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‘Waterloo Chronicle 4,000 Festival â€" draws There is no way of determining accurately how many people came and went during the twoâ€"day rock festival at Centennial Park on the weekend. Estimates place it at 4,000 since about 2,000 persons massed in front of the bandstand both Saturâ€" day and Sunday evening. In addition to this there was a constant movement of people in and out of the parkâ€"young people who wanted to â€"be part of the scene and older folk who wanted to see what it was all about. Of one thing, however, there seems little doubt: The festival was an allâ€"out success for Experiâ€" ment ‘70, the volunteer group which organized it and kept its word to abide by an 11 p.m. curâ€" few and conduct cleanâ€"up operaâ€" tions after the event. Thirteen bands entertained the crowds. Many of the groups were from Toronto and the Twin Cities. Others came from Detroit, Barrie and Simcoe. *Tâ€"h‘ey included Nation, Carousel, Rose, Buckwheat, Ax, Rain, Yukâ€" on and Pilgrim Childrenâ€"names as colorful as their members and the youngsters who came to hear them play. Food, like the music, was free. Most of it consisted of fruit and vegetables which Jeff Beckner, director of the Twin City Tunnel In coffee house collected at Kitâ€" chener‘s Farmers‘ Market the morning the festival opened. A gashed foot was the worst inâ€" jury reported by St. John‘s Ambulâ€" ance workers on the site for the two days. Waterloo police got only four complaints (all about noise) and (More Pictures on Page 2) arrested one youth for indecent exposure. Ken Pflug, community services board â€" administrator, reported Monday that he had visited the park that day and found very litâ€" tle debris. It is worth noting that the board had not insisted on moppingâ€" up operations when they agreed to the park‘s use for the festival. However, the young organizers volunteered to do the job. This group, the Rose from Barrie, Charles Foster, postmaster here since 1967, will be moving to Chatham in October, where he will replace that city‘s retirâ€" ing postmaster. This will not mean a loss of jobs for any of the 300â€"member Twin City postal staff, of which 75 are in Waterloo. The move arises from the merging of Twin City pos(%’ ices, as reported in last s Chronicle. Services in the two cities will be consolidated under Kitchener postmaster Ray O‘Brien, who said the merger should produce better service at reduced cost. According to postal officials it will eliminate duplication and reâ€" sult in about $100,000 annual saving. This will be used to open three new postal stations in Kitchener by 1972 and possibly a fourth by 1975. _ In addition to Waterloo‘s main post office there are five sub stations throughout the city. They are located at Morrow‘s Confectionery, â€" 103 University Ave.; Cook‘s Variety, Willow and John Streets; Westmount Variety in â€" Westmount Place; campus centre, University of Waterloo and Parkdale Pharmacy in Parkâ€" dale Plaza. The subâ€"station at Tamblyn‘s Waterloo Square store closed down some time ago and has not since been replaced. Postmaster Foster said he had several applications for it and expects to open one in the mall next month. Approval exists for another subâ€" station in the University Avenue â€" Weber Street area but the post office has been unable to locate one there. The transfer of the Waterloo postmaster will also mean that Waterloo Tigers Lacrosse Club will lose its president. Waterloo loses postmaster Foster was largely responsible was one of 13 which entertained thousands who flocked to Centennial Park. and is a strong promoter of the sport. He was among early memâ€" bers of the club founded two years ago by Ben Flannery, 3. J. Hill and Tom Porteous. He was also instrumental in reviving minor lacrosse in Waterâ€" A native of Wallaceburg, he joined the post office there in 1951. Seven years later he moved to Amhertsburg as assistant postâ€" master. He was transferred back to Wallaceburg in 1961, where he reâ€" mained as assistant postmaster until 1963. From then, until his appointâ€" ment to the Waterioo postmastâ€" ership, he worked in the London district office in the methods and standards division. July 23. Waterloo won the interâ€"city fastball league game, 6â€"1, over London Cable TV at Waterloo Centennial Park. . He is a member of the Waterâ€" loo Club and Waterloo Knights of Columbus. He and his wife have seven Waterloo Co-n;t;i)lé Patrick O‘Kane has been assigned to light duties toâ€"day. The officer broke his hand while helping to arrest two youths accused of damaging traffic signs. _ July 24. The Waterloo Black Ghosts were nipped 7â€"6 by Oakville in the Oakville Ladies Softball League game. # 0o# o® July 25. Two Waterloo policemen had to go home and take a bath after taking a parasiteâ€"infested man to the hospital. The 84â€"yearâ€"old man had decided not to get up for the past month. *# 0 ® *# July 26. Waterloo Ghosts took first place in the Oakville Ladies Softâ€" ball League in a doubleheader at Centennial Park. The Ghosts beat Aberfoyle 9â€"1 in the first game and Streetville 17â€"2 in the second. Cigarettes worth $65 were stolen from a booth in Waterloo Park . July 27. Waterloo Council accepted recommendation to hire about ten 16 to 17 year old boys to help clean up Laure! Creek. * # 0 @0# July 28. Bridgeport Road became a oneâ€"way street for westbound trafâ€" fic. Waterloo Tigers defeated London Lancers 23â€"13. Week in retrospect children attending Our Lady of Lourdes and St. David schools. Charles Foster