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:M ! VOLUME 63, No. 51 Mrs. Herbert Brooks, whose home on Dee Cres. is about a block from the bridge, said a chunk of concrete as big as a baseball smashed through <a bedroom window, cracked a wall, punched a hole in a door, then gouged the floor. e« A storm window in,the home of a nextâ€"door neighbour, Mrs. William Washburn, was shatterâ€" ed by another piece of flying concrete. Blasting at the No. 401 bridge over the Humber River near Weston last Thursday damaged two houses in"the area. Bridge Blasted, Debris Damages Nearby Houses The bridge was condemned after the October floods and is being demolished. Work is exâ€" pected to be completed by this week. Humber Memorial hospital, Weston reacted promptly to the emergency last Friday when a number of passengers of the TCA plane which crashed west of Brampton were rushed to the local hospital. for emergency treatment. When the Weston hospital reâ€" ceived word that a number of the victims were coming there, the hospital‘s evening staff was held and a staff surgeon, Dr. W F. Wales, was brought on the scene immediately. Four other doctors were also brought in to help, Dr. Ralph Wright, Dr. F. D. Cruickshank, Dr. D. A. Cruickshank, and Dr. Dorothy Burton. The lobby of the hospital was (Contifued on Page‘ 12) Weston Hospital Treats 5 Plane Crash Victims Four men were injured as the result of two separate accidents in Weston last Thursday. Metro‘s Hospital Committee Approves $58,000 Additional Grant To Humber Memorial In the first one which occurred about 4 p.m. on Thursday, a car went out of control on Jane Street at Speers Ave. and crashâ€" ed into a tree. The two men in the car suffered deep head and face cuts when theirâ€" heads smashed the car windshield to splinters. Four Men Injured Thursday In Weston Traffic Accidents Joe MacNeil, 35, of 9 The Wishbone, Hardington, who was the driver, has been charged by Weston police with drunk drivâ€" ing. William Terene, 28, of Winâ€" ston Grove Blvd., Etobicoke, owner of the car, was released from hospital after an examinâ€" ation. Police said the men had met early in the evening in a downâ€" [ $10 Gould Be Yours | Metro council is expected to approve a unanimous recomâ€" mendation of its hospital com mittee that an additional grant of ‘$58,000 be donated to the Humber Memorial hospital by Metro. The new grant is in adâ€" dition to a $50,000 York county The $10 in cash awarded weekly to the winner of the Times and Gvide Well Known Sayings Contest could be yours if you‘ll turn to the contest page in this issue and send in your entry by 9 a.m. next Tuesday. You‘ll enjoy doing the contest and may easily find it profitable Llast week‘s winner, Eldon East, 12, a student at Weston Senior Public School is pictured above. Eldon‘s home is at 222 Church Street in Weston. 34 Main N.â€"500.Main N. 24â€"Hour Service arl‘s, Jane & Wi CH. 1â€"9131 Maintenance of All Weston Parks Put Under Recreation Director A motion to place the responâ€" sibility for the maintenance of town tavern and were looking for an allâ€"night restaurant in which to eat. At 11 p.m. of the same day, Alfred Davis, 25, of 59 MacDonâ€" ald Ave., Weston, was driving east on MacDonald Ave. near Helen Ave., when his car struck a barricade and then collided with a crane which was parked in the middle of the road behind the barricade. John Bain, 39, of 124 Roseâ€" mount Ave., a passenger in the Davis car suffered lacerations to the face while Davis received a deep cut in the left wrist. Damage amounting to around $600 was reported to be done to the car. Both men received emergency treatment in . the Humber Memorial hospital and were later released. commitment which Metro has assumed. Of this latter sum, the county has paid $10,000 and Metro paid the remaining $40,000 this year. 1 s Photo by Geoffrey Frazer: You may sigh with relief when the big task of writing those season‘s greetings to your many friends has been done and the last stamp has been licked. But when the cards are dropped into the chute at the post office the job is only began. Here are some of the postal staff at the Wesâ€" ton post office seen sorting the Christmas rush of mail, a part of the process which ends when the cards are delivered to the home of your loved ones and friends. Left to right are: Al Jackâ€" The new grant of $58,000 would be payable on the basis of $12,â€" 000 a year for a period of four years, beginning in 1955, with the fifth grant of $10,000 to complete the commitment in 1959. > son, Bob Morgan, and Don Crisp. The grant has been recom:â€" mended by the hospital comâ€" mittee of Metro as the result of the efforts of Mayor R. C. Seaâ€" grave, and as the result of furâ€" ther presentations, hospital adâ€" ministrator R. B. Ferguson told the Times and Guide. Mayor Seagrave is a member of the hospital committee, > Mr. Ferguson said that the presentation to the committee pointed out ‘that the grant by York County wias based on the original proposal to build a 40â€" bed addition, whereas the buildâ€" ing programme now calls for the construction of a 72â€"bed wing plus certain additional serâ€" vices. Clark Wardlaw, chairman of the municipal section of the campaign committee attended a special meeting of the metro committee on December 13th. He reported that the reception by that committee was very fair under the leadership of Ald. Wm. Davidson of Toronto and that the vote in favour was unâ€" animous. + Two things pointed qut by Metro Chairman Gardiner seemâ€" ed to be the deciding factors. They were: The high quality and quantity of service rendâ€" ered:; and the operation of the hospital without a deficit. The hospital‘s present buildâ€" ing programme will cost an esâ€" timated $700,000 including eâ€" quipment. Sencing Your Greetings Is A Big Job Weston all town parks and the town nursery under the Director of Recreation, Val Hill, was apâ€" proved by Weston council in regular session last Monday night. Mr. Hill, as of early in July of this year was made reâ€" sponsible for the supervision of the maintenance of the playâ€" Weston is all dressed up for the festive season. The townâ€" fathers, Weston merchants, and citizens in general have dressed up their respective properties to suit the happy, exciting holiday mood now upon us. The town council, public utilâ€" ities and . the Weston Business Men‘s Association have worked together to decorate in bright Merchants, Council, Citizens Dress Up Town For Christmas Times n Guie D. M. Sinclair, A. H. Bird, F. Clegg, Joy Dunstall, Marie Sinclair TIMES & GUIDE ground parks so that a town emâ€" ployee hired for parks work came under his supervision. colours the main thoroughfarse of the town. On both Main Street and Jane Street business secâ€" tions of the town trees bought by the business men‘s association have been put up on hydro poles along the street and strung with multicoloured lights by the utilâ€" ities employees. The town, too, has gone to (Continued on Page 9) In bringing in the motion, parks committee chairman, Councillor Gordon Moore said that it was merely to clarify the Director‘s position as he had, in (Continued on Page 9) .__From Management and Staff "WEST YORK‘S NEWSY WEEKLY" At this cheery time of year...we wish everybody a good, oldâ€"fashioned Merry Christmas, replete with all the joy and contentment of a Happy l'ioh'dcy. Police ChiefAppointed| sure ‘Nuff, it is Santa: &civil Defense Director.\ y a Table 2 Resignations | - The resignations of three muâ€" micipal appointees were considâ€" ered last Monday night by Wesâ€" ton council at their last regular meeting in 1954. Held over‘ from last council meeting were the resignations of J. R. Shaw, Weston Civil Deâ€" fense Coâ€"ordinator; and of Mrs. C. J. Lynch, chairman of the Weston Recreation Commission. Received Monday night was the resignation of H. B. Powell as secretaryâ€"treasurer of the Wesâ€" ton Planning Board. Viceâ€"chairman Councillor J. F. Petrie gave the report of the civil defense committe which recommended the acceptance of Mr. Shaw‘s resignation; also reâ€" commended that a letter of apâ€" preciation be sent to Mr, Shaw for the service which he has rendered to the town; and the appointment of Police Chief A. Webster as Director of Civil Deâ€" fense. "Mr. Shaw gave a great deal of his time to the organization of civil defense in Weston when he was first appointed." stated Mayâ€" or Seagrave in commenting on the recommendation of the comâ€" mittee. "After some time there was a waning in public interest, and a recent change of job by Mr. Shaw had not allowed him the time which he would like to put into the job." "At the same time that we are recognizing his contribution." the mayor continued, "we are not overlooking the contributions of many citizens of Weston who have taken the time to study specialized training and take these courses. I hope the trainâ€" ing of these men and women never will have to be used but it is good to know that they will be ready if needed." On the subject of Chief Web: ster‘s appointment, Mayor Seaâ€" grave had a word of appreciation for the chief "who, in addition to the supervision of a very busy department has agreed to take on the position of Dizector of Civil Defense. â€" "Now in the event of any disâ€" aster, council knows that there is one man responsible and he will be backed up by the fire department, works department, public utilities and, in fact, all who would take part in such an effort." Council voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of the committee and passed a byâ€" law appointing the Chief Constaâ€" ble as Civil Defense Director, Note Appreciation To Put Temporary Lights On Lawrence Ave. Bridge By Xmas The town clerk informed counâ€" cil that in the minutes of the (Continued on Page 12) Temporary lights will be inâ€" stalled on the Lawrence Ave. bridge before Christmas, the Weston Public Utilities Comâ€" mission told council in a reply to an enquiry from the latter body. The responsibility for the maintenance of these lights has been the commission‘s, explained the P.U.C. with the capital. cost of former installation in 1941 being borne equally by the town and Etobicoke, operating charges being shared in the same way. The P.U.C. "assumed that the replacement of the standâ€" ards will be again shared by the two municipalities." Weston And District Industries Hold Parties For Kiddies "In view of the uncompacted condition of the edges of the approaches to the bridge," conâ€" tinued the letter, "it is considâ€" ered unwise to attempt, at presâ€" ent, any permanent replacement of the standards, and the comâ€" mission has therefore instructed the writer to make a temporary installation, at the earliest posâ€" sible date." Among the local industries having Christmas parties recentâ€" ly were Canada Cycle and Moâ€" tor Co. Ltd., Weston; Moffats Ltd., Weston; A. V. Roe, Malâ€" ton, and Fruehaut Trailer, North York. Last Saturday, December 16, some 140‘ children of CCM emâ€" ployees were entertained at the Fox Theatre at a Christmas party sponsored jointly by the Santa was a very popular fellow last week, putting in an appearance at the Christmas parties of a number of large inâ€" dustries in Weston and district, as well as proving very popular at Sunday School and other smaller gatherings. Planning Board CCM PARTY At 11 a.m. Santa Claus arrivâ€" ed to distribute gifts, candy and fruit to the children. Draws for a joycycle and a boy‘s wagon were also held, with the lucky winners drawn by William Hill, of Florence Cres., who has been employed 52 years with the CCM. The joycycle was won by Bonnie Morrison, 4, of 52 Flamâ€" boro Drive, North York, and the wagon by Ted Lawrence, 7, of 46 Leggett Ave., Humber Hgts. A suggestion that St. John‘s Road in Weston be changed to Facelle Ave. was contained in a letter to council Monday night from F. G. Gardiner, Metro chairman. Weston council turned down the suggestion. Mr. Gardiner referred in his letter to "the combination of the name St. John‘s Road on the | north side of the street in quesâ€" tion and Clouston Ave. on the | south side of the street in quesâ€" |tion giwes rise to considerable confusion." "Furthermore," continued Mr. Gardiner. ‘"there is another St. D. R. Campbell headed the committee in charge of the party with the following members: S. Redgrave, G. McFadyen, K. Stonehouse, L. Dixon, J. Screen, H. Lennon, J. McShee, B. Felkâ€" er, A. W. Charles, H. Bramson, W. Smith, Faye Thomson, May Kane, Marion Neilson and Marâ€" jorie Roe. © MOFFATS XMAS TREE Presentation of the draw prizes was made by Mr. F. L. Sainsbury, plant superintendâ€" ent, on behalf of the company. employees‘ recreation associaâ€" tion and the company. _ The entertainment included a number of movie cartoons, a very popular ~magician, Jack Holland; a number of Christmas selections played on‘ the piano acordian by Gary Seagrave; Frank Lawrence acted as Masâ€" ter of Ceremonies. Photos by Geoffrey Fra Seemingly enthralled that she has been able to meet face face with that wonderful man, Santa Claus, three and oneâ€"h year old Kathy Forgie of Pelmo Park stands captivated as : receives a gift from her idol with the bushy white beard, at annual Christmas party of the Merry Court Nursery school. 1 party was held last Saturday morning at the parish hall of Philip‘s church on Dixon Road. Parents were allowed to atte part of the celebrations. . SINGLE COPIES EIGHNT CENTS on tane ay ns marlee wan ho will take up the matter with th John‘s Road partially within the’[ City of Toronto @nd as I recall | it partly within the township of | York. This similarity gives rise | to further confusion." | "Mr. Menzie Gibson, President of National Cellulose of Canada Limited has written to me sugâ€" gesting that the present St. John‘s Road in the town of Wesâ€" ton running from the railway tracks at its easterly limit and crossing Weston Road to the Humber River at its westerly limit should be renamed Facelle Avenue. .. . " _"If you indicate," concluded would be agreeable to the passâ€" ing of the appropriate byâ€"law Substitution Of Facelle Avenue For St. John‘s Road Turned Do On Saturday, December 11th, 28 MAIN N., 28 MAIN N. Crippled Kiddies Christmas Party : At Rotary Club The members of the We Mt. Dennis Rotary Club e tained their own children a number of crippled chi at their annual Christmas | last Thursday evening. children enjoyed a deli turkey _ dinner +after . v movies were shown. A mag entertained the children many tricks. 580 children from tiny babies 12â€"yearâ€"olds, attended the M fats Christmas Tree with th parents. It was held in the We ton Collegiate auditorium, whi was filled to capacity, leavi many of the fathers out in‘4 hallway. This was a wonder! day for the children of Mof employees as well as for 1 performers, helpers and behir (Continued on Page 9) The high point of the e ing was the arrival of $ Claus with his bag full of and goodies which he distr ed to all the children. A time was had by all. it was and that the town prefer that the street . namedâ€"as it is â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" In discussion by council on letter, it was revealed that © trary to Mr. Gardiner‘s opini all of the road allowance of John‘s Road East or Clous Ave. was in York township wi all of one block of St. JGK Road West was in Weston, Wi the remainder is all in Y township. (All of the homes both St. John‘s Road East West are in Weston.) Weston Police Council decided to send a ter explaining that the situa was not as simple as he thot Weston ‘police <asso officers for the year At the 4+