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dt James PlYande Water County Native Dies! James P, Van de Water, 70, ol Kitchener, former secretary -trea- surer and business admin i s t r a to r of the K.W high school board, died of a heart, attack Wednesday, June 7, 1967 in Sarnia while attending a Canadian Legion convention. His death came three weeks af- ter that of his wife, the fo rmer Helen Brown, Mr. Van de Wate r retired frorrj his position w i j h the high schooj board in December, Hj fv l , after 23 years in which he saw t h e sys ie i r grow from one collegiate- to five. He was also prominent in legioi work, and was a fo rmer pfesiden and treasurer of the Kitchener branch. Mr. Van de Water - was also a member of t h e C a n a d i a n Red Jross Society, the Waterloo County) Children's Aid Society and St. John's Anglican Church . He livec it 214 Queen St. S. He was a son of the late Mr. ant Mrs, .Philip A, Van de Water, anc vvas born near Picton. He star tec its business career in 1!)07 witt ;he Standard Bank of Canada anc worked in several branches ir Midland and the Bay of Quinte area. He served in Bank of Com- merce branches in Lethbridge and! Calgary u n t i l e n l i s t i n g i n 1 ' ) ! : > . After se rv ing in France, Bel- gium and G e r m a n y , he worker! for bank branches in Bran t fo rd , Walke.rton and Listewel before coming to K i t chene r in 1928 a manager, of the -Bonganl and Co. brokerage office. In 1940 the com pany was taken over by Seagram., Harris and Bricker and he stayed with the firm u n t i l j o i n i n g the high school board staff in 1942. Surviving are three sons, Jamesl of Toronto, George of Montreal] and Peter of Kitchener; n broth er, Edward of Toronto; a sister, Mrs, Helen Mitforcl of Ottawa, anci six grandchildren, One son, Jack, predeceased h i m , The body rested at the Gruhn Funeral Home u n i . i ! noon Saturo-°v when removal was made to St. John's A n g l i c a n C h u r c h for serv- ice at 2 p.m. B u r i a l in Woodland Cemetery. Donations 1o t h e C a n a d i a n Red Cross Society w i l l be a.ccepted as expressions of s y m p a t h y . (