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ll ANOTHER "FIRST" Woodbridge Scene of “umber West Scouts Parade Number West District Scouts And Cubs, Hold Church Parade In Woodbridge Arena The district, which was one of three carved from the Hum- ber Valley District last tall be- cause of the tremendous growth in the latter area. hopes to ex- pand into some of the newer subdivisions within its bound- aries and great propects are seen for the advancement of the or- ganization with the promising future development there. Boundaries of the-district of Rumba West are: On the south, the Richview Side Road; on the west; Highway 27 with a jog to include the village of Melton; on the north, Kleinburg, and on the east, the Humber River. The parade formed up at 2.30 pm. at the intersection of Pine Street and Eighth Avenue in Woodbridge. The Avro Pipe Band assisted the Scouts in the parade and members of the Woodbridge Legion paraded with, the boys. The parade proceeded along Pine to Wallace, south along Wallace to Highway 27, and east on the Highway to the Woodbridge Arena where the church service was held. The first church parade of the Humber West District Boy Scout: Association was held at Woodbridge last Sunday with over 200 Scouts and Cubs partic- ipating trom 10 units in the large and somewhat scattered dis- trict. Parents and friends of the marchers were also well repre- sented. Rev. A. B. Cathcart of Christ Church, Woodbridge, led in the prayer, at the service and the scripture was read by Sid Thorn- ley, first vice-president of the Humber West local association. Most Merchants, Shoppers Spoken " Oppose Parking Meter Installation Police Chief A. Webster who made tthe recommendation in his annual report to the town coun- cil said that' parking meters were being used more and more throughout the country. Scouts and Cubs of the Humber West District local Association held their first church parade a1 Woodbridge last Sunday afternoon, the service being held in the Woodbridge Arena. Two members of the Woodbridge legion are shown preceeding a group of Scout' and Cub flag WIT". Photo by Geoffrey Prue! "What do you think of the recommendation that parking meters be installed on Weston's Main Street?" This question was asked of a number of Weston and district citizens last week by a Times and Guide reporter with many answers, both for and against, resulting. "We had parking meters here before" the mayor said, but it was too premature for the town, primarily because of the lack of parkiing facilities." Weston was one of the first towns in the district to have parking meters a few years ago, which brought complaints from the shoppers and the motorists. This caused the business men's askociation to complain which led to the removal M the meters With the heavy trMfie proceed- ing through the main streets. Mayor Clark indicated that park- ing mom-I will eventually he. m humble. However. the The majority of business men interviewed opposed the in- stallation of the meters as did also the most of the district motor. ists interviewed. A number of persons interviewed expressed the minority opinion that if the meters would keep traific moving thet may be a good idea. "People are becoming parking. meter conscious and the old sys- tem of regulating parking is be. coming obsolete," the chief said. "Brsides being a more modern meihnd. it has been proven that it Runs traffic moving." "Willa proper parking ftacili, ties in thwn people who want to park all day may do so," he said, Giving his ps'rsonal opinion. Mayor Harry Clark said that parking metvrs would be a good idea nventually but not until the proper offstreet parking lots were available. " Milt! N.-gtttt Mn N. 'ttBt-tae. Manchu-08W“ tit. 1-0131 Parents Hatch 4th Exhibition 0f Ballet Class Regional Commissioner Frank, Worth addressed the boys and their parents, speaking on St. Paul's words, "Put on the whole armour of God." He said that when they put their uniforms on they should be reminded that they have, all made the same promise "to do your duty to God." He pointed out to them that the different parts of their uniforms could be reminders of their promise. For example, he suggested that when they put on .their scarves, they be a re- minder of the "yoke," a symbol The Children's Ballet classes of Weston and district held their fourth annual demonstration with 40 children of the class joining in the dances. Present at the demonstration held in the auditorium of the Weston Sen- ior School, were' 75 parents of the 'children. Four children from the Acad- emy of Ballet gave a special demonstration for the group present. The lessons at the Wes- ton classes are sponsored by the Weston Recreation Commission and the instructor is Georgina Galloway. Mrs. Bettina Byers spoke briefly to the group thank- ing them for their support and interest in the ballet demonstra- tion. Mayor was unable to express any official opinion until the situ- ation is reviewed by town coun. eil. Mr. Grout declared that noth- ing will be accomplished for the business man with the introduc- tion of parking meters. "Out of town people who wish to do shopping will ace the meters and drive right through town to where they can have free parking," Mr. Croat said "Bueine" has fallen off from what it'ured to be in town and parking meters will do nothing to improve that situation. 'l will definitely lead a petition against the proiert," he said. Norman Groat, proprietor of a barber shop and cigar store was wholeheartedly against the parking meter suggestion and said he would lead a petition not to have the meters. Another business man in the real-estate business maintained that the meters were in town before and why hadn't they left them. Having them replaced would only cause confusion and a bill of expense to the town, he added. Mrs. H. Unger of Weston Hard- ware was agreeable with Mr. Grmt‘s remarks that parking mote" only drive bushes! out of town. I "Everytime a mun puk- cu he has to put BMRter in H'd- "MY, iSN’T POSINO for pkiwee an Interesting pauime”, um. youngsters teem ht be kinking. Mr. They are the group of Senior: who ”madam-d" in» Saturday at he Merry Covet NM l',',',' "hool, Weston. lei! to right, troot row. Freddie Mem. David Duffy, Gregory Tern", Peel Swarix, and Kirk Munroe; middle m: Jone Oreyden, Marilyn Antto, "don Traci» “My Mi leak, lee Ann Snider, and Anne Wri'im boeer'rowl Philip Orvbb, Ahohom Seen, CMWM the Tame, Alon Kitchen ttod Richie lee. Jee- er WW "- Local Sea Cadets To View Sea Epic In Weston Theatre of service "to Him." In his address to the assem- bly, Lewis Peach, association president, said that this was the district's first church parade and he hoped that it would become an annual affair to be held in different localities within the boundaries of the district. He added that there are many boys looking for the guidance of the organizations but too few leaders to help with their train- Ing. .‘ Following. the benediction. the Cubs and Scouts paraded from the Arena back to Pine Street where Major B. Handly Geary, za, took the salute of the troops and packs. The parade dispersed in front of the municipal build- ing in Woodbridge. Sea Cadets of the RCSSC Illus- trious from Weston will parade to the Biltmore Theatre to see the current naval epic, "Corvet K. 225" on Thursday, June 9. A display of weapons used by the navy will be shown at the theatre. The movie was especial, 1y booked by the theatre manage- ment for showing to the sea cadets here. He declared that the job of shining one's shoes should re- mind them that there are things that have to be done that they may not like doing, but that are a part of discipline to do them. parking meters" she said. WANTS V; BE. PARKING Fred Lyle of Lyle's Fruit Mar- ket was against the installation of parking meters. He suggested that half-hour parking be made effective. That way more people would be able to shop and park. This system is presently being used in certain shopping disfricts in Toronto." F. L. Martens, Optometrist, said that nothing will grieve an out- ortdwn motorist more than to WOODIRIDGI dl?ttttest mm ttrtiate. . It's A Big Day For These little Ones AND NEIGWINO An early morning fire which destroyed one of Thistletown olden land marks last Thursday kept firemen of the Rexdale Fire Hall and the volunteer tire bri. gade of Thistletown busy for ‘more than three hours last night rtighting the blaze. The structure, said to be more than 100 years old, was origin- ally an old general store on a site 300 feet from its present ltV cation. In 1900 the store was moved onto the farm owned by two brothers, Thomas A. Farr He said that plans for the lot allotted space for 70 cars with an entrance and an exit on John Street and the lighting by two 400-watt mercury vapour lamps which have already been in- stalled. Run Into Quicksand Two major unexpected difficul- ties were encountered in the pro- ject, the superintendent revealed. In installing the drainage sew- ers, town crews hit quicksand in the central half of the lot and under-drainage had to be install- Illuminating the skies, the tire which raised the old Kingdon house kept the crew of 18 tire. men from the two fire depart- ments occupied in preventing the flames from spreading from the old house through a grove of pine trees to other homes in the police village. Several fire, men narrowly escaped electro- cution " "live hydro wires tell during the blaze. Family Moved Out Last Saturday a family of 10 had moved out of the house which was to be demolished for a new housing development in the district, The municipal parking lot on John Street is expected to be open early in June, it was learn- ed this week by the Times and Guide. R. J. Weir, Superintend- ent of Works for Weston said that he expected paving would be completed by the end of the trtek Ethexwwtw is tawny: able. 01mm: in? job .1115de be done by early next week, he stated. It was later found that a por- tion of the connecting sewer had been crushed and had to be re- laid. The sewer repair work was completed by the end of last week. be "pinched" because he didn't put enough money in the park- ing meter. Mr. Martens said that he believed people in town would probably have no objection pro- viding it gives a person an op- portunity to park. Works Dept. ht Many Projects Complete John St. Lot Soon Ed. Hotter of Dover Sports Wear said that if the police chief thinks parkiing meters are neces- sary, then he would be in favour of the parking meters. LAWRENCE Mllii,,S0liMi1f"_l'ls_,l, SCHEDULED FOR 19591 Early Morning Fire iiiiEi'i"ii/ii Old Thistlétown Landmark Main St. Lot A start on the temporary SHOPPERS} AGAINST " Comment from out of town COM ETEiTTI WY, 1W. 2, "" Rebuilding of Wright Avenue and Gibson Avenue, part of the 1955 road programme in Weston has started, he said, and patching work elsewhere in the town if also being carried out. The sur- facing ot semi-permanent type streets in the town is to be un- dertaken soon, he added. . The works department also began the construction pf a safe- ty fence along the edge of "Sun- set Park" (the lot to the north and east of the Lawrence Ave. bridge, recently filled in by Met- ro), This fence is to be built on the Humber River side only. The fence is to be constructed of wooden posts and two by six planking. Curbs on Wm. St. The instgllation of curbs and gutters on William Street and Helen Street has been completed, the superintendent reported, with sidewalks to go in yet. shoppers expressed complete dis- satisfaction with the proposal. However, a few did speak in favor of the meters providing it would alleviate the critical street parking problem presently preva- lent in the town. Since the Loblaw Supermarket opened its spacious parking lot some motorists said they would park there while shopping' and it didn't matter whether they had parking meters or not. In 1908 the Farr brothers sold the farm to James B. Kingdon who owned the landmark until lt years ago when it was sold to Albert Barker. Two years ago the property was sold to Principle Investments. The Conv pany planned to tear it down to make way for the Albion Hous- ing Development. " Acres For $3,000 The farm of 86 acres was ori- ginally bought for $3,000 and was sold for $6,000 to the King- dons, John Farr, relative of the original owners, said. Today the property is said to be worth $3,- 400 tor a section 45 feet by 150 feet. parking lot to be located between the town hall and the, fire hall is to be made this week pro- viding all the trees have been transplanted. This work was close to completionllast Friday. and George E. Farr who con- verted the structure into . ten- room house. District Chief B. Metcalfe of the Rexdale Fire Hall and Chief Ready of the Thistletown fire hall were in charge of the units battling the fire. A temporary surface of stone and oil is to be put on the Main Strert lot, Mr. Wetr"aat& Mr. Farr, who witnessed the fire said that the old frame tim- bers of the old store could be seen long after the rest of the house had disintegrated. (contirrued on page 12) Et,, Cost $1,000,000 Remove Traffle Hazard At Dangerous Crossing An underpass " the Lawrence Are. level crossing east of Main St. is contemplated to start con- struction in 1959 by the Metro- politan Toronto Planning Depart- ment. . A. F. Allman, ehiet surveyor tor the department, told the Times and Guide in a telephone conversation last week that several other underpasses at level crossings throughout Metropoli- tan Toronto are being planned on metropolitan roads. The one at Lawrence Averqe is scheduled to be designed in' 1958 with con- struction to start in 1959. If necessary, this schedule may be moved back to an earlier date, he intimated. ummmmmm'mmhmfihowpw“ fmdrtqhetpereteeolrsmNrte, 'htoogr-.fthC3t"eer from 'uhkdrr'rcmrrtt0-reeh_st_4tirttrerh1hlttf. k H Tomklm, Graham 89pm - rotCAt" 50*. 3ttytte ”M Dunn ' The "bottleneck" at the level crossing has held up traffle for the past mimber of years and the situation grows worse as the number of cars on the road in- creases. With both the C.N.R. and CPR. stations diagonally across from each other just north of the crossing, wig-wag apparatus is continually moving as the trains shunt back and forth. Humber District School Students Tour Waterhed High school students from To- ronto to Brampton and other Humber area points are learning about conservation by studying it. In hiking clothes with note- book in hand, the students are enjoying carefully-planned field work in the Plumber watershed. As time passes the problem grows increasingly worse and sometimes it requires two " three policemen to direct the traffic across the Main Street as the cars are lined up three blocks on both sides of the crossing. Since 1948 there have been tour people killed and four people injured. Property damage has mounted to more than $7,000. However, none of these accidents have happened during the rush hour periods when traffle is barely able to creep along the thoroughfare. In 1953 Toronto and York Roads Commission budgeted for 5110000 to be set aside for the construction of the proposed sub- wayf gt was estimated to cost .tfhtWtririr. It was that year that Weston became a part of Metro. Each week students from one of the high schools are taken on tour of the Humber con- servation Trail, a specially de- signed route which Humber field officer K. G. Higgs liid out to demonstrate the phases of con- servation work. Before the busy hour a patrol officer is stationed near the cross- ing on the glut for any possible danger that may arise. On Wednesday, May 25 I class from York Memorial Col.. legiate went on the three day hike under the direction of Miss Blanche Snell, a grade nine teacher [who first devised the idea of getting her city students into closer contact with the con- servation programme three years ago. With Mr. Riggs she worked (Continued on Page ii) With the railw_ay tracks so MT. DENNIS mum-neon: [’va Lawrence Avenue is one of several roads in Weston which were a part of the York County roads system and were subsidiz- ed by the county. widespread, the subway would be more than 200 feet in length. The Metropolitan. Planning Board has tried in vain to have the railway companies move the tracks closer together. When Weston became a part of the Metropolitan area, Law- rence Avenue was excluded from the first list of roads to be under metropolitan jurisdiction. This brought protest tzggn the Weston Town Council and Lawrence Avenue was then included in the metro list. Weston area roads included in the Metropolitan jurisdiction are as follows: Kipling Avenue from Lake Shore Road to Highway No 40l; Jane Street from Lake Shore Road to Wilson Avenue; Keele Street from Lake Shore Road to Wilson Avenue; Law- rence Avenue, West and East, commencing at Peel County boundary to Bayview Avenue. A large and attentive taudi- ence of more than 100 parents, grandparents. and other rela- tives and friends watched the tiny tots, (owned in white crepe-paper surplices and wear- ing black, cardboard mortar boards complete with tangles. inch in turn recéive their diplo- Twenty-eight young Weston graduates received their ribbon- wrapped diplomas last Saturday morning " I unique ceremony tn the parish hall of St. Philip's Anglican church. The "gradu- ates" were only five years old; and the "diplomas" marked their "promotion" from the Merry Court Nursery school. F 'ive- Year-Old “Grads " In White, Gowns, Caps GetHtibboned Diplomas, Merchants Meeting To Discuss Grand Opening For John St. lot The executive of the associ- ation has already met to dis- cuss plans for an DtBeittl open- ing of the lot and many ideas have been put forward. But the decisions, of course, must be made by the whole mem- bership of the association and the executive is hopeful that there will be a large atten- dance at the meeting. To make any plans for the opening a success. association officials declare. thts_yrhole- hearted support of all the merchants and business men in the town must be behind it. Plans for a grand opening of the municipal parking lot on John Street will be the main business topic " the next meeting of the Weston Business Men’s Association The meeting is to be held next gnaw, {one 64h. at"the Sky- The town parking lot on "t"t'"t.,eterqb- ”MINI. 05mm Man, 30 Wounded By Shotgun Make Your this. Thursday. Jun I Ronald Newell, 32, was seri- ously wounded Saturday when he accidently shot himself with a 32 gauge shot-gun in the left shoulder. He was in the back- yard of his home on Brome Aby. in North York Township wtidit the accident occurred. He it"! taken to Northwestern Heep; tal. North York Townshipaittr lice are investigating. -.: ftrl 09$? on”; . $200 Behind Aims Reports G. Bull They waited trnImtiettt1r. " the "graduating class" dressed for the ceremony in the base- ment of the hall and were photographed in their gown: by ( Continued on Page 9) 7 "We haven't heard from an of the collectors as yet but we expect to go over the top." Mr. Bull said, "I am most pleased with the outcome of the cam- paign." The campaign was launched in April and contin- ued throughout the month. ENJOY PICNIC T Prior to the presentation of the diplomas, parents watched the school youngsters enjoy I picnic trut-tsf-doors and later, they themselves enjoyed coffee, doughnuts and» sandwiches served in the parish hall. Many took pictures or movies of the children. in informal action shots. Weston Branch of the Canadian Red Cross has collected $5,300 of their required $5,500 obiees tive for the 1955 fund raising campaign, G. W. Bull, campaign manager announced last Tue:- day. . mas from Peter Smith, prank dent of Ir?, Nurgery association. YORK CENTRE (new lent) -Stephen Endicott (Lab.- Prog.), Thomas Graham (PC), Fred McMahon (L), Fred Young, (CCF). YORK-HUME“! (new seat) --Art Jenkyn (Lair-Prog.), W. B. Lewis (PC), Peter Slaght (L), w. F. Stround (CCF). YORK NORTH (PC 8,159Y-- Joseph Dales (L), A. A, Mackenzie (PC), Larry Sheffe (CCF). YORK WEST (PC 7,573)- John Street is expected to tis open early in June, it was 1farrysd by the Times and Guite,, [DIED W. Elmer Brandon" (PC), C. H. Millard (CCF). AF thur L. Nagela (L).