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is 127th Year No. 51 Meet Diane, mayor of Waterioo THIS WEEK INSIDE, Tuesday, December 22, 1981 SEE PAGE 4 welcomes winter SEE PAGE 8 Wateriao, Ontario LOCAL TURKEY DINNER The dinner, which will begin at 2 p.m. and end at 5 p.m., is being sponsored by the Salâ€" vation Army and Buns Master Bakery in Waâ€" terloo. Hale stressed that it is not only a dinner for those who are finanâ€" cially short and alone Christmas Day. It‘s well off ma y but don‘t have any family or friends to join them at Christmas. Captain W. Hale, officer in charge of the Salvation Army, thinks there is nothing sadder than spending Christmas Day without family or friends â€" alone. People attending the event will see Yuletide decorations and hear a host â€"of Christmas carols. And they can expect to sit down to a fullâ€"course turkey dinâ€" ner with. all the trimâ€" mings. ; In a recent interview with The Chronicle, he unfolded a plan that should brighten Christmas Day for people in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo area facing it alone. These people, said Hale, are invited to come to the Masonic Temple, 440 Weber St. N., Waterloo, on Dec. 25, to partake in an oldâ€"fashioned Christmas dinner, held for their benefit. We want this dinner to be a fun, light, but meaningful time of felâ€" lowship and â€" of course â€" â€"refreshment," said Hale. ‘‘We want to make them feel as they go back home that this was a great experiâ€" ence." "It was a worthwhile experience,"‘ said Hale, and "worthy of doing it again, on a Last year was the first time the Salvation Army and Buns Master Bakery worked toâ€" gether to provide a Christmas dinner for those who would otherâ€" wise be alone on Christmas Day. About 65 to 70 people attended Christmas made merry for lonely Knights capture tourney SEE PAGE 21 He pointed out an incident that demonâ€" strated the gratitude one woman felt at larger scale." record year By Joy Lavigne ~ By Karla Wheeler While new construction may be slowing down in some cities, Waterloo is completâ€" ing what officials call a possible record year in values of building activity. . Figures just released by the building departme:{ show that for the tenâ€"month period ending Oct. 31, Waterloo is almost $10,000,000 ahead of the same time frame last year. Permits were issued for construction with a value totalling $32,485,950 for 1981 yearâ€"toâ€"date,. whereas 1980 figures were $22,995,588. Most of the increase over last year is reflected in the categories of commercial, industrial, and governmental and instituâ€" tional permits, the building department reports. increase over last year, "there is every indication‘"‘ the city will have a record year, surpassing the 1976 year-gnd ng-yre of $36,000,000, said city treasurer Don Schaefer. Figures included in the building departâ€" meni statistics represent values placed on new construction .by contractors.. â€" _ Such data is compiled regularly by the city whenever permits are issued for new structures, additions, alterations or reâ€" Waterloo as well as showing a substantial being invited to last year‘s dinner. On her way home, she apâ€" proached Hale and told (Continued on page 2)