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Page®@®*‘Thé "timts, ‘Tuihredity,"Ilike 28(99979!! | Let the De Lasalles and the York Optimists â€" love that name â€"find a park closer to Glenhaven Street. While some of the apartment residents may appreciate the odd practice sessions in the park, most don‘t and the parks and recreation people or the one politician who advocates bands don‘t have to suffer the headaches. __A couple of weeks ago the Yorkâ€"Weston Tennis Club played host to a portion of the Interâ€"Country Tennis Association junior championships where youngsters from 12â€"18 from across Metropolitan Toronto and surrounding districts were entered. What happened? You guessed it. The De Lasalle Drum and Bugle Corps obtained a permit for a practice session right beside the tennis courts. The York Optimists â€" there‘s a paradox if we ever heard ore â€" and the De Lasalles are two great bands and have brought fame to Metro over the years. But very few of the youngsters who make up the groups even come from the Borough of York and there is no reason why Lions Park should be constant hosts. Tennis demands a great deal of concentration, especially in serious tournament play. There can be no such thing with drums beating a constant tatoo. Surely someone responsible for the issuing of permits must know that other things are happening â€" or is there a complete lack of communications? Lions Park is not longer an isolated field surrounded by a few houses. It is right in the centre of three large apartâ€" ment buildings on Lawrence and Belleview Crescent and these people have had Saturday and Sunday occasions where the bands have been blaring and booming from morning ‘till evening and, even though the police departâ€" ment has been kept busy answering complaints, they can do nothing because the bands have permits from the Borough of York‘s parks and recreation department allowing them use of the Contrary to some beliefs drum and bugle corps bands do not have to play in Lions Park in Weston and those who say ‘"Good grief. They have to play somewhere," should have them in their back yard for an afternoon sometime. Telephone 241â€"5211 Second Class Mail Registration Number 1588 Subscription Rates: Home Delivery $5.00 Per Year. Mailed Deliveries $7.00 Per Year in Advance in Cangdao. Other Countries $9.00 Established 1890. Incorporating the Weston Times and County of York Herald, the Times and Guide, and Weston Timesâ€"Advertiser, and the Weston Times. Published at 1705 Weston Road, Weston, each Thursday by Principal Publishing, a division of Burlington Printing Co. Ltd 60 years ago With the advent of dry weather comes the dust nuisance. The council for some years has been coping with this question of dust with the water sprinkler, apparently \without much success. While the municipality showed willingness to loan the water wagon, on r st, to the hospital for sprinkling purâ€" poses, the fact that Weston Main Street should get a more frequent watering should not be lost sight of. The residents who are paying for this will be up in arms unless they receive better results from the investment they are called upon to make for street watering. 40 years ago Commendation of York township council for its action in extending the tax discount period from May 15 to June 1 was expressed in a resolution passed by Drums along the Humber V.J. MacMillan, President and Publisher M. Fenton, General Manager Bill Boiley, Editor Weston businessmen fight for shoppers Circulation 249â€"7641 Mount Dennis Property Owners‘ association Monday night. It was also felt that since the township had exâ€" perienced better tax payment through allowing the one and a half percent discount for a longer period, the discount should be made larger next year as an added incentive to taxpayers to meet their bills early in the year. Can you sing, play an instrument, dance, whistle or tell jokes? Do you think you‘ll make a success in show business? Well, now you have a chance to prove it. Why not amble over to the Fox Theatre and see Barney Stuart, the manager? Why? Simply this â€" he‘s looking for talent for a series of amateur shows that will start in the near future. The shows, in conjunction with photoâ€"night, will run for five weeks. Each Thursday Congregations and their organizations raised a total of $72,306,674 in 1972 over $69,268,219 the year previous. Membership, however ceclined by 23,580 to 993,126. Officials aren‘t worried because they know that thousands of people joined churches in the fifties and sixties because it was the thing to do. Rev. George M. Morrison, secretary of the United Church‘s general council, says that situation was "artificial, with people coming in the front door and going out the back.‘" He also doubts that attendance is dropping everywhere and points to the crowded churches at special services last Easter. "Analysis would show that new forms of worship and purging the services of some of the old liturgical expressions are drawing people back," he said. Many congregations have also done exâ€" tensive roll purging in the past few years, The 1972 statistics, just released by The United Church of Canada, indicate a conâ€" tinuation of the down trend in membership but an up trend in contributions to comâ€" munity, Canadian and overseas projects. Church membership declines ‘"Tmge 70 pRmniK your ruryPoo anp so 30 TH€ Laziinie" 20 years ago Monies raised for the national Mission and Service Fund of the United Church, including special appeals such as world development and disaster relief, amounted to $14,123,115 in 1972, compared with $13,866,653 in 1971, an increase of over a quarter of a million. Are children and youth staying away from church Sunday school? Enrollment figures would indicate that they are (293,990 in 1972 against 321,364 in the previous year) but Rev. David Stone, the church‘s research officer, says that attendance records show that more children and youth are regular attenders. In 1972, the average attendance was 207,703 per Sunday, whereas in the previous year it was 202,280, an increase of 5,423 or 2.68 percent. Membership of adult study groups has also increased, according to Mr. Stone. weeding out the people who neither attend services not contribute financially. That saves them money because they pay an assessment to presbytery for every member. four contestants will strut their stuff with the audience selecting a winner. On the fifth week the four winners will compete for the final prize. 10 years ago Weston‘s businessmen will have to fight on their hands to hold business in the town when the town is hemmed in by two of the biggest shopping areas in Canada to be opened next year. Yorkdale Shopping Plaza, a mammoth area, about two miles from Weston, will be completed this fall and contains a large department store as well as many small stores carrying the same type of goods as are sold in town. Simpsons has agreed to join Eatons in the Etobicoke Shopping Centre to be built on the site of Sheridan Nursery property at the Queensway and Highway 27 next year.