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The circular wall of the toner is 2% feet thick at the base, tap- ering to 1"i, feet at the height, 36 feet to the hexagonal gallery floor, access to which is by an inner stairway. The inside of the tower is a straight circular ml. inder, 9 feet in diameter. The gallery is about 100 feet above the water level of the river. Sur- mounting the whole is a spire. of Swiss design and copper covered, with a 3 foot copper weatht vane depicting a covered Cones- toga wagon drawn by four horses, the transportation vehicle of the early settlers. The tower is en- duringly built of reinforced con- crete faced with field stone, with an ornate portal of Indiana lime- stone. The Pioneers Memorial Associ- ation, who is responsible tor the building of this lower, was form- ed with the following officers: Hon. President, W. H. Brvithaupt, Kitchener; President, D. N. Pana. baker, Hespeler; Secretary, A. A. Eby, Kitchener; Treasurer, D. B. Betzner, Kitchener; Executives, A. C. Hallman, Kitchener and B. Brubacher, Waterloo. This plot of land was purchas- ed from Isaac Furtney who oe- cupied the old Beizner home- stead, and which included the first cemetery in inland Ontario. Saturday afternoon, August 28, was, a monument in the shame d a beautiful lookout tower was dedicated and . historic tablet unveiled. The tower. which was erected in honor of the first set- tlers of Waterloo County, was built on a high bluff on the east bank of the Grand River adjoin- ing one of the two first farms in Waterloo County, and opposite the Village of Doon. Commemorates First Pioneers the Whoa-Io. Chronicle. “My, “who: 21, I”? 147 Columbia ROYAL RUG CLEANING Established in 1952, it hai been our ploacurn to serve Waterloo and area residents for the past 15 years. Conveniently located at I4 7 Columbia St. Waterloo OLD AND NEW - Willison Hall (at left) the original building on the Waterloo Lutheran Univer- sity campus, compares with the Seminary building, SERVICE 745-4024 We are area representatives for Harding Carpets as well as many other well known carpet manufacturers. one of the newer buiMings on campus. There now are 15 buildings, most of them completed since 1960. Waterloo