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SUBSCRIPTION RATES ‘ In Canada: one year $5; in United States '_ . and foreign countries: one year $7 â€" ‘â€"_â€" Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association â€" C ~‘Weterive> Chrenicle, Thursday, July 24, 1959 _ pean Nes en on s trete t es cerrespondence h__':l-l. l-_-n,_ Waterioo. OQnt. Telgphone Ken Pflug of the community services board has agreed to schedule times for all interested groups. He can be eontacted at that office. An opportunity to finance pet projects will, no doubt, be welcomed by many local groups. This one is partiâ€" eularly attractive in that it gives the organizations inâ€" wolved a chance to earn the moneyâ€"something that is being done less and less by more and more groups who find the soft touch more to their liking. . The evenings or afternoons ‘will also be specificâ€" probably Sunday afternoons for the very popular band concerts and Thursday evenings when the, local Bridge Sports go into action. Both events attract large crowds, sometimes up to 200 persons. Man has landed on the moon and is back to earth. Some of his finest achievements in such fields as space science and computer science combined to make this project possible. Through another achievement, televiâ€" mion, fulfilling its finest role, we all shared in this hisâ€" toric event. Perhaps, to many of us, the successful moon landing is still almost too unbelievable to fully accept. We will need more time to absorb its full impact. Participating groups will have to provide their own eonfectionery and soft drinks, as well as a place from which to sell themâ€"although it has been hinted that the back end of a truck will serve the purpose for the time being. They will have to provide the service about two nights a week or perhaps one night and one afterâ€" noon weekly. Faced with this predicament, board members discussâ€" ed the situation with a "turnâ€"disasterâ€"intoâ€"victory‘"‘ apâ€" proach and came up with the idea of allowing church or youth groups get on the bandwagon. Boy scouts, girl guides, cubs or similar organizations will be allowed to sell general sefreshments in the Centennial Park secâ€" tion, provided they make arrangements through the eommunity services board. This, of course, is necessary to avoid chaos which could only work to the detriment of all groups anxious to add to their coffers. There has, of course, been some protest over the exâ€" penditure of millions and millions of dollars on such a project, especially when the outcome‘s only "practical" value is to provide scientific information for furtherâ€" and more costlyâ€"expeditions. The critics insist that the United States would have been better to have spent that money in otner areas, such as improving the lot of her and the world‘s poor. . certs in this section has altered this, however. In addiâ€" tion, many people are "discovering" this extension of the old parklands, with the result that the numbers in the mrew area are growing slowly but steadily. It is true that there are other ways the money could have been spent. But space is progress. It is man‘s future, and to ignore this challenge would be to conâ€" demn all men to atrophy. Expenditure on war is an enâ€" tirely different matter. The board‘s problem is that there is no concession booth in Centennial Park. Up to this time, this new park area was not widely used, so that the lack of this faâ€" eility was not a serious consideration. Scheduling of regular events such as sports meetings and band conâ€" The crowds, however, are not sufficient to attract a ecommercial operatorâ€"which leaves the board in the unâ€" enviable position of knowing a service is required but without enough of a sales pitch to get results. It is good that the United States has achieved this goal. It could not have come at a better time. Never was that country‘s standing in the world at a lower point. Her troubles at home and abroad have damaged her to an extent she would not have dreamed possible 25 years ago. She needs the boost to her ego. There is another great value to be realized from the moon landing. For a brief time in history, millions of people throughout all the world were concentrating on good thoughtsâ€"the success of the landing and takeoff. As the flight controller said, it was as if people all over the world were helping to boost that spaceship. God only knows what a powerful concentration of good thoughts can achieve. Waterloo community services board has encountered a problem the solution to which might very well solve the perennial problem of most voluntary or service erganizationsâ€"fund raising. _ A paying proposition Moon landing 1854 back in June 1968, we reported he had long since handled his first moon booking. Little did we think, when he told us about it that time, that someone would in fact have set foot there a mere 18 months later. ~ The Waterloo man was working for Cook‘s in London, England, back in 1948, when a telephone caller asked for accommodation on the first commercial lunar flight. Foster accepted the booking without taking it or the caller too seriously, but very shortly afterâ€" wards an elderly man arrived, identified himself as the caller and very solemnly deposited 100 pounds sterling for the trip. To the best of the travel agent‘s knowledge, the deposit (and its accumulated interest) remain. As of Monday afternoon, no Waterloo folk were in moon pionâ€" eering moods. Or, at least Vic Foster had nd enquiries or bookâ€" ings for a moon flight. But, even if he had, there‘s little chance the request would have fazed the Waterloo Square travel agent one iota. Our readers may recall that Accomplished writers and oraâ€" tors found their word repertoires inadequate to describe the magâ€" nificance of last week‘s accompâ€" lishments and we don‘t have any superlatives they haven‘t already So man has now set foot on the moonâ€"and after that, it‘s fair enough to assume, there‘s no stopping him. Since he is the creature that he is, he will always reach upâ€" wards and outwards to new peaks or new worlds, because, as Hilâ€" lary of Everest fame so pithily put it, "It‘s there." And that, I suppose is good enough reason. Like the Biblical questioner, we kept asking ourselves "What manner of men are these?" as we watched Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin lope across the moon. Taxpayers who have been givâ€" ing more than a passing interest to school board administrators‘ expectations and trustees‘ generoâ€" sity may be interested to note that Armstrong, who earns more than any other astronaut, gets $30,054 a year compared to Aldâ€" rin‘s $22,650 and Michael Collins‘ And then, we checked to see what sort of salaries astronauts command on today‘s market. And now, when we wonder "what manner of man is he?" it‘s a school board administrator we have in mind. There must be a good reason why it‘s cheaper to hire a man to go to the moon and back in between doing sevâ€" eral chores around the Houston space centre than it is to get one to work in Waterloo County! Philomena Rutherford‘s One currently showing in the Twin Cities is hypocritical enough to show the leering faces of the Otherwise, Hollywood wouldn‘t be doling it out in such generous doses. And if you‘re a fairly reguâ€" lar showgoer, you‘ll have to admit there‘s no sparing of the details in these productions: Every muâ€" scle twitch is there. July 25. Waterloo will hold its annual flower and vegetable show Aug. 21 and 22, according to a decision at this week‘s meeting of the horticultural society. A later meeting will be held to deâ€" cide whether or not Kitchener will be invited to take part. _ Waterloo cricketers scored an easy victory over the Galt H by 166 runs to 48. This gives the local team a firm hold on second place in the Western Ontario league standings. It makes one wonder though, if, in fact, the people who strolâ€" led to the local crossroads whenâ€" ever the gibbet was ready for another customer weren‘t really a lot more honest than today‘s sophisticates, who clamor for the same jollies at the theatre. At least, we‘re assuming there is a demand and a big one for this type of titillation. Truant officer H. A. Gerbracht was voted a $1,500 salary increase at a recent meeting of the Twin City attendance committee. The officer was praised for his efficiâ€" ent work and granted two weeks holidays. According to today‘s thinking, the inclination to take in a hangâ€" ing of a lazy afternoon is guarâ€" anteed to secure one‘s exclusion from the drawing room to whoâ€" ever happens to be the Lady Cunâ€" ardâ€" of the local upper setâ€"wheéâ€" ther or not there‘s room for 300. The sewer commission has orâ€" dered 10 tanks of chiorine to charge the effluent at the sewer farm with more oxygen. 30 YEARS AGO July 21. School nurse Erma Pfeffer, in her annual report, said 50 pupils in local schools have received complete toxoid treatments, 109 were vaccinated and 166 received free dental care. Public hangings went out of 42â€" vor a long way back and even the private variety is frowned on nowadays by many people in high and low places. Waterloo Tigers _ reinforced their hold on the third rung of FILES OF YESTERYEAR 40 YEARS AGO BITS AND PIECES Now that the final three floors are being addedâ€"10 years eaflier than plannedâ€"the university libâ€" rarians are having another try at letting the truth be known. The now famous rumor has been a source of embarrassment to them for some time in their dealings with librarians at other centres. the senior intercounty baseball standing by nosing out a 6â€"5 vieâ€" tory over the Preston Riversides. Waterloo Cricket Club had little difficulty swamping Fergus 121 to 40 in Saturday‘s Western On tario cricket league match. If Waterloo gonsents, the staâ€" tion electric car which has carâ€" ried passengers to Kitchener‘s CNR depot will be discontinued after Aug. 8. Lack of patronage makes the line unprofitable. July 23. Purchase of Snyder‘s Furniture Factory and adjoining property has been approved by the department of municipal af fairs. Purchase price is $615,000. The Union Gas Co. of Canada has told council that many of the cuts made in sidewalks and streets have been repaired. Jt in dicated more will have to be made because of the Ontario Fuel board‘s insistence on having the pipes flushed out frequently. Herbert Melvin Axford former secretary of the school of comâ€" merce at the University of Al berta has been appointed presiâ€" dent of Waterloo College. He succeeds J. G. Hagey, who has been appointed president of Wat erioo University. The fallacy is not just a local one but is widespread across Canada. A professor who taught at the university when the build ing was built is believed to have started the story in one of his classes as a joke.‘ University of Waterloo librar ians are making one more effort to squelch the rumor that deâ€" signers of its library building forâ€" got to estimate book weight with the result that the building, ér ginally planned for 10 floors had to be limited to seven. _ film audiences after the deed, as if to add respectability to ‘the sequence. As if the producers didn‘t know there were leering faces lapping it up in theatres across the continent. For what other reason was it included; it not to pander to sick minds? : 10 YEARS AGO 60 Es > ./ *4 3