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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 29 Aug 1979, p. 6

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- publisher! every waned-y by Fairway Press, a durum of Kitchener-Waterloo Recon! Ltd.. owner as Fairway an. s.. Kitchener. om. address correspondence to Waterloo office: 92 Km; St, South. Waterloo. Ont. telephone mam meo'Chvomcb can u locum oo2mpoor 00 mo 0 W Spam budding moan #tmtqrtoo Squat. PM on Kano Strut or In Waterloo Scum 000:! Monday to Fvndu9200un losodpm And after 126 years. the Chronicle has proved one major point. " is a subborn little newspaper that has survived two world wan, depression and many other upheavals. With a history like that. it seems certain that the Waterioo Chronicle will be around for its 200th birthday. And 250th. 300th. it has never been a his newspaper. but it has always been a community newspaper. In the be- ginning. the Chromile was designed to serve rural folk in the Waterloo, Elmira, Conestoga. New Hamburg, Wellesley and Woolwich township areas. Now we do our best to serve one city. We- Despite management, personnel, financial. loca- tion. style and focus changes. the basic principal behind a newspapet like this one remains the same. To try to keep in touch with the community. To promote and criticize. to congratulate and con- tradict and to speak out and listen quietly. And of coutse, to relay accurately and lainy events that take place in this city. Women claims lawyers dominate government 39¢me fitt-ttitr1tpftt8ttttfrr, Am. 29.1919. _ é Oddly enough. our coverage are. has. shrunk, while the number of people we serve has in- creased. Moth... In the centre portion of this week's Chronicle. you'll find four pages dedicated to our 125th en- nivetsary. To some people/it will no doubt seem like we're blowing our own horns. That's exactly what we are doing. . The Chronicle is the oldest surviving newspaper in Waterloo County. By the virtue of that fact alone, it has played a minor role in the develop- ment and history of the area. On Aug. 24. 1854. the newspaper that became the Waterloo Chronicle was born. Over a century has passed and hundreds of major and minor chan- ges have taken place since then. but fortunately for we who work here-and for residents of Waterloo. hopefutN--tho Chronicle lives on. . Mr. Davis: In my February 16 79 letter to you I reminded you of two actions necessary to rid Ontario of some of its rot . I t prowding an avenue to redress for the now-frustrated Vic~ tims of lawyers and doctors. and 2) revoking the immunity to legal suit which our legislature gave the Law Society of Upper Canada against the better interests of the majority of our people You seem to have started on neither Our governments of the past century have been loaded With lawyers With the help of their allies. they grabbed for lawyers power and extraordinary pnv1lege at the expense of Justice. thus making their group the ruling class in Canada and installing here a stronghold for the Vice recorded in hrs, torv Mr. W. G. Davis, M.P.P. Premier. Province of Ontario In his February 1975 speech to the Canadian Bar Associa tion lrvmg Layton said Lawyers are the supporters and benefactors of an Iniqmtous system of human exploitation pre- cisely because they are also the bertenciaries of that system It is all very lovely, very delightful for them in that country club setting. but it IS disastrous for the rest of us Many of the people governing Ontario are corrupt agents of what the electors need and want Grading people and then abusing some grades and how-towing to others have been the warp and woof of administration Some natural con- sequences are v Letters to the editor , HAPPY BIB THDA Y subscriptions: " a year In Canada 316 a year in United States and Foreign Countries Publish“: Poul Wm: Editor Howard Elma, established 1854 lt Ontario is beginning to get its come-uppance from the other provinces - the rest of Canada which official On- tano has always regarded as grist for the mills of Om tano 2) An Ontario resudent recently killed a lawyer to get relief from him and has been sentenced to prison It is good to see that some more are bravely determined to defend themselves. to th absence of administrative protection. against lawyers and doctors but It Is a pity that har, rassed. vulnerable citizens should have to lull to get sur» cease and then be deprwed of thew freedom for doing so In Its overly long tenure your government has propagated anger and rebellion You and your predecessors have earned al the tll-WUI of the people of other provmces - an Ill-wtll now unfortunately directed toward the people of Ontario generally Example ‘Freeze m the dark, you bas- tards' tr, backlash from the victIms of Ontario lawyers and doc. tors Justifiably. people are now starting to defend them- selves m whatever manner possible You have not answered my letters of Nov IS 77, Feb l6. May l6, Aug 16 and Nov 16 79, Feb t6 and May l6 79 insist. mg on the return of the funds taken from my father and me My father was testate and so am I We did not ask law to rc- allocate our estates Neither dld we volunteer to act as Whipping boys for a delinquent lawyer and refuse to do so however much You hope I Will submit The monies that must he returned to me now consist of $20.022 83 as at May 16, 1979. and 161 59 a quarter year's Interest on 310772 83. totalling 820184 42 Your procrastination in this matter is foul Via the attached letter I am bringing my late father's lawyer up to date on my attempts tn recover those of my parents and my assets which he invited the state to take from me and redistribute Cornirtgjrtt, . ALRIGHT "THEN,...)NH1cl4' (Miss) Emillic Weimer I recommend that in future editions Chronicle writl check out more carefully their facts and figures For the record, the Ministry of Culture and Recreation. through Experience 79. employs 42 students in Kitchener. Waterloo. Cambridge and Elmira If one includes the Ex penenee '79 secretary and myself. a total of 44 students are employed in this area by the Ministry of Culture and Re creation. not 19 as stated in the newspaper A Editors note: - After reading the article "Provincial Government Pro- vides Employment for 275 Students" m the August 15 edition of the Chronicle. I wonder where the writers get their infor- mation, or rather misinformation As the Waterldo District Experience 79 Coordinator for the Ministry of Culture and Recreation. I would think I could have provided some accurate Information as to how many students were employed m this area Co-ordinator slams Chronicle for error Dear Editor: The Chronicle apologizes for any Inconvenience caused by the error described in the above letter The inf.orination published In the article In question was sent to us by the On- tario Youth Secretariat office In London More letters to the Chronicle on Pg. 8 Sincerely yours. Dona unamme Experience 'q9 District Coordinator

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