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iB . BITS AND PIECES It looks as if Waterloo will have its first motel soon. Council‘s approval of a zone change and a recent agreeâ€" ment made by it with Swan Cleaners Ltd. has now cleared the way for coewtruct.ion. The 36â€"unit motel will be built at King Stréet between Lodge Street and University Avenue by O. W. Tank, owner of the cleaners. The weatherman may not have got word that spring is here, but at least one robin has got wind of it. Chronicle Receptionist Helen Craig reports she saw one romping round the garden of her home last week. When the Waterloo Coin Club holds its annual show next weekend, many local numismatists will be taking their collections from their banks for the first time sgince the last annual show. According to local collector Bill English that‘s where most of them keep their coins, and where they work on them at evenings and weekends. Columnist Fred Shinn may be 83 years old, but when it comes to beating the computer age he‘s way out ahead. Modern adding machines take second place to this octogenarian when it comes to oldâ€"fashioned addiâ€" tion: He beats it every time. So it would seem the Man Above programmed him a little faster, than the machine makers did their machine. o Bibliophiles with small budgets should have a ripâ€" roaring time April 5â€"6, when the Kâ€"W University Women‘s Club holds its fourth annual book sale in First United Church‘s Hilliard Hall. Books will include travel, mystery, children‘s advenâ€" ture, history, biography, cook and text books. Prices will range from five to 50 cents. Proceeds will go to the 35th B. Mabel Dunham award of $50 worth of books of her choice for the Grade 13 student with the highest standing a $300 bursary for a Grade 13 girl student entering university; $300 gift to each of the universities to provide financial aid to women in second, third and fourth year university; a fund, giving assistance to Grades 12 and 13 high school students. Vandalism has again hit Waterloo Square and reâ€" sulted in the mall being denuded of the huge concrete beds of ivies, plants and shrubbery that were so attracâ€" tive there. Teenâ€"agers are reported to have jumped on the conâ€" crete beds, smashing one of them, so management ordered them all removed. >‘ It is too bad that the pleasure of so many has once more fallen victim to the callousness of the few. We didn‘t realize how far removed we were from the teenâ€"age world of today, until we asked Boss Beat columnist Cathy Johnston if she were really serious in her column last week, when she recommended some homemade cakes as a way to the friendship, if not deeper things, of visiting pop groups. And it seems Cathy was deadly in earnest. Apparently there‘s nothing a travelling group of musicians like more than the home baked offering of a fan, which considering the length of time some of them spend on the rozd is not too surprising. What really was surprising however was the news that such persons are showered with gifts, such as stuffed toys, animals and knitted garments by their teenâ€" age fans, who often make the circuit of dances from the Twin Cities to Hamilton, London or Toronto, or wherever their favorite group happens to be playing on a weekend. The police department also provided shelter for 126 transients, recovered 110 of 172 stolen bicycles, and recovered all automobiles stolen, which totalled 49. And one young teenâ€"ager vouched for the fact that her sister knitted four scarves for members of one group inside two weeks . . . and this in spite of the fact that each musician was a sixâ€"footer, and the scarves were designed to touch his toes when worn! Police Chief Harold Basse reports 112 children were lost and found in Waterloo last year. In all the department recorded 8,691 occurrences. This was 1,205 more than 1966. By PHILOMENA RUTHERFORD White: an unseasonable snow storm was dumping eight inches of snow on the Twin Cities reâ€" cently, one Waterloo couple was soaking up the sunshine in nearâ€" tropical conditions in and around Mexico. Now thousands of miles and three weeks later, Mr. and Mrs. Fred, Ryan, 181 Marshall St. can counteract the miseries of winâ€" ter‘s dying kicks by thinking back on days in the British Honâ€" duras or on the Yucatan Peninâ€" sula. Former Leafs hockey player Wally Stanowski and his wife accompanied the Ryans on the trip which took them to Brownsâ€" ville by car, and from where they completed their travels either by plane or rented car. Fred Ryan, who is manager of Waterloo, Square, has only one regret. He didn‘t catch the marâ€" lin he dreamed of. But by all other accounts his fishing expeditions were an anâ€" gler‘s dream come true. He can recall days when naâ€" tive boys dove off his boat for By FRED SHINN I have often wondered why two buildings, Dodd‘s grocery store and Peppler‘s blacksmith shop, at the corner of Herbert and King Streets, have been empty for some time, I have now discovered that the present owners plan to build an upâ€"toâ€"date business block. In order to do justice to the corâ€" ner, they require more land, beâ€" cause one building extends cight feet over the building line on Herbert Street. OVER THE YEARS It is only a few who think only of themselves rather than the community‘s â€" advancement, . but the whole city suffers. At present they are consulting several owners of the property needed. Not only Waâ€" terloo‘s business WX * section, but the whole city has ulc 3 be en hindered P# from progress & 4; .i for many years u by the selfishâ€" § °> ness and narrow * #4 v ie w point _ of (7@ a s o me citizens. * T he _ business _ j _ section has suffered most. First it was the loss of the main line railway of the Grand Trunk, now Canadian National. The surveyors selected Waterâ€" loo, as the grades and curves were less than if the line went They Avoid Winter Blues Studies in Shortsightedness ',’ol' ' M * e " hmd e Alad . e a % " # e e oA 7A Ts § ols ase He oi cockle shells below, took them ashore and prepared the meat in coconut husks over charcoal on the beach. Or there is the memory of the Indian boys riding, bareâ€"backed one might say, on a giant sea turtle that raced through the waves at the fantastic turtleâ€" speed of 20 miles ar hour. And even If there were no marâ€" lin there were bottom fish in plenty, which are the Mexican equivalent of cod or flounder. The women of the quartet had sunny days in the exotic mar kets of the south, where tooled leather goods sold for a 20th of their Canadian cost and ceraâ€" mic and pottery dealers begged bargaining. C Fred Ryan said 30,000,000 of Mexico‘s 45,000,000 population earn less than $90 a month. While the extremes of wealth and poverty are noticeable the star of a middle class citizenry would seem to be in the ascendâ€" Some of the new highly inâ€" dustrialized areas, and newly deâ€" through Berlin (now Kitchener) But some greedy landowner asked on exorbitant price for his land; Berlin got the line, and 21 years later Waterloo got a branch line from there. Then it was loss of the open space at the corner of Erb and King Streets. It was offered to Waterloo for a park by the ownâ€" er, but was refused by council in order not to lose the asâ€" sessment. Some years ago parking lots were suggested for the corner of William and King Streets. Were it not for the foresight of the Kuntz Brewery, now Carâ€" lings, and the Horticultural Soâ€" ciety, there would be an ugly apâ€" pearance surrounding the enâ€" trance to the business section inâ€" stead of those beautiful spots our eyes may enjoy. Now we have a building there which extends eight feet over the building line of the rest of King Street‘s west side. Returning to the two buildings I mentioned at the beginning, I ventured to the rear and took a good look at the alley. From William to Erb Street is in a worse condition now than it was in 1895, when I lived in a Wilâ€" liam Street home at the alley enâ€" trance. I then went back to my car and said "What a mess you are," and this is the answer I got. "You seem to be upset about messes today. Why worry about my outside appearance. You Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, March 27, But pockets of poor peasantry and comfortable middle class can alternate across the country withâ€" out any interâ€"commission. veloped citrus groves have seen Highways he described as exâ€" cellent. Along the countryside the Canadians saw 100 teams of oxen for every tractor they saw at work. Banana, pineapple, orange and grapefruit â€" plantations _ abound and peppers grow wild through the land. Grassâ€"thatched and adobeâ€"walled homes are standard shelter in the warmer regions. Fishermen are among the weal. thier of the middleâ€"class familâ€" ies. They live in gorgeous homes and generally enjoy a good stanâ€" dard of living. The Canadians found the Mexiâ€" cans a happy people, which perâ€" haps accounts for the success of its tourism â€" the country‘s larâ€" gest industry. Here and there they encountâ€" ered herds of the new cattle strain that have been introduced from India. They are bred specâ€" ially for tropical survival, and because they yield a good meat poundage despite such climates. Jacqueline Kennedy and her entourage were heading for Isla Cozumel, when the Waterloo couâ€" ple and their friends were leayâ€" ing the lesser known and neighâ€" boring Isla Mujeres. The latter is not yet despoilt by large invasions of tourists. Only one American was there for the Canadians sojourn. Guadalajara, which is Mexiâ€" co‘s second largest city, is the centre of what is probably the world‘s largest indoor market. The Yucatan peninsula yieldâ€" ed the tourists an insight into the industry that provided the world with most of its sisal rope beâ€" fore the Second World War. Henequen or sisal rope was deâ€" veloped from a cactus type plant that grows here, but synthetic manufacturers are now threatenâ€" ing the industry. know the inside has always been kept clean." "Why the upholstery is just like new â€" the same as 10 years ago when you bought me! The outside compares with â€" some parts of the town." As I was leaving the office a lady approached me and menâ€" tioned she was interested in my column as it brought back memâ€" ories of years gone by when she lived in the Schneider homeâ€" stead. "Canr I help it if while 1 was waiting in a lot for you, someâ€" one backed into me and put a large bruise on my behind, and if during winter, the town fed me salt which caused a lot of nasty brown spots to appear all over my body." "I have always been good to you. I have taken you where you wanted to go and brought you back home safe, and I will conâ€" tinue to do so as long as I can remain on my four wheels." This was located at the end of the long lane of Schneider Road, now University Avenue, and was on the west side of Laurâ€" el Creek. This lane is now â€" Marsland Drive. It continues to Columbia Street. el Creek. "By the way. has anybody questioned you about the comfort station?" I said, "Yes, the public, but no one else." The large farm building of 14 is still there facing Laue