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May, Jur lo Thu: | last w tion It cost Waterioo about $500 to collect 22 tons of May 27 Complaints about automobile and dental insurâ€" ance settlements were aired by Kâ€"W residents at public hearings at Waterloo Lutheran University by the Ontario government committee which is currently investigating such complaints. Paper pickup proves costly The first of three monthâ€" ly pickâ€"ups planned for May, June and July was ld Thursday and Friday ! last week. The oneâ€"day P originally planâ€" ned had to be extended to the second day when two city trucks each manned able to handle the volume of paper placed at the curbs by residents. Four trucks completed the job Friday. collections undertaken «at the request of Kâ€"W Pollution At â€" least one _ street was missed by the collecâ€" tion crews. Bundles of newspapers and _ magaâ€" zines on Glen â€" Manor Paul Zarnke, chairman of the Kâ€"W Social Planning Council‘s youth committee, announced plans for a Twin City residential home for 16 to 21â€"yearâ€"old youths who are having trouble coping with society. May 28. The first of three monthly pickâ€"ups of waste paper undertaken by the city in conjunction with Kâ€"W Pollution Probe netted about $100 worth of paper for an outlay of $500. _ â€" Ernest west of Waterloo was elected president of the Kâ€"W Social Planning Council. He succeeds Ronald Sills. May 29 James Cook was elected president of the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo‘s 526 member staff association succeedâ€" ing Alan Lawrence. S § The city‘s second paper drive in one week was held today when members of the North Waterloo Boy Scout Associaâ€" tion made one of their regular pickâ€"ups along King Street. May 30 Seven bands and about 1,000 veterans took part in a parade from Waterloo Square to the Glenbriar Cur|â€" ing Club to mark the start of the 27th biennial convention of the Ontario Command of the Royal Canadian Legion. June 1 Waterloo collegiate‘s girl athletes held their anâ€" nual dinner at the Tien Hoa Inn. May 31 Delegates to the provincial convention of the Royal Canadian Legion meeting at the Glenbriar Club deâ€" cided to nullify honorary memberships Dec. 31. June 3 Displays and student performances marked achievement night at MacGregor school. Week in retrospect _=c« Seven bands, six of them pipe bands, led 1,000 legionnaires in the colorful opening to the 27th biennial Ontario convention. Boulevard in _ Lakeshore Village were not picked up. Four Probe volunteers assisted city crews un load the paper at Kitchenâ€" er‘s industrial basin where the purchasing salvage dealâ€" er had a railway box car on a siding. City Engineer D‘Arcy Dutton estimates costs of collecting the paper at $500. Kâ€"W Pollution Probe will get about $100 from the paper‘s sale. Waterloo residents have shown a greater response to the appeal than Kitchenâ€" er residents where a simiâ€" lar pilot program is being conducted and only a small quantity of paper collected. Ihe program in both cities will be reâ€"examined after June and July collecâ€" tions have been made. The outlook can be brightâ€" ened considerably if© one has a ham radio operator friend, as Barry Hamer of 252 Sunview St., discoverâ€" A sixâ€"month posting to Station Alert on the upperâ€" most tip of Ellesmere Island in the Northwest Territories is a fairly bleak prospect. Two weeks ago, the Waâ€" terlo6 man left Ottawa for his arctic post about 450 miles south of the North Pole. Through an amateur radio station at the base he contacted a family friend and ham â€" radio operator, Bert Holme of 258 Pinewood Place, who made â€" arrangements â€" for Barry to speak with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hamber. The first conversation between the parents and son took place a week ago and came through quite clearly. Plans for similar weekly talks are being worked out. Ham radio closes long gap The calls should be a Ross Macdonald took the saluate from 1,000 legionnaires _ Waterloo‘s allâ€"theâ€"way strip joint, La Petite Theaâ€" tre, may be offending some citizens, including Ald. Robert Cruise, but it apparently isn‘t breaking any laws. In fact, it even may be more restrictive than necessary in refusâ€" ing admission to those under 18 although there is no such law, according to the alderman. welcome break in the long lonely weeks at Alert The Waterloo man is servâ€" ing with the signals comâ€" munication corps of the Armed â€" Services. _ Ham radio operators across Canada regularly arrange phone patches for. the menâ€" at the outpost By â€" comparison â€" with Three weeks ago Ald. Cruise asked city council whether the upstairs theaâ€" tre on downâ€"town King Street could be closed beâ€" Bares escape ‘ Alert, Waterloo‘s weather (even last week‘s unseaâ€" sonable offering) may seem almost tropical but when it comes to daylight time the former has us beat. About eight months total darkness there is just now being replaced with about four months of complete daylight. The city solicitors inâ€" vestigated (there was no evidence offered that they actually attended one of the marathon allâ€"evening continuous â€" strip shows) and found La Petite Theaâ€" tre was not violating any city by laws. The premises met all fire depirtment reâ€" gulations and, if city policeâ€" men were attending they were doing so on their own time and at no expense to the taxpayers. cause he felt it was not in the best interests of the city. j * hovy C We z ,", s Mb s o o "Â¥e j & * 'dsv’*"‘ ,.%R M ,‘._\_" A 4/ a5% o _ ap y t s peo h * 2 . 90 Snects CR w oA Wl 1( B 5s ... WATERLOO, ONTARIOâ€" A "THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1971 1,000 at legion About 1,000 veterans and seven bands marched from Waterloo Square to the Glenâ€" briar Curling Club Sunday to mark the opening of the 27th biennial convention of the Ontario command of the Royal Canadian Legion. W. Ross Macdonald, Ontâ€" ario lieutenantâ€"governor and honorary life member of the legion, received the salute at the post office and was guest speaker at the formal opening. He commended the legion for reminding Canadians of the sacrifices of their fellow citizens in wartime and for providing $250,000 annually from its poppy fund for The bilingual public speak ing contests conducted in elementary and high schools by the legion ‘"lend themâ€" families. selves to one of the most crucial problems in Canada today," the lieutenantâ€"govâ€" ~ emnor said. Annual bursary programs and support of sport, scout, cub and cadet activitiesâ€" were all indicative of the leâ€" gion‘s outstanding interest in youth, he told the vetâ€" erans. Greetings were brought to the convention by Redmond Roche, dominion president; Ald. Rudy Kominek of Watâ€" erloo; Max Saltsman, MP for Waterloo North, and Leoâ€" nard Dunkel, president of the host group. Less warm were the greetâ€" ings of John McRae of Torâ€" onto who picketed the gaâ€" thering protesting the 1966 transfer of Sunnybrook Hosâ€" pital from the veterans afâ€" fairs department to the Uniâ€" versity of Toronto and charging a Toronto legion district with having less inâ€" terest in veterans than in other activities. About 1,800 legionnaires and their wives are in Watâ€" erloo for the convention. In addition to local hotel and motel accommodation, many are billeted at Vilâ€" eunh c .Jz@ (See Page 2) Eie * CÂ¥ *MLy 30 o â€" / 28 W e