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_St. Louis Out for More Honors To The Lovely Margaret is St. Louis Catholic Youth Organâ€" ization‘s entry for this year‘s CYO drama festival. at which they have received many honors in the last two years. The oneâ€"act play features a fivemember cast, directed by Leo Burns, who received a best actâ€" or award at the Western Ontario DPDrama Festival in Sarnia last weekend. Colleen McMichael, Caroline Quinn, Rosemary Wagner, Ken Lavigne at rehersal. It was awarded for his portrayâ€" al of arsonist Eisenring in. the Kâ€"W Little Theatre‘s festival enâ€" try The Fire Bugs. * Burns got the award as the best actor in a play not selected for the Sarnia competitions. His direction of the CYO‘s The Cardinal‘s Learning last year won a best actor and iwo best supporting awards for his cast, @nd a best director award for himself: Preliminary _ heats in _ this year‘s contest will be held in Kitchener early in Apftfil, and are open to entries from the Twin Cities, Galt and Brantford. Winâ€" ners will later compcete for dioâ€" cesan honors at Hamilton Rules forbid use of flats. other than doors and windows, and inâ€" sist that each play run no fongâ€" er than 35 minutes To The Lovely Margaret is a play _ about _ today‘s teenagers. Caroline Quinn is plaving the lead role Others in the cast are Colleen MeMichael, Steve Satum, Deceived by Name An Enslish teenage boutuiue ealled the Birdcasge has had dozâ€" ens of phone calls after putting entry in the local classified dirâ€" ectory â€"_ mostly from â€" people wanting to buy cage birds The shop was listed as a pet store by mistake. . Waterjoo Chronicle CLEANUP TIME Ken â€" Lavigne, and Rosemary Wagner. . This is St. Louis fourth year to enter the competitions. Since Burns began directing them two years ago they have won. in all, 12 awards. A special section on spring cleanup, _ maintenance, _ paintâ€" up and automotive conditionâ€" ing is included in this issue. The Chronicle urges you to read it carefully for the many tips and guides it contains. It‘s a section well worth saving. FLAMEOUT â€" Waterloo: Township Fire Chief put out a fire at the new Lackie Brothers plant on Lorne Bareham (far right) demonstrates how to Forwell Road. The old plant was gutted May 14. The Liverpudlian came hevre 1@ years ago from England, where he had wide experience in amaâ€" teur and repertory theatre, and where he acted for some time with the British Broddcasting Corporation. He has acted professionally in Toronto and at Stratford and is now in the running for an Ontario Arts â€" Council â€" fellowship. This would give him a year‘s work with theatre direction and adminâ€" istration in England. on condiâ€" tion that he guarantees two year‘s work to a Canadian theatre group on his return. His wife. Anne, is a member of the KW Little: Theatre. and their daughter. also Anne. playâ€" ed Columbine in last week‘s proâ€" duction of Pinocchio. HOLDUP ON GRANTS Waterloo set its 1968 budget Saturday, but for all that, City Treasurer Donald C. Schaefer is in no position to proceed with tax bills for the year. By PHILOMENA RUTHERFORD "We still don‘t know the due dates for taxes," said Schaefer, "but we hope it will be in May." "We can‘t finally establish this until we get direction from the province on the basic sheltâ€" er exemption. All timing hinges on that," he explained. Under a grant program anâ€" nounced last fall the Ontario govâ€" ernment plans to pay homeownâ€" ers and tenants an amount equal to the tax on their first $2,000 of â€" provinciallyâ€"equalized â€" assessâ€" ment. In Waterloo this basic shelter exemption would amount to $42 per householder. The governâ€" ment has indicated it wants the amount to go to tenants too. Giving this rebate to the latâ€" ter is the angle that really styâ€" mied the province according to Schaefer. Municipal Affairs Minister D‘Arcy McKeough told the legisâ€" lature recently that Ontario muâ€" nicipalities should not wait for details of the exemption grant implementation â€" before striking their tax rate and sending out tax bills. However, a director of the municipal _ finance â€" department, later told Schaefer that no deâ€" cision had yet been reached on whether the grant is to be deâ€" ducted from the tax bill or whether the province will make a direct payment to the individâ€" ual taxpayer or tenant. The Waterloo official was told however that the department hoped to have the information available by April 1. If it‘s precedents Ontario wants. it could look to British Columbia and Manitoba, where the â€" province sends â€" individual cheques to property owners qualâ€" ifying for exemptions under the landowner‘s «. grant applicable there. On the other hand. if it wants to break new ground and use the most straightforward methâ€" od it would probably find the mechanics easier at municipal level. Mailing Tax Bills Must Wait a Bit > Weighing heavily against this 1 .26 is the provincial government‘s inâ€" sistence on taking full credit for the grant and its fear that reâ€" cipients may not fully appreciate its point of origin. if it is receivâ€" ed as a tax discount. Treasurer â€" Schacferâ€" says he agrees that incompléete informa:â€" tion on the grant should not preâ€" vent his department from setting up the mill rate, since basic shelter is separate entirely. The problem however comes with printing tax bills, since there is yet no indication if the grants" areâ€"to ~Beyma WMWvidtaâ€" ly, or whether they will be paid to the municipality. which will then be allowed to deduct the applicable amounts from the tax bill. "The idea is good. It is its imâ€" plementation that makes it diffiâ€" cult," said Schacfer. There is no problem in passing it on to the homeowner, he explained. With tenants, repayments could be trickier to engineer. It‘s not so bad for municipaliâ€" ties that use an interim levy. the treasurer explaincd. Kitchener is among those but Waterloo isn‘t "It‘s unfortunate it‘s taking soâ€" long to let us know," continued Schaefer. "Many â€" municipalities may have to go to borrowing to meet current expenses." Donald C. Schaefer (Continued on page 2)