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[ mmone U J Vol. 70, No. 22 STILL NO ACTION ON PARKING Talk, Talk, Talk, But.... The Weston and Mount Denâ€" nis Rotary Club has been lendâ€" ing the Lions a hand and have turned over thirtyâ€"one pairs of glasses. Newlyweds‘ Large Mortgages Earn No Interest In Weston Weston Council sympathiws with young couples who cannot meet mortgage payments on their new homes. However, on Monday evening, the Council refused to support the Village of Richmond Hill in its move to have the Federal Governâ€" ment and the Provincial planâ€" ning and development departâ€" ment investigate excessive bonus rates being charged on original and renewed second mortgages. A new bus service, announcâ€" ed this week by the Toronto ‘Transit Commission, will offer an alternate, convenient route to Weston residents travelling downtown. The trolley coach line on Osâ€" sington Avenue will be extenaâ€" ed over the route now covered by the Oakwood streetcars. This will, therefore, give direct serâ€" vice from Gilbert Avenue and Eglinton _ West to â€" Ossingion Avenue and Queen Street. This eliminates the change at St. Clair Avenue. New Bus Service ‘$27,000 Less Handy Route For Building In May Local Travelers Than Last Year Leaving Weston, a traveller will be able to take the Weston trolley bus to Eglinton, the Egâ€" linton bus to Gilbert and the Ossington bus to King. MRE BROKE OUT last Thursday in Weston‘s garbage incinerator, Firemen quickly put out J OW | Richmond Hill Council reportâ€" jed to Weston that it had been |‘mformed of situations in which |bonus rates of up to 50 percent &are being charged on second \mortgages. It was claimed that ]at least one subdivision of new 1homes in Richmond Hill is fast ‘deteriorating due to a great .number of empty, overâ€"mortâ€" gaged homes. Mayor Jack Holley told Mr. Maskell that Council will invesâ€" tigate the matter further. No building permits for the construction of hgmes or indusâ€" trial buildings were issued durâ€" ing the month of May, Frank Lowthian, the town‘s building inspector, reported to Weston Council on Monday. One permit was taken out for the construction of a wareâ€" house and several others for additions and demolitions, he pointed out in his report. One permit was issued for the new bath house at the Weston Swimâ€" ming pool. Total construction in Weston during the month of May was only $40,230, compared to over $67,000 during the same month last year. Total construction in town this year, however, is over $222,000. the blaze with the aid of town employses who used a powerâ€"shovel to break up the trash. & i P F % + e 0 96 y o Hi n C# @ westOnâ€"wo . k x 4 THISTLETOWNâ€"MO ‘m NE 1 ‘ . ' BEVERLEY | HiLLSâ€"OAK q P PR Because the Lawrence Avenue subway, now under construction, will block the end of Rosemount, Metro had suggested that the street be permanently closed. However, several weeks ago, Weston ‘asked that the street be Despite bbjections by Metro, Weston Council will again try to have Rosemount Avenue reâ€"aligned to permit vehicles to ériter Lawrence Avenue West. Metro Objects Council Wants To Keep Rosemount Open reâ€"aligned to enable cars to travel parallel to Lawrence for several hundred feet, then turn south into Lawrence. On Monday, Council was, inâ€" formed by G. O. Grant that such a plan would cost an estimated $65.000. Mr. Grant stated that it would be necessary to purchase the three homes on the north side of Lawrence immediately west of Ralph Street, plus the corner of the public school grounds at Rosemount Avenue. In Mr. Grant‘s opinion, the cost plus the fact that the school area would be completely surâ€" rounded by roads could not justâ€" ify the project. The adverse efâ€" fects of traffic on all sides of the school area would be detrimenâ€" tal and would make it necessary for every school child to cross the road going to and leaving the school, he added. h Mr. Grant pointed out that in the present plan children can enâ€" ter the school grounds directly }from Lawrence Avenve without crossing any other streets. Weston Council, however, beâ€" lieves that Rosemount Avenue is needed to handle northâ€"south traffic and will again ask Metro to reâ€"consider its plan. Weston Endorses Proposed Change In Pension Plan Weston Council has endorsed a resolution of the town of New Toronto asking the Federal Government to consider changes in the old age pension scheme In its resolution, New Toronâ€" to has asked the Government to provide old age assistance of $65.00 per month to persons sixtyâ€"five and over without the need of a means test. It was also asked that an increasing scale be considered to offset the present high cost of living. New Toronto _ also suggested . that pensions be increased by $1.00 ‘pe’r month per year of age over sixtyâ€"five Although Canada‘s population today is 68 percent urban, rural members continue to outnumber urban representatives in both Federal and provincial governâ€" ments, states a University of Manitoba political science proâ€" ‘lessor in the current Maclean‘s. Urging a new look at our sysâ€" tem of representation, Professor M. S. Donnelly claims that in a Federal election one rural vote is worth, on the average, twice as much as an urban one and in some areas ten times as much. He says in effect that Canada‘s farmers are having far too much to say in the government of the county. Urban Voters Are Majority _ But Rural Vote Rules Nation "Our country," Professor Donâ€"| 4 L o. on s aoe nelly explains, "was basirally‘ln Klncard"‘e ;33“" n rural in the beginning, and iner-‘ gh t / s tia, the alleged difficulty of reâ€"| â€" Mrs. Albert Avery, the mo| d V presenting a large rural area ther of Roy Avery of William| [ MIW "AF plus the myths of agrarian staâ€"| Street, Weston, passed away reâ€" l P i bility and rural superiority in Cently in Kincardine, Ontario,| MR \ e virtue, have maintained our reâ€"| in her eightyâ€"eight year. 6 # presentative system much as it| Mr. Avery is one of her seven | ES % L began." living sons and daughtters. B. C.|{. "s Canadian history, he says,| Avery of Mountbatten Avenue, | & nunid Relia would seem to indicate that| Weston, is one of twenty grandâ€" A WESTON MAN forced out of w rural overâ€"representation in both children and Jane and Jim|a. V. Row cutback won an MG spo the provinces and the House of| Avery are among forty of MTS:\ngy id Geo Hend Commons cannot be justified in| Avery‘s greatâ€"grandchildren wallonsu 0e romlest. & rae Hendt ‘the name of better government.|\ The grandsons served as pallâ€" |year â€" old Orendaâ€"Enginesâ€"foremar As for the physical dificulty inâ€"] bearers. The . grandâ€"daughters salesman. plans to give the car to volved in representing a large| and wives of the grandsons were old son, Bruce, who in turn intend Irural constituemcy, he writes,|flower bearers. Mrs. Avery was for the summer and then sell it to "There is no reason to draw buried.in Kincardine cemetery. way through university. Bruce is a THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959 Traffic Light At John St. To Replace The Crosswalk At the request of Weston Council, Metro Toronto will inâ€" stall traffic lights at the interâ€" section of Main Street North and John Street. Issue of debentures to finance sidewalk â€" construction on . the south side of Edmund Avenue from Main Street to Centre Road in Weston has been apâ€" proved by Metro authorities. Metro has set a limit of $135,â€" 000 on Weston financing this year for municipal _ projects which is about $15,000 below the limit set for 1958. Metro Approves Sidewalks For Edmund Street boundaries as if candidates went about on horseback. Radio netâ€" works now cover the entire popuâ€" lation . . . Is a handshake really necessary?" The professor suggests that the drawing of constituency bounâ€" daries be taken out of the hands of the politicians and be given over to a nonâ€"political boundarâ€" ies commission, as is the case in Britain and Australia. Mrs. Albert Avery, the mo g&s 4). ther of Roy Avery of William | $‘XMMIW ruak Street, Weston, passed away reâ€" "“" R prs cently in Kincardine, Ontario,| M [ A h uj in her eightyâ€"eight year 4 # Mr. Avery is one of her 10\'en‘ E~ %s\" # living sons and daugitters. B. C.| { es Averl;' of Mounfhn(‘tlnn Avenue,| 85. sc musks ie n innimands Weston, is one of twenty grandâ€" A WESTON MAN forced out of work by the . children and Jane and Jim|a. V,. Roe cutback won an MG sports car in a\a ::::Z'"lr:r:::olr::nl(;):;:-‘d,::nnm \nationâ€"wide contest. George Menderson, a 44â€" |{ ‘The arandsons served as pall |year â€" old Orendaâ€"Enginesâ€"foremanâ€"turnedâ€"carâ€" | bearers. . The â€" grandâ€"daughters salesman. plans to give the car to his 18â€"yearâ€" and wives of the grandsons were old son, Bruce, who in turn intends to drive i" flower bearers. Mrs. Avery wasifor the summer and then sell it to finance his | avnat n Winsardine comuthru.‘wav Yubuun university. Bruce in a tourlh term! Weston Man‘s Mother Passes In Kincardine Weston was informed Monday by the Metro traffic engineerâ€" ing department that the pedesâ€" trian crossover has not provided a satisfactory solution to the problem created by the extenâ€" sive use of this intersection by both vehicles and pedestrians. Metro also suggested that the traffic signal be of the semiâ€" actuated type and that westâ€" bound traffic from John Street be prohibited from making a left turn onto Main Street. The cost of the lights and inâ€" terconnecting them to adjacent traffic signals will be approxiâ€" mately $3,000. This cost will be shared twoâ€"thirds by Metro and oneâ€"third by Weston. wEarnNnâ€"â€"wOUVUpBRIDGEâ€"â€"READALE : ... \ ‘«3;fl THISTLETOWNâ€"MOUNT DENNISâ€"KINGSVIEW . | ... BEVERLEY HILLSâ€"OAKDALE ACRESâ€"DOWNSVIEWâ€" _ §Council Makes A'Aany Exc_uséi No Effort To Find Parking _ Weston Council has been accused of being more w in shelving any plan for obtaining more offâ€"street parking space in the downtown area than in doing something about it. d The charge was madé by Jack Elkin, the manager of Eik‘s men‘s wear store, who was one of the twenty delegates from. the Weston Business Men‘s Association who appeared before incil seeking some solution to the problem of insufficient oflcfi parking space in town. a The businessmen‘s suggestion that the first step be hhg to get the project underway was met with repeated excuses for=not starting. Bruce Pollard, spokesman for the businessmen, outlined the history of the businessmen‘s efâ€" forts to purchase property beâ€" hind the stores on the east side of Main Street, south from John Street to Lawrence Avenue and to turn this into parking lots. He reported that a brief had been presented to Council in June, 1957, but that it had been considered "too much land" and "too much money." He added that another brief was preâ€" lsented to Council in November of the same year, On May 22. 1958, the businessmen presentâ€" ed Council with a step by step proposal including location, estiâ€" mate of cost, how to acquire, method of payment and method of reâ€"payment jhe said. Mr. Pollard went on to tell of each letter exchanged beâ€" tween the businessmen and the Council. Mayor Jack Holley told the businessmen that the town does not have the $200,000 y to build the offâ€"streetmm lot. He said that he had spoken to Metro finance officials and been told that Weston could not have more money until the board of education‘s budget is presented in the summer. Councillor Bert Wood asked the mayor if the request for money had been made officiaiâ€" ly or only in an informal disâ€" cussion. The mayor admitted that the request had been made during a conversation. "If this Council has decided to do© more than has been achieved in the past two and a half years, let us know," he demanded. ‘‘Then, let‘s at least make an official request for the money," Councilor Wood suggested. Council decided to do so. Councilor Perry invited reâ€" presentatives of the businessâ€" men to meet with the traffic and parking committee for furâ€" ther discussion. "We‘ve already put in a lot| Air by Hawkings; Nightiall in of hard work with your com-}Camp by Pope; Carmen Suite by mittees during the past two ) Bizet and others. years," Lorne Snider, president! Those attending the concert of the association, replied. "Now,|are asked to bring their own you want to start talking at the folding chairs as there is & committee level again." lshortage of seats. ® student at Weston Collegiate hopes aptometry. Presentation car by J. Edward Ross, of . Ritchie & Co. Ltd., the makers of 1 Television performers Gardie Tapp Hames Sisters of Country Hosdown, in the presentation, as Leaving, _ the _ businessfien openly talked of their disgust at the Council‘s failure to séek a solution to the problemué‘:m- stead of just saying it can‘fbe done. C Robert Josepn Soper, Stf“ict Coulter Avenue, Weston, was graduated this week from Meâ€" Gill University with a doctor‘s degree in agricultural chemisâ€" try. Mr. Soper, however, was unâ€" able to attend the graduation ceremony as he had to return to Winnipeg where he is emâ€" ployed in research work at the University. > Mr. Soper, who received his early education at Memorial Public School and Weston Colleâ€" The Silver Band Begins Concerts Sunday Evening giate, earned. his . master‘ gree at the University of katoon. Next Sunday evening, the Weston Silver Band will present the first of its regular biâ€" weekly concerts in the town park. The band will be assisted by the choir from the Colleâ€" giate under the directien of Donald Brum. * The following musical arâ€" rangements will be presented: The Cossack by Rimmer; Naâ€" bucco by Verdi; Londondery Air by Hawkings; Nightfall In Camp by Pope; Carmen Suite by Bizet and others. Weston Man Earns Ph.D At McGill WWe t n