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f â€"‘ &\ ‘â€" Wateriqo Chronicie, Thursday, November 25,:1971 *â€"~â€" â€"Give bloodâ€" Published every Thursday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd. 30 Queen 5t.., N., Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterloo Square Watâ€" erloo Ont . Telephone 744â€"6364. | Files of yesteryear | The old city hall offices will be taken over by the police â€" department, > now cramped in their basement quarters. Mrs. Esther Lee, 2 King Street South, Waterloo, reâ€" ceived a propanganda pamphlet dropped over alâ€" lied lines in Korea. Her son, Seargeant Roy Lee, who mailed her the pamphlet, is in Korea with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Mayor James Bauer anâ€" nounced that most of the city hall staff will move to new quarters on the second floor of the new Waterloo Square. The Sunnyside Mill Supâ€" plies building at 32 Regina Street South was gutted by fire. Although no serious inâ€" juries were reported, three firemen were slightly inâ€" jured by flying glass as windows exploded due to inâ€" tense heat. Damage was estimated at $35,000. 20 years ago Waterloo will probably have one of its greatest mayoralty battles in many years. Incumbent mayor Bauman and alderman D.A. Roberts have both announcâ€" ed they will contest the position in the upcoming election. The leaflet is signed by 279 prisonersâ€"ofâ€"war _ in North Korea. It reads: ‘‘Your buddies are demandâ€" ing peace. The American people back home are deâ€" manding peace. What about you? Get out of this dirty war. Leave Korea to the 10 years ago The holiday season has always been a time of gift giving, good will and merrymaking. On December 25 the Romans celebrated the wintâ€" er solstice: that time after the dark days of winter when the sun began to shine for a longer time each day. The ancient Teutonic peoples observed the great midâ€"winter festival of Yule with traditional feasts and new year rites. But there is one gift that is sometimes overâ€" looked during the holiday season that can mean the difference between life and death for someâ€" one in need: the gift of lifeâ€"blood. For some people this holiday season will be a time when they will need blood desperately. Only with your help will they receive the blood they need. They may never know who you are or why you decided to give your blood, but your gift of life will be a Christmas present they will never forget. , Remember to give your blood through the Red Cross during this holiday season. There‘s no better way of sharing the holiday spirit than by keeping someone alive through your gift of blood. If your gift of blood can mean the difference between a Merry Christmas and no Christmas at all for someone in need, why not give? Then as now, work and business were suspenâ€" ded for a time. Streets became full of people moving with a holiday spirit. Cries of season‘s greetings could be heard everywhere, and gifts of all sorts were exchanged. Today for young and old alike the custom of exchanging gifts is one of the highpoints of the holiday season. Gifts of all sorts, sizes and shapes have become symbols of our affection for one another. Everyone seems to share in the fun of giving. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada: one year $8 ; in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 ESTABLISHED 1854 30 years ago Schools must teach what democracy really is and the price which is to be paid to secure it, a speaker told the Waterloo Lions Club lunchâ€" eon meeting. Public school inspector Charles Howitt said the school of the future will proâ€" vide equality of educational opportunity for all; skilled, wellâ€"paid teachers will be employed, and the demoâ€" cratic school curriculum will be so flexible that evâ€" ery child will be able to adâ€" vance in every subject acâ€" cording to his ability, Waterloo is to have a new openâ€"air skating rink which will be welcome news to the hundreds of enthusiastic young people interested in hockey and skating. An ad in the November 19, 1931 _ Chronicle _ suggests hens may lay more eggs if they‘re given a daily dose of Pratt‘s Poultry Regulaâ€" tor. The financial statement presented to council indicatâ€" ed the town may end the year with a balance of $12,â€" 000, the equivalent of nearly two mills on the tax rate. â€" 40 years ago Interested citizens formed the Hawk Club and rented the property at Erb and Queen (Regina) Streets from Hogg Coal Company. A _ wellâ€"known _ Elmira business man, George Hehn, has bought a twoâ€"storey building on King Street North from the executors of the James Heveron estate. Exchange student enjoys stay down under Elizabeth Sykes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Sykes. 151 John Boulevard, Waterâ€" loo, is in Australia on the Rotary _ Club international student exchange. The folâ€" lowing is part of a letter she wrote to members of the Waterloo Rotary club, her sponsors for the visit. Dear Rotarians: It‘s hard to believe six weeks have passed since I left Waterloo. I‘m having a wonderful time here in Ausâ€" tralia. I‘ve settled down very well in Geelong with the Farrow family. Mr. Farrow is the Sargeant at Arms of the East Geelong Rotary Club, my sponsor Club. A few weeks ago I was introduced to the memâ€" bers at the weekly dinner and said a few words â€" very few! (But I am getting used to it) They seem to enjoy themselves as much as you do. Last weekend I went with another Rotary family to South Australia (about 250 miles) to a Rotary Stuâ€" dent‘s briefing. There I met students, from other countries, in Australia and students leaving Australia. I stayed overnight on a farm and saw the sheep and shearing sheds and rich pasture land. I met two Canadian students â€" one boy from Vancouver and a girl from Preston, Ontario â€" Kathy Sturdy. I was surâ€" prised! It was great talking to _ another _ Ontarioite. Rotary certainly makes bonds between countries‘! My schooling at Geelong High is going quite well, especially with summer holidays coming up soon‘ Even wearing a uniform Two weeks ago the Roâ€" tary ran a hamburger stand for three days at the annual Geelong Show, which is similar to the C.N.E. in Toronto, but not as large. A good sum of money was raised. There was also a theatre party for the woâ€" men, which I attended and enjoyed very much. It was an opportunity to meet some of my other Rotary Six boys of Brighton school built a scale model Indian village as their project for Young Canada‘s book week. My tired old eyes almost popped out and ran down my cheeks the other day, like a couple of peeled grapes, when I read about the increases in pay to our armed forces. But she perked up her ears and turned down the corners of her mouth with my next remark: ‘"And a colonel â€"will be drawing $1,960 a month.‘" My broâ€" ther, her brotherâ€"inâ€"law, is a colonel. isn‘t so bad. The girls there are very friendly and have made me feel welcomed in their school. Today I spoke ‘*My God," I groaned to my wife, ‘"will you listen to this? A buck private is going to get $480 a month.‘" She wasn‘t impressed. Out came the pencil and she started some rapid calâ€" culation. In about half an hour, while I sat there shakâ€" ing my head with a mixture of shocked disbelief and inâ€" cipient nausea, she blurted, ‘‘*Do you realize that young pup is going to be making $22,520 a year? I nodded morosely. I had done it in my head, give or take a few hundred dollars, in eight seconds. ‘"‘Why â€" why, that‘s imâ€" possible,"" and her voice went up an octave. I just took the paper over and pointed to the cold, black print. It was like swallowing a horseâ€"pill without benefit of water, for both of us. While I had been slogging along serving humanity as a weekâ€" ly newspaper editor, someâ€" times hitting a high of $6,200 a year, and later as a teaâ€" cher, he had been gallivantâ€" ing around to all sorts of glamorous and exciting places. to seventy primary school students about Canada and Waterloo County and showed my slides. They Aideâ€"deâ€"camp to an Air Viceâ€"Marshal in Europe, boarâ€"hunting in Germany, commander of a fighter squadron in France, liaison officer in Paris, desk job in Ottawa, back to Europe. Back to Canada to head a fighter squadron at Val d‘Or, guarding us against the Eskimoes, then a soft touch at Colorado Springs in the States, watching the panic button, and skiing weekends. There was only one bright spot in my mind as I reâ€" viewed this circuit. He‘s now stuck in Syracuse. Who wants to live in Syracuse? But my wife wasn‘t finâ€" ished. _ ‘"Why didn‘t you stay in the air force?" I gave her some lofty reply about being my own man, and not wanting to wallow around in peaceâ€"time on the taxpayer‘s money. I didn‘t mention that the air force wouldn‘t have had me if World War III had broken out twenty minutes after World War II ended. Then, in the gloomy siâ€" lence that followed, I startâ€" ed thinking back. When I joined up, we got $1.30 a day, or $40 a month. I sent home $20 a month to my moâ€" ther. We got paid every two weeks, so I had a handâ€" some $10 to blow. T‘ll never forget the time I lost my $10 bill about twenty minutes after pay parade. It was at Manning Pool in Toronto, with about 10,000 airmen on hand. The next couple of weeks were slim pickings. But I made it, by borrowing. That‘s when I started borâ€" rowing, and I‘ve never were very interested in our country and asked many questions. It was a rewardâ€" ing afternoon. Australia is a beautiful country. Spending Christâ€" mas on the beach will be a real experience! I will be Bill Smiley But it wasn‘t so bad, realâ€" ly. Beer was 10¢ a draft and a dollar went a long way. Ididn‘t smoke. Girls didn‘t expect you to take them out for drinks, dinner and the theatre. They just expected you to take them out. Wages went up with each increase in rank. As I reâ€" call it, I got about $6.50 a day. This was wealth beâ€" yond the dreams of avarice‘ in those days. The Austra ian and U.K. officers envied us bitterly. They were paid about half that, to maintain the standards of an officer and gentleman. caught up since. Hotel rooms were no probâ€" lem, on weekend leave. One of us would check into the old King Eddie in Toronto, and take a single room. Price was $3.00, with 10 per cent off for servicemen. Then about five more would sneak up and six of us would share a single room, sleepâ€" ing three on the bed, crossâ€" ways, the others on the floor. _ Average cost, 45¢ each. I don‘t envy the serviceâ€" men their increase. They have a job that is especially thankless in peacetime. But if I were quite a few years younger, I‘d be running, not walking, to the nearest reâ€" cruiting station. But my kid brother is anâ€" other matter. I‘m smarter than he is, though he‘d neâ€" ver admit it. I could always beat him up. He‘s got his only child married off to a wealthy Englishman. He‘s going to have a fat pension in just a few years. thinking of you all snowed in at home while I am ridâ€" ing on a surf board! I know I will enjoy the rest of my stay here in Australia. Kindest regard to Rotariâ€" ans at home. _ Yours truly, Elizabeth Sykes