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E ontamos FaAsTEST |â€" ~>â€" _ CROWING NEWSPAPER Vol, 67,.No. 3 m}c Property Ns : ye ols VANDALISM COMES TO WESTOR : 6 é Mvvicgs re ie T TSR ____________ .0 /Omach 40 CrhantWining :.* shield Mfi-an ace dividuals, " ‘is a‘ gt fests the responsibility We hope they have com 4 Many weeks ago the Times and Guide commented on t:: fl“imw nation and obdurate dillyâ€"dallyâ€" ing of the . s orgarizations on the installation of the Lawrence Avenue crossing. gates. ‘ At 2;@-. we gloonily predicted that it would take anothier death to spur these hibernating bureauâ€" crats out of their complacént and comfortable apathy to someé sort of acti ® ARommees Coump is cco o) Nee M«I‘;“onr predigtion is now another statistic, another 'rint On the seqte! .of the Lawrence Aveâ€" nue deathâ€"trap and anothér monument to‘ the gross negâ€" ligence and blundering official stupidity. that" can strangle the simple installation of a set of gates with a stiffling tangle of red tape. C "Not Getting Money‘s Worth" Council Claimed III â€" Staffed Over the past 20 years, railway crossings have a%â€" counted for nine percent of the deaths. on our highways, Certain crossings have been singled out as major offendâ€" efs in this respect but in almost all cases by the time the sybject of crossing gates has passed throu%h the hands of the municipal council, the provincial or ederal government, the board of transport commissioners, the n‘il\nx companies and an office boy on the 21th floor, Rn'mn ves have been forfeited. _ \ Ts it too much to ask that one of these authorities in this maze of officialdom take the initiative and impleâ€" ment & system whereby a temporary set of gates (as requested for Lawrence. Avenue) for a crossing that has been proven a death trap (like Lawrence Avepue) can be installed within 18â€"months of the approval (unlike Lawrence Avenue). s â€" ' P WX _ _.imaAmn in ‘Trouble in the steering committee should have been exâ€" pected during the first council meeting of the new year, but counciliors who expected a change were disappointed. The committee appointments ‘for 1958 {emnined the same and Councilliors Wood and Bull could not agree. The loxjmer‘ eouncilior‘s vigorous â€" attempts in the Jast ‘year to makeâ€" a change in the committees had obviously met with very little success but‘he still contended "that the people of Weston are not «getting their money‘s fia;;;“c-l‘aflâ€":r;w no reason for a change. 122 444 condnt Abovb dsfi d It is now debatable whetÂ¥er. this TEMPORARY set of gates, designed to protec ists until the subâ€" way is constructed, will be installed beldge work is startâ€" ed on the subway. This caricature Of civil service inefâ€" ficiency would be laughable if it were not so tragic. To be fair to the railways it must be admitted that By the time official sanction for the gates had been reâ€" Ciim t ue PnVkior ECE t\ uhixly tha whnle mess worth." To place the right man in the right job and have no square pegs in a round hole seems a ldgical conclusion to counciliors Wood and Bull. The steering committee of counciliors Perry and Moore and Mayor Clar agreed, with councilior Moore‘s previous comments. "The three senior members of council have ample time to place councillors in appropriate jobs," last Monâ€" tvh'm' “â€"t;oubud- dreams. New Noâ€"Parking Signs Proposed Along Lawrence Veditorial Parking hazards along Lawâ€" rence Ave., West, have recently received the attention of:Metro Traffic Engineer Mr. S. Cass. The survey was mostly concernâ€" ed with the parking problems along (Lawrence Ave., from Caledonia R4, to the CNR. erossing. i 4 ohirs _ ‘Whe report was submitted to North York «council last week and recommends to Metro Trafâ€" wi se uT4 for another unnecessary death. : to this realization and we wish vo:lay’s election went through in record time. "We are elected to" do a job to our best ability," Bert Wood has often said "if a man knows more concerning a particular subject, ~then his knowledge should be exploited." t Mayor Clark is not unredfonâ€" able. As chairman of the steerâ€" ing committee he generously ofâ€" fers to consider any "thoughtful criticism of the present system." Mayor Clark seems to suggest ‘thnt councilior Wood hadn‘t givâ€" en the matter enough thought. Councilior Bull has . revealed that he is not altogether happy with the present system which appears> to> violate a fundaâ€" mental principal of municipal democracy. ‘"The. present senior members of the steering comâ€" mittee u“ the members with the least ‘nuber of votes," this seemed to support Bert Wood‘s comment "the geople of ~Wesâ€" ton are not getting their money‘s worth." Council Balks Gas Station Near School ‘The proposed erection of a gasoline service station on the West side of Main Street, beâ€" tween Highway 401 and Dee Avenue, by Douglas Leaseholds because of the close pI of Humberview School. ‘The lands in question are now. zoned "Cl"â€"general commercial, as well as the lands to the rear fronting on Dee Crescent. 1t is the opinion of the Townâ€" ship planning Director, Mr. J. K. Curtis, that the best use‘ for all the lands between Main Street and Dee Crescent would be as & lw:m for an office building or esale outlet for a mediam sized firm. _ _ _ Alternately he suggested that all the lands between the two streets be under one ownership and used for an apartment site. No, it‘s not â€"an inyof;fivinonial bailistic missil e. a‘ test model of the CFâ€"105 Avro Arrow booster, which is‘ an American antiâ€"afre fighters lasted less than . a: minute,_durir Accommodation Availahle July 31 N. York fifi’a;gks Low Rental Housing Project Expect 4/Units Of 350 Suites On Sheppard * North York Council has approved an application by Industrial Leaseholds Limjted for the immediate erection of 4 units, to contain between 300 and 350 suites, limited diâ€" vidend, low rental lwulfm‘g project. 4 The area to be devem,%‘:n- der this plan lies on,the Wouth side of Sheppard Aventie West, approximately _ 1700‘ _ west . of Keele Street. The proposal enviâ€" sages low rental rpartment housâ€" ing on 10.7 acres of land with a 2 acre block reserved for, pn.rk use. The plan extends Diang Dr. New Men In New Committees With Reshuffle In . Council . “ In :ppointiz; it‘s 1958 Standing Committees North: York Council not only shih\id Committee Chairmen around but also abolished and created Committees. ‘The former Works Committee will now ;;' known as the Works and Sanitary Land Fill Committee with Councilior R. H. Rohâ€" _ oo anpointed as Chairman with Counciliors *J. E. Walker mer appointed as Chairman w! and N. Goodhead as members. \ The former Property, Parks < and Sanitary Land Fill Commitâ€" tee will now be known as the Property Committee with Counâ€" cillor I. A. Paisley as Chairman | and Councillors H. S. HMonsâ€" berger and Â¥. M. Young a% members. A new Committee to | 4 be known as the Parks & Reâ€"|1 creation will be chaired by I Councilior W. D. Lyon and | Councillors F. M. Young and L. J A. Paisiey will be members. / The Industrial Committee ,rm 1 have Councillior B. Hall as) its | Chairm#n and Counciliors 3. ®E.|1 Walker and W. D. Lyon as mnem» |f bers. The Traffic, Fife, Liicensâ€" | ing and Byâ€"Law Enforéement | Committee will be chaired by |j Councilior N. Goodhead and |, will have: Coundiligt R H. \Rohmer and B. Hail @5 members. | Appointed to the nznnlnl l'!’ond y his 1. dnbiitOnet W were Counciliots: H. S. Honsâ€" berger and F. M. Youhng. f There are 13 Standing. Comâ€" mittees or Boards to which Council must M appoint ments for the 1988 season and these will be dQ‘.',“."fl in the hear future. Those appointments already Mi had. to be dealt with immediately in order {am township business could be carried on. ncirrmm ie ym m dngi rovecime c pa en e re t intal ballistic missile.. It‘s not even a medium range missile. It is ‘"Avro Arrow atout to be launched on the business end of a Nike can antiâ€"aircraft ro cket. Although the test flights of the miniature minute, during that time they wereâ€"able to radio enough informaâ€" ve the design of the monster supersonic p)t‘l.nl', before the . first from it‘s e ;i:eâ€"Appl" 'al;;xcr;s plan along a spur of high land just east of the Black Creek Vall:y nd terâ€" minates at the Avenue West. A "Limited Dividend" scheme To Spend $4,000 Advertising Use Of Electricity Over Gas } | ( MA sum of $4,000 to be sperit on advertising the advanâ€" ed of electricity in connection with Eltctricj Week was #flf by York Township Council. Mr, McClyment, Hydro boss for York Township said the advertising was to offset a competitive .dwrtilcxg drive by <the Canadian Gas Companies. x who ‘m;n throwing ° away . money," f;":m'"'w"‘,"m' m"n"“"' muttered Graham as the motion practical to advertise electricity earried six to two. I us chandise. "We don‘t need to enâ€" courage the use of electricity. % and Hydro Electric," he said. Councilior Linden saw it as a duty to see electrical service bringing a maximum returm at a minimum cost and to go along Lm anything that would en« courage its use and keep costs electricity to gas â€" is it justifiaâ€" ble to spend the taxpayers‘ “ ?I) q‘m ;‘:;."M On;un. pe- ° "All the public‘s actions are ’mouldd by advertising. We must compete with private en« PAowPy. PPmp en n t SCcoe terptise in selling our commodiâ€" ty," was Councilior Royle‘s view. "Have. we lost any avurraV‘ 14â€" +of THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1958 he south limit of bend in Sheppard w8 of as authorized by Section 16 of the National Housing Act is esâ€" sentially a project aimed at providing low rental housing by either new construction (as in this instance) or the conversion of existing land and buildings. Loans of up to 90% of the cost of the project are advanced by Central Mortgage and hbusing. Corporation â€" with repayment terms of up to 50 years at 44 % yearly interest. The limitedâ€" dividend â€" company â€" constructs, holds and manages the projectâ€" gaining a profit of no more than 5% of the paidâ€"up share capital. ‘‘This project will be constructâ€" ed by â€" Diana Developments Limited, an incorporated .comâ€" pany controlled by Toronto Inâ€" dustrial Leasholds Limited under the direction of Mr. Alex J. Rubin, â€" President. . Occupancy ‘will not be permitted until saniâ€" tary . sewerage facilities _ are available for all purposes of the plan . or> until July 31, 1958, whichever date is later. Town Support For "Do It Now" Winter Campaign ‘The members of York "Township Council declared they are . wholeheartedly in favour of Metro‘s Winter Emâ€" mut Week and "Do It eampaign when men Now" campaign when men and miaterials are available. The council were agreed thati any work that could be done now ought to be for the sake of stimulating employâ€" ment and maintaining a bal= anced economy. Flat Rate _ Increase For Metro Water Another bill slated for an in crease in a month of booming prices will be the Metro Water Bill which is expected to have a flat rate increase to 2.5 cents per 1000 gallons.with the apâ€" proval of Metro Council at their pext. Tuesday meeting. >\ > A‘14â€"10 vote is anticipated to. clinch the deal, the controversy in the past bas been mostly conâ€". cerned with Mayor Philips‘ proâ€" posals for a percentage increase. Such a proposal would favor the city at the cost of the suburbs as Toronto enjoys a lower rate. Councillor Jean Newman and Alderman May Robinsonmâ€" are hoped to be supporters for‘ the suburbs but Mayor Don Russell of New Toronto will be in the ‘Toronto camp as his community also enjoys a preferential ‘rate. ® Percentage increase or a flat rate Metro residents can expect a water rate increase in the near future. * " Alderman Givens of Toronto will not be able to attend the meeting as. he had previously made reservations to attend the Liberal | Convefition, Toronto‘s loss will be the suburban gain and it can be depended upon that the water rate increase will at least be a flat rate. Misuse Of Building Permits Sparks Council Controversy ‘The application for renewal of permits to Duild GUpPCEATA the plans for which showed them to be r_cullllvw to triplexes sparked some ‘strong opinions in York Townâ€" ship Council on the subject of..permats ;tutodh&lnflufi an'(}r finished as triplexes. ~ «* * en t £ "Triplexes on a street made up 4ez e es of bungalows irritates people beâ€"| Betaute (h6 BSY """f“""‘.': yond reason â€" ‘it would me"|"" nke?hm uy ghl stated Works Commissioner O. M. |**ke notice, Taml Falls in asking the Council to How _ about dn,‘nlfi 5‘“": refuse permit renewals because of houses with three families? the doubtful plans." manded Cpuncillo_r Howard. . ' . â€" ul "Not trinlexes â€" the houses In reply Reeve. Tonks asked what could be done to stop them. "First we tried raising ceilâ€" ings, then we insisted on larger windows. Only the application of the 50‘ frontage byâ€"laws has had any efféct. You can‘t stop a man 1from wanting to finish a duplex ‘basement so that it can be made !nto\atrecreation room," he pointâ€" ed out, "I have no desire to break the byâ€"law but 1 try to maintain a strictly humane attitude in dealâ€" ing with permits." " \ "I am not condemning triplexâ€" es," said Mr. Falls, "But you should ‘not expect your departâ€" ment heads to issue permits conâ€" travening byâ€"!aws. These buildâ€" ings start off as duplexes and end up with three milk boxes, three name plates and three door bells. They‘ll never get mortgages 1on them when they change hands Residents® Fifty Years Of Wedded Family Of Fifteen Holds Big Celebr "If you have five girls you have a good chance of making your fiftieth wedding anniverâ€" sary," according to Mr. Charles M. Watts of Rustic Rd, Mr., Watts is an excellent authority having counted five daughters and ten grandchlidren he and: his charming wife are to celeâ€" brate their golden wedding anâ€" niversary this coming weekend. "We are happy to have all our i td hi speak," Mr. Watts. !llo and his wife were married in Liskeard in the January of 1908 they had both just arrived 'h-o- the "Old Country" and as Mr. Watts puts it, "We thought this a good country to come to and both made up our minds in Lofiden to pick up our bags and The seventeen â€" day journey mcross the Atlantic in the old $S. Lake Manitoba was an ex« citing adventure with unsche" duled mishaps like‘ the large ite~ bergs off Newfoundiand which made the ship change course. The "Lake Manitoba®" Mr. Watts recalls was packed to the gun whales with excited migrancs "about 600 of them alt hoping to make their fame and fortune in the New World." f The Watts setiled with one of the wife‘s cousins in Northern 1911 and 1916, but they were t3 z:.!r*‘ c renewal of permits to_kuild‘ duplc?;t Smash 49 School Wi During Christmas Ho \‘\/{lllicioul damage by local hoodlcoms over the mas break smashed over 49 windows in .Weston‘ Sch was revealed at the Board of Education meeting last ‘The total cost of this destructive orgy is over $291 though the areas are peing ugullflz'vpmolbd by the of 24 Division, the t wreckers ‘have mysteriously into the area with all too obvious success,. T2 With beer ‘bottles and ‘stones or any missile that lay handy, the favorite target of this sense» public school. Damage is still being done and on the night of the public. Having <no . insurance {policy covering this risk, the board members were understandably very concerned by. this expm-; sive epidemic of wanton damâ€" age. Although other boards‘ as in â€"North York. have been troubled withâ€"window wreckers as Taylor Quipp, . chairman of the property committee pointed out, "We have never experiâ€" enced anything like this before." "It is apparently a détiberate piece of work," continued the angry committee member," and it must be stopped." K Metro Police are doing their best to keep a ~strict surveilâ€" lance of the area but contended that they have not received any official advice from the board concerning: the devastating °Xxâ€" Pooke 11 0 ies ce because the new zoning byâ€"laws will make the lawyers sit up and take notice." C ‘ "How about single family houses with three families?" deâ€" manded Councillior Howard. » "Not triplexes â€" the. houses are not broken into three separâ€" ate units ‘and entrances," Mr. Falls explained. The question of whether it was legal to refuse to renew a petrâ€" mit once granted promoted furâ€" ther discussion. It was decided to do nothing until Falis had exâ€" plained the position of York ‘Township to the builders conâ€" cerned. The 43 per cent saving in the intrease rates of the Bell Tale-‘ phone Company effected by thei Canadian Federation of Reeves and Mayors is satisfactory to hait of the members of York Townâ€" }ship Council. The other four felt that the advice of the lawyer Council Divided By Phone Incr still enjoying themseives. "It pretty rough" im 5 Watts, "but everyone the same jlevel and we. very: well. hS s It was not until 18 Watts moved into W had @lready made & to the Old Country didn‘t want to stay was good to look of our ‘old friends disappeared, the had been away Of Weston Mr, that in 1926 "It was were broken at the Senior MT. AND M®S tent of ‘the. window . damage. new King St. school, Mrs. M man, chairman of the board marked, "Well IE‘m pleased t the other serious faced tion . for . stopping . the damage poured in. . _ bycsirmes, on ty hi cl uind 4. "How about screening all the windows in the schools," prO= posed Mrs. Graff but this sug» gestion did not seem practi¢ to Mr. Quipp, "the cost of such a scheme would be ‘fabulous" he commented. «> > * l A slender lead is the Of hope of the moment for app hending the vandals. (The 1 week‘s damage at Senior Puk resulted in two youths on f scene of the crime btixa'q tioned. The youths talked as saying is and Mr. KI& secréetary to the bom its members "that somethii being done to stop the wave hooliganism. â€"â€" Te\ youths. who â€"were edswith shop breaking Ov Township court early this 1 They were Robert Moore, 1 136‘ Lawrence Aye, East, Douglas Varty, 17, of La Ave. x The °h:,f§° was laid wh David Saunders, manager of t Weston Bowling Lanes, W aroused by unusual noises the basement downstairs ean Saturday night. On going do‘ to investigate he found t youths near the store room d which had been forced open . Police of 24 Division are inv ligating the charge and the c lw.s remanded by the court uit a further session. acting for the Federat to be acted on and the appealed, . _ Since theâ€" motion | to the appeal and . the against the appeal _ we lost, an explanatory le! be sent:to the C ’ tion Of Reeves and M s over the Weston® Schoo meeting last is over $291. 16,