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F 6Me toune ues piounesoee mammantammnnmien en ognanmnnmemtent n i j j s \ in m pabenauge »aut ‘. f p 4 9 } ; h | t j ip 7 !w*&- {' 3 <] JY 21 *Â¥ 4 e | k â€"â€"# W "A‘ U i ies . Cl . bskl ! i u9 2 | c j f , + o o e t m &n i 9 Th C * w ie ‘! t . _/ Li o /s % [ .', § ( yA 4 s L 6 ; M\ #e " MA ‘ ' Men . t Wilf Edwards, Doug Corbridge and Brian Jefferie wWESTON TIMESâ€"ADVERTISER _ 14 SCHOLARS AMONG TOP IN PROV. Once again the little tax payer is being taken on the spiralling tax merryâ€"goâ€"round. North York School Board have requested a one mill tax increase: Metro School Board will most probably request a two mill tax increase. A Metropolitan general levy will most likely also rise by an additional two mills. Once again additional two mills. Once again our education costs are mainâ€" taining the speed of the merryâ€" goâ€"round at it‘s constant 60% of the total tax levy. Surely the time has come for to lighten the load of the taxâ€" burdened homeowner. A change of this nature will take sometime to bear fruit but I do feel that in the meantime serious consideration should be given to reâ€"evaluating our preâ€" sent concepts of fractionating the many, social, educational and medical necessities of the little taxâ€"payer. There are two things involved here; the carrying charges for the debenture debt are continâ€" uing to mount and will become greater in the ensuing years far beyond jthe ability of the taxâ€" payer to carry alone; the ever â€" increasing numbers of educationâ€" al buildings presently in exis Once again the being taken 0 Joint Planning Could Create Relief For All Taxpayers 1 education costs are mainâ€" g the speed of the merryâ€" uind at it‘s constant 60% of otal tax levy. ely the time has come for reâ€"evaluation of our tax tence, and those now being erected, represent m any milâ€" lions of taxpayer dollars, and the question arises; are‘ these buildings being properly designâ€" ed in order that a much greater use might be made of them ? There could be a possible solâ€" ution to this problem. Let us examine what a business man would do under similar circumâ€" stances. Would he undeftake a tremendous capital investment w ith _ tremendous _ increasing carrying charges with out first making certain that the plant and structure were being put to the maximum use in relation to his investment ? Obviously he would not, and so some considâ€" eration of a similar nature should be given to our existing problems. Libraries are open all day, six days a week, but most of the circulation is done in the evening hours.Parks are utilized mostly after school hours for ‘mrntloml purposes. _ Mental Health Clinics for North York are still on the distant hor#6n. To illustrate my point, further, school buildings are being used approximately five and a half hours per day, five days per week, and closed down for two months in the summer. Comâ€" munity centres are used primarâ€" i‘z¢ in the evening hours and ekends. WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1964 Police Stations and Fire Halls are separately maintained strucâ€" tures and located well apart from each other. Surely, with proper planning and coâ€"ordination a school buildâ€" ing could and should be designâ€" ed to serve a multiâ€" functional purpose. It could be a school in the daytime, a community cenâ€" tre in the evening and serve as a community facility during those two closed s um mer months. Sufficient land could inâ€" itially be acquired in order to provide park facilities as well as school playgrounds during school hours. This multiâ€" purpose structure could include branch libraries. Police Stations could be built adâ€" jacent to Fire Halls and could include ambulance services as well. Some Community Centres could include provisions for Mental Health Clinics as well as provide space‘ for Socia‘l Agencies which are also paid for out of our tax dollars. The demonstrated success of our High School Swimming Pools co â€" ordination could be the jumping off point for serious planning and co â€" operation of all levels of municipal adminis tration in order that a new day may soon dawn for a suitable solution to rescue and give reâ€" lief to the already overburdened taxpayer. Unitarians Plan Building Program For Two Years A goâ€"ahead to raise funds for the purpose of buying a one â€" andâ€" a â€" half to three acre lot was given to its executive Sunâ€" day night by the Unitarian Fellowship of Northwest Toronto. The Fellowship plans to begin a staged building program with the opening of its own Sunday School facilities by the fall of The Fellowship presently holds adult programs in the Pine Point Community Centre, and Sunday School in The Elms Public School. In its four â€" year span, the Fellowship has grown from twelve to 71 adult memâ€" bers, with 90 children registered in its School of Religion. Legion Delegates Attend Conclave The Budget Proposals Meeting April 5 at Pine Point approved an expanded program for 19%4â€" 65 by a 31 to 4 straw vote. The Unitarian Sunday School provides children with informâ€" ation on many different religâ€" ions rather than teaching a creed. Three delegates from the Weston branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will be attendâ€" ing the 20th biennial convention of the veterans‘ organization in Winnipeg next month. Alec Dobson, president, and Bill Morris,â€"2nd . viceâ€"president, both of Weston, will leave Sunâ€" day, May 17, for the Manitoba capitol. First viceâ€"president Rick Collins of Downsview will be the third member of the contingent. Prime â€" Minister Lester B. Pearson will officially open the convention at which some 1,300 delegates are expected. Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Hon. Roger Teillet is expected to addâ€" ress the opening session. fese e opening session. The agency‘s board of directâ€" Other honored guests will be | ors has submitted a higher oudâ€" General Sir Richard Gale,| get request for the operating G.C.B., KBE., D.S.0., M.C., | year of 1964. The higher budget, former deputy supreme comâ€"| says the group, is justified by mander of NATO and DCPHtYL the increase in number of cases Grand President of the British: handled and the rise in populaâ€" Commonwealth Exâ€"Services Leaâ€" tion. They say this increase has gue. Visitors from overseas will| not been matched by a similar also include Herman Goetzen | growth in the resources of the and Dr. W. H. Enklaar, both asâ€"| United Appeal, their principal sociated with the Netherlands | source of funds. War Graves Committe which To meet. this challenge, the has been sponsoring pilgrimagâ€"| board feels it must be enlarged es for Canadian nextâ€"ofâ€"kin to| and that the community must war graves in Holland. become more involved in the AFTER WHAT WE ALL HOPE was the last snowfall of the season, thhx girls created their own Easter Rabbi on Lippincott Ave. by scraping up all the snow from the lawn. Snow sculpâ€" Five students from this area have earned a total of $11,600 in scholarships and bursaries awarded by the National Reâ€" search Council to aid in the finâ€" ancing of graduate work. R. W. Cochrane and Miss B. M. Burnet, both graduates of Toronto, each received $2,400 to continue their work there. They T. J. Smith, of Weston, receivâ€" ed a $2,000 bursary. He is preâ€" sently at the University of Alâ€" berta and will continue his studies at the University of Torâ€" Local Family Service Center Reports Year‘s Social Work The North York and Weston Family Service Center‘s eighth year of operation has witnessed many of that group‘s plans and hopes fulfilled, its annual reâ€" port for 1963 reveals. The renovation of the head ofâ€" fice accommodation, provided by Etobicoke Township, dis plays the high level of cooperaâ€" tion received from council memâ€" Council recently approved coâ€" ordination of the mutual conâ€" cerns of the Department ‘of Pubâ€" lic Welfare and the Family Serâ€" vice Center. The annual report pays tribute to the coâ€"operation of D.G. Mackenzie, Public Welâ€" fare Administrator, and the acâ€" tive interest of J. D. Booth, Etoâ€" bicoke Township‘s representaâ€" tive on the Family Service agâ€" ency‘s board of directors. The report continues by sayâ€" EmME oNE n Te OE CCC ing that the constant growth of | iY service center secured a demands upon it outstripped guahfied social \_vorker, trained financial provisions made in the â€"!1 £T0up dynamics, to develop budget. This problem has been this Program. wl partially overcome by the use The total.number of families of volunteer workers under the | S°TVed during 1963 was 930 leadership of Mrs. B. M. Singer. while the agency dealt with 643 About 50 volunteers assist in | new reâ€"opened cases. Last year‘s the visiting program and operâ€" | PUdZet was $84,386.25 and the ate the very successful "Clothâ€" | OPCrating~ surplus . remaining ing â€" Outpost," â€" in â€" Lawrence | *5 $2,005.90, Heights. $ LRRILL....... .. L ... oees. c cescoteinicsteatces The agency says it has been ui able to maintain its full quota "db ms a of professional staff, despite a y y 50 per cent turnover during the past year. The bequest of the I H ld Lmn late Thomas Price has been put s e y to good use in the establishment ; ew of a training grant. One of the| An exhibition of arts and agency‘s staff is presently comâ€" | Crafts created by members of pleting her Master of Social ‘the Weston Recreation Commisâ€" Work with this aid. sion and YWCA will be held at _ The agency‘s board of directâ€" 1 Central United Church, April 9, ave hae enbmitfed s hiches nud. i 10 and 11. To meet. this challenge, the board feels it must be enlarged and that the community must become more involved in the Local Scholars Receive $11,600 tors are Edna Birinyi and her younger sister, Rosemary, on the left, with Jutâ€" ;:mgm-'ph and little Maryanne Keatâ€" &. . * are residents of Islington doke also received a $2,400 schâ€" olarship for graduate work at Toronto as did J. J. Poliock of Downsview. The National Research Counâ€" cil has granted 971 scholarships this year with a total value of $2,357,400. Most of these are for graduate work in Canada. There are 28 special scholarships for study in the UK. and U.S.A. and 53 postdoctorate overseas fellowships. The total number of families | served during 1963 was 930 | while the agency dealt with 643 new reâ€"opened cases. Last year‘s | budget was $84,386.25 and the | operatingâ€". surplus â€" remaining coordination of efforts and proâ€" grams. â€" Casework has been the ag eny‘s main method of giving serâ€" vice. Much greater emphasis has been placed on a "familyâ€" centered approach." This led to the initiation of a staffâ€"inâ€"servâ€" ice training program devoted to family therapy with our psychâ€" iatric consultant. Over a period of two years there was an inâ€" crease of nearly 300 per cent in cases where more than two members of a family were inâ€" volved in counselling. Another feature of the agenâ€" cy‘s program is group counselâ€" ling. It provides a weekly opâ€" portunity to share with others some of the common problems which tend to disrupt family life, and to gain new knowledge and insight under professional leadership. Last year, the famâ€" ily service center secured a qualified social worker, trained in group dynamics, to develop this program. ‘ Displays will include art, fenâ€" cing, square dancing, ballet and baton twirling. Those taking | part have been working on their }vnrious projects during the past | winter and wish to show the 5geneul public how leisure time |can be put to good use. | _ Activities â€" will take â€" place Thursday from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., \Friday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Refreshments will be serâ€" ved. $INGLE COPIES 10 CENTS