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Times & Guide (1909), 30 Sep 1954, p. 1

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Jaycees Ask Schoél Children; To ‘Get Free , Safety Tape For Bicycles On Sat., Oct. 2 Next Suturdly. October tnd ll to be tb-Day in Weston. troar tmofhcittuy spud: for Safety Scotchlite for Behooicttildren'q Bicycles. "cording nth: Junior, Chamber at Commerce of Wes! m DUtriet. The plan in to inn: tree n1:- tr" reflector tape tor bicycles of Weston school children " the Elm Park Pluynound between I am. and 12 noon. The tape will tte put on the rear tender of the bicycles by the hymen, state: President Vic Jackson, " those wanting to have this new safety equipment added to their 'bikes' must bring them along with them to the park. He Ilse urged the children to come us early as possible and the tape would be given out as long as it lasts. The Jaycees raised the money for safety taping the bicycles of school children by selling I large quantity of the safety tape to motorists when they came to shop in Weston district shopping ,u'eats. It is anticipated that there will not be enough to complete the gob now and more tape will be issued in the spring. INVITATIONS At RichviewSide Rd. _irliriiiir-iiliititlt--- Killed -Aiinouneement of two invita- tions was made at the dinner The accident occurred on the Sixth line at the Richview side- road. Barbara Ellet. 16, of Third St., Port Credit, a pas- senger, received minor back in- juries but two other passengers, Robert MacLeod, 19, of Rose- mount Ave., Weston, and Bar- bm Adams, 16, of Third St., Port ngit, eunped injury. Thran clear ot his car which flipped 30 feet in the air, Oliver Hughes, if, of Rosemount Ave., Weston, was instantly killed on Sunday when the car landed, roof down, on his body. P.C. Karl Graham of Toronto township police said Hughes had purchased the car Wednesday. Bafbu-n Ellet said she was on the way to the store in Port Credit with her friend, Barbara Adams, when Hughes, whom she knew, asked the two girls if they wank! like to go for I ride. The Humber Valley Conserva- tion Auth'ority officially opened Dalziel Park on Saturday, In a barn built 145 years ago, pioneer implements and machines will be housed - the first museum of pioneer agriculture to be spon- sored by I Canadian conservation yrgup._ _ A A _ _ Deed to the 14 acres of prop- arty was handed to Warden Leavem, of Bolton, chairman of the authritr,. by William Dal. ziel, scion of the family that had developed the farm south of A surprise presentation of an Interim eertihtmte in recreation directorship to Weston'a Recrea- tion Director Val Hill was one of the highlights of the second annual dinner for recreation workers and representatives of co-operating organizations held on Tuesday evening at West- minster church."l'he dinner was presided over by Mrs. C. J. Lynch, thairman of the Weston Recreation Commission. (Eggefive Deed To Dalziél Park In making the presentation to Mr. Hill, Jack Albeck, district representative of the Commun- ity Programme Branch, Depart- ment of Education, extended his congratulations and stated that the certifleate was on par with adapt-hers cterti6cate. He said that it represented for Mr. Hill many hours of work on weék- ends arid whenever he could get a low spare minutes, and Present. Interim Certificate To Weston Director ll. Hill At no Recreation Dinner the or) magnum of plan»: ottrieulturol oqulpmom to in npomond by a "NtteidUn con-om?!” unfoup it hqvud In 3h. bo_rn obey. by"! 145 your: no. ttsed " "a " no. 04 "'itreeee'ae , "tiam i M7 mm an. an a' iudr, this}; I: Ioémd was handed not,» on. '3an At'tftorrtr by Wm mum; Mar-l members Iat- ed may would be uble to attend the "Fluid shirt Week-end" u Fern ,Comu outside own: on Sept. 35th and Mth, minding elinies, annulment and spans. The Walton District Jayceel and their Viva won I110 invited to a dinner _eheetia.t..E will} tht.AUT "irrriraGarihruraarr, Octob- er 14th and I mu attendance is hoped tor _ . it 6Ginittee chairmen appoint- ed u hamburg; included chair- man ot may cpqnmittge, is; John-non; leadership train in, luck Swim HMO! rm _ _---. A major project for the 1954- " um was Massed at length by members ot the Chamber who backed the idel enthusias- tieaily. The executive will pre- pare detailed plans of the pro- ject before muting a presenta- tion af the project before Weston council for their approval. It was announced that nhe next meeting of the club would be a general meeting to be held at the Weston Town Hall audi. cerium on Main Street North at 8"part. Viv Jackson invited any young men interested in the or- ganization to contact him " (2H. 1-0259. She said Hughes said he want- ed to follow a friend home to Weston to make sure he got there safely and the girls M- reed to go. She said they had made the turn in the road, when the car suddenly want out {of control, Shaded " Feet Police said the cur missed the turn, skidded 22 feet, flipped 30 feet in the air and knocked over a big fence. Dr. J. T. Speck, Cooksville, coroner, pronounced Hughes dead " the scene. The car was a total wreck. Hughes was removed to rleuty's.tunera1 Home at Cooksville. Edgely in Vaughan Township near the beginning of the last century. Charles Snider, on be- half ot his father, P. A, Snider, formerly handed over his fam- ily's collection of pioneer arti- facts. Born in Nova Scotia, Hughes is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hughes, New Ross, N.S.; two brothers, Lester of Cooksville and Gilbert ot No. va Scotia, and one sister, Paul- ette, nine ot NS. The barn is being restored - as nearly as possible to its orig- inal condition. It Already houses a hand-hewn wooden wagon, a flax-shredder, a flax-breaker, pi- oneer cradles c- both those for babies and those for cutting grain. Perhaps a score of early that he would receive it perman- ent eertitleate when he had completed his thesis and final tests. He added that Mr. Hill was one of the flrst persons to complete this course. Head table guests introduced to the more than one hundred persons assembled " the dinner included: Councillor W. R. Perry, H. W. Johnson, A. G. Hall, Councillor Gordon Moore, and M. A. Boles, all members ot the Weston Recreation Corn- mission; Recreation Director Val Hill; Mrs. T. Quipp, commission member in 1953; the Depart- ment of Education representa- tive; Councillor Harry Clark, representing Mayor R, C. Sen- grave; Rev. James' Meekenzie, minister of Westminster United church; and Mrs. R. H. Irving, secretary to the director. tCirntinued on page a) ARRANGE, l,,l)l,,t,1tlll,,l,l"ll.'ttl,ll, Illjllli)irtlllll, B0lltlllllil1? tl80llttllll ST. INWllllllliis1 Large response to the Church and School Week Sunday cam- paign for Sunday School attendance was reported by the maiority of Weston churches. The co-ops/ation of Westen elementary schools resulted in better than 70 per cent of Weston school children going to the Sunday school of their choice last SOME RECORDS TOPPLE . 103k dale Acres B “i Sunday ASchoql Attendance Up After DrivelLetter iiiiiiiiiiiiiii A new high in Sunday school at- tendance in Weston was reach- ed last Sunday due to the co- operative efforts of church and school. It was Church and School Sunday, a new experi- ment in Weston, although tried successfully in some other. cen- agricultural devices have al. ready been assembled. The aw thority hopes to receive many more. Saturday. the guest of honor was Elizabeth Arden (Mrs. E. N. Graham), the New York cosmet- ms empress. the was born with- in a mile of the Dalziel (pro- nounced Dee-yell) farm. To mark her return to the locality, she planted a maple tree. The mvince's interests were represented by Jack Carroll. as- sistant deputy minister of agri- culture, and A. H. Richardson. chief conservation engineer for the Department of Planning and Development. Mr. Richardson explained that his department's efforts t o w a r d conservation would be forwarded by the park, since it will contain a demonstra- tion farm pond and a demonstra- tion windbreak. Farmers will be lured to the park by the museum, a picnic ground along a tribu- tary of the Humber River, and 1I playing field. ort6q_-63qr_- Assisting in the formal open- ing were Erie Baker, York Town- shfp, vieethttirrnttn of the auth. ority. and A. D. Manll. Toron- to, chairman of the historical sites Idvisory board. John Root. Orton, MPP f or Wellington North, commended the project in its commemoration of pioneer agricultuni methods. But, Is Werden Lelvens told the 150 guests. the project has only begun with the acquisition ofthe land And the building. and its full potential can only be re- alized through the co-operation and nuisance of the provincial departments, the municipal gov- emmentl. and, above all, of We menu Institutes, farm forums and Junior Farmers' Clubs. as”, Tr , T atdt tgi it t I""':' on” “Win Yanks Lid, MY“ u? am . 1;iiiititi'/ti'"r! tres already, and the results i n the majority of cases were very pleasing to the Sunday schools. At Weston Presbyterian church, there was an enrolment of 230 in the Sunday sch ool departments not including the Bible class, a record for any time of year at this church. Gordon Alcott, superintendent reported a 95 per cent attend- ance. So that accommodation would not be taxed, timetables had been adjusted to have the senior departments meet at 10 am. and the junior at 11 am. Westminster s.s. A "quite overwhelming" res- ponse was evident at Westmim ster United church, according to Sunday school secretary Miss Lorna Frazer. She reported an attendance of more than 400 in. cluding about 10 visitors: 133 in the senior school; 139 in the primary; 88 beginners; and 55 in the nursery. The latter usu- Fire---Life & Death Matter For Everyone, States Chief "Don't kid yourself that fire is someone's else's worry-ith, a lite and death matter for you and every- body," states Fire Chief Ernie MpGinnis of Weston in a special message for Fire Prevention Week, October 3rd to 9th. "There are no excep- tions," he continued. '.'You owe it to yourself, to your family and to your com- munity to think and act fife safe every minute of every day. the year round. "Don't let the' children down. Never leave a child at home alone and always keep matches and lighters out of reach. These are the two major causes of child fire deaths." "Do you know that one in every five fire victims is a child under five," Chief McGinnis asks the reader. Weston'a Fin Chief listed the following " a few of the fire hard: that cause most home fires: 1. Claim smoking and Dimming of matches, _- 3. Using bigger than " imik fuses, heating up cir- cuits b plugging in too much (In load. 4} Pittaders, fat an d gap! tetlr_trttrni" dim! 2. Dated" of aver-hut- od new" and furnaces, thingy} tl Hun. _ _ - mm YOK'i WY was?" xSunday. In photo at left, partof a group of 6-9 year olds at 1Central United church, Westqn, Sunday School enjoy singing Iii/us, of the old favourite hyrtins. At right, Misses Paddy and 'Marilyn Spurling appear very eager to attend Sunday School, lorriving 45 minutes early outside the door of Central United ', church on Main Street north. ally has an average attendance,teachers and officers managed of between 35 and 40 pupils. l, to cope with the situation. "It was a great success," she', Central Figures said, "and we certainly appre-l A breakdown of the attend- ciated the efforts ot the day ance according to departments school teachers" Ifor Central was as follows: Short of Chairs 'primary, 83; intermediate, 70; The Westminster Sunday I juniors, 85; nursery,28; and kin, erhnnl wasn't as fortunate whenl (Continued on Page 9) "It was a great success," she said, "and we certainly appre- ciated the efforts ot the day school teachers" Short of Chairs The Westminster Sunday school wasn't as fortunate when it came to aeeomodatiorx even though the departments met at different times, and some chil. dren had nothing to sit on. Suit- able irrangements would be made for next week, it was stated. Although the 297 children en- rolled last Sunday at Central United church Sunday school was not a record for the year, it was definitely better than usual September attendance re- ported S.S. secretary, Harry Skelton. Sunday school teachers were swamped and ran short of Sunday school papers for the" pupils, but the full staff of 39 ttrel-ii Seek; York " Wes! Seal! tht November " l By-elections to an six par- ',",1ftgmentary Vic-mien in Onttrio. .Quebec, and Manitoba. ineNd, 'ii_ryr the vacant out in York- West will be held on Monday, I November am. it was announced ; " on." list Thursday. gs Seeking to ttll the seat held for u number of yen: by the late Rodney Adamson, Comer- vmive MP are: John B. Humil- ton, 41, lawyer-businessman, Conservative nominee; Rabat! M. Cnmpbnll, do, .dvertiging ell- 'rx, W. 1ttettt rector. Liberal “pint“; and ttth Ir m”. " bung Bram, 31, pm Hoke-la Med d L . m. ”corms-m. hhduddbdm' 5. Using gasoline for quickening of fires, clean- ing, paint removing. stor- ing in breakable glass bottles and leaky open cans. 6. Hot ashes and coals in wooden or cardboard con- miners. "Just six causes," con- tinued the Chief, "but they are responsible for nine out of ten fires. And I would like to point out that home fires are the worst kind; everyday they hurt and kill more people than any other type of fire. 7-80 Let's Grow Up-- Not_Bum Up," concluded Chief McGinnis. I, "it Chief Takes First Prize In Kitchener Chief A. Webster of Weston Police Department tallied a per- fect score in the time tire, master class, to capture top hon- ours in the class in the police revolver shoot at Kitchener last Wednesday night. At the beginning of the shoot, the chief was moved up from expert class to master class and consequently he was competing with even higher calibre com- petition than previously he had encountered. The contestants were handicapped' by drizzling rain during the shoot Which was held out-ordoors. PS Cowling, another Weston officer competing in the shoot took second prize in the aggre-. gate of the sharpshooter class. Other officers from Weston competing in the events includ- ed PCs Smith, Leybourne and Stewart. Woman. Pars 81,850 For Heifer '='aa'iTtt Close allure! St. East Of Pim _-lc.:---,:,:,,,?"'.-,'),',':,:,,,,,,,...:, Mark New Boat! An emergency detour into Reston's Humber Memorial hos- pital has been prepared by the town works department and will go into effect as soon as Church Street is closed " east of Pine Street for paving, it was announced this week. Superintendent ot Works R. "J. Weir told this newspaper that .work ot curbs and gutters for that section of Church Street had been completed and the road was ready for paving. It was hoped he paving) of this week or early next week. -The proposed detour: are list. ed below: A. Eastbound: (Le. from Main Street), trattle will be directed east on Church Street to Pine St.; south on Pine St. to King Street; east on King Street to Jane Street; north on Jane Street to Woodward Ave. (kt north of Church St.); west on Woodward Ave. to enter hospi- tal via detour through parking lot. , ( Weston's motion aimed at , success Bringing "he Tortto Transit Tuesdn: {Commission under' the control I Inst-n tif the Ontario Municipal Board Fred G |came within a httir's breadth of attack mum-uncut: 1mg! Likelihood of letter carrier service being inaugurated in three neighbouring districts before Christmas was con- tained in a telegraph receiv- B. Westbound: (Le. from Jane ed by is newspaper at press time} Th elegram. from A. H. Hollingworth. MP for York- Centre read as follows: Editor, Times and Guide, 3 Main St. Weston, Ont. Metro Raps Transit Body Bu! Weston Move To Slash Powers Of TIL Withdraw Beverley Hills. Oakdale Acres and Winston Park let- ter carrier service officially confirmed stop more details to follow. , A. H. Hollingworth. No further details were im- mediately available but on previous information. it is ex pected that home owners in these districts will now be asked to install the letter slots in their doors. Ninety per cefit of the home must have these letter slots install. ed before carrier service may be started, an official ruling states. ti Street) -- north on Jane St to Woodward Ave., west Woodward Ave. to enter he m via detour through purl lot. The two detour routes will clearly marked by arm Superintendent Weir stated. V Police Chief Arthur Wehl said this wee'k that his du- Police Chief Arthur Wet said this wee'k that his dq ment is working with the w department and would be tending every possible can: ii%Grnriirw"G win he conveniented by the patri He added that'he would predate receiving a report I those who have to leave 1 cars on the street during' period of the street coast tion. Paving on Church Street: to be done by Hagersviile pl ing. As soon as clean-up magi computed on Church St. T time this week, the shim contractors were to begin A mediately on Springmouat ' and Wadsworth Blvd. imperh ments, Mr. Weir explained, , ”billion In Win My I VON Receipts Ahead tri 1951 Skies Bend; Receipts to date are A In] ahead of last year in the-I cent campaign for the "a. branch of the Victorian Ord of Nurses. Although the drll officially ended last Saturdl there are still some gall-boa to complete. eessfully reaching it: obied according to John Seabom, I a full report is expected to made next week. success at Metrir council Tuesday afternoon. It was a n last-minute plealby Chaim Fred Gardiner that diverted ‘ attack and persuaded Mayor C. Sugrave of Weston to WI draw his motion with the I mission of the seconder. " Oliver Crockmrd of Scull ough. Many of the 13 murtielpaiittt grievances against the HIM tation body were tired. M ever. and, ibis hoped by N Sean-Iva that the comma? will {the the note of the bl criticism, of their new)". :41 Mayor Seaman moved tl Metropolitan Council uh Ne amendment to Bill 80 the TN to apply to the cipal Board before um (Continued on page m ' [rlrrrl 81!. dun-prawns! vii Mullah.“ ttL",,PhrgiUPh m as ttae-" tastthtrtd. An ungcnm-med repel?! states that the installation d letter carrier delivery ll these areas would be can menced r before Christal providing the necessary kl ter slots were installed. The order is hopeful yo! 'mtrhmowN 3.31 -i.etiriis

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