Waterloo Public Library Digital Collections

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 Nov 1963, p. 1

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

to respond to all appeals for this work â€"â€" from headquarâ€" ters in Toronto and from receivâ€" ing countries all over the world ‘"‘The need is as great and urgent as ever and shelves of clothing must constantly be re â€" stocked. We try in every way Mrs. Haight supervises the sewing Monday and Tuesday afternoons fro m 2:00 â€" 5:00 p.m. w hen from six to 17 women fill the work rooms with the whirring noise of busy sewâ€" ing machines. In her detailed report she notes that in 43 afterâ€" noons, 2,270 hours were given to make 878 articles of clothing. indicating there has been no lessening of time and effort in the work of the Sewing departâ€" ment of the Waterloo branch of the Red Cross. For almost fifty years Mrs. Haight has supervised and‘ orâ€" ganized the sewing work done by the local branch of the Red Cross. She has given inspiration and instruction to fifty women volunteers who turn out to sew articles needed all over the world. And her high standards have never changed. The articâ€" les made by this dedicated volâ€" unteer _ and â€" her â€" enthusiastic workers are of the finest quality and have earned for this group a reputation for having the best in finished products. A very special birthday was celebrated Tuesday afternoon in the Waterloo Red Cross rooms. Members of the sewing commitâ€" tee gathered together to honor Mrs. M. M. Haight of Waterloo on her 90th birthday. As superâ€" visor of the Women‘s Work Committee of the Waterloo Red Cross Society since 1914, Mrs. Haight probably found s o m e time between the serving of tea and birthday cake to finish off a bit of sewing. Red Cross Members Fete Mrs. M. M. Haight Remember the Tom Swiftie fad of last summer? Well a somewhat similar word game is now making the rounds. It inâ€" volves using the names of newspapers in introductions. For example, "I‘m Brown from the Sun‘ or I‘m Call from the Clarâ€" ion.‘" Of course there are all manner _ of others, such . as *‘Clark _ from _ the _ Ledger", *‘Khrushchov of the Free Press", *‘Morse _ of the â€" Telegraph", ‘‘Spender of the Economist", *‘Gold from the Nugget", or even "A. Mead of the Times". Police in Jacksonville, North Carolina, arrested â€" a â€" smoothâ€" talking salesman and charged him with fraud. It seems that David Lee Miller was selling a combination offer of bibles packâ€" aged with subscriptions to Playâ€" boy magazine. ‘‘The police", she . replied, "are afraid to come out here. My landlady said she‘d turn them into toads it they bother Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jacobs, of Coldwater, Kansas have a puppy and a parakeet. They reported this past week that the parakeet hasn‘t learned to talk yet, but it does bark like a dog. And a woman in Denver callâ€" ed the city attorney‘s office last week to complain that her landâ€" lady was a practicer of voodoo, and had theatened to kill the woman‘s daughter by putting a lock of her hair in a hollow Supervisor for 50 Years Seems as if modern business «an‘t â€" function _ without _ that planter of green stuff at the receptionist‘s desk. The attorney suggested that she call the police. it‘s interesting to note that the Canadien Senate, mostly old ior clerks walking north. The two going south were carrying between them, from the bank, a heavy box of securities needed for the business day; the two going north were laden down with tubs of cutâ€"ieaf philodendâ€" has a special committeo on Two junior clerks walking south the other week on one of Canada‘s main business thorâ€" Y e UerTertoo ronicle Es SIDE GLANCE 108 She has always been a comâ€" munity â€" minded person and has served on the executive of many local organizations. For 30 years she taught Sunday School at the Evangelical Un ited Brethren Church and many of her former pupils still come to talk with her for advice and guidance. She has been secretary â€" and president of the Women‘s Auxâ€" iliary of the church and is still active in this organization. who _ send â€" deeply â€" appreciative messages about our work." said Mrs. Haight. Born in Bruce County, Mrs. Haight came to Waterloo in ‘"‘This house should become a thriving mectingâ€"place for peoâ€" ple of liberal religlous views in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo commuâ€" nity," said Rev. William Jenkâ€" ins of First Unitarian Church, Hamilton, speaker at the dediâ€" cation services Sunday evening of the New Unitarian Fellowâ€" ship House, gorner of Moore and Allen Streets in Waterloo. AN ESTIMATED 350 PERSONS gathâ€" ered at the Waterloo Cenotaph Monâ€" day morning for the remembrance day services conducted by Rev. Denton MRS. MINNIE HAIGHT (standing) discusses some of her volunteer Red Cross work. with felâ€" low workers, Mrs. John Dorsch and Miss Katy Mever. Unitarians Dedicate New Home University Graduates Come Home to Make Big Plans Mrs. Haight was president of the V.O.N. for many years. She was secretary of the Women‘s Auxiliary to the Freeport Sanaâ€" torium â€" and president of their Central Council for many years. She is a member of the United Nations Association of Canada. Mrs. Haight has a wonderful memory and delights many a listener with herstories about the past. She enjoys reading. writing letters and listening to the radio. And she often "types" her reports outlining her volunâ€" teer work. But she really basn‘t any time for hobbies â€"â€" her hobby is the work of a dedicated volunteer. Speaking to a full house, Rev. Jenkins predicted a meaningful future for the group which was organized in 1957 and has now grown to the point where it was recently able to purchase a ‘"home‘"‘ of its own. "I should hope," said Rev. Jenkins. "that this Kâ€"W Unitaâ€" rian group, like its fellow groups Massey. Wreaths were placed by many individuals, companies and organizaâ€" tions. WATERLOO, ONTARIO, There will be 49.999 copies of the new directory delivered to customers in â€" Kitchenerâ€"Waterâ€" lo0. Last year 46,400 directories were delivered here. More than 104,500 copies of the 1963 telephone directory for Gailt, Guelph, Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and surrounding territory will be deâ€" livered to Bell customers soon. Because of the many changes in the new book C. F. Holland, Bell manager here suggested that Kitchener â€" Waterloo customers discard their old books as soon as the new ones arrive. Sunday School classes are led by; Miss Mary Bastedo, nurseâ€" ry; Mrs. John Walters, Jr. five and six year olds; Mr. Bob Whitton, seven and cight â€" year olds; Dr. Grant MacKenzie and Dr. Donald Bastedo, nine, ten and elevenâ€"yearâ€"olds; Mr. Harâ€" ley Forden, teens. The executive for this year includes, Mr. Jim Ronback, Dr. Donald â€" Bastedo, Mrs. HMarley Forden,. Mr. Gordon Saunders, Mr. Harvey Burkholder, Mr. John Walters, Jr., and Mr. Bob Whitton. Music was provided by Mr. Earl Riener, flautist, Kitchener Symphony orchestra and Mrs. Joan MacKenzie read from the poetry of Dylan Thomas. Harvey _ Burkholder, _ acting chairman for the evening for the lay lead group, read tclegrams of congratulations from Toronto Unitarian churches. Flowers were sent from the Kâ€"W B‘hai group,. across North America, should make its meetingâ€"place a centre for free discussion, for furtherâ€" ing adult education in the comâ€" munity, for worthâ€"while social action projects and for truly deâ€" dicated _ Sunday â€" School work amongst the children. New Telephone Books Ready For Delivery The directors of the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Little Theatre meeting in monthly session voted unanâ€" imously to proceed with the two phase construction project â€" at their studio site, 9 Princess St. in Waterloo. The project conâ€" sists of an addition to the rear of the existing building and renoâ€" vations to this structure. Final plans for this work were presentâ€" ed by Clay Hall, chairman .of Ten thousand dollars is all that stands between the Kâ€"W Little Theatre and their much needed expanded studio facilities. The importance of Rememâ€" brance Daygwas also emphasâ€" ized by O. W. (Mike) Weichel, M.P. for Waterloo North and himself a veteran of the First World War, as he spoke over CKKW _ Radio. "All veterans should _ cherish _ Remembrance Day," he said, "should foster more and more public attention to its observance. It is the inâ€" surance that our war dead will remain alive in the nation‘s memory." The Waterloo Music Society Band led the parade of serviceâ€" men from the Legion Hall to the cenotaph where wreaths were laid by representatives of many organizations, companies, individuals, and the two univerâ€" sities. Rev, Denton Massey, padre of the Waterloo Branch of the Canadian Legion, conducted the service and emphasized the imâ€" portance of Remembrance Day and of the cenotaph itself. "It‘s a monument to giory, sacrifice, and unspeakable Tove", he said, as he urged parents to teach their children the meaning of the day. ‘Wateriloo paid tribute to her sons and daughters who gave their lives in three wars Monâ€" day morning as an estimated 350 persons attended the serâ€" vices held at the cenotaph on Erb Street West. My first subject was Mr. J. C. Rothwell, presiâ€" dent of one of Canada‘s largest banks. Well J. C. (once you‘ve observed a person for a few days you feel strange if you still use their full name) J. C. alâ€" ways gets up every morning sharp at 10:15, has a large breakfast served to him in his room and then takes a taxi to the office, arriving just as the emâ€" ployees are leaving for their Iunch hour. Then, dedicated b usiness man that he is, J. C. works sthaight through the lunch hour, pausing only momâ€" entarily to have a six course dinner served to him at his desk. He then closes his office for the day at 2:15 and heads for the curling club. _ â€" Waterloo Pays Honour To Her Dead Of Three Wars Last week I told of my unnatural desire to beâ€" come a millionaire. Still obsessed with this wish I have continued my research into the habits‘ of millâ€" jionaires. All this is of course, based upon the well founded proposition that, if one only observes the way of millionaires and copies it, then one will beâ€" come a millionaire oneself. $10,000 Yet to Raise 350 at Cenotaph Little Theatre Plans Expansion NNiE Ei ME NTTUIRERUILNN h nemeifirmnn business wing is to be raised across Canada by the National Development Fund camâ€" paign launched in Toronto last Thursday. But Seriously . . . by Tom Evans A Further Study of Millionaires A _ committee consisting of President Lorne Hymers, Past President Mrs. Betty Miles, Vice â€" President Jim Clark, Secâ€" retary Mrs. Ruth Zinck, Treasâ€" urer Peter Stewart and Pubâ€" licity Director Len Evans, was established to arrange necessary financing for the project. The Theatre already has money in reserve for the project and the matter of obtaining or financing the remaining $10,000. will be the ‘"Committce of the Future" and were approved at a prevâ€" ious . meeting. pearance in Waterloo this week as the Waterloo Businessmens‘ Decorations were installed on the utility poles along downtown King Street. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, made their apâ€" The Kâ€"W Little Theatre is enjoying its best year in history with a total membership of 1542 reported to the meeting. Jt is expected that this total may grow slightly as season tickets are still available prior to the second production, *"The Mouseâ€" trap"‘ which will be staged Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 28, 29 and 30 at Watâ€" erloo Collegiate Auditorium. dealt with immediately. Tenders for the project have already been called and are closed ! "Come to the point." he said sternly. ‘"Well actually sir, I‘d like a job where I could start at 10:30 a.m. and leave about 2:00 p.m." ‘"That‘s all?" he asked. "Well I‘m very industrious and would work right through the noonâ€"hour," I added. "You see I want to be a millionaire." "Goodâ€"bye, he said. ‘"Well you see sir," I answered, "I have this dream." club at 1:30 Well, after having made these and numerous other examinations, with much the same results. I decided that the time had come to try my luck in the ficld of big husiness. 1 went out to look for a job. I had an interview with the head of a large inâ€" surance company. Feature of the weekâ€"end was the float parade on Saturday morning which saw 28 floats from both unâ€" iversities join in the two hour parade from the Kitchâ€" ener Memorial Arena to Seagram Stadium. The parade was followed by one of the most exciting foptball games of the year as the University of Waterloo Warâ€" riors defeated the Waterlo6 Lutheran University Golden Hawks 13â€"12. The one sour note in the weekend was a flood of complaints received by university officials concerning a U of W fioat in the parade which depicted Martin Luther being nailed to a church To | door by a huge spike bearing the words "95 Thesis". The float was meant merely as a dig at the Lutheran University "Just what sort of job did you have in he asked. This past weekâ€"end was a busy one at Waterioo‘s two universities, as both of the city‘s institutions of higher learning put the learning in the background for at least part of the time. It was homecoming weekend as both the University of Waterloo and for Waterloo Lutheran University welcomed back her graduates of past years. E. P. Gaylord, brewery millionaire, lives much the same life, with a few obvious exceptions. E. P. has an eight course meal before going to the jockey club at 1:30 _ "On the other hand we haveâ€" n‘t as yet nearly as many inâ€" formed writers on military subâ€" jects as one finds in the United Kingdom or the United States. As a result, 1 believe that our Canadian people are less well informed about military affairs than the people of either the United Kingdom or the United States." Air Viceâ€" Marshall Wilfred W. Bean was named "Alumnus of the Year" at the W.U.C. homeâ€" coming celebrations, A native of Kitchener, he graduated from the college in 1934 and joined the RCAF in 1939. Speaking at the annual homecoming day dinner, Air Vice â€" Marshall Bean pleaded for better communicaâ€" tion between the armed services "It is true that men in uniâ€" form have no monopoly on thoughts about any aspects of strategy or the use of military forces. and the public. "I believe that in some respects we have lost contact with the general public, that there is insufficient public discussion of the broader probâ€" lems to keep the people informâ€" in addition to the National Deâ€" velopment Fund drive announced last week by W.U.C. to raise $2,100,000 for a new library and science wing. At Waterloo University College the weekâ€"end also marked the launching of a drive by the College Alumni to raise $12,500 to purchase a concert grand piano and other needed equipâ€" ment for the university. This is and no action is to be taken to reprimand those students responâ€" sible. Air Vice â€" Marshall Bean mind ?"

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy