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' q The Wanda Chunk“, WM». M a. I”? Or, if you could find .1 $l2.000 homo you would like to have built, under this schema, monthly payments i25yearsy would run $l33 and the annual income re- qaircmonl would he $5,91t. For 35 years, $126. and $5,600. For a govcrnmont scheme de, signed to assist the average wage earner it loaves much to be de- sired. so far as payments are This is the-government plan to give aid and assistance to the lower income families wish- ing to purchase their own homes. Under this scheme the maximum cost of a home would be $15,000 for which the purchaser would pay $199 monthly, with a re- quired annual income of $8,844. The term of the payment is for 25 years, This is “hat Waterloo has been waiting for- the HOM E. plan. Should you wish to spread the payments over tho maximum 35 years, tho monthly payments would be $189, with an annual income requirement of $8.400. The OWRC proposed pipeline from Lake Erie is being received by most in this area very cooly, yet just what can the people do. The OWRC has very strong powers and is not adverse to using them. In many cases, this power is used wisely in an attempt to stop the pol- lution of our waters, but in the matter of a pipeline they should do all in their power to assure that the people will be satisfied with the source. It can do no good to foist water upon them that they all believe to be, to say the least, second rate, especially when it is the people who in the long run are paying the bill. The local cham- ber of commerce board are to be commended for their stand in calling for an independent survey. Dr. James Vance, chairman of the resource has recently released a statement that implies that they have already made up their mind. He terms the Lake Erie source as “satis- factory" andnotes that communities bordering this lake use it as their supply - Well some municipalities also use the Grand, not because it is completely "satisfactory" but because it is the cheapest and nearest source. When millions of dollars are to be spent on a pipeline, then those who eventually do the paying should have a strong say concerning the source. The city is also in a tizzy concerning the OWRC, but in their case it concerns improvements the resource feels is required to the sewage treatment plant. The city is right to attempt to slow this move down and spread the improvements over a two or three year period, providing that in so doing they are not adding unnecessary pol- ution to the Grand "tiver. The OWRC anti-pollution campaign is one that is extremely necessary for the fut- ure and should not, and must not be defeated. Finally, council has made a move that just possibly may result in this city presenting a plan to provide low- cost housing that will be within the reach of the average wage earner. They have agreed to form a committee, the only question is - will it be an active or passive group just giving lip service to the citizens? It was surprising to hear our mayor speak out against what he termed "eity subsidized" homes because he stated that tax dol- lars should not he used to provide the land for this pur- pose - yet, he was and is among the leaders to use tax dollars to provide land for industry. From our point of view, if they can use the people's money to provide serviced land for this purpose, they can very well use that game money to provide young married couples "an opportunity to have a decent start in decent surround- mgs. Member of the Canadian Woeklv Newspaper Association Wthorized as 2nd class mail by the Post Office Department Ottawa and tor payment of postage in cash" Is This What We Waited for? mum Pum,rsTiiiiiigVr'b. - PRESTON LEWIS GAMBLING -- Editor ROBERT, GRAY - Sales Manager Waterloo County's Oldest English Newspaper Office at Waterloo Square 744-6364 Waterloo Chronicle Circulation 10,497 Serving the City of Waterloo since 1354 Lew's Views Published by concerned, but it will be a de- finite help so far as the down payments are concerned. For instance, on the $12,000 home the loan amount available would be $1,400. which of course ac- counts for the high monthly pay- ments. Of this, principal and interest would amount to $83, estimated taxes of $25., amort- ized payment on land another S25 for the total of $133. The loans are calculated at the current NHA interest rate of , and one quarter per cent. The land is appraised at full market value. Not to long ago, Waterloo council turned down one offer by an arm: builder for tho con- struction of low cost homes. His otter was to construct homes valued at S15,70t. with monthly payments totaling $10023 plus taxes, Estimating the lax costs to be $25 per month (tho some figures used in tho government scheme). this would bring the total to $12523 per month. 74 4-6365 Editorial Comment The North Waterloo branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses recently gave official approval to tho brief to be submitted to provincial health authorities re- lating to the proposed Home Care Program for Waterloo County. Miss Catherine Maddaford, Sen- ior Regional threelor of VON for the Province of Ontario, was present to answer questions about the implementation of similar plans in other areas She has worked elosely with the local committee in the preparation of the brief, It is hoped that govern- ment approval will be given in time to permit starting the plan September I. In February a rather shocking accident occurred at Huether's Brewery (now the rear of the Kent Hotel). I remember this accident very vividly. The malt house, since torn down, was the schene where Daniel Kaibfleisch and three other men were shovel- ling some 10,000 bushels of malt when the floor gave way and Mr. The board of management was advised that Waterloo City Coum en had approved a grant of $7,400 for the current year, this being on a 25c per capita basis. The board also learned of a be- quest from the estate of the late HM, Cook, for many years treaS- urer of the former Kitchener branch of the VON. Mrs R. M, Elder. nurse in charge. reported that tho hranch's slx nursvs had made [.68] visits during January and Frhruary. a sliuht Im'rt‘uv uu‘r last year, "if; new patients uvrn acccptrd tor nurxnu: cur and hcalth "r struction (luring those two months, Remember the 1898 prohibition plebiscite (dominion), this caus- ed a lot of interest and was pas- sed with a majority of 13.973. During these years no business place was allowed to do business of any kind on a Sunday, soft drinks, ice cream, tobacco in- eluded. We youngsters were for- tunate however, because Gordon's Coetfeetiooary would always serve us a dish of ice cream if we went to the back door. In December of that year Wat- erloo sent a representative to a meeting of the OHA to apply for, the senior OHA series and, confi- dent of gaining admission, made plans to hold their first game in January on Waterloo ice. This did come about, and on January 12, 1899, they played and defeat- ed a Toronto team 9-5. The inter- mediate team also registered a victory over Guelph, 5-4. Approve Presentation of Brief To Provincial Health Authorities Remember Hallowe'en night when you and another boy re- moved the gate and threw it into a ditch? - yes, - You went home feeling rather proud at yourself didn't you? _ Ye-e-s, I remembered telling mama what we had done and mama said you did what? I repeated my tale - then mama took me by the hand and marched me right back to the church and ordered me to find the gate and replace it - this I did. Memory, however, does not tell me just what feelings I had when I Event to bed that night. She also roportml an enrol; ment of IR wmmn In tho Tums- day afternoon prenatal classes. A little voice spoke to me say. be: Do you remember the small Lutheran Church? I said yes. - That fence around the church? - yes. - The gate at the entrance? - yes - cleaned out the lime memory attic very well, but since the last article I developed a feeling that I had overlooked something. Sure enough, there was a lime mem- ory of a happening when I was a child in New Hamburg. " FRED SHIN" Last week I thought that I had Waterloo Over The Years Telephones were not very c6hr. mon at this time. and so when my father had one installed in his shop on King St., it attracted Dr. G, E. D. Wilson Kitchener medical officcr, will be conduct- ing a father's class on Tuesday, March let. at 8:00 p.m, in the auditorium of the Stanley F. lmavino Building, King Street, West Kitchener. Two local staff nursos visited the Ontario Crippled (‘InIdron's Centre in Toronto for consulta- 'mis is the same year that many residents helped the Bicycle Club with their cycle path project, by donating coal ashes which were used to make the path more permanent. In July, residents petitioned the council for cement walks on King St. and on William St. They also requested a plank walk on Union St. Council took the mat- ter under “consideration." Ad this same meeting, council passed two by-laws - the first, to order all shops closed from 6:15 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and the next morn- ing, with a penalty of $1 to $50 for violations. (drug and ice cream stores were exempt.) The second was for a presenta- tion to rate-payers for trunk sewers which subsequemly passed by a majority of 76 votes. This was the month that Water- loo and Berlin musical societies held a joint band concert in West- side (Waterloo) Park. This event attracted over two (2.000) thous- and people. I recall a bicycle collision in which I was involved. It happen- ed in from of the City Hotel, and a Mr. Mellen of the Waterloo Woolen Co. staff and I were both travelling at a high rate of speed when we met almost head-on. There were no lights on this sec- tion of King St., and as a result it was almost pitch dark. I es- caped without any serious injury, but Mr. Mellen suffered face cuts and internal injury. His bike was a total wreck. We read a lot about stopping the trading stamp Maine“, in 1899 they were attempting to leg- islate against them In that year the Merchant's Protective Asso. ciation was formed and they re- quested such legislation so that customers could be given more direct beoetits instead of hiring a stamp company to pay ' sumers in cheap lamps and sil- verware. At the time it appeared that the stamp companies would die an early death, but 60 years have passed and still no decision has been made. Kaittdieitseh was buried under- neath. It took several hours to find him, and when they did, it “an too late. Weekly Tours (Fri., Sat., Sun.) .. Long Weekends (Fri. to Mon.) F9F. Weekday Tours (Mon. to Fri.) l57 King West, Kitrhener 104 King South, Waterloo MEISSNER TRAVEL Cost include; rt‘tum transportation by tkluxe motor coach. Expo passport, ftrtA chm hotel or motel a-modabion. Departing May I5, June 12, July l7. Aug. 14, Sept. ll. exp067 a lot of attention and was even reported in the local papers. How many remember the elec- tion of Sept. 14, 1899? his elm tion caused \ considerable furore and was the subject of a long, drawn-out court case with chars. es of "bought votes." Even the local oewspdpers became invol- ved in the cunt case as witnes- ses along with an exceptionally large number of well and lesser known area persons. The result of the election, won by Louis Breithaupt (Wral), was that he subsequently lost his seat in the legislature. Mr. Brei- thaupt was personally "ahsohved" of any participation in the brib ery and corruption charges bot certain oi his agents were found guilty. On November 2, Waterloo and Berlin signed an agreement pen- taining to the Waterloo water- works standpipe, erected just in- side Berlin. It had to be the same height as Berlin's standpipe, with the main pipe in Berlin, from the corporation line on the west up to Seagram Ave., between the hospital and the high school, be. ing leased to Waterloo Mr Mt years at a rental of $1.00 a you. Waterloo also had to supply Ber- lin consumers residing west od the line from Seagram Ave.. and in return were given 10 per cent of waterworks rates collected in (Continued on page 5) tion and observation of rehatrib itation methods, in anticipation of having one of the centre's patients admitted to VON care on return to the Twin Cities. A university nursing student from London spent three Won-ks in the branch as part of her public health training. FRED SHINN Dial 57872300 Dial 245-6Ntt $79.00 $95.00