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Street paving curb and storm sewer improvements in older areas of North York phould be paid for out of the borough‘s general tax levy and home owners of afâ€" The multiâ€"million dollar expressway now halted at Lawrence Ave., will be extended south to College St. cutting through York‘s Cedarvale area. The major portion of the work to Eglinton Ave. is done and waiting to be paved. York Solicitor Harry Boland represented the borough at the OMB supporting the completion of the expressway. Heavy traffic exiting from the exâ€" pressway at Lawrence Ave., is currently causing problems on York‘s residential York Mayor Philip White says he is ‘"exhilarated" by an Ontario Municipal Board decision last week to allow the conâ€" troversial Spadina Expressway to be completed. Westonâ€"York Times VOLUME 10, NO. 10 NEWS BRIEFS He told council that moving open drainage ditches on some streets had cost individual homeowners $650 and many were penâ€" sioners or young married couples who couldn‘t affordâ€"it:â€" Lund said such local street improvements should be decided only on the basis of need and not on whether people can afford to pay. fected streets should no longer be billed directly for part of the cost, Alderman Kenneth Lund said recently $824,000. Assuming $200,000 of this amount per annum is earmarked for road paving at public expense, it will take 14 years to complete this work. Department of Highâ€" ways subsidization amounts to 50 per cent. Up to now the borough has constructed all road pavements under the local imâ€" provements act. Most of the pavement debentures have been amortized over 15 years and property owners are still paying through taxes for all pavements constructed in York since 1955. Poor conditions at York municipal building recently have caused a lot of complaint from staff and politicians. Cool temperatures in the council chamber has Alderman Ben Nobleman asking that storm windows be installed. Alderman Jack Gallichan is complaining about the draft coming through the winâ€" Staff members were sent home a few weeks ago when temperatures in the building dropped below 60 degrees. Flooding conditions two weeks ago in the basement damaged telephone lines and prevented outgoing calls. A fuse blew in the council chambers last week. No one knew where to fix it. Alderman Cy Townsend suggested a fullâ€" time maintenance man to look after these problems. â€" Mr. Nobleman agreed: "To find a key to the furnace room you have to hire Perry Mason," he said. "It‘s about time we came to grips with the problem of poor mainteâ€" nance." Works Colin Macdonald says it will cost almost three million dollars to pave all unpaved roads in the borough. â€" Cost of paving one mile of street in York over a width of 28 feet is $118,590, the report said. Some 24.1 miles of road have not yet been paved. In 1970 construction expenditure for highâ€" way subsidy purposes was limited at The study of the report is the feasibility of paving highway at public expense. Mr. MacDonald said it would be an injustice to change policy both for those who are still paying and for those who have paid for local improvements. +++ Preliminary approval was given by the Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority‘s executive committee last week to developing a new residential field studies centre for adults and students at the Boyd Conservation Area north of Woodbridge. The $259,000 scheme involves renovations and extensions to the former Four Winds Guest House, once the home of tycoon Garfield Weston and opening is likely in Sleeping accommodation is planned for a minimum 52 people. Two existing residential field study centres are run by the authority at the Albion Hills and Claremont conservation areas but they are used almost exclusively by school groups. +++ York Alderman Ben Nobleman said Monday that Cedarvale Ratepayers Association will oppose a move by council to make Glencedar and Ava Roads into collector roads. ‘‘The executive met last night and will appear before council to oppose this plan," he said. Council decided to designate the collector roads at its last meeting in an effort to solve traffic problems in the Eglintonâ€"Bathurst area. OMB approves Spadina extension A report from York Commissioner of Mr. Fixit needed White said Cedarvale has been 444 +++ He is also concerned about rapid transit. ‘‘Why should the people of York without cars not have the benefit of the same tranâ€" sportation the people living along the Bloorâ€" Danforth line have?" he said. without adequate recreational facilities for a decade because of the project. ‘"Now the park is completely ravaged â€" a gaping sea of mud and earth." With completion of the expressway the park can be restored, he ‘"I personally will do everything possible to preserve the amenities of the abutting The mayor said the expressway would boost housing development north of Eglinton between Dufferin St. and Lyon Ave. "It will also cut down travel time and the accident rate," he said. York Mayor Philip White warned last week that Metro Toronto could become ‘"a sea of apartments‘‘ unless it was allowed to expand its boundary to the north. The mayor took strong exception to a Vaughan Township Council letter to Metro government which rescinded previous support for a Metro boundary extension to the north. The neighboring township council now says that it would oppose any extension of the Metro boundary north of Steeles Avenue. Trustees voted 7â€"5 against the suggestion by Trustee Ronald Summers that official approved should be given to the scheme to give board members a more efficient way of communicating with parents. Mr. White told Metropolitan Executive Committee that Metro has the financial base and ability to extend municipal services into the area north of Steeles Avenue. He said Vaughan‘s attitude was hampering the development of much needed land for housing. We can‘t sit back and allow Metro to become a sea of high rise apartments," he added. The mayor said there was continuous Supporting Summers were Trustees Val Scott, George McCleary, Lionell Rubinoff and Mel Shipman. Against were Trustees Mrs. Margaret Grant, Kechin Wang, Lyn North York school board on Monday refused to give official sanction to permit students to take home letters and other written material handed in by trustees for mass distribution to parents. This was agreed after several trustees expressed fear that using the school system to distribute trustees‘ communications might be used to political advantage. Trustee Dr. Lyn Trainor, the board chairman, said he thought it unlikely that any trustee would use the system for political propaganda purposes. However, it was better not to take the chance of such a thing happening, he said. Students not to be mail carriers Must expand or become sea of apartments: White Supporting players The Ontario Society for Crippled Children proved the winner as hundreds of tyke minor hockey league players of the Bert Robinson league turned out to Keelesdale Arena last week to skate laps in the annual ‘Timmy Tyke Skateâ€"Aâ€"Thon‘. Proceeds expected to reach the +$1,500 mark will go to the Society. Above, York Mayor Philip White gains the support of young participants as he skates to the opening ceremonies. (Photo by Don Dawson). Ward 1 Alderman Ben Nobleman agreed. ‘‘This has been long overdue. It has delayed the pursuing of recreational facilities in Cedarvale. The traffic on our area is very bad. This expressway is necessary. However, I am opposed to any further exâ€" pressways," he said. Wellâ€"known criminal lawyer John J. Robinette, who represented the antiâ€" Spadina forces, said he will appeal the OMB decision to the provincial cabinet. OMB Chairman J.A. Kennedy opposed the continuation of the expressway but was overruled by his fellow board members, William Shub and J.A. McGuire. hearings ended on the expressway at the Turstee McCleary said: ‘"There is not one trustee on this board who would take the risk of sending out a piece of literature through the school system which might smell of political propaganda." He said that several borough organizations, such as the Home and School, Red Cross and the United Appeal are allowed to used the school system to distribute leaflets to parents. Not to allow trustees the same priviledge makes them second class citizens. David Tough, education director, said many parents already object to the number ‘‘We have the potential to provide those services," Mr. White explained at the committee meeting. Mr. White argued for a continuous northerly expansion of the Metro urban area. Metro Chairman Albert Campbell inâ€" dicated to the committee that he would arrange for a discussion with provincial officials on the matter of Metro boundary expansion. North York Mayor Basil Hall questioned whether Metro was ready at this time to provide services north of Steeles Ave. "I have no knowledge that we can provide services at this time," Mr. Hall said. Trainor, Saul Cowan, Lorraine Deane, Bruce Bone and Douglas Malcolm. Summers said the parents want more contact with trustees and proposed that distribution of trustees‘ notices through the school system should be subject to inâ€" dividual approval by the board. He recently used the school system as a distribution convenience to invite parents to a series of education workshops in his ward. The York mayor said Metro should appeal to new Premier William Davis to settle the Metro boundary problem. "There has to be room for expansion," he declared. pressure on the boroughs to allow development of more and more apartments. Weston, Ontario, Thursday, February 25, 1971 The Metro department, in answer to questions put by York Mayor Philip White disclosed that in 1972, as a result of the study, it hopes to produce a $2.1â€"million development program that will include the 220â€"acre Eglinton Flats. The mayor expressed concern that subâ€" stantial funds have been included in Metro‘s 1971 capital budget for park improvements in other areas but that nothing was available for "the barren acres of land in Eglinton _ Spending included $2,850 for providing coffee and cookies for parents, school ofâ€" ficials and other persons, $450 for The proposed budget for the Ranchdale public school official opening includes $125 for floor displays, $900 for catering, $150 for photographs, $250 for audio visual displays and $800 for school cleaning. Over a three week period late last year, North York school board spent $6,600 on the official openings of A.Y. Jackson secondary school, Denlow public school and Ernest public school. Summers claims that school openings in North York this year have cost at least $10,000. Metro Parks Commissioner Thomas Thompson told a special Metro Executive Committee session recently _ that his department intends to carry out a $30,000 study of the Humber Valley lands extending north from James Gardens through Eglinton Flats to Lawrence Avenue this Borough school trustees decided at Monday‘s board meeting to ask finance and property committee members to consider a ceiling of $500 on individual school openings. The board also decided not to hear a delegation of Don Mills ratepayers who arrived at the meeting to protest the proposed spending of $2,600 on the official opening of Ranchdale public school. The 30â€"strong citizen depution angily left the meeting after trustees spent nearly an hour discussing whether they should be heard and were eventually told to appear before the finance and property committee. Trustee Ronald Summers, who asked for the spending limit, failed to get an onâ€"theâ€" spot debate on the subject. of notices given to their children to take home from school. He predicted problems at election time if trustees were allowed distribution facilities and added: "I think this should be looked at with great care." The borough‘s trustees have already voted themselves $500 in expenses each year specifically to help them communicate with their electors. A spending crackdown on the cost of ofâ€" ficial school opening ceremonies in North York can be expected soon as a result of ratepayer protests. Flats a park by 1972 Summers asks for limit on school opening costs The two Yorks are making plans to host each other during the July festivities. The winner of the York Festival beauty contest this year will get a trip to York, England to help that municipality celebrate its 1900th birthday. Lord Mayor A.J. Hardcastle of England‘s York has been invited to attend the July 1 York Festival in Canada, which last year attracted well over 10,000 borough residents. Alderman Cy Townsend and Controller Douglag Saunders plan to join the York Festival queen as representatives of the borough in England. Controller Saunders is chairman of the York Festival program committee and hopes to set up a fort on the municipal grounds. Other plans include a group of skydivers landing in the midst of the festivities and Voyageurs paddling down the Humber river in canoes. YORK B of E Controller Saunders intends to plant a Canadian maple tree in England using a shovel given to him by Mrs. Barbara Cox of Weston Ratepayers Association. This year‘s York Festival theme is the White Rose of York, the emblem of the English municipality. High schools and service clubs are beinig asked to sponsor candidates for the beauty contest. photographs, and $475 for tree planting. The bill for the A.Y. Jackson ceremonies alone was $4,250. School arrangements for public school openings in Scarborough cost the borough school system only $325 for each school. York board of education refused to establish a policy on political clubs in high school Monday night preferring instead to leave the decision to school principals and student councils. _ Two weeks ago three groups from York Memorial Collegiate petitioned the board to allow their clubs to function as part of the school‘s extra curricular program. The groups are the Young Socialists, the New Democratic Youth and the New Liberals. Canadian Gypsum Company is getting flak from a new area about their belching smokestacks. Mrs. Olive Planke, Yorkdale Cres., contacted the Air Management Branch this week to complain about a foul odor originating from the plant on Oak Street, Weston. Mrs. Planke drove down to the plant Friday evening to make sure that the company is the offender. "They always seem to have the stacks going full blast in the evenings and weekends," she said. ‘‘Could it be that they know the only time an inspector would call is during, business hours?" \/ All 12 players are captured on the ice by the can prepares to shoot the puck at the Aurora netminder. prepares to shoot the puck at the Aurora netminder. Dodger teammates Tom Colley and Bob Provost follow for the rebound. Weston won the game 9â€"7 before entering their Festival plans Canadian Gypsum under fire again No stand on clubs At that time Air Management said the plant was doing its best to conform to their standards and had an inspector visit the plant. A spokesman said the situation would be corrected within three or four weeks. decision until conferring with York‘s student council presidents. Canadian Gypsum incurred the wrath of residents in the immediate area of the plant, _ last October when a photograph of their stack was published in this newspaper together with an explanation from the company that the emmissions were only ‘water vapor‘. Holley Street residents protested the whitewash job and claimed that emissions were "globs of fuzz". s unable to reach him at press time. Super council subsequently informed the board it is not in favor of establishing political clubs in the schools. The board‘s previous policy stated schools York Alderman Fed Schindeler but was The York Memorial groups have already been denied permission by the school principal to form the clubs. About 10 students sat through the board‘s deliberations without comment. cannot be used for the distribution of political or religious literature. Trustee Harvey Wengle said politics should be a study in high school but should be run as a forum for discussion including people of all political persuasions. ‘‘School is a place where students should be exposed to all information and be able to make decisions rationally and without pressure.‘" Mr. Wengle said indoctrination ‘"inevitably becomes the goal of these clubs." "Canada, which affords as much freedom to its citizens as any country, has thousands of laws which prohibit absolute freedom. These laws exist to enable a majority of people to enjoy freedom and prevent anarchy from reigning." Trustee Oscar Kogan disagreed: "If we ignore this group because it is a small minority we are playing into the hands of those who want to make capital of the generation gap," Mr. Kogan said. Canon A.J. Jackson charged that political clubs should not be allowed because they are "divisive in their very content. A camera club is not." "Democracy is based on the rights of minorities as well as majorities. Isolating a particular kind of club is not logical. When you have a camera club no one is forced to attend. The same should apply to political Trustee Wengle agreed: "They require a degree of commitment that a camera or stamp club does not." The board defeated Mr. Wengle‘s proposal to have political clubs banned and decided to continue the present policy. Mr. Kogan said students can oly express themselves politically in a club of likeâ€" minded people. clubs." would the trustees have voted if the three clubs requesting recognition were the Liberal, NDP and Conservative parties?" Students staged a demonstration at that SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS as Weston‘s John Jaschuk