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The campaign to acquire an eight-acre Indian Village site (just west of Jane on the north side of Finch) to complement Black Creek Pioneer Village is being step- ped up by a number of prominent perple Ithis "tet A ,u . at _ __ H, _ 4A....5A " n I 'nubl. '""iiiCni?'isririre blah who start-ed it all - North York councillor Joltrt Beth. . _ .. . "It was "iGiiyietro Conservation Authority admin- lstrator Russell Cooper who got me interested in the trite," said Mr. Booth. "When I became a mem- her of the MTRCA for the first time last year and discovered that the Auth- ority had dropped this his- torically-valuable piece of property, and that it was now in private hands, II was hopping mad," he de-, dared. "f've been fighting on this issue an since." Mr, Booth _maintains that from the point of view of both the Borough and Metro Toronto educational authorities. thesite is well- placed geosrraphically for purposes of education and historic commemoration. MlLLlONS NEAR SITE For example. it is estimated that. almost four million of Cam ttdis 20 million people are with- in 100 miles of this site. It is Within two miles of the Macdon- aid Cartier Freeway which is the main street of southern Ontario, and within a mile of Highway 400. the main tourist road into 0n- tario's great vacationland, Alder- man Booth said. " IS obvious also that this vil, lage is ideally located to serve the heavily populated area of south-central Ontario and the northeastern section of the Unit. ed States. "It is absolutely fascinating," Mr, Booth trontirtued, "to think of all the ways the people would benefit from developing this as a historic site. One administrative set-up for both Parsons and Pion. PN' villages would most likely be more than adequate. "I can assure you." he told Weston Times, "that the borough ls working towards acquiring it, one way or another." MTRCA administrator Russell Cooper has also put forward the suggestion that "the restoration of Parsons' Village could be com- pleted by means of a gradual de. velopment which might last 50 )ears. By tying the work slowly the costs in any one bear would not, be exorbitant. There have been recent reports of findings of an ancient Indian village ruins along the banks of the Humber Valley in the Eglin- ton Flats and other parts of the Borough of York. 1978 Wanton Rd. 241-8091 At {he moment Metro Toronto Is extending Eglinton Ave. along these flats with a bridge to cross Urban growth in the past 12 months m Metro Toronto has saved Metro taxpayers. including those in York and North York. from higher taxes than would haw been levied by Metro gov- ernmonl this year And due to a special sheiiersi nomption grant, lhe actual” amount of taxes to he paid by! homeowners this )car should be; slightly less than it was in 1967 g The province's special grant of; between $30 and $50 per dwel I 1mg will probably more than on; set increases of the education, local and Metro mill rates. C Tho m: but? for Metro ur- vicn u outlinod in Metro's bud. get this yur lung” between $24 Ind $29 for mo" residents of York and Morth York. Thor. is much" stight incruu for lac-l civic urvicu. This "new“ is sol by York or North Yorkl aunt.“ and tho boards " “lug cation in both municipaliiin. Moira Assessment Commismon l or Louis Greensuord i'oporlsl that without the registration ofi mcr $207-million in new taxable} assessment. both residential andl industrial commercial, Metro's In rate “ould hare been higher. The tax levy for Metro resi dentin] purposes this year went up 433 mills and for industrial and commercill property own- ers 5.09 miller Without the in, ert-used taxable assessment in the Metro municipalities the tax rule would have gone up another 283 mills ' V _ _ .814 to SM more on Party block of $51M " $6,000 worth of assessment -kei/Giiss%ent, special grant means smaller tax load in '68 ONE ADMINISTRATOR Booth joins fight to "" 8-acre lane-Finch Indian site It's rug stonAoitlu: (All... Indian village ruins have been found around Eglinton Flats ll "it is quite conceivable," he! pointed out, "that at least once during their school training ev. ery student within a hundred miles of Metro would have the, opportunity of enrichment educa- tion in an archaeological dig and also witness the life of the early Hurons as portrayed in the living lgncept. i "it would seem ltwcal,' 'he con- tinued. "that Indians should be lused during the reconstruction 1 period and also to portray the liv. 5ing history of their ancestors. i "Here is a chance to dispel the misconception of the red savage and portray him in the true light of a human being and craftsman artisan who carried on an agrieul. tural existence long before the teaming of the white man to Cam iada." Dr. J. Norman Emerson, super- usor of archaeological studies at department of anthropology, Uni. versity of Toronto. said, in a re- cent brief to the federal depart- ment of Indian affairs and north. ern development, national and historic parks branch. that "Par. son's Village does have an almost unique applied value in the areas of education, conservation. recrea- tion and tourism. He believes it will cost up to $500,000 to pur- chase the eight-acre site. When elected representatives, conservationists and educationists dedicate themselves to the task of ensuring that public lands Ishould be used for the public lgood. it is up to the rest of us to support them in every possi- ible way, all the way. "Attesting to the genuiness of this interest is the fact that I have been requested upon a num- ber of occasions to submit state- ments and briefs to Borough of North York, Board of Education and the Parks and Recreation Committee, and to the MTRCA.” he said. “The recently-formed committee on outdoor education of the Ontario College of Eduea. "ion has indicated considerable linterest in the potential and fu- Iture of the Parson's Village." the Humber and meet with Rich. view Side Rd. in Etobicoke. Council has appointed a com- mittee consisting of Alderman Jack Gallichan. Ben Nobleman and James Trimbee to investigate these findings and report to council on the best way to pre- sene these mementos of another era. Without the additional orb-n growth Metro taxpayers, For Metro services would have ban (and with I $38 to $45 tax hike. Howov-r, Metro officials do not indict" how much in civic funds are being spent to “Nice the additional urban growth. TOURIST ATTRACTION Jim Jordon, general manager of the Wer. tttrt Times is the first officially nominated Liberal candidate for the new Federal Lake. than riding. t Taking the big plunge for the first limo. Mr. Jordon, 44, joined the iakeshnre Ad- vertiser in 1955 and has headed community drives to build an indoor swim pool and l church. He lransforwd lo the Weston Timcs In 1965 Others that man) try for the nmmnatmn too are Etolricoke Controllers Kan Robinson and Don Russell and Port Credit lawyer Tom O'Marra. The meeting “Ill be held Mon., May 6 at us pm. in Owomlsnd publi: school. Closer to home there “ill be mo Toiogram nensmen running for the New Democrats and a former Toronto Star mun seeking re-eler tion as a Liberal. - . .. train __.I Hun .3 " """Y'"" Reporter Don Stevenson got the NDP nod in High Full riding Monday and he will pro- bably face off Iglirrt Liberal Ralph Cow-n, the mam “ho defe ted him in the former rldlng of York Numb". But the Liberal nomination for High Plrk won't be held until Fry may 10 " ' p.m. in Annette M. public uh”! and (no others that may try for II too are Cnnh‘niicr Rolunsnn and president at the mural riding Issociltion WIN" Onion. LIVING HISTORY Weston Times Jhrjtgtaitt2fi'itatitt tiiViiiit AND FISHER ARE CANDIDATES. Family Service Association merges Jane t Keele offices As an economy measure and for maximum effective use of social work staff, the Family Service Association of Metro- politan Toronto is amalgamating its Weston office at 1904 Jane St, with its 'St. Clair-York office at 1651 Keele St. This will be effective at the beginning of May. Although the agency has foundi it necessary to move from its' small office on Jane, its services to the former Weston area and. the areas of North York west of Keele “in be in no way lessened. In fact the merger will place the agency in a considerably stronger position, as, with the ad. dition of Mrs, Eunice Rexinger and Peter McCall. the St., Clair- Arork office will have seven pro- fessional social workers on staff. under the supervision of Am drew Farquharson. The St. Clair-York office has been in its present location since 1942. The office on Jane St. opened in 1956 " part of the ser- vices of the former North York and Westort Family Service Cen. Ire. V A $2.5 MILLION NURSES RESIDENCE and school for nursing got off to a pretty start behind Iiumlysr Memorial hospital last week with s sod-turning ceremony. The first Osler school of nursing student enrolled in September 1966. When the new stuc- ture is Completed it will have complete facilities Challenging,.¢_____W9_|Js93.@§52£Land Ilh_t1ll.iliI1ttttt!tt ELECTION DESK b, The other Telegram candidate in our arm Is columnist and former MP Douglas Fisher. if he tres for and gets the okay at the York Comm NDP nomination meeting to be held Tos., May , at I am. in mm» York Cort. Mnnill "out he will be squaring off \ulh Im- moumhonl MP. Jam” Walker “ho has hold stssergl Junior Cabinet posts sun-P he hm "presented the riding almost a decade ago, Mich-0| Foldmm, president of the hork Centre Progressive Consenatne .Assocxatwn said the time Ind place of the PC nomina- lion Meeting mill be announced shortly, "v'JiiiViii'r' /iiiiieaiiirh be i more-mixed up riding if I two-year-old drew the boun- daries) will be fought for try Yul “of. (NDP), iririilitGiTr7iitlng York Controller Wu Minna (PC). former mayor of Weston Mr York “on: Scott lost out to Jimmy Mtath.r In Centre In the last three Federal clot but it porthdent ot den-mm: my or manager seeks Family Service Association of Metropolitan Toronto and North York and Weston Family Ser- vice Centre, the only two non- sectarian family service agencies in Metro Toronto. both partici- pants in the United Appeal, amal- gamated in October 1967. FSA provides counselling ser- vices for troubled families and in- dividuals and a warm weather camping service tor children, mothers and older people. Trouble hits twice during weekend drive Troublo didn't com. singly for Robon Giroux, M, of Grand"- vlno Dr. Sunday with friends and roluivu he wn drlvin' on the Kloinburg Rd. nur tho loydd Conservation urn when a slick? accident immobilind the auto. When ha and his passengon ro- turncd aural hours later with . tow truck they found that van- dals'had broken all the windows in the "67 model. VII8TON. ONTAIIO, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1968 Mr. Allen contended that owl“; 124,000 elderly persons In! [Metro would be eligible for the, {reduced tare system and not we“ ' 18.000 to 20.000 some Metro poll-l lilcidns thought would be. I Nothing more than a gesture was made by Metro Council last week toward trying to give eld- erly pensioners a reduced transit A city alderman picked up York Controller Philip White's long standing proposal of a re- duced transit fare. He asked Metro to put $384,000 in the Metro budget this year to finance a reduced fare for the elderly. fare Council voted down the pro- posal 14 to 6 after Metro Chair- man William Allen indicated that the $334,000 wouldn't begin-to cover the cost of reduced fares. The TTC has indicated that it would not finance such an ar- rangement and if it was to be introduced it must be subsidized by civic tax dollars. for 300 students and a faculty of 50. Turning the sod in this picture are student nurses in their Maple Leaf tartans Mamie Strayes of Erie. Pa.: Maureen Graham, Rexdale and Margaret Robinson, Brant, ford. Iost is too high Metro won't lower fares for elderly all opponents mils time around. During the last election, he explained. Toronto Tories were almost all anti-Dlohnbbkor and there tore voted Liberal. With lobar stenfield regaining the lost vote: this time. the malnr names vote “ill be evenly split illoning thr mp to swung through the middle, sins Mr. Scott As of Tuesday night. the York West Liber- als new tight lipped about who they may choose. One name suggested “as Consumer Affairs Minister and unsuccessful Liberal leadership candidate John Yum-r. It is now understood that he has accepted a "sate" Liberal Wav- riding in which to.run. Another fellow who would liven up any election is former Jerome mayor PMle Olms. Givens report 1y doegn't want to run because he is making a good living as a spot announcer on radio station (HUM as well as will his private law practise. tles under enormous pressure to loss in his hat and therefore may do just that. a spicy rourfd-up hot west-end news Photo by Alexandra Studio (Jane and Lawrence), Although he hasn't yet got the nomination Str the new riding of High Park, Liberal MP Ralph Cowan is launching an early elec- tion campaign by mailing this week 30,000 copies of a pamphlet to riding residents describing some of his work on behalf of naturalized Canadians. A year ago, the MP for York Humber. which is now 60 p.c. of the riding of High Park. went to bat for a husband and wife who had lost their Canadian citi- zenship because they had failed to validate their passports at the end of a threeyear period due to sickness in the family. They wanted to uni their family in Weston but had been told by the Canadian embassy in Rome that their passports had expired. A high per centage of the resi dents in High Park are new Canadians. "Why." asked Cowan. "cannot the Federal Cabinet hrmg the legislation forward amending the immigration act, thus making all Canadians equal so that natural- Immigration pamphlet mailed to 30,000 in High Park riding David Lewis, deputy leader or the ream“ Non Dcmncrais will be challenged m York south hy York Alderman Cy Townund, the - - .. --- r---, A- a“... 'r? .v... _.eee_"ee' _ Consttatire candidate, Both men know the A . - 44-.-.- .- Om-e a pohtscutr1. al .Igarme smoking, it's gm: up I \UIIBII\II||\I W..WP.P'"""" art-a well and Mr. Tonnsend is expected to :m- the eloquent Mr. Lewis I real contest. Wt,'ll ”man who the Liberal candidate " in this orimg "hen ue find out, HH‘TIUN brisk will appear each and mm Thursda} m Ihu newspaper tram this (We mm! the June 25 election. Me cant moms: to get ever) candidate's name m pvt-11v week. but Be will do our best lo see that they get good 11f"tr, courage. To make the column - a d worthy of your attention. " will probabb hear the odd "foul". but what is ”lines. after all. if not contmveny? Write ELECTION DISK. c/o the Weston Times. 2159 Weston Rd., Weston. If you have a coming or pun demon mm to report or can ELECTION DESK, Miatli, human I and , on weekdays. " m do, we'll try Mt' we to it that your report in printed, P S. Watch tirr ELECTION DISK lent week, Two of the biggest names in Ontario have announced that they will be candidates in west-end Metro ridings. Former Toronto Mayor Philip Givens Tuesday night accepted an invitation attended by the York West Fed- eral Liberal Riding Association to let his name stand as a candidate in York West. The nomination meeting will be held early this month. _, ..acc_xagga_g....ghdt.ma. And the Weston Times was told that "it is a 90 p.c. certainty." that Douglas Fisher will run in York Centre for the New Democrats against Liberal James Walker who has held the riding during the past three elections. Fisher, e Telegram columnist, quit polities prior to the November 1965 Federal election. As I school teacher back in 19ST, Fisher earned the nick name "giant killer" by defeating the late C. D. Howe, Liberal trade minister in the riding of Port Arthur. l Givens venerdey said be will run on We meier Mathrms - urban "fairs and neiienel unity. The former is I Mural to him he said because of his " yeere experience as eldermen, controller and mayor " Toronto, and he eeneiders the Inter eenmiel be. am. a divided anion will ruin everything that (medium; are Given: yuiordny said In wi" run on we urban affairs and national unity. Tho former ho said bonus. of his " your: “sari-nu u and mlyor of Town“, and he amid." the nun a divided nation will ruin ovorything working for. V . - . _, ___.-.--..-." worm"; tor. Givens insists that the Federal government pet up a department of urban affairs. Housing is currently the greatest problem and "much raster sums must be devoted to this field than was done in the past" he said. Ottawa IS the only one with enough resources to solve this problem, and that of urban air and water pollution. _ But says the lawyor-radio announcer: Uniriotiort of Canola is of tho "most critical importonoa" a: a split nation will downy the oconomi: and financial basis noodod to solvo the urban crisis. Other contenders for the York West riding are North York trustee Val Scott for the New Democrats and York Controller Wes Bod. other contenaers lur u“: nun n... .n....., _., .V _ Val Scott for the New Democrats and York Controller We: Bod. dington for th'g Conservatives. f Scott began his campaign many months ago and Boddington entered 15%." about iwo" weeks ago. Students are asked to name new school The North York school trustees turned down a recommendation to name the junior high school at Keele and Wilson, the Robert Clarke junior high. Because a man was interested in the church. school, built his own house and was a judge, does not necessar- ‘in make him eligible to have I (school named after him. The board decided to have a 'contest among students who will be attending the school, which is located on Wilson, between Keele and Jane Streets, to decide upon the name. iied Canadlans cannot be told by some embassy in Europe or else- where in the world: 'Your valida- tion has expired because you were not around to see us every three years.' This is not said to a native born Canadian citizen. Why should it be said to a natur- alized Canadian citizen? I say that all Canadian citizens should be equal, and they should be treated equally." The citizenship act was then amended by the Cabinet and Par. liament to make all Canadians equal citizens. Guide work in the Mount Den. ms area has sustained a great loss in the recent death of I be loved leader. Miss Connie Johnson, 70 Guiders of Rivcruew division. ineluding Humbervieu-Jane Park district. as no]! as the Church Mt. Dennis Guide leader dies aN a}: a pohticrarts lee ’5 I hard, hard mm to leader of the Fedml York's Board of Education rul, ed last Monday 'that any adults wishing to take courses in French, English or Citizenship would be exempt from all fees. In passing this motion they had added the [tench language to Metro', ori- ginal proposal, and did not m strict it to new Canadians. . "Freneh is Canada's second language, and must have equal- ity," stated Norm Harris, who had proposed the motion. "We should do more than just pay lip service to the fact." He went on to say that one of Canada‘s greatest problems is that of unity, and the rest of the country must not withhold it by making Quebec the only defender of French pri- vileges." "There can be peace only if bilingualism is aecepted," added trustee Jack Yam The Board also moved that from now on "Oh, Canada" should be sung in the public sehools' opening or closing Baker- cises. Although the Department of Education says that there is amr"God Save the queen," the motion in favor of the former passed four to three. of the Advent and other dishing were honorary ball-beam " the funeral of Connie Jolmson. 70. of 62 Greendale Ave., Mount Dennis, who died suddenly on Friday, April 26. T The funeral service was held on Monday. April 29 m the Church of the Good Shepherd (Anglican). Interment was Pros- pect Cemetery. The late Miss Johnson had been Brown Owl of the 11th Tor. onto Pack of the Chum of the Good Shepherd for the past 45 yeus. Her interest and mark in the community earned its! the Sid Kirk Memorial Trophy in 1860. (This trophy is presented to the individual or' group muting the greatest contribution in recru- tion in the Township of York during the yum’ . '. French is free in York night school classes "Over the your! Miss John- qtrtt'g vmrk with the Brownies has been In hafnium to Guide and Brown; lenders tttrrmgtrout the city and even beyond the boundaries of ontario," rayon: Guider Mm. Isobel Um. Many " Min Johnm'l exe Brownies to now Guido and Brownie ii-rs, In! I“! Cub MIME T mu John-u n all. - ed " TM mau- In“ (or "rttt - she mu m (It) In iiiiiiiiGG iliiii, aim - . a. Murkl. ”and“ It It a! William _ Ind sum.- coma " cum