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C «y #WJse Christmas Seals. It‘s a matter of life and breath. Taught in public schools and University of Toronto. Resident for 24 years. w t n wl en M idii Fight tuberculosis, emphysema, asthma and chronic bronchitis. vVOTE FOR E.A. Ricker, . I presume your correspondent is a tenant of the hall, by the way he signs the letter â€" or doesn‘t sign it â€" and I would advise him to read his lease where he will see that it distinctly states that the floors on the second floor have to be covered and I have never seen any floor on the second floor that has not ben covered. ‘ While we have some people living alone in double apartments, it should be pointed out that in many cases, the husband or wife of the original tenant has died, and at that time no single apartment was available. Would your correspondent have us put the Fed up to the teeth At first the hall was well used but the advent of television, together with our tenants getting older, has made it more comfortable to stay in at night rather than venture out in the dark. The resident‘s association works hard at its various programs and entertainment and if the residents do not want to partake of it, then there is very little anyone can do. Everyone still has the right of choice as to what to do with his time, leigsure or otherwise. I know a great many of the ladies living in the Beech Hall, and of all the comments I have heard about the wonderful place it is, you would think I might hear of wash day problems â€" but I never have. The ladies are quite capable of doing their washing and seeing that their clothes get dry without any fuss about what day they are going to do it. E s tvitdanantiit wichadit a Ai lt B s d c c ds w c c eV of the very few double tenants in the doubles" which appears in your issue of November 29, 1973. Taking into consideration that the apartments were built in 195253 by a housing board made up of municipal councillors and interested citizens, who were aware of the need for this type of housing when old age pensions were only $45 a month and who were also aware that the project had to be built within a certain amount of money â€" it stands to reason that no frills were added. Most of the tenants living in the project only take what they need to furnish their apartment so the "4‘ x 4‘ storage space" was only meant to hold things that were rarely used. The lack of use of the McEachren Hall recreational centre has always troubled those interested in the welfare of the tenants. It is rather amusing to me to read of the demands that recreational facilities be placed in senior citizens housing now when 20 years ago, the originators of the Beech Hall scheme saw this need and, rather than build an extra muchâ€"needed apartment on that site, gave the land to a group of private citizens who raised the money and built and furnished the hall, and if tenants do not take advantage of it â€" that is not the fault of the housing board not the resident‘s association. , The editor: As a private citizen in the Borough of York, and as one who has been vitally interested in the Beech Hall for the past 20 years, I am fed up to the teeth with the criticism being levelled at this project by the news media, editqriil comm ent and now a letter from * CA NA DA Trustee Ward 8 York Board of Education ol 1 1 o ie n e anennnte in on . en Mmss o mc mt oo y img o h esn in FOR EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION "BEV‘" BULGER FOR York Board of Education Trustee Ward 8 December 17th MEDICAL RESEARCH SPELLS HOPE NA aN n tb Beech Hall is running at a loss, a loss that is picked up by municipal taxes, but no one minds the added smaill tax burden so that those who have less money than most may live in peace and quiet in a place of their choice. No ane is holding any tenant at the Beech Hall â€" people are at liberty to leave when they want to so I would advise your letter writer to fill his car with gas, start looking around at other places and the rents charged and perhaps he will feel that the Beech Hall is not such a bad place to live after all, for the price of his rent. The editor:; . © Your editorial of December 6th was timely and necessary. It was timely in that it is now one year since the Borough of York Council was elected â€" and one year until its citizens elect a new council. , remaining lone tenant out on the street? No way. But of all the inane and inacurrate remarks in the letter, the one about pulling the gardens out to make a parking lot is about the worst. All summer long both in the afternoon and evening that bit of parkland is used by those who like to sit out and they enjoy it thoroughly. Your letter writer evidently owns a car. Well bully for him If he has money enough to own and run a car in this day and age, perhaps he should not be living in a subsidized housing. It was necessary in that I believe this council â€" and most of its ratepayer groups â€" have drifted into a state of euphoria. The big sleep was brough on by ratepayer group who know council will ask their opinion before decisions are made â€" and are loath to criticize a council that has citizen participation as its guiding light. The practice of citizen participation can be carried to extremes the same as a power group in council can ignore the people who elect them. Your front page discussed two items where citizen participation was carried beyond sensible proportions. One was Lionstar where a motion of mine to withold a building permit was defeated seven to four. A night meeting followed that packed the council chambers and various motions were made to stop the project. Later the developer threatened a court action and council passed a motion that it would not rescind or amend Byâ€"Law 197. Now as the buildings on the site are being demshed, council is still looking to the Ontario and federal government to bail them out. I lost my motion to withood the building permit and said at the night meeting of council that any further action by council to buy the site for other purposes was a cover up to placate those against the project. The second item on your front page said council was to have a local meeting of residents before buying a park site in Humewood. Before council recessed the item was reopened and saner minds prevailed. The park site was purchased and a local resident meeting _â€".Council and ratepayersl in state of euphoria , ies «on ce on Yours very truly. Mrs. Florence Gell. COFFEE MILL _ 4. â€" ELECTRIC 10.98 â€" roon crinper 44.98 1 «l 4 : i*â€"~<Ri) . s ' " imimima. 1 t * i?"’-‘: J:: “ $ "“‘v Aae (\f%;lg; ] ( « \‘} .. ‘)‘ Pss )5 3 oc lt use % | wegh m o. . | OFFEE MILL a â€"fEfotmno _ ~~ > w eiepne â€" t in n rarahainng n . Bull 1 will follow to see what park uses the residents favor before déevelopment. f ot only council and some of its ratepayer groups are in a state of euphoria but the planning board is also. On Thursday evening planning board is having a public meeting on a rezoning application for apratments in Mount Dennis. The area involved is only part of a much larger area on the proposed official plan for apartmient use. It is premature to consider rezoning when the proposed official plan has not received the blessing of the Ontario Municipal Board. Because of the public meeting and the very definite pro and anti groups, the board is stirring up the area residents without cause. That is unjustified citizen participation. Citizen participation, when extended to redevelopment of parks or neighborhoods, is essential. It is not used when making up our capital budget because members of council and members of staff work on priorities. If the voters believe that council is using citizen participation as an excuse to delay decisions, then cha_l{l__ges will be made next year at election time. Although it is unlikely that other members of council will express their views on your December 6th editorial I personally believe citizen participation, when used as described above, can make a mockery of the process. Yours sincerely â€" James W. Trimbee THE LARGEST MOST EXCLUSIVE sHOP FOR NEEDLEPOINT AND PETIT POINT IN NORTHWESTERN METRO. THE WIDE SELECTION OF CREWEL KITS HANDMADE PETIT POINT JEWELLERY The Times, Thursday, December 13, 1973â€"Page 9 SPECIALIZING IN CUSTOM FRAMING (STRETCHING AND BLOCKING) OF NEEDLE POINT AND PETIT POINT WORK. Needlepoint ENGLISH & MOULD LTD. 1178 WESTON RD. 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