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NEWS BRIEFS Secondary School and York Humber High School left Tuesday for an 18 day Mediterranean cruise. In Italy they will join 500 English students and pupils from Ottawa and Porcupine, Ontario schools on board a ship that will sail from Italy to Turkey along the Mediterranean coast. Billed as an educational tour, the students will be studying what they see on Aheir travels. Over 120 excited students of York Memorial Collegiate Institute, George Harvey +++ North York Council is planning an annual Amateur Sports Week which will be New alderman for Ward and children Alexei, 4, and Eight, Michael Waklawski is â€" Tanya, 2. > shown with his wife Jean, ‘ Controller Douglas Saunders suggested at last week‘s Legislation and Properties meeting that the borough take out life insuâ€" rance policies on its council members with the borough as beneficiary. Ward eight‘s new alderâ€" man, Michael Waklawski, has some very definite The policy would cover the expense of a new byâ€"election if a member of the council died while in the term of duty. _ The members of the Legislation and properties committee estimated the policy would be for $10,000 per person. Alderman Peter Bosa said the policy would also be based on the average age of the council members. ‘"‘There is an insurable interest here on the part of the municipality. Morally the municipality would be more than justified," Mr. Bosa said. Chairman Cy Townsend said he felt this insurance policy should be accepted under the existing municipal act. It is believed that this suggestion, if enacted by Council, would establish a precedence within the province. Fellowship Baptist Young People‘s Association will be holding its annual conâ€" ference this year in Scarâ€" borough. The conference, which will be held in Cedarbrae Collegiate on Markham Road, will get underway this evening and continue until Saturday, April 10. â€" Hundreds of young people from southern Ontario will converge on the Scarborough district and will be billeted in homes in the area. They will ttend a fullâ€"orbed program which includes workshops, panels, talent contests, and public services. Speaker for this year‘s conference will be Dr. Sumner Wemp, president of Southeastern Bible College in Biringham, Alabama. Fellowship Baptist Young People‘s Association is afâ€" filiated with the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, which has 350 congregations across the country. "A little bit of dignity" Insure council Baptists to meet Mediterranean cruise held every June. One of the major events will be an assembly at which borough, provincial, national In the case of local champions they will get a scroll signed by the 17â€"man council. Other award winâ€" ners who are North York citizens will get medals or pendants. and international sports champions and their teamâ€" mates will receive awards. +++ A total 266 drivers emâ€" ployed by North York Council completed 1970 without being involved in a traffic accident. They will receive their road safety awards on April "Local government can make life more comfortable for the people," he said in an interview from his attractive home overlooking the Old Mill. "Everybody wants a little bit of dignity in their lives." opinions about his new role as a municipal representatiâ€" ve. "It is important that the garbage be collected, that sewers are maintained, and that the pensioner be allowed to stay in is own warm and dry house," Mr. Waklawski stated. Mr. Waklawski feels that many of the problems troubling the borough now are under Ottawa‘s juris diction, but "there are things that municipalities must do." Metro Executive last week approved the borough of York‘s proposal to purchase subway surface lands to extend _ the _ Riverview Gardens municipal parking lot. The new alderman plans t0 four, and Tanya, two years visit _ the _ ratepayer of age, York offered $50,000 to Metro Executive for the land, plus another $18,000 as payment in the event that the land is never used for other than parking purposes. The land would provide additional parking space for 70 vehicles, and provide added revenue for the borough. York extends parking lot $1,100. 21 at a dinner for them on third _ most _ populous municipality _ â€" _ will celebrate its 50th. birthday as a separate municipality next year. considering forming a committee â€" of _ council members and citizens to plan a weekâ€"long celebration program early in July. +++ Winner of York Comâ€" munity Association‘s raffle for a stereo held last month was Miss Gladys Powell of 101 Humber Blvd. Miss Powell, a 77 year old senior citizen of the borough was completely taken by surâ€" prise. "I ‘have never won anything in my life," she said when her name was announced as the winner. +++ Queensview Day Nursery on Jane Street has entered into an agreement with Metro Social Services Department. Metro Social Services Department will make payment to the nurâ€" sery for the care of children. In most cases, the children of working mothers and single parents will get first call in this service provided by Metro. +++ Metro is faced with an $800,000 increase in the cost of widening Islington Ave. from Bergamot Ave. to 1,000 feet north of Finch Ave. The project included building a bridge over the Humber associations in his area to find out what the people want. He cautions, however, that the people‘s desires must be considered in relaâ€" tionship to what is best for the municipality as a whole for effective local governâ€" Mr. Waklawski, 35, was elected to his new position as alderman at a council meeting several weeks ago. He had previously been President of the Old Millside Ratepayers Association. Raised in the Junction area, he attended Humberside Collegiate Institute, graduated from Osgoode in 1961, and was called to the bar in 1963. Mr. Waklawski is an amateur photographer, his favorite subjects being his wife Jean, who teaches borough children with special learning difficulties, and his two children, Alexei, Mayor Philip White said that Metro Exec. agreed to the proposal because it would provide additional parking _ facilities for customers of the stores located along Bloor Street near Jane Street, which are within the city of Toronto‘s jurisdiction. Etobicoke Mayor Edward Horton supported the purâ€" chase as he felt the area needed "cleaning up." Mayor White said the borough will be investing approximately $40,000 to improve, cleanâ€"up and mark the newly acquired land. +++ council is River. The original cost of : Thistletown Lions Club $2,700,000 has gone up to $3,500,000. +++ Roadwin Contracting Ltd. has been given a $53,000 job by Metro Roads and Traffic asphalt about 390,000 feet of joints in the pavement in the Metro road system. +++ A plan to turn a former Canadian Armed Forces warehouse southâ€"east of Highway 401 and Weston Rd., into a private recreation club for Weston area residents was disclosed last week. will fill with rubberized The warehouse, which occupies a 25â€"acre site, was originally built by Masseyâ€" Harris in 1941 as an aircraft factory. Satok and Poizner, arâ€" chitects, presented the proposal to North Yerk Planning Board on behalf of the building owners, Levy Industries Ltd., and borough planning officials described the scheme as "reasonable and imaginative." The delegate is British Member of Parliament, E. Lance Mallalieu. North York‘s Reuben Shafer announced last week he recently raised $1,200 to finance a World Federalist delegate on a trip to three African countries. Mr. Shafer, a member of the World Federalist adâ€" visory board, said donations from interested North York citizens and money made from his various public speaking engagements throughout the borough made up the $1200 sum. The World Federalists is an _ organization _ with branches in 35 countries dedicated to establishing a world government to control world wide pollution and prevent war. Construction has started on the installation of a $33,000 storm sewer between the Black Creek and Corâ€" della Avenue on Weston This was good news for Ken Sills, owner of York Bait Shop on Weston Road, who has had to contend with excessive flooding in his store every time it rained, due to the inadequate Mr. Sills‘ problem began three years ago, when a gas station was constructed next door to his property. Before the station could be built, the Tand had to be raised to level it with Weston Road. This left the York Bait Shop in a valley. When it rained, water poured down Weston Road and because the sewer nearâ€" The board ordered a public From warehouse to private club The organization has To the best of our knowledge. our "Easter picture" has never influenced anybody to buy a single item from us. Who knows? Maybe this will be the year! Gallichan‘s sewer KEN JOHNS MEN‘S WEAR Trip to Africa HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL 4 JOHN STREET 17 have the approval of Metro to hold a fireworks display in Rowntree Mills Park on May 24. It is hoped that children in Thistletown Hospital will be able to view the fireworks display. Metro Library Board is considering _ additidnal membership. The board last week agreed to study the hearing into the plan but set no specific date. the architects said the warehouse is wellâ€"suited to conversion into a recreation club. The architects said it is planned to create tennis, iceâ€" skating, roller skating, squash and similar facilities. They added: "It is hoped the facilities proposed will be available at rates much lower than at current private clubs and therefore available to a greater number of borough residents or groups." Levy Industries earlier planned to use the wareâ€" house for industry but found the cost of alterations for such a purpose too costly. parliamentary groups for world _ government _ in existence. The one in Canada consists of 142 Canadian Members of Parliament, seven of whom are cabinet members. Mr. Shafer said Mr. Mallelieu has already met with Ethiopa Emperor Hailie Selassie, who readily endorsed the World Federalists‘ aims â€" and agreed to establish a parliamentary group for world peace in his country. Mr. Mallalieu will also address the Members of Parliament of Kenya and Mauritius in an attempt to form similar groups in both countries. Mr. Mallalieu has also scheduled talks with World Federalist Youth Groups in Kenya and Mauritius during his trip. 5+. + by was not adequate enough to remove the water, it flooded over the curb, down the driveway and into Mr. Sills‘ store. i At times, the water reached three to four feet causing damage and loss of "I think they should call it Gallichan‘s Sewer," quipped Alderman Jack Gallichan, who was instrumental in the installation of the new sewer. Mr. Gallichan would like to see more storm sewers built in areas where people have had to put up with flooded basements for years. ‘"Funds should be directed not only to building sewers where new development is expected, but consideration should be given to those people who are longâ€"time residents of the borough," he In the brief to the board, +++ +++ Metro has approved a $120,000 _ settlement _ to acquire 17, 178 square feet of was on the site. The land was needed in connection with the widening of Jane St. from Dundas St. to Wilson Ave. The property was obtained in 1969. The latest road plans show that a substantial part of the site will be surplus to road department needs. +++ Mr. Alex Crocker, 51 property at the northâ€"east corner of Jane St. and Dundas St. An industrial Council. _ The _ current appointment _ of fzroe members to the board from the community by Metro YORK DOWNS At least the valley lands, of York Downs golf course in North York may be preserved for public park Metro Parks Committee has agreed that Metro and the Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority would eventually buy all of the valley land as part of its long range flood control program. The fate of the table land, covering about 9 acres, remains very much in doubt. Some city politicians and with borough represenâ€" tatives are not anxious to see Metro funds used to buy the whole 155 acre York Downs golf course. According to some Metro officials, the general attitude appears to be that North York allowed the Bathurst St. Sheppard Ave. area to develop without providing neighborhood parkland and that North York should solve its own park deficiency problem. If Metro moves to help out by buying York Downs, already Etobicoke and Scarborough have warned that they would ask Metro to buy private golf course lands in their borough. The conservation Fate of table land 3« Wik nF ‘The Mamiet bedroom sulte. A bedroom suite at a low price that you won‘t lose any sleep over. Consists of 60" headboard with 2 night tables, freestanding, 1 triple dresser, 6â€"drawer high chest. Reg. $549.50 Sale $399.50 Brought to you from Sweden with Toving ware. Beautiful highback chair that swivâ€" eis. Upholstered in Europesn gloveâ€"soft black skai. Extremely comfortable. Reg. $199.50 Sale $169.50 Matching footstool, not shown. 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