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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 10 Jan 1963, p. 1

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MUSIC MAKERS - Cnptain J. M. Gay- fer, Musical Training Officer at the School of Music (aeated) is shown here with three of his students: (left to right) Aircraftman Hugh McCullough. Ottawa, Ord. Sea. John Sanger, Kel- The main reason for the ttur. plus he said was the receipts out grants not antieipated from the department of education. Waterloo Council W h formation od I straie baud ell- unsung the dune: uld runn- lihmmes of tour bodies. Aid. Harold Wagner. who term ed as chairman on the board for many years said that in all his years of service there had never been a surplus. He was Rpm senting the city at the inaugural dinner. "By the sumo when. we never before had a woman as minister of finance." he said. He was referring to Mrs. A. M. Evans, the board's finance chairman. allllal,,,llllli'rlii. DUTIES‘TJF FOUR BOARDS Operation ol the com will be returned to council's city property committee. A cemetery advisory committee was also In;- gested. Neil A. MacEachern, chairma- ot the board nuanced " the inaugural meeting that the Public School Board ended 1982 with a The $10,000 surplus was just as big a surprise to me said In. Evans, as it was to the utter members of the board. Mr. MacEachern mtttined the] year's activities adding that the Committee's planning board is: carefully watching which - the! city will grow. 1 Mr. MacEachem was re- amounted chairman and Reginald Haney was returned " vice. chairman, both for the second time. All committee chairmen were also reappointed: A special council comm has studied the move over m- a] months and suggested that a. Park Board, Arena Comm Commnmty Centres Band and the Recreation Comma! III-I I ten-man board. - The four groups have hm let- ved by 32 persons. Appointments tor the proposed They are: Mrs. Evans. finance; The total budget In almost Year With Surplus n" School Board Ends CITY surplus at about $10,- © if: Tre . ilijiii" itii'i"fii" ' . . .,..,. . ., q" tCiti W I T "t I ' _ , e 7 '5 " F . Wdeiwnupnmdh HIV M MIMI” The - intimated that tttere -PeedmTrroiuhtrr.mu. To execute in move council: l, tteg-Ht the unexpired term of " am on the {our 2.1M the city solicitor to draft a private hill setting up the my: board which will be presented whom-tin legisla- The legislature will the be To: move were he avoiduce at quested to repeal private tritls'dtsptieatittet of Ametiorts in CM which estatttished both the Parklallied fields, and Biatt there ll I Mr. Haney. property and main- tenance; Clinics E. Voelker. planning and building and Dr. C. H. Miekelmm, anaemic. Representatives named to the Waterloo library Bonn! In: T. A. Standing, In; Mrs. J. A. Cttwaas,tmamit96qamiR.S. Hoduon. m 1953 to 1955. Rev. Benton Massey, O.B.E., 3.3.. rector of St. Paul's Church, Point Edward, has been appoint- amongst the members at the pm (Continued on page 5) APPOINTED RECTOI owna, 8.0.. and Pte. Michael Wood, of Oromocto, N. B. The tri-service School of Music is locnted at HMCS Naden. navel training establishment at Enqui- malt, B.C. poetedtorttte-uieommitteo The trolley: and cream buses in the city have been tech- nically carrying men illeg- atty since then. This situation wilt continue until such time " the Ontario legislature passes a private bill approving I - mn- sit agreement. The only quesu'nn is that of paying monthly accounts for up- ention at the emu)“: bus. There should not be any dittieuib ies here either he said. Basie changes in the new agreement over the lS-yeuold part: I. Waterloo will share in the prxstits of the trolley line but said the major nuns (or the move were the avoiducc at duplication of function: in closely commission have approved a new Hum agreement which can be terminated by either [an that the sixth year. PRIVATE [ILL Passing of the wink bill is the only technicality to nub the new agreement legal. Mr. Prestnn feels that there will be no ditrreuities encountered in a technically illegal extension of the agreement. ttmrsetsuttettkshegtamihtur mum. .- ot'etortt.otretdi-itttmtttMtty ttttIda-ttter-tirq-ttte ISaprttintees unwind tum wtTtberereaiedtrremmeii. l AM. Ila-0H Wagner, who "-1 At the stroke at minim New Year's Eve the IS year transit agreement between the City at Waterloo and the Kitchener PUC expired. "All parties are in accord and both parties are operating in and faith" city clerk D. F. Preston said. theprivatet" rpm-a by The city and tho Kitchener The 10-.” but! will on“ Inoederter-tiegalmqt'im. The city will pay the Kitchener PUC the actual costs of open- Tiansit AQFeemént Teriihates mm. MAID, m1 The eity's works budget will no doubt have to be increased greatly from 364400 of last year the mayor said. The works budget has been restricted by council for several years and rod repairs. street clothing. newer cleaning and curb and sidewalk repairs have been put aside. Mayor Bauer Med that the budget has charged only slight- ly in lo years although the city has “mod doubled physically dam. that time. If council Ip- proveu the mayor‘s plan [or Preston and Harry Quantz d Rat. 1, Waterloo as the addition- al board members. 3249900“ CHAIRMAN John Randall was re-appointed by cwncil as chairman of the board for a three-year term, and Deputy Reeve Clayton Rickert as councils' representative. Appointed to council commit- tees were, with the first named as chairman: Finance. Reeve Leonard Bur- ton. all councillors; police, Mr. Wills, Mr. Rickert, Mr. Burton: road and bridge, Councillors James Johannes and Renard Snider, Mr. Burton; office and property. Mr. Riekert, Mr. Joli annes and Mr. Burton; fire and garbage. Mr. Snider, Mr. Wills, Mr. Burton; industrial, Mr. Joh- annes, Mr. Willa; reception, Mr, Councillor John Will: suggested that two new members be added to the Township Planning Board but the Waterloo Twnship Coun- eil refused the additions. Mr. Wills reason for suggesting the two members was in ode: to give extn representation to urban residents of the township. In his letter Mr. Wills said plan- ning would become one of the molt important functions o1 loun- ting cmtmm snow» buses. s. Operational can: of use: will In computed on over-Ill costs of all PUC has operations in both cities. The two cities wilt be etmaidered one amputation Township Boon! To Remain Sami In Body MAYOR PREDICTS INCREASE IN CITY TAX G He named Hal-hat Schneider at] extra money will be budgeted DEIENTURES. RATES " have spoken many times for pay in the past about the necessity penditur for providing for more money this sh: for necessary capital expend- creased ilures out of current revenues, greater rather than debenturirng and bridges, paying high interest rates over and pul a period of time." could be He suggested the city stsmaidlrevenue. A total of as years and twor No members who completed months experience was lost to " years with the company are the Mutual Life Asssurance Com Frank B. Keachie of the actuarial pally M Canada when seven of department and Ilia Allie Hue:- its long term employees retired lin of the index department. at the end of 1962. length of service of the other St. Jacob‘s department for aid in fighting I fire last year It the farm of Grant Eby. Passed I bylaw to widen part of Township road 42 near the Woolwich boundary. Approved I contract between the GVCA and Cox Construction Company Lot. tor turning " acres of land near the Grand River east of Kitchener into a reforestation am. Agreed to pay $75 to Conestoga fire department and $25 to the Hugh Van Every had the long- est service with the company having command so yen-s and tive months. He started in the mortgage dopirtment. Johannes. “I , WHERS Court at revision members re. =',t' were Mr. Burton. lsley, lame Schluetar, A e Dunner, Harold Clem- _ veslock vlluators. John V 'tev, fmeevimeees. Dec “an. Melvin Huethei. Eden Martin, Raymond Met, Mel We. Harry Wilhelm, Carl Ellis, Alvin S. Martin. Clair Vietch. Arthur Haehborat, Amun- Schulz Waterloo Township Dis- trict High School Board, John sumo; committee of adjust- ment, Arthur Kennedy. OTHER BUSINESS Authorized interim borrowing of up to $300,000 until tax receipts begin. The long service dub feted the seven employees at I m and gifts were presented them by club president Lyn" Sprung. as: Is A e D: _ ivesto . V , Dec Kai Council agreed to I one-yen- extension of a fire protection agreement with Waterloo. Alderman Harlot] w. Wagner retires after " yurl Ind three months with the company. He wu superhuman ot the prom. nun department. um will continue In pay mWncebetweenthereven- oeoqttserxtsstoqmhusesamno" on b: poorest paying bus route h . homuntil them-gree- 'set', put into meet. min“. Mr. Wills: Hespeler Area Planning Board, Mr. Bur- Board, Mr. Snider; K-W In; Seven Mutual life Employees Retire for pay-Ls-you-go apical ex- penditures and he feels that this should be gradually in. creased over the years until greater expenses such as bridges, development ot parks and purchase of fire trucks could be financed from current The board also awarded In in.. crease in service stripe pay from $36.50 a year to $50 a yen; for each five years of completed ser- vlce. Alderman Anna Hughes told Council Monday night that let- Firemen in Kitchener settled with Council for a three per cent across-the-hoard increase in 132 and two per cent for 1953. A Waterloo tireman‘s total re- muneration is now slightly high- er than Kitchener?» firemen said Mayor Bauer because of payment for 10 days in lieu of holidays, The firemen of Kitchener are paid for three days in lieu of holidays. l set aside a minimum a! one mild (about $53,000 this year) salary increases at three per cent, ranging from $111 to $151, as the result at " arbitration award. The 26 firemen had asked a “no aeroaa-ttte-boaed human. No award on the firemen', re- quest for a reduction in the work‘ report that it was “not unmind- ful" of the current trend toward reduction of hours in the tire- men’s work week. Boatman laid bin minim was generally pleased with the award with the exception of on: hours at work. Because the Kitchener firemen settled their 1962 and was con- lncts early in 1962 made it dim- cult for the Waterloo firemen to have a "better shake" he said. HOLIDAYS Length of service a! the other retiring employees ere: Robert Let-man. 37 years; Miss Mary Angus. 30 years and two months, and Alfred Haus, ls years and one month. given " the arbitration bond meeting held in December. INDICATES ‘I'IIND come more nannies! in the yen: thud will he I matter for future awards or 'tegotiatimts." the re- Mayor Bauer said the award is “very similar to what was otter- ed the firemen by the city." President d the Waterloo Ft'm Fighters mm Lian. Carl They were eongratulated try E. A, Rieder. company president before leaving. Chairman at Council‘s tim manning the In: working agreementlman. AH. Arthur PM, Light committee, Aid. Arthur with firearteet through t."tit"tionle.l1tet out that the award was Palemy.annotmedthat tire-lu-tdo-tsee'-. atmostttresameasxras-t men will receive retroactive 1962 The tietrten will receive Ji; the city. tsalary inerrasts od three per retroactive salary increase ttom! "I think we should be coupli- cent, "will! from 5111 lt 'P. 3111 to 8151 " a result of the met-ted far being so clone to th- is the reautt ot " arbrtratwn arbitration award. arbitration award." replied Al. award. Fire and light committee chair- Hughes. “.- - "--, L-) -_LA) A If ever a cockroach needed Item; on in nun. in Cum. Firemen Get 3 Per Cent Increase CHRONICLE QUIP Centre Opens Diamond Music Mr. Landry comes tram Peter. horough and was the assistant directory of the Peterborough church choirs. a men’s elm-us and (cache: voice. _ A member of the Philhnnnonic Choir for six years, Mr. Landry has been a baritone soloist " six of ttte choirs Programs. Mayor Bauer described as a "bad piece of legislation", the allowing of park boards to des mand and collect up to one mill for maintenance in any one year. pointed director at the " Phil- harmonic Choir. He succeeds Frederick Poll! who retired culi- erintheseuou. ILL-mi; Choral Society. He wu mus]: Because of the wide variance in assessment and population _in municipalities grants based on mill rates or assessment is "not good leash. tion" the mayor said. He sited the Waterloo "SestF ment which is almost $3.M.000 The city spent ts,233 but year for capital works out of current pooul then there could be an increase in the mill rates," the mayor and. Capital debenture financing will be "heavy" in 1963 but this will not died the mil rates. Waterloo Public Schools. schools tetttr-istrt6thter- loo in 1956. “that dimeted The Darmond Musical Instrw ment Centre located at 114 King Street Iouth. omeiaiiy opened last Friday. ' He is presenting I program of three religious and secular works Mr, Daymond comes to Wat. erloo from Guelph having had tour years in the musical instru- ment humus in Guelph. He " a graduate of the Downy Insti- tute of Retail Merchandising School of Chicago. A special leamre this Friday evening and Saturday at the store will he a guitarist from Toronto who will demonstrates 325.000 worth of equipment in. eluding guitars, mandolins, amp- llphim etc. Re is a representa- tive of the Gibson Company. humus manuhdmn of the Glhton Guitars. Mayor tritidzes Park Fund laundry Appointed New Director Of Philharmonic of the wide assessment and in municipalities on mill rates" or "not good legit!» Ip- Singers wishing to join {In choir are asked to come out to the regular Tuesday night to- hearsals It Suddnby School at 8.15 o'clock. “Where is the equnliMon factor in this?" the mayor gm tinned. Gounod's Faust. . About n year ago the decision was made to change the type a program for 1963 Mr. unity said. One of the factors in tho Which was the cleanse ill-III size of the choir. Thee In: been a membership drive which has trrmtgttt the total up to an singers compared with City clerk. D. P. Preston re- ported that the mandatory one mill agreement was established only last year. Both the mayor and city clerk say they don't know the purpose of the legir lation. SUBMIT BUDGETS The park boards should aub- mit their maintenance budgets and show council the budgets are reasonable and satisfactory said the mayor. at the Waterloo Collegiate Intel 5 and 21. and the population which is 22e 244 as an example. GIANT If the Park Board followed the mandatory one mill grant, it could demand from the city $53,000 tor maintenance this year. Using this as a per eapita bu- is, Waterloo would be required to grant $2.33 and Guelph only $1.09. He added that the city often grants more than is mandatory. The presentation will inhale Bach's Cantata, Christ Lay in Death's Dark Prison. Ella"! From The Bavarian W: and, Chorale Fenian from and a population of 40.077. The band tax bylaw was pau- ed by a plebiscite many years ago, This bylaw provides tor payment of '3,000 to the Water- loo Musical Society every year. Men: d only $13,520,000 The Inner said that in to ten! yen: council has granted the society tram 34.000 to “M annually. one woman died " a result of During 1962 the total fire loss for the city was “1.22535 and Fire Chief Clayton Bautk In re- porting on the derartmaett's op- eration in 1082 said that tire last avenged $135 per resident. This (Contmued on page 0) Guelph, however. has a total City Fire losses Total $41,225 10,189

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