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Published every Thursday by Fairway Press 30 Queen St. N., Kitchener. Ontario. Address Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. e Written a letter lately? Canadians may just be getting out of the habit. The mail service is deteriorating daily, but nobody seems to care. This countryâ€"one of the biggest in the worldâ€"has deâ€" pended heavily during its growth on an efficient postal serâ€" vice and, closely related, the railways. Both, to put it mildâ€" ly, are not what they used to be. LUC aige io 4@ 5p _1 LE % wanxman in ha AaInd s . N2A 8 AAAOS Coee mt Aeomes CC oi E The most surprising thing is that no one seems to be doing anything about it. The rotating postal strikes and lockouts are increasing and mail volume is down as much as 50 percent. Deliverâ€" ies are running up to 10 days late in many centres, but no one seems to be surprised. That is, the average citizen doesn‘t write many letters any more. p OSA GEEPRAR EOOAE DR m M P e l q l T t But apparently, neither side is hurting enough to start giving way. Negotiations for the treasury board, which "acts for the post office, and the council of postal unions, are now meeting only twice a week, sometimes briefly. At this point there is no end in sight. The interrupted service has not yet angered the public to the point where it will do something about it. At present, they are writing only about five to 10 comâ€" plaining ‘etters a day to the prime minister‘s office. Perâ€" C 0_ 20 coh a nratect cecems< ludicrous. Would the letters arâ€" In normal times he may receive mail in his mailbox alâ€" most every day, but most of it is magazines, advertising and bills, and he doesn‘t even notice if they are late. He may even welcome their absence. A great deal of business is now being conducted by other means of communication, particularly the telephone and air express. But the firms which have no alternativesâ€"inâ€" cluding those putting the magazines, advertising and bills in home mailboxes are suffering, and some are in trouble. And so, too, are the post office and the postmen, although they don‘t admit it yet. The strikes are costing the post office $10,000,000 a month in addition to the 1970 budget of $82,000,000. And the postmen have lost more than $2,000,000 in wages. m ras Lo Aookla«@ nnnanurth thn ctart At present, they are writing only about five to 10 cCc plaining ‘etters a day to the prime minister‘s office. P haps such a protest seems ludicrous. Would the letters rive on timeâ€"or at all? ® 0w Misplaced charity Is there such a thing as misplaced charity? Last week the director of Kâ€"W‘s House of Friendship said that "more and more teenâ€"agers from +good‘ homes come to us because they cannot get along with their parents." 100 o wl n PWd in aat w uo VELOALMOL LEERALE Lk CEMI M O M C 0 C000 Oe C They usually represent young people who failed to get work after leaving home and they usually left home beâ€" cause they would not comply with some rules laid down by their parents if they wished to live under the parental roof . Rules quoted were "‘shorter hair, a bath every two days, less moral looseness, laying off the liquor or drugs, or even making an honest effort to find some type of gainful emâ€" ployment."‘ ' The Friendship House director added that "There is no doubt the hippie appearance is a handicap for employment The postal service h7110 1100 M i t hudlichict 8 idetnciiiont it sibdndinnnisbin I opportunities, although I don‘t say it should be so." UuyLelu d Knocking long hair or even questioning how to tell the h":neg:a' boys from the girls is taboo in some quarters these days, | the dre’; among those who want to be considered part of the RIP _ when scene. night, We do know, however, that many employers (even some were On of those we‘ve heard asserting that the length of a teenâ€" a'l'ld we! agers‘ hair is absolutely of no concern to anyone but the inâ€" iity t:: dividual wearing it) will not hire hippieâ€"looking persons. policem It‘s just another example of 20th century hypocrisy. on hand If this is a fact of life, then the person who insists on lookâ€" _ Then, ing and acting like a hippie is deliberately avoiding work, them, . Mgs and be« F1 5 JLioY GPPGLIIC OA RGRRLLOZE OR Mol PS W 0 oo ole Cg c L Cc s If this is a fact of life, then the person who insists on lookâ€" â€" Then, long and shortâ€"haired of ing and acting like a hippie is deliberately avoiding work, them, miniâ€"shirted, miniâ€"clothed by making himself unemployable. and becloaked as they were, they Centres dispensing advice, sympathy, food and a place to cleared the ground around them of Ind} papers, cans, bottles and miscelâ€" sleep are springing up across the country to accommodat€ janequs debris and deposited it in thousands of youngsters like these. Many of them are OpPâ€" receptacles or heaps for easier erated by volunteer organizations and depend on charitable collection. donations for their existence. It was a young people‘s festival 2 . +o u_ allright If one feels that this is a worthy use tor one s pMIvaile funds. then it most surely is one‘s own business. Sometimes, however, these centres and these individuals are getting a free ride on funds derived from taxes and welfare rolls. Philomena Rutherford, editor sUBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada : one year $8; in United States and foreign countries: one year $10 Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Waterloo Chronicle â€" Thursday, Juty 30, 1970 y Fairway Press. a division of Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Record Ltd .. Ontario. Address correspondence to Waterloo Square, Waterloo. Established 1854 ‘"‘Don‘t trust anyone over U , the underâ€"30 s have been saying for some time now. o Last weekend‘s rock festival in Centennial Park has set some ovâ€" erâ€"30 s thinking there may be some truth, however unpalatable, in the statement. After all, when has 4,000 of the 30 s plus got together for a twoâ€" day holiday and ended with no more than four complaints to the police (about noise) and one arâ€" rest? Even more unthinkable is that 4,000 (and that‘s a conservaâ€" tive estimate judging by the way people came and went during .the festival) of the same age group would set to after the event and clear up the debris from their celâ€" ebrations. I didn‘t believe it until Saturday night that young people really liked their music loud. Neither did 1 believe that all their talk of love and peace was anything more No, I‘m not convinced yet that the teenâ€"agers and thosg in their early 20 s have all the answers. As someone pointed out, they don‘t even know all the questions. than talk. Now I no longer doubt their sincerity. They really belâ€" ieve in it and mean to practice it. Like the rest of us who have been there, however, they know there are many things wrong with the world they have inherited but unlike the rest of us, they haven‘t yet given up hope of doing someâ€" thing about it. They believe in the brotherhood of man seven days a week and not as something to be trotted out in speeches for the right occasion and the right company. When the music died Saturday night, thousands of youngsters were on their feet wishing peace and wellbeing to each other and all men. They cheered the city that had hosted them and the policemen whose duty it was to be on hand. Maybe it‘s that we have proâ€" duced a nation of youth that is betâ€" ter than we deserve and whose honesty has put us to shame for the dreams we sold. It was a young people‘s festival, all right. Ireland‘s problems has become Ne 0 30 second nature to me these days. Chairman A.M. Snider told the Sidestepping | questions Philomena Rutherford‘s Bits and Pieces I AGREE WIT VOU , WOMEN SHOULD HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS, YOU CUT ME GRASS!" about As every Irishman and woman knows, there‘s no point in explainâ€" ing the issues because only the Irish can understand them. Someone was good enough to forward the following to me reâ€" cently, with a notation that it was published in the Observer, an English newspaper. Since it says some of the things I tried to avoid saying it seems a good opportunâ€" ity to use it since it‘s not at this writer‘s head the blame can be levied. "Do you really understand the difference between Northern and Southern Ireland," asks the writâ€" er. Then he goes on to point out that ‘"Northern Ireland isn‘t of course Northern Ireland because it doesn‘t actually include the most northern part. "That‘s in Donegal, politically part of the South. Chichesterâ€" Clark‘s fief is really Northâ€"east Ireland, which the Southern Irish call ‘the Six Counties.‘" But don‘t call it~ thatâ€"it infuriates the Northerners."‘ Then he goes on to point out that it could be called Ulster but that 40 YEARS AGO July 31 it could be calleéed UISI upsets the Southerners. North Waterloo returned Hon. W.D. Euler, minister of national revenue in the last parliament, as its representative over Conservaâ€" tive Karl Homuth. The Liberal candidate won by a majority of 3,054 votes The crowd in front of the Watâ€" erloo Chronicle office was the largest that has turned out to reâ€" ceive election results in recent years. Conservatives won by an overall majority of 29 seats. John C. Wismer one of Waterâ€" loo‘s oldest citizens died in his Elgin Street home. He was 9 years of age. 30 YEARS AGO July 26 Bus service in Waterloo was the issue at a special meeting beâ€" tween town council and Kitchenâ€" er Public Utilities Commission. It was decided to change some routes and improve service. Superintendent A.P. Pullam of the Waterloo County Children‘s Aid Society said that the Ontario welfare department has approved arrangements to accommodate more refugee children. Files of Yesteryear (To say it upsets them is a mild turn of phrase, not to mention a gross inaccuracy. Ulster is a provâ€" ince consisting of nine counties, three of which lie below the parâ€" titioned six. "You would be correct in belâ€" ieving that the Irish Republic rules only 26 of the 32 counties," he continues. ‘"But do remember that its 1937 constitution claims its ‘national territory‘ includes them all. Strictly speaking, you shouldn‘t therefore call the South the Irish Republic because, acâ€" cording to Dublin that would inâ€" clude the North." _ © "Next, do you call Southern Ireâ€" land Eire? Well, no, because that‘s the whole island tooâ€"in Gaelic. The Irish Free State then? Cerâ€" tainly not: That name was abolâ€" ished in 1937. "Anyway, â€" Northern _ Ireland (i.e. Northeastern Ireland) is governed by Stormont? Almost: Westminister rules it ultimately. So it‘s part of Great Britain? Wrong again: It is part of the Unâ€" ited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. mjj:iifciear now?‘‘ he concludes. Well, are you? Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo high school board that he has received countâ€" less requests from girls for an ambulance drivers training course. 20 YEARS AGO July 28 â€" _ The Waterloo Fire Department was called to fight a swarm_of bees The Waterloo artificial breeding unit has purchased two new bulls for service. Construction workers on streets in the northern part of the city are slowed down by mud. Their maâ€" chines and equipment get bogged in mud holes. 10 YÂ¥EARS AGO Aug. 4 A strike was called at Superior Box Company Ltd. by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Three men on picket duty were arrested and charged with violation of the Railway Act. Waterloo public health inspecâ€" tor J.H. Birnstihl said he believes there is a white rabid fox loose in the Lincoln street area. basis. The Waterloo Public Library will use paperback books on a trial