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':':':'3':':;?W:'m.":':mbfl':':':'W':':':':'2-:-:':':':'2':':':°3-:':':':':'1'?b:-fi-:-:-:#:-:é # T "6 * 3 : **Smog of confusion" : ¢ & A > $ ’ . _ over N.Y.‘s name .. n _i fails to blow away ; 7 _ Aldérman Paul Godfrey York and East York by â€"_â€" _Â¥ â€"Â¥â€"=~â€" 3* gemethi c naint +0 °ie Aldérman Paul Godfrey failed to lift the "smog of confusion"‘ which hangs over everyone living in Metropolitan Toronto because they can‘t make up their minds whetherâ€" they are North Yorkers, Yorkers, Torontonians, Etobians or what have you. The alderman for Ward 4 attempted® to convince North ~York council Monday that it should ask the Ontario government to make Metropolitan Toronto the City of Toronto and change the name and status of the city to that of the Borough of ‘Toronto or Borough of Queens. Mayor regrets calling Kennedy ‘a bit sticky‘ Before his proposal was finally rejected by the majority on council, all sorts of comments were made. § Controller Basil Hall, for example, accused Godfrey of sticking his nose into Toronto‘s business but at the same time suggested that Queen‘s Park should wipe out the Boroughs of Trimmest trees are in Weston It may be quite some time before York Mayor Jack Mould answers the question‘ of a newspaper reporter the first to build the sections of the subway line in conjunction with the expressway route was endorsed. The priority > Obviously irked that the Ontario Municipal Board postponed a hearing on a proposed 1,700â€"unit apartment development in the borough the mayor was asked his opinion about the OMB action. Weston has the trimmest trees of any section of the borough says parks commissioner Al Savage. This should last for four years, he said. The use of a new $30,000 hydraulic lift has helped tremendously in the gigantic task of keeping trees in the borough trimmed. Mr. Savage told York council Monday that it is unbelievable . how far behind the borough is in the job of keeping the trees in good condition. It will take the parks department three years, he said, to get the trees in shape. Y o k‘s Hoy dro department is bringing in outside help for an emergency tree trimming program in the east end of +tate2etene$uPhta thnatet 20 tatp un 000 230002 20000290000 etet h Effective immediately your carrier boy will be making his collections on the second last week of the month for the full month, If you can have your monthly subscription ready for him on that date, he will, be grateful. evsneteratentcecntith York and East York by dividing them ‘up between the City and North York. Alderman Murray Chusid said â€" heâ€" believes Metro should â€" be totally amalgamated but opposed Godfrey‘s motion on the grounds ~that it would provide three year‘s work for a dozen lawyers but little else. ~Chusid suggested~ the best way to end the "smog of confusion" would be to wipe out the names of the city and boroughs and simply call them administrative units no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. No one else endorsed this idea anit therefore didn‘t come to a vote. Controller Paul Hunt endorsed Godfrey‘s idea a n d ~ s tated that "‘psychologically" 99 per cent of all Metro residents think of themselves . as Torontonians, no matter where they live. Fiscally, Metro is almost Continued on Page 15 He is reported to have claimed the J.A. Kennedy, OMB chairman, got out of the wrong side of bed and was getting a bit sticky. Naturally with a hearing scheduled before the OMB this sort of comment is something: York can do without. The whole situation was cleared up, however, by a private conversation over the telephone between Mr. Kennedy and the mayor of York. Both accepted the situation as gentlemen and Mr. Mould expressed regret for his part in the affair. > the borough before the ice storms of the winter do damage to the hydro lines. White asks the most important questions The borough of York has three representatives at Metro Council. It‘s the entire York board of control composed of Mayor Jack Mould and Controllers Philip White and Wesley Boddington. It can be said without any contradiction that Mr. White, by far, asks more questions of Metro officials in a Metro Council session than either of his colleagues from York. In fact the York controller comes close, to matching some of the city members of Metro when it comes to asking questions. Mr. â€" White is also a member of~ Metro legislation and planning committee while Mr. Boddington is a member of Metro transporation committee and Mr. Mould is with: Metro executive committee. ; .... .. . 1 & VOL. 7â€"NO. 41 The Papal decree on birth control which has aroused worldâ€"wide controversy among 8 0 0 â€"nrillion â€" Roman Catholics â€" hit ‘home at a church in Weston Sunday. Priests clash over Pill The junior priest at St. John the Evangelist Church, George St., read a lengthy statement at the three morning Sunday Masses which endorsed the Canadian Conference of Bishops‘* stand in interpreting the encyclical of Pope Paul VI on Human Life. Curate, Rev. A. J. McCabe also . commented on an article that appeared in the‘.‘ Register,> a publication serving Roman Catholics in Ontario. Pastor of St. John, Rev. W R. Morrison, surprised ‘the congregation at the 10 ~a.m. Mass when he declared that he had forbade Father North York council members voted themselves a $2,500) pay increase Monday after Mayor James Service and his board of control suggested that this is a fair amount. secret ballot vote Sunday the 350 striking workers voted overwhelmingly against accepting the company‘s wage offer. Shown are Stan Tetley, Grace Megraw, Joe Roache, Alex Crawford and Bernie Katz. Local unions have contributed substantially to the UE strikers, who are going into BEARING LATEST COMPANY OFFER to final resting place Monday morning are members of Local 505, United Electrical Workers Union, on strike against Squa_nre_ D Co in Moqnt Dennis. In a their 15th week of strike. York: No increase yet Aldermen now get $2,500 a year more McCabe to read a sermon on the controversial topic. He told the Weston Times yesterday that "there was no sermon on Sunday, there was a statement.‘‘ He would make no other comment. Father McCabe declined comment too, and suggested only that this newspaper should get an official text of the bishop‘s statement. Canada‘s 80 bishops late last month suggested that there are cases when Roman Catholics may practise birth control and still receive the sympathetic understanding of their parish priest. According to several persons who attended the Sunday masses, Father McCabe suggested that the Canadian Catholic Church cannot be wholely At almost the same time, York council held an informal â€" private rpeeting that failed to come up with a firm proposal of what the raise there should be. ... :. . _ Continued on Page 15 THURSDAY OCTOBER 10TH, 1968 dependent on directives from Rome as conditions here and elsewhere vary a great deal. Father Morrison reportedly said at the Mass some priests and bishops in Canada claim the Pope is wrong in his opposition to the use of artificial contraceptives but others in Canada and the bishops in Spain, Portugal, the U.S., France and several other countries are fully in accord with the Pontiff. According to the October 9 issue of the The new storm se\v‘/ers to be built along Weston Rd. north from Locust Ave. to Bartonville Ave. will greatly reduce ‘the chance of flooded basemerits says borough of York works commissioner, Colin MacDonald. He said that 70 percent of the area storm water can then be accepted into the new sewer. There will be no laterals put up the side streets at this time. the borough, of York, will debentaure > t‘héitmm. New sewer will end basement flooding The lion‘s share, $16,000 will be paid by Metro and |imes SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS Catholic Reporter, almost half the Roman Catholic diocesan priests in the United States disagree with Pope Paul‘s encyclical against artifical birth control Edited by lay people, the U.S. Catholic publication said a survey has revealed that the encyclical (letter to the people) has had little influence in changing the attitudes toward birth control of either Roman Catholic clergy or the common people. The new sewer will pick up road water and remove it from the combined sewers. It will have the capacity to pick up water overflowing from the side streets. ‘ $45,000. Council has been bombarded with complaints this flooded basements. Mr. MacDonald would not guarantee that these homes would never be flooded but said that the incidence of, flooding will by greatly reduced. Do