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Waterloo Chronicle FLORAL TRIBUTEâ€"The community services board has been warmly complimented for the flower bed in Waterloo Park. which outlines the Christian Endeavor crest. The bed was planted to mark the 16th world convention of the interdenominational group. which meets here this weekend. The boys did not leave Canada together. Rod left ahead of Scott on a charter flight. Scott joined his friend two weeks later in England. They stayed for a week at Ascot and visited the famous Ascot races. Madame Tussaud‘s wax museum was another interestâ€" ing tour. Their home base was the home of Rod‘s grandparents in Hasocks, Sussex. From this point they went to different areas of the counâ€" try visiting Rod‘s relatives. He and his friend Globe and Mail paperboy Rod Grainger of 221 Dixie Cres., toured England together. The trips were paid for from paper route earnings. By Doris Ronnenberg "I liked everything" said Waterloo _ Chronicle paperboy Scott McCallum of 243 Lincoln Rd., when talking of his recent fourâ€"week trip to England. The planning committee felt it would be an educational experâ€" ience for all concerned and would ensure social, economic and techâ€" nical progress for the older folk. The first of these group meetâ€" ings will be for residents in the Representatives were present from the Red Cross Society, welâ€" fare department, dropâ€"in centre, Jolly Oldsters Club and communâ€" ity services board. Those present felt senior citiâ€" zens‘ needs could be best met if they expressed these needs, idenâ€" tified their problems and decided on objectives. The meeting has been planned by Bernard Isaacksz, senior citiâ€" zens coâ€"ordinator, following a proâ€" gram planning committee meetâ€" ing held at the community serâ€" vices board dropâ€"in centre earlier this month. It is being held at St. ‘John‘s Lutheran Church, 22 Willow St.. at 3: 30 p.m. About 440 senior citizens in the area of Allen, Caroline, Erb, George, Herbert, John, K ing, Mary, Park, William and Willow Streets, Union Street East and Moore Avenue South are being inâ€" vited to an informal group meetâ€" ing, Sept. 8. Senior citizen meet planned Boys tour Britain The boys have discovered that travelling is fun. Scott would like to go to France in two years time but Rod just likes travelling and intends to do more of it at a later date. To the boys, the best part was the Tower of London. ‘"Where they used to chop off the heads," said Scott. Both will be in Grade 7 at Lincoln Heights school this fall. They took in Buckingham Palace and witnessed the changâ€" ing of the guards. Other visits of interest were Windsor Castle, the royal pavilion at Brighton, Trafalgar Square in London, All Saint‘s Church in Brixworth and of course Big Ben. Ontario group elects Pflug They met a few ‘skinheads‘, too. "I wouldn‘t want to meet them in a dark alley," said Scott. The boys were very imâ€" pressed with the size of the boots this group wears. Ken Pflug, community services board administrator, was elected viceâ€"president of the Ontario Parks Association, at the group‘s annual meeting in Hamilton, Aug. 12â€"15. in the parks field. The association is an organizaâ€" tion of lay and professional people The Kâ€"W central volunteer burâ€" eau, which is operated by the Kâ€"W Social Planning Council, is supplying workers to follow up the written invitations with perâ€"â€" sonal and telephone calls. Members of the Jolly Oldsters and dropâ€"in centre have volunteerâ€" ed to serve refreshments Organizers feel this will give everyone present an opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss comâ€" mon problems and get to know one another. It will also give the older folk an opportunity to learn what programs and services are offered by the community serâ€" vices board. area around St, John‘s Lutheran Church. Taking the spending of all stuâ€" dents, a total of $16,250,000, he estimated the largest expense as room and board, 47 percent of all spending, for a total of $7,625,â€" 000. The second largest item was Students boost Twin City economy by $16,000,000 Watson estimated that the average student spends $1,272 each academic year, a figure which does not include his univerâ€" sity tuition, but covers all other expenses. His study covered only fullâ€"time students and excluded partâ€"time, extension and summer session students at the two universities. William Watson of Woodstock, a graduate geography student at WLU arrived at the figure through a questionnaire filled by a samplâ€" ing of students on the WLU camâ€" pus. Students from Waterloo Luthâ€" eran University and the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo poured more than $16,000,000 into the Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo community during the past academic year, a survey shows. GUESTS FROM INDIAâ€"Ashok B. Bhadkamkar. high commissioner for India. and his wife. visited city hall during their visit to Waterloo this week. His visit here was sponsorâ€" ed by the Indiaâ€"Canada Association of the University of Waterloo. Mayor Meston presentâ€" ed the diplomat with a copy of Edna Staebler‘s Sauerkraut and Enterprise. Aug. 17. An $800 mmotorcycle, stolen from Dennis Brandon of 219 Erb St. E.. was recovered when a Kitchener policeman became suspicious of a youth pushing the bike down the street Aug. 18. Ashok B. Bhadkamkar, high commissioner for India, and his wife. were presented with Edna Staebler‘s Savuerkraut and Enterprise. when they visited Waterloo City Hall. Nicholas Dietrich and his sister, Diane, both of 360 Cambria Rd .. were taken to South Waterloo Hospital, Galt. with concussion. when their car left the road and landed upside down in a swamp Eight teams completed in the Waterloo City fastball tournament at Centennial Park. Aug. 16. Members of the Canadian swimming and diving team comâ€" pleting in the world student games in Turin, Italy, Aug. 26 â€" Sept. 6, pracâ€" tised at the Moses Springer park pool. A 1965 Volkswagen was discovered in the Elora quarry only hours after it was reported stolen from the University of Waterloo parking lot. Wilâ€" liam O‘Connel of 355 Erb St. W., reported the car missing. It is owned by his sister Kathleen of Willowdale. Aug. 15. The Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Provincial Command, sponsored the Ontario bantam and midget track and field championships at Seagram Stadium. Aug. 13. Waterloo was without power for about a half hour in the early afternoon as a result of a severe electric storm. Aug. 14. A midnight raid by RCMP and Waterloo police resulted in the arrest of one youth on a drug charge Other items and the amount spent on them : Car and life insurâ€" ance, $1,000,000; dry cleaning, $250,000; travel, $420,000; groomâ€" ing aids and cosmetics, $410,000; gifts, cameras and flowers, $700,â€" 000; medical and dental expenses not covered by insurance, $350,â€" Week in retrospect entertainment, totalling 14.3 perâ€" cent, or $2,300,000. »‘Clothing stores are also recipiâ€" ents of a substantial share of the input, with 9.8 percent, or $1,600,â€" 000 spent on clothes after the stuâ€" dents arrive on campus,""‘ he reâ€" ported. ‘‘Students spend 8.2 percent, or $1,325,000 at local garages and automobile supply stores. Barber shops and hairdressing parlors benefit to the tune of $165,000."‘ WATERLOO, ONTARIO THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1970 â€" 10c His survey, done as a class project, also indicated two other aspects of student spending: male students spend $200 more a year on entertaining and it costs $400 more for a male student to exist for the year than for a female stuâ€" dent. "In addition to this expenditure (by fullâ€"time students), one must consider the impact of extension, partâ€"time and summerâ€"term stuâ€" dents. If one then adds the exâ€" penditures of university employâ€" ees, it can be seen that the uniâ€" versities are an integral part of the Twin Cities economy."‘ Watson said his survey indiâ€" cates that the two universities have a tremendously beneficial effect on the economy of the Twin Cities.