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York West (Fed.) Liberal As sociation will hold its founding meeting, Friday, April 7 at 8 p.m. in C. R. Marchant Senior School, Raiph St., Weston. There will be three guest speakâ€" York West; James Walker, M.P. ers: Robert Winters, M.P. for for York Centre and Ralph Cowâ€" an. M.P. for York Humber. Hitchlock, Gould told some 200 Conservatives _ in _ Downsview arena that he would stand on his record of public service. The alderman said he has lived in Ward 2 for 20 years and is knownâ€"personallyâ€"byâ€"most of the residents there. He stated that 525 new families have moved into the area during the past year, and pledged hbe intends to visit every one of them. Alderman Joe Gould was nomâ€" inated Tuesday night to contest the riding of Yorkview for the Progressive Conservative party in the coming provincial elections. Winning the nomination on the second ballot against Isobel Walâ€" ker, W. Ross DeGeer and Ronald His opponents will be the sitting New Democratic Party Yorkview MLA Fred Young and Elvio Del Zotto nominated by the Yorkview Liberal Association. be "pitted against a hardened, seasoned socialist who like most of the NDP hierarchy is both a party official and a trade union organizer as well." Gould stated that if elected, his chief objective would be to seek increased provincial aid in eduâ€" cation and tax relief for property owners. In an introductory speech, Richâ€" ard Rohmer, Conservative lawyer and candidate forâ€" the Federal riding of North York, said the PC candidate in Yorkview will He charged that the New Demoâ€" crats have the full support of American controlled international trade unions which he said have hope to gain control of the governâ€" An organization dedicated to stem burgeoning bureaucracy at all levels of government has been launched by a committee of 100, said Dr. Norman Gunn, a Weston podiatrist, this week. A governor of the Humber Colâ€" lege of Applied Arts and Techâ€" nology, Dr. Gunn said the aim of the *‘Taxpayers‘ Union" will be to promote free enterprise and economic litéracy, launch econoâ€" mic research programs and to reâ€" mind the public that it has the right to limit mushrooming govâ€" ernment spending. CONSERVATIVE CHOICE FOR YORKVIEW The Ontario Housing Corpox‘a-{ The property is the last piece tion‘s proposed 1,200 unit Janeâ€" of a 600 acre marcel owned by Steeles housing project recéived | curtic aprt of the tract is now Ontario Municipal Board approval | 7 tay 5 ; Tuesday after being in the plm_(oc-cupuad hy York U., part is ning stage for several years. ‘Pioneer Village and another part The 95â€"acre project will consist was sold to and subdivided by a of row housing, six apartment private developer south of the buildings, a public and junior high OHC project. The project will accommodate up to 6,000 residents and it is expected that York University, immediately east. will acquire some of the property for use as student living quarters. Gould Pledges Education Tax Relief Despite Objections Front Lawns Taken to Improve Traffic Flow Residents of .Humber Bouleâ€" vard, Borough ‘of York, won‘t when York builds a 32 foot road in front of their homes, providing three lanes of traffic. Residents have already petiâ€" tioned against this proposal. Conâ€" troller Phil White doesn‘t apâ€" prove. At York Board of Control The 95â€"acre project will consist of row housing, six apartment buildings, a public and junior high school and several small parks. Walker, Winters . & Cowan Guests At Founding Meet OMB Approves Janeâ€"Steeles OHC Public Housing Project Committee of 100 to Stem Rising Bureaucracy, Taxes A question period will follow DRESS UP FOR SPRING! Soime of Canada‘s "dying sympâ€" toms‘‘ include "loss of freedom, loss of liberty, inflation, the reâ€" duction in the purchasing power of the dollar, oppressive taxes from the three levels of governâ€" ment, fast rising costs of igoods and services, and a multitude of other aches and pains which do not really have to be borne." erty away from these people." The sidewalk would be moved back about 5 feet. © Mayor Jack Mould stated it was a matter of volume of trafâ€" fic expected on this route. It will take traffic between Weston Road and Jane Street north of Black Creek. If Vaughan township does not object to the OHC scheme, North York council will approve a subâ€" division agreement. Contractors will then be asked to submit comâ€" petatives bids to control th archiâ€" tecture and design‘of the project. Dr. Gunn who is one of the chief coâ€"ordinators of the organiâ€" zation, said he personally opposâ€" es the socialist platforms of the major political parties and warnâ€" ed at the York South Conservaâ€" tive nomination meeting last week that ‘"enacting massive social welfare schemes has only sucâ€" ceeded in raisinz the cost of maintaining growing bureaucracy to an oppressive level for most taxpayers. The Taxpayers Union he said. will â€" launch a massive drive across Canada for membership with the help of the Canadian Economic Council and several other allied organizations. Dr. Gunn said the day has alâ€" most arrived when the deductions from the average working man‘s cheque is as great as the amount he is allowed to take home to buy | food, clothing, shelter and essenâ€" tials for his family. . on.. Wednesday. he..said "there|â€". Southâ€"of theâ€"ereek there will is no need to take all this proPâ€"| be a 28 foot road built to handle ortv awav fram thaca nannla "! W f N 2s _ | f L O W ER $ 7’, J For All Occasions. & CSVUONIAIMIEAS m# A\ 241â€"6 C .0 ._be _ increased _ byâ€" the factâ€"that a new secondary school to acâ€" ; comodate 800 students is being ! built on the south side of Humâ€" ber Boulevard. In the petition from Humber Boulevard â€" residents they â€" say that this road is going to turn what is at present a quiet resiâ€" dential street into a busy trafâ€" fic roadway. They feel that the increased flow of traffic will be a definite hazard for children living on the street, which will The residents claim that the increased flow of traffic will be a distinct source of annoyance to the senior citizens residing on this‘street. 4 increased Ilow of traittc will be Now that the York board of a distinct source of annoyance education has passed a motion to to the senior citizens residing send copies of the minutes of their on this‘street. â€" meetings to all organizations who They cannot see any logical request them, York federation of reason for diverting the traffic‘ ratepavers are asking York counâ€" from Alliance Avenue onto Humâ€" cil to do likewise. ber Boulevard. This traffic can, â€" On *"Tuesday council referred as it does at present, proceed this to the legislation and property along Alliance Avenue to Corâ€" committee. Mayor Jack Mould della and exit on to Weston Road. said that the minutes are now The petition was endorsed by placed on tables in the Municipal the Cordella Ratepayers Associaâ€" Building for anyone who wants to tion. | peruse them. development being planned bowler hats is Carl Munshaw of Thistletown. Bruce Poliard of Weston is the taller boy in backâ€" ground with peak cap. The bones and skeleton heads in this picture were discovered and recovered and recorded by photographer G. Knothe, April 28, 1911, when members of Westâ€" minster United Church began to prepare the ground at Weston Rd. just south of Lawrence Ave. for their mew church. This is now a vacant site which will soon be developed into an â€" apartment complex. In this picture, the boy in foreâ€" ground with the shovel is Leonard Draper and behind him on the extreme left is Lynne Munshaw of Lawrence Ave. W. and on the Archaeologists have a field day when a bulldozer or shovel operaâ€" tor bites into the earth and finds an ancient Indian burial ground, but how many residents of Wesâ€" ton are aware that 56 years ago one was found in their own town? Photo supplied by Mrs. Lynne Are You In The Picture? .at $5,000 will be §430. Trimbee, Nebleman Want to Ban Child jDis_criminution _ Ben Nobleman and . James Trimbee, aldermen of the | Borough of York are concerned |\ _ On Tuesday, the aldermen gave |a notice of motion to York counâ€" cil that in view of .the serious housing shortage, the Borough of York should irge the provincial government to enact the necesâ€" sary legislation under the fair ‘housing accommodation act to prevent . discrimination against tenants with children in apartâ€" ment buildings. Metro school board will probâ€" ably raise its rate by at least nine â€"mills to meet the increase in teschers‘ salaries and school eonstruction programs. If York increases its rate by a modest three mills and . Metro hikes the rate another two, last year‘s mill rate will jump from 74 mills to 88, a tax increase of $70 on a home assessed at $5,000. As s chool board and borough budgets begin to take shape, it is starting to look as though municipal tax payers are in for some whopping increases. Under Bill 81 which consoliâ€" | dates Metro, Weston‘s rate this! year will only be two mills less than York‘s although the rateE last year was 65.6 mills and 70.85 | mills respectively. t The grimmest prospect howâ€" ever, faces. Weston homeowners due to the merger of Weston and York. Th tax jump here could be as much as $110 meaning the 1967 tax bill on a home assessed Controller White said York is not yet in a position to strike a rate because departmental budâ€" gets have not yet been finalized. but he added that it is certain that there will be an increase. For the homeowner with a house assessed at $5,000 in North York, the 1967 tax increase is expected tb jump between $63 and $68 dollars. Taxes last year were $354.25, but this year may climb to $422.25. In York ‘according to budget chief Controller Philip White, the borough will definitely have to raise the mill rate to pay for expanding services and increased costs. against tenants with children. "Our Minutes Are Available" WESTON TAXES TO JUMP $110 WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967 ! He said that recemtly a heavy snowfall made it impossible for cars to get out of the valley. | _ The works department had been JOHN ST. CONTROVERSY Weston businessmen are still after York counctil to make the parking authority reduce rates} back to 10¢, instead of the 15¢ rate being charged now to park in the John Street parking lot. In aâ€"letter to York council, Denis Shute, secretary of federaâ€" tion of York ratepayers request a copy of the 1965â€"66 Financial Statement of the Bert Robinsom minor hockey league, as well as any other sports leagueâ€"in the Lindsay Cott, past president of the Weston businessmen‘s associâ€" ation addressed York council on Tuesday saying that they can see no justification for this raise beâ€" cause while this lot was under the jurisdiction of Weston it opâ€" erated at a profit. At the end of Douglas Peacock, president of Warren Park ratepayer associaâ€" tion complained to York council on Tuesday about the lack of snow removal on the Gooch Ave. hill in Warren Park. Of Bert Robinson Minor Hockey League ‘We‘re Doing Our Best" MacDonald Tells Peacock SENIOR CITIZENS KITCHEN HARMONY CLUB entertained patients at Runnymede hospital Tuesday evening. Included in this picture are Mrs. Helen Rea, Daisy Pedwell, Isobel Colledge, Nell Whiffin, Cissie Nelson, Elsie Terâ€" ry. Ethel Bailey, Dorothy Brooks, Queenie Parrick and Helen Turnock. For details on the "kitchen band" turn to Marion Gundy‘s column on page 5. York Refuses to Lower Parking Rates J. H. Boland, solicitor ~for| Alderman Doug Saunders movâ€" York stated that it is York‘s ed that because this was priâ€" policy that these financial stateâ€" veleged information, the rateâ€" mens be submitted to parks and payers direct their request diâ€" recreation commissioner as an inâ€"‘ rectly to the Bert Robinson minor ternal matter. hockey league. called early in the morning but didn‘t arrive until 10:1& a.m. At 11 a.m. the plows came along and removed snow Only on the north side of Skylark Road. borough which received financial| assistance from York. The number of users have dropped since the increase in rates and there are complaints from the customers. & Mr. Cott presented a petition signed by tenants and owners of property adjacent to the lot. Mayor Jack Mould said that this was not a council matter. It was a matter for the parking authority which is an atonomous board. It is the authority‘s preâ€" Works _ commissioner. â€" Colin MacDonald said they came as soon as possible. that it had been a late fall of snow and the snowâ€" removal equipment couldn‘t be everywhere at once. 1966 there was a surplus of $7, | _ The decrepit old building on | Dundas Street just west of Humâ€" ererest Blvd. once owned by Dayton Rubber Company is an eyesore to the community and ll)oug Peacock representing Warâ€" ren Park Ratepayer‘s Associaâ€" ‘tion. is requesting that York Council consider having this | building either demolished or {at least boarded up. | Mr. Peacock said that . it has | been unoccupied for the past Witnesses Plan Three Day Conference at Central High Three local congregations of Jeâ€" hovah‘s Witnesses have made plans to attend a threeâ€"day circuit gathering for fourteen of the 49 congregations in the Metropolitan area. The three congregations Weston, Mount Dennis and Dufâ€" ferin Heights â€" represent a total attending. N*cholas Henlisia,| local families a Waterbury Drive, Weston, of the nesses expect 1 Weston congregatino, stated: "Joâ€") gathering at | hovah‘s Witnesses stress full faâ€" School of Con mily participatio in â€" matters ‘|¢ 645 k workship." Honlisis further addâ€" and .& ed that a good example of this‘ 2. c Weston, Mount Dennis and Dufâ€" â€"â€" According to Henlisia the proâ€" ferin Heights â€" represent a total gram of the convention will be : of 198 Witnesses who will be‘appoaling to all members of the Recommend Keyes to Humber Memorial Hospital Board be a basis for discussion. We have no idea how much it would cost. H. G. Courtman, chairman, of the authority said that this lot will show a deficitâ€" every year for at least three years. If the merchants want to give the auâ€" thority a substantial offer to pick up the full deficit; there would On Tuesday York council re-lnight recently. commended that the name of| His essay r‘w goes on to the Gordon Keyes be submitted as world contest to be judged in representative from the Borough | Chicago in June of this year. The on the Humber Memorial hospital ; winner will receive a prize of board Ratepayers Ask Demolition Of Rat Infested Fire Trap rogative to set up and managef There will be a review in 6 lots according to their own! months, which is a minimum figures. â€" | time to get a true picture of opâ€" H. G. Courtman, chairman of rations. | $25,000. |recommended that a letter be : sent to the new owners informing | them that York has received a complaint requesting the demoliâ€" {tion of this building. Tom Tomks, age 18, grade 13 student at York Memorial Colâ€" legiate institute, and son ofâ€"Yorkâ€"â€"â€"â€" Alderman Chris Tonks, wrote an essay â€" the topic â€" PEACE, which was judged best in the local area. The contest; is promotâ€" ed by the International Lions to commemorate the 50th anniverâ€" % sary of World Lionism. Tom won a prize of $50.00 and presented with a plaque on civic night recently. three years and believes it to be a fire nazard and ratâ€"infested. At the Legislation and Properâ€" ty committee meeting Adlerman Cy Townsend recommended that the Health and Fire departments inspect the premises, and the local families attending. The Wite : nesses expect to gathering ul't:oufl is the family of 47â€"yearâ€"old Franz Wohlfahrt of John Street, Wesâ€" ton. Attending with Mr. Woh!â€" fahrt and his wife, Mary, will be their three children, Wilma, Greg tioned that in 1966 the Weston council was considering raising the rates. view the problem in 6 months. York Memorial Student Wins Essay Contest York. Now I‘ve heard everyâ€" thing," he said. He said, there is a central study being made in the Weston area and this would take 3 0 4 months to complete. When this is done it.will include parking lot probâ€" lems. Mr. Bo@dington hoped that SINGLE â€"COPIES 10 CENTS Controller Wes. Boddington, 241â€"6951 241â€"5261