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Stop by step. each of the lm- portant characters dressed in their oriental costumes, made their contribution to the advance- ment of the great promise of the world’s redemption. Each of the prophets appeared. the Roman proclamation was introducod by the bugler and read wlth all pomp, and the taxing officer was there with his haughty Roman dignity and exhibitod his good for the tax money All (has! personniilim worn well plk'yod with linroriiy and "trrtivrrte_ts. The story was from tho early period of the Christian bra. It showed the aged St. John instruc- ting one of the young Christian students, telling the student of thr mysterious "or-kings of God with mankind down through the Mm. A most Impressive presentation and excellent church teaching were the comments heard re- lating to the Advent Pageant presented by the members of St, Jude's Anglican Church last Sun- day afternoon, Sunday evening, and again on Monday evening, the church being filled on all three occasions. Over 750 people crowded the church at the three presentations and were deeply moved by the fine script, the ueiertion of the music, the cos- tumes, the impersonations of the various characters, the lightingi effects, and the reading of the narrator. l Village Hall on Monday evening, in: a township larger than the l November 19th. John Devins City of Toronto in area and[ again presided as chairman in his ilargor than London. Ontario, in , usual witty and efficient way.ptpulatirm. ' There were only three' names Arthur Nagels announced his) submitted so Clerk Allan Ross retirement to take more time for declared these men as Trustees this own work and to spend more I for 1957-8. John T. Farr has time in the ratepayers association.; been chairman of the village; Bill McGee said he regretted: Council for four years. Born in l he was obliged by law to retire', this area, and now a retired ‘ so that he might run for Conn-i farmer. he sells insurance andicillor for Ward 4, Etobicoke. real estate when not too busy) Mr. Farr thanked the retiring} with Village needs; John E. (tmembers and welcomed the new Meech, well-known auto sales lanes. He said the village assess-l manager. has lived on Albion ;ment would be close to $3,000,000 C Road for 21 years; Dennis R. _for1957. Mr. Pacey said he would 1 Pacey, skilled form-maker at work for better drainage and Avro. and officer in the rate-imore sidewalks. Mr. Meech ap-i payers association and a redder“ predated the honor and said the of Thistlcdale. trustees had made great imnrove- Deputy-Reeve Oscar Waffle was present to assist. He said he Advent Pageant ht St. John's Is Well Received By Audiences ' Nominations for the Police/would hot make a Village of Thistletown. for the speech, but was kind next two years were held at the outline the problems In Ward li, Councillor Fred Young retained his seat easily despite the handicap of illness during several days of the cam- paign. He received a total of 1,788 votes: Sam Wagman, 783 votes; and Edwinmirde, 777 votes. Councillor Irving Paisley in Ward 6 also was re-elected by a very large margin over his one opponent, Ron Berall. Paisley received 2,750 votes; Berall, 564. An aeelamation was givin to Councillor James Walker in Thistletown Trustee Candidates ,‘ Receive Acclamations For '57-'58 i 'Ijhe two-way contest developed when Reeve Fred McMahon an- nounced that he was retiring and would not be a candidate for re- election this year. Former Deputy-Reeve Maurice Hook received a sound lacing from Councillor Vernon Singer in the contest for the Reeveship in North York Township on Mon- day. Mr. Singer polled 24,045 votes as compared to 5,302 for Mr. Hoolund the former won in every polling subdivision except one. ‘ tr. O. "0xaie" Waffle, with two yen" experience as deputy-reeve breezed into the reeveship with I 4,405 vote majority over first- time candidate Jack Bennett. Waffle succeeds Reeve Bev. Lewis, MPP., who is retiring Rom municipal ponies at the end of this year. He received a total of 9,519 votes, while Bennett "caved 5.014. Councillbr Murray Johnson was elected Deputy-Reeve over op- SingerReoeives Resounding Vote For North York Reeve In Etoblcoke township, the election apathy was most ap- parent. only 22 per cent of the lligible voter: casting ballots. Only 22 Per thydtiif Votes In Etobicoke . WNW Vol. " No. " " Main 'I-sat Main N. min Emil“: run-sons f on. 1-0131 at In. Maurice Hampton, principal of Weston Sonlor Public School congratulqm Glorlo Alexander on her election as lunior mayor In the oloc'lons conducted on Monday or the Ichool. [all to right are: iunior councillors Fred Clarkson and Norman Kolman; Junior mayor, Glorlo Alu- ander; Mr. Hampton,. Donald Brown, ramming officer,. and junior councillors Suxy liltlo, Robin Goddard and June Henry Absent, councillor Margo Woman. i, Mr. Farr thanked the retiring ,'rtwmbers and welcomed tho new 1ones. He said the village assess- ;ment would be close to $3,000,000 _for1957. Mr. Pacoy said he would work for honor drainage and Imore sidewalks. Mr. Mcech ap- preciated the honor and said the trustrtes had made great improve- ments in the village during the past five ypars. . Joseph and Mary appeared and their tax money was snatched (Continued on page 11) speech, but was kind enough to outline the problems in govern- ing a township larger than the City of Toronto in area and larger than London. Ontario, in population i The North York Board of Edu- jwards were as follows: (one ‘elected in each ward): Ward 5. Dorothy Bishop, 1,387: Harry Pollock, 1,304; William Page, 483; Ward 6, Saul Cowan, 1,797; J. Harry Gregg, 1,364: Ward T, Isobel Walker, 1,174; Richard McManis, 491: Herbert Gillespie, 403. , In the Hydro Commission con- test, Dr. Ralph Johns with 15,725 votes led the field with Jon Orr, 11,502 votes being second. De- feated in their bid for the Hydro pasts were John Bliss with 10,391 and Bruce Pierce, 9.465. Ward 7. And in Word 8, Nelson Boylen, who had been Reeve ot the township during some of its most trying years before Metro came into being, wat, defeated in a comeback bid by William Lyon, a lawyer. Mr. Boylan ran last in a three-way race for Councillor. The final vote was as\follows: William Lyon, 1.308: Joseph Gould, 807; and Nelson Boylen. 718. _ Alderwood electors in Elohi- coke, by an overwhelming major- ity, authorized a one-mill levy to help finance an indoor swim- ming pool, l In a fiveway race for two seats in Ward 4, Etobicoke, Councillor John Allen led the-polls with 1,594 votes. Also elected was Robert Bush with 1,373 votes The other candidates counted as follows: William S. McGee, 916; Bruce Evans, 277; Dalton J, Little, 349. ponent Charles G. Devlin. John- son'xot 8,005 ballots compared to 6329 for Devlin. New Junior Council For Weston Sinio/ sliiiU campaign ilife and SH” going strong. sThink of going to the summer ‘supervising the improvements. 1Thirok of taking a keen inter- iest in the town affairs and its ldevelopment over the long', :years. That is what George has,; and is. doing to-day. He camel from Port Credit to _ij,ii,t'i:'? many years ago and operated) the famous bed factory that: supplied many of the leadingl Canadian firms with their ned-'), steady. He later operated the; Real Estate office and insurance business now operated by Walm ter Boddington. He retired just a few years ago to enjoy life, and watch the mad rush for the dollar that is b.eing carried on) to-day. His life has been one of‘ adventure and he has a keenl sense of humor and can tell) many a finc, story. I {was a day of remembering when many of the affairs of the ', town were settled in the old bed ifactory wher the city fathers met and discussed the needs ot the times. It was a day of re- collection of the foundations :that were laid for the present _tine main street and the town of Weston as a centre of in.. "iustry, comm-roe, education and ,fine home li, . I Think _ :ii Years of'activn With clear mentality, fair health, and keen municipal in- terest, George Packham, John Street, welcomed a host of friends on his 96th Birthday Monday December the 3rd. It was a day of recalling many of the old events ot the town and of the village. It was a day of recounting many a great day's hunting in the bush of northern Ontario. It was a day ot relat- ing the old stories and happen- ing around the stove after days of experiences with game. It George Packhanr Celebrates 96th Birthday Dec. 3 The new Church of St. Stephgn (Arvigican) in B November 26th. Officiating at the service of d of Toronto (left),_ Rey.rw. fry, rector of St Ihe new Church of St. Stephen (Angican) in Beverley Hills was dedicated last Wednesday, November 26th. Officiating at the service of dedkation were Rt. Rev. F. H. Wilkinson, Bishop of Toronto (left), Rev. F. W. fry, rector of St. Sttrphen's, and Archdeacon W. J. Gilling, guest preacher. The church it located on June Street, two blocks north of Wilson Avenue. N -e -Photo by Geoffrey Frazer. I." "L-rt----------------------------.-- V WOODIRIDGI mm __anh tlliittt%t ht Central 1t,r,1tytte..t_1i_yirtg Ceremony 5 years of'active The junior elections at the AVeston Senior school were con- ducted in as strict an imitation F of the' real thing as possible as part ot their social studies odu: (cation. Nominations were held ‘on Monday, November v19th. the same as the Weston nomin- ,|ations_ and a total of 37 pupils lwvre nominated. When the l The students at Weston Sen- ,ior public school showed up itheir elders this week. 80 per [cent of them casting their bal- (lots voluntarily in the school's (second annual elections. In the meal elections. Weston electors (showed interest only to the Jamount of 30 per rent. iWeston Studeriis" Show, [jij"trir/'ciiiiilcr's""" With 80 Per Cent Vote In Junior Election - ""e uu, ennui Following the prayer, the pre- Council of sentation of the copper contain- in Canada z IT and records was made by The pray Mrs. A. T. Mather, one of the the corners oldest members of Central Unit- Rev. D. T. ed church. These were received Secretary of by John T. Ferguson, clerk of tian Edurat the session and deposited by Church of him in the cornerstone. Mayor H; The trowel for laying the ton was p. cornerstone was presented by greetings to W. E. Barnett, architect for whole town. Barnett and Rieder who drew: The doxnr the plans for the Central churchithe choir of addition. The trowel was re-ibencdictior., ceived from Mr. Barnett bylthe minister The service opened with a prayer tor divine blessing led by Miss Dorothy Pearson, a mis- sionary to India from the Cen- tral congregation. The cornerstone for the large addition to Central United church, Weston was dedicated and laid on Sunday morning last in a short but impressive cere- mony. Cornerstone For Addition To Central Laid Sunday msk. - 6mm, Prater. i For council (first six elected): CiEEri2 ptytsDAv/iiirsiyTrit 6, 1936 The m-vonmy vote went as follows: (Hm-la Alexander. 76: Heather Braby. 27: Grant Finch. M; Dorothy Mum-x M; Graeme Thompson, M; and John Vnrley. " When the smoke had cleared after the election. the "hoof had elected a girl minor and the girls were dehnitely in the majority hn the various muni- cipal bodies. Don Brown, re- turming omeer had the election well organized, and the voting took place " noon hour and after school. Four hundred and tour students were eligible to vote. On election dav, Monday. December 3rd, 3 voters list was used and the usual omcistls were named-returning amour. de- puty return in tr officers and srrutineers. A dcscription by Jack Boult- bee of the Mention speeches. is most inuvzss'cirg-"On Friday {the 23rd of Nov.. they made ';their campaign speeches. They ‘had many slogans and they pro- mised to do so much that if they were all elected, Weston would be tho perfect place to live in. Some of the promises grew to fix up the streets, stop (the trafno problems. make the Lawrvnee crossing safer, clean up Humber Valley and one girl who got elected last year. re- ferred to her last year's speech in which she promised to have them build a new town hall and right now it is undnr construe-, tion. This year she promises to build a nrw swimming pool and, being a girl of bar word she says she is tht, (mo to vote for." The candidates put up posters in the school and distributed In t pi ns, 'quarmcatinns Were counted, six ‘were running for mayor. seven ifor council, and acclamations lwerv givcn to the three-man 1ryblirr utilities commission and ;the sm‘cmmzm board of educav ‘ tion. The doxnlogy was sung led by the choir of the church and the benediction was pronounced by the minister. Rev. R. E. Spencer. Mayor. Harry Clark of Wes- ton was present and brought greetings to the church from the whole town. Secretary of tthde (E‘Ehris: tian Education for the United Church of _Canada. The prayer' Ji tTiiiiiiiiif, of the cornerstone was said by D.... n m v v- . -- '"W.wN W u] Rev. D. T. L Forsyth, BA. DD, o-...-, A. .. u - A -ee Then the cornerstone was laid jointly by Rev. E. E. Long, BA. DD, secretary of the General Council of the United Church in Canada and by Mr. Beecroft. lUCl Howard R. Graff, chairman oC)or the general building committee nut of Central who in turn present- rm” ed the trowel to F. L. Beecx‘oft,lwfl thi: great grandson of James Lever, pas founder of Central United mg; church in 1812. ...u IN ETOIICOKE AND 'Margo Watson, 282; Suzy Little, It58; Robin Goddard. 258; June ichry. 251: Fred Clarkson, 208; iNmman Kclman, 199; Celia 'Mai'tin. 115. 3 Receiving accIamationho the iboard of education were: Diana [McLean, Judy Thompson, Mich- lael Swinbourne, Wendy Gaga. ‘Diannc Kassius. Sylvia Clarke, ‘Donna Baker-. The public utili- ities commission by acclamation )were: Joan Hassard. Lynda :Moore and Leith lronside. In rho picoun above or. rho group: of mod-MI M Wang” oeeitsmutior" i,, Oh. lunior Weston board of “we?!” ”Ind M. m From row, Mo ht right: [whim board, Diana Moon, Nd, tteirrs Wendy Gaga, Dionne Kenton. Back row, [valor board, ”He CHM commimon, Joan Menard, lyndu Moore, and loll! 'r-td.. Commissioner Chas. M. Rich- ardson led the polls in the contest for the public utilities commits- sion followed in second place by another v e t e r a n commission lor Jack Holley maintained his number three position on the council and Councillor Bert Wood, who had been number two this year dropped back to fourth position. Councillor W. R. Perry retained position number five while Councillor Gordon Moore dropped back to the last position. ( Heading the polls for council- ‘lors for his third consecutive wear was Councillor George W Bull. The remainder of the or- 'der df election was considerably nhanged from the 1956 set-up. Councillor C. E. Conroy. who was sixth in the 1956 council put on a determined campaign this rear and eartwd the number two spot behind Councillor Bull. Couneil- Voters Defeat Two by-laws Grant To Band Will Continue Commission. the two non-c0m- l,fi1','s12i,sesri,r, put up a good battle for election. W. Henry Loose, who was also a candidate for the P.U.C. last vear gave the best showing of the two, coming with- ‘in 20 votes of R. E. Hassard who (cu fourth. 1 For the first time. Weston "electors were voting for a two year term for all offices but the percentage of eligible voters us- ing their ballot was still distress- ingly low--a fraction over 31 per cent. This did represent an in- crease nvcr last year. however, when 24.6 per cent. exercised their franchise. iigit iota "iii"iiai'u"i IA" Present Council& 1ltiTities Commission Both by-Iaws were defeated by the Weston electorate on Monday by narrow but suffi- cient margins, As a conse- In the contest tor the four seats on the Weston Public Utilities All six member', of the present Weston municipal council were swept back' into offiee in Mom. day's election. The one outside contender, former councillor L G. Sainsbury never threatened to upset the re-election of the 1956 council. MT. DENNIS Receive Acclamatiois To Junior Bodies “but... Oi lili- ( Two local organizations were ityrtitlmTly active in the promo- ition of the election, the Weston iLocal Council of Women who lsoonsared a meeting last Thurs- day at which the candidates spoke. and the Weston Junior Chamber of Commerce which paid the rental for the school tor this meeting and also sponsored E The results of the vote on two ‘bylaws regarding band grants jby the town were not available ’when this report was written but it was hoped that they would ibe available by press time. _ Alsif to be commended was Councillor Bert Wood who urged, via a sound truck on Sat- urday, that the citizens remem- ber Hungary and make use of the great privilege which is theirs, to get out and vote. a "Get-OutiThe-Voié" Gia? IG a scum! true}: on Monday. ' The Times and Guide heard consistent reports that the word- ing on the ballot of the by-laws question had confused many of the voters and as a consequence many had refused to mark their ballot on this question. They'voted M2, for, 617, against a by-law “to provide, by means of taxation for the establishment and mainten- ance of a fund for the sup- port and aid of a civilian band or bands of music and for making annual or other grants from such fund to any civilian band or hands or the members thereof'. l Mayor Harry Clark had Te- ‘oeived an acclamation to this top office in Weston. his third sue- cessive tteelamation in as many ‘nominations. The lack of a may- orally contest was again felt to contribute tn the lack ot public interest in the election. Three years ago when ex-mayor Jack Allan opposed the then Mayor R. C. Seagrave and a " per cent vote was recorded. The town of Weston has population of 9,400 and a total 5,426 eligible voters. Weston taxpayers voted 531, for and 620, against the by- law "to repeal by-law Num- ber 1328, being a by-law to provide tor an annual levy of one-quarter of a mill of taxation on the whole rate- able property in the Town of Weston for the support of the Weston Silver Band". member and merchant. Bruce Pollard. Wm. McArthur was third and R. E. Hassard. chlirman of the commission this yen. Wu fourth. W. Henry Loose and Harry J. Foy followed in that order. quence, the Weston Silver Band will continue to be eligible for an annual grant equal to one-quarter of a mill on taxation. ”WI. alumnus-Hm] "f" of The Senior public school will do the story of "The Jesuits of the Huron Missions." The King Street school is presenting "Christmas Is celebrated brthe Unied Empire Ltralists." Me- modal school will present "Christmas today." _-._--, ......u. Alzlb't, 6,100. Board of Education (one elected, in each wardV-Ward 2, Frank Watson. 1.377: John Gavan, IMF. Edwin Voight, 22. Ward 8, Julia Pierre, 3,378; Mary Mahon, 1,242: John Russell, 1,078: Peter Bybérg. 575. Ward 4, Kenneth Rom], 2,027: Clair Tooze, 2,015: Kings- ley Mayrick, 674. Ward s, Dor- iothy Bishop, 1.387: Harry Pol- lock. 1.304; William Page. q83. "Ward 6. Saul Cowan, 1,797; t ,Harry Gregg, 1.364. Ward T, Iso- (bel Walker, 1,174; Richard Me- ‘Manis, 491, erbert Gillispie. 408. i (Continued on Page 2) There will be no regular meeting of the Weston Home and School Association for De- cember. The students of the three schools will present “The Christmas Story" in Song and Pageant in the Weston Collegi- ate and Vocational School Aa.. ditorium, on Thursday and Fri- day, Dec. 13 and 14. The theme will be "Christmas in Canada." Christmas Story To Be Offered By Local Pupils man Goodhead (ach. Ward A' Basil Hall, 2,928; W. L. Seigd., 2,458, Ward 5, Fred Young, i,788r. ‘Sam Wagman, 783: Edwin Hydc,_7 277. Ward 6, Irving Paisley, MNi: Ron Berra11, 564. Ward T, Jamar. Walker (heel). Ward 8, William Lyon, 1.308: Joseoh Giuiriiirft Nisan Boylen, 718. A Hydro Commissioners (his elected)--Dr. Ralph Johns, IS,- 725;; John Orr, 11,502, John 311-. 10.391; Bruce Pierce, 9,465. Councillors (om elected in each ward)-Ward I, Richard Rohmer, 1,745: Donald Aldcom, 932: Jack Schwartz. 112. Ward 2, Stanld Honsberger (accll Ward 3, mic, Question on levying up to on. mill to help finance indoor swim- ming pool in A1derwood--S 1,069. No, 494. Reeve-Verna siiiGTr, 24,tMt Maurice Hook, 5/302. 1 Couneii-rttwo m each wudj-. Ward 1, William Kerr, 1,1”; John Carroll, 1,420; Mrs. J.- Gludish. L320; Robert Coluch~ 1,277. Ward 2, Mrs. Irene Bttti4 2.882: Andrew MacDonald. 2,386t Fred Davis, 1,638. Ward 8, Ggrr aid Daub. 3,038; k. H. Parte 2,271: Mrs. Julie Saunders, 1.4: JOrd 4. John Allen, 1,594; Robot. Bush, 1,373: William S. MeGeq 916: Bruce Evan». 777; Daltm’ Little, 340. Board of Education (Ward l f2 elected)--Mrs Helen Spenoly: 2,709; Thomas Goudge. 2,1llr Harold Cusack, I.W. Reeve-H. o. Wattle, In Jack Bennett, 5.014. _ DeiyttReevC-seurray John- son, 8.005; Charles G. Devh. $31k? NORTH YORK trT, Ail G. Duh veh waret-- iarr. 1.701; In. In. rt Coluch. 'ene Bttti4 mid. 2m