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Controller White said he wants | _ Westonâ€"Mount Dennis Alder to krow why such a "silly offer"| man Jim Trimbee said an offe: was submitted to the borough|of $1 for the property worth March 14 and how the developer | perhaps $500,000 would make found out that the property was | just as much sense to him. If the being considered as a polential| company was making a serious high rise site. He added that| offer he suggested, it should have the company could have obtainâ€"| at least offered to pay half down ed the information by studying. Controller White said Don Park planning board minutes. { should have retained an apprais The two acre hydro property |er to evaluate the property and is located on the north\\'e;terl}'fthen base its offer on the apâ€" side of Wilby Cres. and Weston | praised value. & Rd .. several blocks south of Lawâ€"| Several high rise schemes are rence Ave. \either under development or in The offer was submitted to‘ various planning stages along the wboard of control last week andj strip on the west side of Wesâ€" deferred for study and comment!ton Rd. between Wilby Cres. and by the borough solicitor, planning' Lawrence Ave. Part of this deâ€" director and the manager of the ) velopment hinges on construc hydro system. Controller Wes | tion of a new street between th Boddington abstained from the|river and Weston Rd. from Lawâ€" vote because he owns property | rence to Wilby. 1 close to the site. J. H. Boland. borough soliciâ€" The offer was submitted with | tor, said the offer is not one that a $100 cheque payable to the|he could recommend to council Borough of York, On closing the|It was drawn up in favor of the deal, the purchaser would agree \bidder, he said.. % Don Park urst St., has York hydro for $85,000. The 85,000 square foot site is former Weston pubâ€" lic utilities property that was turned over to the Borâ€" ough of York hydro system when Weston and York township amalg a m a t e d January 1. 1967. Controller Philip White called the offer one of the! most "ridiculous I‘ve seen in many a year." t He said Don Park is ofâ€"| fering $1:a square foot for |to pay an additional $14.900 wit} land that is pro b a bly‘|the borough accepting a fiv worth up to $10 a squarpiSP\Pn p.c. mortgage for the $70. foot at today‘s prices. | 000 balance. . hel s51000 sauare Soot e PS C development C1 : 5 & c MA se "The an o evelopmen re aite m.f.f)}mel Weston p;:b' l pared by the Purchaser amd sub lic utilities property t a.t’m‘med to the Borough shall b was turne,d over to the Borâ€" approved by all Municipal > ough of York hydro system | other Authorities and buildin when Weston and YOrk | permits shall be procurable pri« township amalg a m a t e d|to the date of completion of th Januarmy 1. 1967. offer." Ward 3 Alderman Robert Yuill : borough is four minutes. he statâ€" stirved up a little heat at North |ed. "We better build now before York council Monday when a deâ€"| we are caught with a disasterous cision to build a fire hall to serve | situation that council could be the York University â€" University | blamed for." ‘ Heights areas was delayed for| Funds for the two stations were four: weeks. set aside in 1964 and 1966 he Yuill said the fire chief would like to have fire depots built as soon as possible in the northâ€"west and northâ€"east ends of the borâ€" ough so that property in these areas has the same protection available elsewhere. It takes six to 10 minutes for fire trucks to get to these areas while the maximuni length of time throughout the rest of the No Water, No Firehall North York Mayor James Serâ€" vice had a few words with Metro Chairman Allen last week. Tt all came about when the mayor caught up with the fact that during his absence from a Metro budget session some weeks ago the other members of Metro Executive Committee went ahead and cut North York‘s proposed capital spending program . for 1968. "‘North York‘s was reduced beâ€" cause all the other borough‘s had reduced their proposed 1968 spending," explained the Metro chairman. If North York had been left with the $1â€"million extra it would have been the only bor: ough _ with â€" increased _ capital spending in 1968. Welfare system encourages people not to work: Service The cut was $1â€"million which brought it into line with capital spending by the borough in 1967 of $8,900,000. The idea of allowing persons on welfare to work for two or three days a week and still colâ€" lect assistance sounds good but may not work, contends York Mayor Jack Mould. The 'nayor was commenting on Metro _ Welfare _ Commissioner John Anderson‘s statement reâ€" cently that the province is conâ€" sidering a system which would allow those on welfare to work part time without having their welfare aid reduced which is the present policy. _ North York Mayor James Ser vice says people should be en couraged to get out and work 1978 Weston Rd. 241â€"8091 SELECT YOUR EASTER FUR FASHIONS AT. Million dollar cut irks mayor DEVELOPER OFFERS ©85,000 FOR LAND WORTH $500,000 NO. 13 Investments Ltd., Suite 207,; 3768 Bathâ€" offered to purchase close to two acrées of property overlooking the Humber Rive: , The North York mayor was not |happy about something being !done to his borough by the other mayors when he wasn‘t | around. We needed that money," ! declared the mayor at a Metro | executive budget session. "If you are not here we don‘t know how to get any information as to lwhelher you need the funds or not." claimed the Metro chairman. Several high rise schemes are either under development or in various planning stages along the strip on the west side of Wes: ton Rd. between Wilby Cres. and Lawrence Ave. Part of this deâ€" velopment hingzes on construc tion of a new street between th river and Weston Rd. from Lawâ€" rence to Wilby. } Funds for the two stations were set aside in 1964 and 1966 he said, reasoning therefore that finâ€" ances could not account for the delay. ae Mr. Service said he just didn‘t believe the Metro executive wouTa go ahead and cut North York‘s capital spending program. He told his executive associates. "It‘s im J. H. Boland, borough soliciâ€" tor, said the offer is not one that he could recommend to council It was drawn up in favor of the bidder, he said.. y Mayor James Service and Conâ€" troller Frank Watson said there were no plans to build on Keele north of Finch because there is no water yet to service the fire hall. Council will receive a full re port on the question in a month York Mayor Jack Mould told the North York mayor that all the boroughs had been treated fairly in proposed capital spend: ing. "That‘s the rule of the game," said Mr. Mould. He told the North York mayor "we were not picking on anybedy." But the present welfare legisidâ€" tion, he suggested to a Metro committee, encourages people not to work. The welfare commissioner has indicated that in the months of January and February this year the number of persons receiving welfare aid was nearly two per cent higher than expected by Metro authorities. Metro‘s gross welfare budget this year is $32 million, up nearly $7â€"million over last year. An unemployment in creases, due to changes in the naâ€" tional economy so does the pres sure become greater on the wel: fare budget of the Metro admini stration. | _ York Board of Control sugges | tion that the municipality ‘spend |‘€5.000 to light up the pathway | behind the municipal building in | Coronation _ Park _ was _ turned | down at council level Alderman Chris Tonks opposed the expenditure, saving\iL was ridiculous to spend money for new lighting at this time and sugâ€" gested the money could be better used if spent to provide a sideâ€" walk through the park. â€" possible to be gveryw here at the same time." At the time the exeâ€" cutive was chopping the North York estimates Mr. Service was in Oftawa. "I was on business," he eaplained. Ward 1 will get an artificial ice rink which should be built and ready for use for the fall and winter season of 1968â€"69 says the local alderman, John Booth. Mr. Service asked that in fuâ€" ture when the executive is dealâ€" ing with items that affect North York or any other Metro borough, if the borough mayor is not in attendance it should not proceed to take action on the item. Now it is simply a matter of taking soil tests on two potential sites to determ'rle which site is The executive members heard the mayor from North York but said nothing. It was in this park that a 24 yearâ€"old fnother was recently atâ€" tacked and raped behind the Police Building. Controller Phil White agreed with Tonks but said the parks and recreation committee felt it had a moral obligation to provide the lighting facilities. . York council decided to delete this $5,000 expenditure until the new Board of Education Centre is built in Coronation Park. Weston Times A MINIâ€"TOUR OFâ€" EUROPE was the billing.given to the fashion show put on by 35 Grade 11 comâ€" mercial course students at Weston Collegiate Tuesâ€" day evening. Their teacher, Mrs. Rose Marie Mitâ€" chele, said the purpose of the fashion show preâ€" sented to approximately 450 parents and friends was to develop student personality and showmanâ€" Refuse to light park where woman was raped Ward 1 gets artificial ice for autumn skating One location under consideraâ€" tion "is the south side of Finch just west of Weston Rd. and the other is Habitant Park beside Emery collegiate. Mayor James Service indicated recently that if bids to build the rink and another just like it in the east.end are substantially higher than the architect‘s estiâ€" mate, the plans might have to be reconsidered. Booth said Monday however that a fixed estimate of $237,000 has been given to build the rink, the price originally counted on Parks commissioner D. W. Snow said at the moment it looks like the Habitant site will be chosen for the rink.â€"t will have a upguâ€" lation size ice pad 85x180‘. a voof, dressing rooms, and heated lobby, snack bar and . ticket booth. It should have ice from October 1 to the end of March. Summer and early fall the surface can be used for tennis, lacrosse and other sports, Snow said. the best one for the indoor rink he said. â€" North _ York â€" council â€" Monday unanimously rejected an applicaâ€" tion to erect a threeâ€"storey apartâ€" ment block on a 1.6 acre lot on the southâ€"west side of an unopâ€" ened Pelmo Cres. road allowance immediately east of and adjacent to the Pelmo Park public school. Developer V. J. Benedetto apâ€" plied to build the proposed 53â€" suite ‘structure because he said the site is close to the Highway 400 and 401 interchange. A planning report noted that the vacant property had been deâ€" signated in a district plan for single family residences only. The report also noted that an identiâ€" cal application was rejected July Council rejects apartment block on Pelmo Cres. WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1968 ‘Subways more important‘ Controller _ Gordon â€" Hurlburt this week expressed concern that Metro planners are giving too much consideration to the conâ€" struction of new expressways and not enough to an acceleration of the subway extension program. New expressways and four to Sixâ€"lane arterial roads spoil whole neighborhoods. add to Metro‘s serious air pollution problem and swallow up badly needed taxable Plans for a terminal subway station with seven bus bays at Sheppard Ave. were shelved last week by the Toronto Transit Comâ€" mission pending a decision to move the terminal of the Yonge subway extension one and a quarâ€" ter mile north of Finch Ave. in North York. The design of the Sheppard l'lgofl was 90 p.c. complete when TTC officials were directed to investigate routing the subway line to Finch Ave. because of predicted high costs involved in ‘Turning‘ on _ "The â€" Mikado® Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday The ppsslblm,\ evenings, April 8. 9 and 10. will Queenâ€"Weston .s be a major social event when the : serve the Westc cast, chorus. stige crew and or.. and . northâ€"west chestra of 285 Emery junior high | been .xludu-d by sthool students present the songs, ‘and is not cons scenery, music and action so fa-lntol:‘a:tv:tnti:;‘s : mili o all Gilbert & Sullivan ; fan:r to «lt o1 ]from a future Q1 The mammoth production, unâ€" der the direction of David Mcâ€" Ghee, chairman of the school‘s English department, and John Moses, chairman of the music deâ€" partment, is being presented in the school auditorium (Weston Rd. below Finch), where close to 500 people can be accommodated for each performance. EUF Emery‘s string orchestra placed first in competition with three other .junior high schools during ?o recent Silver Anniversary Kiâ€" anis Festival. « ship. Proceeds go to the Canadian Save the Child=> ren Fund, Ken Johns Men‘s Wear supplied all the fashions for the male models and the Paris Shoppe, Milâ€"Jay‘s, Marciaâ€"Mac, La Contessa and Jean Tayâ€" lor dress shops supplied the girls‘ attire. Models from left are: Sylvia McClure, Jim Cox, Pat Milliâ€" gan, Larry Zeagman, Donna Duffett. Janet Holmes and Derek Green. Planners prefer expressways: Hurlburt 285â€"member cast _‘ _ . Soee S N5 are in Gilbert â€" Little hope for Weston & Sullivan play _ sypway line: Too costly TTC considers extension The §$79â€"million cost for the ‘Yonge St. extension does not inâ€" clude commuter parking facilities. This is an extra cost. The borâ€" ough of North York will be asked by the TTC to speed up approval of plans for the York Mills subâ€" way station in order that arâ€" rangements can be made to build the subway section through the Don Valley area during the sumâ€" mer of 1969. Engineering work would be required on this section this year. assessment, said the North York controller. Subways on the other hand, transport people more quickly and efficiently than the automoâ€" bile and have the immense added efficiently than the automobile and have the immense added benefit of . greatly increasing assessment along routes where they are built. establishing â€" commuter parking lots in the Yongeâ€"Sheppard area. The possibility of a northâ€"west Queenâ€"Weston . subway . line to serve the Weston area of York and â€" northâ€"west â€" Etobicoke has been studied by Metro planners and is not considered practical, at least at this timé. One version of this extension from a future Queen city subway line would cost $235â€"million and cover 15 miles. The other would cost $168â€"million and cover 10 miles. â€" The cost factor and the belief that a Queenâ€"Weston line would produce few new transit riders are the main reasons for the reâ€" jection of this extension. The proâ€" posed extension from the Queen line in the city would have been ‘routed northâ€"west where the rail way line meets Queen St. at Dufâ€" ferin St. From that point it would move along the rail line to a According to Warren Heenan ?Back-benchers allow cabinet to do their thinking: Cowan A sevenâ€"page statement releasâ€" ed by York Humber MP Ralph Cowan last week accused Prime Minister Pearson and his Cabinet ministers of degrading the role of ordinary members to that of bench warmers. The Liberal member has often criticized Cabinet decisions on the floor of the House of Comâ€" But on March 11, he went a step further and voted against a Government bill calling for a three p.c. surcharge on income ‘axn â€" a measure designed to eplace an earlier bill that was defeated by the opposition and nearly toppled the government. Yorkview MPP Fred Young told the Ontario Legislature recently that U.S. investigations have deâ€" termined that the warning stateâ€" ments on cigarette packages have had no significant effect in énâ€" couraging the public to kick the deadly habit. The United States trade comâ€" mission Young noted, is conâ€" vinced that the present precauâ€" tionary statement on cigarette packages cannot compete with the forces that promote cigarette smoking. Hewaid~that the Federal and Ontario governments are setting up an educational campaign to stem the increase in new smokâ€" ers. but progress is terribly slow. His statement was released afâ€" ter he was expelled from Liberal caucus and was stripped of his membership on five Parliamentâ€" ary committees. "It has good people doing a good job but they are being hamâ€" pered by lack of positive governâ€" ment policy," he said. "Meantime. Cowan contended that the new bill was merely a revised copy of the illâ€"fated Bill Câ€"193 and acâ€" cording to House rules could not be reâ€"introduced during this sesâ€" sion of Parliament. a former president of the Toronâ€" to real estate board, Metro‘s oriâ€" ginal decision to build the $67 million Yonge St. line between Front St. and Eglinton Ave. sparkâ€" ed a $10 billion real estate conâ€" struction boom. Land values along Yonge. doubled and tripled and increased as much as 10 fold, he said. Cowan quoted Consumer Afâ€" fairs Minister John Turner as stating that the backâ€"bench MP is nothing but a rubber stamp If it stops at Sheppard. cost of building parking facilities for motorists who switch to subway for downtown destinations, will be $11 million. Contooller Hurlâ€" burt said. If extended to Finch, a lot big enough to park thousands of automobiles can be created on a large rightâ€"ofâ€"way owned by Ontario Hydro for next to nothâ€" ing. Ban cigaret ads: Young The Toronto transit commission is committed to extend the Yonge line to Sheppard Ave., but Hurlâ€" burt as well as all other memâ€" bers of North York council beâ€" lieve it should go as far mnorth as Finch Ave. Within a week said Hurlburt, the TTC and Metro transportaâ€" tion committee will decide wheâ€" ther Sheppard or Finch should be the northerly terminus. western â€" terminal â€" at Islington Ave. An alternative to this partiâ€" cular routing would have been a line along Richview Side Rd. to Martingrove Rd. from the Weston Rd. and Eglinton Ave. area. It was agreed by the planners | ing o\ that either route for a Queenâ€"| the i Weston subway line would overâ€"| Thi load the Yongeâ€"Queen ihtersecâ€" | the hy tion subway station and cause a|to be major ‘rebuilding of this facility.| Cou While the planners reject a| Mitch Queenâ€"Weston line they give top | of cor priority, after the Yonge St sub| . Mr. way extension, to the Spadinaâ€"| the t St. George subway line which will | saving run directly through the centre | could of North York west of Yonge The planners warn, however, _ Young suggested that cigarette | advertising should gradually be banned, a ptblic campaign be launched to make nonâ€"smoking the ‘"in" thing to do and an eduâ€" cational campaign be directed at preâ€"Grade 8 pupils to impress the dangers of smoking on young people before they start the habit. If present smokers are aware of the risks and want to continue, government can‘t stop them. Young said. "But government i should discharge its responsibilâ€" | ity to the young both by cutting | down the alluring industry proâ€" | poganda. and â€" by putting the | truth before then? in an attracâ€" | tive and convincing form." who without question, is expectâ€" ed to vote any way the Cabinet tells him to. Liberal governemnt caucus is, a mockery of those who dfi the member to represent interests back home, he said. "Day by day, month by month, and year by year, the Cabinet or executive arm of the party in power at Ottawa has been stripâ€" ping the members of the House of Commons of their normal funcâ€" tions, and this with the overt consent of members who are more willing to shirk their reâ€" sponsibilities as representatives of the people in favor of a govâ€" ernment by cabinet that would and could make the life of priâ€" vate members nothing but a bed of ease," his statement said. | Although _ Alderman _ James Trimbee is on the parks and re: | creation standing committee he \‘has been taking a close look at York Hydro operations and come up with some suggestions. . If Government members must blindly vote in favor of decisions made by the Cabinet, what is the point of maintaining Parliament? he asked. Cowan also charged that many, many bills introduced in the House by the Cabinetâ€"are never seen or discussed in caucus. For a partial text of Cowan‘s reply to the disciplinary measures taken against him by the Liberal caucus, see Page 2. more and more young people are being hooked every day by the slick propoganda, and too many of these are being doomed to early death through lung cancer, heart disease and pulmonary problems." ‘He asked council to consider the advisgbility of accepting payâ€" ment for water and hydro rates in eleven equal payments from L tenants and property owners havâ€" ing over ome year‘s occupancy im the municipality. t This would mean that reading the hydro meters would only have to be done once a year. _ °* â€" After two years of research and development into product chemical contents and shopâ€" pers‘ surveys, a man has come up with a plan. The plan is to save housewives $188.77 a year on the average quantity and pricing of detergents, bleaches, household cleaners. polishers. etc. normally used in everyone‘s home. The entire story is on page 11 of the Preâ€"Easter Values shopping section that has been inserted in this newspaper. The plan is basically about 20 to 25¢ worth of prepared chemicals. to be mixed â€"with your own tap water that equals $1.00 or more of what you are %ow spending for many houseâ€" old items. Trimbee wants itchell to report on this to board Housewives Will Save $188.77! SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS ork B i y8