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Provincial minister for financial and commercial \affairs was guest speaker January 11 ..at the opening of the new Equitable life building at Erb and West- mount. Shortly after the New Year was over, for 1972 more snow converged on Waterloo and the peace of the holiday season was broken at the Waterloo works department. 2 Waterloo Chronich, Wedhetdoy, Dodomber 27, 1972 Mr. Lorne Musselman said in the first week of 1972 that the city was using far less salt on the roads and sand had been complete- ly abandoned. These facts coupled with the banning of studded tires caused discon- tent' among residents over winter driving conditions. Friday January 28 left Waterloo Square without a grocery store as Busy B closed its doors. The store, operated by Loblaws caus- ed the lay off of 10 full-time employees and eight part time. They also had 24 years yet to go on their lease. It was revealed Friday January 14 that two major developers from Toronto had purchased land in the north section of the city and may be establishing lar-' ge shopping centers on the sites. This issue which started early in 1972 lingered on subject of numerous council debates and was not settled until late Novem- The fourth . Ponderosa steak house in Canada had its official opening Janu- ary 24 at its location on the corner of Weber and University. The first of a series of council debates began January 24 when a third plaza in Lakeshore Village was approved at a city de- velopment committee. A . Chesterfield Suites . Dining Room Furniture 0 Bedroom Furniture . Office Furnishings h" VlVoo'k‘ a What We’ve been through in 1972 l 89-91 King St. N., Waterloo, Ont. 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While the grip of winter was still being felt in the first week of February, for- ward looking citizens were planning a summer project for senior citizens. The group which hoped to work on an Opportunities for youth grant were thinking of setting up drop in centres in the city in addition to the center at Dupont and Albert. The project called SERVE would employ some 10 to 12 students. Activities during the week of-February 17 in- cluded the launching of a $200,000 fund drive for the retarded. K-W habilitation services were campaigning for the money which was to go towards the building of a community residence, a developmental day care centre and the present work- shop on Sydney Street. The centres were built and officially opened in early October. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Keller of 32 Ezra Avenue celebrated their 55th wed- ding anniversary February 19. The usual line-up was evident outside the licence plate office at the end of February as last minute shoppers waited to buy the licence plates they had put off purchasing for two months. The bureau sold This drawing appeared in the February 2 Edition of the Waterloo Chronicle. At that time the idea of a retard- ed residence and day care centre could be seen only some 36,000 plates for 1972. A violent ice storm hit the Waterloo area the first week of March damaging hundreds of white birch trees in the city. Dr. John Shortreed, plan- ning board chairman said March 8 Waterloo council should consider abolishing the planning board if it per- sisted in making major re- visions to board recom- mendations. Little did the board chairman know at the time the end of 1972 would also mean the end of his board with the advent of Regional Council. Glenn Carroll, 85 Roose- velt Avenue was nominated March 14 to represent the Progressive Conservative party in the next federal election. Mr. Carroll de- feated Wilfred Couts of Galt by 169 votes. As spring weather began to creep into the Waterloo area March 27, Waterloo council development com- mittee approved location of a third arena on Park- side Drive in Lakeshore, The feeling of spring was short lived though as resi- dents ended out the month of March with another snow- fall. Authorities reported March had been one of the coldest Marches on record. The weather had not been cold enough to, however, keep the ice thick on the Waterloo Park Pond. Michael McCallen of Tor- onto was uninjured April 3 when he broke through thin ice at the park. He was pulled to safety by Mi- chael Lawrence and Doug- las Carter, both of Hazel Street. The Waterloo Collegiate girls won the central west- ern Ontario secondary school association meet held at WCI April 15. Excel- lent performances by Lin- da Henshaw and Martha Kayler lead the local school team to the honours for the sixth straight time. A Waterloo naturalist, Craig Campbell of 188 Les- ter Street received recog- nition for his work in the Waterloo area in May. Mr. Campbell was presented with a distinguished public service award from the fed- eration of Ontario natural- ist; The new home of the "Nib“ i!" L {if 3;:1‘ Wednesday May 31 saw the largest combination in- door/outdoor telethon ever held in Canada. Grand River Cable staged the effort to help raise part of the $200,000 needed for Pro- ject Live and Grow. Waterloo Chamber of Com- merce is quickly taking shape. Work on the pre- fabricated building was begun Friday May 5 and by Tuesday May 9, the frame- work of the building was intact. Debbie Parker, student at Laurel Vocational School was named the best female athlete of the year at the school's graduation exer- cises May-26. Five cent ice cream cones, family picnics and free swimming at the Lions pool for children were just a few of the many fea- tures of Waterloo Days in Waterloo Park June 17 and 18. The celebrations which was started in Cen- tennial year includes side- walk sales, and events for both days at the park. City of Waterloo officials expressed some disappoint- ment June 15 in the re- gional government bill brought down in the pro- vincial legislature. Mayor Don Meston said the city is disappointed because it will not be able to expand its industrial area in the north. He added the city would make an appeal to provincial authorities to have the bill changed in or- der that the city may take in Woolwich township area. Lynn Cross, a Waterloo Girl Guide took an unusual summer holiday trip this year. Miss Cross left Waterloo July 29 to attend the Golden Jubilee Camp in Kenya Africa. The Waterloo Chamber of Commerce left their re- tail area office in Waterloo Square July 10 and official- ly took up occupation of their new office on the deck in front of Waterloo Square. Waterloo Township police chief Tom Livingstone said Council voted in favor Monday July 17 to seat for mer alderman Rudy Kom- inek to replace Alderman Ron Buddell who died in an airplane accident July 8 at Waterloo-Wellington airport, /i, Jr/ki, as an artists' conception. The two buildings were built and officially opened in October. a regional police chief should be named as soon as possible. He said if the ap- pointment is delayed until November there wouldn't be enough time for organ- ization before the January 1 changeover. His warn- ings went unheeded as Chief Henrick of Kitchener was named chief of the regional force in November. Col. Hugh Beasley, for a long time one of Water- 1oo's most active citizens, attended a park opening in his honor August 25. The park which was opened in Lakeshore Village was a project of the Waterloo Rotary Club. Waterloo midget all-' stars won the midget base- ball tournament held here on the July 4 weekend with two victories over Strat- ford. Eight teams from southern Ontario par- ticipated. Work was well underway August 23 for a new $30,000 concrete floor in the Water- loo arena. It will feature Hundreds of delicate white birch trees in Waterloo were smashed after a storm which hut the 'tea March 3 William Bechtloff examines thrée broken trees in the yard of his neighbour. CM Snider. 65 Albert Street ' an extra-hard playing sur- face plus inserts to hold nets for volley ball, badmin- ton and other games. “Mary Jane Mewhinney was the only newcomer to Waterloo council follow- ing the city's municipal elections October 16. Mrs. Mewhinney replaced Alderman Turnbull who gave up his seat on council When school doors opened for another year Septem- ber 7 the number of secon- dary school students re- turning to classes in coun- ty schools decreased. The figures, slightly lower from the previous year were based on expected reg- istrations for each school. The buildings of the for- mer Sunbeam home in Waterloo were in the pro- cess of being demolished September 13 to make "wa,y for a high rise. to contest Mayor Meston in the mayoralty race. Alderman Turnbull was unsuccessful in his at- tempt. .'tt rh