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~ | TAX REDUCTIONS | Summer is a busy time for the Borough of York‘s animal conâ€" trol division. Borough destroys 174 cats, 42 dogs During the month of July the animal control department had to destroy 174 cats, 42 dogs, 1 skunk, 13 raccoons, 44 squirrels. There were a total of 331 pets brought into the pound, reports G. R. Banton, animal control ofâ€" ficers. Twelve were claimed, 16 sold and 3 still at the pound. The officers have made 94 house calls re stray animals and answered 66 complaints from borough residents, The complaints ranged from 40 raccoons raiding garbage cans throughout the borâ€" ough to 23 problems concerning squirrels. On June 25, children from York public schools, including C. E. Webster, Silverthorn, Keelesdale and Dennis Jr. visited the animal control centre. Twenâ€" tyâ€"eight classes, 655 children, were on the tour promoted by inspector Phillips. It is planned to make this tour available to all York schools durâ€" ing the next year. The animal control division will welcome you to their open house which they are holding at 2696 Eglinton Ave. W. on the weekend of Thursday, July 25 to the Sunday, July 28. YORK MINOR SOCCER LEAGUE TO VISIT BRITISH ISLES The borough of York Minor Soccer League has an exciting adventure ahead. They have been invited to parâ€" ticipate in the Invitation Soccer Summer is no holiday for dog catchers To ease the burcden of muricipal and school taxes, the Ontario Legistature has established a system of residenâ€" el property tax reductions. Virtwally all homeâ€"owners and tenants ase entitled to benefit. By thiis system, Ontario, m effect, is paying the first part of the mursicipal taxes on each eligible house or apartâ€" moant. The reduction amounts to am average of 12%% of the taxes. If you pay your murmwermpal taxes directty, you receive your tax reduction directby from your locel muricipalityâ€"either as a deduction on your 1968 municipal taox brill or by cheque. i you have agreed to make regular payâ€" As an owener of restderttial property, you moiwghomx reduction in the manner described above for homeâ€"owners. If you are a homeâ€"owner... Your landtord is required to pay to you the full amount of the tax reduction for your house or apartment, which he has received from the local municipality. If you rent your house or apartment for _ j & all of the year 1968, you should receive ! f the full amount of the reduction. On the M â€" g other hand, if you rent your dwelling for m . only a portion of the year, you are enâ€" M * titled to a portion of the reduction; if you : rent the dwelling for six months, for == instance, you should receive oneâ€"half of the reduction. Here is how you get your tax reduction: * If your tenancy ended before June 30, you must apply If you are a landlord If you are a tenant 4 you have any questions about residential property tax reductions, please address them to the Municipal Subsidies Branch, Department of Municipeal Affairs, 801 Bay Street, Toronto 5; Telephone: Area code 416, 365â€"6881. Your Guide to Ontario‘s New System of Tax Reductions Tournament being held in the British Isles during the month of August. Athletic Director for the borâ€" ough of York, Ken Erskine will be attending the tournament with the Soccer League, Aug. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Frances G. Mcâ€" Neely, Handel Ave., left on the: weekend for their long awaited trip to Ireland. LOSS OF FATHER The sympathy of neighbors in the Lambton Park district goes out to Mrs. Helen Rumbaki Mulâ€" ligan, daughter Deborah and son Robert, 115 Scarlett Rd. on the loss of husband and father, James Mulligan, who died suddenly in the Toronto Western Hospital on Thursday, July 18. Mr. Mulligan was an active| worker in Community Projects in | the district. He was the son of! Martha Monk and the late James | Mulligan, brother of Mrs. Z. Wav‘ dell, Frank and Patrick Mulligan. | North York Mayor Jim Service has filed a motion with Metro government which would recomâ€" mend that Metro Council pay a $2,400,000 grant to York Univerâ€" sity as a contribution toward conâ€" struction of a building for a School of Public Administration. It will be considered by Metro executive at its next meeting. York U. grant TRIP TO IRELAND for all Homeâ€"owners and Tenants in Ontario 7/ It will be an all day affair °D | starting at 10 a.m. Saturday mornâ€" | ing. /A| MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL of| There is something new and es | exciting going on all summer ‘a. | long in this great city of ours. . WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT The wedding is announced of Miss Kathy Wonsch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wonsch of Sheppard Ave. to Harvey William Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donâ€" ald Wood, Kinghorn Ave. _ _ Harvey is well known in the Jane Park district. He was presiâ€" dent of the Student Council at George Harvey secondary school. The wedding will take place at .3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 in St. James Catholic Church, Jane and Annette St. CANOE TRIALS Next Saturday, July 27 is the day for the Canadian Canoe Asâ€" sociation Trials at Long Pond, Toronto Islands. This year from Friday, August 9 to Sunday, Aug. 11, the Mariâ€" posa Folk Festival will be in full swing on Olympic Island, Toronâ€" to Islands. During the day there will be seminars and workshops on folk arts by professions. In the evenâ€" ings you will be able to enjoy the musical concerts, dance, arts and crafts. This is to be the most compreâ€" hensive folk arts program in Canada, a festival for all ages. HISTORIC LANDMARKS full amount io your landlord or to his agent to be entitled to a portion nent, which of the reduction. ® If your tenancy ends after June 30, or if it continues L L EL L LMJ through to December 31, your landlord or m !m'nm his agent is required to pay the reduction to â€" = you. m o fi l in either case, your landlord or his agent is j* | e "* MB â€" required by law to pay to you the amount Many borough of York resi Your local municipality calculates the amount of the reduction and subtracts it on the 1968 tax bills. If a house or apartment is rented, the landlord is required to pass the full amount of the reduction to his tenants. The Province pays municipalities the total of the reductions. Every owner of a residential property and every tenant of such a property is entitled to receive a tax reduction provided the property was eligible in 1967 to be sepaâ€" rately assessed under The Assessment Act. c n in either case, your landtord or his agent is ~ _ DK â€" required by law to pay to you the amount fi of the tax reduction by December 31, 1968. Any landlord who fails to pay tax reduction allowance in accordance with the law is liable to a fine of not more than $200 for each conviction and, in addition, will be ordered to pay the tax reduction allowance. dents have driven along Dundas ; St. W. and passed the restored Montgomery Inn at Islington Ave. in Etobicoke. The Inn was built in 1832 and was a centre of community life in preâ€"Confederation Etobicoke. The exterior has been completely reâ€" stored to display its river ltone‘ construction. Plans are under discussion to return the building to its original use as an inn participating in the life of the community. ETIENNE BRULE MEMORIAL On the west bank of the Humâ€" ber River stands a memorial to Etienne Brule. A massive spearâ€" shaped boulder of pink granite and a companion stone of black basalt, it was erected by the Etoâ€" bicoke Historical Society close to the spot where Lake Ontario was first viewed by a white man â€" Etienne Brule. COLBORNE LODGE The story of our past is written in the furnishings and homes that have been preserved so that all can remember. Colborne Lodge in High Park)__.___ is such a place, built in 1836, it was the home of John George] Confl Howard, city engineer, architect, | teacher and artist. The home is| pagmmar furnished as it was in his lifetime been awa and is open to the public daily except Mondays. tract by M INDIVIDUALs Lose Rigwts |Ment 0n i | St. to Mar As a community grows, the$ Nine co ‘rights of the individual becomes| more curtailed. â€" with price ‘ Take for instance, the nwnersllo $96.000 HON. W. DARCY MeKEOUGH Minister of Municipal Affairs ments to the holder of your mortgage, with instruction to him to pay your menicipal taxes on your behalf, you will receive the benefit of the tax reduction by way of an adjustment to these regular payments. As a landlord, you are required to pay the full amount of the tax reduction to each of your tenants. of land at any major intersection of the borough of York. Before he can build onâ€"this land he must get the approval of the York Planning Board for his proposed building. Land owners on the east side of Jane St., north and south of Outlook Ave. have the same probâ€" lem. 5 Outlook Ave. have the same probâ€"| ‘The church was decorated with lem. 5 white and yellow mums, and the Their decision to build smgle\;.e_';fng::e;b‘:.zfl,&:em z]::;l‘::l family homes and small apartâ€"| . A. Hogarth. | ments on these properties has reâ€"| Given in marriage by her fa ceived a dash of cold water from th;r. the b‘fidet‘l'“ dressed i: l] ; white empireâ€"style gown, with a the Plannlng Board,‘ because the 10 foot train,. She carried alery. Mount Dennis plannmg study, acâ€" stal drops inserted bouquet with cepted by York council, has deâ€"|pink and white roses. The matâ€" signated this area for high rise|ron of homor, Mrs. Janice Reed, apartments with 135 units alâ€"| wore a yellow angle length gown lowed to the acre. and carried blue and white carnaâ€" Therefore Council had to reâ€"|tions and small mums. Brides fuse their request. This means| maids Mrs. Dorothy Barker and that these lands will be left vaâ€"| Mrs. Pat Barker were both dresâ€" cant until some big developer|sed in turquoise ankle length ‘comes along ready to buy up the| gowns, and holding yellow and | properties and surrounding small | white carnations and small mums homes for another high rise deâ€"| The best man was Wayne Stickâ€" velopment in our area. \ley. and the ushers were Jon | Barker and Molcolm Barker Therefore Council had to reâ€" fuse their request. This means that these lands will be left vaâ€" cant until some big developer comes along ready to buy up the properties and surrounding small homes for another high rise deâ€" velopment in our area. Dagmar Construction Co. has been awarded the $79,000 conâ€" tract by Metro to widen the paveâ€" ment on Weston Rd. from Oak St. to Maple Bush Ave. Nine companies bid for the job with prices ranging from $79,000 Contract awarded A beautiful wedding in St. Philip‘s Anglican Church was celebrated earlier this month when Ann Barker, daughter of Mr. and Mré. Arthur Barker of Weston was married to Fred Verâ€" non Stickley, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Stickley of Toronto 15. For the reception held at Mon tana Steak House, the bride‘s moâ€" ther was dressed in a pale yelâ€" low twoâ€"piece, with a jacket and kneeâ€"length dress. She had white accessories, with a corsage of tangerine carnations. The groom‘s mother received in a pale green twoâ€"piece dress and jacket, carryâ€" Ing beige accessories and a corâ€" sage of tangerine carnations On leaving for the wedding trip to Bermuda, the bride wore a yellow and smokey grey coat over a full length dress. with yellow hat, shoes and gloves. When they return, the couple will reside on Woolner Ave, To give this year‘s grandstand show at the CNE a realistic touch, workmen will set up 400 trees on the football field, to be used as a backdrop for their presentaâ€" tion of "Sea to Sea â€" The Iron Miracle." The trees are unsaleable reâ€" jects from Christmas tree farm ers in the area, whose deficienâ€" cies in the home make them realistic in a forest. This natural scenery will serve several purâ€" poses in the historical extravaâ€" ganza which covers Canada‘s hisâ€" tory from 1868 to 1885. Scenes will include the Duck Lake amâ€" bush, the buitding of the CPR, and other battles of the Riel Reâ€" bellion. & The "Sea to Sea" will be pre sented every evening from Aug 16 to Aug. 31. including Sundays Children under 12 will be ad mitted for half price. Get well wishes to Darrell Batâ€"| call the above number with the ten of Harding Ave., who has | pertinent details. This is the only been seriously ill in hospital.| way in which I can pass the news Your pals are routing for you, | on. Darrell. [ Birthday â€" Belated birthday greetings to Becky, otherwise known as Jane Rhodes of 33 Jamestown Cres., who celebrated her 18th on July 18, and (o younger sister, Fran, who will be 12 on July 28. Mr. and Mrs. Norman McEachâ€" nie, Miss Lola Ash, and Walter and David McEachnie, enjoyed a brief water skiing holiday at Kesâ€" wick, Ont. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ratten, and family of Harding Ave. are vacaâ€" tioning in Newfoundland. Church decorated in yellow mums for Barkerâ€"Stickley wedding . Congratulations are in order for Mrs. Agnes McEachnie, of Harding Ave. on winning a beauâ€" tiful barbecue from radio station CHUM. To celebrate, and as part of her prize, Mrs. McEachnie enâ€" tertained a number of friends, including: Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Teeder, and family, of Brampton, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hamilton and son of Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Hall, Mrs. Percy Cruickâ€" shank and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edwards and daughter, Mrs. Bert Edwards and son Ross. Xmas tree rejects will be part of CNE forest Arthur Jardine and Walter McEachnie of Harding Ave. reâ€" cently enjoyed a weeks vacation at Wasaga Beach. This column has been absent, during the past few weeks due to the shortage of news. Please, if you have enjoyed a vacation trip, have been hostessing any showâ€" ers, or other social news of posâ€" sible interest to your neighbours, Australia‘s first settlers came from Britain about 12 yease after the United States declared its inâ€" Hardington & Brookhaven FTRST SETTLERS CAME Jean Dorothy Clare Kilburn Loneliness is the hollowness nf‘ A strange place to find joy â€" life. It is not only those people alone in a jail. But John Bunyan who live in isolated places who | had caught the secret of living. complain of loneliness but often | He was conscious of the Presence it is those who live in crowded of God. What John Bunyan had cities. Human nature needs to be can be had by anyone who is conscious _ of â€" someone‘s â€" love, | Willing to love and believe God needs to be needed, needs to ; as he did. share. Without these one can| In the Old Testament there is walk with an emptiness that causâ€"| a verse wherein God tells His es life to echo against the cirâ€" ‘ people to call Him no more Baali cumstances of our lives with a | (Lord and Master) but to call Him hollow sound. |Ishi (Husband). Here we see the Reading about the life of John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim‘s Progress, I was amazed at his confession regarding the many years that he spent in Bedford jail. "I sat down and wrote and wrote for joy did make me write." THE WESTON TIMES â€" Thursday, July 25, 1968 â€"â€" Page 3 225 BRAND NEW CHEVROLETS OLDSMOBILES & TRUCKS WEST YORK Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vernon Stickley Photo by Belmont Studio, 762â€"8171 762â€"8171 G.M.A.C. FINANCING AVAILABLE 741â€"8288 POINTS 1O PONDER Phone 1785 ST. CLAIR AVE. W. (Near Kesla 5+.) by Weston‘s CHOOSE FROM |\ In the Old Testament there is \a verse wherein God tells His | people to call Him no more Baali | (Lord and Master) but to call Him |Ishi (Husband). Here we see the | intimate level at which God wishâ€" | es to dwell with those who love ‘ and serve Him. In the New Testaâ€" ‘ment Jesus told His diciples beâ€" fore He went to the Cross, "I will ‘ask the Father and He will send | you another Comforter, that He may remain with you forever." | John 14:16. | _ This Comforter is the Holy ‘ Spirit. that divine force that makes God real to us, that makes | us conscious to His presence, that ltakes away the lonely, humdrum }of living and makes it a vibrant, | purposeful experience. All this can be had for the asking for God says in His word, "If ye then beâ€" ing evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to |them that ask Him." THE BEST SERVICED CAR BY FAR Phone