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PRICE Films of great interest to the general public as well as conâ€" servationists. High fliers filmed against the backdrop of the Canadian Rockies. Next Thursday Mar. 28 Film of the return vovage in the Mediterranean and Age@s. FREE MOVIES "Valley of the Swans" At The York Public Library Auditorium March 21 â€" 8:00 p.m. "THE SEARCH FOR 1745 Eglinten Ave. W. (1 block east of Dufferin) 781â€"5208 ULYSSES COLOR FILM â€" 50 MINS. No Admission Charge 12 â€"â€" THE WESTON TIMES . Thursday, March 21, 1968 "Wild Wings" ‘Local libraries plan biggest poetry readâ€"in During that week. 15 local poets will be readingâ€"in at branâ€" ches of all six Metro Toronto libâ€" rary systems. The project is sponsored jointly by the librariey and the League of Canadian Poets. Borough of York Public kib raries have the following scheâ€" dule: Monday, March 25, 8 p.m. Main Labrary, 1745 Eglinton Ave. West, 781â€"8515 poets John Robeft Colomba, Nelson Ball and George Jonas. Friday, March 29, 8 pm. Main Library, 1745 Eglinton Ave. West, 781â€"5208 â€"â€" Keith Harrison, Franâ€" cis Sparshott and Eli Mandel, Friday, March 29, 8 p.m. Mount Dennis â€" Branch, 1123 Weston Road, 762â€"3348 John Robert Colombo, Nelson Ball and George Jonas. The biggest poetry . festival is happening right here in Metro Toronte, from Monday, March 25 to Sunday, March 31. Thursday, March 28, 8 p.m Evelyn Gregory Branch, 120 Tro well Ave..‘763â€"1652 Harry Ho with, Roy MacSkimming and Mil ton Acorn. ' North are also during: York Public Libraries holding poetry readâ€"ins Saturday, March 30, 2 p.m., Don Mills Branch, 888 Lawrence Avé. East;â€" 447â€"6408 â€" Douglas Lochâ€" head, Phyllis Gotlieb and Miriam Waddington. + John Allsop. centre «director, said there will be gym, swim classes and judo demonstrations as well as exhibits of arts and crafts. Saturday, March 30, 3 p.m., Downsview .Branch, 2793 Keele St., 636â€"4510 â€" Raymond Souster, Phyllis Webb and Dennis Lee. There will be an open house at the YMCA centre in Emery Collegiate Saturday, March 23 between 9 in the morning and 12 noon. Saturday, March 30, 2 p.m. Bathurst Heights Branch, 3170 Bathurst St., 7834283 â€" John Robert Colombo, Nelson Ball and George Jonas. Wednesday, March 27, 8:30 p.m. Willowdale Branch, 5126 Youge St., 225â€"8891 â€" Douglas Lochâ€" head, Phyllis Gotlieb and Miriam Waddington. n Open house at Emery "Y" centre Everyone is invited to attend this special evening and to enâ€" joy the display of historical artiâ€" facts about the history of Maple Leal. Remem ber, Thursday, March 28. 8:30 p.m. Central Liâ€" | brary Auditorium, Willowdale. The panel will be moderated by Tumpane St. School Principal, Charles Proctor who is . also chairman of the North York Hisâ€" torical Society. . The Maple Leaf School Story will be discussed during the evenâ€" ing by panelists Nelson A. Boyâ€" len, a former Reeve of North York and School trustee in the early years; School Inspector Walter Lavender, former princiâ€" pal of the school for 10 years, ending the year Maple Leaf celebrated its 50th; Lewis Smith. a principal during the early life of the school; and curâ€" rent principal John D. Helston. Maple Leaf School is a very special school, being the first school in the Borough to celeâ€" brate its 50th anniversary. Specâ€" ial celebrations for this event were held in the spring of 1962 in the form of a tree planting, and special events at the school. library auditorium . (Willowdale branch), there is to be a special program which should be of great interest to North Yorkers, and more parti¢ularly to the residents of this area. N.; York‘s oldest school is now 50 On Thursday evening, March Now that the adult education classes are finished in the schools, a large enrolment is exâ€" pected, and in order to cope with the numbers, two programs will be presented each night. The first will be from 7:00 to 8:30 and the second will begin at 8:30 and carry on until 10.00. This will offer classes for 6 Mondays (excluding Easter Monday, April 15). with a moderate charge. BonnyPruden‘s record will be played, and it is hoped that it will be available, so that those that register can take it home and work at home on a daily basis. Of course results will show whether exercises are done once a week or every day. You can‘t cheat on this one. . As a large registration is exâ€" pected. it is hoped that many of the would be "shape up" ladies will register by mail. but regisâ€" trations will be accepted at Amesâ€" bury on April 1. If this p]'ogram interests you. please call Mrs. Bodker at the YW, and she will be pleasedto Anyone, df any age or shape can join the Bonny Pruden "Shape Up for Spring Course at Amesbury _ Community â€" Centre, 1507 Lawrence Ave. W. (near the firehall), offered by the YWCA. Mrs. Bodker. who will be giving the courses says she plans on having a "weigh in" and "meaâ€" sure in" each week. so that the participants can have a go at losing weight, and perhaps give special areas special attention. Special discussions. are ~planned on dieting and massaging. The way will be opened for you to do just what you want to imâ€" prove your figure by the Western Area YWCA with its program planned to begin on Monday, April< 1. During the 50th anniversa y year of Maple Leaf, a special book was compiled with many interesting pictures, letters, etc. However, ‘this book seems to have been misplaced. If any of my readers has any knowledge of its whereabouts, I would be pleased to hear from them, as it should be included in the disâ€" play mentioned above. SHAPE UP FOR SPRING Can . your figure do with a little firming up in order to wear the new spring fashions that will soon be out. Perhaps you would like to gain a little weight, but moié than likely you need to lose a litile. WESTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TV â€"â€" STEREOS â€"â€" COLOR TV 11:00 9:45 10:00 11:00 (NEW FOAM IS AVAILABLE TOO!) Zippered â€" Many Colors and Fabrics to choose from! REâ€"COVER YOUR Scandia Style Chairs and Sofas _ CROSs STREET AT CHURCH STREET Minister Rev. R. J. Boggs, B.A 241â€"1571 2419533 PRICED 1O CLE AR Sunday, March 24th, 1968 ALL 1968 FLOOR MODELS Morning Service Junior & Intermediate Sunday School Pax Rible Class Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary, Crik Corner Low score: Inez Bond. (57) Traveling prize Flo Perrin. Yours truly enjoyed a motor trip to Huntsville, Alabama reâ€" cently. making the journey with my sister and her husband. Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Barr and sister. Mrs. Nellie Shavet. Barrie, ~ We visited another sister and family. Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Laing. who had lived in Weston for a number of years before movâ€" ing to Alabama. Weather was cool but the Daffodils were in bloom. Birthday greetings to Mrs. T. Marnie, Mrs. L. Burleigh, Mrs. Sarah â€" Hoperoft. . John â€" O‘Neill. John Wylie, Shirley Spooner, Mrs. Lorrain May, Steven Smith, Mrs. â€" Olive Shaw, Mrs.â€" Mary Nash, Marg Walker. John Waldâ€" uck, Flo Perrin. Donny Hamâ€" mond, Mrs. Graham. Mrs. Leaâ€" vens, Mrs. E. Morrison, Shelly Humphries. ‘The ladies group held a fareâ€" well party at the home of Mrs. Flo Perrin for Mrs. Lil Hamâ€" mond, who has moved to Fort William. The <ladies presented Mrs. Hammond with a set of stainless steel flatware, and also their best wishes to her and the family in theit new home. The _ Elmlea â€" ladies euchre group held their weekly game at the home of Mrs. R. Patterâ€" son. Winners were: Ruth Patterâ€" son. (79). Millie Clare, (74), Esther Hutt. (67). Special events coming up next week include the 1st Maple Leaf Cuband Scout banquet on March 27 at Elverston Park United Church, and the Amesbury hocâ€" key club banquet and windâ€"up at the KMA caterers. EUCHRE Hope you have already marked March 29 on your calendar for the Home and Sc euchre at Maple â€" Leaf sch%g.?b'l‘hey are looking forward to a good turnâ€" out of euchre players, for this annual event. send you allâ€"the pertinent infor: mation,. The number to eall is 762â€"8169. Elmlea and District A York borough ratepayers group held a meeting last week at which they pretended to sing O‘ Canada. Oskar Kogan, president of the Oakâ€"Vaughan Ratepayers Association explained in Vaughan Road Collegiate auditorium that a lady who was to bring a recordâ€" ing of the national anthem didn‘t arrive for the meeting and his voice. he felt, was not good enough to lead in the singing. The pretend turned out more like one. minutes silence for the national anthem. This year the Metro Chairman presented a budget.of $86,823 for his office for 1968. This was up $1,309 over actual expenditures last year and $100 more than the budget estimate for the department in 1967. The budget for 1968 waswapproved by Metro Executive Committee last week. The Metro chairman is also chairman of the Executive committee. The budget for the chairman‘s office includes $49,500 for salaries out of the total $86,823. The chairman has a staff of five women working for him in his office. The salary amount also includes the $18,000 basic salary for Metro chairman. Total salary for Metro chairman is $28,000 plus $2,000 in travel allowance. The balance of the chairman‘s salary is included in other department or comâ€" mission estimates including police and licensing commission. North York Controller Gordon Hurlburt. as chairman of Metro Transportation Committee will join TTC and other officials in April in a visit to Ontario Highways Minister George Gomme to obtain provincial financial assistance in establishing free parking at the terminal of the Yonge and Bloorâ€"Danforth subway routes. Metro Chairman William Allen has indicated that Metro alone cannot finance a system of free parking. While Metro Council was in session for a bare hour last week North york Mayor James Service spent a good deal of the time out of the chambers on the telephone. He hld’l long list of teleâ€" phone calls to make. While he was on the telephone Controlier Basil Hall was busy going over the Metro agenda and asking assorted questions of officials. York Mayor Jack Mould last week protested the idea of conâ€" centrating hospital construction in Metro around University Ave. in downtown Toronto. "It‘s a big mistake," declared the mayor. Metro Licensing Commission is preparing a bylaw which will permit car washing establishments to sell gasoline. Existing Metre regulations prevgnt this activity at the present time. One requireâ€" ment under the new bylaw will demand that the gasoline pumps; be located at least 60 feet in from the street. York Council agreed with Controller Wes Boddington‘s argument that it was not up to council to instruct the mayor in his duties. Accepting invitations to various functions was part of the mayor‘s duties. It was agreed that it was up to the mayor to decide if he wanted to delegate some of his work. York Works Commissioner Colin Macdonald reported last week that there will be some delay in the connection. One reason is that the connecting pipes would have to be custom produced and this will take at least four.months. The computer age has caught up with Metro Government. More than $740,000 will be spent by Metro and related agencies this year for computer work that will keep a staff of 61 busy year round. Metro has at its disposal two computer machines plus a sorter, collator, reproducing punch and two interpreters. Also in the comâ€" puter room Metro operates are a vérifier and a data recorder. Metro expects to use over 6â€"million data cards this year. * Four Metro departments require a considerable amount of comâ€" Morworlx.flnuuammdonnmm\vmwmm this year for preparation of assessment rolls for tax pu 1969 and various statistical analyses and reports. Other agencies using the computer room include Metro planning board for population projections, rental and sales analysis and. assorted statistical reports dealing with land use and transportaâ€" tion. Metro police will use it for statistical reports and Metre school beard to list public and separate school supporters. The computer room also helps the Metro beroughs with tax billing and voters lists. Metro solicitor Alex Joy suggested Metro could put a new facing on the house. "I am very sorry about «all this," he explained. The court took the view that Metro expropriated more land than necâ€" essary for a road widening. The office is required to follow the same procedure as Metre government administrative and operating civic departments and subâ€" mit to Metro Council for approval an annual budget. An amount of $8,600 is included in the chairman‘s budget for office supplies including $2,000 worth of stationery, $1,900 in teleâ€" phone charges and $625 for postage stamps. Metro must pay $14,140 this year to the city for the rental of space taken up in City Hall by the chairman‘s office. The Metro chairman needs a new electric typewriter and $750 in filing cabinets this year to store the Metro paper work. If will cost $10,500 this year to operate the Metro chairman‘s official ear. This includes the chauffeur‘s salary. York Mayor Jack Mould was called into a private meeting Tlast week with Etobicoke Mayor Ed Horton and an Etobicoke official to receive a briefing on the proposed opening ceremonies for the Bloorâ€"Danforth subway extension. A small section of the Ihl'l! is routed through York. The official opening takes place on May 16 with the public being able to use the line the next day. Two York aldermen wanted Mayor Jack Mould last week to delegate members of council to various social or business funeâ€" tions when he cannot be present to represent the municipality. Aldermen J. W. Trimbee and Benjamin Nobleman quietly dropâ€" ped their request. "We just thought that York‘s public image needed to be built up," explained Mr. Trimbee. Earlier this month York Board of Control agreed that a borough 12 inch watermain should be connected to a 36 inch Metro waterâ€" main. The cost was estimated at $20,000. Metro. welfare department plans to use the computer room to produce welfare cheques and other records. The department soon plans to file on‘ tape various facts about individual persons who receive welfare aid, The treasury department will uu_the comâ€" puter system for processing payrolls and pengion calculations while the Emergency Service department will require tabulation of emerâ€" gency ambulance service records. Metro officials sadly advised Mctro executive committee that an expropriation bylaw enacted in November 1966 by Metro Council had been quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal. The problem was that Metro had already taken the 10 feet of property involved in the bylaw and torn out the front section of a house. Metro Executive Committee will recommend enactment of a new expropriation bylaw covering the land and buildings taken two years ago. The house has been vacant for some time. Mr. Mould suggested that the Metro Toronto Hospital Council which deals with the planning for hospital expansion, should adopt a policy of a much wider distribution of hospital construction. He said hospital authorities should be aware that the bulk of the Metro population is located in the suburban area and not the city. ‘It was somewbat of an embarrassing issue for the Metro adâ€" ministration last week, since the Royal Commission on Civil Rights had spoken out sharply about some methods of expropriating priâ€" vate property. The office of the chairman of Metro Toronto Council must come under the budget control of Metro government each year. TRASH COLLECTION There will be a qudrterly trash collection during the week of March 25th, 1968. Place articles for collection out beside garbage on regular pickup days, by 7:30 a.m. METRO AFFAIRS BOROUGH OF ETOBICOKE M. F, COX Borough Road Commissioner.