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Weston-York Times (1971), 25 Feb 1971, p. 3

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The new bylaw, passed last week by York council, prohibits homes being built on lots with less than 40 foot frontage. Santo Martini of John Street is disturbed about the Weston zoning bylaw that prohibits him from building on his 30 foot lot. ‘"Why are they trying to create something in Weston that will never be," said Mr. Martini on Monday. He said there are many other lots in Weston similar in size to his. Mr. Martini currently has a home situated on two.30 by 128 foot lots on John Street. ‘"If my house burned down, I wouldn‘t be able to rebuild on one of the lots, he said. "I would have to build on 40 feet. What do they expect me to do with the other 20 feet?" Mr. Martini said he was not aware that the 40 foot provision was going through until he read an account in the newspaper last week. A dayâ€"long ‘ series of symposia, films, panels and parties is being planned for February 27 by Atkinson College, York University, to mark the tenth anniversary of the college. Billed as Atkinson Day â€" Community in Action â€" the program is organized by a group of students who are working to encourage the public to participate in the day‘s events. With the exception of an evening _ partyâ€"cumâ€"dance, all events are free. Many aspects of comâ€" munity life will be examined and debated, ranging from a seminar on the use of educational _ television (ETV) ot political debates involving such people as Mel Watkins and Donald Macâ€" Donald of the NDP, ‘Stanley Burke, Senator Eugene Forsey and Barbara Frum. Controllér Douglas Saunders also protested the restriction. ‘"‘This means there are 504 illegal houses in Weston," he said. ‘"This restricts their future use. As well, there are 12 vacant lots â€" $150,000 worth of property â€" frozen by this bylaw.." ‘‘This provision restricts the value of the homes and V& cup sugar 1% teaspoons cornstarch % cup raisins v& cup water V& cup coarsely chopped nuts V cup candied cherries, halved 1 teaspoon butter or Parkay margarine 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 can (8 oz.) Pillsbury Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls Glaze V cup icing sugar * teaspoon vanilla 1 to 1% teaspoons milk OVEN 375 degrees 8 ROLLS In saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, raisins and water. Cook over medium heat until clear and slightly thickened. Remove from heat; stir in nuts, cherries, butter and lemon juice. Separate crescent dough into eight triangles. Place a rounded tablespoon of fruit mixture on wide end of each triangle. Wrap dough triangle around filling, comâ€" pletely covering fruit and squeezing edges of dough tightly to seal. Place in greased muffin tins. Bake at 375 degrees for 14 to 17 minutes until golden brown. Immediately remove from pans and drizzle with Glaze. Serve warm or cold. Glaze: In small mixing bowl, combine icing sugar and vanilla with milk until thin enough to drizzle. In the recent Pillsbury Canada Bakeâ€"Off, a Mississauga mother of three won first prize for her recipe, Crescent Fruit ffs. ?\ Mrs. Morlene McAteer won a oneâ€"week expense paid trip to Hawaii for herself and her husband. Her prizeâ€"winning entry is a cherry, filbert and raisin filled sweet bun which uses refrigerated crescent dinner rolls. Winning recipe Other Day of activity for Atkinson College Upset about bylaw events _ include CRESCENT FRUIT PUFFS Entrance to the main York campus can be made from the west side of Keele Street between Finch and Steeles Avenues. Detailed program outline may be obtained by calling 635â€"2471. Free day care facilities will be available in the Graduate Student Residence No. 3; an art competition and exhibits from Pollution Probe, Women‘s Liberation, etc., can be seen in Atkinson College. properties under 40 feet and they _ deteriorate _ acâ€" cordingly," said the conâ€" troller. "We get little tax off vacant lots. I think the owners should be allowed to build on them." poetry, proseâ€"reading and folkâ€"singing in the Green Bush Inn (York‘s campus pub); a presentation of sound poetry in Burton Auditorium; and seminars on topics ranging from the role of Women in the University to the Canadian Labor Movement and hbam radio. For sports buffs, a student faculty basketball game will be played in the Tait McKenzie Building. ROSESâ€"HER FIRST LOVE! Emery Collegiate students are staging "Arsenic and Old Lace" on Friday and Saturday, February 26 and 27 at 8:00 p.m. This durable mystery comedy by Russel Crouse shoule get some new twists with youthful "Old Lace" taking part. Adâ€" mission $1. +++ The annual Father and Son banquet for 1st Emery cubs and scouts is slated for The 11:00 a.m. service was conducted by Dr. Howard Doig, secretary of the Home Mission department of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Doig spent time as a chaplain in the armed forces and has been an active churchman all his life. The evening service was led by Rev. Roy Essex in the sanctuary following which the congregation met in the social hall for a hymnsing led by Dr. John Blair. +++ Keelesdale public school was the scene of the annual public speaking contest sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion, Post Number 57, on February 11. Many â€" subjects were chosen, here are some of the Greenborough Community Church, celebrated their twentieth anniversary on Sunday, February 21 with special services, a hymn sing and social evening. The church held their first services in Charles E. Webster public school then moved into the church building at 2000 Keele Street 15 years ago. This year the Church of the Advent on Pritchard Avenue will be the host churci. for this area. Congregations of the neighbouring churches have been invited and a cordial invitation is extended to everyone to be with the Greenborough Church Mystery play at collegiate WELCOME SHERWAY PLAZA Signs to slow motorists at Cordella Metro‘s newest plaza opens this week out there someplace in Mississauga. We‘re sorry it‘s so far from Weston. It‘s a long way to send people to compare prices. KEN JOHNS MEN‘S WEAR 4 JOHN STREET WESTON Friday, February 26 at Riversideâ€"Emery United Church. The scout troop is in need of a leader. Since the last leader was transferred, Cub master Les Brown has been looking after the boys but this can only be a temâ€" porary arrangement. Surely there is someone who can give some time and effort for these lads who are learning about responsible citizenâ€" ship. *+++ During the past couple of weeks we have been reading or hearing about the Kiwanis +++ Thursday, February 4, was a very special day at Rockcliffe Senior Public School. Each feature of the double programme would have aroused an enthusiastic response if presented alone. At intermission the auâ€" dience was entertained by students of Kane St. senior school who sang a number of songs and played accordian, marracas, bongos and drums to the delight of the ladies. winners: Laughter by Susan Dyer; World Today by Sandra Nonis; The Sun by Theresa Portelli and second place winner Wendy Blair who spoke on The Family. Church‘s WA presented an Accessory show on February 9. Hats, scarves, scarf pins and chains were demonâ€" strated. The ladies of the group modelled different ways of wearing the many bright, colourful scarves. The service on Friday, March 5, at 2:00 p.m. will have Mrs. Alice Wormald, past president of the Interâ€" Church Council of Metropolitan Toronto as guest speaker. â€" Mrs. Worâ€" mald has a background of experience, knowledge and a reputation of being a very good speaker. The Church of the Advent asks you to join the rest of the world in prayers for peace and to stay for the fellowship hour when you may get a chance to get to know your other friends from the neighbouring churches. rest of the universe in the George Harvey Senior North Runnymede United 4_LBsEOMt is allthide Y ork Central Band, under the leadership of Mr. Hilliard, presented a ~Mount Dennisâ€" .Dawne Moss 769â€"604 Jane Park l Nide an 14 Championship. The conâ€" testants were Keven Bowser, Karen Dickerson, Karen Stringer,‘ Susan McCormick and Eddie Gomalka. The judges, who found it difficult to make a decision, awarded first place to Keven Bowser, who spoke on The Beatles. Second place went to Karen Stringer, with her speach on Archeology. Karen Dickerson, who came third, chose for her topic, Stephen Leacock. Representatives of the Alcohol _ and Research Foundation, the Board of Planning Council discussed the Rockliffe dropâ€"in centre with parents and teenagers. My congratulations to the three teenagers present for the way they handled themselves when questioned could get many projects underway currently sufâ€" fering from lack of interest Education and the Social The Westonâ€"York Times, Thursday, February 2, 1971 â€"Page 3 library begins with a mixed program on Thursday, March 4, ‘‘Saturday Afâ€" ternoon‘" is a classic Harry Langdon comedy, originally silent but now updated with a descriptive commentary and period music. ‘‘The Ballad of Frankie and â€" Johnny‘‘ animation film based on the Thursday movies March movies at the MIDâ€"WINTER CARPET SALE

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