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trees which are an ssential part of the landscape and a very necessary â€" asset during such hot summers as these to pro: vide shade and protection to our lawns and gardens against thc blazing sun. These fine elms, dying and dead, mar the landâ€" scape and deplete our timber resources. In the cottage counâ€" try around Simcoe, you see as many as eight or 10 elms dying en a lot about 200 by 50 feet. In _ this â€" day . of science and forestry, know how to cope dread disease which In _ this â€" day of â€" advanced science and forestry, we do not know how to cope with this dread disease which is suppos ed to have been imported with timber from Holland years ago. They asked us to save out timâ€" ber from the fire bug, but who‘s going to save these trees from the deadly eim disease which is slowly but surely deâ€" pleting our landscape? Yours truly, Charles H. Gardner, Robert Street. r Will All Our Eims Die? Letter At a works committee meetâ€" ing in North York this week, the chief of the Metro Air Polâ€" lution Control Division said the mew air pollution control bylaw may contain a clause which will prohibit housewives from shakâ€" mg dust mops outside. Another clause he added, will allow Metro â€" residents to â€" barbeque sieaks outside, but not to overâ€" cook them. Burning steaks will It is a great shame to see the fast disappearing elm tree in this country because of the Dutch Elm disease. Etobicok¢‘s _ famous _ bylaw which regulates the temperature oi bathwater, sounds pretty sane compared â€" to â€" several bylaws Metro expects to pass later this year to curb air pollution. As I lock around our locality of Weston and district, I see these dead and dying eIm trees which are an essential The ward councillor, Joseph Gould has been alternately pushâ€" ing and waiting for the comâ€" munity library for over five years. Dear Sir The sod digging ceremony for the westâ€"end‘s long promised new library should be held this fall if everything goes accordâ€" ing to schedule, North York libâ€" rarian John Dutton stated Tuesâ€" day. According to Mr. Dutton, more people will be reading more books in the Amesbury and Maple Leaf community which the new library will serve. Experience has shown that many people won‘t go more than Promised Long Ago Mop Shaking & Steak Burning Outlawed In New Metro Bylaw Amesbury Gets A New Library CALL 241â€"5211 q R C es m‘ m m vikno For Home Delivery 1 Godfrey, chairman of the townâ€" ship traffic committee, pushed a motion through the committee last week to investigate ways to eliminate or at least reduce "sex and sin" problems occurâ€" ing at the driveâ€"in restaurants. Since he announced his camâ€" na.gn to "clean up", letters of support have poured into his ofâ€" flce and home by troubled resiâ€" Some are reputable establishâ€" ments, while others are hangâ€" outs for hoods," he said. Youngsters, just old enough to [ Cents living beside driveâ€"ins qualify for drivers licences, | Godfrey said. R "‘make it hell" for some resiâ€"‘ Last week the traffic commit Gents living beside driveâ€"in resâ€" | tee decided to ask police to keer taurants, Ward 4 Councillor Paul i a closer watch of these estab Godfrey says. ‘lishments and asked the Metre When Planners Approve The Plans Jane Street Will Be All Highâ€"Rise Despite a North York planâ€" ning study which recommends highâ€"rise buildings, planning board has consistently turned down applications to build apâ€" artment buildings on Jane St. between Lawrence Ave. and Highway 401, said Councillor Joe Gould yesterday. Along this strip, you won‘t {ind a single building more than a couple stories high," said the ward councillor. Gould says planning board has rejected recent highâ€"rise apâ€" plications as "preâ€"mature" beâ€" cause <it is not yet known how much traffic Jane can take when the Highway 400 extenâ€" sion to Eglington Ave. is comâ€" pleted and because of the Metro Conservation Authority. be deemed an infraction to the bviaw he said. The authority is in the proâ€"| cess of rerouting Black Creek and has not yet decided what | lands it will reserve for parks.t Metro he explained, won‘t nave inspectors to enforce these provisions. They are just there a mile to borrow a book, the chief librarian said. The library will be situated in a strategic location, Amesbury Plans To Ban "Hell Drivers" From Driveâ€"In Restaurants Seeks Reduction Of Auto Pollution The request to the solicitor was made by the North York works committee Monday after chairâ€" man Murray Chusid noted that the United States has passed legislation requiring new automobiles to be equipped with exhaust inhibitors. Because the autmobile is recognized as one of the key sources of air pollution in Metro, North York will ask the township solicitor if Metro has the authority to restrict the amount of poison and gases emitted from cars. Some councillors, including Joe Gould and Murray Chusid don‘t |feel that the problem is quite |as serious as Godfrey makes it |out to be, but Godfrey says he \kas« the letters to prove his case. Last week the traffic commitâ€" tee decided to ask police to keep a closer watch of these estabâ€" lishments and asked the Metro licencing ,commission what conâ€" trol it has over them. Owners will also be requested to coâ€"operate by chaining off tacir properties â€" after ew hours and council will be to consider an early closing byâ€" lew. in case Metro receives comâ€" plaints‘md meeds the authority for inspectors to restrict mop shaking and steak burning. Applications to build apartâ€" ment buildings which were teâ€" cently turned down, include one at Jane and Queens Dr., Queens just east of Jane and the corâ€" ner of Jane and Maple Leaf Dr. Park beside Lawrence Ave. beâ€" tween the skating rink and the Amesbury community centre. (Continued on page 7) Councillor Gould said, and what lands will be released for deâ€" velopment. Just North of stores at Jane and Lawrence, developers have purchased single family homes for space to build 2 large comâ€" mercial and apartment project, Gould said. This application is presently under study by planâ€" ning board. _ _ Gould said a planning study recommended in 1958 that the whole east side of Jane St. should be used for highâ€"rise apartment projects and he hopes that the study is soon adopted. Just south of Queens Dr. and St. Phillip‘s Rd. bridge, a one lane traffic nuisance and a link :o the horse and buggy days, will be replaced with a fourâ€" At a secret meeting of Weston and York counâ€" cils Monday, agreement was reached in 10 of 13 issues which have to be resolved before the merâ€" ger of the two municipalâ€" ities January 1 next year. Points that the two councils agreed on at the closed meeting include the automatic appoint ment of a Weston resident on the following boards and comâ€" mittees: library board, board of health, parking authority, arena board, planning board and comâ€" mittee of adjustment. York council recently notified the Ontario Municipal Board that it wants the new borough separated into four wards. The Weston mayor said the majority of York councillors indicated apâ€" proval of Weston‘s five ward proposal, provided that the presâ€" ent township ward boundaries aren‘t altered too much. This problem could easily be soived by making Weston and Mount Dennis a ward of 18,000 and leaving the other wards unâ€" cisturbed, remarked Mayor Bodâ€" dington. Weston council is hoping to get twc representatives on the Borâ€" ough of York council next year so that the town will have adeâ€" quate representation. @ The question of whether York‘s hydro system will be adâ€" ministered by council (as in YFork) or an elected commission (as in Weston). Weston _ Mayore Wes Boddington said yesterday that he hopes that "genâ€" eral gareement" has been reached on the other three issues too. @ The number of wards which mext year‘s Borough of York will have. will have or do without of ‘control. Some of the councillors are worried that they may lose large wOITICO that ‘hey may lose la;'gq segments of their "support e wards are radically altered, he added. a planned senior citizens proâ€" ject, another developer hopes to build an apartment comâ€" plex, he added. When both sides of Jane are built up, it could become a pres tige area, he concluded. @ Whether the new stretches across the Humber river near Weston Rd. south of Highway 401, will be torn down and replaced with a millionâ€"dollar new One soon. St. Phillip‘s Rd. bridge, which links HORSE AND BUGGY BRIDGE which ne spanner next year. A public notice which appears WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, SECRET MEETING PAVES WAY FOR WESTONâ€"YORK MERGER are HUMBER BRIDGE IS COMING : DOWN borough a board Mum:nwm;mbe mobile explosion a decade ago. one million ars, with uton{ recent bridge borrowing $100,000 to pay 10 per b‘h fkie ‘fln f k cent of the tab. \begun to show ‘its age, with The old brffige which crosses Cracks developing at the foundaâ€" the Humber River by the Wesâ€" tion. Only vehicles with gross moouflfl,nsbmlm‘nilhudllitwmsan on traffic joms since the autoâ€"| permitted to use il. borrowing $100,000 to pay 10 per cent of the tab. . The old brffige which crosses the Humber River by the Wesâ€" Following the completion of a comprehensive planning | study of Mount Dennis, York township council is moving fast to see that it is carried out. Several weeks ago, council reâ€" ccived Ontario Municipal Board approval to rezone the Buttonâ€" wood sector for high density apartments as recommended in the plan and council is presently studying "stage 2" which is the Mount Dennis area that centres oa Eglinton Ave. and Weston Rd. REDEVELOPMENT LAST MINUTE TOUCHâ€"UP: Weston‘s ; fin paints number while owner of the annual soap box derby was hElth nealt'l \i')ehgcle, playgfr(i\lmd ;upervisgr Waynke Weston Collegiate last night at Merri obson _ carefully chec is _ work. Park." Just® § = oth yo vexb'xi 'Pifi‘%f‘flvé‘i 4 The authors of the study reâ€" commended rezoning residential lands in some of the older disâ€" tricts to high rise as a means oi redeveloping the area. If council adopts the whole plan, Mount Dennis Plan Gets Priority Treatment Planners Work Hard To Change Its Face Dixon and Weston Roads, is a single lane. traffic teaser which authorities claim can‘t cope with rushâ€"hour auto jams. No one feels that the old bridge is a historical relic worth saving. the present Mount Dennis popuâ€" lation of 16,000 should more than triple in 20 years. Streets vezoned in the Buttonâ€" wood sector, just south of Toâ€" ronto Hospital, include Buttonâ€" By mmmdenu | township school board says. will be attendin York â€" Within a week the North York schools than are at present enâ€" |coucators are expected to give roled, a report submitted to the | «rchitects the green‘ light to | commence designing a new $3 C | million board of education buildâ€" ® g | ing. * North York Trustees Get A New Education Centre wood, Verona, Emmet and Goldâ€" win Avenues, Pinehill Cresc. and Jane St. Being now considered by planâ€" ring board and council said Reeve Jack Mould, are office In the cramped present adminâ€" istration _ building, _ executives share their offices with secreâ€" taries and every square of space is packed with books, desks and office equipment. The gross floor area used by the board for administration, storage and garages is 126,000 square feet. When the new buildâ€" ing is completed the square foot srea should increase to 235,000 squdre feet. The $3 million complex will soive these problems. A North York councillor last week blasted a Toronto magis trate for comvicting four ice cream vendors and then letting three of them walk off scott free. At a fire, light and traffic comâ€" mittee meeting, Councilior Paul Godfrey noted that one : vendor was convicted and fined $25 for selling iced products from a van which is forbidden by bylaw in the township, while three others tences. o | heavy . senter Said chairman of the commitâ€" câ€"eam vendot tee Godfrey: ‘The sentences | York streets. Consulting _ engineer _ Arthur Margison said if architects beâ€" girt immediately, designs should be finished in a year. It will take Blasts Magistrate For Letting â€" kke Cream Vendors Off Easily The site for the building has not yet been chosen. Trustees | have several locations in mind, { but don‘t reveal them ‘until one \is chosen. buildings and high rise strucâ€" tures at the important Weston Rd.â€"Eglinton Ave. intersection. NEED ASSESSMENT Per capita assessment in the (Continued on page 7) «nother 18 months to build the ecucation headquarters. In 1975 Mr. Margison said enâ€" rciment will be 126,053, a 55 per cent increase. This will necessiâ€" tate an administration staff inâ€" crease of 52 per cent over the present figure, he said. He said the building will be designed so that it can be enâ€" larged in 10 years, if the step is necessary then. At present prices, this addition should cost an extra $1.5 million, he estimatâ€" Few questions were asked when Mr. Margison outlined the project, and one trustee ‘comâ€" mented after the meeting the icason for this is that trustees are experienced in building schools but not administrations. were a farce and slap in the face /for North York. They were convicted of breaking the law heavy sentences." The Centennial building will be equipped with a swim pool, gymnasivum, recreation faciliâ€" ties, library, historical room, approval this month. TD â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"; SVE '-; ya_tuv to stay off North