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7RMEVOM THE OPp ’f,l’gr 720AFFIC; RPUG \&j Common sense and courtesy, by pedestrians and motorâ€" ists, should see the crossings safely in operation. A little extra caution by both would be a big help, too. Although pedestrians have the legal right of way at these points they obviously must apply common sense when availing of it. They cannot expect motorists to stop withâ€" out warning, so they must look for a break in traffic beâ€" fore crossing the street. Motorists, on the other hand, must gear their driving to the situation, and be ready to stop when they see someone about to cross. The painted crossings give pedestrians the legal right of way over motorists, who must stop to allow free passage. They are norally located at busy arteries where traffic flow does not allow installation of other traffic lights. Experience in other cities where similar pedestrian crossings were introduced indicates the likelihood of a rash of accidents occurring immediately after their introâ€" duction. Many of these elsewhere have been serious: Some were fatal. Seven crosswalks will be introduced in the Twin Cities this week, one of them on King Street here across from Waterloo Square. But it seems the Oktoberfest committee just can‘t keep one step ahead of its own success. In its wildest dreams it could never have hoped for such publicityâ€"and all free, courtesy of James Mackey, Ontario Liquor License Board chairman himself. In this age of communications the ability to communâ€" icate is almost a lost art. If you doubt it start listening with renewed fervor and ask yourself at the end of every conversation, meeting and speech just what was said. Multiâ€"syllable words. flowery adjectives by the bushelâ€" load and phrases as long as your arm are the stock in trade of many. Old jobs are dressed up in new titles. Everything sounds impressive through sheer word volâ€" ume until you try to figure out what it‘s all about. Someâ€" times. one is justified in questioning whether or not the speaker does either. Last year‘s success took the organizers by surprise. This year they were better prepared. A more ambitious program and extended facilities were provided. The cartoon character was showing a lot more sense than the real live grownups of today. At least she knew and acknowledged that a mud pie. like a rose. by any other name was still a mud pie. &, y ye. ‘}3/@“ . f‘) So read the caption beneath a cartoon showing two todâ€" dlers messing about in a pile of mud as youngsters have done wherever and whenever they‘ve been able to find a mess in which to muddy themselves. "I used to call them mud pies. Now I call them earth art."* This year‘s festival is evidently following the tone set last year when Oktoberfest became widely known as a time of merriment and feating which attracted large numbers of tourists to the area. h SAYys : (rs Although local police forces estimate there were an exâ€" tra 50,000 persons in the Twin Cities on the weekend, neithâ€" er Kitchener nor Waterloo departments reported anything unusual in the line of liquor infractions or disturbances. By all accounts Oktoberfest is a ripâ€"roaring success. Festival halls report packed houses on the weekend. An estimated 100,000 persons thronged King Street to see Satâ€" urday‘s parade. Published every Thursday by Fairway Press. a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd . 30 Queen St. N . Kitchener. Ontario. Address correspondence to Waterioo Square. Waterioo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364 Mackey‘s magic 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, October 15, 1970 The lost art rosswalks * _"FPELL iT To . 0 U1 _ mecwanic , ESTABLISHED 1854 ] AUu~ MA J rtoligd fojy) /fi%\g; 1X 1/ BPAE ‘‘The prairie dog stayed out of school and fought the tax levy because the administration would not add digging and burrowing to the curriculum. The prairie dogâ€" parents apprenticed their chilâ€" dren to a badger and later joined the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school." all the others to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way to get there. By the end of the year an abnormal eel could swim exceedingly well. He could also run, fly and climb a little had the highest average and was valedictorian. ‘"‘The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severeâ€" ly. In the climbing class he beat ‘"‘The rabbit started at the top of the class in running, but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeâ€"up work in swimâ€" ming. The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in flying class when his teacher made him start from the ground up, instead of from the treeâ€"top down. He also developed charlieâ€"horses from overâ€"exertionâ€"and then he got C in climbing and D in running. ‘‘The duck was excellent in swimming, better in fact than the instructor, and made passing grades in flying, but he was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This kept up until his webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimâ€" ming. But average was acceptâ€" able in school, so nobody worried about that except the duck. ‘‘Once upon a time the animals decided that they must do someâ€" thing to meet the problems of the new world, so they organized a sckiool. They adopted an acâ€" tivities curriculum of running, climbing, swimming, flying. To make it easier to administer, all the animals took all the subjects. True to form, he was able to produce this gem, attributed to a friend of mine, Mrs. Margaret Hawkins, wife of an O wen Sound radio station manager. Entitled The Activity Curriâ€" culum, it read: Attempts by his board to reâ€" place traditional school reports with a more progressive, anecâ€" dotalâ€"type card met with mixed reactions and provoked considerâ€" able discussions from trustees. Sebastian Englert, Kitchener representative on the Waterloo County separate school board, has an eye for the unusual, the humorous or the perceptive quote or statistic. Baring the mind and body Philomena Rutherford‘s Bits and Pieces Waterloo firemen were called to Rahn and Co. shoe store on King Street, Monday morning to extinguish a small basement blaze. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 11 Council unanimously approved a bylaw to submit to the elecâ€" torate the question of whether council and other elected muniâ€" cipal bodies in Waterloo are to serve one or twoâ€"year terms. There was a great abundance of fruit at Waterloo market Satâ€" urday. Niagara fruit sold at 35 to 40 cents a basket. Other fruits were: apples, 15 to 25 cents a basket; plums, 35 cents and canâ€" Alexandra and Central school‘s teaching staffs honored Elizaâ€" beth Ziegler at a dinner. Miss Ziegler has taught in the area for more than 50 years. Iliness has speeded her retirement. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 16 The school board this week approved a new school for Waterâ€" loo. The 12â€"room, $112,000 buildâ€" ing will be constructed in the fall. Waterloo schools, among them St. David and Elizabeth Ziegler, have already contributed to the project. More than $40,000 was raised up to June, when the campaign was supposed to end. The deadâ€" line‘ has been extended to the end of the year, since many teachâ€" ers indicated plans for fundâ€" raising drives this fall. Target figure is $150,000. The name of te game was the Naked Teacher Contest. A pinâ€" up of a nude baby, a vintage shot of one of the school‘s teachâ€" ers, was posted in the school. Students paid to try and match the picture with the teacher. It was one of many programs conducted by Ontario youngsters who took part in Project Schoolâ€" house, as the fundâ€"raising camâ€" paign was called. It was the province‘s contribution to Interâ€" national Education Year. Nudity with a difference was dreamt up by some bright stuâ€" dents at a Peterborough secondâ€" ary school this year in an effort to raise funds for a junior high school on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. days and usually reaps rich reâ€" wards for a promoter somewhere in the background. Files of Yesteryear D. F. Preston estimates there will be 12,000 persons eligible to vote. The result will determine if cocktail bars and dining lounges will be permitted to operate in Seventy â€" eight enumerators are at work preparing for the Dec. 5 liquor vote. City Clerk An amendment to the 2 a.m. closing byâ€"law allows local resâ€" taurants to stay open 24 hours a day. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 13 Waterloo‘s first collegiate was officially opened this week. The 29â€"room building is located on Hazel Street. It was built at a cost of $1,247.268. The population of Waterloo increased by 200 during the past year,. according to E. A. Fraser. assessment commissioner and tax collector. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 13 Canada Health and Accident Assurance Corp. was given perâ€" mission by council to erect an addition to its head office. The building must conform to the building regulations and the street line. It is difficult to understand how anyone can be so wilfully destructive. However, it is a sad fact of life that many people are sick and either ignorant of how to get help or unable to ask for it. Damage this time is around $25, the cost of replacing bulbs broken by stones. Members of the horticultural society who have done a tremenâ€" dous job of beautifying parks throughout the city were disâ€" heartened last week to fing that vandals have again hit the soâ€" ciety‘s park between Marsland Centre and Knox Presbyterian Church. Among displays to boggle the imagination was a computer which can be programmed to sugâ€" gest winners in a horse race. It rents for $910 a month or can be bought for $150,000. Teachers of business, comâ€" merce and mathematics and businessmen from Waterloo counâ€" ty were among 30,000 visitors to last week‘s Canadian Naâ€" tional business Show. The larget single donation to date is from a school in Douglas, Ont. Students pledged $1,000 but ended up raising $2,272.