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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Sep 1969, p. 1

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" - The shopping centre will be located on ll acres of land and have parking for 750 cars. A tehr's supermarket and a bank will also be included in the cen- tre. New shopping plaza slated _ Lexington Road and Weber Street is the most likely location [or Waterloo's next plaza. ', The planning board's design Committee has already examined plans for a proposed 100,000 uare-loot Zeller’s County Fair Escount shopping centre planned r this site. A development agreement will Ilkely be submitted for council's approval later this month. Con. struction could begin later this my _ 7 A $160,000 warehouse on the University of Waterloo campus was the principal item in the in.. dustrial category, where building ' Of these, 38 were built last ittonth. Combined with home ad- ditions and alterations they ac. Counted for $632,850 of total con- struction in the city. . August construction follows the trend, with $1,035,350 worth of building for the month more than $176,000 ahead of the some period in 1968. So far this year, con- otruction totals $18,900,775. This tigure includes $7,823,675 for 1,188 dwelling units. Construction in Waterloo this year is almost $279,000 ahead of last year according to compara- tive figures to the end of August {or both years. 1 Among the new projects added tt year was the Burger Chef staurant pictured above. 5 Located at the corner of King had Dupont Streets, it is schedul. ed to open soon. . An illustrated story on the way this type of business is mush- tooming in Waterloo is carried on Page 3 of this week's Chroni- Ole. £27 P, 000 increase ,lr1llllrtflaultAlllllul,, 1"" TEN CENTS WAMLOO. ONTARIO Ch, . dt W" “WWII II, "" rams e m tts, ....,, The Burger CH of the comer of King and Dam! Struts ts punching to open thorny. local building boom continues Council accepted the 386-962 In}? E" Musselman Ltd., Peters- burg, for installation of storm and sanitary sewers and walermains in the William Gies subdivision off Hallman Road. Sept. 9. The Dutch Canadian Entertainment Club presented The Woman at Waterloo collegiate. played farm bells from Spain, 'eigiiriiDuriirrciiiiciririd Switzer- land, when she spoke to the K-W Business and Professional Wo. me" Club at Knox Presbyterian Church. Thieves who broke into the netted a mere $1.50 K-W Musical Productions Inc. began rehearsals for its 1969.'70 production of M_am_e with a champagne party. Sept. r. Rev. Dr. Albert Bailey, minister at Knox Presbyterian Church, introduced a new program of services. A traditional ser- vice at 10 am. was followed by 30 minutes of discussion in the church parlor at 11 mm. over early today. Sept. 6. Mary Susan Knarr of Kitchener was taken to K-W Hos- pital with severe facial cuts when the car in which she was a pas. senger was involved in a two-car crash at Erb and Weber Streets. Property damage was estimated at $1,400. A heater fan in the bedroom of the home of Robert Hunter, 220 Ed: St. W., caused about $160 damage when it was tipped Sixteen-year-old Mark Shickler, 228 Erb St. E., and six-year-old Rodney Schenk, 564 Greenbrook Drive both escaped with minor injuries when they were involved in separate accidents involving automobiles. A coroner's jury blamed lack of communication between the parties concerned with administering a drug for the Jan. 12 death of Stephen Martin at St. Mary's Hospital. The Munonthold boy was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Martin, 250 Northfield Drive. Sept. 5. Five persons received minor injuries in a threecar pile-up at Weber Street North and Union Street East, which result, ed in $2,600 damage. Sept. 4. Henry Jil. Weiler, as, of Kitchener who died today was In alderman here between 1921 and 1929. He was chairman of the fire and light committee when the fire department became mo- WEEK IN RETROSPECT Ayt office and workshop was constructed at 50 Durward Place. Cost was set at 815,000. An addition td the existing building at 122 Weber St. N. cost An addition to Bean Printing, sos Button Drive, cost $00,000. An industrial bakeiy was built at Mo Conestoga Rd. for $25,000. was estimated at $272,500. '. Moffatt of Guelph spoke on bells and dis- Seagram Stadium concession booth on Lincoln Road is estimated at $70,000. A New Apostolic Church gill Ae built at 45 Lodge St. for Tio' new churches planned will cost a combined sum of $130,000. Lincoln Park Missionary Church $12,000. A gasoline storage tank was installed at Bridgeport Road Addressing his fellow managers following his election, the local man challenged them to "reach for the moon" in an effort to create better communities across Ontario. Turner was chairman of the or. ganization's special.projects com- mittee last year, his vice-presi- dential term. This committee pro. duced a primer for new mana- gers, officers. directors and com- mittee chairmen in that time. The local secretary-manager succeeds B. W. Gillespie, gener- al manager of Hamilton Cham. her of Commerce. M. W. (Speck) Turner, 168 Bel. mont Ave., was elected chairman of the Ontario Chamber of Com.. merce Executives at a meeting of chamber managers in Brant- ford last Friday. The other programs will He ac- commodated in Waterloo Park, Her students here will be taught about wardrobe planning, textiles for the needlewoman, care and use of fabrics, accessor- ies, colors and styles from the individual viewpoint, measure, ments and drawing individual blockpatterns, corsetry and furs. Because the community servi- ces board has moved from the offices at 40 Albert St., now oc- cupied by the police department, to more cramped headquarters at 18 Albert St., only the china painting classes will be conduct- ed at the board's offices this year. Mrs. Brodie studied dressmak, ing and design in London, Am, sterdam and Vienna and is a graduate member of Vienna's Guild of Dressmakers. Similar programs have been sponsored by the Guelph recrea- tion centre. Each meeting con- sists of an hour's lecture followed by an hour's practical demonstra- tion and application. _ The course aims to get students to put their own ideas and de. signs into practice. It is not for the novice needlewoman, but rw. ther for those who are experiem ced and anxious to acquire the professional touch. This fall everyone can do his thing The board will also continue its association with the flower and garden club, potters' workshop and a sculpting group, although projects undertaken by these will not be directly under its jurisdic- tion. Mrs. Anne Brodie of Guelph has been selected to conduct the fashion and design course which begins Sept. 30 and runs for 10 weeks. It will coat about tat. Drunken of fall and winter momma for the Twin City are: are entering to every prank-l. physical, aesthetic and new Both univenitics an offering "was“. plum. The adult oda'e.atit comp tistt mstrteeu This week the community ser- vices board produced its fall and winter program, listing a new course on fashion and design in addition to subjects with proven popularity like upholstering, fur- niture refinishing and . china painting. The KW YMCA is sponsoring courses on everything from so- eial dancing in power reading and from tiny tow swimming to sea. In diving and wrestling. V The Waterloo County board of education has extended programs formerly offered by the various boards now absorbed into the county unit. electric motor nwindinlvahh re- pair. They include courses as varied as dressmaking and instrumental music, technical mathematics and welding. Turner heads trades bosses These will begin early in Oc- tober and. like all the junior classes, will be held in early ev- ening at a central downtown Io. cation. Officials have not yet made a final decision on the site. Those taking part must be be- tween 10 and 14 years of age. (Continued on Page 2) Ten- to l4~yearolds who want to polish up their hockey prowess may do so under expert tuition at the hockey school planned for Moses Springer Arena, Oct. b12. The event is being conducted by the community services board in coarperatioo with the minor hockey association. John Conrad, high school music teacher and director of the Water.. loo Musical Society Band. will provae"mtiruittton on band in- struments on It weektrthtsis," be: ginning Oct. 2. Classes will con- tinue for 10 months. Students should be between eight and 11 years of age. Twenty-week courses are plan- ned for students of guitar and recorder. The latter will consist of group instruction for begin. ners. The French is in response to numerous requests from parents. It will cater to the kindergarten to Grade , group for whom the schools have not yet introduced oral French. The subject is not on school curricula until Grade T. The community services board has also planned classes for the younger fry-in instrumental mtr. sic, guitar playing and conversa- tional French. where work And storage space in available in the building etched It the Lions swimming pool to house wash and change room. Dancing. yoga, karate and mus- cle toning classes are all being provided at the Waterloo Square Fitness Centre this winter. Many of the women’s classes are plan- ned for morning and afternoon as well as evening participation. These include adult art and crafts, experimental techniques unity-paring and painting: Children'é an and crafts cour- ses are planned for Saturday mor. nings and afternoons. The youngsters are not neglect- ed by other program planners, either. Baton twirling and major- ette training is provided by at least two Waterloo schools eater. ing to these activities. In. Hamel Schumm will con- duet the china painting courao again thia year. Harold Calvert will teach furniture refinishing and Cornelius Rumig ia the up holatering instructor. Both have been in charge ot these clam for several years. In addition to all these classes, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gal- lery is also planning a program of fail art classes. A $10 registration fee in plan- ned for the above three courses. M. W. (SPICK) TURNER

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