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Only the stoutâ€"hearted undertake to keep groups of youngsters â€" collectively happy, occupied and out of mischief under indeal condiâ€" tions. Take on 1,500 of them from five to 12 years of age for a whole summer, come through smiling and saying you‘ve enjoyed every minâ€" ute of it and you earn yourâ€" self the Mothers® Treasure Award. That‘s what 30 stalwart young Waterloo persons did this summer â€" some of them repeating what they had done in previous years, others already looking forâ€" ward to other summers at the job. They are the playground supervisory staff, featured in this week‘s Chronicle. Recreation director Rio Caron (left), Lynn Gardiner discuss playgrounds They have survived outâ€" ings, team sports, games, craft â€" sessions, â€" dramatic moments on and off stage, answered coutless questions, planned programs galore and carried them through, had their ingenuity tested umerous _ times _ daily !-d through it all retained eir cool. Supervising the alarms, excursions and the smooth going was Lynn Gardiner of 37 Bluevale St. N.. who is completing her third year in the post while on holidays from â€" Waterloo Lutheran University. ssisting her as roving ‘rvisors are Pat Nosal, 1 Waterloo, a former Waterloo collegiate mayor who will be making her teaching debut in a Preston classroom in another few weeks, and Linda Conner of 172 Rodney St.. a student of child care at Fanshawe College, London, Ont. In the heart of the action were 27 other teenâ€"agers who directed the program at the city‘s nine playgroundsâ€" Cedarbrae. Winston Churâ€" chill. _ Northdale. â€" Lincoln Heights, Empire, Elizabeth Ziegler, Brighton, St. Agnes and Alexandra schools. 1,500 register Talking to them this week . we learned that all of them shared a common goal â€" a Playground staff a busy crew 48 w if 8 Pat Nosal (top photo) and Linda Conner (below) filled roving supervisory roles in the programâ€" desire to make our world a better one through their inâ€" dividual efforts. No, they didn‘t put it that way â€"â€" these teenâ€"agers are doers, not talkers â€" but as they discussed their caâ€" reer plans with us it was ate noticeable that student after student was hoping for a role where he or she could serve others. They are the stuff of leadâ€" ers â€" at playgrounds and in life (See Pages 2 and 3) } 4 "~ _ Week in retrospect Muaiich. .. it Arson suspected in Lutherwood fire north of Waterloo, for emoâ€" tionally disturbed boys. Thirteen residents escapâ€" ed without injury from the A juvenile has been chargâ€" ed in connection with a fire which caused $8,000 damage Aug. 12. Damage was estimated at $8,000 in an early morning fire at Lutherwood, the home for emotionally disâ€" turbed boys, north of Waterloo. . â€" S â€" Youngsiefs attending the Alexandra school playground which opened recently held their penny carnival in Waterloo Square. o0 _ S Waterloo firemen confined the blaze to the unoccupied bedroom, where the fire was discovered but ‘the entire floor suffered severe smoke The alarm was raised by one of the two childcare workers on duty, who saw smoke appearing from unâ€" derneath a closed door. Two women were injured in crosswalk accidents in Waterâ€" loo. Mrs. Levi R. Hoffos of 20 Troy St., Kitchener, suffered head injuries in a crash in which she was thrown 28 feet. Mrs. Reginald Gellatly of 266 Hemlock St., suffered a fractured leg. * 0# 0# Aug. 13 Judgment was reserved at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing here into objections by Westmount Road reâ€" sidents to proposed widening of Westmount Road between Erb and John Streets. No one in the building at the time, including the 13 Plans for a $283,000 addiâ€" tion to the home were anâ€" nounced recently. Construcâ€" tion was expected to begin Enrolment in programs at Waterloo‘s new Family Y has exceeded 900 after two months operation. About half the membership is of children between six and 13 years of age. About 650 members of the Congregation of the School Sisters of Notre Dame are attending a fiveâ€"day educaâ€" tional conference at the University of Waterioo. This is the 17th annual conference of the group, which meets annually in one of the congregation‘s eight provinces. â€" Aug. 14 About 500 athletes took part in provincial track and field championships at Seagram Stadium sponsored by the Waterloo branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Youth and recreation branch of the department of education. Aug. 15 The Kâ€"W Dutch Boy Cadets finished first in comâ€" petitions at Centennial Stadium in Kitchener, Winning their 15th trophy since June. _ Among observers will be a sixâ€"member delegaâ€" tion from the Rome mothâ€" erhouse of the 7,000â€"memâ€" ber sisterhood. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Sidney Simon, a professor at the University of â€" Massachusetts centre for Humanistic Education. 650 nuns at meet Aug. 17 About 650 members of the Congregation of the School Sisters of Notre Dame began a fiveâ€"day educational conference at the University of Waterloo. Aug. 16 Charles Rushton, administrator of adult retrainâ€" ing programs in the Twin Cities since they were formed in 1965, announced his resignation as head of Conestoga Colâ€" lege‘s Waterloo campus, effective midâ€"October. The city property committee approved an $11,750 expendiâ€" ture for partitioning and vault space in the Marsland Centre into which city offices will relocate Jan. 1. Rushton resigns Charles H. Rushton of 257 Lincoln Rd., administrator of the Waterloo campus of Conestoga College, is resignâ€" ing his post effective mmdâ€" Increased â€" provincial grants are expected to add $88,000 to Waterloo‘s revâ€" enue this year and could mean the city would end the year with surplus. Mr. Rushton has headed retraining programs in the Twin Cities since they were introduced in March, 1965. He has no definite plans for the future but hopes to continue _ working _ with people. $92,000 toward its erection. The church will also help raise money for the new addition, toward which the province is contributing $185,000. Mr. Rushton developed the local retraining proâ€" gram into the second largest in Ontario, topped only by Toronto‘s From an initial enrolment of 87 students and four teachers it has grown to 1,600 students and more than 100 teachers. creational and administraâ€" tive facilities. $88,000 boost The Ontario district of the Y mt N contributed WATERLOO CHRONICLE * . THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1971 ~ Proposed speed limit inâ€" creases for Waterloo streets will be delayed until the city engineering â€" depar t m en t completes a study on a sysâ€" tem in operation in British Columbia. ONTARIO HEAD â€" Ken Pflug, community services board direcâ€" tor, was elected presiâ€" dent of the Ontario Parks Association at its 19th annual meeting in Windsor this week. Judgment was reserved at an Ontario Municipal Boardâ€" hearing last week into obâ€" jections by residents to proâ€" posed widening of Westâ€" mount Road between John and Erb Streets. The residents are objectâ€" ing to plans to widen the 40â€" foot street to 48 feet and to paying a portion of the $72,â€" If it goes into effect he said residents will be denâ€" ied the convenience of being able to park their cars on the roadway and backing out of their driveways with reasâ€" onable _ safetyâ€"amenities enjoyed in other residential areas. He said the proposâ€" als would also create hazarâ€" dous traffic conditions for school children. The western province operates a rigidly controlled 15â€" to 20â€"milesâ€"perâ€"hour limit in school zones during school hours, reverting to normal traffic speeds at other times. City engineer D‘Arcy Dutâ€" ton told the hearing the street was designated a maâ€" jor traffic artery as far back as the 1940‘s. B6.C. system may influence traffic flow Increases proposed for about 10 city streets here were delayed some weeks ago when residents objected to their application in school zones. The matter has been under study since then Judgement reserved on street width A lawyer for the group, $.0. Casey of 65 Dietz Ave. S., said the widening proâ€" gram is premature on the basis of traffic counts. He said present traffic volume is about 10,000 cars daily and a 10â€"year projecâ€" tion indicates the volume may be 25,000 cars a day. iar‘