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Councillors, doubtless thinking they sounded full of nobility and home pride, voted down to oppose mail delivery in the village. We‘d sooner walk than lose Bridgeport‘s identity, they chimed. The matter arose from a postal department‘s study which would cost the village its post office and result in letters bearing a Kitchener postmark. Crowded working conditions in a building with an expired lease prompted the study in the first place. The new proposals favor a subâ€"station for Bridgeport and removal of the office to Kitchener. If Bridgeport has no more individualistic trait than a post office then it is time it started to worry in earnest. If this is so necessary to its existence it might as well give up the struggle, especially when working conditions in the existing one are below par and it is without a home. However, if that‘s the way Bridgeport wants it, good luck to them. If elected councillors have no qualms about making the old and invalidated make daily trips to. collect their mail there is the consolation that all things may be evened out in the end. Councillors too may hit on less agile days and then perhaps view the matter in a different light. It would be interesting even now to know how many of them personally pick up the family mail, or have they willing families to gyerform the chore. They said they‘d sooner walk. Here‘s hoping they have Bridgeport council earned itself a niche in the hall of fame last week in the section reserved for(those opposed to progress. Persistent cold weather heightens the dangers of carâ€" bon monoxide poisoning in the home, plant, garage, highway, or anywhere fuel burning appliances are used. The tasteless, odorless, invisible nature of the gas makes it a most insidious killer. Incomplete burning of fuels, gases, liquids or solids produces the gas. When combined with improper ventilâ€" ation poisoning results. If inhaled over a long period permanent damage to nervous and circulatory systems, or eventual death may result. Heaters, stoves or furnaces that have been idle for a long time should be checked before lighting to ensure proper operation and to see that flues or chimneys are not blocked. Space heaters should not be used in small, unventilated rooms, nor should kitchen ovens or gas stoves be turned on for overnight heating. Faulty exhaust systems in autoâ€" mobiles can be another deadly source of the poison. And for those who cannot be reached through the heart there is always the appeal to the pocket. Receipts for donations can be used to knock the sting out of inâ€" come tax payments, f A oneâ€"day blitz will be conducted next Monday to raise this year‘s $850,000 objective. The money is needâ€" ed if this worthwhile work is to continue and expansion needs are to be met. Rising plant and highway accident tolls and their crippling aftermaths indicate the needs are likely to increase. The disabled person who acquires skill to earn money regains the selfâ€"respect lost through dependence on others for everything. It is a doubleâ€"edged blessing, in that it takes him or her off total welfare, and directly benefits the whole community. Disabled adults who are in constant ~ or discomâ€" fort are helped bear their burden through the interest provided by work. Psychological help is provided for those who cannot be helped physically. Funds for the operation are raised by the annual March of Dimes campaign. Each year about 4,500 persons receive this help, through 10 sheltered workâ€" shops in Ontario. 4 Many of them have been helped by the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled. It assessed their abilities and provided the training best suited to their aptitudes and capabilities. Among the most useful members of Ontario‘s work force are disabled adults who spend their lives in wheelâ€" chairs. They have been tvained to do work which makes them selfâ€"respecting mempers of society and dependable workers. A division of Baulk Publishers Ltd. Published every Wednesday at Waterloo Square, Waterloo, Ont. In Canada: one year $3.00; in United States and foreign countries: one year $4.00 Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, The Silent Killer Boost Usefulness Better to Walk? Waterloo Chronicle SUBSCRIPTION RATES Established 1854 walk. Here‘s hoping they have Wellâ€"known Waterloo men were questioned on their opinion of union of Kitchener and Waterâ€" loo into one municipality and all were strongly opposed to the scheme. Waterloo has its own services, its own post office, customs ofâ€" fice and one of the best public utilities systems on the continent. Waterioo has nothing to gain by joining Kitchener. In 1916 Berlin was then lookâ€" ing for a new name and could just as easily have taken the name of Waterloo, but the feelâ€" ing in Berlin at that time was to decline the name of the smalâ€" ler town, and so have it said that the smaller town had absorbed the large one. The president said: "I believe that the time has come when the City of Kitchener and the Town of Waterloo might well consider the adviseability of joining forces and become one larger municiâ€" pality." In January, 1938, steps to proâ€" mote the amalgamation of Kitchâ€" ener and Waterloo into one muâ€" nicipality were taken by the Kitâ€" chener board of trade. It was suggested in an address by Presiâ€" dent L. O. Breithaupt which met with hearty approval and a comâ€" mittee was appointed to consider this work. By FRED SHINN The population in 1937 was 8,425, an increase of 159 over 1936. North ward was 1,435, a decrease of 13; east ward, 2,309, and increase of 18; south ward, 3,000, an increase of 78; west ward, 1,681, an increase of 76. OVER THE YEARS Waterloo Nearly Amalgamated W h e n the Waterloo board of trade met for The president also suggested having the city council appoirt a special comâ€" mittee to deal with a similar committee from the Tow n of Waterloo. A â€" United Waterloo Loyalist was disturbed in his sleep regardâ€" ing the merger of Kitchener and Waterloo and in a letter to the editor of the Waterloo Chroniâ€" cle, dated July 22, 1938, describâ€" ed his dream. "I dreamt I was being wafted through space on a magic carpet. I travelled over many parts of Western Ontario and suddenly was gently landed on Duke Street, Kitchener. I saw no one I knew, and after looking around I spoke to a stranger and made inquiries about Waterloo. "I was immediately on the maâ€" gic carpet and in an instant found myself in what was Waterloo, and near the post office. I stopped a passerâ€"by. Looking at me with a blank stare he replied, ‘No this is part of Kitchener, the west end.‘ "‘How did it happen?‘ " ‘No one can tell you exactly,‘ he said. ‘We were very proud of "He said, ‘Why there is no Waâ€" terloo now. It was merged with Kitchener. This is now our west end up there this side of Buck‘s Hill® "This is no longer Waterloo? I asked. Take away competitions and rivalry between Waterloo and Kitâ€" chener, and a lot of zest for our enjoying of life will be gone. The zest and the greater interests and benefits derived today through Kitchener and Waterloo being two distinct entities more than offset any material benefits which might accure through amalgamaâ€" tion in one large centre. I am in favor of union of Kitâ€" chener and Waterloo provided Kitchener adopts the name Waâ€" terloo. If union comes about, the name Waterloo is a historical one and should be acceptable. It is also the name of the county. On no account would I be in favor of adopting the name of Kitchener. Our own name is the best in the country, associated as it is with the winning of liberty of differâ€" ent nations 100 years ago. I have often wondered why Kitchener is so anxious to gobble up Waterloo. They must think the same as I do. Waterloo alâ€" ways was and is today a wonderâ€" ful place to live and we have almost everything we need for good living and sport. Some were in favor of union under certain conditions, that the city buildings which it proposed to build should be midway beâ€" tween the two places. In the event of union, also a consideration was the removal of the cemetery. 5* "So, yippee! Waterloo is safe. There are plenty of United Waâ€" terloo Loyalists here to save us. ‘"Yours truly One of them. "Just as I was being carried away on the carpet there was a sharp clash of lightning and a heavy crash of thunder. I woke to find myself sitting on the edge of my bed, holding firmly to a bed sheet and tears in my eyes. I rolled over and tried to sleep. "I got up and looked into an old dream book. I found a dream recorded matching fairly well with the one I had. The book stated that dreams of this nature always go by opposites. "I was just leaving when my stranger friend said, ‘We didn‘t have enough active Waterloo loâ€" yalists. There were too many of the merge class who lacked senâ€" timent and loyalty and who knew nothing of Waterloo traditions and we had our large woolien mill go into a merger years ago and a large furniture factory on the plea of one unit of control and lower costs and like town taxes again, baloney, and we lost out.‘ "‘No, you see the city is alâ€" lowed one mill for park purposes, and the ones nearer the centre get first attention and the outâ€" laying ones come out on the short end.‘ "‘How about your park? Is it as popular as ever? "He replied, ‘The boys were throwing stones through the winâ€" dows. We have no post office at this end of the city. We get our mail only an hour or so later, and if we want postal informaâ€" tion we go to the post office two miles down, but it is good exercise. The customs office was closed for the same reason. You can‘t expect two of these in a city & "‘No,‘ he said. ‘That was one of the strong talking points in favor of joining, but it was all baloney. They need additional clerks to handle the work down there. The mayor‘s salary was saved, but that was a drop in the bucket. We still have a fire hall, but as it serves a much larger area, we have a fullâ€"time brigade and this extra expense more than offsets any other savings. "‘We have no gas, water or electric offiue. We can mail our cheques or go down two miles for information or to get bills corrected.‘ "‘Are your taxes lower since you joined up?‘ was my last quesâ€" tion. "I asked, ‘Why are the post office windows boarded up?‘ our town. We were probably too proud and boasted too much.‘