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Pamela Cross. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Cross of 258 Alexandra Ave.. is one of 18 Ontario rangers. caâ€" dets and guiders selected to take part in Operation Outâ€" look 1971 a girl guideâ€"sponâ€" sored project by which the participants get a firstâ€" hand look at some of the problems facing society in their own province. Pamela. a member of the Ist Waterloo land ranger company. will take part in the second phase of the proâ€" ject by which she will spend the last two weeks of July studyinmgâ€" and working with various social agencies in Hamilton‘s "inner city." j PP ~ s o e e * . Adjranl., "r 2 a9e! ~~a"}£ £ g:" e «# x * 74. T k#. y £% iz * * ue x igh. i. A * *% . hi‘ b > <me Ranger will observe social agencies â€" ce it "% t & %ct@’i # & is‘ * * & While in Hamilton. Pamâ€" ela will live in the city with two other leaders. Their first two days will be spent talking with representatives from the children‘s aid soâ€" ciety and other welfare orâ€" ganizations . The next four days will see them running a dayâ€" The project. an experiâ€" mental one. is offered to senâ€" ior branches of girl guides. She will be exposed to practical situations relating to child dayâ€"care. senior citâ€" izens‘ needs, mental health. urban loneliness and enviâ€" ronmental problems such as pollution and urban reâ€" newal. * paits ; *n ~*" * s s ts 5 . us *E MA hx e s ga t * *44€.. ga+ VILLAGE PICNIC â€" Hundreds turned out for the second annual Dominion Day celebrations hosted by the Lakeshore Village Community Assâ€" ociation. The youngster (left) cooled off with ice cream and the boy with the dog (right ) just couldâ€" n‘t stand the tension as their friends (top photo) lined up for one of the races. camp for 24 underprivileged children aged four to 10 years. The leaders will have to plan each day‘s program and menu. This could entail getting the children up. dressed and fed and possibly taking them home at night . The second week will be spent on volunteer work with various welfare organizaâ€" tions and institutions. such as hospitals. homes for reâ€" tarded children. old folks homes. Red Cross. Victorâ€" ian Order of Nurses and dropâ€"in centres. Organizers of the proâ€" grame hope that those taking part will return to their home towns and help set up (Photos by Peggy Pawelko) day camps where they will work closely with the local CAS, ranger company and other interested groups. Those taking part in the first phase of the project will spend July on Indian resâ€" erves, north of Sioux Lookâ€" out in â€" Northwestern Onâ€" tario. in places that are acâ€" cessible only by aircraft. All who have been selâ€" ected are between 16 and 21 years of age. Here they will live in pairs meeting and working with Indian teenâ€"agers and planâ€" ning, with them, recreaâ€" tional programs for the younger Indian children .2 million dial switching centre on Albert Street is well on schedule, according to James Reid, Bell public affairs manager for this arâ€" Technicians are currently installing the _ intricate equipment required to serve 7,300 telephones. Water|oo Chro:nh Thursday, July 8, 1971 3 $4.2 million centre on schedule for Bell The new central â€"offices will provide for estimated customer requirements unâ€" til December 1973, accordâ€" ing to Mr. Reid, Howevâ€" er, he said the company will probably need to double its office capacity at that time. Council plans new board role The changeover of about 5,500 business and residence phones to the new office is Waterloo will ask the Ontâ€" ario government to repeal the City of Waterloo Act of 1964 by which the communâ€" ity services board was esâ€" tablished so that its powâ€" ers and functions may come directly under control of council and a community services advisory board. Ald. Roy Bauman was the lone dissenter when the matâ€" ter came before council this week. Under the existing setâ€"up, the board sets and operates its own budget which must be approved by council, but council has no say in how the sum approved is allocatâ€" ed by the board. â€" On a motion by Ald. Bob Cruise, council decided to take another look at a proâ€" posed $150,000 community services board â€" garage., workshop and greenhouse complex before calling for tenders. Ald. Bauman said he felt the board was operating efâ€" fectively at the present time and he was opposed to council getting greater conâ€" trol. The proposed changes will give council greater control in this area. A â€" secondâ€"floor â€" storage area and two garages, one of them a 20â€"footâ€"high unâ€" heated facility, were among his specific objections. The alderman said he disâ€" liked the basic concept of the design which he felt showed insufficient regard to the future. City engineer D‘Arcy Dutâ€" ton said the two garage aâ€" reas were divorced in that one provided covered storâ€" age area for vehicles, picâ€" nic tables, weed cutters and spraying equipment, all of which required head room The second garage was necessary for truck repairs and the secondâ€"floor storage area was considered an eâ€" conomical way to store city The â€" Waterloo _ County Board of Education sponâ€" sored â€" the third _ annual plant operations and mainâ€" tenance improvement day for school custodians July 2 at the Eimira District Secondary _ School Approximately 350 custâ€" odians, maintenance men and journeymen from the thirteen Waterloo County high schools and elemenâ€" tary schools attended â€" Annual meetâ€" by January 1972. New tele to these customers will be included in telephone direeâ€" tories to be issued at that oil turbine engines which will take over automatically in the event of an electric power failure. The turâ€" bines are capable of generâ€" ating sufficient power to light 20 average homes. Emergency equipment at the new plant includes large hall ledgers and Christmas decorations. He also pointed out that while some board and works department operations could be combined, the adminisâ€" trative committee felt it beneficial to keep some oâ€" perations separate. In other business council â€" Approved erection of a *‘*Hidden â€"Intersection Aâ€" head" sign on University Avenue, â€" near â€" Glenridge Drive. Outside plant construcâ€" tion projects, estimated at several thousand dollars, are also proceeding on schedule and will be comâ€" pleted well in advance of the changeover. â€" Refused a request from St. _ Sophia‘s _ Ukrainian Greekâ€"Orthodox Church for Sunday morning parking on King Street near Noecker Street. » . â€" Approved $42,500 service costs for cityâ€"owned land on Harvard Place. & â€" Agreed to pay the Kâ€"W Humane Society 23% cents, rather than 20 cents, per capita. â€" Accepted a $162,405 tenâ€" der from E. and E. Seegâ€" miller Ltd. for installation of sanitary storm and waâ€" termain services in Lakeâ€" shore Village. â€" Approved accounts toâ€" talling $637,073.43. Director named Mrs. Margaret Perkins has been appointed execuâ€" tive director of the Watâ€" erloo County branch of the Canadian Mental Health Asâ€" sociation, replacing Roland Hersen who resigned. The appointment â€" is effective Sept. 1. Mrs. Perkins has been on the staff of the Kâ€"W Hosâ€" pital‘s psychiatry departâ€" ment since September 1970 A graduate of the Uniâ€" versity of Western Ontario she held various posts with the mental health division of the Ontario health departâ€" ment since her graduation in 1949. Prior to coming to the Twin Cities, she was a memâ€" ber of the staff development department of the Childâ€" ren‘s Psychiatry Research Institute in London. Ont. From now until Septembâ€" er the CMHA office at 54 King St. S.. will be open durâ€" ing regular business hours, Monday to Friday. In addiâ€" tion the services of a conâ€" sultant from the Ontario CMHA office will be availâ€" able at least twice a week.