." 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. Picnickers in Waterloo Park | just have to take a chance on ; the weather said Mr. Wightman. ; "If it rains, we just can‘t help the people." he added. Mr. Wightman aiso expressed the need for enclosed . picnic sheiters, an area set aside for relics of the past and repilace ments of garbage cans with plas tic caricature figure containers. A collision at King and Laurâ€" Site for the future zoo should be in the 155â€"acre area in Linâ€" coln road, now known as the Parkview Cemetery. Seventyâ€"one acres of this proâ€" perty has been set aside for cemetery use and 84 acres for the future development of parkâ€" PICNICS SPOILED 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 (Contriued on page 9) WATERLOO, ONTARIO, THURSDAY | _ The PUC and City Hall offiâ€"‘ Due to the increase in emâ€" ces will be closed from Friday | ergency service provided to Tnight until Wednesday morning | Seagram‘s Distillery during the | Boxing Day. jdevelopmem of the other well _ The â€" works department 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 ofJgaIlons. jan earlier agreement to work a| _ A drop of one foot in the watâ€" !Samrday morning. [or table at the PUC‘s William j[:ivic Staffs To Get 4 â€" Days Off el streets caused a bruised back and head cuts to Karl Gross, 29 of 28 Young St.,. Waterloo and Brucke Robertson. 19 of 180 Ahrens St.. 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 Robertson truck received $350 damages. No action was taken by the commission on the recommenâ€" dations contained in a report from Proctor and Redfern, eonâ€" sulting engineers. This report is a revision of one made up in 1958. and fore casts needs to 1965. George Mcâ€" Mulkin, who read the â€" regort suggested the reservoir be. in operation by the summer : of | The counen "accepted" stateâ€" ‘:;" ‘ ments that A. J. Rosenberg and f * C. N. Weber had no part in the .'e""'"' ‘land deal. At the same time !"° ‘ however, the propriety of the pansi two _ in _ accepting _ appointâ€". |"8 ! ! ments to the university board | land â€" of governors was questioned beâ€"| He cause of their interest in the: "In company. | the During the last month‘s alle: ity, a gations. council questioned ; of me Pwhelher the two had declared | tions | any conflict of interest in the‘ publi | land transaction. we fe _ Recommendation was received for construction of a 2,000,000 gallon â€" reservoir, and developâ€" ment of an additional well with eapacity of 1.000,000 gallons a day to Waterioo Pubtic Utiflities Commission last Thursday. Expected cost of the reserâ€" voir would be $156,000 and the well, $50,.000. ‘ Proposed Reservoir & Well To Cost $206,000 cause of their interest in the: "In view of the importance of company. | the university to the communâ€" During the last month‘s alle: ity, and the fact that large sums gations. council questioned ; of money raised by private donâ€" whether the two had declared| tions and by grants from the any conflict of interest in the‘ public treasury are involved, land | transaction. . we feel the community is entitâ€" Mr. Wintermeyer was accused led to a full disclosure of all of being a party to and profitâ€"| the facts surrounding this land The emphasis of the attack| Chairman of the council‘s legâ€" was changed by council. islation _ and > political | action Liberal leader Wintermeyer‘s| committee, _ Stephen _ McNeil, name was not mentioned at the Pointed ~out that a ‘statement meeting. | that these profits were made STATEMENTS ACCEPTED | pracically overnight and they Charges put forth Nov. 13 that excessive profits . were made by Major Holdings (Watâ€" erloo) Ltd. from the sale of aâ€" bout 177 acres of land to the university were read again at the council meeting last week. Council has urged a provincial government inquiry into the sale of land to the University of Waterioo. Mr. McMulkin pointed out The Kâ€"W and District Labour Inquiry Urged Of U of W Land Deal 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 â€" the 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. A $75,000 debenture issue to help finance approximately $200,000 in capital expenditures during 1963 was approved by the commission. ‘that the city‘s water facilities are adequate for the average [‘daily requirements, but the storâ€" ; age capacity is 50 per cent beâ€" [ low that recommended by the Canadian Underwriters Associâ€" | ation. 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 rate lower than the majority of oth ©r centres. | Because operating surpluses are about 10 per cent, rates could not be increased in 1963.‘ By using the method of finanâ€" cing capital expenditures by de-{ bentures, the cost of such debt . plus current expenditures wonldJ' bring down this surplus, and a rate increase would then be ex-’ pected. | INCREASED CONSUMPTION The commission approved a rate study by the Ontario Hydro Commission that may bring an increase in hydro rates for 1964. CONSIDER LOCATION The site suggested for the resâ€" ervoir is the PUC property at Erb street west and the Waterâ€" looâ€"Wilmot Township line . 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 feet. Ivan Bradley, manager oth- lined the commissions efforts OTHER BUSINESS The St. Agatha well field enâ€" sures an adequale supply for summer lawn watering periods and would be sufficient during any major fires. 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." eering at the expense of the unâ€" iversity. Mr. Wintermeyer‘s law firm was legal advisor to Major Holdings and he was a director of the land firm at the time of the iand 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. _ * . UBETAXK #1* 20, 1962 | All donors should have their | gifts in the hampers by Dec. 22. ’Th‘_ey will then be wrapped by | the memberg of the branch and delivered to the hospital in Logdon the following day. IT‘S CHRISTMAS and this very realiss _ district Church clearly reminds us of tic scene of the nativity erected by a _ the true meaning of Christmas. Branch members stress that articles 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 ares | 000 grant probably would not stationery, cosmetics books, be forthcoming until the new candy, cigarettes. magazine subâ€" ; year and that the Twin Cities scriptions, wash and wear eloth «:‘ _ Wa‘rrloo Township . will ing, sewing boxes; knitting wool, | have to rebudget the money alâ€" playing cards and paint sets. otted for the scheme this year Branch members stress that as well as budgeting additional articles should be new. Doâ€" money for it next year. Canadian Mental Health Assocâ€" iation is again collecting gifts for 160 Waterloo County paâ€" tients at the Ontario Hospital in London, Ontario. Hampers to receive the gifts are at the Kâ€"W YMCA and YÂ¥WCA‘s in Waterloo and Kitâ€" chener. This is the third year the local group has participated in this project. | transaction and who profited ‘ from | it. _ _"We therefore urge the provâ€" j incial government to undertake ! a public inquiry into this whole | matter immediately. fe, Lewis and Osler, a Toronto firm which specializes in labor matters. Mr. McNeil reported in his The move was endorsed by "?;' the delegates which means, ac| * cording to president George 3. A Goebel, that the council‘s lawâ€" 190 yers send a letter to the provinâ€" Wal cial government requesting an ©ON: inquiry. The lawyers are Jollit 1t Yule Gifts Kâ€"W Branch (Continued on W Area branch of the . It Mental Health Assocâ€" | men again collecting gifts wou Waterloo County paâ€" , the the Ontario Hospital | ceiy 6) A board similar to that of the Speed Flood Control Advisory Board in Guelph would have to Members felt thail approval by the government of the $153.â€" 000 grant probably would not be forthcoming until. the new year and that the Twin Cities an" _ Wa‘trrloo Township _ will 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 will be It‘s been a long time in comâ€" ing," said GVCA Chairman Garâ€" field Disher of Dunnville. 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 was felt by the authority members that no _ difficulty would be entailed in obtaining the money as the scheme has reâ€" ceived official sanction. e Pians for the three projects have been approved according to a letter received and read at an executive meeting of the Grand Vailey Conservation Authority coâ€"sponsors of the scheme, the two cities and Waterioo Townâ€" ship. 3. An area northwest of Waterâ€" loo _ on Laurel Creek, where Waterloo will create a waterâ€" conserving reservoir and a pubâ€" lic park with various recreation facilities. LETTER READ eastern section of the city. 2. The Chicopee hill area with nearly 100 acres of the enly suiâ€" table skiing slopes in the distâ€" 1. The Kitchener east side con servation area, a belt of wooded land running from near Highâ€" way 7 to Highway 8. which will be kept in a natural state to act as a sponge for the rainâ€" Cities district approved the purchase of three major park areas in the Twin in the_ tm~¢ming government has It was also noted Vt'lrxa.tmrough grading is yet to be completed !aner a cleanâ€"up job at the Bresâ€" Chairman, â€" Mr. Disher said that Hespeler has not shown any interest in helping to pay for a comprehensive hydraulic ‘study of the Speed River from | its junction with the Grand Rivâ€" er in Preston to the source areas above Guelph. Chairman of the authorities & education and publicity, Rob ertl 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 The survey cost has been set at $7,800. â€" lau pond, which cost the ority about $5,510. It was learned that Gall has agreed to pay the difference beâ€" tween government grant and a Preston _ contribution towards rebuilding a retaining wall aâ€" long the Grand River within the ‘city limits. COST HIGH GVCA | secretary â€" Lreasurer, 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 lfney will have to pay about $8.000 for its share of the improvement. ’ OTHER BUsiness The _ authority met Mor with landowners along the | River at New Hamburg to cuss expropriation plans for expected channel improven program along the river. opmen be set up to control the Twin City plan when approval of the money is given said Mr. Disher. 10,189 ty melt Monday s along the Nith Hamburg to disâ€" improvement auth the 4