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Mr. McCleary, who requested the information at an earlier board meeting, said that to get the total officials has to telephone principals and ask what duplicators they had because no inventory existed. Officials reported that a survey shows the school system has a total 680 duplicators with some schools having as few as two and others up to 16. After hearing Mr. McCleary's critical remarks trustees deferred giving final purchase approval for 11 new duplicators at an average cost of $300 each. The charge was levelled at a school board meeting by Trustee George McCleary who alledged that the school administration doesn't know how many typewriters, pianos, and similar items it has. “The wires are insuiated,Ut kids'could easily break the underground lights," he warned. Senior officials of the North York Board of Education were accused on Monday of being "pretty slipshod" in keeping track of expensive items of school equipment. Al Savage, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation told the committee that the fountain had not been working for two years. The ornamental pool at Cruikshank Park will be converted to an ornamental flower bed, York's committee of parks and recreation decided last week. Early in July the Canadian Gypsum plant was found guilty of a breach of the air pollution control act and fined $1,000. The offence occured on March 23 when inspector Schmitt, of the department of energy and resources, found an obnoxious odor and particles of rock wool being emitted from a chimney. Metro will pick up the $90,000 cost of providing the special bus service in the area. It means that people will be able to board a bus and travel between the two intersections until 2 a.m. The Canadian Gypsum plant on Oak Street was found guilty of polluting for a second time and another charge is still to be heard. Free Jane Sf. bus service Metro Roads and Traffic Commissioner Samuel Cass reported earlier that there is no way a pedestrian walkway can be provided for another 15 or 18 months to allow people to walk between Dundas and St. Clair. A free transit service for citizens between Jane St, and St. Clair Ave. and Dundas and Jane St. will be arranged by Metro to help citizens overcome the problem of the Jane St. reconstruction in the vicinity of the railway underpass. ”LEW Vol. 10, No. 35 17 Daybar 15.x; Off Minimum. Rd. 1 h Goldie locks and the Italian Bears was one of the skits featured during the Borough of York 'g Parks and Recreation Variety Day at Weston Collegiate. The Elm Park group who (aged and acted out the short play to shown above. From left to right are: (standing) louise MacDonald, Charlotte Gypsum fined You ARE INVITED TO OUR it) iiiiiii, NEW SHOWROOM ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY From pool to bed "Slipshod" rut -- Phone 147-8137 , block South of Beif"tetd The girls claim their civil rights have been violated, and that the existing bylaw discriminates against single people who do not own their own home. Peace and 'iee1i;puirt,1rrrvtiatet quiet 32:23:8235 {213; NORTH YORK ENFORC§S BYLAW The bylaw also states that a property owner living with two other unrelated peisons is ciagsifigd as a family. Under bylaw 7625 a family is defined as a group of people living together interrelated by bonds of consanguity, marriage or legal adoption. The girls had received a tem"p'orary reprieve while North York officials review thtrrtstictjve bylaw _ bylaw 7625. Barbara Gieene, one of the girls and a school teacher, has said that they will fight the decislqn “_to _the last court of appeal." The girls, aged 23 to 25, have been fighting the May decision by the borough's bylaw enforcement team that they vacate the nine room home they have been renting since April of this year. North York Mayor Basil Hall announced last week that the borough will enforce its bylaw against the four single girls sharing a $14,000 Walwyn Ave. bungalow in an area zoned single family. Walwyn's single girls must go Weston-York Times MacDonald. trees; Gloria Whitely, moms bear; Cindy Durtnall and Vicki Durtnall, trees. Sitting and kneeling are. left to right, bambino bear Maureen Power; Papa bear Cathy Whitely and Goldie locks Julie Durtnall. What does a borough politician do when he has two petitions in front of him - one requesting no parking signed by the majority of neighbours and the other asking However, on July 26, North York council voted 8 to 6 to refuse a reprieve for the girls, directing that the single family zoning of the Believe it or not, this lovely campsite is located right in the heart of the borough of York, in the natural ravine of the Humber River at Jane Street and Egllngton Avenue West, Don't start loading the car with all your camping equipment though, for this camping ground has already been taken - by the borough of York tor their day camp program. WILLIAMS ST. Two weeks ago Mayor Basil Hall had promised the four girls - a lab technician, social worker and two teachers - immunity against prosecution pending a review of the bylaw. They say they are being forced to live in an apartment or a townhouse which would limit their lifestyles; find privacy. Conflicting petitions cause compromise Thursday, August 12, 1971 It is, in Controller James Trimbee's words “a little bit of a compromise," designed to keep Walter J asinskl, the owner of a service station at the corner of Jane and William Streets happy with the two or three car parking he ls now allowed and also to soothe Mr. Thomson. "But we were the ones willing to compromise," stressed Mr, Thomson after V This is the address of Henry Thomson. the instigator of the original petition requesting increased parking legislation. the meeting Parking will be allowed on the north side of the street from Jane Street until the property line of 220 William Street. Members bf the Works and Traffic committee after hearing deputations from bo}h sides agreed to try a compromise. No less than eleven of these had signed the original petition requesting the parking restrictions. The borough's traffic engineering division tactfully termed these eleven "neutrals." Traffic Coordinator, J. W. Price turned the whole matter over to the Works and Traffic committee for a decision, stating in his report that his department did not intend to state an opinion. only the facts. Of the 31 homes on the street between Jane Street and Merrill Avenue, 23 signed a counterpetition dated June 10 requesting that the parking restrictions be removed. However, not everyone on Williams Street wag pleased with the new regulations. Residents of Williams Street, under the leadership of Henry Thomson, had circulated a petition several months ago requesting that parking on the north side of their street be restricted. The borough complied and ruled there be no parking anytime on the south side of William Street and no parking 8:00 a.m. til 6:00 pan. Monday to Saturday on the north side. This was the problenffacing York's Works and Traffic Committee last week. the opposite and again signed by a good number. bylaw be enforced. Council also decided, however, to review the definition of family under the 19 year old bylaw. Mr. Hall stated that if the girls move out no further action will be taken. If they stay, the girls face court action within two weeks. Bylaw enforcement officer Harold stated that the girls if they are taken to court will face of fine of approximately $75, but not eviction as this is their first offense. {I ESummer snow [ploughing row Jean Anne 31mm“: Tters' 09-9 71mm no!“ will gnu; pin the new “ m York Mnrrr nun Hall when an mm the I’m-Qui- hit walk: G HERBS; Brunswick. Photo by " Sun-elm. The use of borough staff on the walk ploughing reduced somewhat the extent of the catch-basin opening services, which caused some embarrassment due to street flooding in several instances, Mr. Macdonald stated. The report continued to say the estimated cost tor the winter project would be 35,000. Commenting on some of the problems that In his report, Mr. Macdonald stated that because test area was a small one, ploughing could be done without adding to the borough staff. Extending the area over the entire borough would result in the hiring of extra men, who would become permanent year-round employees but whose services would not likely be required for the rest of the year, Sidewalks were cleaned on streets north of Eglinton Avenue between Croham Road Lyon Avenue. Last fall, against strong efforts from Mr. Saunders to have snow removed from all sidewalks in York, Council recommended a 19-mile test area. "We are handling this the wrong way," he continued. "It should be a tendered item. Our men (Borough Works Department) don't have to do it". Although Mr. White stated he was in favour of sidewalk snowploughing, he said he would prefer to include perhaps only half the borough streets this season. “There are some areas that would raise the cost", he Mr. Townsend said he is 100 per cent in favour of having the sidewalks in York shovelled but not if York forces do the work. Mayor Philip White explained to the committee that people have asked what this is going to cost, and that was why the report was necessary. "All this report tells me is points against. What about the good points?" questioned Alderman Cy Townsend, Chairman of the Committee. "Mr. Macdonald is giving us the gears said Mr. 1iyyiert, /'_1Ve have to try it". "A monkey wrench is being thrown m at the 11th hour", Controller Douglas Saunders stated after reading what he termed "a very negative report", from Colin Macdonald, Commissioner of works. The controversy on the pros and cons of a sidewalk snow shovelling program continued last week at Thursday's meeting of the legislation and property committee. York homeowners may have to continue to shovel the snow from their own sidewalks this winter. 1tl1tggtigereoort by Dawne Moss Mr. Macdonald closed his report stating he urged very careful consideration be given to the proposal before instituting this service. Costs for snow ploughing operations are difficult to predict but the annual cost could conceivably be 50 per cent more than the estimated $35,000. The ploughing service would include the walks abutting all institutions which formerly cleared their own property, and any failure to clean any walk anywhere in the Borough would bring forth immediate adverse criticism of the Borough's efforts. Once the service has been established it would prove very difficult for Council to withdraw. Although the snow ploughing service was well received in the test area, there are many locations where, due to congestion or hills, we will not be able to do a job that we would be proud of. It is in these areas that I am apprehensive as to the effectiveness of our work with resultant dissatisfaction of the residents. We are also uncertain as to the effectiveness of walk ploughing in areas where we already have trouble without street ploughing due to continuous street parking situations. There is a limit to the space available in the gutter for the piling of snow and it is impossible to plough walks toward the lawns. The result would be a conflict between the requirements of the road ploughs as opposed to the walk ploughs. This could be resolved only by the removal of the snow altogether in purely residential districts that normally do not receive this service. The addition of eight tractors would throw a load on the servicing and maintenance crews of our garage. No provision has been made for extra equipment in case of breakdown, for more overtime, or for additions to our staff of mechanics which would be required. Walk ploughing to be effective must be executed promptly before the snow is tramped down, thawed or refrozen; therefore, no delays can be allowed in repairs to the equipment. might be encountered in introducing this service Mr. Macdonald stated in the report that: Although there were about 16 occasions when snow fell last winter, the greatest fall was only ii". We thus have had no experience as to the effectiveness of the Bombardier tractor under snowfalls 0MB" or 12" or more. The rate of progress at least would be slower. SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS