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| DONALD C. KERR 1 tuldon' of Canadian Kodak he was elected to the Board ‘ef Governors of Humber Memâ€" \ _erial hospital, Weston. Jane St. Open Before Start On Lawrence Work Is Hope West‘n Delegation Enjoys Stratford ORA Conference Attending the conference from Weston were Mr. Hill, Mel Boles, ehairman of the Weston Recâ€" reation Commission; John Watâ€" son, secretaryâ€"treasurer of the commission; commission member Mrs. W. W. Lewis; Mrs. R. H. Irvine, and councillor Gordon Moore. M To Unveil Memorial Painting To Five Firemen On Friday . Some 350 delegates attended the conference representing 76 communities. â€" ren‘s puppetry: Vol. 65,. No Weston‘s Director of Recreaâ€" tion, Val Hill praise® the Onâ€" tario Recreation Association conference held at Stratford last week as one of the better conâ€" ferences he has attended. He reâ€" ported that addresses were inâ€" teresting and stimulating and the group. discussions were lively and profitable. The Weston delegates took particular interest in the presâ€" entation of the children‘s theaâ€" tre of Stratford and the childâ€" Artist Zoltan Rakos calls it: "October 14th, 1954"â€"a simple tile. But it was the date on which a major disaster struck Ontario and the western Torâ€" onto suburbs were hardest hit. $7.17 Million Expansion Programme Announced For Orenda Engines A memorial painting to five Etobicoke firemen â€" who _ lost their lives in Hurricane Hazel will be unveiled by Councillor G&ry Daub, Etobicoke fire committee chairman, at New ‘Toronto Secondary School, 18th St., this Friday evening. The painting commemorates the courage of the volunteer firemen whose truck sank in the swirling waters of the Humâ€" ber River. On hand to speak about flood prevention will be Hugh Griggs, chairman of the Etobicokeâ€"Mimico Conservation Authority. Others will include John B. Hamilton, Yorkâ€"West MP, fire chiefs of Etobicoke and the Lakeshore and other muniâ€" eipal and government officials, The painting is one of 24 from the life works of the Long Branch artist being exhibited for the first time as a group. gaged in the design, developâ€" ment and production of jet airâ€" craft engines. Most of the proâ€" gramme; which involves major additions to the company‘s preâ€" sent test facilities, will be comâ€" pleted by_the end of this year. O $7.7 million expansion proâ€" gramme has been announced by Orenda Engines Limited, the only company in Canada enâ€" r'ir';;nai:inz the announcement, Walter R. McLachlan, Viceâ€" President and General Manager, said: "These additions will permit us to ‘conduct approximately 90% of our testing with our own facilities at Maiton and at Nobel, near Parry Sound" ‘This programme goes a long way toward making Canada selfâ€"reliant in jet engine test facilities. Until now we have had to rely heavily on test faâ€" cilities elsewhere" Six new soundproof developâ€" ment test cells, with provisions for extending the number to eight Included in the expansion programme are construction of: eight The proposal to construct a A ':rndproof high altitude|nurses‘ residence is dealt with test facility, which will permit\in more detail in another article engine testing in the rarified\in this issue. cold atmospheric conditions enâ€" J. W. Pink and C. Wardlaw 28 MAIN N., CMerry 1â€"3549 . 18 * _ Chie!* Constable A. Webâ€" l ster of Weston is hoping that Jane St. will be completely open again Wiore the work on the open cut for the water main on Lawrence _ Ave. starts. Metro has tid that â€"| when open cut work is beâ€" â€"| gun, Lawrence Ave. between ‘| Main St. and Little will be t| prohibited and between Main â€"| St. and Jane .St. restricted. On the same eveningsâ€"»May 4 and 5; the Lakeshore Players will give a second production of â€" their â€" successful comedy, "Arsenic and Old Lace," in the auditorium. The art display is free to the public and opens at Mr. Rakos, who came here from Hungary in 1929, has deâ€" voted his life to art. Chiefly noted for his church work, he was comnmiissioned to decorate five Toronto area churches. But through all the years, he was painting impressions of nature and went on frequent jaunts to remote places. The exhibition sponsors feel it is time Mr. Rakos was recogâ€" nized as the great artist he unâ€" questionably is. The display will include a recent collection exeâ€" cuted while on a trip to Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. Annual Meeting Reports One of his earliest works, "Autumn in the Woods," took six months to finish, using a special knife to apply the oils. He was the first Canadian artist to use this technique. No Hospital Deficit For 5th Year In Row A proposal to build a unique nurses residence, the presentaâ€" tion of the fifth consecutive financial report with a small surplus, and the election of three directors, were three of the highâ€" lights of the 10th annual meetâ€" ing of the Humber Memorial Hospital Associatjon. countered at high altitudes â€" without the necessity of ever leaving the ground. â€" â€" A â€" soundproof _ aerodynamic test facility, which will incorâ€" porate a wind tunnel for testing (Continued on Page 11) Held in the conference room in the basement of the hospital on Wednesday night, April 26th, the meeting drew only a scant attendance of some 50 persons, including members of the board of governors and staff members making reports. Annual meeting reâ€"elected him fer another three year term on the Board of Governors of Humâ€" ber Memorial hospital. _ Chief â€" Webster told the Times and Guide that he is "hoping" that in two or three weeks time Jane Street would be completely open between Lawrence Ave. and Pelmo Crescent. "It will be some time beâ€" fore the rest of the street is open," he added. He said that the tunnel work on Lawrence is progressing favourably _ and â€" expressed the hope that Metro would leave the "open cut" work for a while. * "If the open cut work starts before Jane St. is opened, then we‘re headed for trouble," declared the Chief Constable. JACK PINK By A. N. DESLAURIESS North York Council members were amazed, angered and fightâ€" ing mad when it was revealed }hat a report that th%_hag beâ€" ore them at last ursday‘s council meeing was in direct contrast to the report read to the meeting by the Secretary to the Planning Board, Mr. Kerr. of land fronting on Yonge Street immediately north of the Jolly Miller, on the east side of the street. The applicant was in the process of making his arguments to Council and had brought up experts in Traffic Surveys, Architecture, and Gasâ€" oline Station Engineers. In regard to an article printâ€" ed on the front page of last week‘s Times and Guide: conâ€" cerning the Weston Chiropractic Clinic, it was stated that Dr. O. J. Ketcheson had opened a Clinic at his home, in North York. This, however, is NOT the case. Dr. O. J. Ketcheson has moved to North York where he is presently engaged in genâ€" eral insurance work. Reâ€"elected to the Board of Governors of the Hum ber Memorial hospital, Weston. \ _ The report in question referâ€" ed to a rezoning application, on behalf of the owner of a parcel were reâ€"elected members of the Board of Governors of the hosâ€" pital along with a new director, Donald Kerr, who is president of the Canadian Kodak Company. All three were clected on the The British American Oil company representative â€" stated to Council that if this reâ€"zoning application was granted that it was the intontion of his comâ€" pany to erect the costliest and finest service station in the Metropolitan area. & After a hour and a half of learned argument put forth by the experts on behalf of the apâ€" plicant Reeve McMahon sthted Council Said Misinformed By Planning Dept. WOODBRIDGE HUMBER HOSPITAL TO BUIL $130,000 NURSES‘ RESIDENC North York Diary LAWRENCE ELION, RIGHT, EXPLAINS A SCENE from Noel Coward‘s one act drama, "Still Life"l to some of the members of the cast of the Weston Drama Group; left to right, Denis Field,; Cathy Choma, and Jack Zimmerman. The Weston group was to present the play Tuesday| night at Hart House as part of the One Act Play Festival of the Central Ontario Drama League.‘ The adjudicator is Andrew Allan of the CBC. The group will also give a repeat performance of the "Wishing Well" at the public school in Kipling Heights on Thursday, May 17th. Photo by Geoffrey Frazer Cimes and Guige Error In Article Weston Group Presents Play In Festival CLARKE WARDLAW AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES , IN ETOBICOKE AND that he felt that it was now time for a motion to be made for or against this application. Councillor Jirm Walker moved the approval of this .application on the grounds that i:gais opinâ€" ion this was the best purpose that this land could be put to.| Mr. Walker pointed out that this | was the reason he had voted in| favour of this application at the Planning Board level at which: time the ‘Planning Board hadi recommended to Council that it be approved. [ The finance chairman said that the introduction of mechanical accounting equipment early in 1955 had proved beneficial. He also praised the work of the hospital staff, stating that the present financial condition of the hospital was "only made possible by the staff making vergoefflcl- ent use of the equipment given to them." Requesting discussion on the motion which was seconded by | Councillior Aldcorn, Reeve Mcâ€"| Mahon was asked to explain to the council just what the moâ€" tion was approving. Glanclng‘ to the report before him Reeve| McMahon began to read facts and â€" figures with regard to‘ frontages and lot lines which| immediately _ made â€" Councillor| Walker state that he did not recognize any of the figures beâ€" ing mentioned as being any-I where near the proposal that he | had voted on at Planning Board level. At this stage the Reeve asked Mr. Kerr to tell council! just â€" what the _ requirements In presenting the report of the nominating committee, Wilf Bottomley explained that inviâ€" tations had been sent out to many local organizations inviâ€" ting them to have a representaâ€" tive at the meeting of the comâ€" mittee to help choose the three new directors. . E. D. Rushbrook, C.A., chairâ€" man of the financk committee. presented the committee‘s reâ€" port which, he felt, showed the hospital "in fairly sound finanâ€" cial condition." For the whole five years of the hospital‘s operâ€" ation there has been no deficit, and they were "proud of this position," declared Mr. Rushâ€" brook. Mayor ‘Harry Clark, a past governor of the hospital board, praised the "astute finance comâ€" mittee which has given the hosâ€" pital sound firancing." He also congratulated the board and the women‘s auxiliary on the wonâ€" derful work they were doing in the community. j The finance report showed a net operating revenue for the Fear‘ 1955 of $31,936.78. Depreâ€" clation on buildings, furniture and equipment in the amount of $27,503.03 left a net revenue for the year of $4,433.75. He pointed out, however, that although funds had been pledged to cover the largest part of the new adâ€" _ (Continued on Page 5) recommendation of the nominaâ€" tion committee. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1956 | _A total of 116 donors attendâ€" ed, which is the biggest and {best so far. Miss Bertha Miles, ldirector of Blood Transfusion {Service, Toronto Branch, was in charge, assisted by Mrs. J. H. [Gillespie, North York‘s chairâ€" ‘man of Blood Donor Commitâ€" tees. Other golunteers were" Mrs: Ritchie RH\I Mrs. Millar ;RANA, Mrs. Godard, Mrs. Terry, Mrs. Duchenko, Mrs. D. Neville, Mrs. A. Jack, Miss Shilling, Mrs. Birkett, Mrs. Wilde, Mrs. Watt, Mrs. Gahagan, Mrs. L. M. Roy ‘Cook (vice â€" president Norih York Branch), Mrs. Brownlee |(president North York Branch), ‘M‘rs. Beanland, Mrs. Moore and (Mrs. G. Bull. Weston And Area Citizens Support Blood Donor Clinic were that had been asked of the applicant by the Planning Board. Mr. Kerr read from a letter received by the Planning Deâ€" artment .. from. .. the. ._British %’égi}iéanmbil Company which outlined those items that had been requested of the company by the Planning Board and in (Continued on Page 11) Canadian Red Cross volunteer workers were kept busy on Thursday evening last, the 26th of April at the Pelmo Park Pubâ€" lic School on the occasion of a blood donor clinic, the fourth of a series held in this district. The blood collected at these clinics is given free of charge to veterans in Sunnybrook Hosâ€" pital, patients in ,the North» Western and Scarborough Genâ€" erals and Weston Sanitarium, and the remainder is stockpiled for emergency and disaster use. Anyone interested in volunâ€" teering to help out at these clinâ€" ics or who would like to beâ€" come a future blood donor, please telephone the North York Bréinch‘s Office at BA. 1â€"1322, and information #ill be given on any of the many Red : Cross services. Volunteer drivers to take clinic patients to downtown hospitals are still urgently needâ€" ed in the western part of the Next Wednesday, May 9th, will be the annual cadet inspecâ€" tion at which two new cadet flags will be presented. The inâ€" spection will include a bren gun demonstration and a demonstraâ€" tion of field craft. Another feature of the day will be music by the school‘s first full miliâ€" tary band. P The Weston secomdary school‘s annual field day hulcheduled for Friday, May 11 Cadet Inspection And Field Day On May 9 And 11 township Two big, annual events are scheduled to take place next week at Weston Collegiate and Vocational School, it was anâ€" nounced Tuesday. NORTH N.Y. Man, 56 Killed By Car At Keele â€" 401 Thomas Dixon, 56 of Mayo Drive, North York, was killed instantly Saturday night when struck by a car on an approach road to Highway 401 at Keele St. asthe took a shortcut home. WESTON COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT The next regular meeting of the Weston Town Council is to beheld tonight, Thursday, May 3rd, in the Council Chambers. Cooper â€" Slipper Named Orenda‘s Chief Test Pilot All citizens are w:ei;i;;r;ev_vio attend the meeting. A veteran of both world wars, Dixon was lifted out of his shoes by a car driven by William D. Percival of Balloil St. Toronto, and carried 80 feet. Percival told police he was passing another car and did not see Dixon. Dixon was retur;flr:gm tn his home, south of Highway 401. "If he had only walked the usual route along Keele St. to cross the highway, the accident would never have hanvened" said one,police officer. The disâ€" tance along Keele St. to his home is about 4,000 feet more. Mike is married and has one child, a son. ‘Appointment of Mike Cooperâ€" Slipper of Weston as Chief Test Pilot to head a newlyâ€"formed Test Pilots‘ Department of Orâ€" enda Engines Ltd., which will carry out engine development test flying at Orenda, was anâ€" nounced this week by Charles A. Grinver, VPâ€"Engineering and Chief Engineer. The appointâ€" ment was effective May 1. f A specialist in engine develâ€" opment test flying, Mike has been with Orenda since the formation of the company, on loan from Avro Aircraft‘s Test Pilots‘ Department. He has done the bulk of development flying on the Orenda series of engines: Coming to Canada in 1947, he joined A. V. Roe, Canada in the Blade Shop and later worked in the test house. He graduated to flying about nine months after joining the company. Included in the department is Len Hobbs, who recently joined th€ O r e n d a test flight staff, which is based at Downsview airport. Mike distinguished himself as a fighter pilo® in World War II, winning the Distinguished Flyâ€" in« Cross and being credited with nine German and Japanâ€" ese aircraft shot down. â€" He commanded a high altitude RAF test unit in Egypt from 1942 to 1944, and was retired with the rank of Squadron Leadâ€" Mhmmhddnhmnmdeo.Mn'niAnl‘:m' church, Westo afternoon and evening and members of the parish assisted in welcoming them. dedicated the rectory during a b"r.l‘d visit in the afterncon. Here the minister, left, arid his wife, right, chat with two of their . Mrs. Vere Ce Redgrave. The latter is rector‘s warden at $t. John‘s. m Kiddell is introducimg daughter, Betsy to the guests. Many Visit New Rectory Of St. John‘s Church MT. DENNIS To Start Soon, Chief States A propsal to construct a new and unique nurses residence at an approximate cost of $130,000, is part of a programme to keep adequate and competent nursâ€" ing staff at the Humber Meâ€" morial hospital. This does not mean that the number of nurses on the staff is standing still. On the contrary. the number has grownAfrom 70 nurses early last year to close to 100 at the preâ€" sent time or within a very short time. Annual Meeting The proposed $130.000 nurses residence was announced at the annual meeting last week by the chairman of the building committee, Clarke Wardlaw who said that the hospital is losing nurses at present because of a lack of sufficient accommodaâ€" tion. The hospital has now one residenceâ€"the Eva Carpenter residenceâ€"which accommodates 11 nurses. ? More Classes In Civil Defence + But in order to secure more nursing personnel and to keep those now on the staff with them, hospital officials indicate that the programme is necesâ€" sary in the light of the continuâ€" ing shortage of nurses and the resulting competition between hospitals for their services. The Weston _ hospital, particularly. being in close proximity to the large city hospitals, must espeâ€" cially face the facts of the comâ€" petition. Weston Concert Assoc. Campaign Starts May 4th the campaign and annnunce-, The next mecting for thi% ment of the number will beiclass is to be held on Monday, made on posters in store winâ€" May l4th. At that meeting, ® dows. ispecialist from Civil Defense Subscriptions will be availâ€" headquarters in Toronto will able from canvassers during the!lecture on high explosives and week of the campaign. 2 atomic warfare. The campaign â€" headquarters will be located in the Weston Recreation office on Little Ave. and Mrs. W. L. Paterson will again act as campaign secreâ€" tary. A special phone will be installed at the office during the campaign and announce> ment of the number will be made on posters in store winâ€" dows. Propose Apartment â€" Type: Building With 24 Suites * To Accomodate Nurses â€" vie d us s P n o qoi e naieP Ffus c o n 1 EC n mm c 20 t e w uts n P0 l on jacent 10 the present nurses reâ€"| ~Other things were "Also Md sidence and would contain 24| Gone to encourage nurses to eme self â€" contained _ bachelorette JOY their stay at Humber M suites, accommodating a miniâ€"‘ (Continued on Page 7) Dates for basic training clasâ€" ses for more of those citizens who volunteered for Civil Deâ€" The Weston Concert Associaâ€" tion will conduct a campaign for memberships from May 4th to 12th for their second season of subscription concerts, it was announced this week. The proposed residence, he, explained, would be built adâ€"| <=~ 3 SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS _ Telephone _ R. B. Ferguson, hospial adâ€" ministrator explained to the |Times and Guide that although tthere would soon be a nursing staff of 100, only 65 of these 1might be graduate nurses with Ithe balance being nursing s‘g ters or orderlies. Of the 6§ ‘graduate nurses, he said. ‘sibly, half of them would m ino accommodation _ problemg most of the supervisory staff could afford their own accome \modation; other nurses would be |living with parents, or huse Residence A ‘Must George English, Presicent of the Board of Governors, said, "The residence is a must. The Board of Governors is 100 per cent. behind it." j mum of 24 nurses. Mr. Wardâ€" law said that the committee hoped for completion of & building, Mr. Wardlaw said t it was proposed to sell 12 buildâ€" ing lots on Dalbeattie for which the hospital had no use in its, future plans. bands, or with girl friends im rooms. It was for the remgindâ€" er of the nurses that reasonable but acequate and convenient accommodation had to be ob taimed. } Good salaries were @lso a necâ€" essary part of the programms, he declared. { Mrs. J. Nesbitt, Reg. N., D3 rector of Nursing agreed th "the residence was needed very badly." â€"/f fense work will be announced this week, Weston‘s Civil Der fense Director, Police Chief A Webster told the Times Guide on Tuesday.. He said t notification of the dates would be given by mail to those volâ€" unteers who, so far, have not had an opportunity of taking the basic training course. In the meantime, the secort@ training class for the first group was held on Monday night whe@® Fire Chief Ernie McGinnis gave a lecture and demonstration om basic fire fighting techniqm and the operation of stir pumps and other fire fighting equipment. First part of the class was held in the Civil Defense rooms above the Weston Post Office. Later the class proceeded to the fire hall to see the demonstraâ€" tions. 6 . + In Service * an i}