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â€"_â€" Show benefits _ Big Brothers k ‘Burglar‘ _ was fire *% She dialed a telephone operator who called police and they disâ€" covered the fire. The cupboards were blazing when firemen arrived and preâ€" vented them spreading to the reâ€" mainder of the house. IS THAT MAMAN?â€"Astrid Bourassa, 3%, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Bouâ€" rassa who have come here recently from Quebec, is a little perplexed when she sees her mother in a new role. (See story , photos, Page 3) The women are already well in to plans for their second proâ€" ject â€" a bake sale at Waterloo Square, April 10. ~ Heat and smoke did consideraâ€" bledamag_egothefiutfloorapart- ment, which was empty at the time of the outbreak. €upies a basement apartment in the twoâ€"storey building, heard a crackling sound upstairs and thought it was being made by a Waterioo firemen confined the blaze to the kitchen cupboards and curtains when a shortâ€"circuit in a clock triggered a $2,000 fire Following its first venture, a twoâ€"day fashion show at Westâ€" mount Place shopping centre, the group reports a $200 profit, which will be donated to the. Big Brother iation at a meeting in the G:l(:z‘ deadquarters later this nth. The women‘s auxiliary to the Waterloo Knights of Columbus, which was organized in Januâ€" ary, has got off to a flying start. St., Sa Basil Maundcoteâ€"Carter, a student at Waterloo Lutheran University, was chosen national chairman of a student drive to raise funds for edâ€" ucation in foreign countries. March 26 Members of Tempo‘s, Youtheatre presented a musical evenâ€" ing. Hgi[ and Peace, at the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo collegiate. March 30 The Kâ€"W Hospital had a fire scare when smoke filtered through the building when a fibre board in an expansion wall was acciâ€" dentally set alight by a workman using a torch. There was no damage. March 25 The University of Waterlon awarded two Kitchener firms . . s ng 2 sw + tenders totalling $3:.6 million for two campus buildingsâ€"a $2.1 million The dance committee of the threeâ€"storey student services building and a $1.5 million splitâ€"level adâ€" Lakeshore Village Community ministration building. Association is jubilant at the The United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union was again â€" success of its first venture â€" a granted permission by the Ontario Labor Relations Board to prosecute dance at Cedar Grove Lodge Satâ€" Marsland Engineering Ltd. for failing to bargain in good faith. urday night. March 28 An overheated pot of grease started a $300 blaze at the home of Martin MacDonald of 658 Silverbrook Drive. Mr. MacDonald extinâ€" guished the blaze with a blanket before firemen arrived. Damage was confined to a counter top, cupboard and stove hood. About 10 production workers picketed entrances to Sunar Industries Ltd. protesting what they called a "wildcat lockout.‘‘ About 300 workers were told Friday not to report for work today. March 29 Police Chief Harold Basse said he has received 40 applicaâ€" tions for two vacancies in his department. The Kâ€"W Federated Appeal reached 25 percent, or $152,352, of its $642,000 target. March 27 A crowd of 3,500 attended Ice Parade 71, a presentation by 400 members of the Kâ€"W Figure Skating Club at Kitchener Auditorium. A short circuit in a kitchen clock is believed responsible for a $2,000 fire at the home of Joseph Yosurak, 104 Peppler St. . About 220 persons attended a dance sponsored by the Lakeshore Villâ€" age Association in Cedar Grove Lodge. . The setting is Hamelin in 1311, at a time when the residents are a little careless about littering their landscape. The Michigan State Players will present a musical version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin at the University of Waterioo‘s Theatre of the Arts this Saturday. John Baldwin has adapted the Robert Browning poem for the stage and added a contemporary touch, â€" ecology. Librettist Baldwin, who directs the production, and composer William Penn have created deâ€" TAKING SHAPEâ€"Work is well under way on the $2,â€" Insurance Company of Canada. The 50â€"yearâ€"old firm has 150,000 office building at Westmount Road and Erb Street outgrown its existing premises on Erb Street. Target date which will house the head offices of the Equitable Life for completion of the new building is November of this year. Week in retrospect Pied Piper tackles pollution The production includes a puppet show, and tumbling acts in addition to singing and dancing acts. lightful songs and lyrics for the show, such as Hamelin Square, Build a Better Rat Trap and The Rat Sneak. The Players present a second musical, Carnival, at 8 p.m. the same evening, describing the color and conflict of circus life in Europe in the 1950s. The performance is planned for 2.30 p.m. Special rates apply to children under 12. e tw _ 220 at Village dance Mr. Campbell is president of the Lakeshore association, sevâ€" eral members of which also pitchâ€" ed in to help the dance committee. The association has been acâ€" tive in organizing sports and other recreational activities for the development. One of its major undertakings was a big bangâ€"up party for last year‘s July 1 holiday. Activities at this included games and contests for the young fry, a family picnic and a street dance. Plans for the second annual celeâ€" bration are already underway. A public meeting for this purâ€" pose will be held at Messiah Lutheran Church at 8 p.m., Apâ€" ril 21. April meet planned John Dietrich headed the organâ€" izing committee members of which were Mrs. Mary Freiheit, Ed Green, Bill Easton and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Campbell. Music was provided by Geiger‘s Combo. Door prizes were donatâ€" ed by Waterloo merchants. . About 220 persons attended and observers say a good time was enjoyed by all. Rotary Club hosts 7 from Finland Included among them are a court judge, an engineer, a foreâ€" ster, and the assistant director of a department store. The Finns, here under a group study exchange program, each gave a talk on the area of Finland where they live. The program was presented by Bill Moeser. Seven Finnish visitors, who are guests of area Rotarians, were guests of the Waterloo Rotary Club last week. The association asks anyone who tow! t uP onevi R $96,065 grant for Sunnyside ideas on how to make this year‘s event top last year‘s highly successful one or help with other activities to attend. would like to give a helping hand Sunnyside Home for the Aged has received a $96,065 provincial grant toward the capital cost of a 97â€"bed, oneâ€"storey addition to the home. The province‘s share of the $960,650 project, which will likely be opened later this spring, is $480,325. The latest payment brings the provincial governâ€" ment‘s contributions to the proâ€" ject to $432,292.50. ~ Under provincial law, Ontario contributes 50 percent of the capital cost of building, equipping and furnishing new additions to municipallyâ€"operated homes for the aged and 70 percent of any net operating losses. er this month. Waterloo‘s downtown will get a new set of Canadian flags this year, thanks to the retail secâ€" tion of the chamber of comâ€" merce. The flags will be installed on aluminum poles, also purchased by the retail section, on either side of King Street between William and Young Streets latâ€" Sunnyside Home, which is located in Kitchener, is one of the oldest in the province. It is operated jointly by the County of Waterloo and the Cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Galt. The original home was built in 1869. The present 264â€"bed buildâ€" ing was opened in 1957. New flags WATERLOO, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1971