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l Last M the Toronto Dally In: ab tied two letters on the ope-lion d the You” Smut Subway. One cl them wu hom gay“ W. A. Edward, cl Nimico an: l EDITORIALS But there are other activities behind the familiar Blue Triangle sign - perhaps not on well known. but products of equal plan- ning and hard work. For example. there's wonderful leadership training for girls and run; women going on at every YWCA. y building a some of responsibility to M own group. then fo their community, d Attatiy to the union and the world, h YWCA m leaders to my on their revue these on] YWCA. What do you think of when you hear the words "YWCA" , or "Young Women‘s Christian Association"? Do you think of a gym. a place to trim off those " undesirable inches, a fine rea- sonable place to any when you Ire in a strange city? Most people do think of then things, and than good. There are many who plan and work to provide these excellent services at your By multiplying the number of fares Lamport say: were collected on the sub- way (36,579,014) by 12% cents we arrive " I toul revenue of approximately $4e 480.927. The actual cost of subway open- tions, again lccording'to Mr. Lamport, was $5,600,000. By subtracting the revenue from the cost we find that Yonge Street Subway lost $1,119,073 during 1957. This calculation is common sense. It is based on the TTC', own figures. What more can we say? If this valuable building is lost the com- munity the void will not only be felt by the Navy League and the Sea Cadets, but I number of other groups will suffer us well. The Weston Recreation Commission frequently uses the “ship's" facilities for blsknblll, badminton and tennis. Wom- en's groups have also made use of the building. We can any a lot more. We wonder why the 'PTC is trying so hard to shove the subway down the throats of the un- willing Metro taxpsyers. We wonder why the majority of Metro council members, who are supposed to be protecting their Although the property has increased in value by $25,000 in the last ten years it bu become dependent for operating rev- enuc. A paradox has been unfolded in Weston recently whereby numerous groups of pub- lie spirited citizens as' well IS officially organized bodies are seeking to provide recreation facilities, while the A“ handsome headquarters of the ' ' Sea Cadets is almost on the real i estate block. At last the inevitable ultimatum has been Issued by the Navy League. It has an- nounced that financial support must be withdrawn. During the Illustrious' history many lo- cal groups, industries, service clubs, church auxiliaries and private citizens have rallied with fund-raising projects and outright gifts to render aid. In actual fact the majority of passengers paid only 12% cents. Children and schol- an pay reduced fares so the overall aver- age paid is only 12% cents. lit)) The Sea Cadet building, the R.C.S.C.C. Illustrious, may soon be sold if no way to make the building self-supporting can be determined. The building was completed in 1947 at a can of $S0,000. Since its first day of oper- ation it has been subsidized by the Navy League of Canada. The practise of the Navy League is to support a "ship" for one year, at the end of which time the project should be paying its own way. For more than ten years the local "ship" hat been in stormy financial straits. The TTC chairman admits that the 1957 cont of operations was $5,600.000. Dividing this tirure by the number of fun (36,579.- 014) we find that to pay their way, the subway passenger: should have paid over " cont; I trip if the subway In: to be self-supporting. Lamport's letter clearly mus there were 36,579,014 fares collected on the subway during 1957. _ He then tries to confuse the calculation by introducing the claim that there were also many transfers from other vehicles which should be credited to the subway. This ie utter nonsense. There ere very few ”angers who make a one-way trip. Therefore thes. transferring from some other vehicle to the subway will naturally main from subway to other vehicle on the return trip. That disposes of the tram- Attempting to discredit Mayor Edwards and help Lampon prove dumb. Yong. Strut sub. way make! money. the Star only "landed in proving the reverse and dem- onatrating in own bias. (iii' S.O.S. L..--... Ship In Distress The Flim Flam Association find the can! Iron-i the mute! of TTC autistic-l mist-pram tation, Aitn Lamport. U -- The Blue Triangle This is National YWCA Week in Can- ada. April 20-26th. It's theme in "The World in Your Neighbor - It's Culling." You should vial: your local YWCA this week and nee how the YWCA, with in threedold purpose. in serving your com- munity. Body, mind and spirit are symbolized by the three sides of the Blue Triangle. Founded on the Christian firth, the Y is In ecumenical movement. serving Ill faiths. Through the Y, communities from coast to coast become neighbors, and nnione around the world share the lame fellow- ship. work in other parts of Canada and in " other countries. And there's a crying need for Bound leadership in tttie confusing age. Indeed, both here and abroad, In impres- sive number of the outstanding women leaders to today have been trained through the Y. For the tame amount of money the TTC would spend on the subway, Metro could construct a complete network of major roads and expressways. This network could carry 2,000,000 people per day Is op- posed to the east-west subway's 250.000. These figures tome from the Metro Tor. onto report to the Gordon, anmissionu This means that the taxpayer: of Metro will be culled upon to subsidize the TTC operations again and it nuns the TTC will probably announce regretfully that they will not be able to Ilium. their agreed share of the new subwny cons. years. Not affected by the sublime optimiaim by the TTC, the Metro planning experts see a constant proportional drop in the number of passengers the TTC will carry. In these times when so many groups are looking for buildings in which to hold their functions it would be a sorry less indeed to see the Illustrious enter private owner- ship. A few letters to the Chairman of the Sea Cadet Committee at M Lawrence Ave., Weston, could temporarily save the day until firm plans can be laid to preserve the building indefinitely. Last year the TTC, through Lamport. claimed that the number of passengerl would increase in the population in- creased. Last year the population In- creased but the number of plunger: d... creased. This decrease we: accurately forecast by the Metro Planning Board. This board, which has no no to grind, forecasts that the number of passengers will continue to decrease and in fact sim- ilar tables provided by the TTC and the Metro planning board show a difference of $250,000,000 revenue over the next 20. The chairman of the Weston Sea Cadet Committee lays some of the responsibility for the decline in interest in the building to a diminishing of patriotism.. He also outlines the system of Board of Eductttion grants as being prejudiced against the Sea Cadet movement generally. It was reported that the local Board of Education receives a grant, presumably from the Department of National Defence for every boy in an army or air force cadet uniform. No such grant is available to the sea cadet movement. At present 200 boys are registered at the sea cadet ship in Weston. These boys will be I few who will be denied the advantages offered by the building if sale is executed. The committee responsible for the opera- tion of the ship entertains the hope that if the people of Weston and district can con- vince the Navy League headquarters that the ship might be made self-supporting within a reasonable time the League might forestall its decision. Secondly, if the Yonge Stun submy, which is one of the ttttmt heavily purch- iud per mile in the world. in losing money it is almost certain that the proposed ult- west subway wilt Ion money. The building is reputed to be the largest and best equipped building which the Navy League has in the entire Dominion. Other "ships," although much smaller, have man- aged to make financial ends meet. Early next month the Navy League will conduct its annual tag day to support in various activities. It is from this fund that the Illustrious has been supported in the past. . are {ubsidiing the subway. The luburbul pnuengeru who pay two In“ In paying I double subsidy. - - . Why then Oh why are Metéo, the TTC and the Daily Star trying to load the tax- payers with this losing proposition. If ydu know perhaps youll call us because it makes no sense to .us at an.’ You might ark what dltter- do. it make tit the taxpayer: if the Yong. sub. "'1, does lose money. _ A -tituents' Interests, an In (In: of the subway Ind w. wonder why a mop-pot lit. the Toronto Daily Star with the m - gut circulation in the Metro it... us has I responsibility to give its mdm the true facts. should be so obviously preht- diced in favor of Mr. Lamport. There In two linen. It mom that the pgsqeggen pn TIC will“ tehifUs I am in my middle titties, and perhaps I an silly, who knows! Well, to make I long story short, I wn married very young - instead of having I wedding, we eloped. Love did not. last very long " the children came along, and it was harder and harder to make ends meet, as expenses mounted and mounted, and as the wolf came repeatedly in the door, love flew out of the win- dow, and to top it all, my hus- band was in poor health, and it was I relief to nie mentally and physically when he passed on. I had to adjust my life, get a job to be the bread-winner. The children grew up and soon mar- ried and with homes nnd fam- ilies of their own, they had all they could to look after them- selves. Dear Sally Scout By this time I was able to make I comfortable living, and really began to enjoy life. Well. silly old me, I have fallen hard for I Bne man, who is a grandpa, too, but on his own. His lamily Tailor' Your Wedding T o Suit Yourselves. Says Sally Scott "l wonder which party will claim credit for that?" ”Wall, someone has obviously been more Liberal than Conservative.” V'OIIINC WIYN CANADIAN! IN Sin-ply "I: or your mun I of M hind for you compllmomw a". Simply out and mine Are very agreeable about our marrying. I want to have a good sized wedding, where I can invite my friends and relatives. Our families Ire opposed to this, as they think we should be married quietly. What do you think, Sally? Dear Hilda: Whose wedding is it going to be, yours or your family's? I will venture to say they did not consult you about their wed, dings. This is going to be your big day, so just go to it, have a big wedding, and every good wish to you both. Happy days together'. Dear Sally Scott: _ I am I. young man ot 24, and was brought up very religiously by my parents. Not long ago I met It gift to whom I was im- mediately attracted. She has shown me very clearly that she is in love with me. She is kind Weston Branch, " Main Street North.. FLEMING GILMOUR, Manager Rexdllo Blvd. & Kipling Ave. Branch: VINCENT S. GRANT, Manager BANK or MONTREAL ttiittiiEri. IVIIV WALK What are YOUR Jane St: & Wilson Ave. Branch 1674 Wilson Ave.: ARTHUR BEGIN, Manager chances are you'd lime to sit down and figure out the amwrr, running today is a highly complex business. ' _ in no longer possible to mrrv all thc has and figures in your head. That's why the B of M's Farm Amount Book is so popular. It ollers farmcrs a simple, yet comprehensive, book. keeping system to meet their 'pet ial needs. By spending a few minutes each day or so, you'll know at a glance the overall financial position of your farm . . . which operations are paying all -- which Are only breaking even - and which are even losing money. Why not put the B of M's Farm Amount Book to work for you? You'll wonder how you ever got along without it __ especially when imomolax lime rolls 'round next year. ll? HAN f "lemma-mm Sally Scott. MW?“ Hilda. NOTE To NEWCOMERS No newcomer need be with- out friends in Toronto. Just call the YWCA at EM. 4-1126 and ask about Weir many programs tor making new friends. Na- tional YWCA Week, trom April 20-26, is an especially good time to find out about the new life and friends waiting for you at the YWCA. hehrted and I cheerful compan- ion, but she has no religious tendencies. She drinks and smokes, and church has no place in her life. Therefore she is not interested in the things that appeal to me. She has such I nice way with her that I am afraid she will get me to the altar yet. Should I keep on with her, or choose someone with my own upbringing? Dear Bert: She is not the girl for you unless you can get her to change (that is, before marriage) and get her to go along with your way of thinking. Otherwise, flee while there is yet time, as it may be later than you think for you. Use your head, son, and maybe you will come out on top. Hope everything turns out fine tor you! (Any personal prob- lems folks? sendpern to Sally Scott in care of this paper.) [IFI SINCI III? Silly Scott. you couldn't blame Iome husbands fed-up with life." OUR COUNTRY. To produce hydro-electric power for the aluminum smelting plant " Kitimat, B.C., required complete reversal of the flow of a river by the highest rock- filled dam in Canada. ten miles of tunnels, and an under. ground power-house equipped witlt the largest impulse tur- bines in the wor4 Q AND A DEPT. "Really Perplexed" asks how come a child’s sweater purchased in a dept. store bore the "specially made for" label of another store. Explanation is both stores buy these garments - made to their own specifications - from the same manufacturer. Someone at factory put wrong label on the garment, or put garment in wrong shipment. Another -reader Gnis m. knovVorriginr a? tieGryTig: "Wherever Macdonald sits, there is the head of the table." the be loses." OUR COUNTRY. On June M, 1497, John Cabot, more than " days at on out of Bristol, England, discovered Can- ada's eastern coast. Cabot, an Italian "a-captain in the ser- vice of Henry VII. thought he had found I route to China. It is believed he landed on Cape Breton Island. King Henry rewarded him with a cub gun: of lo English pounds. OVERHEARD ON THE AVENUE. "Any time you see him looking happy you can bl sun somebody has just had a fut one slipped over on theme' SHINE STAND STUFF. "ThereU no law can stop I guy from being . sucker." GROCETERIA Gossn'a'. aone of these days she may say something cheerful - and I'll keel over from the shock!" one and m THE CORNER STORE. “8h. won't haw to worry about ha huaband "with? tht foolish ago-he now: left it." LIIPINO LIMERICK DEPT. A hefty young lady named Stella. Pell in love with a bow-logged fella, _ But when the poor up. Let har sit on his lap - Sh. dropped through right down to the CORI; ... BUSINESSMEN'S LUNCHEON. 'Sure he's a good leader - u long u he's got Iomeonc driving the guys be.. hind him." BEER PARLOR TOPIC. "I don't can what his atti- tude in - I Itill uy it's ytong!" _ OUR COUNTRY. In the first nine mdnths of this year a total of 307.298 cars were produced in Canada on each of which an average of $450 was collected in sales and excise taxes. IN THE CORNER STORE. "Any time my husband wants to go to a movie -c I kgow what it's going to be like!" BEER ‘PARLOR TOPIC. "HU wife locked him out and I was trying to "teta him through the coal shut. when this cruiser car chow-d up." THOUGHT FOR TODAY. Character in more impor. taut than intellect. ir tf/ttttlil-is/ji'") may DAY gs', a WlllLlF'S CYCLE a 3 STORES ro SERVE rout 1 JOHN St, WISTON I221 WESTON ID., Mr, DENNIS "" Kill! tr., DOWNSVIEW - 7 ttuwtGes,uctmnai.. Canadian tiipSABttE-- IMPERIAL Cyco IN THE CORNER STORE, THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The _day it always a gopd SHINE STAND STUFF. "The more a guy talks about bets he wins, the quieter he keeps about the times he FOUND AROUND, Rapbit. 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