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pro"ruml' Paul Beam. Ross Klopp, William W A, Bacchkr, chairman of (Bill) Henderson (Aid), Herb the financial Campaign Commit- Rm). Harold Beaupre, Russ Led- tee said that the campaien. ger (Md). Lee Keener. Jim slated lo start Remember 30, Swarm, Dave Lilwiller and Don I968. will be seeking approxi- Wing. Sprakinp, about the present and possible future of the Y pro- prams in Waterloo. Bill Van Gar- dvr. si'cretitry, noted that the YMCA hm] boon urtiu' in war erloo for «mm timr. The "Y", he will is; r" " a vonturo not a Intuit): “In loss than thrsu? yours “0 hope to have a build- ing in Waterloo. howt-vor, until that time, our “ark is as moat aC the needs of tho community. We must not however be bound by troditional concepts of YMCA prm'rnnw“ The Interim Steering Commit- 190 for the Waterloo Branch YMCA hold their innaugural meeting to discuss plans for the coming year Waterloo YMCA Committee Holds Inaugural Meeting The Waterloo Lions Club will be holding Lions Week on May 29 with a completed wildlife display in Waterloo Park. It is even rumored that they are in the process of securing a real, live lion to feature this event. The Lions are to be complimented for their civic works and in particular. one which will give so many so much pleasure now and in the coming years. Waterloo Park has always been well endowed, but the addition of this live display will round out its attractions beautifully. It is to be hoped that all citizens of Waterloo will show their appreciation by taking part in this week of cele- brations. we believe that both the city council and the developer would prefer to give positive proof to all concerned, that the zone change request was based upon bona fide desires to "properly" develop this particular area. . Again. in connection with the high vise apartment building project, some municipal officials have expressed the fear that it might never be implemented after a zone change has taken place. Some even feel that the land in question would be resold shortly after a zone change was allowed and the city might be saddled with an even less desirable project for this location. While it is difficult to imagine one of our more reputable developers using such wheel and deal methods, if there is such a possi- bility then council and planning board should make the one change contingent upon this particular project (after all aspects have been fully approved) being implement- ed by a certain date. While this seems rather restrictive, Council has taken the first step to change the zone designation on the east side of Phillip Street, from light industrial to residential. In one respect this is good, for it will allow the construction of much needed student residences (owned and operated by students through their eo-operative organization). Most all families, in Waterloo are aware of the definite shortage of such accommodation within the community, unfortunately this project will accommodate only a portion of students. It was interesting to note that few objected to these residences in this area, but all expressed opposition to the 19-storey high rise. Since this is the most contentious portion of the Major Holding/project, it behoo'ves both planning board and council to set standards that will not offend. Granted, it would cost the developer more to change his proposed apartment building so that it would present a low profile-but if it would eliminate the oppo- sition it might be well worth it. Council and planning board should, and must, seriously consider this possi- bility. Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association P'Autttoriaed " 2nd class mail by the Post Office Department Ottawa and for payment of oostage In cub” Lewis Gambling, editor Waterloo County's Oldest English Newspaper Office at Waterloo Square Published by BAUI.K PUBLISHERS LTD. - PRESTON 744-6364 The Wand“ Chunk“, WM, Mor t. I”) Waterloo Chronicle Ciriulation 10,497 Serving t e City of Waterloo since 1854 ‘ Lew's Views Momnhors of the Waterloo In.. terim Shaving Committee are Dr. Phil Voolker. Ralph Beam, At present there are four YMCA "ry clubs. a faiornity and a Saturday morning YMCA Boy's Town fin Norlhdale School) operating 1n Waterloo. Joe Conneti, general secretary of the YMCA, outlined the close co-operation between the Com.. munity Services Board. the Wat- crloo Public School Board and the "Y". The outdoor swimming pool in Moses Springer Park, he said, will complement the Waterloo branch "Y" facilities. mately $1.000.000 for a YMCA building on Lincoln Road. Editorial Comment 744-6365 It was a rule, at that limo. that mm not wearing: white “Mars could not ontc‘r the lower portion of tho theatre. nothing was over mrrrtioned about women‘s clothes perhaps because they were more clothes than was necessary. Nowadays, most women wear nothing but slacks and jeans. In 1908 there were only two members of the old Beaver team Mill playing with them. so ano- ther team called the White Sox was formed. They only had two of the former Beaver players with them. and neither team had any success during the season. One of the Berlin teams won the championship that year, About this time the board of works started a campaign for cement sidewalks. as a result a cement sidewalk was built on the east side of King Street. The streets at that time were all dirt streets and had to be sprinkled scveral Iimcs a day (except when it rained and turned the Mrt'ets into mud) to keep down the dust In 1909, the Mutual Life Assur. ance Company came very close to moving to Berlin. The rapid growth of the company made its quarters in Waterloo too small to accommolate the growing stall, roconls and securilios. As In the latter part of 1907, we sold our furniture business and over the Christmas and New years I was in St. Louis, Mo. The New Year day was bright and sunny, real summer woather, so we played some ball and look in several vaudeville shows. I started my lawn bowling acti- vities when I was 64 and am of- ten sorry I had not started earl- ier. However, then as today, the saying is that lawn bowling'is an old mans' game. Since I start- ed I have found out different, it is a real game of skill and re- quires a lot of practice. For young or old .it is good exercise and once started, it is hard to get it out of your system. Lawn bowling always played an important part of Waterloo sports activities. In '07 the Twin Cities held an annual bowling tournament. and in '08 there were 60 rinks from various points in Western Ontario that participat- ed. The Seagram trophy was the main prize and is still being play- ed for today. In that year how- ever, a Guelph team took the trophy home with them. I do know that the Alerts won the Twin City championship. _ By FRED SHIN" My memories of 1937-08 seem to be on vacation. In 1907 I know that I played several games of baseball with the Beavers, but apparently did not have the same interest as Iwtore. It could be that' the business of earning a living interfered with my sports activities and other pleasures. Waterloo Over The Years t Looking ovvr the Lakeshore Village takes me bark to the times when this land was the Bearing" Farm. On it was the schoolhouse which is still there but not being used at present. J. S. Thomas taught there for over 40 ycars. Ho and his family lived in a home on the farm, about a mile from tho school. In 1909, the board at trustees had all been scholars at Mr. Thomas. The Thomas family and my family were good frirnds and visited each other quite often. About this time. Mr. Thomas was thinking of retiring and por- chased a home in Waterloo at the corner of Alexandra and Victoria (Rodin). 11105 home had no conveniences, and at cottrsp the family wanted them, but, they would have noth. ing done until they could pay for it in full. Mr. Thomas would walk the three miles back and forth to school, every day, winter and summer. Also, after hours he did some part-lime bookkeeping. Mrs. Thomas also did odd jobs and, one at a time, and only when they could pay cash in full, they had the conveniences installed. First was the lumen. Newark me in the face. The Waterloo Manufacturing Company used to have a railway siding which ran alongside of the main tracks of the GTR line. It was used to load tractors destined for the west, on flat cars. One night they finished the loading rather late leaving the engine with a lot of steam still in it. A group of ms boys got a long piece of string and tied it to the whistle. We then ran up the tracks a way, pulled it tight and tied it to a fence post. We Quickly whipped over to Er!) St. and back down to King. The whistle was blowing loudly and tr0n1inuously and people came running to see what all the fuss was about - of course. after joining the crowd, we wondered to, The other day, while standing in front of the A & P on King Street, I found a memory staring Though they fully intended to close the deal, it was never clinched because in February of that year, they were offered the Randall properly which they pur- chased. They are still located on this site but a small corner is located in Berlin (Kitchener). a result the board decided to erect handsome new oltiee build- ing. They sold their old building to the Dominion Life with the in- tention of locating their new building in Waterloo, however, the property which they were considering took a rather sudden rise in value (about three times the former value) therefore they secured an option fat a more moderate figure) on a site in Berlin. Waterloo’s Own Station In the afternoon there was a procession. led by the band, of a thousand school children carrying Rags, the cadet corps. the Toron- to singing societies, the Lieder- kranz, Lyric and Concordia at Berlin. and the Harmonie at Waterloo. The chief interest was centered in the bicycle and motor cycle races (notably the 10-mile bicycle and motor cycle races.) 'mere was a nag drill of too who“ children. a Ital mile pony race. In the evolving a band concoct which eoded wit u sued d'smsuy of FtreqeoNrr. In the morning the We!“ S. hand played on the square and them proceeded to the park to watch a baseball game between Prestort and Waterloo (which Waterloo won 6-0). and a 15-milo bicycle race on the pad: track a... All plans of business wow do- corated with cedars, flaps and bunting. During the day, over 7000 people found their way to the park including several thrms- and from Berlin. This Dominion Day (1961) should be om that is must c010- brated over the years (100). The following is copied from the out Chronicle Tolr-graph and dated July 8. 1909, and describes how this holiday was Celebrated at that time: Things are quite different to- day when everyone has (wary- thing first and pays for thrm afterwards. Perhaps this is “by we have so many finance com- panies. trust companies. banks and insurance companies all begging you to borrow money. When all “as finally installed, Mrs. Thomas said "now I can take it easy and enjoy things - unfortunately she did not mjoy them for very long as in a very short time. she passed away. lights and plumbing. FRED SHIN"