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l \ t t C . ‘ o WATERLOO, ONTARIO f THURSODAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1970 â€" 10c ° Distance makes the budget dimmer David Chao wins SANTA ARRIVESâ€"Hundreds of youngsters were on hand, Saturday when Santa Claus made his first visit of the season. Attired in his red jump suit he parachuted down behind Westmount Place shopping centre accompanâ€" ied by three helpers and was immediately surrounded by eager tots even before helpers on the ground could extricate him from his ‘chute. Within NO DISCRIMINATIONâ€"The posties‘ walk isn‘t a man‘s preserve anymore. Sarah Brown took up duty Monday, as the city‘s first woman letterâ€"carrier. She is starting out on a partâ€"time walk which involves from four to five hours work. Her route takes in stuâ€" dent residences on University Avenue West. ‘‘The further we get away from budget, the more liberal we become," Ald. Rudy Komâ€" inek charged at this week‘s counâ€" cil meeting. A consistent objector to counâ€" cil‘s policy of awarding grants to group‘s hosting functions within the city or participating in comâ€" petition outside the area, he opâ€" posed a petition from the Glenâ€" briar Curling Club‘s women section. The group asked for a $100 donation toward the Southern Onâ€" tario Ladies‘ Curling Assoctation bonspiel which it is hosting here in February. The event is being Finance Chairman Robert Cruise expressed concern at the present state of the grants budget, which he said was exceeded by 10 perâ€" cent. "If this were the works, fire or held outside Toronto for the secâ€" ond time only. {Continued on page 2) minutes he was chatting with roundâ€"eyed youngsters in a store in the plaza, checking on their behavior through the year and listening to their dreams for Christmas Eve. His arrival coincided with the season‘s first snow fall. The flurries which preceded his arrival grew to several inches of wet snow toward the end of the day. Nov. 13. Highways Minister George Gomme and Twin City mayors, riding in a Conestoga wagon drawn by four Beligian horses, led a motorâ€" cade along the Bridgeport Roadâ€"King Street section, following the ofâ€" ficial opening of that section of the Conestoga Parkway. Nov. 17. The wildcat walkout by 175 production workers at General Instrument of Canada Ltd., ended. The workers had walked off the job Monday. * + + $100 math award The Rene Descartes Foundaâ€" tion in Waterloo provides scholarâ€" ships, _ fellowships, _ bursaries, prizes and grants toward this end. It has already made a numâ€" ber of awards to outstanding mathematics teachers in Ontario. Awards to local students are for academic achievements in 1969 and 1970. The awards announced this week by Dr. D. A. Sprott, dean of mathematics, are valued at $100. Their purpose is to further the advance of education, parâ€" ticularly the study of mathemaâ€" tics. Nov. 15. A large audience attended a performance by Les Grands Balâ€" lets Canadiens at Waterloo Lutheran University‘s theatre auditorium. Nov. 16. The pokce commission was told that $12,886 was collected in traffic tickets and other fines during October. David Chao of 186 Marshall St., is one of 17 winners of Rene Descartes prizes at the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo. The Waterloo winner is a forâ€" mer student of Waterloo collegâ€" iate and has won several prevâ€" ious distinctions in mathemaâ€" tical competitions. He was named Week in retrospect Nov. 18. A.R. Walker, registrar of the consumer protection bureau, addressed a membership meeting of the chamber of commerce at the Tien Hoa Inn. Two police officers were hired to bring the number of the force to an Ontario scholar in 1969. . His parents are Mr. and Mrs Leyden Chao of 186 Marshall St. David Chao