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Dare Foods Limited is a family-owned business based in Kitchener, Ontario. It manufactures cookies, crackers, candies and fine breads at its seven plants in Ontario, Quebec and South Carolina. Dare candies are made in Toronto and Milton, Ontario.

In 1889, Charles H. Doerr opened a grocery store on the corner of Breithaupt and Gzowski (now Weber) Streets in Berlin (now Kitchener, Ontario) that by 1892 had become a biscuit-manufacturing operation. In 1919 a larger bakery was built in Kitchener to replace the original plant and at the same time a line of candies was added. In 1942 the Kitchener plant was destroyed by a fire and in 1943 a smaller wartime replacement was constructed on a former flying field on the outskirts of Kitchener. A new office building was constructed in Kitchener in 1952. In 2003 a new Kitchener office building was constructed to preserve and highlight the original 1952 yellow-brick structure.

The company now known as Dare Foods Limited was originally known as the C.H. Doerr Co. When Charles H. Doerr died in 1941 his grandson, Carl M. Doerr, became President of the company and began an expansion program that introduced Dare products in more than 40 countries. In 1945 the company and family name was changed from “Doerr” to “Dare” creating The Dare Company, Limited, later renamed Dare Foods Limited. With the help of his sons Bryan and Graham, Carl Dare continued to guide Dare Foods Ltd. until 2002. In Nov. 2002 Fred Jacques was appointed as President, the first non-family member to head the company in 111 years. Bryan and Graham Dare remain co-chairmen of the company’s Board of Directors.

The business history of Dare Foods is complex: it has formed, acquired, merged and dissolved other companies and its own divisions over the years. One of Carl M. Doerr’s first expansion acquisitions was The Howe Candy Company in Hamilton, Ontario. Other acquisitions include Saratoga Products, St. Jacobs Canning Company, Mother Dell’s Bakeries, Dairy Maid Chocolates, Bremner Biscuit Co., Saputo/Culinar CFS.

In 1960 a sales office was opened in Montreal, establishing Les Aliments Dare Limitée, Dare’s selling and distributing organization in the Province of Quebec. The Western Division was established in 1962 with the opening of a bakery and sales office in North Surrey, Vancouver, B.C., serving British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

In 1954 The Dare Company, Limited was the first Canadian cookie company to use the new recloseable tin tie packages that had been used successfully in the coffee industry and which have become standard packaging in the cookie industry in Canada.

Marcel Pequegnat was a civil engineer in Kitchener, Ontario, who spent his professional career with the Kitchener Water Commission as superintendent and consultant. He was also involved in the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company.

Pequegnat was born in Berlin (now Kitchener) April 27, 1886 to clockmaker Arthur Pequegnat and his wife Hortense (nee Marchand), Marcel studied engineering at the University of Toronto. After graduating he taught at the University and worked for several summers for the Berlin City Enginneers. In 1910-1911, he surveyed land in Manitoba, and in 1913, he was appointed assistant city engineer in Berlin. In 1919, he became superintendent of the Kitchener Water Commission, holding this position until 1957 when he became a consultant until retiring in 1970. Pequegnat also served for 27 years on the Kitchener Planning Board and for 30 years on the Kitchener Suburban Roads Commission. He was president of the Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company from 1940 to 1964, though for most of that time the company was dormant, having ceased clock production by 1942.

Pequegnat was a founding member of the Grand River Conservation Commission (GRCC) when it formed in 1932 and served as vice-chairman from 1938 to 1952, chairman from 1953-1959, and chief engineer from 1962 to 1965. His period of service with the GRCC coincided with the building of the Shand, Luther, and Conestogo dams. He was also Life Member of the Engineering Institute of Canada, a charter member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, and received their Citizenship Award in 1973. He also was awarded Life Membership in the American Waterworks Association.

Pequegnat married Nellie Elizabeth Klippert (1888-1972) December 28, 1910 and together they had three children. He died in 1988 and was buried alongside Elizabeth in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Janet Harvey was born ca. 1806 in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. On January 2, 1823, she married John Robertson with whom she had four children, Alexander, James, John and Jane. Her husband died ca. 1832 and on June 1, 1836 she married James Sims. They emigrated to what is now Canada in 1837, settling as squatters on Queen's Bush land near Hawkesville, Ontario. Together Janet and James had four children: Janet McQueen, James Campbell Sims, Peter Harvey Sims and William Andrew Sims. Janet Harvey Sims died October 3, 1881 and was buried in Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery.

Charles Andrew Ahrens was an industrialist, businessman and bookkeeper born July 11, 1827 in Hohen-Wesdt, Holstein, Germany. He emigrated to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1851 at the age of 24. He began working as a bookkeeper at Louis Breithaupt's tannery 1857. He later worked for Beardmores in Toronto for 5 years. On April 16, 1854, Ahrens married Henrietta Charlotte Roth, who had emigrated from Germany to Preston, Ontario in 1852. Together they had twelve children. The family lived for a time in Port Elgin, where Charles operated a general store, in partnership with a Mr. Kinzie. Upon their return to Kitchener, Charles worked as bookkeeper for the Hepburn Shoe Factory. Charles was also the clerk and treasurer for the town of Berlin and in 1886 he was a Town Councillor. In 1879 he opened his own shoe store, and later a factory, C.A. Ahrens Shoe Co., which operated across from the Walper Hotel on Queen Street South. By the early 1900's, the shoe factory was a thriving and eventually taken over by Ahrens' son, Charles August.The company was purchased by Savage Shoe Co. in 1949. Charles Andrew died on August 18, 1903 following a series of strokes and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario.

Mary Elizabeth Anthes was born in Wilmot township February 11, 1860 to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. She was married September 30, 1886 to Ephraim William Willson and the couple had five children: Leslie A.; Ford Isaac; William Claremont; Norma Margaret; and Martha Bell (Marthabell). She died September 14, 1928 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Catharine [sometimes Catherine] Emelia Anthes was born April 30, 1864 to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. She married Moses E. Braendle (date unknown) and the couple had a son, Harold Anthes born July 17, 1893, in Woolwich Township. Moses died in 1952 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario. Catherine who died January 23, 1953. Son, Harold died in Florida, July 17, 1974.

Sara Caskey was born March 2, 1895 in Youngstown, Ohio to parents Herbert C. Caskey and Mary McElwey. She married Louis Orville Breithaupt of Kitchener on November 27, 1919 in Toronto. The couple had four children: Mary Scott; Louis Paul; Sara (Sally) Caroline and Herbert Caskey. Sara died in Kitchener February 14, 1989 and is buried with her husband in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Friederich Adolph "Adolph" Breithaupt was born August 25, 1875 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Philip Ludwig (Louis) and Catherine Hailer. He died as a child on June 21, 1883 while visiting family with his mother in Cleveland, Ohio. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Henry Herbert Anthes was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on September 5, 1908. He was the son of John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Harriet Simmonds. The 1921 census has the family living in Montréal, Quebec. According to Henry's United States Second World War draft registration card, he was living in Sausalito, California and working for Proctor & Gamble in April of 1945. He became a US citizen in 1949 at which time he was living in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Henry died in September of 1984 in Ohio and was buried at the Anthes family in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Anna (Annie) Schmidt was born in Germany to Joachim Schmidt and Marie Knopp in 1877. Anna married Edward Bechler on April 18, 1899 in Berlin (later Kitchener). Anna passed away in 1953 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Rudolph Anthes "Dolph" Breithaupt was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario October 21, 1906 to parents Albert Liborius and Lydia Louisa Anthes. He became a Major in the Canadian military a member of the Scots Fusiliers of Canada receiving the Order of the British Empire. He married Marion Elizabeth Roos on August 24, 1928. Dolph died March 21, 1960 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Lorne Raymond Shantz was born August 1, 1934 to Lorne Rayborn and Lorraine Shantz (nee) Schneider. He worked for J.M. Schneider, Inc. for 41 years. Shantz moved to Southampton, Ontario following his retirement, where he died November 25, 2009 at 75 years of age. He was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener.

Emma Ahrens was born April 27, 1865 in Kitchener, Ontario. Her parents were Charles Andrew Ahrens and Charlotte Henrietta Roth Ahrens. Emma died December 27, 1945 in Kitchener and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

Laura "Lola" Emma Ahrens was born in Berlin (Kitchener) Ontario to parents Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. She married George Henry Hachborn also of Berlin on September 26, 1894. The couple lived in Berlin and had four children: Marguerite Helen (Koenig) ; Laura Isabella Hachborn; Rudolph Albert and Robert Carl Hachborn.

Laura died December 9, 1939 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener alongside George who predeceased her on July 1, 1934.

Helena Schneider was community builder and volunteer born in Berlin (no Kitchener) Ontario on November 1, 1859 to parents Charles Andrew Ahrens and Charlotte Henrietta Roth at the family home on Queen Street. Helena married John Metz Schneider of Berlin on November 8th, 1883. The couple had five children: Charles Alexander; Herbert John; Norman Christoph; Frederick Henry and Emma Louise. John was the founder of J.M. Schneider Limited; he began making and selling sausages around 1890 from their home after an injury prohibited him from working at his job at a button factory.

Helena was an active member of the Good Shepherd church, the Ladies Auxiliary and of the Independent Dorcas Society and the Kitchener Red Cross. She served for a number of years on the Kitchener Orphanage Board, and was active in relief work, particularly during the depression years. Helena died on November 3rd, 1944 and is entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener with her husband who died in 1942.

Henry Jacob Ahrens was a grocer born March 2, 1858 in Port Elgin, Ontario to Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. He married Caroline Seiler April 16, 1884 and together they had five children: Walter Henry, George Seiler, Mabel Laura, Carl Hermann "Charles", and Edith Louisa. Ahrens owned and operated Five Points Grocery at the corner of Frederick and Lancaster until his retirement in [1919]. He died January 25, 1933 following a stroke and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. Caroline, who died in 1944, was buried with him.

Johann Christoph Schneider was born in Germany, in Unteröwisheim, Baden, on August 27, 1831. His father, a farmer, was also Johann Christoph Schneider; his mother was Margarethe Elizabeth Zoller. He left Germany in 1847 when he was sixteen years old and settled in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, where a substantial German settlement already existed. He worked as a carpenter and later as a mechanic, and by 1858 was a building contractor. He married Anna Elizabeth Metz on April 26, 1857 and started married life in a house on what is now College St. in Kitchener. Together they had seven children, of whom John Metz Schneider was the first.

In 1860 Schneider purchased a 100-acre farm in what is now the Victoria/Lawrence St. area of Kitchener, cleared the land and spent the next thirty-seven years as a farmer. He contributed to the growth of Berlin as a builder, helping to construct buildings such as the Waterloo County Court House and the Breithaupt tanneries. He was also a founding member of the Church of the New Jerusalem, a Swedenborgian congregation. He died December 20, 1900 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

John Metz Schneider was a business owner and community builder. The first child of Christoph and Anna Schneider, he was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) on February 17, 1859. He grew up on the family farm but moved into Berlin as a young man to find work in the Dominion Button Works. It was there that he met Helena Ahrens, and they were married on November 8, 1883 at the Ahrens home in Berlin, Ontario. Together they had five children: Charles Alexander, Herbert John, Norman Christoph, Frederick Henry and Emma Louise.

An accident at Dominion Button Works in 1886 kept J.M. home for an extended period. His future as the founder of a major food processing company started with his efforts at this time to support his family. He and his family began to make sausages at home and J.M. sold them, door to door, even after he returned to work at the button factory. The success of this enterprise encouraged him to become a full time butcher, and in 1890 he built his own plant and shop on Courtland Avenue in Berlin . J.M. Schneider Limited became one of the most important industries in Kitchener, known around the world, its reputation based on J.M. Schneider’s personal virtues of thrift, honesty, quality and equality.

Beyond his business pursuits, Schneider was a trustee of the Church of the Good Shepherd, sang in the choir and helped lay the cornerstone of the new church in 1935. He was a member of the Board of Trade, was an alderman in 1905-1907, sponsored radio broadcasts of the Y.M.C.A. choir, and in 1938 started the Schneider Male Chorus.

J.M. died February 23, 1942 and was entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener.

Alfred Schneider Gofton was born in Kitchener, Ontario on March 9, 1889 to parents Roger and Elizabeth Schneider Gofton, J.M. Schneider's sister. He lived with the J.M. Schneider family for a time, worked at the plant, and was a friend of J.M.'s son Norman. During World War I Gofton served overseas in the Canadian Army Service Corps in a motor transport unit. He enlisted in 1914 and was not discharged until 1919. He married Charlotte Elizabeth Braun June 6, 1923 with whom he had four children: Eleanor, Marion, Jerene, and Annette. He died November 19, 1985 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Norman Christoph Schneider was born in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) on December 9, 1888, the third son of John Metz and Helena Ahrens. He was an engineer and worked from 1905-1910 at Tuerk Tool and Engine company, before joining J.M. Schneider Inc. as a stationary engineer. Over the course of his time with the company he served as company vice-president, president, chairman of the board and as a director, retiring in 1976. He was married to Ethel May Lapsley with whom he had three children: Herbert John, Howard George and Brita.

Beyond his work at Schneider's he served with the 118th Battalion, during the First World War, and served as a Member of Parliament for the riding of North Waterloo from 1952-1958. He won a by-election in 1952, was re-elected in 1953 and 1956, but was defeated in 1958 by Conservative O.W. Weichel. He participated actively in community affairs, serving with the Kitchener Young Men's Club, the Red Cross, the Kitchener Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Federated Charities, Salvation Army, Children's Aid, YWCA, University of Waterloo, St. Mary's Hospital, Doon Pioneer Village, K-W High School Board, Kitchener Citizen's Fire Prevention Committee, Waterloo Township Plowman's Association, Grand River Valley Conservation Commission, Kitchener Downtown Urban Renewal Development Committee, the Schneider Male Choir, and as a director of the Economical Mutual Insurance Co. He was a lifelong member of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Swedenborgian) and served for twenty-five years as Sunday school superintendent and member of the Board of Directors.

Schneider was an aviation enthusiast influencing the development of related amenities in the Region of Waterloo. He was involved in establishing the Kitchener-Waterloo Airport on Lexington Road in Waterloo in 1930 and assisted with the selection of the site of the Waterloo-Wellington Airport in Breslau, Ontario. He served on the airport commission from its founding in 1946 until 1971 and in 1973 the new terminal building was named in his honour. Schneider became an avid skier in his 40's and was a founding member of the Chicopee Ski Club. He also had an interest in motorcycles and automobiles resulting in the 1956 of a LeRoy car built in Kitchener in 1899, which he subsequently donated to Doon Pioneer Village. Finally, an active amateur photographer, he covered the Olympics in Berlin for The Record and in 1929 was the official movie photographer for Kitchener when the King and Queen visited the city.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier University) in 1966 and a Centennial medal in 1967 on the occasion of Canada's 100th birthday.

Schneider died August 26, 1985 at his home in Kitchener and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Roger E. Gofton was born on January 4,1863 in Wilmot Township to Robert and Rosannah Fonger Gofton. His occupation was in woodworking. He married Elizabeth Schnieder, the sister of J.M. Schneider, October 20, 1886. Together they had a son named Alfred Schneider Gofton. After the unexpected death of Elizabeth in 1894, Gofton married Anna Woelfle with whom he had 8 children. He died April 3, 1949 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Wilhelm Christoph Schneider was born on September 30, 1867 to parents Johann Christoph and Anna Schneider. He married Emma Kennedy, with whom he had nine children: Edwin, Alvin, Walter, Alfred, Carl, Lenore, Edna, Eva, and Isabelle. In 1901 he was a farmer and then in 1911 he went into the business of tannery. He died at his Kitchener home on February 10, 1952.

Georgina Allendorf was born on February 16, 1887 to parents Conrad and Magdalena Allendorf. She was the eighth of fourteen children and came from a family of wagon makers. She married Charles Alexander Schneider on October 26, 1862 with whom she had one daughter: Lorraine Katharine. Schneider died August 15,1959 in Kitchener and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Herbert John Schneider was born July 5, 1926 in Kitchener, Ontario to Norman and Ethel Schneider. Educated in local public schools he graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He was married to Betty Ruppel on October 6, 1949 with whom he four children: Gretchen Ann, Eric Norman, Nancy Beth, and Michael Kurt.

Schneider joined J.M. Schneider Inc. in 1948 holding the positions of Production Supervisor and Plant Superintendent, and becoming Vice-President of Personnel and Public Relations, Vice-President and Vice Chairman of Schneider Corporation. He jointed the Board of Directors in 1952 and served as a member until 1997 when he retired as Chairman.

Over the course of his career he was Chairman of the Public Affairs and Marketing Committee of the Canadian Meat Council and a trustee of the National Institute of Nutrition. He was served as councillor for Waterloo Township, member of the Waterloo County Area Planning Board, Pine Grove Community Association, the K-W YMCA Board of Directors, the Vice-President of K-W Oktoberfest, and Chairman of the Town and Country Dinner. He has also served as President of the Board of Directors of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Swedenborgian).

Schneider died suddenly on January 29, 2006.

Lorne Rayborn "Ray" Shantz was born March 16, 1905 in Plattsville, Ontario, the son of Jacob M. Shantz and Mary Ann Bingeman. He moved to Kitchener in 1925, where he met and married Lorraine Schneider. Shantz retired from his position as Advertising and Public Relations Manager at J.M. Schneider Inc. in 1970. He was first elected to the Kitchener Public School Board in 1946, serving as the chairman of Physical Health and Safety Committee in 1947 and as Board chairman from 1948 to 1949 and in 1953. He died January 1, 1982 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Ethel May Lapsley was born in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge) on March 31, 1894 to William Henry and Clara Sophia Lapsley. She was married to Norman Christoph, owner of J.M. Schneider’s Ltd., with whom she had three children: Herbert John, Howard George, and Brita. She was an active member of the Canadian Red Cross, volunteering with the organization for 60 years. Schneider died at Victoria Place in Kitchener on September 23, 1988 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Hyalie Harris MacDonald was born February 15, 1895 in Wellington, Ontario. He married Edna Louise Ahrens on May 21, 1925. MacDonald died November 10, 1947 in Kitchener, Ontario and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Charlotte "Lottie" Mary Ahrens was born in January 12, 1885 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Charles August Ahrens and Laura Emma Hirschy. She had two siblings; Frederick Hirschy and Florence Louisa. She married Stanley Shupe of Dunnville, Ontario on January 11, 1916. In the 1921 Census the couple and a son, Charles, aged 5 were living with her parents in Berlin. She died July 11, 1969 and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener.

Martha Melvina Rieder was a Canadian homemaker. She was born November 19, 1879, the fourth child of John Schmitt and Lydia Anthes. Martha went to the Central School in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario and attended Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. In 1906 she married Talmon Henry Rieder and they had four children. Margaret Catherine (1906-2003), called Marnie, was a teacher; she married Elmer Paisley. Edward Anthes (1908-1966) worked at the Mutual Life Assurance Company and served as president of the company from 1959 to 1964; he married Jean Rudell. Helen Elizabeth (1911-1959), and Henry Paul (1914-[19--?]), called Paul. Martha died in 1971 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery with Talmon.

Lauretta Rieder was born October 31, 1886 in New Hamburg, the child of Peter and Emeline Merner. She died at 21 years of age of meningitis and was buried in the Rieder family plot at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Mary was born to Abraham Bechtel Moyer and Mary Gross Moyer (nee Nash) on July 1, 1840 in Cayuga, Ontario and raised alongside her nine siblings. She was raised in a pioneer Mennonite farming family and moved throughout her childhood to Norfolk County, Lincoln County, Pelham, and Cainsville, Ontario.

Mary was also a descendant of Samuel Meyer who came to Lincoln County, Canada West in 1800.

At the age of 16, Mary acquired a position as a school teacher in the Niagara Peninsula. She eventually accepted a teaching position in Port Elgin, Ontario.

On August 6, 1863, Mary married Tobias Schantz in Port Elgin. The couple had eight children: Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

From 1864-1865, Mary lived in Poughkeepsie, New York while Tobias attended the Eastman National Business College. She returned to Port Elgin, Ontario in 1866 with her family.

In 1867, she stayed with her mother and brother in Campden, Ontario while her husband travelled to Missouri with his father.

Mary moved to the village of Hawkesville in Waterloo County in 1870 later to the village of Conestogo in Waterloo County in 1877 as Tobias found work in local mills.

In 1884 Mary and her family moved to Berlin, Ontario and lived in a house on Benton Street. In 1887, the family purchased two aces of land from Samuel Schneider’s farm for $1,100.00. In 1888, the family built an Italianate style home at 43 Schneider Avenue. It was the first house built on the street and cost $1,725.00 to build.

Mary died on January 28, 1935 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

William Henry Breithaupt was an engineer born in Buffalo, New York January 25, 1857 to Philip Louis (Ludwig) and Catherine Hailer. The family moved to Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario in 1861. He attended Berlin Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ontario, Commercial School in Toronto and then North Western College, Naperville, Illinois. He entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York in September of 1877. He worked in construction on the New York, West Shore and Buffalo railroad August 1881, working mainly on the West Point tunnel. in January 1883 he was appointed bridge inspector for the Pennsylvania railroad company and in October of the same year assistant engineer for C. Shaler Smith of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1886 he had his own company Breithaupt & Allen, civil engineer based in Kansas City, Missouri.

William married Martha Cunningham Murphy February 1, 1898 in Montreal, Quebec. The couple had three children: Philip W,; Margaret Catharine and Martha Elizabeth. In 1907 William was in a partnership with E.H. Keating in Toronto, Ontario. The couple moved to Berlin, Ontario. William was an entrepreneur and professional engineer, and his diaries contain notes on town planning in Kitchener, environmental protection of the Grand River watershed and early local public works projects such as public transportation, the Berlin and Waterloo Railway, the Bridgeport Line, and also water and power supplies. The history of the Berlin Gas Works is documented in the diaries and also in correspondence with his brother, Ezra Carl, also an engineer, who died in 1897 in an explosion at the gas works. William also served as President of the Waterloo Historical Society.

William died January 27, 1944 due to complications from a fall at home, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. His wife, Martha died in 1950 and was buried with William.

Philip Ludwig (Louis) Beithaupt was born in Allendorf an der Werra, Kurhessen, Germany on November 8, 1827 to parents Liborius Breithaupt and Barbara Catharina Goetz. The family moved to Buffalo, N.Y. in 1843, where his father owned a sheep skin processing factory. After the death of Liborius in 1851, Louis, as he was known, continued his father's business and spent time working as a carpenter. On a visit to Berlin, Ontario he met Catherine Hailer, to whom he was married February 8, 1853. Together Louis and Catherine had ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood, and some of whom played an instrumental role in the growth and development of what is today Kitchener, Ontario.

The family lived in Buffalo until relocating to Berlin in 1861, where Philip established a leather business followed by the establishment of a tannery. He became one of the leading businessmen in Berlin, serving as Mayor from 1879 until his death in1880. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Daniel H. Alger was a plant manager born in Broughham, Ontario in 1884. He went to Colborne High School and studied at the Ontario College of Pharmacy. He worked from 1926 to 1927 at Lindsay Distilleries Ltd., before joining Joseph E. Seagram and Son's in Waterloo as a plant manager in 1929. Alger was a member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, the Waterloo Board of Trade, and a member of various golf clubs including Westmount Golf and Country Club. He died August 12, 1936 in Toronto, Ontario following an automobile crash north of Orangeville, Ontario while returning to Waterloo from his summer home in Georgian Bay. Alger's wife and a maid employed by the couple, who were in the car with Alger, survived the crash. He was entombed at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener.

Angela M. Lang (nee Kelly) was born in October 1896 in Albany, New York. She married Reinhold Lang in the same city on September 1915 with whom she had six children. The family lived in Kitchener, where Reinhold's family operated Lang Tanning Co. Ltd, and Lang ran the Magda Lang Dress Shop. She died September 1, 1979 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Charles August Ahrens was an industrialist born on August 28, 1856 in Port Elgin, Ontario to parents Charles Andrew and Charlotte Henrietta Ahrens. He was a harness maker and went to Iowa to specialize in making special harnesses for horse racing. He married Laura Emma Hirschy September 21, 1882 in Wayne, Ohio. He founded Chas. A. Ahrens Ltd. in Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario in 1882, which he operated for 55 years. in addition to his business activities, he built several buildings and homes in the area. Ahrens was a charter member of the Kitchener Board of Trade, and served for a time on the Board of Health and the K-W Hospital Board. Together he and Laura had three children: Fredrick Hirschy; Charlotte Mary; and Florence L. He died September 14, 1937 and was entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. At the time of his death, he held the record within the Dominion for the uninterrupted operation of a show factory by the same person.

Laura Emma Hirschy was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio December 20, 1858 to Henry and Mary (nee Hurst) Hirschy. She married Charles August Ahrens formerly of Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario in Wayne, Ohio. They later relocated to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario where Charles founded Chas. A. Ahrens Ltd. in in 1882. Together Laura and Charles had three children: Frederick Hirschy; Charlotte Mary; and Florence Louise. Laura attended the Church of the Good Shepherd and was a member of the Ladies Aid Society, the Indepedent Dorcas, and the Order of the Eatern Star. She died February 21, 1949 and was entombed at Woodland Cemetery.

Porcellino is a bronze sculpture of a wild boar, located in front of the Modern Languages building at the University of Waterloo. The piece weighs approximately 700 pounds.

Porcellino is a cast of a bronze fountain originally made by the Baroque master Pietro Tacca in 1620. This cast along with four others, was produced by Marinelli of Florence in 1962. The other copies are in Florence, Italy; Sydney, Australia; Victoria, British Columbia; and California. Additional casts of the fountain created over the years can be found around the world. For many years, the original fountain by Pietro Tacca sat on the south side of the Straw Market in Florence, Italy. Today, the piece is held by the Museo Stefano Bardini in Palazzo Mozzi and a modern cast is installed by the market.

The fountain cast by Pietro Tacca was based on a Hellenistic marble statue known as Cinghiale, which was discovered in Rome and relocated to Florence in the mid-sixteenth century by the Medici family. Today, the original marble statue is in the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy.

Cinghiale and Porcellino have been associated with the Calydonian boar hunt from Greek mythology. Some researchers have suggested that the boar was likely part of a larger hunting scene. The unique position of the boar is noteworthy, as it is neither in repose or attack and appears as if suddenly awakened by the sound of the hunt.[1]

The Porcellino sculpture on the University of Waterloo campus was donated to the Faculty of Mathematics’ Descartes Foundation in 1978 by Dr. Henry Crapo. Dr. Crapo served as a professor in the Faculty of Mathematics from 1965 to 1977 and was known as a patron of the arts.

Upon its donation, the Works of Art Committee on campus considered installing the sculpture near Laurel Creek across from the Student Life Centre.[2] However, the committee ultimately decided to place the sculpture inside the Modern Languages foyer in January 1979.[3]

In the 1980s students used the boar as a meeting place and rubbed its nose for good luck before exams. Due to its location, the sculpture was informally adopted as the mascot for the Faculty of Arts.[4] The piece was also the subject of pranks on campus and was kidnapped by Engineering students in 1991 and dressed as a dog.[5]

In the early 1990s, Dr. Brian Hendley, the Dean of Arts, asked Ann Roberts, staff member in the Department of Fine Arts, to identify a suitable permanent location for the sculpture, where it could be securely installed using bolts and concrete. Initial ideas for potential sites included the Davis Centre Quadrangle, the Arts Quad, and East Campus Hall.[6] The decision was made to place the sculpture in front of the Modern Languages building in 1994. On June 4, 1994, the campus hosted a celebration for the unveiling of the boar as part of the annual Waterloo Weekend for alumni.[7]

Waldeck was a brick house located at 166 Adam Street in Kitchener, Ontario. Designed by architect D. W. Gingerich, construction began in 1870. The building had a four-story tower and was likely the first home in Berlin to be centrally heated, which was possible due to steam pipes from the nearby tannery boiler room.

Philip Louis and Catherine Breithaupt moved into the home in 1871, and it was later the home of their son home of Albert Liborius Breithaupt and his family. The building was demolished in 1965 and the New Apostolic Church was later built on the site.

Triad is a painted steel sculpture by Ron Baird at the University of Waterloo. Installed in July 1965 outside Biology 1, then the Chemistry & Biology Building, the 24-foot high piece is constructed from railway track and steel rods. The sculpture was a donation from Shore and Moffat and Partners.

Fiberglass fountain by Bruce Watson located outside of the southeast corner of the Mathematics & Computer Building.

Four welded steel sculptures by Ron Baird at the University of Waterloo. Painted red, orange and yellow, the piece was the first major commission of Waterloo's works of art committee.

Bronze sculpture by Almuth Lutkenhaus purchased through donations in memory of Muriel DeGre.

Franklin was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on January 12, 1874 in Hawkesville, Waterloo County and raised alongside his seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

In 1877 Franklin and his family moved to Conestogo, Waterloo County. In 1884, Franklin and his family moved to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario and he attended Central School.

Franklin left school at the age of thirteen. Subsequently he worked as a clerk in dry goods stores including R.D. Lang Dry Goods and the Smythe Brothers Dry Goods. Franklin continued to work for R.D. Lang Dry Goods located on King Street West for the majority of his career and was eventually promoted to Head of the home furnishings department.

Franklin’s sister Etta died from complications of childbirth in 1900. Afterwards, Franklin took care of the family, especially Etta’s infant daughter Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). He helped to pay off the family’s debts and eventually his mother Mary deeded ownership of the house at 43 Schneider Avenue to him in 1901.

In 1908, Franklin stayed with his siblings Arthur, Austin and Florence in Alberta for several months.

In 1917 Franklin was summoned by a letter from Military District No.1 to appear under the national registration at a recruiting office. He joined the 108th Militia Battalion and trained in the local barracks in the Williams Greene and Rome Company factory on Queen Street South in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario.

Franklin joined the Waterloo Historical Society, which met in the Kitchener Public Library. Franklin was also an avid stamp collector and member of the K-W Philatelic Society. In addition, Franklin had a lifelong interest in nature. He was particularly interested in birds and often gave talks on the subjects and led nature walks.

Franklin retired from his work in the dry goods business in the 1930s but continued to work part time elsewhere. During World War II, he worked as a night watchman at a power station on Breithaupt Street. Later, he delivered accounts for the Public Utilities Commission to Kitchener homes.

Franklin served as Secretary-Treasurer of the KW Orphanage Board from 1918 to 1942. He was elected to the Kitchener Public School Board as a Trustee between 1933 and 1940.

Franklin died of stroke on October 2, 1962 at the age of 88 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Emeline Rieder was born April 27, 1857 in Wilmot Township. The daughter of white settlers her father, Christian Merner, was born in Switzerland, and her mother, Elizabeth Young Merner, was born in Germany. She married Peter Rieder, a merchant and early white settler of what is today the Region of Waterloo. Together they had several children, including industrialist and rubber merchant, Talmon H. Rieder. In addition to raising a family, Rieder was active in the local evangelical association. She died January 17, 1940 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Lydia Louisa Breithaupt was a homemaker in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario. She was born March 27, 1877 in Berlin Ontario to parents John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Herlan. She married Albert Liborius Breithaupt on June 2, 1901 and the couple lived in Kitchener. The couple had six children: Frederick Albert; Maria Martha Louise; Rudolph Anthes; Ruth Anna Catherine; Arthur Liborius; David John. Lydia died June 18, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario. She was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

John Isaac Franklin "Frank" Anthes was born October 16, 1870 in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario to John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Anthes. Following graduation from high school, Anthes worked in the furniture business with his father. In 1900, he was appointed assistant manager of Canadian Furniture Manufacturers, the former Burr Bros., in Guelph, Ontario and later Wiarton, Ontario. He worked in the local rubber industry from 1906 to 1916, representing the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. during the building of the Dominion Tire Factory. In 1915 he was appointed vice-president of the company's Montreal head office, service as the general purchasing supervisor from 1917 to 1919 before leaving the company to start his own business. He married Cyrena H. Simonds on November 10, 1897 and together they had five children. He died in 1933 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Florence "Floss" Louisa Ahrens was a secretary and volunteer born February 25, 1891 in Kitchener, Ontario. She was the daughter of Charles August Ahrens and Laura Emma Hirschy Ahrens. Ahrens worked for the family company, C.A. Ahrens Shoe Co., for 42 years. Outside of work she was a 50-year member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir, as well as a member of both the K-W Business and Professional Women's Club and the Church of the Good Shepherd. She died November 7, 1982 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital and was entombed at Woodland Cemetery.

Emma Louise Siegner was born on July 21, 1894 to parents John Metz and Helena Schneider, their only daughter and youngest child. She married Walter Valentine Siegner on June 23, 1920 with whom she had three children; John, Kathryn and Carolyn. Siegner died in Kitchener on June 15, 1994 of pneumonia in her 100th year of life and was buried at Woodland Park Cemetery.

Edith Louise Schneider MacPhail was born on April 10, 1897, the eldest child of Heinrich Metz and Louise Schneider (née Lehnen). She married Cecil Gordon "Gordon" Macphail with whom she had two daughters: Jean and Marion. MacPhail died October 4, 1955 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Pearl Wing was born April 1898 in Shipka, Ontario, near Grand Bend. She married Emil John Henry Schneider and together they had three children: John, Ruth and Anne. She attended the Church of the Good Shepherd and was a one time member of the Women's Auxiliary. She died December 2, 1987 in St. Jacobs, Ontario and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Fred Paul Schneider was born in Kitchener, Ontario on March 14, 1926 to parents Frederick Henry and Ella Daniels Schneider. He attended Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute, graduated in 1947 from McMaster University with a B.A., and in 1949 from the University of Toronto with a Masters of Commerce degree. He married Frances Jean Cressman on July 11, 1953 with whom he had five children: Peter Frederick, Daniel John, Anne Cecile, Margaret Ella, and Thomas Ervin.

Schneider joined J.M. Schneider Ltd. in 1949 working in Cost Accounting and went on to hold a number of positions: By-Products Manager (1961), Vice-President (1963), Executive Vice-president (1967), President (1968), Chief Executive Officer (1969) and Chairman of the Board (1970). He retired from the company in 1989 as one of the last Schneider family members to run the company, but carried on as a member of the Board of the Directors. He first joined the Board in 1952 and became Chairman in 1991, a position he held until retiring in 1992.

Over the course of his career served as president of the Canadian Meat Council and as president of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc. During the 1960's he was a trustee of the Board of Education, and from 1978-1984 was a Director of the Center in the Square. He was also a member of MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Association), an association which aids third world countries. An environmentalist, Schneider was also responsible for planning thousands of trees and actively supported land stewardship efforts in the region.

Schneider died at home in Wilmot Township on September 19, 2011. He was cremated and interred at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener.

Laurine Catherine Augustine was born on May 13, 1894 in Racine, Wisconsin to Albert Benjamin Augustine and Caroline Margaret Barbara Augustine (nee Breithaupt). After Albert's death in 1909, the family moved to Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario. She worked as a teacher at the Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School. Laurine died on September 13, 1954 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital and a funeral service was held at Zion Evangelical Church. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Louis Paul Breithaupt was born in Kitchener, Ontario on June 25, 1922 to parents Louis Orville Breithaupt and Sara Caskey. Louis attended Queen's University where he became President of his year. He left in 1943 to join the R.C.A.F. and was discharged in 1945. He married Elizabeth Caroline Massey in Toronto on April 10, 1948 and the couple resided in Kitchener where Louis worked for the Breithaupt Leather Company until its sale in 1968. They had three sons: Louis M., Timothy H., and Gary S.

Louis was active in community organizations such as: the Kitchener Rotary Club, Kitchener Chamber of Commerce, Public School Board, Boy Scouts (Medal of Merit), Gyro, Flying Club, Public Utilities Commission, and Probus. He died June 9, 2005 in Kitchener and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery with his wife Elizabeth who died in 2013.

Caroline Seiler Ahrens was born June 3, 1861 in Waterloo County, the daughter of George Seiler and Elisabeth Schmidt. She married Henry Jacob Ahrens November 6, 1884 and the couple had five children: Walter Henry Ahrens, George Seiler Ahrens, Mabel Laura Ahrens, Carl Hermann "Charles" Ahrens, and Edith Louisa Ahrens. Ahrens attended the Church of the Good Shepherd and served as treasurer of the Woman's Auxiliary for 27 years. She was a member of Eastern Star, and sat on the board of the YWCA for several years and served as the treasurer of the board for 25 years. Ahrens died February 3, 1944 and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener.

The Doon School of Fine Arts was opened in 1948 at the former home of Homer and Pheobe Watson by Ross and Bess Hamilton, who purchased the property in 1947. An agreement was struck between with the University of Waterloo in 1963 resulting in fine arts instruction at both schools. The Doon School of Fine Arts operated until 1966 when it was closed due to lack of funding.

Magdalena Stricker was born March 30, 1840 in Ontario to parents Matthias Stricker and Elisabetha Bauman. She married Jacob Anthes of Wilmot Township, Ontario (date unknown) and the couple had six children: Sarah Anna; Mary Elizabeth; Martin Franklin; Catharine A.; Clarissa Lovina; Emma Caroline. Magdalena died May 20, 1914 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Menno S. Hallman was born December 26, 1857 in Wilmot township, Ontario to parents Samuel Hallman and Mary Snyder. On June 15, 1887 he married Sarah Anna Anthes also of Wilmot and together they had Lizzie Hilda Hallman, born July 12, 1891. Sarah died of consumption [tuberculosis] September 26, 1893 at only 35 years old. Her young daughter, Lizzie died a few years later on March 17, 1896. Both are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Menno was remarried to Martha Snyder circa 1902. It does not appear they had any children. Menno died November 9, 1933 and is buried Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. His widow Martha died August 25, 1964 and is also buried in Woodland.

Ephraim William Willson was born August 26, 1862 in Waterloo County, Ontario. He married Mary Elizabeth Anthes September 30, 1886 and the couple had five children: Leslie A.; Ford Isaac; William Claremont; Norma Margaret Hattin; and Martha Bell (Marthabell) Cook.. He died in September of 1950 and is buried with Mary in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Ezra Carl "Carl" Breithaupt was an electrical engineer and businessman. Born February 10, 1866 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario he was the son of Philip Ludwig (Louis) Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. After attending local schools in Berlin, he took a general course at the evangelical NorthWestern College in Naperville, Illinois from from 1883 to 1887. In the autumn of 1890 he began the two-year course in applied electricity offered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He was certificated in applied electricity in 1892, returned home and entered the Breithaupt Leather Company, of which he became a director, and the Berlin Gas Company, in which he combined professional and family interests.

Carl became the manager of the Berlin Gas Company. The firm began generating electricity, and in 1895, with power from Berlin Gas, they converted two horse-drawn streetcars owned by the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company to electric power; also lighting eight arc street lamps in Waterloo. Carl became the president of BWSR, expanding both the railway and the gas company, building a large gas tank and extensive additions to the powerhouse and plant for Berlin Gas and installing new rails and two new electric cars for the street railway.

Carl was prominent in the local community serving as a member of the local Board of Trade's financial committee in 1893, and as vice-president the following year, and in 1896 sat on its council. He also served as choirmaster and a Sunday school teacher at Zion Evangelical Church.

Carl died January 27 1897, at 30 years of age, from injuries sustained in an explosion in the new gas tank he had built for Berlin Gas. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Daniel Edward was born October 30, 1868 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario, the son of Philip Ludwig (known as Louis) Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. He died as a child on July 19, 1871 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Catherine Louise Breithaupt was born December 3, 1872, the daughter of Philip Ludwig (known as Louis) and Catherine Hailer. She died as a young teenager of appendicitis on April 14, 1886. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener with siblings Daniel and Adolph, who both died as children.

Carl Louis Breithaupt was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on July 27, 1896 to parents John Christian Breithaupt and Caroline Catherine Anthes. He attended Kitchener Collegiate Institute from 1910 to 1915 and was then employed by the family-owned Breithaupt Leather Company Limited of Kitchener. Carl enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1917 and went to England where he was detailed to Signal Company schools in south of England. He advanced to wireless operator, returning to Canada in March 1919.

Carl was educated as an chemical engineer and became an American citizen. While working in Boston, Massachusetts married Alice Kranz of Pennsylvania on October 11, 1933 in Ohio. In the 1940 United States census, Carl and Alice were listed as living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio with children Carl W. aged 5 and Walter, aged 1. On August 14, 1946 Carl drowned while on a fishing trip in Parry Sound, Ontario with his brother, Walter. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Following his death Alice and their children stayed in Ohio. She died May 25, 1984.

Frederick Albert was born July 29, 1902 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario, the first child of Albert Liborius and Lydia Louisa Anthes. He married Frances Marian Bean on June 25, 1930 which whom he has two children. Frederick died in 1983 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Margaret "Peg" Isabel Forbes was born in Hespeler, Ontario on July 10, 1924 alongside her twin sister, Betty, to parents Millicent Lyall Forbes and George Alexander Forbes.

Peg grew up at the Forbes' family estate, Hillhead, in Hespeler and attended Bishop Strachan School in Toronto. Peg later attended the School for Nurses at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario for 3 years and graduated in 1946.

Peg married Colin Andrew "Joe" Wilson on October 9, 1948. The couple had two children: Pamela and Ross. Peg later married William "Bill" Hutton Kaufman on May 12, 1968.

Peg passed away on October 22, 2016 at the age of 92 and was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario.

Henrietta Wilhelmine Bechler was born in Germany on November 7, 1859 to Christian and Christine (nee Floetke) Behcler. She married Christian Rosekat with whom she had several children. She died May 24, 1925 in Kitchener and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Mabel Louise White was born in Milton, Ontario on April 5, 1894. She married Louis Orville Breithaupt on October 14, 1915. Mabel and their first child died on June 27, 1916 during premature labour. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in what is now Kitchener, Ontario.

Jane Helen "Jean" Kaufman was a philanthropist and volunteer. She was born October 25, 1886 in Port Elgin, Ontario the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hutton. She moved to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1911 where she would become known as an active supporter of local organizations. She raised funds for the YWCA and Victorian Order of Nurses, and was a member of the Zion United Church. Kaufman married Alvin Ratz Kaufman on August 12 , 1911 and together they had three children: Helen Mary, William Hutton, Edward Kaufman (deceased in infancy) and Sally Jean.

Henry Eidt Ratz was born April 30, 1877 in the Gads Hill area of Perth County, Ontario. He was the youngest of Henry and Christina (nee Eidt) Ratz's ten children. He was the mayor of Waterloo from 1935 to 1936, in addition to numerous terms as a Waterloo city councillor and Deputry Reeve, and as Warden for the County of Waterloo. Ratz married Margaret Hill and together they had two children: Gladys Ruby and Lloyd Henry. He died in 1954 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

The Dana Porter Library officially opened on October 23, 1965 as the Arts Library Building. It was designed by Toronto based Shore and Moffatt and Partners and was built between 1964 and 1970. The 10-storey building had floors added over time, with work on the final three beginning in 1969 by Hamilton-based Eaglewood Construction.

The opening of the building in 1965 was marked by a special convocation ceremony during which honorary degrees were presented to Bertha Bassam, Robert Harold Blackburn, and Jack Ernest Brown. Afterwards, the academic procession proceeded directly from Convocation to the main entrance of the Arts Library Building. The Arts Library Building was dedicated to and named after Dana Harris Porter, the first chancellor of the University of Waterloo, on October 27, 1967.

The Bombshelter Pub, commonly referred to as "the Bomber," opened in January 1975 inside the Campus Centre (now the Student Life Centre) at the University of Waterloo.[1] Initially known as the Campus Centre Pub or C.C. Pub, the establishment briefly underwent a name change to the "Orange Bombshelter" on May 29, 1976, before adopting its contemporary name.[2]

The pub was initially owned and managed by the University of Waterloo. The University's leadership had expressed interest in establishing a campus pub as far back as the 1960s. However, regulations at the time prohibited universities from obtaining permanent liquor licenses, limiting alcohol service to special occasions. In 1969, the University formally petitioned the provincial government to revise these regulations.[3] By 1975, the legislation was amended, and the University was granted a permanent license. This license permitted the serving of alcoholic beverages exclusively to students, faculty, staff, and registered guests. An area inside the Campus Centre was renovated to create space for the pub, which was scheduled to open on January 20, 1975.[4]

Original prices for drinks in 1975 was 50 cents for a bottle of beer, 45 cents for a 12-ounce glass of draft beer, 70 cents for straight bar liquor, 85 cents for bar liquor with mix, and $2.10 for a pitcher of beer.[5]

Ownership of the pub was transferred to the Federation of Students (now the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association, WUSA) sometime between 1976 and 1978. Throughout its years of operation, the pub hosted many musical performances, became well-known for trivia nights, and served as a popular meeting place for members of the University community.[6]

In 2018, WUSA announced that the pub was not financially sustainable, and the business was closed permanently after more than 40 years of service.[7]