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$ECOND SECTION YORK TOWNSHIP â€" AN HISTORICAL SUMMARY By J. C. Boyien Available from York Public Libraries. Don‘t let the title of this one keep you from reading Marion Gundy‘s review or leafing through the book. One of the most fascinating hooks that we have read lately tells about York Township when it began its existence as a muniâ€" cipal government in 1850. ie The book is an historical sumâ€" mary by J. C. Boylen and tells about the first headquarters on Yonge street at the village of Egâ€" linton â€" because York covered a much Jarger area than it does now. THE FORESTS â€" LIMITLES$ In its first 30 years particularâ€" ly, it was a rolling countryside of farmlands, wellâ€"wooded. Rows of great pine stump, lying up rooted, as well as cedar rails formed the fences. Our Great Lakes territory was covered by one of the greatest forest stands of the eastern continent. The clearing of farmlands meant a great deal to this part of Upper Canada. It‘s still a fascinating docu ment, after 14 years. 131 pages, 1954 illustrations and maps dzitecanrPretti1es made wrt;hvectr a\lm reek ’ ® Day 5 Home Decorating Centre Soft, warm, quiet, no waxing, no polishing! Auteit is the ragistered trademark at the Orite Corp. af Canade Lid Vecta® olein f‘ber it munuMotured hy @njmy PÂ¥oamm and Laminatos Campany, a drvsmion of Eniny CONVOY ROUTES ARE MARKED on the map by militiamen from Weston. Ont. Left to right, troopâ€" ers Richard Lawrence, Lawrence Ave. West and John Ashbourne, King St., Weston at Canadian Forces Base, Petawawa. Both are members of the Governor General‘s Horse Guards and are among more than 2,000 Ontario militiamen who are atâ€" tending the first large Mobile Command Reserve training exercises to be held at the Canadian Forces Base on the Ottawa River. NEW! OZITE CARPET TILES 1712 Jane Street, Weston 12â€"inch squares with builtâ€"in rubber back. Made with colourfast, stainâ€"resistant Vectra® fiber. Won‘t rot. Unaffected by mildew. So easy to install, you can do i yourself. Just tape down two rows of tiles crissâ€" crossing center of room. Other tiles can lie Joose. No adhesive required. in case of spills pick up tile, wash off, put back. Tiles stay put even when you vacuum. Full range of colours. Great for bedroom, kitchen, bath, family room, nursery . Just use your imagination ! As it used to be . . . & *4 tunk riia, ar l Eglinton was called the "Base Line" and was barely a wagon track west of Dufferin Street. THE HUMBER The Humber River was the southern end of the Toronto porâ€" tage of the Indians and French between Lake Ontario and Georâ€" gian Bay. The English established saw mills and grist mills on both sides of the river. With the mills came the development of the porâ€" tage trail into a road leading from Fort York to the north end of Weston. It was barely an Inâ€" dian trail but part is now called Weston Road. By 1878 there were 26 grist mills and 37 saw mills along the Humber. THE STREAMS POLLUTED The York Township of those days was watered by streams now vanished but whose courses may yet be traced. They were polluted then as now. Black Creek, rising north of Edgeley and paralleling the Humber on a serpentine course for its first seven miles, crosses Jane Street six times down to Eglinton Ave. In those days, Jane Street was called "The Fifth." During these early years taxâ€" payers were required to give their labor free for a stipulated numâ€" ber of days each year on the road allowance in front of their farms. The back roads would break up with the fall rains and spring thaw. i ir m Q8y GAVE LABOR FREE 244â€"8241 MWeston Times A Weston resident, William Tyrrell, was a member of counâ€" cil from 1851 to 1878. He served as reeve from 1861 to 1864 and from 1871 to 1878 was warden of York County Council THE BIG FIRE On Sunday night, Nov. 20, 1881, a fire which began in the stables at Prospect House destroyed the hotel and the township offices and township records in the adâ€" joining York Masonic Hall. THE COMMUNITY GROWS In the next 30 years suburban communities sprang up and in corporated as villages. (Parkdale, Brockton, Weston (1882), Toronto Junction, â€" Eglinton, Riverdale, Rosedale, Sunnyside). YORK‘$ FIRST REEVE York Township‘s first reeve was Franklin Jackes, who also served as the first warden of York County. The first byâ€"law enacted was "to suppress the growth of weeds." By 1878 there were 3210 voters. Toronto began to annex many of these villages. These incorâ€" porations were features of the land boom that swept Toronto and York Township and which collapsed in 1890. Several promâ€" inent Toronto and York families were "land poor" for 20 years or more. Toronto Junction was taken over by its bondholders after tax sales resulted in valuable proâ€" perty being knocked down at prices from one cent to 10 cents a foot. Wilson Avenue, named for York Township reeve, Arthur L. Willâ€" son‘s family is now misspelled with one "I" missing. THE AVENUES Lawrence Avenue was named after the Lawrence family whose farm lands became what today is Lawrence Park. In Weston it was locally known as Eagle Avenue. Sheppard Avenue perpetuates the name of the proprietor of the once wellâ€"known Golden Lion Hotel which stood at Yonge St. and Lansing Ave. Cummer Avenue was named after Jacob Cummer whose farm was the scene of great camp meetings of settlers and Indians in a clearing in the midst of a great maple bush. During hh‘ese hot sticky days it is nice to think about someâ€" thing that will cool you off. Did you know that an ice cube kills pain almost instantly and prevents infection? It has acted as a powerful anaesthetic in surâ€" gery while the patient was awake. When applied to a finger where a sliver has entered it, the slivâ€" er can be removed painlessly with a sterilized needle. When applied to a burn, there will be less likeliehood of a blisâ€" One 1915 Weston Times ad says: Save your taxes, buy a lot, build a home. In Humbermount there are large deep lots, wide streets, and building restrictions. $1 per foot down. $10 per lot. Cars too were cheaper: Ford touring cars, price $590, Little Ave., opposite the Town Hall. By MARION GUNDY This past week it was our privilege to take a twoâ€"hour drive with three young adults of Chinâ€" ese ancestry We say it was a privilege beâ€" cause we became aware of their perceptive minds and appreciated their keen interest in the Canaâ€" dian way of life. Their questions concerned the history of the district we were passing through. They were inâ€" terested in its industry, its popâ€" ulation, its agriculture and the type of people who inhabited the section of the country. F'ifty ,ve'ars ago-a lot more could be bought for a lot less. So often we pass by our new Canadian citizens without realizâ€" ing what a valuable asset they can be to our country. Young people. such as these 1915 houses, cars going very cheaply Citizens to be proud of Merits of an ice cube TRANSPORTATION Electric railways radiating from Toronto operated on the roads. In brickyard areas ruts in the roads were filled ‘with bricks. With the collapse of the boom there was no market for bricks. Plank sidewalks, particularly on roads near the city, were supâ€" plemented by cinder paths much to the joy of bicycle riders and the annoyance of pedestrians. NORTH YORK SEPARATES In 1905 the city of Toronto started on another annexation program. Ratepayers in the rural area of York Township became increasingly / restless. As memâ€" bers of a community of over 50,000 they had virtually no part in its affairs, except to pay taxâ€" es in increasing amounts. In 1922 the Township of North York separated from York Township. York Township‘s police force was established in 1926 with 12 members. In 1935 the township fire department was established. THE GREAT DEPRESSION The early 1930‘s were bad years in York Township. The Great Depression hit and no othâ€" er municipality adjoining Toronâ€" to had as many families on reâ€" lief as York. One winter there were 4,000 families (16,000 peoâ€" ple) needing food, clothing and fuel. For eight years until 1941 capiâ€" tal expenditures were few, baseâ€" ment classrooms and portable buildings were used to meet school requirements. CORONATION PARK The large acreage of vacant lands which had been abandoned for taxes on Eglinton, east of Keele St., offered opportunities for an appropriate site for new municipal buildings opened in 1950 and called Coronation Park (15 acres). A knowledge of the origins of one‘s community and of the men and women who served it, proâ€" vides an understanding approach to the wider fields of provincial and national history. 6 For the previous 48 years, York Township Council had been meetâ€" ing in Toronto. ter forming. Ice stops bleeding under the skin from a bruise as well as visible bleeding, so states the National Safety Council. The city members of Metro government have named who they think is the most parochial subâ€" urban member of Metro Council. He is North York Mayor James Service. "I endeavour to apply the same business approach I use in the borough when I come to a Metro meeting," he said. The city memâ€" bers argue that Mr. Service gives the impression he is only interâ€" ested in a civic issue if it affects North York. Mr. Service said he was born and raised in the city and now lives in North York. "I have a high regard for both municipaliâ€" ties," he declares. Immediately following the cereâ€" be proud °f mony, there was Open House at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur who take this kind of interest Boynton in Willowdale. In the in Canadian affairs, will be citiâ€" evening a reception was held in zens of whom we can be veryithe Candlelight Room of the proud. | Agincourt Mall. Black Creek Pioneer Village‘s historic Fisherville Church will be the scene of a wedding on Saturday afternoon (at 4 p.m.), July 27. "He looks after North York against everybody‘s else," said one city member. In some re: spects the North York mayor takes this as a compliment. Black Creek Pioneer Village‘l The wedding is to be performâ€" is located at Jane Street and |ed by the Rev. Aléxander McLean Steeles Ave. in northwest Metrolof Willo w dale Presbyterian Toronto. ‘Church, the bride‘s minister. Being married in the 112â€"vear This will be the second tvedâ€" old church which used to stand |ding solemnized at the church at Dufferin St. and Steeles Ave., since it was moved to Black are Jane Diane Barr, 23, of Hor. Creek Pioneer Village eight years sham Ave. and Charles Norman | ago. Black Creek Pioneer Village is located at Jane Street and Steeles Ave. in northwest Metro Toronto. umowoasse MONACO AUTO REPAIR @â€"@@â€"â€"â€"» 39 Eddystone Ave., Downsview Major and Minor Motor Repairs TUNEâ€"UPS © BRAKES FIAT REPAIR SPECIALISTS moâ€"memcezmssmme 635â€"64|3 WESTON, ONTARIO â€" THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1968 "Most parochial" Second wedding in Village church â€" MARION GUNDY North York has taken back sevâ€" eral roads that had been assumed by the Dept. of Highways, and were used for access to the oriâ€" ginal Highway 401. , The borough didn‘t accept the responsibility right away, howâ€" ever, as they felt the Highways Dept. didn‘t keep roads in a conâ€" dition that met their standards. The girl was vacationing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Steiger, and her two brothers. The body is being returned for funeral services and burial in Picton, Mrs. Steiger‘s home town. At the recommendation of the Commissioner of Public Works, sections of Falstaff, Downsview, Springview and Marquette Avenâ€" ues and Carhartt Street are preâ€" sently under construction or deâ€" sign, and will go to North York on their completion. Mary Evelyn Steiger, 16, of Navenby Cres., Weston, died in hospital at Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday of injuries suffered when she was hit by a car Friday while crossing a street. Evelyn had just completed Grade 10 at Weston‘s Emery Collegiate and was an active worker for Philip Givens during his federal election campaign in York West. Friends described her as a popular teenager. Early in July, Deanna Marlene Joe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Joe, Hollis St., was married to R. Patrick Durkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Durkin in St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church, Lawrence Ave. West. The bride wore a floor length, empire waist gown of white orâ€" ganza, with appliqued lace flowâ€" ers. Her matching nylon lace veil was held by a halo of organza with droplet pearls. A cascade of pink and white baby roses comâ€" pleted her ensemble. Linda Robertson, the maid of honor, wore a floor length gown of shocking pink chiffon, with a green velvet ribbon accentuating the empire waistline. She carried a cascade of pink and white carnâ€" ations. The four bridesmaids, Martha Katooka, Mrs. Lillian Irwin, Mrs. Maureen Holt, and Lois McKown, wore floor length gowns of pink, green, orange and yellow floral organza with pink velvet ribbons accentuating their empire waistâ€" line. Their flowers were cascades of pink carnations. The two flower girls, Loraine Durkin and Heather Boynton, nieces of the bride and groom, were dressed like the maid of honor, but carried baskets of pink and white carnations. The bride‘s mother wore a blue crepe de chine dress covered by a white lace coat, and white acâ€" cessories. She wore a corsage of blue and white carnations. The mother of the groom wore a pale green coat ensemble with matchâ€" ing accessories, and a corsage of pink and white carnations. The groom, the best man, Tom Holmes and the ushers, Joe Cucâ€" cio, Jack Durkin, Paul Durkin and Melvin Joe Jr.. wore dark evening suits with Spanish braid trim. Their fathers wore dark tuxedos with black satin lapels. Saunders, 24, of Hounslow Ave., both of Willowdale. Mr. Saunders is a former employee of Black Creek Pioneer Village and attendâ€" ‘ ed the church as a boy when it | was at lits original site. | Emery student dies European honeymoon trip for North York couple roads Guests were present from Nova Scotia, Detroit, Galt, Preston, Belleville, Sarnia and Kansas. On their honeymoon trip, Deanâ€" na and Pat will visit Moscow, Copenhagen, Hamburg, West Berâ€" lin, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, Paris and Manchester. On their return they will reside in Toronto. York has obtained Metro‘s apâ€" proval to spend $96,000 in capital financing for a variety of equipâ€" ment including two new garbage trucks, one street flushing truck and five pieces of equipment reâ€" lated to salt spreading on the roads during the winter months. The TTC may renovate its fleet of 150 trolley coaches. A comâ€" pany in England and another in Winnipeg, Manitoba, have come up with a design which would place a modern body on existing trolley coach undercarriage. TTC chairman Raiph Day reâ€" cently went to England to look at the work of the company in England. Trolley coaches are used on the Weston Rd. route. The profit for this May com pares with a profit of $404.000 in May, 1967. three months aftci the last transit fare increase Another transit fare increase including the possibility of cliâ€" minating free transfers from subâ€" way to street cars. buses and trolley coaches. is something transit riders can look forward The TTC made a net profit of $19,102 in the month of May and in the near future will plunse into monthly deficits instead of profits as costs once again begin to outstrip revenue to in 1969 CUT THAT OUT, KIDS! driving has to be a full time job if you want to arâ€" rive safely at your holiday destination. A distracted driver is an "inattentive driver" and statistics show that inattentive driving is the major cause of acâ€" cidents in all age groups. Last year in Ontario, at least 260 deaths were caused by inattentive driving and more than 36,000 people were injured. Your Ontario Department of Transport offers the following tips to help you keep your attention on the job of driving. Avoid distraction from confusion within the car, make sure passengers and luggage do not block your field of vision; schedule regular stops along the way. Plan your trip ahead of time and check all maps before you set out. FINECRAFT DECORATING SERVICES WESTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CROSS STREET AT CHURCH STREET Sunday, July 21st, 1968 Joint Services at 10 a.m. * with Westminster United & Central United Churches Service to be held at Westminster United Church, 69 William St. * METRO AFFAIRS 763â€"3555 every kind of decorating our specialty is Many adults, determined to sain a knowledge of computers. are willing to give up part of their vacation: period to attend North York‘s daytime, crash, summer school program. The sixâ€"day course â€" duction to Computer ming â€" is held in the rooms _ at Northview Secondary School July ust 3. from 8:30 a.m. â€" Metro police want no part of the job of sorting out illegally parked vehicles on apartment building parking lots or in apartâ€" ment parking garages. The view taken by Metro police last week in a report to Metro Executive â€" Committee is . that apartment building owners should hire people to supervise and conâ€" trol their property in the same manner that public hospitals and public parking lot operators conâ€" trol their parking space. Being forced to control apartâ€" ment building parking could reâ€" sult in a general tieâ€"up of much needed Metro police service for other more important matters, suggest police officials. The police see a move by the Urban Development Institute to have police required to control parking on apartment parking lots as being a backward step. If successful. suggest police officiâ€" als. the next step would be to have police start issuing tags on vehicles for illegally parking on shopping plaza parking lots. Mctro Welfare Department reâ€" ports 22,298 persons in Metro reâ€" ceiving welfare assistance. Of this number about 5,100 are single persons with the remaining numâ€" ber coming from individual famâ€" ilies. Adult computer course 362â€"0405 Heights 29 â€" Augâ€" 4:30 p.m. An Introâ€" Programâ€" computer PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. Metro License PM 134 LANEW A Y Limited accommodation in each class provides students with an optimum learning opportunity. Additional information may be obtained from the Adult Educaâ€" tion Department by phoning 223â€" Students will be writing and testing computer programs and getting actual experience on the machines. It is with deep regret that we announce the very great loss to our _ family~ â€"of ~owr ~grandson, Duane Heine, age four, who was killed in a motor car accident at Huntington _ Beach, â€" California, July 4. Duane was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Armin Heine of Garden Grove, California. His mother is the former Janet Davidge. Weston. The family wish to thank their many kind friends who have by various means extended their sympathy, which is truly appreciâ€" ated. ; We feel greatly indebted to Rev. Noble for his kindness and sincere words of guidance and counsel at that time. We would also like to say that we will always cherish the Sunâ€" day morning during which Duane, as an infant, was christened by Rev. Noble in Westminster Unitâ€" ed Church. Weston. The memory of this day will always be with us. David J. Davidge, 28 Sykes Avenue, Toronto 15, Ontario. Funeral service was California on July 7. Davidges bereaved the appointment of Doug Johns as 3rd Vice Pres#@Bt and General Manager @#* _ neveregpll 5 4 John $t. .. Weston Ken Johns Men‘s Wear MONDAYS & tor the months of July & We‘re clothesed on Wedâ€" APPOINTMENT Doug Johns PAGE SEVEN held in