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York â€" Social â€" Planning Council has set up. a committee to investigate the needs of the ethnic community. Like most owners of new homes, Ontario Housing Co. finds itself with a number of problems and tenants of a new low rental high rise In a brief to Council requesting financial assistance for its newly formed New _ Canadian Information Centre at Dufferin and â€" Eglinton, social planners point out that over 50 percent of York‘s .. population are members of ethnic groups. Ontario Housing tenants organize The Information Centre was opened in February 1969 to hear new Canadians regarding their needs. This centre covers an area which includes D. B. Hood and Fairbanks schools. Lack of knowledge and difficulty of making contact with the ethnic community has impeded aid to a large sâ€"ement of the borough‘s resiuents in the past and the centre hopes to bridge the gap between the Canadian community and the VOLUME 8 NO. 28 Ethnic needs investigated Superintendent Arthur Webster. apartment and town house complex on Humber Boulevard were a most enthusiastic . group of complainers at a meeting in immigrants. The centre receives financial support from York and Dufferin Lions Clubs, the St. Vincent dePaul Society and secretarial help from theâ€" Family Service Association â€" and _ York‘s Tenants of the O.H.C. highâ€" rise â€"apartments â€" on Humber Boulevard _ had asked _ Controller _ Philip White for the borough‘s assistance. Ontario Housing Area Representatives met with York officials on â€" Friday July 4 to discuss grievances outlined by Porter Avenue Tenants Association earlier in the week. Building Commissioner, Bob _ Hamilton _ said _ at Friday‘s meeting that the problem of sweaty walls could be due to the building being new or a possible leak in a pipe. Mr. Hamilton believes the tenants are mainly having maintenance problems which sre not the O.H.C. hears grievances York Humber High School on July 2 . The tenants, representing over 300 families, have formed the Porter Avenue The centre has handled 23 compensation cases to date, _ helped fill~ out unemployment _ insurance papers, and has placed 14 men in employment. . Dept. of Health, child and family psychiatric clinic. Funeral services will be held â€" today _ at Ward‘s Funeral Home for Arthur Webster, â€" former Weston chief of police, who died Tuesday at the age of 62. Mr. Webster is well re m e m boe red by townspeople from his time as chief in Weston from November 1952 until amalgamation _ in _ January 1957 transferred him to Metro police.. Since that time he has served as staff inspector with number one, traffic division and then became superintendent in August 1965, a post he held up until his illness a month ago. Hisâ€" early days with the force were spent at Forest Hill from 1934 where he became an inspector and then to Lindsay where he became chief in January 1949. responsibility of the borough. The borough‘s Plumbing Inspector _ will check out the plumbing system in the development. O.H.C. â€" officials are ‘also concerne d a b o u t maintenance problems and agreed to work with tenants in solving them. A minor fire last week caused tenants to evacuate the building and tenants are asking direction on proper proceedure in case of fire. Controller White agreed to arrange a demonstration and lecture â€" by â€" York _ Fire Depart ment‘s Fire prevention Officer, Captain Billings. ARTHUR WEBSTER | Mr. Webster was born in Brooklyn, New York, but came to the Toronto area at the age of three and has lived here ever since. He a t te nded _ Riverdale Collegiate. A member of Many of these Ontario Career policeman dies THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1969 Tenants Association and bombarded a panel chaired by York Controller Philip White, with their problems. the Westminster United Church since its inception in 1952, he and his wife Marion, belonged â€"to the couple‘s club at one time. An avid outdoorsman, he went on many canoe trips with his sons and according to an old fishing buddy, Wilf Reeves, was a great fisherman and _ terrific marksman _ although «he would never go hunting. "I‘ll certainly miss him," said Mr. Reeves, a Weston businessman. & On the panel were: Joanne Amer, Tenant Relations Officer for O.H.C.; Frank Barker, York Board of Education; York Comissioner of Recreation, Al Savage; Nell Meadows, Coordinator of Senior Citizen activities in . York; policewoman Sharyl Montgomery; Detective Joan Coppin, Police Youth The .career policeman was only three years to retirement and «had spent many â€" hours finishing | a cottage in Muskoka. He was a member of the Governor â€" General Horse Guards and is remembered by his wartime buddies for his / seuse of _ humour. Former Warrant Officer Al White recalls the words of Sargeant Webster as ‘ he entered the Sargeant‘s Mess: "a team of horses in a tin mug," which was his way of asking for a pint of Black Horse ale. _ , Housing tenants have lived in low cost housing before and have run into very bad conditions, said Controller White. They are determined that the same mistakes will not be made again. They want to get out of a ghetto type of atmosphere said the controller, and become a part of the community. Representing the O.H.C. at the meeting were Pat Cuddy, Area Manager, and Mik e Raven, Area Supervisor. Mr. Poortinga attended as representative of â€" Ontario~ Hydro. Also present were Fire Inspector, Howard _ Sproat, and a plumbing _ inspector, . Mr. White and Mr. Hamilton. He spent the war years with the second regiment of GGHH _ stationed _ at University Armories. . A firearms expert, he trained men for overseas duty. During his stint on Weston police force, the tragedy of Hurrican Hazel struck and Chief Webster was up three nights in a row and is known to have personally â€" saved _ several people from drowning. Everyone looked up to this six foot ‘no nonsense‘ man with red hair who was known for Ris honesty and fair dealing with all who came in contact with him. Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Ward‘s Funeral Home, Weston Road. Interment in Riverside Cemetery . | He leaves his wife, Marion, and three married children, Bob, a druggist in Hamilton, Susan, Mrs. G. Pink, Weston, and John, a recent University of Toronto graduate now doing postâ€"graduate work. Bureau; Andrew Farqueson, Family Service Association and Bob Duthrie, Director of York‘s Dropâ€"Inâ€"Centres. Spokesmen Michael Carson and President Gabriel Van der Heyden, told of knifings, people beaten and teenage vandalism. Mr. _ Carson berated the borough for not taking into consideration the number of children generated by this development and said the need is urgent for a Dropâ€"Inâ€"Centre right in the project . Mr. Van der Heyden said original plans called for a $15,000 playground in the development but the construction company . has not provided the facilities. A _ meeting is to be arranged between the tenants and O.H.C. to discuss the problems. In the meantime Controllet White promised that the borough would look into _ the problems. Lack of close shopping facilities was a â€" major complaint and it was asked that a small store be allowed in the complex to service the highrise and the senior citizens apartments ne xt door. At present the nearest shopping area is at Jane Park Plaza, some distance away . T enants demanded inspection of faulty wiring in the town houses and spoke of poor plumbing. There were loud complaints of no hot water . Floodlights are being installed and should be ready shortly but in the meantime people are afraid to venture out at night, said the tenants. Elevators are continualy breaking down and recently a man with a â€" heart condition was trapped for over an hour before police could get him out . Need for a Day Care Centre, bad odours on the fire escape, drag racing on Humber Boulevard, latche key â€" youngstersâ€"all _ were mentioned as problems. Detective Coffin said the j uvenile delinquency problems at Jane Park P hza and Woolner Avenue stores could not be traced directly to the new apartments . The juvenile delingquency problem was in the area before you came, the police detective told parents . Tenants who come from the city showed opposition to the $1 a year fee for teenagers _ using _ York‘s Dropâ€"Inâ€"Centres and asked why their children had to pay fifteen cents to swim in borough pools .. President Van der Heyden suggested forming a provinceâ€"wide Tenants Association to deal with problems between tenants and landlords . Freezing The freezing bylaw will start to thaw atâ€" a special meeting of York Planning Board scheduled for July 17 at the Council : Chamber, 1700 Eglinton Ave., West., at 8:00 p.m. j f A public meeting : has been called to consider the proposed zoning for the former Town of Weston as outlined in the Official Plan, which was adopted by council on June 23, 1969. Enquiries regarding the proposed zoning changes may be made to the Planning _ Office, _ 2000 Weston â€" Road, telephone 653â€"2700, local 35. Any interested persons _ are cordially invited to attend the meeting. _ Details of the proposed zoning,/ including a map, can be found on the inside pages of this newspaper. in The World By Wire SINGLE COPIES 10¢