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Like other Canadian univerâ€" sities, it will vainly try «o comâ€" pete with Quebec city in the annual celebration. York will be gin its frosty frolics with a dance on Friday, Jam 12, and end on Jan. 19. ‘The Canadian National Exhiâ€" bition board of directors meetâ€" ings should be open to the public and press, York Council unaniâ€" mously agreed. h ‘‘They want to spend the laxâ€" payers‘ money but they won‘t let them know what is going »n," declared Alderman Ben_ Nobleâ€" man. He accused the CNE directâ€" ors of acting like a private club such as exisited in 1901 when the fair was established. He also accused the directors of squandering $90,000 in public Ice sculpturing, skating, skidoo racing, hockey, and snow ball fights: all this is offered by York University in its annual winter carnival, The week‘s highlight is expectâ€" ed to be a dog sled race, in which the girls will (hopefully) drag the boys in tobaggans. Thurs, is movie night, and Friday features the skidoo finals. buildingigand over one acre site is in the path of the six lane Spadina Expressway. & The legion hall is on the west gide of Bathurst St. above St. Clair Ave. Metro had previously offered the legion branch $150,000 for the McGill and Steven Nyilis, Her vils are on display between 2 and 3:30 p.m. weekdays except Wednesdays and on Saturdays from 12 noon to & p.m. â€" Pelmo Park Ratepayers have "declared . war â€" against â€" North York‘s decision to close the public skating rinks" and are taking their fight right into the camp of borâ€" ough oftficials. John Sagar fired off the first in a round of salvos at parks director Douglas Snow, questioning the figâ€" ures used to defend official contenâ€" tion that community rinks were too expensive to maintain. Metro government is buying Canadian Legion Branch 2560 hall on Baghurst St. in York for $190,â€" building and site An art exhibition of works paintâ€" ed by Mrs. B. Aelane Opmalis, of Humber Blvd. is being held at Mount Dennis public library, 1123 Weston Rd. from now to Jan. 22. The artist studied under Jane Angry Pelmo Wants Rink Program Reinstated vOI. 7 McKeough Asked To Bust Open CNE Board Meetings Art Display At Library York U. Competes With Quebec For Carnival Honors In December last year president $190,000 For One Acre Legion Lot of Pelmo youngsters have to play on. Situated in the Gary Parkette between Gary, Wendell, Roseâ€" mount and. Walwyn, the narrow strip of ice is only a postage stamp compared to the surface parks and recreation department flooded for neighborhood youngsters last year. President of the local ratepayers, John Sagar, said residents A SIX FOOT WIDE ICE SURFACE is all hundreds 1978 Weston s CA m n t JANUARY FUR SALE [ , N ‘i u‘:-‘ 0-:., a 4 now m ruu swinG / / ~m 241â€"8951 3 Weston Rd. 241â€"8091 & C Mew 4 money on a $3,000,000 minirail that was never purchased. This action took place before Metro took over. 100000 + Because the CNE directors have already turned down the suggestion that their meetings be open to the public, York deâ€" cided «to ask the Minister of Municipal . Affairs S. W. Mcâ€" Keough to amend the Ontario Municipal Act making it mandaâ€" tory for meetings of this board to be open to the press, Also Metro council will be asked to approve this resolution. A graduate of Queen‘s in Arts and Science, Mr. Orr was associatâ€" ed with the Canadian Westinghouse Company as sales engineer over a period of 46 years and several years as manager of the Lamp Division at Head Office, Hamilton. He was a member of the Illuâ€" minating Engineering Society, and during his business career, travelâ€" led widely throughout Canada and made many friends. With his family, he resided in Toâ€" ronto and Weston â€" in the latter home for 44 years. During this time the family were members of Westminster United Church. Mr. Sagar. also took officialdom to task in thus depriving the childâ€" ren of pleasureâ€"skating facilities. He strongly urged the departâ€" ment to continue providing this service. After all, he said, "we are payâ€" ing taxes ... which help provide recreational facilities for ourâ€" selves" and we want to hang on to liam, Ont.) an infant son, William Franklin. Born in Kingston, to the late John Lewis Orr and Emma Jane Magee, he was elder brother to Lillian M. Orr, the late Maxwell L. C. Orr, and the late Dr. John H. Orr of Queen‘s University. _ Mr. Orr retired from business at the age of 70, but kept up a lively interest in municipal and political Copies, sent to Mayor Jim Serâ€" vice, controllers Gordon Huriburt, Basil Hall, Paul Hunt and Frank Watson and alderman Joe Gould have netted one reply so far. Controller Huriburt says he is in favor of the department continuâ€" ing to maintain the natural ice rinks. j William Johnston Orr, B.A., B.Sc. a resident of Weston for 44 years, passed away at Humber Memorial Hospital, Dec. 27, 1967 at the age Mr. Or is survived by his wife Ina L. Orr, song John Lewis of Ottawa, Douglas Johnston of Toâ€" ronto, daughters Dorothy (Mrs. R. Quinn of Chicago, IIL.) and Mary (Mrs. L. E. Hastings of Fort Wilâ€" When the parks department anâ€" nounced its decision last year, it Active In Politics He Westonian Wm. J. Orr, 83 in 1927 by The mayor told Metro Executive Committee last week that it was the decision making body and not department heads when it came to where and what civic funds are to be spent in any year. ‘‘We need reports on over exâ€" penditures by departments and under expenditures in order that we know the proper distribution of funds," Mr. Service said. Metro‘s auditor and treasurer will report to the committee on various methâ€" ods of budget control. North York Mayor James Serâ€" vice wants Metro government to consider a policy of budget conâ€" trol as a means of trying to keep the Metro tax rate in line this year. * The best kind of culture is the kind that taxpayers don‘t have to pay for, claims North York Mayor James Service. The mayor last week strongly opposed Metro ofâ€" fering tax dollars to subsidize summer concerts at the Canadian National Exhibition, The concerts would have a side attraction of wine and cheese and other tasty suggested that parents and other interested persons could keep the rinks open by using equipme?lt supâ€" plied by the department and in so doing, cut costs. Pelmo‘s secretaryâ€"treasurer, Caâ€" milla Kolanko, a mother of small children, claims there is plenty of hockey practice rinks available for youthful ‘hoékey players. ‘‘But it‘s the little kids and other youngsters wanting to skate for the fun of it who are missing out," she said. affairs. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Associa tion of Weston. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. J. Kenmeth Noble at the Ward Funeral Home, Weston Rd. on Dec. 30. Sponsors of the concerts admitâ€" ted that the annual deficits could reach $6,000, They also indicated that it might take four years for the concerts to reach a sufficientâ€" ly popular level to allow them to become self sustaining. Metro exeâ€" cutive committee has asked the CNE to see if it‘ can find a priâ€" ‘‘Even if 10 or more people got together to water and clean and keep. the rinks in good shape, it would be next to impossible to keep up such a pace throughout the winter months. People have other things to do, too," Mrs. Kolanko said. vate sponsor for the concerts. believe Pelmo Park contributes a lot more in taxes than it gets back in services. Most improvements are made in the eastâ€"end of the borough where all the controllers live, he claims. Last year the borough flooded and maintained 113 ice surfaces throughout the borough. This year, 65 community groups borrow North York equipment and have to flood their own rinks. Photo by Alexandra Studio Mayor Advocates Budget Control To Hold Down Taxes Service Opposes Tax Subsidies For Culture Interment was at Riverside Ceâ€" WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1968 gion, had ever been installed by a zone commander from the same branch. Ric Collins, a past president and first zone commander of the Wesâ€" ton branch, installed president John Wylie, second vice president John Burns, secretary Mrs. Irene Ham, treasurer Jack Burgess, imâ€" mediate past president Lloyd Sainsâ€" bury. As first viceâ€"president Jim Weir was in hospital, he will be installed at the next meeting. Executive committee members are Bill Morriss, Bill Beach, Ossie King, Marty Van Vught and Charâ€" lie Trinkwon. Padre is Rev.: R. J. Boggs. _ _ District commander Robert Staâ€" cey wa§ introduced to the memâ€" bers and a cheque in the amount of $1,400 was presented to him. Last Friday was the first time that a president of Rangers Branch 213, Royal Canadian Leâ€" This money will go into the milâ€" lionâ€"dollar _ Dominion Command Centennial Fund which will be used for various youth movements, pubâ€" lic speaking and bursaries. A program of musical entertainâ€" ment was presented by Billy Meek, Peter Glen and Jim McNulty, Scotsmen all. A happy coincidence, as newlyâ€"installed president John Wylie is also a Scot. â€" The new chairman went on to say that an ever expanding partâ€" nemhip between the Board and the teachers is vital, as is a new relationship between the board and its other employees. Only thus could they achieve their mutual goal of educational excellence. Refreshments . were provided, prepared and served, to 200 guests by the Women‘s Auxiliary, whose officers were also installed during the evening. ; Zone commander John Stephens, Dr. R. J. Christie, 1968 chairman of York‘s Board of Education, said in his inaugural address that any movement on Metro‘s part "toâ€" wards centralization of authority and power should be resisted." Stating that the local trustees are best capable of handling the local school system, he stressed that educational amalgamation is not the answer, since big governâ€" ment is not necessarily good govâ€" ernment. No encroachment by the Metro School Board on York‘s auâ€" thority should be condoned. * ducted the followin# election of officers; president Olive Mattison, Another volleyâ€"wasâ€"fired recently when ‘Mr. Sagar sent letters to over 80 ratepayers‘ organizations and community groups throughout North York, asking support in their Pelmo ratepayers stand "at the ready" and will continue to take the offensive in this battle against the cutting down of public use of public property, Mrs. Kolanko said. efforts to get the parks depart ment to reâ€"open the ice rinks. 1968 Sapol Board Chairman Legion Installs: Men and Women Officers A weighty problem facing the Christie Opposes Giant System A stormy debate was held at the inaugural meeting of the North York board of education on wheâ€" ther a separate school appointee should have the right to hold an executive position on the board. The fiery oratory was sparked by Ward 1 trustee Val Scott who charged that Robert Bradiey, a North York representative of the Metro separate school board, has no real right to let his name stand for the position of viceâ€"chairman ‘ On the night of the installation District Commander Tony Stacev presented a centennial certificate to Tom Wilcox, chairman of the of the board. â€" Trustee Bruce Bone was unaniâ€" mously elected chairman when the vote was taken after 90 minutes of debate and Trustee Douglas Malcolm bumped Bradley on a close vote for the viceâ€"chairmanâ€" ship. * * Mount Dennis Legion, Weston Rd. have elected their officers for 1968. P Doug Grant has been reâ€"electâ€" ed to the presidency for another year and "Bunty" LeSarge was reâ€"elected as president for the Ladies Auxiliary. . Half the trustees> stood behind Scott who ¢laimed that Bradley should not be chosen since he was not elected as a public school trusâ€" tee. The other half supported Bradâ€" ley who they contended had a tight to stand for the second top job since there is nothing in the law books that says it isn‘t legal. At the beginning of the meeting Scott fought for and eventually got permission from the board to state why he was so violently opposed to a separate school appointee beâ€" ing elected to the viceâ€"chairmanâ€" ship. centennial committee while other first viceâ€"president Victoria Cressâ€" well, second vice president Marâ€" jorie Kirkham, secretary Mary Moore, treasurer Ann Meyer, exeâ€" cutive members Mary Burgess, North York has backed down on its stand flnt it will not hand over $2,100 to Metro government which representéd fines collected in a Willowdale court under the Construction, Safety Act. Metro Executive Committee in December decided to place the whole issue in the hands of its solicitor for possible legal action. North York thought better of the matter and would pay the money. Metro ed that the money had originally got into the hands of the borough through a clerical error. it and the public. It was later moved by trustee Frank Oke that more advertising should be. done in the local papers to acquaint the borough‘s citizens with the eduâ€" cational opportunities and proâ€" grams available. In order to combat these faults, the chairman said a reorganization of the system was necessary. "We must continue to constantâ€" ly re â€" appraise our educational philosophy. To experiment for the sake of experimentation is wrong; to be afraid to pioneer is worse." As a result, he hoped that the 1968 system would never be averâ€" age or mediocre. N. York Hands Metro $2,100 In Court Fines Scott Knocks Catholic Off Senior . North York School Board Position Recalling last July‘s vote when Bradley was elected viceâ€"chairman of the board following the resigâ€" nation of the chairman who moved to British Columbia, Scott said he "registered disgust" with other trustees at the way the wote went. ‘"Education is and should be a conâ€" tinuance and a continuing thing," and equal attention should be paid to all educational spheres. _‘ Board in 1968, Dr. Christie said, is the lack of communication between Mount Dennis Legion He would not have brought the issue up in public at this time the Ward 1 trustee said, if it could have been handled in private. During the July election, Bradâ€" ley "appealed to me not to raise the issue" in public because: it would damage public confidence in the board: he was concerned about the health of his wife; he would Doug Grant Reâ€"elected President To elect Bradiey would seriously split and ruin the effectiveness of the board for the duration of his period in office, Scott predicted. Trustee Jack Newton who has clashed with Scott on previous ocâ€" casions, took exception to a charge that Scott made in a memo that some trustées "prostitute themâ€" selves" to get appointed to posiâ€" tions on the Metro board for the sake of an annual allowance of only be viceâ€"chairman of the board until the end of 1967, Scott said. Mr. Chairman," de m a n d ed Newton, "I would like him (Scott) to name the members of the board who have prosfituted themselves shut up!" Scott later replied that he would be a fool to name these trustees because of the laws of liable, but added that in private*conversation several declared they would like to serve on the Metro board because they "need the money." Robert Bradley declared that Scott had not produced "oné iota" of evidence on why he should not let his name stand for chairman or viceâ€"chairman of the board. A son of his goes to Earl Haig Colâ€" legiate, Bradley said, and he along with Metro seperate school repreâ€" sentative Michael Clancy repreâ€" sent thousands of taxpayers throughout North York. Janus Nite is the "loveliest night of ‘the year" for Women‘s Auxiliary ; members of Humber Memorial‘ Hospital. This is the evening when che WA, their husbands, friends and wellâ€"wishers, dine and . dance while raising money for the purâ€" chase of muchâ€"needed hospital ‘‘To suggest that my interests are divided is sheer, unadulterated trash.‘" Bradley also denied proâ€" mising when elected viceâ€"chairman in July that he would not let his name stand again. members of the committee, Molly Smith, _ Bunty _ LeSarge, _ Jack Hishon and Stan Holbrook, lookâ€" This certificate is in recogniâ€" tion of the legion‘s contribution to the National Centennial Founâ€" dation Fund. _Ofeonveners of the. event Phyllis Stewart and Audrey Tur Trustee Sydney Mostoe said six years ago Scott helped him win a seat on board of education when they were both "politicar bedfelâ€" lows." Although he backed Scott‘s complaint he felt "very badly" that the board had to "wash its linen in public.‘ Since Peter Tacon resigned as chairman, the board has skidded "from a position of dominance to a position in inadeâ€" quacy," he complained. Chairman Bruce Bone denied that charge stating that the board was bink listed by the teachers‘ federaâ€" tion when Tacon was still chairâ€" Sarah Hopcroft, Hilda Eagleson, Dorothy Brooks, Eileene Dolman and Joan Haines, sgt.â€"atâ€"arms Dorâ€" othy Brooks, color bearer Agnes Foden. Bruce Bone, 1968 chairman of the North York board of education, reâ€" jected amalgamation as the anâ€" swer to Metro‘s education pains by pointing out that Bill 81 has ‘"‘creatâ€" ed a virtually financially amalgaâ€" mated Metropolitan school board He denied, as Toronto board chairman Ying Hope claimed, that the city subsidizes borough boards. Bill 81 he told the North York board Monday, merely allocates This year the Ladies Auxiliary presented . the Mount Dennis Legion with two cheques totalling $1,800 of which $500 was desigâ€" nated for the Poppy Fund. . . School Costs Jump $13 Million For Hospital WA It‘s ‘Loveliest Night Of Year‘ In other words put up or N. York Board Opposes Amalgamation Secret votes were held despite Scott‘s objection and Trustee Malâ€" colm won the viceâ€"chairmanship by a one or two vole majority on the fourth ballot. Agriculture minister J. J. Greene was presented a 12,600â€"name petiâ€" tion Monday protesting any governâ€" ment move that would widen Canâ€" ada‘s abortion laws. Greene was guest speaker at the founding meeting of the new High Park riding Liberal association. Presented the . petition by Mrs. Olive Heron and Mrs. Louise Sumâ€" merhill, the president and the secâ€" retary of the Emergency Commit: tee In Defence of Unborn Children, Green pledged that he would take it to Ottawa and present it to his Cabinet colleagues, Mrs. Summerâ€" hill said yesterday that the comâ€" mittee has another 3,000 signatures Hitting back at Toronto‘s plea for only one school board, Bone said the boroughs have every right to share in taxes paid by commercial establishments in the city core as they . must provide the schooling for families of employees who enâ€" able the businessess to pay for Greene Accepts 12,600â€"name Petition Opposing Abortion ner, announced that the ..Janus Nite, dinnerâ€"dance will take place Friday, Jan. 26 in the Skyline Hotel at 6:30 p.m. "*8d/, taxes from commercial and indusâ€" trial assessment throughout Metro on an equitable basis. $13 MILLION INCREASE Bone predicted that the 1968 North York student population will exceed 100,000 in 147 schools. An increase of $13 million is expected to cover expenses this year above the $57 million spent in 1967 he "There will not be a raffle on prizes throughout the evening as in former years," Mrs. Stewart said. "But there will be several _ Music is by Manny Linden and his orchestra. wl _ For further: information and tickets, phone 244â€"1840. SKATING TO FAME:â€" Bonnie Milne of Weston Skating Club showing the forms that enabled her to sign the contract with the Ice Capade: w. She is to report to%faa!é%)hia to start rehearsal for the extravaganza Feb. 5.00 C many members of his family are Catholics antiâ€"Catholic in the stand he took L{gyorlamuS.'vxeecm Frank Watson and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Boylen. from London, Ont., protesting legalâ€" ized abortion that will be added to the list that Greene accepted. Ralph Cowan, MP York Humber and A. J. P. Cameron, MP High Park, were also at the meeting atâ€" tended by 300 in Humbercrest school. Greene told, his audience that he has not yet made up his mind on whether he will enter the Liberal leadership race. Weston Cdn. Tire â€" Store Taken Over By New Ownership are members of the Nortit York board are employed in the city of Toronto. CONFIDENT OF SYSTEM dress, stating the board has great pride and idence in their dian Tire Associate store passes from Murray Rumple to Tom Parâ€" ish, Mr. Rumple started the busiâ€" ness in the midâ€"depression. years of 1935â€"36 and moves on to a life of retirement and the pursuit of Tom Parish is a native of Sault Ste. Marie where he was born and educated. The 3Syearâ€"old newcomer to Weston was formerly in newsâ€" fooees i2 Thay vat the maik Daily Star with his final position as advertising manager. Recently he has spent 13 months with the Canadian Tire Store in Delhi, Ont. Mr. Parish, his wife and two children will be moving to 158 Rosemount Ave.,. CLUB CHAMPION.â€" Barbara Hawkins, Weston skating club senior champion, has qualified and will represent the Weston. club in the Cafadian figure championships being held thig week in Vangouver. uie . Effective Monday morning, Jan. SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS 241â€"5261