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Pivotal item in the planned new setu) for the area in Thistletown Public School which is to bécome I "senior public school", 'MNNMnmo- dating pupils in grades 7 and 8 who come trom the "junior lchoolb", Albion Gardens School Ind the newly opened Bunmonde Heights School. Administrative changed affecting Thistletown public schools were outlined by Etobicoke public school superintendent, Dr. K. P. Prueter at the February meeting of the Home and School Association of Thistletown Public School. Public school inspector and um superintendent. A. Tierney, med I Sytitt!y.hititr Pattern For Thistleto wn Schools One " tr, unnum- a the mum“ hm School's "htrMgutMtqrHqttutttttt and Anim- wail. gran-tte an plo- turd-“M- “ditMm,m is": man.» rev-Is.»- Pawn r',ti'i'0ii,iilitktli1ft in..." 2ji,igldiiidi nu... Arm-dim iiiird 'ttt mm Complaints from" the oeeupant'of a house at 400 Main St. N.--iust beyond the subway-about back drain- age of sewage inspired an investigation which left works department employees fled. No record of a sewer in- stallation for the hou involved or those'immediately adjoining it could be . ound. Weston Engineer Ronald Weir advised Council! t. his. department deduced that a; private "tlppdtstrtitsp" sewer tie-in had been made some ”3111130 with lines hudeqmte to the increased volume pow involved. ',talt,' through. mole of eonflieting guesses in to win _,T',rg?ft'Jliritttl be laid-lend accepting .the'fafct that i‘ emcee to health was involved, Council Iitetted the engineer to provide a proper sewer conpeetipirfor the h'im1sifeontferned: V ' _ SALARY INCREASES AT TOWN HALL Salaries of 16 employees of Weston, all in classifi- cations outside the scope of union organization, have been increased retroactively to January lst, 1960. Coun- cil unanimously ratified the report of the finance com- mittee, presented by Councillor George Bull, which recommended the raises. Total involved in the increases . BARRICADE AGAINST DOWNGRADING . The department of works is to construct a retaining wall of railway ties to a height of 18 inches and to im stall a new gate post on the property of Gordon C. Mowat, 59 Joseph St., Weston. Council authorized the work to compensate Mowat for' the drainage problem created by construction of a laneway adjacent to his property. . ie M mm fw- the venr for the 16 employees _concerned. The raise is the first for "unorganized" town employees since 1951, Councillor'Bull said. _ town. The policy approved by the Council stipulates that only firms which have operated in Weston as insurance agencies for a minimum period of five years and have been so listed on Wellness usessment rolls of the town are eligible to write municipal business. Firms qualify- ing under the new.regulations, as confirmed by Council, are: Ackrow & Wells, who ere to be allocated 40% of. Weston municipal insurance; Wesley Bodington, 20%; Broadbent Insurance Agency Ltd., 20%, and K. L. Thompson Co. Ltd., 20%. ' News: in Brief NEW INSURANCE POLICY Weston Council ratified ttir,?,,',',':,'?) of Frank Cowan Co. Ltd. of Woodstock, an inn specializing in the administration of municipal insunnce programs, as ad- ministmtors for piecing of insurance required by the toyn._.The po.li.ey tpproved bx the C9_uncil stipulates that indict; ' ttttttttttrs ANCIENT SEWER MYSTERY Incidental to a question-and, answer session, which stressed the concern of parents with the hazards of having younger children cross Albion road to the Albion Gardens School, the meeting voted in sup- port of a recommendation that the School Board consider keeping kindergarten and grade 1 classes in Thistletown Public School. ' Decision on the request to retain the lower grades in Thistletown Sehoor hu not yet been reached, Mm-d‘nw to Helen Spence) pub “city representative for the Etobr cm..- Board of Education. color-slide projector to demonstrate the functioning of the junior-inter- me_dia_t_e public school program. - Vain, mm M plan! to " mm mrdh-_tamdtutoveriuh.trtemte. an. wwmmnmhuu ot',"gt,'pPt','2',T',1'S',,tytttt 'iiiilih',ilhtfuhtathhur - _ Public opinion, though often formed upon a, wrong basin, yet generally has I strong underlying sense of justice. _ mom, will trrrrath oxhiti.triiiriiT oil Win“ by an membeu at Thiotletown Public School on Thursday, March mm, It ' o'eloee. The works to berexhibrted, all of. which hive been painted within the past 20 weeks, are original paint- ings by students in the art classes. Instructor John La-Bonte Smith advises that Spring classes in art will begin on Thursday, March 17th, and will be held on each Thursday night thereafter until May Wth. Information is available by telephone at CH. 145463. Adjudicator of the works will be Victor Bricker, of the Ontario Col- leeg of Art. Awards will be made by John Parr, for progress in com- position; by A. Barker for the most outstanding oil paintings and by Dr. Ann Curtin for progress in drawing. The exhibition is open to the public. Tea will be served. Art Club Show At Thistletown School Next Thursday The Franklin Cnrmiqhael Art Club, one of the Etchicoke Reerea- tion Commislion'l span-0nd opul- Items'on the list of projects fpr which permits were issued include: one More alteration; one factory alteration; three shack alterations and erection of five. signs. Signifi- cantly, although there were eight items on this year's permit list, total value was just a littl more than half that of January? 1969, when only four projects were approved. A similar drastic drop was re- corded in North York township. The' value of permits issued in North York was $6,600,000 in Jan. uary, 1959. This year, the total of permits issued in January was $2,100,000. Permits for single family homes issued in January, 1960, were valued at $465,160. The figure for semi-detached homes was $362,000 and for five apartment buildings the value was $338,000. Permits for construction in Jun- uary, 1960, were granted for an estimated total cost of $17,785 in Weston. Last year construction permits covered $31,380 worth of work, according to Frank Lowthian, building inspector. Decline. In Weston And North York A marked tall-011 in midwinter construction activity in apparent in reports from the building permit section of Weston's Department of Inspection. _ Building Permits ”There in l " "bitty by the In comm, to the builder mum»; the vent," Pal-lay claimed. "And the $210 "tttal pH by “no homo om far a on vaul- have! over I ten my period In nothing but 'paroW." Appliatlon for the chance in the building try-lawn m a.“ by the 1tetmttlititietrr" Buildup-f _Aroeittfint. _ _ The Ecclu hmily hive been rea- identa of the em for nineteen yem. Mr. Eccle- il superintendent tumtiitueqtititamLronuidtutttttrmttteroteo-mttttte trmlrt-af0iéi1,hthktrpirsioat.Ttt_tre.et-thevitat- Madam. A _ __ -. 4 _ _ _‘__ "rttmiamto-ttorrtt-meaooodt-d,tttrtmiydi" canal-hm. S. 0. when, upon-d that than m no Heard of an SEPWJINP'“ wee, “WM “PM Atnymt' ”3‘9"” "yeerTi-iix-rwttrttdh_tuttairt-tgrat- To qualify for the award, Suun dnnced her way through a long series of elimination contests, even- tually winning over I number of American and Canadian competi- ton. Opposing u upplicntion for 10¢!lo York building numb!" to pea-um inAalhttion of ' tt. [at Van“ in homu with nu heating rumor than the manna Inw- pmntly required, Cpumillor Irving Phi-lay of Ward 6 em the "tba mm b trying to emu a monopoly by In it impouible for the pur- it? o: a home equippbd with gun "an“ mm unmhertype at M. F . 1igjtthiit .....,“" idiiSe',ieiitd /f.iieii2'i'ise,i ,f,',',iei2,'2 7 iikGCi Eleven-year-old Susan Eccles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William l‘m as, of 1909 Jane street, receiv- ed the top award as “star dancer" on the popular children's television program broadcast from Buffalo last Sunday. A pupil of Glndys Forester. Susan Ecclea has been studying dnncing for neural years. She in in Grade 6 at Hardingttn School. An exhibition of the outstanding work: of Cnnadian and American painter-embers and engnven be- gins on March 5th, continuing through until March 26th at the North York Public Library at 5126 Yonge Street. The formal opening of the exhibit is scheduled forge pan. on Saturday. Charles Comfort, newly appointed director of the National Gallery, will offieiate at the open- ing ceremonies. Jane St. Gl Is Top Award Winner In Dance Contest Payola ’In Gas Heat Says North York (WI/or ' Opens $atstrditr at N. York librarv JUNIOR CHESS PLAYERS gathered in the Crafts Room of the Munich»! Building, Weston; lut Thursday evening tor I Ipeciel reunion of maul-cl between the“ players in urea grade schools. Despite the 18-inch fall of snow that tttsralrBed trnffie throughout Metro, 18 youngsters from eight Idlooll attended. Trarusportation was provided by senior members of the Weston Chou Club; _f$h.,rrt in the photograph above-are: " left, Ala Mum, of St. John’s School. Weston; Chess Club pmident, Jim Poulton and, at right, Michel Mind. the of “John's. 'ritA,,,at.t-ursrrt-e--u.se TWAY. -_' 1.,” " " rttt",'t, ttt, ' I'll "cutaway: l 6 abut“ that nuklp‘ it imp of the “on from dept. It Pilking- ton Glul Co. Sunn has three brothers; William, ir., 19, sud Bruce, 16, both " Weston Colle- giate, and Wayne. 6, who is just surging MIA gchnlutic career It iurdinitem School Her life in e remote mountain town of northwest China became I series of dramatic events. She stopped a prison riot llone by eahnry lacing an sore-wielding in- .In 1980, equipped with railroad tickets, her Bible, ninepence in coins and two one-pound tmveller's cheques, Gladys Aylward travelled across 1irppysiYe" Siberia. As a young girl she dreamed of going to China an a mit.usionary, but was unable to obtain backing beam of her lack of education. She determined to, go “my, without help from anyone. " Miss Aylwnrd, "The Small Wo.. man" of the best-seller under that title and whose story was com densed in the Reader’s Digest and portrayed on the screen in "Inn of the Sixth Happiness', is now on a speaking tour of Canada. She is the guest of World Vision, Ine., a service agency giving emergency aid to more than 75 mitmionary organizations. Gladys Aylwni-d, who rose from the position of a London parlormaid to become a legend in her own life.. time through heroic service in war- ravaged China, will speak at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, in Rexdale, on Tuesday, March 8th, at 7:30 Pao. -- V iamedSmall jiili'iiliiiit To Speak "In Rexdale IIMWIIHI iriiaiViiiaa Liriiia' tit." in}: "Arixiiiirii Welt Data School eHiayed a that. Schools represented at the session were: Humber Valley Village, 2 players; Humber Heights, , plsyers; Hilltop, 4 plnyers: Fairhaven, 2 players; Kipling Grove, 2 players; West Deane, 1 player; Bloorlea, 1 player and St. Johd’s Separate School, 4 players. ' Juniors-who won their - were: Dave Pelly, Jim Wooley and Bob Rimmon of Hilltop School: Garrett lalon_ of Blond“: Fred Run of Rumba A handicap tournament was played, the seniors ~sacrificing , rook each. lllneu forced her return to Eng- land for a time, after more than 20 yen: of service in China, but now she has returned to Formosa for more work among the Nation- alist Chinese. The 140 children in an orphanage she directs there no among the more than 13,000 sup- ported through World Vision. "to have this part in the work of 'The Small Womnn', and we are glad to make her unilablefo‘ the mate, rescued a child from a slave- dealer, led the district'l exalted Mandarin to accept Christianity. When war with Japan broke out, her dangers increased. for loyalty to Nationalist China caused her to spy on the invaders. She was cruelly beaten. Then, as a fugitive without money or food, she led 100 homeless children to safety in the epic journey across wild mountains which has been chronicled in both her biography and the Hollywood film. _ "We are thored." uys Dr. Bob I'iertte, Prgsjdent of World Vision, Abut- M? " Maintenance of the "before 4 pan." hours wu Justified, the council was told, to provide for those working on 'ariout tshifts. North York voters " the next municipal election-thealed for December, 1960--wili be able to vote between the hours of 12 noon and 9 pan., according to the pro- posal endorsed by North York Council. Under present regulations. vot- ing hours have been from 10 mm. to g pan, According to a survey by the city clerk’s department in Toronto, only 1 per cent of the voters turn out to vote before 1 pan. The majority of electors Ihow up at the polls after A p.m., the study disclosed. churcher of Canada u In}: of our organization’s ministry of minimi- nry chnllenze." Introduction of B by-lnw to regulate the new a! "r E T" Walton touched off . one-nun. forty-minute mm by . I Unduy Cott, who mm br-law to the amt-ad vane-5‘ tttr-corded-tnth-op-tMona/tro-it-ttrt' 'e. Diuuuion of the proposed -by-‘ law hem quietly emrh with n mrestionfrom0ottaatotl-on why I new lay-law we: considered may. Replying to the ques- tion, Councillor Charla Conroy, who moved adoption of the by-lew. lubed that We VII needed to comm! certain business el- tabliattmrnta in the town which had been placing out excessive quantities of rubbish and other waste materials; one instance wu cited of In establishment which lay: out rubbish every week which makes up three-qunrters of a truckload. Weston Says 'tk' Io Voting Time North Yorli Behind the sentiments. of local; councillors on the voting time issue is the fact that Weston has a higher than average proportion of 1 shift-workers in industrial punts.) Findings in the lumy conducted‘ by the city clerk’s department inl Toronto are not eotdirmed in Wes-l, ton's voting day patent. Many older residents-the ratio bully is higher than anywhere else in M9tropelitaa Toronto-rote only. V adt1t,C3,remtgt2"igyg " “9.39.995 Change In Voting Hours Whhod In Councillor Cott insisted that such bobbed instances should be dealt with individually; legislation such " the proposed by-law was vindic- Changes Here A loud and unanimous vote of Weston Council wu registered on a motion which stated that "this municipality does NOT recommend any ehange in the hours of polling on. municipal election day." Cou ilk Catt 'Ir"'!", Rush Uil,1 d,'h, l oruinatine in-Toronto. .+:IEI , In '01 LTEGT Material for collection Ill-ll It beraeedoutbefom6patt.erea. day Ha: the collection 7” later that no raft. on day. Empty meqtmeh. a runwved by I p... of , Crates, newspapen, huh, HP ding, old furniture and tet material must be bundled}: _ not new; P,2tflt,", It heavier 50 . than I total of It nag and/or bundles will In pi“ - from my one have. _ _ ' - , a When Councillor Perry and“: “the motionbepittttttrF Cort insisted that the vote I. :1 corded. Town clerk George 1.3:? lon called the ml} at ci members. All voted in km a“: 'Councillor Catt. Of particular concern b Iverage Wenon how the regulptionp rem” new W49", drained'of in iiosd%td iurmAe wrapped in paper before tet. placed in the receptacle: A -' ._-_ of rutiioh and mritrimdie due to cspricioua mm *7 the by-law by oiaitatioet “f” ment employees. 5 _ _ 'Ut a draught of this bth In! been published before this Tttit 't this Council room would ho " '} with protesting Mm.” _, said. "There in no 5mm this by-law. It in diaeHrrtitt+ .4? legislation." _ - , ff}, T Councillor Williun Perry i.. marked that wme legilhtiou III necessary to back up new with citizens who Win - ting out exceu quasttitis. " rubbish. Ronald Weir, ted! engineer, mend any}: “in“: tion on the quantity of N“: picked up should be adored. said that many basin-am - have to keep excel! mlphiah m the "pick-ap" maximum in - rooms and cellars. which. he istAb. ed; would crate n fire In“ I. reminded the Council that I". chants were no langu- W to bum.rubbi1h on their on . in we!“ . ue 50' let'" the ttm but!" did! maim- estatslishNe , m. the link ‘73; provision for enforcing NW: when violations occur. ' _ Councillor Con then and to _ the possibility of adding ta the fire hazard in store: if the unity premises;" s11 excess have to be stored pexjodn _of.time. A - Replying' to the fire Mm! the pmblem 11 My Catt, Mayer ":riisreA.ttreerririe' media T to ttte :limih- rabbit ad. in {w T'