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Waterloo library names room after historian Ellis Little They call him Mr. Histoâ€" ry and since 1957 he‘s done just that â€" helped to preserve and proâ€" mote Waterloo‘s historical heritage. But that became more of a challenge this past year as Ellis Little, wellâ€"known for his work with the City of Waterloo‘s Local Architecâ€" tural Conservation Advisory committee, the Heritage Advisory committee, the Cultural Development comâ€" mittee and the Waterloo Historical Society, took ill with a heart condition and a postâ€"operative infection that left him bed ridden at the Freeport Health Centre. That‘s when all the peoâ€" ple who knew him best, including local librarians, curators and members of the groups he‘s worked so lovingly with from more than 40 years, decided it was time to put him up for the Ontario Heritage Foundaâ€" tion‘s Heritage Community Recognition Program Cerâ€" Honouring ‘Mr. History‘ aterloo city council Wgot a complete makeâ€"over Monâ€" day night as five new ward counciliors were elected to city hall. Fresh faces elected to new Waterloo city council Political newcomer Jan D‘Ailly won the Ward 1 race, also known as the Southâ€" west Ward, defeating six others including incumbent Scott Jones. "I felt pretty confident that I had done a good job with my campaign, put my case forward, and met as many people as | could," D‘Ailly said. "But you never "In this case the people responded, and it‘s my great privilege to serve them, do my absolute best, and make Looking For a New or Preâ€"owned BMW www.bkmotorsqroup.com By Anprea Bamey By Bos VRrBANAC Chronicle Staff Chronicle Staff tificate of Achievement. He recently received that award, in addition to his winning the City of Waterloo Award in 2000. And the honours continâ€" ue this week as the Waterloo Public Library gets set to name a research room in his honour. After all the time he spent helping out the library and doing research within its archives, the WPL thought it was fitting to name the room the Ellis Litâ€" tle Local History room. It is fitting because the 79â€"yearâ€"old lives by the motto, "You need to know about the past to underâ€" stand the present and to plan for the future." In an article he conâ€" tributed to the Waterloo Chronicle‘s heritage publiâ€" cation called, "Our Herâ€" itage," in 2002, the former elementary school princiâ€" pal, who retired from teachâ€" ing at Elizabeth Ziegler more than 20 years ago, said he got involved with herâ€" itage preservation out of a concern that we were losing our shared history. sure that a good job gets done." As a councillor, D‘Ailly said his main focus will be putting RIM Park in the past, and establishing a more open, accountable council. "I look forward to workâ€" ing with the rest of council in a productive session, as well as the staff at city hall." Jan D‘Ailly "Every year as older citiâ€" zens pass away, their collecâ€" tions of mementos, their artifacts of early history and their old family pictures are discarded by a younger genâ€" eration who seem more Ellis Little was recently honoured by the Ontario Heritage Foundation. vicmesert moto In a tight race fellow political newcomer Jim Bolâ€" ger claimed the Ward 2 race, also known as the Northâ€" west Ward, defeating three other candidates. "I‘m very humbied by the support that‘s been shown. Actually I‘m overwhelmed," Bolger said. "People see me as just being an honest person. At PAGE 3 Jim Bolger [ ERLOO CHRONICLE } concerned about the future than the rich history of our past," wrote Little. â€" Little is a big supporter of the idea of having an archives building where all this past history can be Bolger said he‘s looking forward to working with the citizens in his ward, as well as the rest of the city, to put Waterloo "back on track". times I can be guilty of sayâ€" ing exactly what I think, and I think people appreciate that." "My goal is to get people back talking about what a great place Waterloo is to properly stored "So I encourage citizens to make their thoughts know to our present city council," wrote Little. "We need an archives and disâ€" play area where people can see their past history and get to know how it has affected their lives in Waterâ€" loo today." Anne Chaffe, curator of the City of Waterloo‘s herâ€" itage collection, said that commitment to the past was why it was easy to nomâ€" inate him for the heritage award. "It‘s a program for municipal and regional councils to recognize indiâ€" viduals that made a signifiâ€" cant contribution to herâ€" itage preservation in their communities," said Chaffe. "It was a combination of his work that we nominated Mayor Lynne Woolstenâ€" croft presented the award to him at his hospital bed in October, and Little was able to offer a few words of Gary Kieswetter, who is also a political freshman, is the new Ward 3 representaâ€" tive, also known as the East live, raise a family and work," he said. "We should feel good about where we He narrowly defeated four other candidates, including longtime Waterloo "He was extremely active and continues to be a stanâ€" 3 dard reference for anyone 2 interested in Waterloo‘s hisâ€" E tory," said Chaffe. "He participated in the researching and writing of the History Walk that goes around Silver Lake, and assisted me in researching exhibit topics like the variâ€" ous mayors who have served our city. "He‘s been a tremendous support and done a lot of work and research for that, and he‘s always been eager to share and spread the word about people knowing our local community." His wife Margaret said Little is very honoured by all the accolades, even though he did it out of love rather than for adulation. "He said it was a ‘grand day‘ when he received the award," said Margaret, his wife of 58 years. "When he was told about the honour at the library he had a nice smile. "He feels that it is very important to keep our herâ€" itage and know what hapâ€" pened from the beginning." "I knew it would be a close race," he said. "The other candidates ran excepâ€" tional campaigns. 1 admire all of them, and the five of us have actually become good friends." Region District school board trustee John Hendry. Kieswetter said he will Centinued on page 5 Ian McLean