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O) VALENTINE CARD CRAZE Next Wednesday. the ancient custom of sending and receiving valentines will be revived once again, as it has every year, and both young and old will enjoy the pleasure of expressing their " fection and love in verse and rhyme. - _A _ Well, the first valentine was sent many, many years ago, in the third century AD to be exact, and the sender was a young Ro. man named Valentinus. - ilow did it all start? Where did the custom originate? Valentinus, who was.imprison- ed try Emperor Claudius ll for g,ising aid to Christian martyrs, IIS--)" THE "llsal 1MlllAlhll EDWIN R. 1lmW000 TO CALL FOR THE BEST BUY ON YOUR INSURANCE 576-1560 lu-Slleil Homes ltd. 316 Marsland Dr.. Waterloo Chmoluino Award Winning Builder A Young Roman Started It All For FR E b] IN FOR M ATION Malleck Boitdion. Kitchener ‘HOTVIES LIE/“TED 02mm Iris/ii.?,".)'?" Beaupres Interior Ltd I70 Victoria Street South Wallpaper !,rvyhlrl,/i,i a? CUSTG‘ al M l-ZOM'S Canadian Head Office on The- Late)! 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They have formwed the twists and turns of public taste frrm the (-url)’ nowcry 1'hlyl't'rim Mun» of uffvvlmn in u-rwn lo the fur -' [4363’ ')jit,i.-(irrii' f?'" ' ti'jre"irk" . i 3'" y _ _ "T it” . , +7 Tf f _ a} cr. , _ ll '“’ ."-. C tiriity-f'é.‘ ff a A” Ear“ 'r'isrcc/ '5 Wa taerlliatr Eizrmai 1:13 7dat/r1,,r./6a'?s),j5y,ll, in 1,160 more tsophisticated and mute-up orary cards of today “In of the cards have such “in " loverlies. heart warm- ers and others are in similar vein. The trend today is to gay, mod _eoioris with very short verses and the old him lacy cards of 20 of more years ego are out. The Mend is to contemporary cards as well. liv Eight new industries. occupy- ing a total 11T,000 square tort and employing 329 persons. opened in Waterloo last year. according to a report submitted by industrial committee chair- man Norman W. Parker to the chamber of commerce. In addition, nine industrial ec pansions provided an extra 119. 828 square feet of manufacturing area and work for 133 more em- ployees. Chamber secretary-manager M. W. (Speck) Turner said his office handled five survey inquiries fur developers‘ directories in Ont- ario. Quebec and Neu York. Welcome to Wotvrloo hm clurrus \u-n- distributed to Iii L‘Hm'il) [mints of rnTrx' and a; oHaru. l? ttru"," “if“; of ”1va 4“." Eight Industries Locate Here in '67,- Employ 329 Replies were sent to 68 lett, "s requesting general information on the city. The Waterloo m (lush-in! list of ttttrt'e than JO comymnim “us updated and 11-» vised, tn s.1ry:n uni”: tidz io A I Facod V/e MY FAIR LADY See page 11 for details liL'C -_-.- tlu, tHts, Jim! an our? 11 to mam 1 tri I can) am ol ham 3 m ENTER mh'anu‘ I” " II These came from every pmvlnce. In November alone 30 such re. quests were received and pro- cessed. Among regular information sought from the chamber office. is character reputation of busin- ly 320.250 were paid to benefieL aries under thewhoynber's group insurance and Ontario Hospital Commission plans. Fortymine firms are, members of the group insurance handled by the office. This covers 131 employees and their dependents. J. R. Coghiu in his finance and office committee report said 457 claims totalling approximate- Group insurance premiums 'ol- leeteddtt 1967 amounted to $22,- 500. ()mario Hospital Commis- sion premiums paid were $8500. Student Given wl on trt h 1H V. IS.: hi m I Are you approaching or are vou alum-am in the fort. ies? Are um satisfivd that your pn'wnl pmitinn offers all that um want by way of income Joh satisfaction. and wrurih through to rain» mt'ui? 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