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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 24 Dec 1980, p. 9

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The two and a half storey fieldstone house is built into the side of a hill. This allows for enâ€" trances on ground level on both the main floor and basement. The baseâ€" ment houses the sumâ€" mer kitchen. These feaâ€" tures, along with the uncut fieldstones and liâ€" beral use of mortar, are typical features of the Pennsyivania German interpretation of Georâ€" gian architecture. The main floor is furâ€" nished to depict the liâ€" festyle between 1850â€" 1890, the life span of the original owner. Bruâ€" bacher was a native of the area. The University, which owns the land and buildâ€" ing, asked Conrad Greâ€" bel College to provide a program for this muâ€" seum and the Mennonite Historical Society to procure furnishings for it. The City of Waterloo suggested the house be designated in 1975 for its historical value and inâ€" terest. A plaque was erected on July 29, 1979 by the Heritage Foundaâ€" For a time, it was known at U of W as the Schmidt house â€" not a name one says quickly â€" but now everyone calls it the Brubacher House. The Schmidts occupied the house when the Uniâ€" versity purchased the farm in 1966. It was built in 1850 by John E. Bruâ€" bacher‘. Admission price is $1 Brubacher House visited The gallery was startâ€" ed with a view to exposâ€" ing the students to art and to enrich the life of the students and the community according to Dick Taylor of the uniâ€" versity‘s public relaâ€" tions department. The gallery hours are Monâ€" day ‘to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. A showing of Vietâ€" namese artist, Kim Tu, will run January 5 to 9. Wilfrid Laurier‘s Conâ€" course Gallery has been operating since 1970. The 1,5065 square foot exâ€" hibit area is located in the concourse of the main teaching building on the ground floor. Exâ€" hibits are changed monthly and shows in‘ ¢lude art and phoâ€" tography of the Univerâ€" sity faculty and local arâ€" tists _ as well â€" as travelling exhibits. and tours are given by appointment only by Lorna Bergey who has been conducting tours since the museum opened. The museum is run by Conrad Grebel College and is able to acâ€" commodate a busload of people. A seminar room, which can be rented, holds twenty. According to Mrs. Bergey the room is "being used more all the time." There are plans in the works for a slide presenâ€" tation which will be shown along with the guided tour.> Starting January 6 to Citizen of the Year wanted Nomination â€" forms may be obtained by conâ€" tacting this year‘s Chairman, Bruce Lee, at 579â€"3280 (business) or 579â€"6907 (residence). Noâ€" minations close Jan. 14, 1981. Anyone wishing to On Thursday, Jan. 29, 1981, the Kâ€"W Jaycees will host the 24th annual Citizen of the Year Banâ€" quet at the Granite Club in Kitchener. onfoing communit{ inâ€" volvement as disclosed by nominations and reâ€" sumes submitted by members of the public. Last year‘s Citizen of the Year was Owen Lackenbauer. Each year an outâ€" standing citizen of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo area is chosen Citizen of the Year on the basis of the 30th, the work of Haâ€" milton art gallery‘s Karel A?eal will be disâ€" played. Eygpt and Israel are featured in the phoâ€" tographic show of W. E. Nassau and John Durst, from W.L.U.‘s audioâ€" visual department, The . Kâ€"W Jaycees inviâ€" te anyone wishing to atâ€" tend this year‘s banquet, to join them in honourâ€" ing the Citizen of the Year, 1980, at the Graniâ€" te Club. Advance tickets may be purchasing by writing to the Kâ€"W Jayâ€" cees or contacting Bruce Anyone wishing to noâ€" minate a citizen should send the nomination and resume of the candidaâ€" te‘s community involâ€" vement to Kâ€"W Jaycees, Citizen of the Year, 1980, P.O. Box 163, Kitchener, Ontario. submit a nomination should do so immediateâ€" ly. The choice of the Ciâ€" tizen of the Year, 1980, will be made and anâ€" nounced following Jan. 14. Karen Redman is a free lance writer for the Tourism Committee of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. which runs from Feâ€" bruary 24 to March 6. AQUACING CALL US TODAY [R rtmes 64sâ€"2222 WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1980 â€" PAGE 9 Purchase at $399 â€" installed Also new units from $12.75 monthly rental. Sensimatic $13.95 monthly rental. (FREE INSTALLATION) Reâ€"Conditioned F‘ oo I Water Refiner for Don‘t Miss This Christmas Special While They Last! monthly rentai Ultramar 1 Staufferâ€"Roos R.R. 2, Breslau

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