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A"' ,,.~:,,¢._ " tir?, T"P"N""" T' 'er" "1, ". V. I 'v""'""." T' W,W_,W- '_-, W- 'se" _ _ I '"rs'r" r""'Ti'e'"r.""""'"""'"'"'l' T' ." "erke""'r Y"'"""'" Wimp "_. "'Ab' m . "T . b . '. f lb. 0! . 7 _ " - . l . - . . - _ O y mam Into .= .. t f Receive $430 an Red Gross Weston. .Drive Hominid that although still: a_hort of the objective, he felt, very pleased with the response! of the house-to-house camrss) "i am sure the residents of Wes- ton are acquainted with the good work done by this organi- uation and were thus persuaded do give generously," he stated. The, Weston branch of the) Cunadian Red Cross Society has Some industrial contributions are yet to come in, said Mr. Bull, and with these and.a few other call backs taken into considera- tion, he has every hope 'ot yet reaching the objective. A 15-year-old boy raced 300 yards nlong the Humber River bank Saturday to catch up with I chum who had fallen into the Congratulations areAn order this week to Norm Grout a young, aggressive Weston Busi-l hes: Man on the and-1 open-) ing of his newly remodelled Barber Shop, Tobacco and Hob- by Shop, which takes place this Saturday. Mr. Groat purchased the bush ness formerly owned by Bd.; Beach u 23 Main Street North‘ tive year: ago and during that‘ period has added many innovua Hon: to the business. The in-l (Continued on Page 9) _ "A, large, single-storey rein- forced concrete warehouse more received' a total of.$4300 in do- nations to date in the current campaign, chairman of the drive, George Bull announced this week. . the Downsview RCAF depot is described as "perhaps one of the most modern on the continent" Electro.nies a Communications. The publication describes the structure lt~Downsview as fol- lows: . Tumbles Into ihimber River Boy. 11, Rescued By Friend Jimmy King, right, of King George ed., Woman wan aavad from possible drowning In the Number livar last Saturday noon "numb the quick thinking of his Mona, Donald Shale, ls, of Church St. When the young" boy lost balance and h" 'mto the river, the _ iumpd In and pulled him M whey. Town’s Largest Tonsorial p Opens Anti! Dr. Dyer perienae of tuning spec more than English trys cine; Dr. I lystem had .ldvantnge: tors and tl tients, ', sickn itnaneM1 bt lleved to a Downsview Equipment ton got: Nir-rriirid inn of Schemefa the 59d England the SQciIIist England and Conseryatives. Dr. Dyer he Although admitting that his. viewpoint might be biased, Dr. Clarke Dyer seemed to the Wes- ton Ftarituss to give I very Nir-rriirided story of the work- ings of the National Health Scheme‘ " put into operation by the Swialist Government in England and continued by the British Health Scheme Skiwing)lp Research Westbn thh Is Told "El“ " ROTARY Boy Rescued From Humber By Pal autumn. diary um at um m fire fighti: Downsview Me of prac z specialist than two ', i system Dr. Dyer John Parker, I09, Don-H stGuriiraLitirm burden , a great fUhting jnstallation had the l practising Lalist and sur 'wo years un em of state yer stated tl advantage; I for both th e patients. I as: is usually rden which i “I" l, NO. " extent unique Depot Fire Said "Most surgeon under ' that tht Ind dis the doc. For pa- a re- under medl- , pa- great, the at in "Supplemented by a modern communication system the fire fighting installation at the Downs- view depot is perhaps one of the most modern on the continent." ; Although the water was only three feet deep, the 11-year- old boy could not stand up be-, cause of theswift current. “'Don's a real pal," uid Jim2 my. "He risked his own life to save mine." "Don ran along the embmk- ment and jumped in without waiting a second. He grabbed, me by my clothes and pulled me to shore." “Included among the many modern devices tor detecting and flghting fire at the Downsview depot is an electronic C02 smoke detector. The device continually samples air from " lanes in the sprawling structure by the use of sensitive photoelectric cells. When' smoke is detected an alarm is automatically sounded in the central supervisory sta- tion at the ttre hall and the zonel of the building in which the smoke is detehdd is readily iden- titled at the central supervisory station. iiver and was being carried into deep water by the swift current. The boy then jumped in and pulled his friend to safety. Donald Steele and Jimmy King, li, both of Weston, were sucker fishing below Lawrence Ave.,. when the younger boy struck an overhanging" branch, lost his wbauncttsyam! tumbled into the stream. John Parker, li, of Church St. Weston, who was also fishing with "he. pair, stretched out hi fishing rod to the ftoundering tll Jimmy was uneble'to grab it. I l "In designing the building en- ‘gineers " once realized the im- portance of minimizing the haz- ‘u-ds of possible loss by fire and, tacklefl the problem of providing facilities with the logical teas-i oning that the sooner a fire is; discovered and lochted, the more ‘quickly it can be attacked and! the more readily it can be brought' under control and extinguished) than one-quarter of a mile long and covering 18% acres has re- cantly been completed at Downs- view, Ontario, for :32. Royal Ca- nadian Air Force. . building has more than ten million cubic leet of storage space and is ca- pable of containing at one time stores from 10 to 20 times the cost of the building. tient, manta this i do nt dian with t Fire Fighting Most Modern" going to hm nnge doctors My unless h a district. Tt set annual '. nt, with a J doctor: National the State ' not so im designates I1 fee f a limit doctor. " nearly calls as )ssible, but Health he paying t important. I great with great t' , moves out a doctor is 1 te for each mit of 500 tor. Because rt a mile long acres has re- :ted at Downs- :32. Royal Ca- . building at drawbacks Page 11) u do , out I is ' each 500 doctors I many Cana- paid pa- pa- '. of (The "National Code" is not sumlory but merely an authori- tative reference for municipal" ties. A provincial Gde would, it is understood, be effective in all municipalities throughout the province. ls l: the plumbing code.) But Weston won't wait for p o s 3 lb 1 e provincial enactment which may not be final tor, another year but will request) the building inspector, Frank Lrwthittn,'who also has the job of works superintendent, to aug- gest alterations to Weston'a building by-laws wherever he motes differences with the'na- Mon-l code which apply to this municipality. The National Code, composed of'12 separate booklet, is "a tab‘ ribly complicated thing," and 'Fai-ie-eta' r-.Hiuiaaar, ’"m: Enactment of a provincial building code based on the new National Buildhg Code produc- ed by the labour: over a period of years of the National Re- search Council would be quitel all right with Weston council, according to their reaction to ttteps-tio' Monday night. In fact, it appeared that the coun- Lcil would have been just " glad if 'thal provincial- code could have come into existence right away, Weston's building lay-laws being admittedly considerably out of date. NOT COMPULSORY Charles Solomon, of the Wés- ton Fire Department, was first on the scene and without hesi- tation plunged down the _rnuddy bank of the ravine to where the ;boy was trapped. . Near Creek Edge "He was Hess than two feet from the edge of the creek which was rain-swollen and flowing fast. He seemed to be sinking lower as I neared him. just his head and his arms were above the gumbo," said Solo, mon. Solomon sank up to his waist as he lifted the boy out of the mud. By this time other members of the fire department had ar- rived and the men formed a Amend Bldg. Bylaws As Stop-Gap Council Looks To Provincial Code A slight tour-year-old boy,; trapped almost_up to his. chin, in mud in a ravine " Fox Point Ave., North York, Saturday, was rescued by a Weston fireman. Robert Vigus, of Noranda Ave., was playing with friends at the top of a 30-foot deep m: vine when he tumbIed down the slippery side to sink up to his shoulders in clinging clay. His screams attracted an un- Identified boy who raced to a nearby house where the ten- ant called the fire department. NATIONAL CODE RECEIVED 4-YEAR-0LD RESCUE!) 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( In the hope that municipali- ties with parking problems similar to Waton’s may provide Pern with some solution to this town's troubles, a delegation, of business men and' Chief Con- stable Arthur Webster planned to pay a visit to Brampton and Kitchener yesterday. The business men. will be from the eommittee.on Mom-eel parking and will be headed by President K. L. Thompson. tt if expected that u full report on) my important ldeu gained from lhese visits will be made " the next meeting of the bud- ness men. Halon Delegation Visits Kitchonor no Parking Problom Councillor Foster Rowntree said that the study of the whole by-Iaw by the superintendent, would require a lot of work and! time which he did not have) (l Gum. tttttttfmt clerk Geo. Clarkson. The t,ey ing superintendent recommended) that the town solicitor study it with reference to the town's by-1 law. ( human chain down the bank 15 the ravine using a ladder. for ‘added purchase. FARQUHAR OLIVER, leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario is to be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the' York antre Liberal Association. Solomon handed -the boy up "I TIMI! “$0010., NURSDAY, “I. 22, "" ohto A mum by yin-kn depart. ment employees for hourly wan (Continued on Page 4) '0'" DIN. AKIWIRID Councillor Clark stated that it would be u tnmendous Job tor the autt to go through all the lay-law and search out'lhll In- formation fot them. The cor- respondence was tabled. "Licensing was not I pan of the powers given Metro by Bill M," declared Councillor Moore, "and until Inch time u it is they have no authority to demand thin information." I In the past few months York Centre (North York Township west of Yonge St.) has had visits from Hon. Lester B. Pearson, _ A request from a metro spe- cill committee tor information on the town's licensing statistics, Ind policies was given I deep freeze shoulder by Weston mun-l eil. . of Dick Stanbury has done ir again! Farquhar Oliver, newly elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party will speak at Bathurst Heights Collegiate on Monday, April 26th at 8.15 p.m. Farquhar is another in a series of topmotch speakers brought into this community by the association. The York Centre Liberal As- sociation under the presidency (Pi Robert Winter, Hon. Wal- t r Harris, David A. Croll, M.P., and T. A. M. Kirk, Parliamen- Councillor ,Gordon Moore said that the town hall hadn't realiz- ed the amount ot Building that could and is going on in the) town which was not long ago considered built up. He con- curred in Councillor Rowntree's suggestion that as many amend) menu " were necessary to) cover the town where the by- law is " present inadequate should be made. LICENSING ‘INFOBMATION available but suggested a piece- meal adoption of parts of it un- til such time as a pmaal code was adopted. A to his companions. It wasn't Im-l til then that he realized he was stuck himself. . "The boys threw a rope downl Wled me out. Trouble was they hauled me out of my boots Ind tg stuck fast in the mud." (ey were rwered later/ Mr. Solomon reported. 1 Farquhar Oliver Will Speak To York Centre Liberals With photo of Solomon inset. Dotted line indicates path of the boy's fal[y1'0t" veths was trapped. Robert Vigus, left, sGwn with his twin brother, James/iight. Mr. and MG. Craig Vitus, [ The York Centre Liberal As, sociation was formed about a year ago. The first few months of its existence were occupied in the normal activity of such an organization, that is in fight- ing an election campaign. The strenuous work of the campaign committee of Gr. M. Singer, K) G. Roszel and R. J. Stanbury and the loyal support of a veri- table army of workers gave the new association its first elected member, the popular young lawyer, Al. _ H. Hollingsworth, now Member of the House of Commons at Ottawa. ( Mr. Oliver will undoubtedly be able to bring the audience up to' date on the province's high- way scandal and lay before them his plans for the future. l parents of Robert, said they were out looking for their twin boys. They found James and had gone back home to see it, Rob- (ert was there yet. Since then a whole new pro- gramme of organization and con- cept of purpose has been evolv- ed. The organizational pro- gramme is huge' but tho concept of purpose is surprising, excitw tary mutant to the Postmaster General. Fla-Mom worn on parade during the Palm Pork schonl Annual Spring Cone." Apr" 9th and Bill. Tho mod" who or. pup“ of Mn. Jacknon’u clan m loft to right Earl Meghan, Ikhcd‘ Orlgga, (bride) Judy Crone, (groom) Arnold Sprlgg, (ln fer not); Arthur Truordalo, and Kolvln Holldoy. ( -"Bill Bishop, our next-door neighbour, greeted us with the news Robert had been trapped Lin the mud and had been res- cued. PUPILS PARADE FASHIONS (Continued on Page 9) Mt. Dennis QSurvey of All lam afigjcrossings, Reno! E To Goun’l Suggest: at the crossing several. in the a The construction of a at the Lawrence Ave, crossing in Weston was several. recommendations in the annual report of tt ton Police Department I ed to Weston council 8 regular meeting last 1 night. The report also su that a survey of safety tions at all railway cross the town limits should be The tirst annual report made by Chief Arthur WI it received "rommendatic the members of council however, reserved judgme any recommendations made report. "I have read the report but have not as yet studied it," said Councillor Harry Clark who presided in the absence of Mayor R. C. Seagrave. "it is a very clear report but any action on it will have to receive some con- sideration." l The annual report of the Wes- fon police department received ‘by Weston council last Monday night shows that the local_ otti. cers are carrying out more than their regular duties, by helping in safety programmes, assisting with juvenile programmes and giving traffic supervision at pub- Jie functions, where necessary. ( Pupils and teachers of Pelmo superviatrr of music, North York Park School presented their tut- Board of Education, and ' w. nual spring concert and musicale John Bliss. school principal. Th in the school April 9th and 13th, concert wn sponsored by "I. ,under the direction of Mrs. H. Pelmo Park Home and Sew G. Preston, supervisor of music, Association. ' Mrs. G. R. Hardman, assistant Participating in the prom- Councillor F o s t e r Rowntree also considered the report by Chief Webster "very commend- able." ,, Other higtirurhts of the mine! report include the following: Chief Webster was appointed Chief Constable in October, 1952, succeeding J. B. Robertson, who is now employed as a personnel Panager with a local industry. APPOINTED IN 1952 Pelmo Park Students , Otter Spring Concert Safety, Juvenilir,1"ii: Work, Part Oflob- To Weston Pdlice; REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SINGLE COHIIIMCIHS 7m“ he tirst annual le by Chief Ar received Icomn members of survey of s all railway n limits sho, Chief Arthur Webster, ed "rommendation by bers of council 'tui, reserved judgment on way crossings should be ma l5 one of IS mad.e the Wer _ present- at their Monday suggested be made, rt to be Webster, subway condi in the levetl by "tdWtt.tritntttse_. Gunman}! lmhl" VII-III" will at Jane St. and Denim Ave. by North York council; that addi. tional-space be granted the do- partment for the installation d overnight cells and for the men'l lockers; that I programme d renectorizing the Stop mm Street signs in the town be m tinned. Other details of the report no, Operation frequean chant.- over in Weston will start - May 21st and be eompieted Jn 25 Day Sewn; For Conversioi _ or Town Hydm‘ 25 days, according to the m of the Ontario H.EP.C. phi! and specifications for trequenq standardization ot the We“ PUC now flied at the otBee a! the latter body. ' Thereistoheatouiofgs cuts, ench of ”maximal, d :10! customers. The mobile tub: _ (Coptinued on pug: ll) we. comm TWO training cont-u wage, conducted for officers: one in St? John's Ambulance ttrat aid,'and the other, with regard to poweui of arrest and search, police pro-2 cedure, criminal luv, etc. ths, this latter, on-the-job (ruining: was conducted, which consisted: of periodic posting of questions; which were answered in writing, (Continued on Page 9) . P, Participating in the p was the girls' Jenior click-m. ed by Mm. Frey. the'kirtdis, garten rhythm band directed b Mrs. Conroy, and the SW‘ choir led by Miss Mum-ht. , Other by the traffic I Jane (Cl r recommendations e repbrt included: lights should be in ' St. and Denim A York council; that space be granted t dntinued ommendntiom Bub ptrrt included: U , should be inrtalte Ind Denim Ave. by council; that addi. be granted the de. r the installation a " and for the men'j t I programme d ' the Stop Through in the town be on. Page 9)