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Weston Times (1966), 12 Oct 1967, p. 11

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‘get on and efâ€" aid Mr. pointed rill lead me way d more will 14 In a recent Weston Times ediâ€" torial it was suggested that there eould be improvements made on the names chosen‘ by our senior citizens for their clubs. Perhaps the person writing this editorial didn‘t fully realize that the names chosen by our senior citizens, such as Sunshine, Harmony and Friendship Clubs, represents exactly the type of atâ€" mosphere the senior generation wants emanating from their clubs. Senior citizens .gather together for just that warmth of fellowâ€" ship, harmony and friendship which their name implies. To ask them to change their names to such as goâ€"go group, the hippies, ‘Sunshine‘ and ‘Friendship‘ are Darn Good Names for Senior Clubs: Columnist A HOUSING CONFERENCE â€" Elvio Del Zotto, (left), Liberal candidate in Yorkview, talked with Liberal Party â€"chief, Robert Nixon about the escalatâ€" ing cost of housing. The two were dis cussing how, with the Liberal plan to assume 80 percent of the costs of edu cation over five years, the cost of houâ€" sing will be slashed. Del Zotto told his leader of some of the problems of Yorkview, citing especially the extreme pollution of the Humber River and the red tape and bureaucracy of the present administration when it came to helping the residents of St. Lucie Dr. whose homes were sliding into the Humber. * â€" October 17 is an important day for residents of Onâ€" tario. We are given the privilege of really working at democracy instead of merely reading or talking about it. Our Provincial election, October 17, provides the opportâ€" unity for all of us to share the responsibility of living in a free land. Use your vote â€" it‘s too precious a privilege and responsibility to ignore. en o on n on Sn in on E observation, coordination, endurance and a quick eye to capture the prize of the hunt. However, hunting microâ€" wave and radio antennas and telephone cables requires none of these qualities. Such "hunting" gives you nothing â€" no physical exercise, no excitement, no reason to brag of success. In fact, shooting at microwave and radio towers or telephone cables is much like turning your gun on a friend. These communications networks help you prepare for a hunting trip by carrying reports on weather, forest fires or floods. When hunters become lost or injured, comâ€" munications again plays a major role in coordinating search and rescue efforts to save their lives. You can see then how foolhardy it is to waste ammunition taking potâ€" shots at one of the hunter‘s best friends, Communications links could save your life on a hunting trip. A moving target is the true challenge to a hunter‘s marksmanship. gigantic problem. Not hunters, but elephants, The animals have discovered that telephone poles are marvelous backâ€" scratchers and they are causing static by rubbing against the wires. Itchy elephants are o:-l:;blem we don‘t have, of course. However, we do c ler any problem with your telephone service a big one. That‘s why we try to :revemmble before it starts â€" our underground cable kept under pressure so that we will be warned of any damage or break, we keep a close eye on our overhead cable, and we ask you to please take care. when Bunting Just consider: Lincoln needed only 267 words for the Gettydmr{ Address and Shakespeare used just 363 for HnmLet‘: amous golil::uy “I“g be or not ': be." Sodwhm you have something to say to someone away, do Long Distance â€" a real bargain. l‘qnell:ldllf your ca% are within Ontario and Quebec and you any evening A lot. Slow talkers can get in about 450 words, while people who talk fast can whiz through about 750 words. Many important ideas can be expressed in three minutes. after 8 o‘clock or anytime Sunday. In Southern Africa telephone repairmen have a really How much can you say in a threeâ€"minute shone call? exciting sport which demands patient Mr. B. E. Brackenbury, your telephone manager BELL LINES JANE PARK & MOUNT DENNIS By Marion GUNDY _ Recently works commissioner Colin MacDonald complained that !the York board of education was | very weak in assuming its obliâ€" / gations to maintain the lawns of | the boulevards and cleaning the ; snow off the sidewalks. Parks Director Al Savage thinks that York‘s general image could stand somge improvement. He was referring to the need for better grass cutting maintenance of public and private boulevards throughout the borough. said, would be a vast project. Large landowners are involved, such as CNR, Ontario Hyd o, private clubs and school board contributing to the problem, as well as the borough itself. Beâ€" cause maintenance is the responâ€" sibility of many â€" departments there is no one commissioner having a specific duty in this reâ€" gard. Mr. Savage suggested to board of control that one authority sess costs against the department involved. Also snow removal on public land could be placed unâ€" Parks Chief May Launch Antiâ€"Litter Bug Campaign PIONEER 450 the versatile, compact chain saw. .. for the economyâ€"minded! M _ ONEER (@) cHam saws SEE YOUR NEAREST PIONEER DEALER I Mwm'kt WW.M’W 21 Elrose, Weston . job adequately,he _ _ 21 Elrose, Weston _ CutRite Mower Service 47 Lippincott St., Toront 17 gracefully glide across the floor to the flowing strains of the waltz. Often these clubs mames oriâ€" ginate in the area and go back to a time when these senior citizens were young people themselves. The Harmony Club a senior citiâ€" times the active Harmony Club that the gang belonged to when he was young, and it was to perâ€" petuate the memory of this club that the present group called their floor doing the latest two churches on Pritchard Ave. is alcase in point. President Ben have their whizâ€"bang, space noâ€" bers retain their aspirations too. FENCE MENDING taken a look at fencing needed in parks and figured the cost at $23,690 if completed in one year. It would require a total of 11,845 of York and Metro Toronto Police Band will all participate. DEMAND FOR TENNIS COURTS York Park‘s Commissioner, Al Savage, reported to Board of Conâ€" trol on Wednesday that he is reâ€" ceiving requests from every area in the borough for added tennis pies, bake sales and bazaars. It recreation department to set up a tennis program in the borough. The cost of providing such faâ€" borhood of $1,500. per location. York would require five or six tennis courts. It has been suggested that two courts be started in 1968 on a tors available. It is hoped that ject themselves. y â€" CONVENTION IN MIAMI Park Commissioner, Alfred Savâ€" age, will be attending the Nationâ€" al Recreation and Park‘s Conâ€" gress at the Fountainbleau Hoâ€" tel, Miami, Florida from Decemâ€" ber 3 to 9. FALL TIME FOR BAZAARS with their knitting needles, makâ€" tlubs and help ~manage the proâ€" is the time when the ladies across favorite fall fair. LEGION BAZAAR for The chilly breezes whistle , Branch No. 31, at 1050 area. Mr. Savage York‘s fall bazsar and bake sale to be rg-m.aucu.u :30 p.m. reports Bunny Kinley, Convener of the bazaar is Mrs. Mangaret Nicol. Tea will be seryâ€" ed throughout the afternoon. A plentiful supply of hand knitting, bake goods .and gifts for Christâ€" mak giving "will make it most Proceeds areused for the variâ€" ous charities and projects of the ladies auxiliary who make reguâ€" lar visits to veterans in Sunnyâ€" brook hospital, help with retardâ€" ed children and donations to the JOE‘S RECORD IN THE AREA OF MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT . . Elect Joe 6 "A Qualified Man Who Knows ® You! Well The Needs of the People Acti he is Serving" eti« YORKVIEW ! view" North York Family Man ©@ Married, 2 sons, 2 daughters North York Businessman North York Rooster ® Memberâ€" Township Council On Active Service e GOULD COMMITTEE ROOM: 38A MATTSON ROAD, « @ Pension Consultant © Queens Own Rifles 1st Battalion, 1940â€"1944 An Active Man . . . and A Man of Action.: JOE KNOWS YJORKVIEW YORKVIEW KNOWS JOE! Member Businessman‘s Association Member North York Member Home & School Association | _ Member Lions Club Member Community Member Canadian Legion Another group of ladies of the gion Hall on Weston Rd. to sup~ port these projects. ° LIGHT UP SMYTHE PARK ‘The decision of York board of control to widen the asphalt walk through Smythe Park from Edin‘ borough Ct.‘to Jane St. and proâ€" fund. 4 BINGO EVERY WEDNESDAY more lighting is a necessary JOE‘S PLATFORM OF PROGRESS: FOR YORKVIEW ©. The costs of construction need to be reviewed from time Yorkview needs much more attention than it has had in the past â€" TRAFFIC, ROADS, PARKS, RECREATION There must be coâ€"ordinati®n of effort and planning betâ€" ween local and Provincial governments to save time and money for the taxpayers and produce what is best for the people that must live with it. Joe Gould is the key to this coâ€"operation as a planner and Alderman. ~/ Activities for our younger people, housing and security for the parents: Joe Gould is the man for action.. Your voice will be heard at Queens Park with Joe Gould to speak for you | paâ€"t Your problems will be solved by the man whose record is The ever rising costs are a strain on all those with penâ€" sion or fixed income. Apartments rentals increase with every slight excuse and should be controlled. Action Joe Gould. causd of the incidents in both vandalism and morality problems in Smythe Park. Residents of Edinborough Ct. find this ‘short cut invaluable to St. bus. They should be able to walk through this park in perfect safety night or day. That feeling of assurance has not been felt in the past. In fact many local residents wouldn‘t go near this park at night and have ping and to make use of the Jane THE WESTON TIMES â€" Thursday, October on boy Mhdes Gar youtnit are reacting to the teaching of _ arts and crafts in York public M,m“‘t'rb*' f seeing the display chidren‘s . paintings â€" and : their â€"craft ~worlk : M-flhnczm ‘A... ,‘ public library, Eglinton Ave. : West, October 12 to November

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