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r Ito/Mt---------) HISTODY ""tjdC"'jj)AfflhllllllC)3/' An ll-per-cent rate in- crease imposed by Waterloo Hydro in December has been budgeted to produce an operating surplus at $380,100 this year. Treasurer Don Black told! the commission last week' the improved financial pic- ture will preclude any rate tetitmttthr Bakeries "Creators of Delicious Baked Foods .. WATERLOO STANLEY PARK SQUARE MALL - PM?“ %s4/ v no was smart scum wusmoo- sr-o 2 OFFICE WI: SupPLIESoSTATONERYoGtFT HIEEZER SPECIAL 579-3540 - WOW Gum, Wedoesday.uanuary 22, 1975. Rate hike gives Hydro surplus . v v , -._."'---"" - 1atthtlfflfl cum every§unday r" 10 LOAVES l OVEN-FRESH BREAD T ONLY M. 25 (if ordotod in advance) BRING THIS AD th SAVE ANOTHER .2O' For Good. Wholesome Nutritious. “Old Fashioned" Flavored Bread at Up to Date Savings ORDER & PICK UP Mr. Black estimated that revenues will climb by 16.9 per cent to $6,646,900 while expenditures will only in- crease by 8.5 per cent to $6,266,800. The surplus will be ap- plied against capital con- struction costs of $952,400. increases this year 743-4831 "llllllltstork, t%teadArt Stone farmhouse dates to 1847 By Marg Rowell This house stands on the south half of the German Com- pany Tract lot 33. Most of the original lots were all 448 acres. David and Jacob Erb, agents of the company sold all of lot 33 to Peter Bomberger in 1805. In the same year it was sold to Abraham Stauffer who sold the south half, 224 acres to Daniel Rudy in 1827. Mr. Rudy probably had a log or a frame house prior to 1847 when he built this sub- stantial stone house. He also probably built the brick doddy house on the right around 1860. In 1866 it was sow to Christian Snyder who sold it to his son Martin in 1883. Martin split the farm be- tween his two sons Noah and Urias in 1910. The house and 112 acres went to Noah who sold it to Harry Snyder in 1951. Mrs. Dorothy Snyder still works the farm today. The stone part contains some large granite field stones of varying shapes and colors held together by mortar. There are two small attic windows in the wept side gable end wall. The house has five bays with a large verandah across the front. The stone under the porch has been stuc- coed over and marked out to represent larger blocks. One window to the left of the door has been covered. The roof is tin painted green. In the centre of the roof is a bel- fry containing a large bell that was rung to call the men in from the fields. l _ The basement under the doddy house had a dumb waiter waiter in it and an old wood burning schnitz (apple) drier. The centre hall has a rebuilt stairway of oak dating to around --------------t-'"" 1890. The room on the right The main beam in the basement under the stone portion is axe-hewn. The walls are painted plaster over granite. The original pine floors can be seen above the joists which were sawn by a muley saw, a vertical bladed saw operated by water power. A 20-inch support wall divides the base- ment. The left side contains a hot water oil fired furnace, an old kettle stove that was used to heat water for wash days and a cistern. An outside cellar way covered with an arch- ed tin roof leads into this part of the basement which con- tains an old ash bin in one corner. - . of the hall is now a livingroom. THE SCRIBE BOOKSTORES Bar 7:30 p.m. Showtt:D DANCING TO BILL DUNN Tickets $3.00 'Avail, ItlTtMiNEB.Wli1'Eltt00 LITTLE THEATRE "THE PATRICK ' PEARSE MOTEL" VICTORIA PARK PAVILLION Westmount Place, Waterloo and Market Square, Kitchener (an Irish comedy) Directed by David Antscherl WEDNESDAY, JANUARY " THURSDAY. JANUARY 30 AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 Information: 742-6718 presents at It contains wainscotting and was probably the original kitchen. There is a bedroom with an adjoining bathroom behind this room. Many of the interior doors are six panell-. ed and window sills are 19 inches wide. To the left of the hall is a kitchen with a sitting room behind it. - Upstairs there are two bedrooms on either side of the hall and a bathroom at the head of the stairs. The base- boards and window trim are very plain pine and the doors are six panelled with old fashioned thumb latches. The panels are much plainer on the bedroom side than on the hall side. A door leads out of the hall onto a small balcony. Here you can see the semicircular date stone inscribed: Daniel Rudy, 1847. The attic stairs go up out of the back right hand bedroom. There is no ridge pole for the roof and the rafters are half- lapped and pegged. The roof boards are narrow and wide- ly spaced except near the ridge where they are much wider. The original cedar shakes are fastened over them. Some of the floor boards vary from 17 to 22 inches in width. The doddy house was built to be used by the parents and the married son and his children would have lived in the stone part. The doddy house is of yellow brick except on the east side lower half which is red brick. A board and batten wash house and woOdshed are attached to the back of this. It contains only two rooms, a modern kitchen with a door off the verandah and a bay window. a stairway to the bed- room above, once used by the hired man. a stairway to the basement and a door to the wash house as well as a door to the livingroom in the stone house. One canvstill see rolling farm land on three' sides of the house, but the urban sprawl of Waterloo is fast approach- ing from the east. . _ Moonlight walk scheduled The hike into the past program at Rockwood Con- servation Area on January 11 was a success according to the GRCA. This was the first of a set of seven events Show8230 p.m. 'Available at The historical hikes were led by Kerry Barber and Susan Gilmore. The next event for Winter Experience 375 will be a moonlit walk at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area in Waterloo on Saturday beginning at 7:30 pm. A GRCA slide talk and the audubon film Wildlife Island will be presented, along with a tour of the area. Although‘the weather was cold. with little snow and a very brisk wind. over 70 people turned out to hike the forest trails along the Eramosa River and learn some interesting facts of Rockwood's pas), -- sponsored by the Grand River Conservation Au- thority's Winter Experience Program. , Snowshoes will be provid- ed for those who have never experienced this form of winter travel. There is no need for reser- vations and noadmission will be charged, There will be a bonfire and refresh- ments at the end of the hike. For further information as to this and other Grand ttivy events. contact the GRCA community re- lauons division at 400 Clyde Rd,. Cambridge IGalti. Ont or phone 621-276]