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©*~ M‘ ‘Waterioo Chroniclé, Thursday, May 13, 1971 According to information presented to city council Monday night, the city operation has grown too large for the space available in Waterloo Square, and, as a result, the offices are becoming scattered. In the Marsâ€" land Centre, there would be plenty of room for the preâ€" sent, plus space for expansion. And, on the basis of the deal offered by Mr. Marsland, the cost would be less than the city is now paying. The move was recommended by council committee and will be considered in a formal session next Monday night. The building is the project of Stanley Marsland, a local industrialist who has prospered in this community and who has chosen to invest the proceeds here. As a gesture of goodwill toward this community, Mr. Marsland has offered city council a deal to move the civic offices into his building. If the city, leases the second floor of the building for $5 a square foot, he will let it have the third floor for just the cost of services. A decade ago the face of downtown Waterloo was alâ€" tered drastically when a large portion was cleared and Waterloo Square erected in its place. Now, when downâ€" town rejuvenation seemed to be lagging, the Marsland Centre has been erected on the site of the old city hall. The 13â€"storey structure, with simple lines thrusting skyward, gives an entirely new look to the city. It is a most distinguishing landmark. Waterloo is developing a "skyline." Highâ€"rise apartâ€" ment buildings are shooting upward, the University of Waterloo Library has recently grown several storeys, and in the downtown core there is the Marsland Centre. _ Although federal assistance has been promised, Kitcheâ€" ner is having trouble getting a youth hostei established this summer. Proposals for a tent town and a wareâ€" house have been washed out, the former because Ottawa refuses to make a grant for such a setup and the latter because of the exorbitant cost of making the proâ€" posed structure inhabitable. Now under consideration is adaption of the Tunnel Inn coffee house at the YWCA in Kitchener. They are located in the mountains and forests and other outâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"way places where other accommodation is unavailable. A string of such hostels, approximately a day‘s travel apart across Canada, would fill a real need. But, in spite of its good points, Kitchener really has only limited attraction for the young tourist seeking either an education on Canada or a sightâ€"and activitiesâ€"filled vacation. Frankly, Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo‘s. wideâ€"spread reputation for easy availability .of drugs will attract far more young people here than will its Farmers‘s Market, Woodside Park or Pioneer Tower. As a result, young Canada will be on the move this summer more than ever. Although we sympathize with young people who are unable to find work when they have really tried, we are envious of those who, as an alternative, have set out to learn something of their country. Not all opposition to the plans have come from the feâ€" deral government or local health officials. There has also been opposition from residents and businessmen. They feel word of the hostel will spread, and young people of the less desirable type mentioned above will be drawn to the facilityâ€"and to the downtown area. But the youth hostels in Europe serve a different purâ€" pose. They are intended for young tourists, foreign and nativeâ€"born, who are out to see the country by hiking, car or bike. . We suspect, however, that not all young people on the move this summer will be in search of an education. Many will just be bumming. They‘ll be looking for free food and shelter, conserving their meagre funds for a drink or a smoke. Proponents of the hostel, on the other hand, point out that Canada is far behind some European countries, where youth hostels have been long established. The federal government, teachers and other interested parties are urging young people who are unable to find jobs this summer to get out and see Canada. Published every Thursday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€" Waterioo Record Ltd. 30 Queen St., N., Kitchener Ontario Address corâ€" respondence to Waterioo Square Waterioo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. Philomena Rutherford, editor SBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada: one year $8 ; in United States Pusher‘s paradise? Reason for pride and Foreign countries: one year $10 ESTABLISHED 1854 The food and bake sale which the Kâ€"W Regional Fok Arts Counâ€" cil is planning for Kitchener‘s Farmers‘ Market this Saturday sounds like a gourmet‘s delight and a lesson in multiâ€"lingualism all rolled into one. in Ireland who handed out cusâ€" toms declaration forms and then announced over the public adâ€" dress system that these should be completed and handed to the Britâ€" ish customs officials at Shannon‘! But, come to think of it, an ofâ€" ficial of the same company at New York is a little unciear about the location of Canada, too. Over one Canadian passenger‘s proâ€" tests he deliberately wrote in the traveller‘s permanent address in the space reserved for resiâ€" dents of the U .S. Some airline staffs just love to startle their passengers, too. Like the steward on an American plane nearing Shannon Airport At least one airline, the staff of which was noticeably more maâ€" ture thanfose on two others, gave service to everyone over and above the call of duty while the younger, underâ€"20 stewardesses on other flights didn‘t even seem to know there was an extra mile on their aisles. Maybe it‘s because I‘m a woâ€" man and heir to all the cattiness that sometimes means, or mayâ€" be it‘s simgly my age that‘s tellâ€" ing on me, but after several hours last week with nothing much else to do but observe the varying ways with which airline stewardesses accomplished their work I‘ve conâ€" cluded that air companies that force their stewardesses into early retirement are missing the boat â€" or something. By all accounts it looks as if the very hub of the city, city hall itself, is thinking about uprootâ€" ing its staff and returning to the scene of its former glories â€" its original site, replaced now by the Marsland Centre which is getâ€" ting the final touches these days. And indeed the Centre is blosâ€" soming as if spring‘s finger had touched it, with graceful trees and abundant shrubbery springing up around the simple, white, columnar lines of the 13â€"storey structure. safe to leave the city for a few days and expect to find things as and where you left them. An unscheduled trip overseas cut short my work last week but some trusty colleagues took over the job in fine style while I was away. Judging by the news stories I‘ve been trying to catch up on since my return it‘s almost not Greek desserts such as pachâ€" i TEeLES®nA $SWNDCAT Philomena Rutherford‘s Bits and Pieces E.C. Hallman, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, said the federation will hold its annual picnic in Waterloo Park, According to Reuben Clark, sanitary inspector, the measles epidemic is continuing in Waâ€" terloo. He reports nine new cases as well as 19 of German measles, one whooping cough, one paratyâ€" phoid fever, two chickenpox and three of scarlet fever. Customs collections at the Waâ€" terloo outpost for April show an increase of $28,763 over returns for the coresponding month last year. Edward Lorentz was severely injured when he fell from the motor truck on which he was ridâ€" ing along Erb Street West. 30 YEARS AGO May 9 There has to be a fair number of people around who never think along such lines, if one is to judge by the variety of unclaimâ€" ed articles that fell to auctioneer Ministers and delegates from 37 congregations in the Guelph presbytery were among 75 persons at a meeting at First United Church. Rev. W.J. Fiddes of Elâ€" mira presided. Waste Not, Want Not was a popular maxim with a past genâ€" eration that had to exert a good deal of elbow grease in the purâ€" suit of life‘s necessities, not to mention the luxuries. (Probably, for that matter, neither did they.) Waterloo public school trustees decided to seek the advice of the architect in charge of the new Elizabeth Ziegler school building before approving $15,000 renovaâ€" tions at Central school. lava and theples will be offered alongside Scots‘ haggis‘ and shortbread. (It‘s a neverâ€"ending struggle to remember there‘s nothing Scotch about the Scots exâ€" cept their whiskey, or should that be whisky?) The Ukrainians will have hurâ€" ustyky, paska and parohy to tempt the passersby while the Dutch will be offering kadetten, the Germans, strudels, and the West Indians escovitched fish and sugarcanes. The folk arts organization is deâ€" voted to promoting the visual and performing arts as a means of unâ€" derstanding between Canadians of all origins. . 40 YEARS AGO May 14 Files of Yesteryear The CNR has agreed to "walk" all trains through _ Waterloo Square when the plaza is comâ€" pleted. This means that instead of blowing whistles and clanging bells all trains entering the area will be preceded by a flagman who will escort trains through at a walking pace of three miles an hour . Council has appointed Ald. Anna Hughes and Ald. Waldon Ewald to look into a récreation commission proposal for a $100,â€" 000 community hall. The comâ€" mission suggests the hall be atâ€" tached to Central school. Police Chief E.C. Moreau said police have been instructed to check up on children on the streets after 9 p.m. Referring to children selling programs and refreshâ€" ments at the arena and ball park after this hour, he said it was the parents‘ responsibility to see they were not doing this after 9 p.m. 10 YEARS AGO May 11 If the good weather continues the Waterloo tennis courts will be open for play this weekend. The opening round robin tournament will be held in two weeks time and the annual invitational tournaâ€" ment will take place July 1. May 23. 20 YEARS AGO May 11 on the move, this time literally. About 20 of them turned out this week for the first meeting of TREE (Travel for Recreation, Eduecation â€"â€"and +Entertainment) and made plans. for their first venture â€" a tour of the blossomâ€" burgeoning Niagara peninsula May 18. The tour is to cost $3 with lunch, at $2, optional. But the oldsters are hoping to keep costs to a minimum. ‘"Bring your lunch and munch," they are telling members planning to join the 20â€"man vangaard. Take the bicycle collection for one example. Gone are the days when people took a 30â€" or 40â€"mile bike ride in their stride, (alâ€" though hand it to Kâ€"W Pollution Probe, it‘s doing it‘s best) so it‘s fair to assume that the original owners all hail from the Twin City area. Yet not one of 45 maâ€" chines, which averaged $28 each on resale, were reclaimed by its original owner. It‘s an affluent society, all right. Carl Roth‘s hammer on the weekâ€" Waterloo‘s senior citizens are