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Weston Times (1966), 13 May 1965, p. 4

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ls he or she going to spend a Produc- tive summer working or learning or will they lounge around, living off the fat of the land and possibly putting in an appearance at Family or Magistrate's Court? From the immediate Weston area there are 1,478 students attending Weston Collegiate and Vocational School. A portion will be graduates seeking a place in the permanent labor force. For them the die is cast and they can be wished the best of luck, but for the remainder there is a summer ahead; a period of two and a half months during which they will learn the validity of the truism that time is purely relative. What is your son or daughter going to do this summer? . _ Some students will he fortunate enough to travel and vacation during the summer months. After a year of work and study a vacation or rest or some sort is needed at least for a week or two. . Others will Obtain jobs through rela- tives or friends. The very lucky or For the noamcompassionate bulldozer the home and it residents are nothing but nuisance-making obstacles to the swath of the blade. The 101. pardon Macdoitald-Cartier Freeway, widening is a good case in point. Harsh penalties and incarceration for first offenders is hardly conducive to that concept. And harsh criticism Md of 1'tihg,iir'irit, " Magis- um Robert ieper (subject of the m.” has dismayed - denies A the right to common decency - mm sense. ( tt ll not too much to Ask or expert .9 pg who sit! in judgment thgt he Fred Young (NDP Yorkview) and Vernon Singq (Liberal, Downsview) read into the record at Queen's Park letters of complaint from two residents of this area with regard to the con- struction now underway. There are many reasons why we lhould all keep in mind the old adage: "there hut for the grace of God go I" when "he" comes before the bench in a court of law. Two North York School trustees stormed out of a joint meeting of School Board and Council last week because Council demanded the meeting be opened to the press. The trustees in question, Sydney Moscoe and Ronald Leitch claimed Council was out to embarrass them-- I state they succeeded in achieving themselves without anyone else's assist- unce. The man who cart with all truth state that he has never transgressed the law is t rare species indeed. In many in- Itlnces it is more a matter of never having been caught. In any case, it is a Me assumption to aver that there are more rogues outside prison than inside. To decree. as in a recent daily news- 1lll?d editorial entitled "Fearfhl Magis- as” that those who are caught would have the hook thrown at them "has our present-day concept of "form which is supposed to he re- ”Mutual. Their properties lie outside the magic M foot 'province will purchase' strip adjoining the highway, although one . mm at 3189 Weston Rd.. Weston by will Mining Ltd., every" Thursday V. J. McMillan. President and Publisher J. M. Jordan, Gourd Manger John Maedoesald, Editor Joy Meyrttsur, Aminte Editor Teiophone CH 1 - 5211 Authorized " Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and far paymtnt of postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year in ndvnnce to any address in Canada “I W TtMM-h-sd-, a" u, no! The Long Lonely Summer Mr. Ombudsman, Please -, Silence Is Golden Personal Viewpoint Other countries $6.00 Editorials - “laud. it"; in”: and But prohallly the majority of students are wondering what they will do this summer, In a half-hearted manner they have sent letters to companies hoping that with no real effort they will be instantly employed. A refusal has given the excuse that there are no jobs to be had. Even for those who have put forth an earnest effort to get into the labor force for the summer months. hut with no success. the summer lies ahead-- a desert of time. _ "Go lo the National Employment office? That's the stop before the Scott Mission hreadline isn't it?" No. The National Kmployment office should he one of the first stops for the summer employment seeker. It is a federal agency designed to help those seeking temporary jobs. the first full- time job or the twentieth job. Seek and ye- shall find-knock and the door shall be opened.. dues s" by only 15 feet. The province had In draw the line somewhere and for some reason saw fit to do it at 50 feet. The government must run efficiently and it must run according io set policies. It cannot squander the tax- payers money by saying. "Gosh. you gut a dirty deal. we'll buy your plarp men though it doesm't conform to our policy." A _ "no can only a>sump from their childish behaviour that they felt incap- able of discussing the subject of the proposed discussion with intelligence and equanimity. A clear out vase has been made " an ombudsman. Only such an office can handle matters of this nature without a political uproar and with justice for all parties concerned. They very ohviously forgot the age- old dictum: "Silence is Golden". In ronclusion. I present a rm om- mandatinn submitted hy Somerset. Mnughan some years no that would Karachi” I roll of toilet tissue on the nth beside all judges to "tpd them that wqmuoac an. l Since they had so little to contrihute a short listf’ning session would have been beneficial. Society requires protection __ yes, but it should he the kind of protection that will assure each individual his mmmnn rights. As for the law; it is not always right or just and only the rich ran afford the luxury of a skillful lawyer to interpret it correctly or to his advantage. This does not appear who Magnum? Dnieper's practice, His remarks show an utter disregard for the feelings and sensitivities of those who come before him. and his actions Show an mm greater disregard for a person's in- violable right to council. Such action from one in high authority cannot be condoned and it most certainly should not he encouraged as was done in the daily newspaper editorial. The writer t-laimed that the imperative purpose of the law is to protect society against wrongdoers and that it expects members of the Gench to impose sentences authorized by the law to the degree warranted hy the offence. ‘ A pmmit has bran issued to Jusrph Nason to build a Morrt on Main Street, next, smith nf A. M. Oidham's to cnst $4.000. Has the prim: of Golf balls hpen reduced? Nrarly ail the school boys in town have one. sttml has mason to run- trratulate itself upon its gulf t-lub which will be formally musurrrl hy MI: Hoscrwk. " will take the form of a lawn Imp, no truulylv bring; spared to make it a day long to he remomhm-Pd - mw that will go dnwn on the cluh annals as a grand sum-055. Tho gpnlh-nwn are prrparing a Prrrinu show. The production will be amislivally onslunwd and prrsvnleal in a garden of mm bPauly. with A wooded hack- grmmvl. with flowering haughs of pink and white blossoms. The gnlfers are indeed fortunate in Inning susrured such an ideal spot as Doric Lodge for their clubhouse. Gram-go. fmnwrly ('"Ilk at Bourke's hotel has men ran- vassing the town for the Lee Laundry and stating that Tam Son is sick and unahle to do the work. This statement is inCor- wc-t as San Bros. are Mill on the jab and ahle to armmmn- data all their customers. Tho rmiulrnro of MI. Taytrrt" m1 Danni; Are, ma“. the school house M'J4% damagr’d by I'n'tl to the «um ot about thoo on Thur.sday aflemnnn. Whtrtrs or herame of thr, Ihpnr)‘ that qurrirs regarding Fedora! Ivmslalmn, adllrpssPd to one's Mt. vmuIrl I'm-viva an informa- tive reply? of vrply ml that it " didn't know perhaps me "plum-Inn. " plrtrly any um with wizard in pm» of lrttislnt March. has to answm'Pd, and published in )nur pap’r Ap and headlined "Here are Farts nu Jud)": Baby" "Mummy-y. It rmnlwd plrtvly any unrrrtainties I with round in thm mum A Wm thr Pens March. h Rank p am V" vim MM: "All I k read "I the [upon My Hunt-nation. Mr, Walker. r )nnr infnrmnliw mlumn. I n mrly my VIII 1: nut olM in mr rortMiturttry, hm round" I a faithful road" from now 50 Years Ago May li. 1915 bohm . laughing log» Frankly . . . as! fun rm Plar that matter letters To The Editor drdr pp Ped ate From Our Files the M. In”, rrmained un- ust he Assume sumenne who 't rare', had formation on milod in narly WIN Ruin! ow Is Whit I Mr. Walker 90131":th nay to thr any MINI drlizhtod mporiant Cruising Down The River . . had the Cadpt training will be “inh- lished in York Township schools next fall, the board of education decided. Principals will be Iri- visssd to delegate 1930b": to' re- roixe training as instructors during the sumnwr. The Board was unanimous in passing the "rsolutinn moved by Trustes Rev. A. J. Jackson and Frank ()ke. "The question hf cadets is I vital one now that we are in- volvssd in a war. I am sun? many of the older boys in the schoofs would like it," Pow. Jackson do- cfaerl. "The training in disci- pline would also be valuable." The modem tend of living Ile- manrls A Hwy “new: drainage nf the tN't'rous 1?nf't'g.V, and with this in view the question of the mental hospitals becoming a large public burden at a cost of five and a half million tlnllars a year in Canada is a situa- tion whiH, all Canadians must face, and ho ptvpared to do {lipir share in overcoming this a year in Canada ts, a 5mm- tion whiH, all Canadians must face, and ho ptvpared to do tlwir share in overcoming this rnndltion. by proper living condi- tions. Those wore the views of Dr. A. E. Berry of the Ontario Dvparlment of Health, speaking at the Weston-Mount Dennis Rotary Club last Thursday night on the suhjert nf leisure tumo occupation. "Diversion is ur- zantly needed in the present time and speed at which the gonna- lion is lrnwl'ing with such a tion is inn-o terrific strain is morrt rrspnnsihln than the tounship‘s school board. AppavPntly, the school board wishes to build I schnnl in an area protected hy a restrirtixr crrvr'rsanr.tmd, m-rnrvliug to your ”PW! item, Council hart refused to Assist the school hoard in its rlemands-viB I zoning hy-law change. [ ("numillnr Gorrlon Hurlhmt stated that Council must honor the t'ovrnant--xnd so it should. If Council does not honor the ”our Sir, An item on the front pug» of ynur vwwspapor last “wok. show- ed that the North York Council The paw-n who buys n home bomb in school or tttrant pinn- of land duignalrd for ”immor- rial or industrial minim-vs, h" no all tn romplttim But thnre who ninth”. in In awn protect- od [rum than pnrrnaihmt-nu on prrrnry' hnve I 'tohnite rill“ tn romnm vromtod or he rompen' and for the intrusion. mm rm-ttrm if any. is mutt-Min agrwmont in this thx- vIusireuvrn what in the world in gluing to happen in arms less ex- rlllzlvp tend loss protected? Thin» are ah'vmly far tort many zoning bylaw rhnngrs and the hapless homrownrr hardly lino“: from rm? day to tho “Ml “hat is going to ham-on to his --"t'tltth4ht-. ,$$tmaotmrMae-a' "pr The 25 Years Ago May 16. 1010 No Protection Hurlhmt mt honor t should. our-r the Canadian Pacific has lwglm rnnstrurtinn of a somml rail- “any line which will pass through Wrston, The new track I‘Pquired to servire, inrlusttn'es in this Rrpa, now strips snulh of Lawrence and will he extended almost to Sleolvs. J. H. Flett, division pm ginrer for CI' said the work should be completed by this fall. The railrnad rrnssings at John, King and Church Streets in Weston will Parh be closed for rum day to facilitate construc- tion of the npwr artery. North York Coum-il is trss in: tn persuade other muniri- palities in the Metro area to adopt and enforce firm-rarkor bylaws. Unaware that Weston- already has such logislation. the nriisrhbourine muniripality srnl town mum-II a ‘copy of their law as an mamplo. The major cliffervnre hmweon the two by- laws is that the age. limit for purchasing fireworks in North York is 16 years whereas the Weston law specifies a mini- mum age of l?. yrars. stlrm has hPan askml in amalgamalv its departments and boards with the other Metro municipalities, thus providing "hotter services to all in Menu". The committee (submitting the brief to Council) feels that the suburbs have "vacillated" nu these issues anrl have thus rom- mitted a dissrrvic. to Metro ra- sidents. Weston Council drririrrd to talks: no arlinn on the Labor- hmly's suggestion. rils should he made to Infurre all twisting bylaws, As an altornaliw, (Tnum'ils should ho made to lower laws awarding lo the inmmrnimu-o involved and award suitable mmprmatmn, In addition to this, councils should have tn pun-hast invonvenienced properties at nur- wnt valurm it thr owning so rlcsire. I nun-o, 391 disagree with yum“ mhtmial mmllod "The l'rnlvnmnl Farm)". All the world long I vagrant and a historiral on! is mremlinxly hoarihissr than a mili- tary one. Also, it thr rantrnnial rr-lohratmm can inspir» just a [Ivar limp morn pr nationality it w “hum a” My! failml. fur a rnntrnmal m‘hnlnrnhm fund. Also wrth your propoMi for an "Mango of students Ind assay comprtitirtn, As pm say, "it would inderd hr a fitting “my to on!" the "rrtnd hundwd your! of ('nnndn's nmvth with It lust a few pongula enlightened in a Vrle' um»! and knnwlM'r of thr mum" Ill whit-h a" live," But "a Alto "twin mom in dud! to live Ind "on Munich I agrn' With I Year Ago May ll, 1964 Pageant Ptease de in ('anmlian ll lulu» sum-ordrd apt-m: to have pl rp th York gym-Hon ' Piet if you will, or if you dare, the eminently unsuccessful Fraser (th'.' lounging in one of those emu-fitting, float-bark-ms. air, full‘ovu-bukwu'd deck chairs. Partaking of the second cup of coffee on . Warm Saturday morning. the hero of the Cache m-erie, in just getting into the jotting: of his favorite colum- nist, Rudolph J. Needlepeople n he takes another swing at, whit the but the L.C.B.0. From the corner of my on I spy the litrness of the clan pulling up n chair to sit close to her loved one. "What are you reading, dour?" Lola asked. "Needlepeople has vowed off liqunr the slips," I replied. "Says he's going to placards raiding 'Unfair to Amputees'." "May I see the magazine section, dear?" my wife asked and who (in refuse I woman I simple request like that when the warm spring sun is warming the tackles of the heart. Silence pervades the area, discounting the \armus whining lawnmowers, until I am at least half way through Braggie Chant. "Frazer," my wife interrupts thrusting . page of the paper between my eyes and a fly trying to land on the end of my nose, "isn't this the most divine patio you have ever seen?" "It's too close for me to sem" Even my myopic vision hill limits. Lola pulled the page out to a i'esuevtable distance. and allowed me tn gele upon an artist's mneeption of hankruplry. Purple patio stones, ohviously importml from the north shore of Malta flanked a doughnut-Moped swimming pool. painted hlark. Sitting under the potted palms which “we moterted hy a slide- away roof were several children dressed in the most disgustingly skimpy bathing suits. "lt's lovely dear," and l endr‘mow-d to spill the remainder of my coffee on this page of halncinations. My darling wifc, a star lat-r0552 player in her youth, reacted like lightning and a second later a dry page was under my nose again. "We needn't he as extramgant, of cotwsr," che siaid. "If " eliminated the hole in the doughnut it would he vlwapr"r. Make it like one of those jelly doughnuts." "If we eliminalrd the rntire pool, the patio and the girl: "id saw a fortune," I suggested. "Oh Frazer," Lola zrnannrl. “w can't go on Ining like this." “It's a torribltI existence, I know. Fins! thing Monday morning I'll send in a subscription to The Atlautie Monthly anrl stop by for a few Rolls .Royre leaflets which we can scatter ahout lbs livink room. It will improve our m’ighhoul hood status immediately." "Now youve bring ridiculous," Lola >airl without the slightest touch of humor or ttaity pervading her voice. "Ridirulous and eronomirai" l answiwerl. "tho, tre gri all Hm bon-haw. in the havkyard you ill-p going In want In rat Gut we'll hare no money to buy 'rtmotmrtri-s and no room left tn ralse rattle hare lln monoy to huy Wt"ot'et't"s and no room left tn must: rant. or grow vegetahlrs." "You've made your" point drar. Sump mow miter?" Hrr Ins. did not fool mp. This might he the most oxprnsiw rim of rufqu "or brought I thought to m.vsplr. "As long as you're up Oar. get I. new stance." I shouted hopefully through the open window. “Darling, couldn't w? huild just a small swimming pool." my wire said as she maxed rolls» in hand and fresh lipstick on mouth. "If we just moved the house off its foundation "P could u." the Imminent as a pool. Paint it Mark, likr the picture has it." “Ynu'ro just being silly again," she svmvlml. Silcuro rvitrnr'd suiu'r-me until our sis your old, ohviously on a préarrangml run from his mother, burst forth from the garage with Show] in hand. "When dn up start digging. Daddy." h» askrd jubilantly. jump- ing up and down, thrillml at the idea of turning the l'raligrass into mud. "For golrl ur watts?" I inquiwd. "We aren't going tn ham 3 gold swimming pool are "e Daddy" he asked inrrmlulously. "We aren't awn going to haw a “maria garden-s anon in" swimming pool," I firmly informed him. "Aw, Daddy," he said running to In: lumber. "Why can't wo have "no? .Inpy's Dad is grtiug to build mm" “isn‘t that man elluus. Now you‘ll limp a "law lo swim." "But Frar.rv," My wife rhimml in breaking hm' sum"! Flantl. "In all his Mi-ilemrnt he might be killed rrmsinz the mad," "He might drown if we had our. Tire trails arl'nss the bark "In all his Mrilemrnt he might lw killed crossing the rand," "He might drown if we had mw. Tire trails arl’nss the bark arr mpr so murh mun: plaza"! than watm- in the lungs." The coffee cup my wife “as holding washed tn the mound and like Marlene Diwtrilrh rowing on “ago pcrfecily arrmrliug m tho srrlpt. our shimmering town-ax: Ilaughlrr rut": slag! left shivering in a twmpiero bathing suit. "Don't tell me you'w Joined A polar hear dub." I Haul almost wishing she had. "Oh, Daddy, I think it is absolulrly the greatest. You‘re the sxxnvtest most darling papa in the “arid." shrs snuraled iznurm' my remarks allogptlwr. "But I abmlulnly must get a manor tan hofnro the pool is finished so when the boys come mt-r I won't lnnk "Just how mam [hoopla haw .mu im'nlul "\PI' to this malnral pool" I asked Marine tlie wot-et. "Just Cathy and Susan and Steve." “Of course they won't pass the word along," I romarkm‘l visualizing my neighbourhood slams plummrtmg whrsn the word rirvulaterl that the Cache bat-kyard would nnt hpromp tho local seaside resnri. "My dear young lady," I started firmly, “I wrongly snggost you go inside. art into some clothes and ttrl hark an the lrlophone tn tell your frirmls the hrarh was wa.shed out in I tide of financial worry." anemic l. "Well, I daughter like wont into the to do I better daughter like that," [MA hufred. She um mm of he went into the house tn infmm my daughter that they to do I better job nr-u time. My son, likewise disappointed in his old man. d hralled hark toward the gamut swinging tltr, spavln hm a: ho went so it all!“ up lartre hunks of turf as he urn? I slallml in to have a gem] read through the class; as ho went so it slug up la I slallml in to have a of the ncwspapn’. While other permle go firllh I runnller tt SM" I amok. from my mm doze, in which mm“, polio dopammpnts In"! nth” pleasant "unnum- nlnnx with snow] hrlpful anIth m our hurkyarrl. Exit " Fmor M can". shrieking, "Gm, gin, my in.“ 'r..tttml' . BnerP Mml'rmg all thr self mnhul l rould, I strorlr In!" the tsark. yard. "Do ynu plan to CoTer this with was: and trap me like u lion." I “Izod in n ponihu, hold mnnnor, “Thnv': nothing to "I. “and sham. Fun-I J' Lula uni rnlmly In sh! Inn"! dt, hrr shovel, "It will all romp nut of the hon-o- krrping. If 'ou will jut! sit dawn and write mo n rhrnue far the ttext ”If: food I will he 1|th. to my thr man whm thry com! OI Maul-y." That's The Way . . . Can't Go On Like This by Frazer Cache le [a fo the track or knork Sahlrday inrnmplrtr wit? l Pola r Hear "w" rlaughlr‘r. your mm nest, " ~um“ hr mmugh tears io fill pirhnml m thts nightmare that my mfmwcl that we “cw [mug l own SPF'" pm this morning .mly Godio aflor lho Ontario inntrd mar to this thiral until they dispense with picket liquor stores with dub." I Said almnst my lo find k “hi” b, rlrramrrl us making a mum wt ttrt cspou0tttlr k and forth "oulrl hm. along. {ml srrtiott than and v! divopr. thr (who Us a mum? nftrrnoort il "

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