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He noted that Scarborough is installing crossâ€"walks illuminatâ€" ed to spotlight the pedestrian below, and ‘suggested that other municipalities ; should do â€" the same. The new lighting systems may be expensive he said, but sn is the life that could be lost Quoting from a Macleanâ€"Hunâ€" tor study, Perry said 81 per cent of the adults and 79 per cent of the students surveyed agree that there is not adequate lighting at Metro crossâ€"walks. This information was geported hy Weston Councilior Wilbert Perry who attended a recent traffic safety conference in Otâ€" tawa. On a rainy night, one reader complained to The Times the other day, it is impossible to «ce a person through a wet windâ€" suield using a croséwalk until 10t are almost on top of him. safety crosswalks are not ade quately lighted at night. 80 p.c. Say Cross Walks Are Unsafe North York, York and Weston motorists probably won‘t be very surprised to learn that most pedestrians . believe that Metro t.on en Ou Following a recent fire. the building was inspected by the trance to the St. Phillips Rd. bridge, Bob De Man said it weuldn‘t be worth his while to repair the building â€" specially when his solicitor told him it was the landlord‘s responsibility io make the major repairs anyâ€" With Etobicoke and Weston baving indicated that the old building would be expropriated to widen the Humber St. enâ€" His lawyer agreed telling De Man that the lessee is only reâ€" sponsible for making repairs for normal wear and tear, such as decorating and replacing broken wingow panes. the major maintenance such as wiring, heating,. and bathroom facilities, he checked with his lawyer to find out if he was right. ter from lawyers of the owner Fo Dunn, telling him he had‘ fuiled to live up to the condiâ€" tions of the lease and to fix the wiring in accordance with Onâ€"| turio Hydro demands or considâ€"| e= the lease terminated. Since De Man said, it was his understanding that an inhcrent condition of the lease was that the landlord is responsible for After the inspectors marched eut, Bob De Man received a letâ€" In fact, the interior of the building doesn‘t look like it has bad any real repair work done to it, since the old days when it was a hotel. Proprietor De Man, although he keeps the place spotless, agrees, An electrician estimated that it would cost at least $2,500 to bring the wiring up to Onâ€" tario Hydro standards, and he agrees with the health and buildâ€" ing inspectorsâ€" that the one washâ€" room and two hall radiators is hardly enough to serve the dozen ‘oomers living on the second fioor. A few days later a battery of health, fire, hydro and building inspectors marched into the building and told its lessee Bob De Man, that his property is a tire trap, health hazard, and alâ€" most unfit for human habitation. About six weeks ago, the Wesâ€" ton fire department was called tw put out a small blaze near the old, broken down building on Weston Rd. at Humber St., just south of the north town limâ€" its. Shortly after. he took over the Mayor Wes Boddington informâ€" _council Monday that the ownâ€" of the old Shamrock hotel _ Weston Road promised to c the building up so that it il be fit for human habitaâ€" Landlord Tells Town He Will Make Repairs & 1 3 * es e WANT ADs . s Can tm Nee | E?fa 'D Z l’ % ? mé ?!i)‘ Horticulture C‘::d:::z' At Weston Arena For Home Delivery f = “ TOWN CONDEMNS OLD SHAMROCK HOTEL REMAIN AT LOGGERKEADS OVER NEW WARD SYSTEM < Million Dollar . , Jane & Weston « Face Lifting | Weston medical officer of health. | the building inspector, fire chief and Ontario Hydro, and was found to be in need of major repairs. Previously said the mayor, the ‘ owner was reluctant to repair | the building frequently visited | by racoons, because he knew | |that it would be expropriated by | | Weston and Etobicoke to make | | way for a new four lane bridge‘ across the Humber River. Every week day, the Humber ; St. â€" Weston Rd. intersection beâ€" comes a traffic jam because / \the existing single lane bridge{ |is incapable of handling the heavy traffic. North York _ council recently approved spending over a million dollars to pave Weston Rd. from Sheppard: to Finch Ave., Steeles Ave. between Jane and Keele and Jane St. between Sheppard and Wilson Ave. For years these have been in poor The building inspector promâ€" ised council to make frequent checks to ensure that the repairs are. completed. 5 Councillor Jim Trimbee said if the building was condemned by the MOH and Hydro it should heve been closed down. Council went along with the mayor‘s sugâ€" gestion however, giving the ownâ€" er time to repair the wiring, roof and heating system. | $600â€"aâ€"month rent payments De Man heard that the building would be expropriated. He figâ€" ured that when the building was | purchased by the two municipâ€" | alities, he would get back at }lea’st part of the substantial inâ€" | vestment he had made to purâ€" | chase the rentâ€"byâ€"theâ€"week roomâ€" | ing business. > The mayor of Weston said it appears reasonable~that if the repairs are made, the building will increase in value, meaning that, when expropriated. the owner won‘t lose because he made the repairs. And Hydro informed the landâ€" lord in a letter that was passed on. to the lessee to either repair the wiring or face the conseâ€" quences of the power being cut oif. This was several years ago. Now says Bob De Man, he has been‘ordéredBy" landlord © Ed Dunn to make repairs to the nearly worthless building or vaâ€" cate. AFTER YEARS OF TALK, Etobicoke and Weston councils have agreed to expropriate this old building on Wesâ€" ton Rd. at Humber St. to build a fourâ€" lane entrance to St. Phillips Rd. bridge 60 feet behind it. Landlord was reluctâ€" arterial roads condition. . The 1966 York township tax rate is 74.14 mills compared to Weston‘s 65.6 mills and the Torâ€" _ Cumming Explains Why Swansea _ Gets Better Deal Than Weston He said Weston cannot expect more than a one mill reduction because Bill 81, the Metropoliâ€" tan Toronto Act, has been pasâ€" sed and won‘t be subject to reâ€" view until the 1967 session of Parliament. Dr. Cumming, advisor to Munâ€" icipal Affairs Minister $pooner, gaid the reasons for tax reducâ€" tions some of the «maller Metro municipalities will enjoy for a few years are embodied in "elâ€" aborate studies" made â€"byâ€"â€"the Provincial finance department. Municipal affairs advisor Dr. Lorne Cumming admitted that Swansea will be getting a much better tax deal than Weston. When Swansea joins the city of Toronto next year, it will have its tax rate set at 11.5 mills less than the city‘s, while Wesâ€" ton, when it joins York townâ€" ship, will have only a one mill reduction. Council _ almost unanimously agrees that North York should bave a civic centre in Willowâ€" daleâ€"possibly similar in size to Montreal‘s Place Ville Marie or Toronto‘s Philips Square. ds Earlier this: yea.rjitâ€"‘hlnded plenning board $25,000 to make and why Parkin Aswé};t;s w;rc handed the job of designing the township‘s proposed civic cenâ€" tie North York council members are beginning to wonder how (ivic Centre Study May Face Stiff Opposition $155,000 For What? ant to make costly repairs because he knew it would eventually be torn down anyway. During rush hours the interâ€" section can‘t handle heavy traffic flow. Yesterday plumbers and electricians were repairing the building. in Willowâ€"| After the presentations were in size to | made, a member of the planning Marie or ‘ board made a motion to retain re. ’\ Parkinâ€"a motion that carried. it handed‘ Controllert Gordon _ Hurlburt ‘said the sudden decision to hire Dr. Cumming said the Province did its best to treat the smalâ€" ler municipalities fairly. A third criteria used he u.rt serted was to conmaer the ices that Metro would take over such as garbage disposal and education, and the increased municipal grants from the proâ€" vince. One method was to take the mill rate increase between 1962 and 1965 and project it to the expected mill rate for 1967. This means that Weston homeâ€" owners can anticipate an 7.5 mill increase next year or a $38 hike in toxes on a home asses sed at $5,000. Another was to determine the type of municipal service that the smailer municipalities will get when they unit with their larger counterparts. Dr. Cumming said several ap proaches were used to deterâ€" mine the tax differentials beâ€" tween the Metro municipalities. onto rate is 79.95 mills against Swansea‘s 59.99 milis. Several weeks ago. planning board asked town planning conâ€" sultants to submit their ideas on the design and concept of the proposed civic centre. a preliminary study of what the idea entails, but now it has some second thoughts. WESTON, ONTARIO, THUESDAY, JUNE | Adding fuel to the complaints made by Hurlburt and Gould | was a sudden council meeting | called Wednesday â€" evening last | week by Reeve James Service. | Both said they were disapâ€" { pointed that Parkin Associates York Councilior Cy Townsend claimed it was ‘in poor taste, but Weston Mayor Boddington disagreed. ‘"We were pokink fun at ourâ€" eclves as much as them," Mayor Boddington observed. "If . the York councillor can‘t see it in that light then he should be a nursemaid instead of a politiâ€" cian." Wes Boddington takes a "dim view" of the York cotmcillori who took a "dim view" of Wesâ€" | ton «making an ass of York | township in the Victoria Day% parade last week. One of the floatsâ€"entered by | the Weston Businessmen‘s Ass®â€"| ciationâ€"was a bill board donkey | representing the "Burro of | York" with Weston â€" being the | tail 1 | â€"Councillor Jim Trimbee warnâ€" ed that it would be better to settle with York rather than askâ€" ing the Municipal Board to settle the issue in a manner that could be detrimental to Weston: Ward 2 Councilior Joe Gould voiced a similar opinion. Gould | said he thought one of the other | firms presented a much more interesting scheme, showed more enthusiasm and indicated much | more, awareness of what North | York needs and wants. Parkin Associates surprised him / "talked and other council members as | than o well. ‘k‘rd PF Councilior Sainsbury insisted however that York counci wants to steal Weston and said his council "has to do something fast to prevent it." Council agreed to meet tonight and again on Monday to determâ€" ine if there is any point in conâ€" tinuing negotiations with York. Ed Hodges accused his fellow Weston councillors of wandering about ‘"like lambs in the wilderâ€" mess" and declared "that it is time we all buried the hatchet and began hammering out the ‘Torms of a fair agreement." Yoke. On Us & Them Too Mayor Says Another problem yet to be solvâ€" | ed is the integration of muniâ€"| cipal staffs. Weston department | heads want senior positions when | the two municipalities merge, but this demand will largely deâ€" pend on what York council| egrees to. l Weston doesn‘t like this idea because there would be a good chance that no one from Weston would be elected in the westâ€"end ward because it would be so large. . York, on the other hand, wants to divide the new borough into four wards, two elected from cach ward and a three man board of control elected at large. Weston wants York divided into five wards, two elected from each ward and a three man board of control elected at large. The idea is to make Weston and Mount Dennis north of Eglinton Ave. one of the wards. He said it was up to his council to prevent York from selling Weston down the river. In a letter to the two councils, O.M.B. told them to redefine the new Borough of York ward boundaries and submit the changes to the Board at the "earliest possible date." Councillor Lioyd Sainsbury acâ€" cused York of refusing to negoâ€" tiate with Weston in good faith. Try as they may, York townâ€" ship and Weston councils just can‘t agree on the terms of their shot gun marriage. The latest barbs to be hurled at York came from Weston counâ€" cillors Monday, when they reâ€" ceived a firm warning from the Ontario Municipal Board that any differences they fail to settle will be resolved for them by the Board. & | lalked in generalities" rather | than outline the approach and ‘k‘rd of study they expected to | make. â€" Councillor Jim Trimbee comâ€" | which time th mented if golfing | buffs must weeks visiting practice, they can always do so | and . sonâ€"inâ€"law on the conservation park lands Roy Dancey a Golfers who have been using Cruickshank‘ Park as a practise field better take their. last swings w age C9 s eC us is Urs _ Clarkson was â€" instructed by council to give contractors anoâ€" trer week to submit their tendâ€" GOLFERS NOTE The $85,000 plaza ‘will be a series of steps and terraces, lardscaped with maples and shrubbery. to build Centenmial® Plaza Cruickshank Park, town c George Clarkson informhed c cil Monday. > Both also said that while it is planning board‘s right to apâ€" point its consultants, it is up to council to supplslrLt.he money. And as Controllee Hurlburt sees it, council will want a betâ€" After tenders were called. only one contractor submitted a bid ter idea of what the study will entail than it has now, before shelling out $135.000 to make it. Councillor _ Lloyd Sainsbury asked the Parks Director why a dead elm on private property had not been removed and Wilâ€" son replied that council decided diseased elms would be removed from public property first. He also noted that until reâ€" cently, council was not entitled to remove dead elms on private property. playing in the Weston nursery The «tree was wind. ® The parks and works departâ€" ments should be given emergâ€" eney powers to remove dead elms on private or public propâ€" erty if they look dangerous. Parks director Tug Wilson told Weston council Monday. He made the remark after one councillor said that no one could be blamed for the tree that crashed down and killed a child Parks Director Wants Emergency Powers To Remove Dead Tree "Widow Makers" nter of vears in the teach: Having recently sold their e pfanen i s oo hoe o westen,. ie Miom Tumpane _ Public School, QuUOdale‘s moved to . Preston, with a pupil enrolment of ODtario, where they lived 758 and a Staff of 24, is a prngusly Ior'zc years and @ far cry from the days when e'”'_’yt many flrle:d:i. and asâ€" ! Mr. McCorquodale launched _ $OCi@tes as a long time memâ€" his career at the little one. D€" and Past Master of the s room school house, S.S. West 297 Masonic Lodge. In Augâ€" Zorra Township, Oxford Counâ€" _ USt. they will attend a reunion : ty, and 48 pupils in assorted 4t the school in West Zorra. grades. Reflecting on his past 41 # years as an educator, he & WESTON RESIDENTS Said that there had been & A graduate from McMaster _ many cycles. and changes, % University, for the past 11 _ some successful, others provâ€" & years with the North York en not so and discarded, but Board of Education he has felt the biggest change in been principal of Gorman, education was to come in the & Park, Pelmo Park and Tumâ€" very near future and with § pane public schools, and for this prospect, philosophically > ‘hine of the 11 years. he and agreed | that within â€" North * his wife~ Margaret lived on York‘s Board of Education fi Queenslea Drive, Weston. Alâ€" there were many, â€" ready, g though his profession occuâ€" qualified and willing to impleâ€" Only One Bid For Centennial Parks Project WESTON RESIDENTS A graduate from McMaster University, for the past 11 years with the North York Board of Education he has been principal of Gorman Park, Pelmo Park and Tumâ€" pane public schools, and for mine of the 11 years. he and his wife~ Margaret lived on Queenslea Drive, Weston. Alâ€" though his profession occuâ€" Tumpane _ Public School, with a pupil enrolment of 758 and a Staff of 24, is a far cry from the days when Mr. McCorquodale launched his career at the little oneâ€" room school house, S.S. West Zorra Township, Oxford Counâ€" ty, and 48 pupils in assorted grades. head for the wide open spaces. In similar accord, Marshall McCorquodale, B.A., Principal, Tumpane ° Public School, will be tidying his desk for the last time and closing his book on the final chapter of years in the teachâ€" ing profession. â€" By Kay Neapole In a few short weeks from now, children will be chantâ€" ing "no more pencils, no more books . . ." as they slam shut their desks and ‘No More Pencils, No More Books' Tumpane School Principal Retires sand box of a school recently. toppled by the clerk counâ€" Mount Dennis Couple Celebrate Gold Wedding In Victoria B.C Mr. and. Mrs. Joseph Ince of Mount Dennis, have just returnâ€" ed from an extensive trip to Victoria, British Columbia, at which time they spent several weeks visiting their daughter the Royal Canadian Legion inâ€" vited Weston Council to attend its cighth annual Remembrance Scrvice. The ceremony will be beld June 12, 3 p.m. at Cross of the Sacrifice, Veterans Burial Section of Sanctuary Park Cemeâ€" tery. Llet‘s Do Better This Year Perry © Tells Town Council Councilior Wilbert Perry urged counciliors to attend, stating that last year comments were made about :.poor council repreâ€" sentation. The mecting was held to conâ€" sider district plans recently After he accused Curtis of launching a _ vendetta â€" against him, Service cut him off and ruled him out of order. Blustein Monday, _ demanded an impartial and open investiâ€" gation of Curtis‘ actions, claimâ€" ing all his attempts to get a hearing. on his 80 acre project had been blocked. The statement made by deâ€"| veloper Jack Blustein at council | Monday, _ followed _ a recent | charge by a former township‘ architec that Curtis imposes his own conditions on _ developers rather than making them comâ€" ply with zoning regulations. The charge made by architect George Tonks is under investiâ€" gation by Reeve James Service: North York‘s Planning Direcâ€" tor John Curtis was called jusi about every name under the sun by a developer who accused him of blocking all attempts to develop 80 acres of land in the northâ€"east section of the townâ€" ship. Expressing concern that there are quite a few "widow makers" in Weston and Metro that should be destroyed, Wilson asked counâ€" c for permission ‘to remove munity | activities such as, golf and curling. Members of Westminster United Church, Marshall McCorquodale servâ€" ed on the nom:;'.g( tewards and in 1964â€"65 ufruidnnt of North York Public School Principals‘ Assn. pied a large part of in school and his wife enjoyed comâ€" Service Defends Top Planner Against Attack By Developer (Continued on page 3) ced that within North His successor at Tumpane k‘s Board of Education next September is Mr. C. e _ were many, ready, Proctor, at present principal, lified and willing to impleâ€" McKee Avenue Public School. i5 tveicn ie on ce io e en eerenimone ree i iopnoom o m reegniie masornne ‘D" 2 Council of tend, stating | missioner D. W. Snow said the imments were | directory is designed to encour council rem[-amvmn-m ship recreation facilities Nrs. J. E. Heslop, Greater Metro west representative said the Weston organization was one of the first in Ontario. It was | founded by the late Rev. W. M. | MacKay. from Km, W“‘“‘““‘“ daughter and family in Weston, During their visit Mr. and Mrs, Ince celebrated their 50th wed ding dnniversary, and a small rmpdnmheuu.nh-‘. of their daughter. c congratulations . were =.d from Kent Encland thair aÂ¥heaw All Welcome To Garden Club Meeting In Arena Parks Directory Lists Them All It also gives the addresses of the three aremas, 50 ball dia monds, bowling grecns, 17 comâ€" munity centres,â€"ice rinks, swim At the mecting to be held in Weston Arena, Mrs. Heslop said she will suggest changing the name to the Weston Garden club, so that homeowners and those interested in gardening will realize that it will be an organiâ€" zation to serve them. The where and the what of it all will be explained in . the "Recreation Facility Directory" which will be distributed to all North York homes next week. The directory, prepared . by the parks and recreation deâ€" partment, lists the names of the 161 township parks and how to get to them. A mecting will be held Wedâ€" cesday. June 8 at 8:15 p.m. to reorganize the Weston Horticulâ€" ture society which disolved a few years ago. these trees without going through the normal channels. Council agreed to review its tree removal policy at next Monâ€" day‘s meeting. With the home in Preston overlooking a golf course, there seems no doubt that Mr. and Mrs. McCorquodale will be teeing off on the greens during the months ahead, and from here on in, looking forward to a life above par. GUEST AT PELMO Scottish by ancestry, a sparkle of good humor with a twinkle in the eye, Marshâ€" all McCorquodale has been well liked and warmly esâ€" teemed by his staffs, colâ€" leagues, parents and pupils. A week or so ago, he was guest of honor at Pelmo Park teachers‘ reunion, and dinner guest at Beverley Hills Moâ€" tor Hotel with the Tumpane Home & School executive, to whom he gave full support, receiving a farewell gift pre" sentation. As the last school days slip by, his forthcoming retirement will be honored by a host of people at several planned gatherings. ment new systems of instrue= COPIESs 10 cEnts