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Published every Thursday by Fairway Press. a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd 30 Queen St N Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterloo Square. Waterloo Ont Telephone 744â€"6364 The knowledge explosion of today has alienated many parents from their children and caused them to feel: inâ€" adequate in handling youth problems from dropâ€"outs to drugs. They are hesitant in dealing with their children. They get inferiority complexes because their kids "know so much more than we did at their age.""‘ Surely the drug scene should convince parents that knowâ€" ledge and wisdom are two different things and that young people generally show a lack of wisdom in handling their own physical, mental and moral welfare. Despite their technical understanding of this world, they are still looking for the fundamental human values from their home environment. Children feel lost in schools where they are ciphers in a giant system. They need to feel part of their families . . . to help with family chores . . . to do dishes rather than put dishes in a dishwasher . . . to run errands and to take a little responsibility in the family. An education minister speaking of the knowledge exâ€" plosion recently said: ‘"Knowledge for its own sake is ultimately barren, and probably very dangerous. Men with great knowledge of chemistry but little knowledge of bioâ€" logy have created the pollution problem that threatens the continuance of life on earth. Knowledge must be accomâ€" panied in some way by responsibility." It is at home that the child first learns responsibility. A parent doesn‘t have to be a "great brain‘‘ to teach simple decency, human warmth and a sense of responâ€" sibility to one‘s fellow human beings. To complain or not to complain is a dilemma in which customers and consumers all too frequently find ourselâ€" ves. What is the correct course of action when one is the vicâ€" tim of a disservice in store, office, garage, repair shop or place of entertainment, or from a utility or transport company or their representatives? What should one do when shortâ€"changed or overâ€"charged when quality, price, service, delivery or payment arrangeâ€" ments are not as advertised; when obvious discourtesy, inefficiency, carelessness, delay. discrimination or neg:â€" lect is encountered? Here we face the very real psychological fact that when one does kick, one feels like a heel, perhaps most of all when complaint is met with sincere apology and rectificaâ€" tion. Does not a firm policy of "complaining when gypped,"‘ brand us as chronic grouches or kickers among all who know us? By submitting without complaint to disservice we are encouraging its being rendered to others, conniving at making inefficiency, dishonesty and discourtesy the comâ€" mon conditions under which business and industry are operated. Waterloo says no On the other hand are we really wise to adopt consisâ€" tently the roles of a Casper Milquetoast or Walter Mitty? By making ourselves doormats are we not simply asking to be continually walked upon? Last week‘s poll on Twin City amalgamation has clearâ€" ly shown an overwhelming majority of Waterloo resiâ€" dents opposed to the merger. â€" o s 8 â€" The results clearly vindicate those who have claimed all along that this community wished to retain its separâ€" ate identity and who were accused of not representing the wishes of Waterloo people as a whole. A whopping 83 perâ€" cent vote opposing union would seem to settle that quesâ€" tion once and for all: Kitchener‘s mayor‘s reference to the result as a "snow job‘ is interesting. Obviously he feels Waterloo voters are not very intelligent or is one to assume that he feels anyâ€" one disagreeing with his point of view falls into this cateâ€" gory. One wonders if a similar attitude toward Waterloo‘s interests would prevail in the type of united municipality with which local citizens obviously want no part. 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 Waterloo Chronicle, Thursday, September 24, 1970 Protest justified Role for home ESTABLISHED 1854 But within every man, howâ€" ever humble and unassuming, bides a black panther. And within every woman, behind those smiles and makeâ€"up and hairspray and deodorant, lurks a leopardess. I don‘t advocate taking the law into your own hands, but can‘t help feeling a glow of satisfaction when a human being, in this age of anonymity and conformity, reacts to an intolerable situation with a fine individual rage. We all have a wild streak in us, a spark ready to catch fire, but we usually manage to smother it under the wet blanket of society‘s manners and morals. And a good thing, too, but sometimes a pity. There is no better purge of tenâ€" sion than a good blaze of anger once in a while. ed., Just recently I went out to get some corn at a roadside stand. There were two bushel baskets and this godâ€"awful woman ant her slob of a husband were going through every ear of corn, ripping down the husks and throwing the discards back. This is the epitome of bad taste. I stood behind them, waiting. blood coming to a boil. Just as I was ready to hurl a searing bolt of invective at them, the farm kids rolled up with a wagon loadâ€" ed with big, green, luscious cobs, fresh off the stalk. I walked to the wagon. grabbed a dozen, walkâ€" ed back to the stand and plunked their juicy carcasses right down beside old greedyâ€"guts, who had just paid for a much inferior dozâ€" en. The look on her face poured oil on my troubled waters. And then there was a flying inâ€" structor I was going to strangle as soon as we landed. However, he was about sixâ€"two to my fiveâ€" eight. and I‘d have needed a pail to stand on. So I settled by telling him to go to hell, Amazingly, he sidled off and that‘s the last I heard of it. People in authority are often cowards. Just show them your teeth and claws Another strangling 1| contemâ€" plated was that of a German serâ€" geant who had put the boots to me. "Just as soon as I‘m untied, [‘ll kill him, even if he kills me."‘ But I wasn‘t untied for several days. and by that time we were buddies, I smoking his pipe and "WELL IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WON‘T BE TROUBLED WITH THAT NECK AILMENT S YEAR® the pair of us jabbering away in a stew of French, German and English. These were _ comparatively simple incidents, but they happen to most people. (Let‘s hear about some of yours.) A couple of recent news stories convinced me that Man has not been turned into a grey cypher, even in this smothering society. A chap in Miami had sent his prize dog, via airline, to Texas for stud purposes. The dog was worth $25,000. The airline goofed, and somehow the dog was returnâ€" ed to Florida, where it was found to be dead of heat prostration. Now, the logical, civilized thing to do would be to sue the airline. Of course, you might spend a year or two in the courts, with a possibility of losing the case and winding up with a mitt full of legal bills. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 25 The annual school fair held at Lexington school was a sucâ€" cess. The quality of the field and garden crops was highly praised. The estimated cost of the adâ€" dition to Waterloo sewage disâ€" posal plant is $79.000. The enâ€" larged plant will be adequate for a city of 30,000. About 7,000 people thronged to see the air show at Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo airport. Feature of the show was three British Siskins making a fast low dive at 200 mies per hour. 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 27 Wednesday‘s Waterloo market remained unchanged from Satâ€" urday. Butter retailed at 23 cents a pound, eggs at 25 to 35 cents a dozen, cucumbers, large, two for five cents or 40 cents a basket. Mennonite men will submit to military â€" medical tests. They will not actually participate in military training but plans are in the offing for a huge civilian service for the duration of the war. Twin City men will make up most of the camp personnel at This fellow chose direct action Files of Yesteryear Bill Smiley No. 10 military training centre at Knollwood Park. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 22 He went to the airport with an axe and started hacking at the underbelly of an aircraft. He did damage worth $100,000 before he was stopped. Foolish, but someâ€" how admirable. This is no comâ€" puterized man. More like the Charge of the Light Brigade. Then there was this 84â€"yearâ€" old gentleman who was living with a 59â€"yearâ€"old lady in her trailer home. She threw him over for a 72â€"yearâ€"old rooster, who kicked him out of the trailer. A new metal industry may be added to the city, J. O. Beyâ€" non said at Monday‘s council meeting. The decision rests with the city‘s action regarding sewer installation in the _ northwest section of the city. Kâ€"W bands held a joint conâ€" cert at Waterloo Park. This is the first time the two bands have played together at the park in 20 years. Waterloo College outâ€"ofâ€"town students can get by on $550 a year, says college president Dr. H. T. Lehmann. What could he do? Go to the poâ€" lice? Nope. There was no charge he could lay. The lady had transâ€" ferred her favors to another, and that was that. But he wasn‘t foiled. He struck back. He made a firebomb and set fire to the trailer, causing $15,000 damage. Marsland Precision Equipment Ltd., 230 Regina St. N., has started on a $25,000 expansion program. There are plans to go abead with a $1,000,000 plant on Weber Street N., next spring. Ald. Frank Doemer reported the tree planting program is a great success. The response is 100 percent in favor, he said. Boy, I hope I can be as jealous and resourceful as that when I‘m 84. 10 YEARS AGO City hall offices may be moved to the new Waterloo Square mall. The lease would be on a 10â€"year basis.