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Times & Guide (1909), 11 Dec 1958, p. 1

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| FIREMEN WANT 42 HOUR WEE 0 }C owTamos FAsTEST l le. , qy ic _ mton . wosmimner â€" ioome . ~ _ amtome COines and Guilt =====> Lubatorium In Weston A new Weston business enterâ€" prize with the unusual title c Weston Lubatorium was allowed a gasoline outlet license. Th outlet will be situated on the south side of Lawrence Ave nea! the intergection of Main Street In the discussion it was reâ€" vealed that the Lubatorium was an ultraâ€"modern car washing The newly formed Junior Fly Tying Club will be under the direction of the Rod and Gun Club and will be held every Monday evening. To date there are only two members but when the group starts again after the Christmas Holidays it is hoped that the enrolment will in crease considerably. . The Clut is open to any boy with an in terest fishing, hunting, or Conâ€" servation. _ Outdoor _ activities will be arranged in order to give Etobicoke has a different set up. It has its snow removed on a contract basis. It can snow two inches or 20 feet in a seaâ€" sonâ€"the cost is the same. Beâ€" cause of its larger area contracâ€" tors give a cheaper rate, between The Club‘s twenty members meet each Monday evening to discuss fly. fishing, hunting, and to plan‘ outdoor events. No marked progress has been made in the activities of the Club but Mr Craig says that as soon as the new program is drawn up he expects a much greater inâ€" terest in the Club. Money has been raised for the Swimming Pool Fund and for the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary. Jn ectablishment where, during the washing process the car may be tueled and lubricated. The Weston Rod and Gun Club, which is under the auspices of the Weston Recreation Department is starting a Junior Fly Tying Club for children over 12 years of age. . The president of the Rod and Gun Club, Dennis Craig, stated that his club was started approximately nine years ago ‘with the idea to give the youngsters an interest in Conservation and to teach them the proper handling and care of guns. e > xi# A byâ€"law was passed at Wesâ€" ton council this week which makes parking on private propâ€" erty an offense. Until now there was no legislation to prohibit a motorist from leaving his car where ever he pleased on privâ€" ate property. The new byâ€"law requests that the owner of the property of any adult resident of a property can appeal for/police action in writing. The police will be supâ€" plied with forms which the comâ€" plainant may fill out to institute the removal of an illegally parkâ€" ed vehicle and start possible court action. Flyâ€"Tying For Tads Taught By Gun Club walk brooms, large front end loader, trucks. Actually half the cost, another $5,000 is borne by the Department of Highways. Don‘t wish for tons of snow unâ€" less you are happy to pay more taxes, or live in Etobicoke. . ing, salting, and sanding of its sixteen miles of streets and 25 miles of sidewalks, and the opâ€" eration of its equipment, a road plough, sidewalk plough, sideâ€" Crystalsâ€"of frozen water, powdery white stuff, or plain snow, vhatever you call it â€" it means a lot of things to a lot of peop‘e. Seven inches Of sNOW in Me+ #<6â€"Atom~â€" S enfecmmgrmemisgrmems ‘ropolitan Toronto delights kids,| $5,000 and $6,000 per year. If it ckiers and poets, sends houseâ€"|seems unfair the cost to Weston vives scuttling for newspapers|is almost â€"as much as to Etobiâ€" o put in the front hall, stimâ€"|coke, consider that Metropolitan ilates the sale and advertising|Toronto clears many of Etobiâ€" snowboots, galoshes, rubbers, |coke‘s arteries such as Highways nittens, and woollies for outer|27 and 401, and streets such as and under wear, demoralizes,| Dundas and Bloor. â€" Nor does often halts trafficâ€"an inch of Etobicolke â€"worry about sidewalk snow can do thatâ€"and it someâ€"|clearance. times kills. It ihbeautiful, has Compare : $5,000 approximateâ€" always‘the quality of the uneX~|ty, for Weston and Etobicoke to pected because it _ transforms, $50,000, a round estimate of and snow costs money. : | what it costs York Township to Montreal paid about $5,000,â€" | gispose of the sometimes mudâ€" 000 last winter in its fight| clouded crystals of frozen water. against snow. The town of Wesâ€" | york Township likes its streets ton must allow approximately | ang sidewalks immediately and $5,000 in its budget for the clearâ€"| completely visible. In fact it is Protect Private Property Etobicoke‘s Snow Removat Expense Equals Weston‘s Requests Placed Before Council 69, No. 49 Santa eame to Mount Dennis on Saturday with all his elves, | Mother Goose, clowns, candy.came girls, bringing up the rear Nursery Rhyme characters and his traditional reindeer. All the | was the children‘s favourite old man Santa Claus himself. Young old favourites were there including The Old Lady in the Shoe, | and old alike watched the pageant from the side of the straet "Well, what‘s new?" someone asks. "Oh, you mean those erysâ€" tals of frozen water," you reply Snow, snow, snowâ€"so lovely and pure and white around Christmas time, and so disgustâ€" ing in March and April that theâ€"~ who can fly to Jamaica and those that can‘t grumble and welcome the first robin. the members a chance‘ to put into practise the things which they have been taught. f Now let‘s look at the City of Toronto proper. Last year, a very light one as far as snow was concerned, the corporation paid $347,000 for snow removal and $352,000 for salting to keep its citizens cheerful about the snow. Though some people are not understanding about finding their driveways heaped in the morning from the snow plough after having energetically shovâ€" elled the night before. Toronto considers the sidewalks are the responsibility of the house dwelâ€" ler, and raising the blade of the machine for every driveway an impossibility. It is simply rough, coarse salt they douse so libéralâ€" ly on the streets when it snows for an inch or so. Doesn‘t harm a thing, they say, not tires galoshes, or car finishes, though even‘ work‘s department‘ emâ€" ployees are careful to wipe it off their cars after the first ten minutes _ Compare : $5,000 approximateâ€" ;Iy. for Weston and Etobicoke to ‘850,000, a round estimate of what it costs York Township to dispose of the sometimes mudâ€" clouded crystals of frozen water. York Township likes its streets and sidewalks immediately and completely visible. In fact it is said you can retire at midnight and rise at six a.m., it can have snowed a foot in the interval, and you would never have known it from the look of York Township. The biggest headache in snow removal here is the problem of cars and trucks yarkâ€" ed on streets at night. Not even a Barber Green front end loader will remove these. $5,000 and $6,000 per year. If it seems unfair the cost to Weston is almost as much as to Etobiâ€" coke, consider that. Metropolitan Toronto clears many of Etobiâ€" coke‘s arteries such as Highways 27 and 401, and streets such as Dundas and Bloor. â€" Nor does Etobicol â€"worry about sidewalk clearance. _ Mrs. Moore‘s ‘problem | arises from the position of the parking méter stand which is so placed that cars run almost right up to her door. The matter is further aggravate by the position of a hydro pole which helps block the exit and entrance of the house. * In her preliminary letter to the council she suggested that she has been so long suffering on South Station that she should have the right to the parking meter fees for her trouble. The danger of forcing little children to enter the middle of the street when entering or leaving the house was broucht forcefully to the attention of the Mrs. G. Moore, 26 Station Street, betrayed a keen sense of humour in her letter to the Weston Council in which she lamentâ€" ed the position of a parking meter right in front of her house doorstep. But there was nothing funny about the way she took the Mayor and council to task when she made a personal apâ€" pearance. The village of Woodbridge wishes to annex 4,100 acres of land from Vaughan township in order to take advantage of a developer‘s offer to carry the bill for a sewage disposal plant, This is the fourth request"by" Woodbridge to the Ontario Munict= pal Board for a municipal sewage system. The three previous applications were turned down on the grounds that the capital outlay would put the village‘s debenture debt out of proportion. Council Agreed To Remove Parking Meter From Door Annexation Foretells Colosswl‘ Growth For Woodbridge Village On Dec. 3rd Mr. George Packham, John Street, Weston, celeâ€" brated his 98th birthday. Many old friends came to congratulate him and to wish him all the best in years to come. Seated left to right are William Shales, George Packham, John Shannon, council. Mrs. Moore did not hedge when she claimed that the town‘s lack of care on South Station was damaging the genâ€" eral appearance of the neighâ€" bourhood. Her term was that the street occasionally resembled a slum. It was evident from the outset that Mrs. Moore would receive anything that was reasonable and within the power of the council to grant. The council unanimously agreed to make arâ€" rangements to assure that the placement of the parking meter would no longer create a . menace to the residents of or visitors to 26 Station Street. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1958 Requests Night Watchman Town planning expert, who has been engaged to draw up a master plan, Dr. E. G. Faludi intends to explore the situation from every aspect, before he presents his plan. A suggestion by Weston Fire Chief McGinnis that the council consider placing a night watchâ€" man at the Weston Collegiate was tabled for the 1958 council for consideration next year. The fire chief noted that in the event of a fire starting at the school his department would have no way of been alarmed until too late to fight the fire effectively. a housing and industrial subdiâ€" vision. The developer has agreed to finance a sewage plant which will service the subdivisfon and the existing community as well. The village‘s present water supâ€" ply is adequate enough to serve the new subdivision but tests are being conducfed by the Inâ€" ternational Water Supply to alâ€" low for further growth. The tests are going on along the west branch of the Humber, northeast of the village. The _ developer‘s â€" agreement with the village is to permit him to develop 800 acres within and Rev. Keith Kiddell. Standing left to right are Walter Bod dington, Harry DeWolfe, Ellerby Farr, Bert Wood, Clare Coleman and Wes Boddington. To Clear Lane For Traffic Flow The Weston clerk was inâ€" structed by council to prepare a bylaw to create a oneâ€"way street on the lane east of Main Street between John Street and Elsâ€" mere Ave. When the byâ€"law is presented it will also suggest that parking be prohibited on the lane. Palmer, Mrs. J. S. Graham, Mrs. W. Kent, Mrs. H. R. Graff, Mrs. D. Garrett, Mrs. H. S. Goulthâ€" ard, and Mrs. L. Snider. The new Executive takes over its new duties on Jan. 1, 1959. The Weston Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society held its inaugural meeting on Nov. 24â€"â€"at whichâ€" the â€"Nominating Committee submitted its Nomâ€" inating Report to Mr. A. B. Hood, acting Chairmanâ€" of the meeting. Mr. R. Whiting acted as Chairman of the Nominatâ€" ing Committee. The Committee was asked to <prepare q list of names for the Weston Unit of the Cancer Society. Other memâ€" bers of Mrs. Whiting‘s Comâ€" mittee are Mrs. K. Schuler, Mrs. Mrs. W. C. Moffatt, Mrs. J. B. Cancer Group Inaugurated and from windows. It a very cold day but the old man appéared to be in MMECMM spirit and waved enthusiâ€" astically to his little The parade was sponsored by the Mount Dennis Business Men‘s Association. EDITOR, G. A. MURRAY Since the centre‘ is to be opâ€" erated by the township swimâ€" ming pools board on a strictly ‘nonâ€"profit basis, fees will be low. They haven‘t been set deâ€" \finitely, but swimming pool |mamger John Finch says annual |health club membership is likeâ€" ly to be $75 for men and around $40 for women. For those not interested in yearly membership, individual visits will likely be priced at $1.50. Exercise, sun lamps, steam bath and massage will all be combined to promote good health and weight control. Etobicoke residents worried about their waistlines will find a. complete physical fitness program availâ€" able along with expert advice. Etobicoke will be the first Metro municipality to hav publiclyâ€"owned steam baths and physical culture centre when present building program is completed early in 1959 ‘at the | morial Swimming pool on Montgomery road. _ He hopes the health centre wll be opened around Feb. 1. Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays will be for men Already a committee of the present Mayor and the Town engineer plan a meeting with the ‘ Metro Commissioner of Roads to discuss the matter. The small committee will also inâ€" vestigate ways and means to trim the $300,000.00 estimated Marble Seats & Florida Ta Now Available In New Wage Contract Also kFor 10 Percent Pay Incr May Have To Pay $300,000 This week the Town of Weston faces the possibility of having to pay $300,000.00 for the inâ€" stallation of a new storm sewer to be placed under the proposed subway. R. J. Weir informed the councillors that the sewer was extremely old and inadeâ€" quate and its replacement was already on a long term program. costs involved in ‘the new subâ€" way but viewed $300,000.00 with alarm. Fear Town the estimated cost of the sewer, but they were assured by Mr. Weir that the cost of tunnelling under railroad tracks would be at least $100,000.00. Most of the councillors agreed that they exâ€" pected to pay some part of the The: major: issues which ‘ will be discussed at the bargaining table will be a request by the Weston firemen for a 42 hour weekâ€"and new salary schedule. The requested salary‘ rate will The new wage demands of the: Weston Fire HM;’: ciation will be one of the first items on the agenda. of the council. Themuutwmlmwthgmfl was placed before the present council this week over the sign of Norman J. Atkins, president of the: Weston local, 1209, Refuse Fish And Chip License only. Ladies‘ days will be T days and Thursdays. The whole lower floor of swimming pool building is b rebuilt to provide locker. e drying area. Suppose you‘re a typical E bicoke resident, say an off worker, and you‘re starting. worry a little about that spi tire around your waist . W diet is the best and obvious w to control overweight, but fa« ities like those to be availa! at the township health club ¢ be a big added help. j The issuance of a license a mobile fish and chip merchs was opposed by the West council this week on the grou that the peddler would interfe with established businesses: the town while making no e0 tribution through assessab business property. A question sanitation was also raised b was disregarded on the groun that the council had no way knowing that the ‘operati would â€" not be sanitary. \i applicant was Anthony legers of Woodbridge.....» . You decide to try them, He the routine you‘d follow: undress in a bright new 164 room, step on the scales note your weight. Then to sxércise room where a PT structor will advise ‘a much exercise you should di Atâ€" present the Weston 4 men work 56 hours a week. wage request represents ‘a per cent increase. section of the existin will also be a topic of stressed â€"was the ‘retirement of 60 years, past which a / of the council on a year‘te 3rd class, $4,510.00; ‘4th‘ $4,070.00 and probationary men $3,740.00. SINGLE COPIES 1st class firman

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