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ONE â€"THING THE WARM WEATHER has doneâ€" and that is bring out the motorcycles in force. Shocking as it may be to ~theâ€"averageâ€"carâ€"driver,â€"there a@re probably just as many good motorcycle riders as there are bad ones, They are like THERE WILL BE A CAIRN erected in Waterloo to comâ€" memorate this city‘s Centenâ€" mial. Even as cairns go it will not be a large one. Despite this, plans are unâ€" Ah well! even the most pesâ€" simistic need not despair. It is althogether probable that we will have some real stinky weather before summer â€" acâ€" tually arrives . . if of course it does, They still don‘t believe warm weather â€" could _ appear _ as quickly as it has. Men walk d4ewn the street in shirtâ€"sleeves and doubt like heck that they should take the chance. Woâ€" men wear summery . looking dress, but being naturally more cautious, carry coats over their arms. d DID, has left many of our local citizens with the glassy stare of unreality. All of these clubs should strive for some control over the actions of their members while they are on the road. By so doing, the motorcycling fraternity can do much to imâ€" prove the name they have been given during the past few years Most â€"of these motorcycle riders belong to some organâ€" ization or another. Some of these â€" organization exercise considerable control over their members. Others do Httle or nothing other‘ than collect dues. Those that really stand out are the fools who insist upon using King street as a speedâ€" way, passing cars on the wrong side and a dozen and ene other stupid tricks that put them in a category thoroughly disliked by: everyâ€" one. * the good_car drivers‘ , . . inâ€" eonspicuous because they are We are all for free enterâ€" prise, but council has been instrumental in discouraging more things that were worth while than a gasoline station for every block in the city. J.H.S._ Frankly we can‘t #ee where there needs to be about one gasoline station . to every two or three cars. Oh! we know its not that bad, but when three eut of four of the good cornâ€" ers in this city are taken up with gasoline .outlets, then its time something was done about it We often wonder how some of these fellows make a h’vlg‘g. Most of them are leasing from one of the big oil companies and its a cinch the company won‘t lose anything if the little guy goes out of business, On the other hand, the lesee could lose his shirt. and in very short order. Some of them are doing it too. PVE HEARD OF RASHES before, but the number of new gasoline stations that have loâ€" cated in Waterloo in the past eouple of years is about the worst rash of anything I have seen. SPRING, COMING AS IT (Continued on Page 38) J.MHB. J.H.S, Approval was given by the board to place a Waterloo Park Board plaque on the ciarn. Two other plaques â€" one with the names of the preâ€" The more names received with contributions the more elaborate a job can be done, said chairman Norman Parker. The plan is subject to the approval of the centennial committee The cost of the cairn,. will be between $250 and $500 deâ€" pending on the amount of conâ€" tributions. The names of contributors will be written on a scroll to be placed with other docuâ€" ments of the centenary in an airtight box inside the monuâ€" ment. Citizens are invited to conâ€" tribute at least $1 toward the cairn‘s erection. This was decided by the Waâ€" terloo Park Board last Wedâ€" nesday night, This plan will also help defray costs of buildâ€" ing the cairn. Citizens of Waterlog will be allowed to have their names "immortalized" in the centenâ€" nial cairn to be erected in Waterloo Park ' ASK CONTRIBUTIONS ffi_;“ FOR MEMORIAL CAIRN ruw» One housewife said recentâ€" ly she could save. enough money in a year through buyâ€" ing milk in the jugs to outfit her four growing boys with boots. Dairies here have no plans to deliver milk in threeâ€"quart jugs . although many houseâ€" wives say they would prefer that size container. at the 22â€"cent rate In T oronto, Thamesford, Aylmer and other Ontario areas, milk has been available for some time in glass jugs atâ€"an average price of 18 cents a quart. Here, homogenized milk in quart bottles, costs 22 cents. However, milk is deâ€" SOME CENTRES INTRODUCE THREE QUART MILK BOTTLES Banquet speaker on April 30 will be Dr. Lester Schriver, Washington D.C., managing director of the National Asâ€" sociation of Life Underwriters. He has been selected as one of the 112 outstanding field representatives of the society whose 1956 record of life inâ€" surance sales qualified. him for the Miami trip, according to Carl F. Granrud of Minâ€" neapolis, president. + > * Conference sessions will inâ€" clude presentations by the society‘s . Millionâ€"Dollar Club members, discussion ‘of the $350,000 benevolence program for 1957, and introduction of the new Lutheran Brotherhood film * Local Man to Attend Theadore® A. Weber, 112 Edna â€"street,â€" Kitchener, will attend the annual President‘s Clul; conference of Lutheran Brotherhood, fraternal life inâ€" surance society, to be held at the Balmoral Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla,, from April 29 to May 2. s Vol. 101 CSpe UoeTertbecr ercnicle The board approved the apâ€" pointment of Lorne Hamel as secretary at a starting romunâ€" eration af $150,. a year, Board members wondered what happened to these proâ€" jects . Board secretary for the past two years, Miss Joan Feick, terminated her work Wednesâ€" day night due to pressure of other work. ._The centennial committee also discussed the possibility of running a ferry service across the lake during centennial week. It was decided by the board to jog the memory of a cenâ€" tennial committee member who promised to investigate the possibility of arranging a reâ€" serve army unit to build a ponâ€" toon bridge across Silver Lake. The board approved the centennial park project some time ago. Parks superintendent, Wilâ€" liam Browne, said 8,000 flower plants will be used in the "painting" of a City of Waterâ€" loo crest in the park. sent council and the council of 1857 and another one with a dedication inscription, have also been approved. Dairies in the Twin Cities have indicated they have no plans to introduce the large containers At least not until there is consumer demand and so far not one request from customers has been made. The majority of housewives say they would be interested threeâ€"quart containers but some say the saving is not worth theâ€" inconvenience of having to go to the store to get it. * A savings of $40.15 would be: made if a family ased the large three quart jugs. Another housewife said she wouldn‘t mind getting it at the store to make the saving. Former residents will also be . given. information about Waterloo citizens at an inâ€" formation booth in the market Ald. Anna Hughes, who said she previously had many plans for the reunion aspect of the centennial, had disâ€" carded them when the idea was thrown outâ€"early in the planâ€" ning stages. © . \MWaterloo centennial " celeâ€" bration may still have a reâ€" union for former Waterloo citizens It was thought that a reception could be held ‘in one of the city‘s schools. At last Tuesday‘s meeting the committee agreed to conâ€" tact Waterloo Public School Board with the suggestion the reception be held in one of the schools. Former Waterlooans would be able to meet â€"their former teachers especially inâ€" vited to the event. Centennial Committee Has Plan To Bring Back "Revnion‘‘ Idea Waterloo Onturio, Thursday, April 25, 1957 William Tennant was asked to rttond a meeting of the Asâ€" sociation of Retarded Chilâ€" Frederick Price, Carl Pleon, George Lengyell are the new directors. & Also elected were Andfew Koch, first viceâ€"president; Mr. Menich, second viceâ€"president; Harvey Louch, secretary; Earl Orth, treasurer, and Gordon Honeysett, registrar. J G. (Gil) Mcelntyre sucâ€" ceeds Robert J. Heiser as president. The oneâ€"night "blitz" held last Monday night realized $17,900. About 550 persons canvassed the Twin Cities. The Kinsmen are now conducting a canvass of Twin City â€"indusâ€" tries. Building committee chairâ€" man, Stephen Menich, told Kinsmen Monday night that tenders for the proposed new school will be called within three weeks. Site of the $70,â€" 000 structure is at Fairfield and Ridgewood avenues. KINSMEN SCHOOL Approximately $19,000 has been donated to the fund of the Kâ€"W Kinsmen Club to build New Dawn School for retarded children. The three other dance will be held during the centennial‘s six days. The first one, which A square dance in Waterâ€" loo Arena may be tied up with selection of Miss Waterâ€" loo Centennial if plans are completed. The square dance would draw a good crowd for the Miss Centennial contest, committee members felt. It would be staged early in June. Also discussed were plans for four dances, one week before the centennial begins. Harold G. Frye , were named to contact both groups It was also suggested they approach local industries which would the pageant. Also, it was agreed to ask the Twin City Operatic Society to present a concert of five or six members. Cost of the show up to $600 will be paid by the ~â€"committee. Mrs. Hughes, Mr. Moogk a n d Frederick Moogk .. visualized the show as a fastâ€"moving proâ€" duction .outâ€"lining Waterloo‘s history. Indians from the reâ€" serve at Brantford may be brought here to ‘participate. Others in the large cast would wear costumes depicting the dress of ‘the people down through ‘the years, he suggest ed. The Kâ€"W Little Theatre will be asked to stage a hisâ€" torical pagent one night of the celebrations. The committee will underwrite cost of the production up to $1,000. The committee expanded the centennial program in several directions. Mrs. Hughes stated that a company has offered to proâ€" vide coffee free at the registraâ€" tion centre and she will invite local companies to â€" supply biscuits or cookies. building. This ‘will operate close to the reception and reâ€" pistration desks in the Red Cross office of the market building, said Mrs Hughes. RISING Mr. Widmeyer was one of four hired recently by the Windsor department. Only one applicant was a native : of Windsor although unemploy= ment in the city continues a a Mr. Widmeyer‘s br o t h or, Stanley, is a member of the Kitchener police force and his father is a former member of the Ontario Provincial police. . Windsor Police Crawford E. Widmeyer, %, of Windsor, has been hired as constable by the Windsor police department. The committee a p p r o ved the sale of wooden nickles im Kitchener,outlet, but so far nothing has been done about it because there is no one to distribute them to Kitchener outlets. Waterboo centennial comâ€" mittee has sold more than 10,â€" 000 wooden nickles, but &8 yet none have been sold in Kitâ€" chener Waterloo Sells Over 10,000 Wood Nickels Committee members .ruled the model in pioneer‘s clothing must be approved by the sects in the district to avoid offendâ€" ing them. Members of the committese felt the concession would be popular with centennial visitâ€" ors. The committee will reâ€" ceive a royalty n each photoâ€" graph. j lifeâ€"size model of a man im pioneer clothing. It would give the effect that the man. was actually wearing the oldtime drec .. graph centennial visitors in "pioneer garb" Plans are to have the subject to be . "This cairn is erected to commemorate the 100th amâ€" niversary of the incorporation of Waterloo as a village. Unâ€" veiled during the centennial celebration held June 26 to July 1, 1957." Committee members comâ€" posed wording of a bronze plaque to go on a cairn to be erected in Waterloo Park. If City â€"Council â€" approves the plaque will read as follows: a.m. The committee agreed to hire the Main Street Jamboree group of Hamilton for the outâ€" door dance. A jitney dance will be held July 1 from 9 until 12 p.m. in Waterloo Arena. Music will be supplied by a local orchestra. This will be followed by a street dance in front of the City Hall from 10:30 until % Mr. â€" Moogk said plans to bring the band of Louis Armâ€" strong here were almost comâ€"« plete until he accepted another engagement in Washington. will feature a "name" band, is scheduled for June 28 Me, Moogk said although a weHâ€" known band has not yet been engaged, Al Kuhn, secretary of the Kitchener local of the American Federation of Musicians, is in New York at tempting to secure one. to be photoâ€"