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The reason Mount Dennis suffers problems which are peculiar to older residential areas of Metro is because Mount Dennis refuses to catch up with the times. It has been dying on the vine for the very reason that its people - perhaps only the consensus of those who were polled - reject the very things it needs to bring it back to life. Mount Dennis will continue to die as long as its pungent agtitudp and Jeaferthip prevails. - -- 'In the past Mr. Alan Tonks has been sympathic to the problems of the Canadian Gypsum Company's Mount Dennis operations but Ae speaks with a forked tongue when the other side of the picture can be presented to advantage. in his letter to the L.L.B.0. Mr. Tanks says that the company has “contributed to the dehabilitation” of the community for over thirty years. The Queensbury could be a much needed transfusion - a new life-blood for the surrounding merchants who will all benefit from an increase in the flow of people and the dollars they would spend in neighborhood stores and shops. We gave some credit to Mr. Tanks for a possible easement in feelings between Gypsum and surrounding residents. However, it now looks as if Mr. Tonks was the only out winning future votes. making any decisions pro or con and men sticking to his decisions - not because of any potential voter pressure, but because he felt them right for his region. We now feel than Mr. Alan Touts is not serving the Mount Dennis region, but is bowing to the whims of his would-be electorate and, like most politicians. is trying to build a base for future campaigns. We come to this conclusion because of his recent letter to the Liquor Licensing Board of Ontario regarding a transfer of the Queensbury Public House licence from its present Scarlett Rd. location - scheduled for demolition in the near future - to the former Loblaw’s store on Weston Road north of Eglinton Avenue, in which what he states he says "is a concensus of hid-n": 'tiiiis' “may. been»; if»? Wehada huddingpditicianinourmidst for whom we held a lot of respect because of his usual fairness in dealing with issues and his msonahIe study“ allaspedsof an issue before - Mount Dennis needs the Quieensbury and the business it will generate to help stem the tide of dehabilitation.. Sowing seeds“? Ma. W. W! and PM " “by. '"rteqi'ttt an: 3“... an)" CSr-r6qMqo mun wuuwwnm &A.rr'-'qr_Mor-triorgBSa.Nr"or “MU”?- "ortr.a6-.C_06orC-r- Mdvdw.ihorhisur~ia.mwum TW.“~WmT-Iu. PhANhqdeetNS't-_tl.-dtThtrrsdtsrbr PeirBei.artNb%htr_ieoter"t+etPtsoaieqCexud “years ago Heard at the post office corner: Have you seen the new lights on Little Avenue? A similar kind of light would look very nice in front of the Town Hall. It cost Charlie a dollar to remove the decorations from the hot dog stand. A suggested play for the new dramatic society - Ye Village Council. Human beings are not the only things to take dives in the Humber. When freight cars start it's time we quit. Say Doc - don't forget to pull the parlor blind down, you know there are people walking along Cobalt Avenue. The constable found a loaded revolver during the week. A professional bug hunter was in town during the week. An elastic band and a few peanuts caused quite a commotion in a certain church last Sunday. “years ago At the annual meeting of the Weston local council of women, the following reports were presented. Mrs. Meldrum brought from her committee a suggestion for tttettushingofthepttvedttreetsotthetownandset Ken Johns sign keeps council on edge Township, their case was presented to éouncil and they 20years ago A $15,000 home built at less than half price and for only $700 down, is the incredible feat performed in the past few months by 12 Mount Dennis ratepayers who last March, formed a cooperative to build their own homes. First of all they formed the Mount Dennis Cooperative Builders Incorporated with each of the 12 members paying $700 for his membership. Through William Beech, M.P.P., and Fred Hall, Reeve of York forth reasons for the excellence of the suggestion. Mrs. Roy, on behalf of the citizenship committee, said the Legion Hall had been secured for the use of unemployed men as a recreation centre. Mrs. Ait- cheson, speaking on cinema and printed matter, described the threatre nights at which the picture Rebecca of Sunnybrooke Farm had been shown and met with unanimous approval. It is a wholesome type of picture needed for young people. Mrs. o. Masters reported $25 had been used for redecoration of the Town Hall. The fat cat Toronto Star is at it again with their proposals of amalgamation to get rid of Toronto and borough woes. __ - - If amalgamation is -the cure all, then the Toronto Star is a prime example of what its medicine can bring. - - A A - In" effect the Star picked up what the old Toronto Telegram left and became, for all intents and purposes, one amalgamated and only afternoon newspaper serving Toronto and its environs. The Star has become ever more con- ceited, ever more arrogant but eiermore sloppy in its presentation of news and its content. And its editorials seemingly have become even more rubbish since the Telegram folded. If this is what amalgamation brings, we don't need it. What Metro needs is, indeed, something to unify its boroughs with the city into one, big happy family. - - hrnahjiunatiori won't do this. One Toronto would probably split communities even more than they are now. Unlike the Star editorial writers, we won't attempt to come up with a solution. Unlike Ar, 1'cvf? Physician - cure thyself m "a tu:,)""' 13?“ "--s- ”W 7r's ml T//e 'louse, MYF/Q/EA/D - -- c/t/.5TA 50AM 5ER)ME (4426.6 " were sold a block of ten lots on Lambton Avenue at builder's terms. This amounted to $200 deposit on each lot. Time estimated to erect a house in eight weeks, working weeknights, Saturday and Sunday. Estimated cost for each house is $6,400. As one house is completed it will be mortgaged and money used to build another until all 12 houses are completed. 10 years ago Ken Johns sign for his new clothing store will probably create a record for overhanging signs on Weston streets and Weston council breathed a sigh of relief when they approved the sign. Instead of the usual projections over Weston sidewalks of several feet, the sign will only jut out two and one half inches. Because of Weston's freezing bylaw, Mr. Johns will have to wait for several weeks before gettin approval to Open his store at 4 John Street. In discgssing Mr. Johns new business, several members of council expressed congratulations for the new store, although council had to refrain from wishing him well officially. One Toronto is unwieldy. Beaches problems are not Downsview problems, parking on Kingston Road is unlikely to get residents of Willowdale uptight, and the ratepayers of Rivalda Heights are not likely to get on any band wagon to stop developers from putting up a complex at Military Trail and Ellesmere Road. The borough system, for all its faults, keeps things in perspective. But to suggest that amalgamation will eliminate bias is folly. Just where would communities the size of Weston or Leaside get any hearing in one big, broad City of Toronto whose cancer-like growth continues to engulf its smaller neighbors until the Metro system eliminated its further ex- pansion. Amalgamation is a dirty word around these parts and nobody but nobody in Weston is convinced that becoming a part of the Borough of York is the best thing to come along since apple pie and ice cream. the Star editorial writers, we don't try to solve problems we know little or nothing about. -,cii):i'ji-y/,