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=h4 "Nothing," said the partâ€"time stuâ€" dent of about 30, "burns me up more than the way they run the night school program in Toronto." This man is taking A ‘free‘ course in electronics at & Toronto school and has seen his class drop from 45 stuâ€" dents at the beginning to seven who are still interested. Whether a $10 to $25 fee is charged to attend night school as is the case in the Borough of North York and York or whether the courses are free as they are in the city, the fact is that tens of thousands of students drop out before midâ€"term. Such a trend is clearly disturbing and a waste of taxpayers‘ money. Every fall, school boards set up the administrative machinery and hire droves of professional teachers at $15 and $20 an hour for a great invasion of part time adult students who inâ€" tend to take up dress making .or auto mechanies. M But the dropout rate is phenomenal. More often than not, 50 p.c. of the class stop attending after one,. two or three lectures and sometimes the rate is as high as 90 p.c. What a waste? Let us suppose that there is a class of 10 who pay $10 each to take 20 lessons in French from a teacher who is paid $18 per lesson. Add another $100 for. overhead (janitorial and adâ€" ministljafiv_e services, paper, etc.) Toâ€" tal cost to, let us say, North York North York officialdom usually disâ€" plays a negative attitude when‘conâ€" fronted by ratepayers who ask the municipality to cover or pipe in small watercourses. A good example of thi asiinard of control‘s recen 34 % storm sewer for a sthial ok thof a sanitation inspector admil® corflains at least one colony of rats. The waterâ€" course in question runs between homes on George Anderson Dr. and rence Area. Arrow Residents on these plained that the brook 20 B.A., Q.C., Barrister â€" Solicitor Notary Public Evenings by appointment 1938 Weston Rd. (at John St.) We specialize in all types of furniture upholstering Alfred H. Herman UPHOLSTERING NUâ€"LIFE Upholstering Ltd. Fraser & Simms 1944 Weston Road Opposite John Street ston, Ont. CH 1â€"1911 4 BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Howard G. Ashbourne, B.A. Carl W. Caskey, B.A., 9.C. ___ 2077 LAWRENCE AVE. w. (Just West of Weston Rd.) ! WESTON, ONT. â€" 247â€"6677 A Night School Incentive System BARRISTERS 1 Wilby Cres. CH 4â€"5697 Smith ASHBOURNE and CASKEY Autborized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment of postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $7.00 per year in advance to any address i'l Canada Professional â€" Business Directory Kd. in Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday V. J. McMillan, President and Publisher J. M. Jordan, General Manager B. M. Holmfi. Editor Telephone C 1.5211 â€" A ‘Negative Attitude the streets comâ€" is unsanitary Keeleâ€"Lawâ€" George W. Bull Other countries $9.00 Mt. Barrister and Solicitor Suite 202 The Westlaw Bldg. 1920 Weston Rd. Weston, Ontario CH 4â€"5547â€"8â€"9 And Repairing Wm. A. Riggs 1230 Jane Street | Piano Tuning )ennis _ RO 9â€"2841 Work Guaranteed MUSIC school board in this case would be $460 minus $100 in student fees or $360. Six of the 10 students drop out for various reasons before the 12th lesson. If four complete the course, the cost to the taxpayer per student is $90. This is an expensive proposition that hard pressed ratepayers should not be expected to bear â€" particularâ€" ly when the course would have only cost the school board $36 per student had all completed the French course. We suggest that York and North York trustees do their homework so that we don‘t have repeat performâ€" ances of this nature next year and the yvear after. They were elected to provide good education at a reasonâ€" able cost and in our book, duplicating small, uneconomic classes throughout the Borough is poor education at a very high cost. Perhaps the best way to solve this riddle would be to combine the best of the Toronto and Borough night school schemes. If students were given a financial incentive to complete their courses, the results might be astounding. One way that this might be accomplished would be to charge every student a $25~defosit, refundable only on sucâ€" cessfullx completing the course at the end of the year. The present extra curricular system of education obviâ€" ously doesn‘t work. Since the prime function of a trustee is to ensure the system does work, it is to be hoped that he has enough brains to make the necessary adjustments. and an ideal place for rats and skunks. Recently two little boys as well as several dogs and cats were bitten by rabid skunks. This in itself should be reason enough to pipe the small waâ€" courses. But an even more comâ€" A:&:%V reason is that North York is in the 20th Century and should run its sewer system underâ€" ground where it belongs instead of in people‘s backyards. A publicâ€"works program of this nature is costly; everyone knows this. But so are paved streets, schools, poâ€" lice, and a host of other municipal programs. Weston Weston Full guarantee on motor, automatics. Free scope check with tuneâ€"up, . free . whedl alignment check and estiâ€" mate. Courtesy car 1778 Jane St. CH 7â€"6590 Marsh, Goulding ACCOUNTANTS Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountant 1730 Weston Road Walter‘s Garage W. J. GALLICHAN LTD. REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE President 766â€"4136 1199 WESTON RD. W. J. GALLICHAN TORONTO 15 C. W. LEASK 1969 Weston Road GARAGES STANDARD SECURITIES LIMITED SKYLINE HOTEL BRANCH 655 Dixon Road, Rexdale, Ontario Phones 248â€"6631 Res, 241â€"2891 Member Toronto Stock Exchange J. Harry Frogley, manager CH 4â€"6061 CH 1â€"1129 INVESTMENTS REAL ESTATE RATEPAYERS . + © (Continued from page 1) velopment of the civic centre. He said if the board had not agreed to use land that was vacant and already owned by the municipalâ€" ity it would have been necessary to go out and expropriate a group of houses. _ One lady complained that the borough‘s stneet sweepens appear the street instead of placing them in a neat pile to be picked â€"up. Another citizen complained about 18 citizens Jiving in one bungalow health regulations. _ Albert Stoilard. former council member and another citizen comâ€" plained about the borough‘s areaâ€" nas being used 85 per cent of the time for hockey. York Mayor Jack Mould explained that the parks and recreation committee was looking into the division of ice time at the arenas which could lead to more #me for pleaâ€" sure skating. Run down buildings in some parts of the borough also came under attack from the citizens whe wanted the borough to do something about having the ownâ€" ers either demolish their dwelâ€" lings or at least put them back in a more presentable shape. Scarlat Albright, O.D. General Insce. Agency ‘337 Queens Drive \â€" 249â€"4825 Insuprance For Every Purpose Optometrist 1894 Weston Rd., Weston For Appointment Call CH 1â€"0701 Optometrist 2936 Dundas St. West (Dundas â€" Keele) Evenings By Appointment J. R. Currie, O.D. OPTOMETRY G. H. RICHTER "Have you considered devaluing the pounds? INSURANCE 766â€"2946 Nee A spokesman for Consumers Association of Canada has warnâ€" ed that some consumers are now using the new threeâ€"quart plasâ€" tic milk jugs to store pesticides, gasoline and cleaning solvents. "Childven have used them to play with and have returned the jugs to the dairies with bits of plastic and pencils in them,"‘ said Mrs. Norma Anne Carrier. "The storage of liquids other than milk causes the dairies to use éxpensive equipment fo wash away the odors that, shouldn‘t be there in the first plage,". she pointed out. _ [ ‘==~+~y Jugs Are For Milk Only of the Weston Area Swimming Pool Association to be held in the former COUNCIL CHAMBERS of the WESTON TOWN HALL, 2000 Weston Rd. on December 12, 1967 at 8:00 p.m. Reports of the various officers will be presented and nominations received for the 1968 Board of Governors. GRANT °GIBB, S‘ECR‘ET?ARY WESTON AREA SWIMMING POOL INC. 450â€"the low priced time tested farm saw HOLIDAYâ€"light weight and low priced Pioneer efficiency 11â€"20/11â€"50â€"the deluxe farm saws for farmers who think professional * / 4 -\V PIONEER (A) cham saws The Board of Governors cordially extend a welcome to members of the public to attend the WESTON AREA SWIMMING POOL ANNUAL MEETING 2530 Weston Rd. Maitland Equipment & Supply Ltd. 21 Elrose, Weston 23“12."“ cott. St. ippincott_ St., Southam‘s g:'wn MowerTmm R "”l'“'l |Keel.e CSt Toronto ex arine am ipment Rexdale Blyvd. & 4th Line m 677â€"3458 SEE YOUR NEAKEST PIONEER DEALER Power MEDICAL BUILDING 2160 Weston Rd. _ (at Church St. Traffic Light) DISPENSING OPTICIAN NEL J. MOREAU Oculist â€" Prescriptions Completed â€" Repairs â€" Duplications & Fitting: Shutâ€"In Service 248â€"1821 For a ;Jong time now I have been climing to: anyone within hearingâ€"distance that Great Britain is going right down the ‘irain. y The cluts were there for all to see when the Conservaâ€" tive party was in power, but now that Mr., Harold Wilson and the Labour party have taken over, the facts stand The recent devailuation of the Pound Ster}ing is yet anâ€" other bit. of evidence toâ€"give us all a better insight into the tragically t‘:lwd Britain‘s economy. The coming ise possibly first reared its ugly head shortly after the beginning of the 20th Ceritury when, the world‘s countries who were the world‘s greatest tradeg, has never recovered. In modern times however, in the guise of working for the common good and welfare of the people, successive British goverhâ€" ments seem to have taken more steps to add to the misery of the common citizens. . When industry for instance appears to be growing fat, complacent and lazy, one might think that the government should ‘lower the protective walls so that manufacturers would be forced to meet world competition through the introduction of modern and competitive production techâ€" niques. Instead, Prime Minister Wilson increases tariffs and adds a 15 p.c. import surcharge on top of that, How by increasing the high cost of consumer goods to even higher prices, Mr. Wilson expects to increase exports, I don‘t know. Nor can I figure out how he will export more goods to protect the Pound by encouraging British industry to become even more inefficient than it is now by giving the protectionists even more protection. This unfortunately is not the only crime that Mr. Wilson has imposed upon his subjects. Two years ago he introâ€" duced a severe wageâ€"price freeze which has since been despised by capital and labor alike. The aim of this plan was to prevent inflation and threai« to the British Pound. Instead, the wageâ€"price freeze has tended to put another burden on the back of labor and industry and to further curtail production. As I mentioned in a column several months ago, Mr. Wilson has withdrawn any incentive for British workers to increase productivity and at the same time have made it terribly difficult for eapable individuals to work hard to gain promotions. 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