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But you‘d never know it from the legion conference held in Waterloo this week. Sunâ€" day afternoon hundreds of legionnaires from across Ontarioâ€"blue blazers and grey flannels sharply pressed, medals shining and flags unfurledâ€"paraded smartly through the city to their annual meeting. There they discussed such farâ€"fromâ€"dying topics as their athletic and public speaking programs for young people. Canada hasn‘t been at war for many years. For this reason, the Royal Canadian Legion should be a dying organization. In spite of what the song says, old soldiers do die and, theoretically at least, the legion should be headed for extinction. The legionnaires would seem to have little time for reminiscing. We wish them many more years of lively activity. It‘s been a pleaâ€" sure having them here. Mr. Trudeau‘s opponents protest that he has no respect for the parliamentary system. Paul Hellyer, an opponent of Trudeau‘s for the Libâ€" eral party leadership,< claims the prime minâ€" ister and his advisers are running the country and doing it poorly. That is why he has organized the Action Canaâ€" da movement. He hopes to get other members of Parliament to join him. But to do so he will have to break the strong grasp Mr. Trudeau holds on them. The big difference with Mr. Trudeau is that he has his own band of "advisers" like Mr. Laâ€" londe, generally bright young men whose only loyalty is to the prime minister. e And in the meantime, when we pray for divine guidance for our prime minister and those who rule over us, it might be wise to mention Mr. Lalonde and the other "advisers." Mr. Trudeau didn‘t invent the system, of course, he merely refined it. Civil servants have always wielded more powerâ€"at any level of governmentâ€"than is generally known. The federal civil service has grown tremenâ€" dously in the past decade or two, and the lines of power resultingly more obscure. But burâ€" eaucracy has existed as long as governments. And the Divine Right of the bureaucrat rivals that of any king. The longer a government is in power, the tighter grows the grasp of the bureaucrats. When John Diefenbaker and the Conservatives came to power in the 1950s, the change in govâ€" ernment sparked such a shock in the civil serâ€" vice that the resulting inertia lasted for months Mr. Lalonde isn‘t a cabinet member, no: even a member of Parliament. But, as Mr. Trudeau‘s executive secretary, his power in this country may be only second to his boss‘s. Mr. Trudeau has brought the office of prime minister closer to a presidency than it has ever been. He is surrounded by a clique of adâ€" visers which includes top cabinet members and civil servants, and the voices of the backâ€" benchers and even some cabinet members go unheard. You thought that Mitchell Sharp was acting prime minister while Pierre Trudeau was in the Soviet Union? Well, he had the title, all right, but, according to informed Ottawa sourâ€" ces, the power really rested with Mr. Lalonde. Does the name Marc Lalonde ring a bell? Sound vaguely familiar? No# Well, that‘s not surprising, in spite of the fact he has been runâ€" ning the country during the past couple of weeks. Published every Thursday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd. 30 Queen St., N., Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterloo Squaré Watâ€" erloo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. Philomena Rutherfo\'rg, editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES â€" In Canada : one year $8 ; in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 ° 4 _ Waterioo Chronicile, Thursday, June 3, 1971 Up and doing Guiding lights ESTABLISHED 1854 Sudbury patriots may be under the impression they have earned a place on the map for their nickelâ€" producing mines, if not for anything else. But acâ€" cording to a speaker at a Twin City Rotary meetâ€" ing, it‘s not quite so. John Olthoff, Sr., told Kitchener â€" Rotarians reâ€" The jaunts will be in Waterloo _ Park, which will again be a major cenâ€" tre for the activities. And, as is the custom for the celebrations, the homeâ€" grown program will be free. The date â€" the weekâ€" end of June 20. â€" A wholeâ€"hearted promoâ€" ter of Waterloo Days since its inception in Centenâ€" nial Year as a time for reâ€" sidents to enjoy the parks and _ other _ recreational facilities their taxes have provided, he began investiâ€" gations. And sure enough he found that someone in the Paisley area had a pair of oxen and was willâ€" ing to make them availaâ€" ble for such events. It all started when Ald. and Mrs. Harold Wagner took a trip south last winâ€" ter. While travelling through Pennsylvania, Mr. Wagner got to thinking how Waterâ€" loo‘s founders made the trip north by oxen cart. The feat, he realized, was alâ€" most unimaginable to toâ€" day‘s youngsters. Waterloo youngsters will get a funâ€"look (or should it be a funâ€"feel? at history next month when Waterloo Days take place and they have a chance to ride in a cart drawn by a team of oxen. S\ t Uf SRAM _YNOiCATE AND UNEMPIOYMENT .. ) HAVENF DonE ANYVIHWE t "Your batting is poor, your fielding is bad, and your dad sponsors the team. What position do you want to play?" «/ Philomena Rutherford‘s Bits and Pieces An, T THE HOME TEAM Elections for a new exâ€" ecutive for the Lakeshore group will be held at a genâ€" eral meeting at Cedarbrae school gymnasium at 8 p.m., July 7. It‘s not every day that wone gets invited to a free evening‘s entertainment but it‘s happening to residents of Lakeshore Village this Friday. The eightâ€"to 13 yearâ€"olds who have been involved in the girls‘ gymâ€" nastic group are presenting a display in Cedarbrae a Street Challenge Golf Tournament at _ Elmira Golf Course, June 13. Prizâ€" es will be given for the three lowest gross scores from the winning street. If this tournament is a success (And the associaâ€" tion hasn‘t had a failure yet!‘) there is a good chance for a mixed, twoâ€" ball foursome in the fall. Meantime the Lakeshore Village Association, which has a lengthy list of sucâ€" cesses to its name in keepâ€" ing community spirit alive. This time it is planning The performers are all students of Rosalind Hopâ€" kins. A resident who has seen them go through the paces assures us there is a firstâ€"rate performance ahead. The program runs from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. school which will include matwork, doubles and singâ€" les routines, pyramids and a Scandinavian interpretaâ€" cently that a book on wines that retails at $50 claims Canadian wine is made in *‘Sudbury across the Ohio River!" / C.J. Francis has resigned from Central school‘s teachâ€" ing staff. Miss Francis is the Grade 1 teacher and art instructress. Four Twin City button factories are on strike for increased wages. There were 250 workers involved. Close to 2,000 pupils from rural and urban schools parâ€" ticipated in the first county music festival ever held in Waterioo. The nonâ€"competiâ€" tive event was directed by Harry Hills, director of muâ€" sic for T win City schools. Construction of an outfall sewer from the sewage disâ€" posal plant to the Grand River will begin about the end of this month. The proâ€" ject will employ 75 men and involve 500 feet of tunâ€" nelling some of which will be 65 feet below the surface. 30 YEA RS AGO May 30 Features on top of feaâ€" tures seems to be the way of things nowadays so when a swimming pool sprouted on the main floor of Waterloo Square the other day some residents thought it had been added A delegation of ratepayâ€" ers from McDougall Avenue has petitioned council to install watermains on Erb Street West and McDougall Avenue. 40 YEARS AGO June 4 A board of trade recomâ€" mendation in favor of dayâ€" light saving time was unâ€" animously rejected by counâ€" cil‘s finance committee this week. About 600 families would be inconvenienced by the change since members work in Kitchener where voters have turned down proposals to advance the time for July and August. The group, it would seem, has one wizard of a treasurer. Or maybe they‘ve got their own mint out in the northern outpost! Incoming officers have a healthy operation to take over. For instance, how many voluntary organizaâ€" tions pay their way as they go along and at the end of hefty expenditures along the way such as a $650 outâ€" lay for playground equipâ€" ment! reins, and a $470 bank balâ€" ance to the new slate? And Files of Yesteryear is in spite of some Construction has begun on a women‘s residence at Waterioo College to accomâ€" modate 100 persons. It is scheduled for completion Waterloo‘s 15â€"year trolley and bus service with Kitcheâ€" ner Public Utilitiee Comâ€" mission expires next year. An affirmative vote of the ratepayers will be required this year to renew the agreeâ€" E.E. W. Oke, former city engineer, has predicted Waâ€" terloo.s 20,562 population will increase by almost 50 percent in six years. A 17â€"yearâ€"old youth was fined $ in police court on a careless driving charge. The youth was apprehended after several motorists were forced to sound their horns in an effort to pass the cyclist who was weaving from side to side on street. 10 YEARS AGO Roy Wagner of RR 2 Waâ€" terloo realized one of his fishing dreams on the weekâ€" end. On a fishing trip to North Bay he hauled in a nineâ€"pound, â€" 30â€"inch picâ€" kerel out of the Wasa River. * * * â€" Waterloo Musical Soâ€" clety‘s summer band proâ€" gram opens this Sunday at Waterloo Park. C.F. Thiele said the programs will be held every Sunday night in June and on alternate Sunâ€" days in July and August. Performances by Waterâ€" loo Concert Band are aâ€" mong* summer pleasures for Waterloo folk. The first in this year‘s series takes place at the Centennial Bandshell this Sunday at 7: 30 p.m. collections for recycling is one way to help. Most timber companies, which hope to be in busiâ€" ness for years to come, go to great lengths to see 20 YEARS AGO Some tries, : have â€"fc that foi down a Perhaps at Cameron Heights colâ€" legiate in Kitchener. June 1 way. But some firms think only of present profits. s They are offered at this time to mark National Water Safety Week. First observation of the week began locally with a surâ€" vival swim course for scouts, venturers _ and rovers from the Twin Ciâ€" ties attended by about 300 our trees . supply, by planting and have for years required that for every tree cut down another is planted. Perhaps it is time took such a step to‘;:q the future of her forests. program, which is presentâ€" ing _ demonstrations _ of water skills in the square. The demonstrations beâ€" gan Wednesday and â€"conâ€" tinue through to Saturday. It‘s all a part of the Red Cross Survival Swimming of ecology includes a com cern for one of our greatest for the tenants‘ recreation But not so.