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I traced my family twee. It took me 15 years to go back to the 15th century and I know how important keeping records can mean in a case like this. I read your article about dig- ging without a shovel. I hope more people pay attention to that piece when they are throw- Ina old things away. I read many a book about the history of Wa- terloo but find that there is quite a bit of information missing at Rudy, Sir: I also wonder what views the two nominees for mayor have on this subject. MRS. VICKI CHOW Until we gef an afternoon bus service, the so-called wdays' trial is not really . fair one and I suggest that more people write to city hall stressing the fact: (Since Mrs. Clow’s letter was received Dec. 1. only one of the mayoral candidates will be in a position to back up his views, whatever they may be. with ac- tion. when this letter appears Dec. 4. Ed.) Sir: _ r As spokesman for the commit- tee that took the bus petition for Lakeshore Village to City hall, I would like to point out that although we did our part by tak- ing questionnaires to the resi- dents and also handing out bus schedules to everyone. I feel that the council failed to do its part, mainly by advertising on televi- sion and radio, such as they have done for other parts of the city. Also in our survey. It was not. ed that more people would be using the bus between 1 pm. and 3 pan. than the other times. At the meeting, we particularly' stressed the fact that it was the housewives that needed the ser- vice. It is quite obvious that the housewives were forgotten and the working people as usual were catered to. Don't housewives con- tribute to the economy of our city? Who handles the money in most homes? I wonder that happened to A special rail permit and rout. ing was required for pollution control equipment which Canbar Wood Tank Co. forwarded to a Northern Ontario chemical com. pany last week. The special arrangements were nécessary since the 1&ton tank lElTERS TO THE EDITOR ,l..i,i.i.,tytt, tank confined to day trip I am Dutch Canadian and went back to Holland for the first time in 17 years this fall. I wasjust in time to save many pictures for my family tree. N. STOKMAN (Fred Shim: is hate and hearty but finds researching and torit. ing a column makes too great a demand on his time. Ed.) your old writer, Fred Shinn. He did a very good job with his pieces of old Waterloo. 1 am very sure that many old people in Waterloo could tell quite a story for the future. if some- body would visit them. For this reason it is being transported in daylight hours only. It will take seven days to reach its destination. T he was In G'liIgifilljiii overhung the flat car on which it was mounted by about two inches on either side. Phone 743-5528 FOR FREE ESTIMATES 460 Wellinmon Street North Kitchener, Ontario JOHNS JANITUR SERVICE Semi-ct mm" OHieos . Strrros - Factories 743-5283 I " King s., Waterloo Daily: W:ekly - Monihly and Kirsch Hanna". te huge box-like structure made from pressure creosot- Custom Made ed Douglas fir and stainless steel hardware. It is 40 feet long try " feet wide and " feet high and has a 30,000-gallon capacity. It f destined for ground in- stttilathrn, where it wlll neutral- ize sulphuric acid wastes to pre- vent water pollution. A spokesman for the Erb Street manufacturers said the company has made many larger wood tanks but that they are usually assembled on the job site. 'The piece of equipment despatched last week is one of the largest Canbar has eVer shipped in as sembled form. Way to Northern Ontario. We've lost contact completely. But I did meet a chap, Bee ‘Smiley, directly ahead of me in a line-up on a troopstup coming home, who turned out to be a son of my father's first cousin, Joe, who went West. Itat't this fas- cinating? However, this is not a family history, though I know you‘re in- trigued. It is a heart-felt expres- sion of sympathy for high school principals, like Cousin Bill. A high school principal is usu- Cousin Bill must be a descen- dant of one of the Smileys who went West and starved during The Depression, instead of stay. ing home and almost starving. the, Que., pushing up its annuil crop of milkweed, burdock and fieldstone. The crops were mainly stones, with an occasional bonanza of boulders. Most of them had enough dim Irish wit to get out and move West, but my grand. father, with nine kids and no wife, stuck it out and the old family farm is still there in Pon- the periodic potato {amines and with the skill and foresight that bu always characterized the name, chose some of the most meagre land in Canada on which to strike it rich. He mm -n 'cbusin. Ttie tuni. leys. five brothers of them, came tut from Jre1and during one of which I hurled I dart into the raw hides od school administra- tom. mm him write, but it was a friendly letter and it's nice to bear from, you, Cousin Bill. Thu column b dedicated to 'Nre"ahe,Bit1temiur,ahigt "hoolreineipatuttaautet-a. ye_d-'teve-dmveoita-, Roeently. she (owed him to tu. "1rdti"r.d'hr-'isas'thr--6ms. 3 Bill Smiley Somehow, they dind bodies to put in front of the kids and the show goes on. And the principal takes another giant step, not for mankind, but towards his first coronary. Where do you pick up, in De. cember, an art teacher who can double in typing? Or a German teacher who is a whiz at German but weighs 200 and must coach the basketball team? Or a history teacher who can pick up a weld. ing class without doing a Nero? Then the poor old principal gets. three or four resig‘nations from his staff. They are from people who are ill, fed up, or merely going out of their minds. The board has cut off all at. penditures until the new budget is struck in January The students are becoming unruly. The tench- era are completely browned of! with board, principal, students and each other. In short, every- thing is normal. ' This is one of their halriest times of the year. After three months of unbelievable chaos, they finally got the big, brutal, awkward, maniacal machine, that is a modern high school, running with only the odd fit or start. (Be careful there, linotype om. ator). do... MM. 0-.“ be. above an he an»... and the -th.. be. hot... lei valM~~M one-am. Emmi-whee... pe, or mud to a m. he odt!tmti-t-itiooert andgottaektathe chum-he- tore either happen. But not. driven by the insatiable greed ot their wives, keep at it until they nrepunchy.