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€4 Watericeo Chrenicie, Thursday, March 2%, 1970 â€", ‘A distress centre is scheduled to open here May 1. ft is intended to provide help in a hurry. > Many of the calls will be of a routine nature, from persons secking information on community services. Others may, literally, be a matter of life and death. Its chief purpose will be to give counselling service for people with personal problems, such as bad drug trips or depression. Much of the service will be referrals, to health, welâ€" fare and social agencies, hospitals and professional agencies. But, even more important will be the personal contact available either over the telephone or in person at the centre, at 54 King St. S. Volunteers will be trainâ€" ed to provide these services and will man the centre © around the clock, day in and day out. Guiding light is the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Asâ€" sociation. Not many years ago such a service would not have been thought of for a city like Waterloo and, possibly, might not even have been needed. They began appearâ€" ing in metropolitan areas fairly recently. They also apâ€" peared in university communities, like Hiâ€"Line, operated by students at the University of Waterloo and W aterâ€" loo Lutheran University. This is a vastly different age, when all of us are livâ€" ing at a different pace and under different pressures than a generation ago. This pace and this pressure tend to isolate us from our fellows while, conversely, creatâ€" ing a need for contact. It is an anachronism that, in this age of communication miracles, personal communiâ€" cation falls down so badly. Perhaps we shouldn‘t even mention it, but one probâ€" lem does concern us. We hope that the jokesters who have sent fire trucks rushing to the universities on false alarms during the past couple of years won‘t decide to tie up the distress centre with inane calls. We have had visions of fireâ€"fighting equipment chasing off to phoney fire calls only to be desperately needed on the opposite side of the city. ‘ The distress centre will will provide a very important service if given a chance. We question the move to ban tire studs. Windsor city council is circulating a petition among Ontario. municipalities to ask the province to ban the use of tire studs. There argument is that the studs are damaging our road services, requiring more frequent resurfacing. So far as we can tell, Windsor council isn‘t having much success with its petition. Municipalities such as Kitchener are turning it down. As we say, we question Windsor council‘s motives. Tire studs were invented for one reasonâ€"to make driving safer. We believe they do just that, and no one has ofâ€" fered any evidence to the contrary. Anything that gives a juggernaut of an automobile a better grip on a slipâ€" pery road surface must cut down on accidents. What price is Windsor council prepared to put on human life and limb? It is true that our streets seem in pretty rough shape at this time of year, but we expect the chief causes are a combination of the elements and inadequate construcâ€" tion, plus greatly increased traffic. Tire studs may be a factor, perhaps an important one. But, frankly, we don‘t care, as long as they are cutting down accidents. We predict the Windsor council petition will get nowhere. We also predict that, within a couple of winâ€" ters, many cars will be equipped with four studded tires. move. Established 1854 Published every 1\--: by Falway Prees. a division of Kitchonesâ€" Waterloo wbl#.. Queen Q'N.. l&fi'. Nntario. m Philomena Rutherford, editeor SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada: one year $8; in United States and foreign countries: one year $10 Member of the Cariadian Weekly Newspaper As and the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associz we‘d still like to know what is really behind the What price life? Distress centre One might have thought that the current competition between local taxi companies would inâ€" volve them in battles §f courtesy as much as the alleged price cutâ€" ting. But according to one report reaching us, one company at least doesn‘t feel that way at all. Last week, a local couple found their car blocked off by a taxi, minus its cab driver. After some time the driver turned up, loaded some parcels into the vehicle and took off again into the building from which he had just emerged. The couple were in a hurry and politely asked the cabbie to reâ€" move his vehicle, which unlike theirs was not legitimately parked and made it impossible for them to become mobile. But apparently the normal laws of courtesy do not apply to this company.:. They were told curtly and rudely that he would do no such thing until he was ready, so they were forced to sit in their car until it suited the taxi driver‘s pleasure to remove his vehicle. Reports that a regional transâ€" plant bank operates between Onâ€" tario and parts of New York state prompts one local man with an enquiring turn of mind to quesâ€" tion if prospective transplant or gans have to go through customs, ~ immigration or both! This of course is one good way to end the cab war. If one comâ€" pany‘s employees start behaving obnoxiously, residents will quickâ€" ly petition the licensing body to withdraw its license. Firemen and police are all set to do battle tonight at Waterloo Arena in the fifth annual benefit hockey game which has attracted packed houses in recent years. Proceeds go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Canadian Save the Children Fund and Watâ€" erloo Minor Hockey Association. The fire department claims it is determined to claim the trophy, which has been in police custody since last year. The latter depart, ment is equally determined to hang on to it. Wily not nip down to the arena to see the outcome? The Potters‘ Workshop is â€"orâ€" ganizing its last series of classes for the season beginning next week. Morning and afternoon sesâ€" sions will cater to beginners, in termediate, and advanced cate gories. _ _Children‘s classes will be ducted Saturday afternoons. Interested persons should conâ€" tact Mrs. Susan Zimmer, 578â€"3447. The classes run for 10 weeks. Twin City Rotarians expect a visit from the Easter Bunny Monâ€" day. They‘re expecting a big fat Easter epg into the bargain, a cheque for $25,000 towards the Rotary Children‘s Centre. Philomena Rutherford‘s BITS AND PIECES Bearer of the welcome gift will BENSONS EASTER BonNET® be Dick Hillborn of the Prestonâ€" Hespeler Rotary Club. â€" Hespel;l Kotary UIlub. Kitcheéner and Waterloo Rotary Clubs, which jointly sponsor the centre for crippled children, are currently working on a building campaign to offset a $150,000 adâ€" dition. The work will soon be completed but the clubs are still shy most of the money to pay the Work is now reaching fever pitch for the women behind the Kâ€"W University Women‘s Club sixth annual book sale, being held at First United Church‘s Hilliard Hall, April 34. Carol Haehnel reports organiâ€" zers delighted at the variety of books collected this year. Dona tions include old fashioned croâ€" chet patterns for purses, early Elvis Presley records, children‘s books andworks on obscure and upâ€"toâ€"theâ€"minute topics. _ _ The noâ€"advanceâ€"sale rules, that were a contributing factor in the sale‘s success from the beginning, will apply as usual. Proceeds finâ€" ance bursaries and provide emerâ€" gency helip for local students. Even at this 11th hour, organizers are willing to pick up book dona tions for the event. Prospective donors should call 744â€"5504, afterâ€" Whether it‘s mental stimulation o1 physical activity, or a combinaâ€" tion of both, you want, the YWCA 40 YEARS AGO X March 27. A 12â€"yearâ€"old Waterâ€" loo girl appeared in police court Friday charged with stealing artiâ€" cles from a Kitchener department store. The magistrate gave her some wholesome advise and ordâ€" ered her to be in her home every evening at 7 p.m. Directors of the Waterloo Hortiâ€" cultural Society are planning a membership drive shortly. There were 550 members in 1929. 30 YEARS AGO March 22. Dr. Stanley F. Leaâ€" vine, W. D. Euler and Enoch Honsberger are candidates in next week‘s elections for the North Waterloo riding. Police are investigating the flood of communistic propaganda to this area. According to reports, pamphlets were inserted in the mail boxes of several residents. 20 YEARS AGO March 24. Eric B. Lavelle, manâ€" ager of the local branch of the Bank of Montreal, is being transâ€" ferred to Chicago. He came here from Sarnia. Recreation commission director FILES OF YESTERYEAR has it all planned for you: . Spring Things To Do is the theme of seven programs beginâ€" ning at the local Y next week. Gardening, hair care, basic drawâ€" ing, woman at the wheel, crafts from scraps, a workshop on pracâ€" tical politics and modern dance are all included. Mrs. F. L. Dreger is setting up the workshop on politics, which will be coâ€"ordinated by Andrew Anstett. Discussions on the ins and outs of municipal govern ment, county school board strueâ€" ture and implementation of the Fyfe recommendations are all slated. Sounds like a lively time. Further information may be had by phoning 744â€"1711. Easter, with its sense of hope and awakening, is surely a time for the brotherhood of man to make itself evident. Congregaâ€" tions of the Roman Catholic, Menâ€" nonite, Lutheran, Presbyterian and United Churches of Waterloo are doing their share. They have planned two interâ€" church programs for Holy Week, designed to draw Christians of different traditions together in the love and hope of the Man on the Cross, to use their own exâ€" pression. One was held last night at St. Michael‘s Church. The other is slated for First United Church toâ€" morrow night. Don McLaren said a brighter homes discussion group will start this week. The sixâ€"week program is aimed at adults interestéd in interior decoration. Superintendent Eby Rush said the public utilities commission will require three new substations this week. Cost is estimated at $40,000 to $50,000. 10 YEARS AGO Match 24. Waterloo policemen‘s second effort at securing salary and benefit parity with the Kit chener force was vetoed by the commission this week. Waterloo _ aldermen â€" watched themselves on film, Monday night, when City Engineer D‘Arcy Dutâ€" ton showed a film on demolition progress of the Waterloo Manu facturing building. The Kâ€"W high school board approved the name Vikings for Waterloo collegiate football playâ€" ers. Trustees opted for the name (which suggested strength, fearâ€" lessness, adventure and a bold spirit) over Wildcats. Students feared they would be labelled cats.