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TREASURE TROVE KFiisg ‘n‘ Niers & Suilt Sale -"vmd»' $s4g99 $ 99° and 1299 9 2, 3 and 4 piece suits for guys & gals Hours: Mon, Tues. and Sat. 9:30â€"5:30 Wed., Thurs. and Fri. 9:30â€"9:00 We have a super selection of styles, colours and sizes! 16 Union $t. E. MAIN MALL WATERLOO SQUARE 886â€" 1260 OPEN TUES. â€" SAT. 10:00 â€" 5:30 FOR KITTENS, CATS AND TOMS io. Wednesday, June 21, 1978 Bz ; 3 rewtio on P .. icX . xn C » k l N l , P y ts . P i tz P spPr2, Yew ty _i P s P ie t .> 4 \?;:-<M 2 9 P *‘ ~PApSTE Te‘ 2. P % _ > THE GALT FLOOD of 1929 hastened the forming of the Grand Valley Boards of Trade in 1930, a forerunner of the present Grand River Conservation Authority. engineer from Kitchener, â€" ting municipalities. was to look after the water, Rockwood (198) and Byng who recommended the Monâ€" It was June 25, 1938 when another group, the Grand Island (1958). trose Reservoir site. the Commission was given Valley Conservation Auth Wha bory amuins manaad in In the early 1930‘s, Onâ€" tario Hydro surveyed the Grand and recommended a five dam system. In 1934, the Grand River Conservation â€" Commission received its letters of paâ€" tent but it was still a volunâ€" teer group with no funding It wasn‘t for another four years, that the Commission was given the powers to carry out studies, exproâ€" priate, undertake construcâ€" tion and levy the participaâ€" It was June 25, 1938 when the Commission was given these powers after Royal Assent was given to ‘"An Act to Provide for the Conservaâ€" tion of Water in the Grand River Watershed." Canadaâ€"the Shand Dam. Two other dams followed in the next 16 yearsâ€"the Luther Marsh Dam in 1954 and the Conestogo Dam in By 1942, the Commission had raised $2 million and built the first major water conservation reservoir in While the Commission This new group was to handle the floodlands of the Grand watershed. The Valley Authority hanâ€" dled erosion control, recreaâ€" tion, small dams and chanâ€" nel improvements. In the 1950‘s four major parks were acquired by the Authorityâ€"Elora Gorge (1953), Pinehurst (1954), was to look after the water, another group, the Grand Valley Conservation Auth ority, was formed after the Conservation Authorities Act came into being in 1946. Ne The two groups merged in 1966 to form the Grand River Conservation Authâ€" ority as it stands in its preâ€" sent state. Since that time, the Authâ€" ority has increased its land holdings greatly. include â€" Laurel Creek, Shade‘s Mills, Brant, Laâ€" Fortune, and Doon Pioneer Village while nature centres have been constructed at App‘s Mill, Laure! Creek and Taquanyah.