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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 7 Jun 1967, p. 4

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To the Editor, In listening to news on our radio this morning may I quote "Mayor Paleczny does not think the City Counâ€" cil has the right to tell the taxpayer where or when he should do his shopping and the business man can do as he so likes, when and what time he wants to close or open his shop?" Even the socialist revolutionâ€" ary, Gamel Nasser, has been unâ€" able to rescue Egypt from its traditional Jewish hatred. It has thus been Nasser â€" whose counâ€" try has the least cause to fight Israel because it shares little common border â€" who has inâ€" voked the absurd Moslem call for Jihad â€" Holy War against the Jews. Would Mayor Paleeczny then explain please, why the taxpayer does not get the right this fall to say yes or no who wants fluoridation in our good water. in the 20th century, any nationâ€" al leader who incites his people to Holy War in the name of reâ€" While the Israckis were putting the land under the plow, building andustry and fostering education, ber Arab neighbors have remainâ€" ed trapped in the ageâ€"old poverty which has always gripped the masses of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and the rest of the Arab Middle It is said it is not being put in water that is being used in the University section of the City as they need pure water. Don‘t we the taxpayers need pure water too? I would like to see our Mayor‘s explanation against pure water for all taxpayers in your paper. Thus come the violent disagreeâ€" ments between Jew and Arab which have unsettled the Middle East, threatened to touch off a new war of flame and fire in the lands which cradled civilization, and created new tensions between the big powers. Because the achievements of Israel have so overâ€"shadowed the stil feudal way of life of its backâ€" ward Arab neighbors, the overâ€" whelming sympathy of Canada and the West is with Israel in its current gallant struggle with the Arab Middle East. Significantly, maps produced in Arab countries do not identify the territory by its generallyâ€"acceptâ€" ed name. Such maps will refer This little village is found on few maps. But any map will show the outlines of the State of Israel, a sliver of land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean which last month celebrated its 19th anniverâ€" sary as a modern national homeâ€" land for the Jewish people. Palestine." ‘There is a small village on the plains of Israel, standing in the shadows of the hills of Samaria, caled Magiddo. The Biblical Apocalypse names it as the site of the last great battle among the nations before Judgement Day â€" Armageddon. 4 The Waterioo Chromicle, Wednesday, June 7, 1967 Established 1854 A division of Baulk Publishers Ltd. Published every Thursday at Waterloo Square, Waterloo, Ont. Lewis Gambling, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada: one year $3.00; in United States and foreign countries: one year $4.00 Authorized ag second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. by Ray Argyle THIS WEEK AND NEXT tember ofthe Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association area as "Jewishâ€"occupied Letter to the Editor Waterloo Chronicle The gallant struggle 20th century. Unable to uplift his people, probably also unable to win a military clash, the Nasser bluster is a desperate diplomatic gamile, aimed at winning a morâ€" al victory over Israel without actually having to fight for it. Toronto Telegram News Service The Arab position, as taken by Nasser and his allies, is that Isâ€" rael must be destroyed and Paleâ€" stine returned to Arab rule. The force of history, however, clearly endorses Israel as both the Middle East‘s only democracy and its only modern state. Nasser‘s â€" socialist â€" revolution has failed to move Egypt into the and thence to the Far East. While the US and Canada have deciared the Gulf to be international watâ€" ers, the Soviets have injected big power rivalry by backing Nasser in his action in ordering the Gulf closed and his threats to sink any Israeli ship using the waterway. one in which the slow negotiation of diplomacy might have dampâ€" ened the fuse of war. Instead, the hasty withdrawal emboldened Nasser to close the Then came Nasser‘s sudden deâ€" mand for withdrawal of the Unitâ€" ed Nations Emergency Force, the peaceâ€"keeping group put together 10 years ago at Canada‘s behest, which has ever since been patrolâ€" line the border between Israel and Egypt. Uâ€"N Secretaryâ€"General U Thant has been criticized for moving so mands. While it is true he had no option but to get the troops off Egyptian soil (anything less would have amounted to armed Uâ€"N occoupation of a soverign state) the tragedy is that U Thant moved so quickly. The crisis is In the strategy which built Egyptianâ€"Israel tension to the flash point, Nasser and his Syrian allies first fomented border clashâ€" es to build a spirit of crisis. to the garbage dump of history than in the councils of modern diplomacy. lhgion, represents a philosophy which surely must better belong of Agaba, Israel‘s vital Taxpayer Butcher and bologna bulls to 25.00; Common down to 19.50. Choice veal reached 45.00 ewt.; Medium to good 37.50â€"41.50; Comâ€" mon grades down to 30.00. Good stocker steers sold to 27.15, Medium 25.75â€"26.50; Stock calves sold to 32.75. Dairy cattle: Milk cows 108.00â€" 210.00; Springer cows 200.00â€" 335.00 per head. Hogs: There were 2851 young pigs sold by auction with the market steady. Good pigs 6â€"8 weeks old 16.00â€"17.75; 810 week old pigs 18.00â€"20.00; Chunks 20.25 â€"23.00; Feeder hogs 23.00â€"30.10; Sows in pig 92.00â€"127.00; Boars 46.00â€"119.00. Of course, this question is still open for discussion. » Years ago, we always had a ‘"‘good"‘ cup of coffee. A grocer in Waterloo installed a coffee roaster and an electric coffee mill which at that time was a most upâ€"toâ€"date machine. Slaughter cattle: Choice qualâ€" ity steers sold to 28.00 a ewt.; Good 25.75â€"26.75;, Medium 24.50 25.50; Common down to 22.50. Choice quality heifers sold to 27.40;, Good 25.25â€"26.25; Medium 24.00â€"25.00; Common down to 21.00. Heifer type cows reached 24.00 a cwt.; Good cows sold to 22.50; Medium _ 20.75â€"21.75; Common down to 19.50. Canners and cutâ€" ters 14.00â€"18.00. A heavy offering of cattle, parâ€" ticularly in the butcher section, sold at steady prices throughout. Not many choice steers were offered. Medium _ cattle â€" sold strong. Veal was easier and qualâ€" ity was down. Butcher cows were plentiful and demand good. Reâ€" placement cattle with a moderâ€" ate offering, sold steady with the better grades in good demand. Dairy cows were barely steady. Dairy heifers strong. A heavy offering of _ replacement â€" pigs sold steady. Kitchener Stock Yards that the speed limit of automoâ€" biles be set at six or seven miles an hour, also, that plain clothesed police officers be on the lookâ€"out at the Mutual Life building and at the Alexandra House to deâ€" tect autoists who speed along at a "reckless‘" pace. It was wonderful just to be able to go in and smell the coffee beans being ground. Many people think that present day speed limits are too high, they would have been well satisâ€" fied with a suggestion madeiat a meeting of the town council back in 1912. The suggestion was On December 19, 1912, the Berâ€" lin city council requested a meetâ€" ing with the Waterloo town coun cil to discuss the question of union. The meeting was held in the Waterloo Chambers (Mayor Fischer thought it would be a courtesy to meet the Berlin comâ€" mittee). Berlin was most anxious to gobble up Waterloo, but nothâ€" ing ever came of this desire. Chief Flynn always kept. auto and wagon accidents to a miniâ€" mum. He continuously kept after drivers who made it a point to race through town. Three accoiâ€" dents occurred this year, in Watâ€" erloo which might have been avoided had the drivers been running their vehicles at a modeâ€" rate rate of speed. situated where the present Harâ€" old Wagner school is now locatâ€" ed. Several weeks before the Kings Plate was runmn, several bhundred of our citizens would visit the course every Sunday to watch the horses put to the test. The times that the horses ran was never given out to the public. At the time, I never really knew whether betting was carried on or not. Last Sundéy, while travelling With FRED SHINN At one time, the Seagram staâ€" es had a home race course Waterloo Over The Years 1â€"An Ethnic Folk Festival with songs, dances, ethnic foods, handiâ€" crafts and a hofbrau. The parade will include 11 bands â€" iwo from Sarnia (the Sarnia Marching Angels and the Sarnia Lionettes) and the Canaâ€" dian Regiment of Fusiliers from Ottawa; a large number of floats; the ethnic groups include â€" Schwaben club, Greeks, Hungariâ€" Many events have been planâ€" ned for this special occasion, and include: 2. Cenâ€"Station 67, a huge variâ€" ety show at Seagram Stadium, and the largest fireworks disâ€" play in Waterloo County history. June 26 to July 1 will be celeâ€" brated as "Kâ€"W Come Home Week", a time when all former residents of this area return to renew old aquaintances and memâ€" ories, as well as help celebrate Canada‘s Centennial. ~ 3â€"A gigantic Centennial Parâ€" 2de on July 1, followed by a barbecue. At 7 p.m., all mail going out was closed and I then went home for my evening meal and then back to the office to dispatch a closed mail which was picked up by the street railway at 8:20 p.m. and then‘again at 9:30 p.m. to reâ€" ceive the incoming mail. This was my work for six days a week â€" no coffee breaks â€" and no days off during the week. Shortly after I started I was married and moved into an apartâ€" ment above what was then a con fectionary and ice cream store. This building has since been reâ€" novated and enlarged, and is preâ€" sently â€"occupied by the Natural Gas offices. This apartment was quite hanâ€" dy to my work as the door was only about 30 feet to the post ofâ€" fice. When it was moved tq the new building it was but a block away. My duties started at 7 a.m., and continued until the last mail was in, which at that time, was never before 9:30 p.m. (how the workers of today would cry about those hours). At noon, a mail came in from the east, after this was sorted (which was about 12:30) I went home for my noon meal and was back again by two. I then closed a mail for the east which was carried to Berlin by the Eimira train. The first mail had to be sorted and ready by 7:30 a.m., then locked in a bag for Toronto and picked up by the street railway who had the contract to carry the mail from the post office to the Grand Trunk station in Berlin. to what use the building will serve the community best, he is to be complimented for such civic service. The building brings back many memories for me, for I once worked in the Waterloo Post Ofâ€" Earl Putnam, founder of the Canada Health and Accident Inâ€" surance Co., purchased the buildâ€" ing and has done much to restore it. While be bas not decided as The fate of that fine building was quite unsettled in recent years, following the. construction of the new building. Some felt it should be saved and restored, others were of the opinion that it should be torn down and used as a parking lot. 1913, on the comner of King and Duke streets. It cost $50,000. The doors were opened to the public who wended their way through. W. G. Weichel, MP stated that he had never seen a handsomer building than this. smal car on the left â€" quite difâ€" ferent from those good, careful days. The (old) Waterloo Post Office was formally opened on June 21, along Weber at a speed of 30 milés an bour a motorcycle pasâ€" ome Home Week The JC‘s are particularly inâ€" terested in receiving names and addresses of former residents, Send to Come Home Week Comâ€" mittee, Box 163, Kitchener. ans, Germans, Chinese, Ukraniâ€" ans etc.; past and present celeâ€" brities; provincial, federal and local â€" representatives; and _ of of course, our own Centennial Queen Stephanie Flynn. Somehow I managed to get an appointment with him for a cerâ€" tain night. I sat down beside him at the table and explained the benefits of a policy, how it gave protection to his mother. and what it would do for him in his later years â€" you see, I did not sell the insurance, I sold him the idea, and he bought. After leaving the post office, I accepted a position with the Do mimion Express in Toronto, then in 1921 I came back and took a debit with the Prudential Life Insurance Co. My territory was Waterloo and a part of Berlin. This I kept until 1950 when I reâ€" tired after almost 30 years of One thing I never did was se insurance â€" I expiained to peo ple what insurance meant and would do for them, then if they felt they needed it and could afâ€" ford it, they bought it. When I first started with Pruâ€" dential, I was told there was no lmit to my earnings, this suited me fine as I knew my boss was Fred Shinn and time was mige to use or waste. One which comes to mind quite often â€" a widowed mother spoke to me about her son who had no insurance and wanted nothing to do with it, she said she would like for him to have some pro tection as he helped to support and keep the family together. 1 enjoyed these years very much and shall never forget some of my dealings with people. During the five years I was at the post office, Sunday was the only day I had to myself and family. Sunday was rather a dead day, a big change has come since. 1 also might say my sab ary for a whole month was about what some now get for three These long hours did not seem to kil me as I am still here and FRED SHINN by

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