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\_" & "Wetarine Cheoricis, Thuoraday, Juby H, F9R Civic officials, ‘therefogre, will no doubt seek further reassurance Oof the firm‘s intention to stay here from higher up in the organization, preferably the top. And even then, they can be excused if they prepare for the worst while hoping for the best. Canadian Breweries is a responsible firm and it will be considering deeply its responsibilities to this community and its local employâ€" ees. But its greatest responsibhility is to its shareholders, to see they get the best profit from their investment. Philanthropy is a poor, poor second. The firm would not be in the beer buginess if this were not so. There has been a persistent rumor in business circles &n recent weeks that the Carling Breweries Ltd. plant here is to be phased out at the end of this year and eonsolidated with the company‘s brewery in Toronto. This week, an official of the firm said there is "absgoluteâ€" ly no truth" in the rumor. o This added statement of Foster‘s was no doubt intendâ€" ed to bolster the denial but, in fact, does it weaken it? It just may have stirred a small glimmer of doubt in some minds. It certainly does deserve closer examinaâ€" tion. This reassurance comes at a time when people were beginning to worry : most particularly, those people who ‘Aepend on the local plant for their livelihood, but also the city fathers who know the value of the operation to the city coffers and the merchants who benefit from the wages it pays. = What he is really saying is, simply, that the matter of a pullâ€"out from Waterloo has never been discussed in his presence. This in no way says the matter has not been discussedâ€"and perhaps even decided on, one way or anotherâ€"among the firm‘s top brass. Foster is an employee of the firm whose job it is to tell the public what the firm wants it to knowâ€"as his title implies. His function is to make the informationâ€" good or badâ€"as palatableâ€"as possible. If it is to lose the brewery, Waterloo will survive. With its more recent diversification of industry, the city would not be as hard hit by the loss as it might have been at an earlier time. The downtown area might even smell sweeter if the brewery did close. But this city needs its industry, and we hope it stays. No decision has yet been reached on the fate of Waterloo‘s first schoolhouseâ€"the 1820, log structure in Waterloo Park. Earlier this week, Ald. Robert Cruise, council‘s representative on the community services board, sounded out his fellow aldermen on the subject. In putting down the rumor, W. R. Foster of Toronto, public relations director for the firm, gave an added reâ€" assurance: "I have never heard this discussed and I don‘t know where the rumor originated." Council members were as divided on the issue as the rest of the population, or, at least that section of the population that even cares enough to form an opinion about it. As it stands, the school is deteriorating and requires attention fast. It has been suggested the matter could be resolved by donating it to Doon Pioneer Village. Proâ€" ponents of this Alternative point out the village could provide for opening up the structure for public viewing â€"-aoh mething which so far has been impossible to do here. There are many arguments in favor of donating the school to the pioneer village. All are coldly and cliniâ€" cally logical but, as we said in an earlier editorial, even when all the logic lines up on the side of giving it away, all the emotions are in favor of keeping it. There is something solid and sturdy about the simple building. The park setting is picturesque. Besides, it is oursâ€"preserved for us by a communityâ€"minded person at a time when people cared as little about it as they seem to do now. Maybe the lack of public intereat is the best argument of all in favor of keeping it here and putting up the necessary money for its preservation. A community that doesn‘t care about its past may need a few of history‘s relics to remind them of the future. Published every Thursday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€" 'mww.afiuum.nfir,mm serrespondence to Waterioo Square, Waterioo, Telephones 1446364. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada: one year $5; in United States ‘ and foreign countries: one year $7 Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and <the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Rumored closeâ€"down School‘s future Established 1854 Well, for aill the people who asked us last week what Kaufâ€" fest means here‘s a definition straight from the chamber of commerce. According to secreâ€" tary Mrs. Hillary Crandell it means buying spree. But even if a lot of the resiâ€" dents didn‘t know what the words meant, and judging by the querâ€" ies received there were many who didn‘t, they certainly got the message somehow, judging by the way they kept the merâ€" chants busy. France, New Zealand and Denâ€" mark rank ahead of Canada, afâ€" ter the United States, in a surâ€" vey of carsâ€"perâ€"population recentâ€" ly completed by an insurance company. _ _ While the number of motor vehicles per 1,000 population was 495 in the U.S., it was only 356 in Canada. The figures were 369 each for France and New Zealâ€" and and 359 for Denmark. Canada had an unenviable reâ€" cord at the other end of the scale, though. It headed the list for the highest averageâ€" annual | traffic deaths per 100,000 vehicles with 76.6 compared with 54.4 for the U.S., which was lowest. If there‘s anything wrong with sidewalk sales, maybe it‘s just that there are too few of them. Eight local students have been named Ontario scholars, in adâ€" dition to 16 listed last week. They are: Douglas Cann, 212 Hilliard St.; Matthew Cowan, 237 Erb St. E.; Peter Miller, 48 King St.; Joan Reimer, 37 John St. E.; Grant _ Schafer, 88 Westmount Rd.; Wayne Schlote, 81 Roslin St.; Renate Schmidt, 170 Pine Grove Cres.; and Ga brielle Schreiber, 82 William St. The figures do not take into account any differences in mileâ€" age driven. All are students at Kitchener collegiate. _ _ Ald. Harold Wagner has been doing a recap on Waterloo Days to see if the twoâ€"day event was worth the city‘s $300 contribution and he has come up with some interesting observations. There is little chance of anyâ€" one querying the figures he has produced for ice cream consumpâ€" tion. A whopping 6,400 fiveâ€"cent cones went the way of all good ice cream during the two days. Some of the ice cream lickers were no doubt among 1,150 youngâ€" sters who had themselves a pony ride. And indeed the Welsh ponies, the tallest of which was 50 inches high, were among star attracâ€" tions. Owner Bill Angus of Gait toid us that day that his tiny stallion and black mare are in constant Philomena Rutherford‘s demand for wedding parades i and around Galt. The oldest animal he had with him here was 20 years oldâ€"the youngest a leggy foal of four weeks. One of the comments the aldâ€" erman picked up during the weekâ€" end was heard close to the area where 15 dogs showed off their discipline for an admiring crowd. One spectator mused that it was extraordinary how the canine creatures obey â€" their â€" masters better than some children do their parents! Anyhow, looking back at the series of events that were planâ€" ned for anyone who wanted to take part, the alderman feels the residents got their money‘s worth. It backs up his theory that there is no need for a big expense and a great deal of organization to get people to enjoy themselves. Lay on the facilities as far as pasâ€" sible and then leave it up to the individual to take them or leave them alone, is his philosophy, 40 YEARS AGO July 18. Evidence of the conâ€" tinued growth of Kitchener and Waterloo is contained in a Bell Telephone statement that there are now 8,575 phones in the Twin Citiesâ€"1,375 more than the numâ€" ber of families. There were 10,400 phone books issued this month, compared to 9,800 six months ago. A noted Canadian swimming inâ€" structor, Capt. George Corsan of Shreveport, La., has been engagâ€" ed by the carnival swimming comâ€" mittee to instruct children in swimming during the last week in July. A score of merchants attended a special board of trade meeting this week and decided to adverâ€" tise their goods and urge people to shop in Waterloo. They agreed to ask council to erect four electâ€" ric signs around the town, saying it pays to shop in Waterloo. Waltér Biersbach of The Radio Shoppe has returned from a conâ€" vention with plans for marketing a new line of radio receiving sets. Council and many citizens conâ€" tinue to oppose what they desâ€" cribe as an unfair share of the 30â€"YEARS AGO July 14. Fred Pugh was elected president of the local Lions Club, succeeding Herbert Schaus. Memâ€" bers agreed to contribute $500 to the arena, in addition to other projects. And in this day and age where FILES OF YESTERYEAR BITS AND PIECES . organizers are kept busy organâ€" izing other organizers and knockâ€" ing the last shred_of ingenuity, and individuality out of everyone they can overcome, we‘d lend our imprimatur to that kind of relaxed thinking. a Mrs. Donald Williams, 26 Ellis Cres:. N., is one of two local deleâ€" gates attending the 24th annual international secretaries convenâ€" tion at Miami Beach, Fla‘: About 1,200 are expected to attend the event. Mrs. Williams is Canadian diâ€" vision secretary of the 26,000â€" member National Secretaries, Asâ€" sociation. cost of the Grand River Conserâ€" vation scheme. Former Waterloo mayor Walter Frickey said a betâ€" ter plan would be to do like Toâ€" ronto and Hamilton and run sewâ€" age directly into the lake. Our very favorite news story of the week comes from Eton, England, where a student at the famous public school, writing about poverty, gave a new twist to the Theyâ€"wereâ€"poorâ€"butâ€"honest bit. Not only was his family poor but their butler was improverâ€" ished too! In the absence of Prof. C. F. Thiele, W. S. Sheppard of Waterâ€" loo who directs the New Hamburg citizens‘ band, conducted Waterâ€" loo band during its weekly conâ€" cert. A local doctor has complained that some motorists park outside local hospitals and play jazz musâ€" ic on their radios. This, he said, disturbs the patients. 10 YEARS AGO July 16. Council will issue 20â€" year debentures for $703,000 to purchase four properties needed for its downtown development program. City Engineer D‘Arcy Dutton said that by the end of the sumâ€" mer, the sidewalk building proâ€" gram will have produced five miles of concrete. Requests for sidewalks have been exceeding demands for all other services. Council agreed to favorable consideration of a request from the junior chamber of commerce for a $300 to $400 grant to finâ€" ance this year‘s fall fair. The Waterloo Legion‘s dart team has beaten 31 teams across the province to win the Ontario challenge trophy.