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Historic house designated N at recent ceremony Waterlloo,uniion renew talks Watedoo Alderman Bob Henry was on hand last week to unveil the plaque ol- licially designating the Bruhacher House as a historic site. The house. located on the north campus of UW, will be open tor tours eventually. The 131Fyeardd John E, rubacher House on the rth campus of the Univer- sity of Waterloo was " ficially opened as a "centre of historic interest" last thursday. The stone farmhouse. which was gutted by fire in 1968, has been completely restored to its original ar- chitecture The restoration was financed by grants f mm the Waterloo Regional Heri- tage Foundation and the On tario Heritage Foundation UW to offer risk managment course In 1975 the City of Wa- tertoo designated the stone farmhouse as having "hus- torie value and interest" under the Ontario Heritage te,'; it will be operated as a entre of historic interest by Conrad Grebel College. the Mennonite-sponsored cor Dr B C Matthews. presr dent of the University of Waterloo. said last week the university has been asked by the Canadian Life Insurance Assoriation.to develop and offer an undergraduate pro- Although the house Is .wned and maintained by " Howard Elliott City of Waterloo adminis- dian Union of Public Em- Chtoniclo at." with: tutors will meet with Cana- ployees representatives w lege affiliated trith UW Furnishings for the Bru- bacher House were collect- ed and restored on behalf of the college by the Mennonite Historical Society of On- John E. Brubacher (1822- 1902) was one of several thousand Mennonite im- migrants who came to Upper Canada from Penn- sylvania early in the 19th cmtury The architecture and furnishings of his home were characteristic of the Pennsylvania German cul- ture the Mennonites brought with them A special feature of the Brubacher House is a con- ference room in the base- ment which will serve as a meeting place or classroom for various interested com- munity groups gram In risk management The program IS expected to be funded In part try the in- dustry Companies will be asked to contribute to an en- dowment fund which would Taking part In the opening tCootroued on page A) ceremonies were Dr. Burt C, Matthews. president. Un- iversity of Waterloo: Dr, Frank H. Epp, president. Conrad Grebel College and Dr. J. Winfield Fretz, past Wait till the boys at CUPE hear about this on! waiting for the grass at the cut-de-sac. so the wanted to use the grassy area in part of a fut pearance. These four teenagers were hard at When asked if they knew if their actions were cutting. marrow to negotiate and possibly end the strike that has stopped garbage collec- tion and outside maintainan- ce for several weeks. Seventy members of CUPE Local 1542 walked off the job June 19 to protest a 7% per cent wage increase offer. The mrkers want a 10 per cent increase and a cost of living allowance. According to city person- net director Terry Hallman, the union requested the meeting, even though no mediator will be present. "We hope the union’s will- ing to reconsider its posi- tion," Mr. Hallman said last week. f Earlier that week, be an- nounced that the City had scrapped plans to open tem- porary landfill sites. 0r- iginally Waterloo residents were to have taken their garbage to one of two tem- porary sites. But, Mr. Hallman said, re- sidents have tteeerctropera- tive in using the Regional landfill site on Erb St., so there was no need to open another dump. m fact, he added, opening a temporary site would pose extra problems for the small city staff. Since the regional site is well-es- tablished and constructed, it can handle a heavy traffic flow, but a temporary site wouldn't have the space so traffic tie-ups might result. And while picketing at the regional site has been only moderate, it would undoub- tedly be heavy at a tem- porary site set up in Wa- Hours of operation at the regional site have been ex- panded to accommodate the extra-heavy flow of gar- tsage-bearing vehicles. The site is open 6:30 am. till 8 president, Conrad Grebel College. who spearheaded the original group that planned and initiated the restoration of the Bru- bacher House, 'weekdays, and 7:30 about this one. The residents'ot Lourdes Ave, Waterioo. got tired of de<sac, so they set about cutting it. Apparently one of the residents n part of a future wedding, but the grass and weeds spoiled the ap- were hard at work cutting the grass when we photographed them. _ actions were against union regulations, they just smiied and kept on a.m. till 5 pan. on Saturday. a.m. till 5 pan. Last week the dump was There is no fee for house- also open Sunday, from 9 holders at the Erb St. dump. By Howard Elliott Chonich not! write! Brian Atkinson is one very busy man. The CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) steward usually works in 1'oronte. - _ . . But recently his workload' increased considerably. Bill Brown, the CUPE worker in charge of the Wa- terloo and Cambridge strikes, collapsed after a lengthy meeting and Mr. Atkinson was called to fill in for him. 'l‘low, he’s in charge of M CUPE locals. including Local 1542, which is made up of 70 striking Waterloo workers. - - Mr. Atkinson requested a meeting with city of- ficials, to discuss the strikers position and attempt to reach a settlement. "We've considered management's position," he said , an interview Thursday, "And we'd like to hold to on 10 per cent demand." But a compromise is,dtfinitely possible, Mr. Atkin- son said. If City of Waterlootnegotiators agree to nar- row the gap between their W: per cent offer and the 10 per cent demand, there's a good possibility of an end to the two-week<rld strike. Until the strikes Waterloo and Cambridge are over, Mr, Atkinson said he'll continue to try to co-ordinate the two strikes on a regional basis. The strikers can be more effective when working together, he said. Chronicle at." writer Waterloo Regional Police have stepped up their vi- gilance around the regional landfill site on EN St., Waterloo, after a number of residents reported they were harassed by strikers while taking their house- hold garbage to the dump. A week ago Tuesday, one woman was taking her garbage to the site when a group of strikers surround- ed her car, Jumping on the hood. The womart's hus- band phoned the police complaining that his wife had been badly frightened by the incident. The same day, police reported about 15 ptacardear- rying strikers prevented seve l residents from tak- ing their garbage to the dump!a City personnel director Terry Hallman said the in- cidents were "unfortunate", but added that he felt the trouble was isolated and woulm't be repeated. CUPE spokesman Brian Atkinson said in an inter- view from Hamilton that he wasn't aware of any trou- ble surrounding the Waterloo strike, since he had only recently started coordinating the strike. Strike marred by picket troubles "icfirirGUsiurbances hive been reported trom the Erb St. landfill site. Strike may end in compromise Witorloo Chmnidc, Wednesday, July 4, 1979 - P... 3