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Times & Guide (1909), 9 Aug 1962, p. 13

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s en ty Deing introduced here this fall, is the most expensive type of high schoo} training. The average large _ Ontario school _ board spends $736.36 per year per studâ€" ent on it . Figures prepared by the Metro Board compare costs of educaâ€" THIS SIIMMER ® Qo BE WATER WISE! spent $344.85 per child. Breaking down me average exâ€" penditure per pupil, it was shown the average large school board spent $207.85 of it on teacher‘s salaries (Etobicoke $225.50); inâ€" structional supplies, $12.58 ($11.59 in _ Etobicoke); administration $19.50 (Etobicoke $19); plant opâ€" erations $36.27 ($38.66 in Etobiâ€" coke); plant maintenance $20.79 (Etobicoke $14.62); auxiliary serâ€" vices cost the other boards an average of $1.11 but Etobicoke only 70 cents. Transportation â€" hit Etobicoke bard costing the average school board $2.74 and Etobicoke $4.67. Debenture debt ran an average of $33.48 and was $24.54 here and capital outlay from current funds averaged $16 among the other boards but only $5.57 in Etobiâ€" eoke. Similar studies were made of high school costs with Etobicoke spending more than average on teacher‘s salaries, instructional supplies and debenture debt but less on administration, plant opâ€" eration, plant maintenance, auxâ€" liary services, _ transportation and capital outlay. The average large high â€" school board spent $587.64 per pupil; Etobicoke spent $570.82. Vocational education being introduced here + Boards with an average daily attendance of over 6,000 pupils were considered as a group. On an average they spent $350.32 a year on each pupil. Etobicoke with an average daily attendance of 21.946 public school children spent $344.85 per child. iness officials revealed this week. The _ Business â€" Officials â€" comâ€" pared the expenditures of 92 Onâ€" tario school boards for 1961 and came up with the following figurâ€" es in the cost of public school education School costs in Etobicoke are lower than the provincial averâ€" age. figures released by _ the Metro School Board and the Onâ€" fario Association of School Busâ€" Etobicoke School Costs Lower Than Provincial Average â€" Metro Services and market areas are important and these are near to the Gardens, with the Township providing the best in sanitary and water systems. With the new pool and the school, the buried cabâ€" les and the huge community T.V. arial, Richmond Gardens is, in a way, a paradise with room to stretch one‘s legs in comfort between working hours. Islington Avenue, the 401 Highway. Dixon Road, Dundas Street â€" all are routes to and from hath i. D0 C CCES wilee â€" all are roules to : city and the open country. Whether ro heart to work. or out on a Sund: ers and fields of the country, resic Gardens have easyâ€"toâ€"drive, conver which to travel. and at the end of is always the auict sanofitar af hawm. i ui ies i t c ind i2 People who live in Etobicoke ar people living in most urban â€" suburb; anywhere on the continent, but the roundings in Etobicoke give them a re in their homes and their block. T TCe! â€" all are routes to and from both the he open country. Whether it be into the Metâ€" o work. or out on a Sunday drive to the rivâ€" elds of the country, residents of Richmond rave easyâ€"toâ€"drive, convenient hichways on travel, and at the end of the journey, there the quiet sanctity of home. Home is Truly A Castle I ul P . which 18 Etobicol{e are the same as A determining factor in setâ€" ting the educational mill rate in the amount of commercial and industrial assessment in the area. If it is high, the educational mill rate will be low. Etobicoke asâ€" sessment ratio is residential 58.1 per cent, industrial and commerâ€" cial 41.9 per cent. Etobicoke is the fifth lowest of these boards in this cost of $544 per year for each high school student taking the straight acaâ€" demic course, and fifth lowest in its cost of $634 per year for each commercial student. tion locally. Public school costs range from Scarboro‘s low of $295 rer pupil to Forest Hill‘s high of $4i88. The other boards spent as foliows: Weston, $311; York, $320; Etobicoke, $326; Swansea, $330; Lakeshore, $335; North York, $348; East York. $370; Leaside, $427; Toronto. $448. tion locally __but the wellâ€"kept, surâ€" them a readyâ€"made pride FRANK HARRAS CH. 1â€"2222 CH. | Pn tbe t testaiiines enc iocchs d MB.w6. 30 3 B 1 is a split level three bedroom bungalow with two garages similar to above home. mt »i $25,900 P 4 Six Room bungalow with creation room with fire ; olX fWoom bungalow with finished mahogany panelled reâ€" creation room with fire place, large L shaped living and dining room with fireplace, one main four piece bathroom and one three piece bathroom with stall shower en suite to master bedroom and two piece washroom in basement. All aluminum storms and screens. Attached two car garage. _ _ L TD W subq(ban drevelo;;xrtixen“t; FRANK HARRAS & SONS LOT 30 STAPLETON DRIVE of CUSTOM Homes RICHMOND GARDENS LOT 31 STAPLETON DRIVE full price FULL INFORMATION CALL BUILDERS $27,500 IN he said "I have been assured by the Roads Commissioner, and the Township Engineer, that paving operations for this section of Islington Avenue will be comâ€" pleted by the end of the year‘, Northern Etobicoke residents using Islington Ave. N., will enâ€" joy a much smoother ride by the end of the year, promised Councilior D. G. Purvis, in a statement to the Times. The stretch of Islington Aveâ€" nue from _ Princess Margaret Blvd., to Albion Road, which is unpaved, and which was formâ€" erly the responsibility of Elobiâ€" coke Township, has been taken over by Metro Roads this year, Councillor Purvis stated. Islington Ave. N. Now Metro Road To Be Paved in _ industrial â€" and commercial buildings. This represents about 40 percent of the record total of $176.1 million for all types of construction in the four municipalities in the first half of the year. The industrial cateâ€" gory includes factory and ware house buildings, and additions. The commercial category includâ€" es office buildings, stores. serâ€" In the first half of 1962, buildâ€" ing permits were issued in the City of Toronto and three largâ€" est suburbs â€" _ North York, Scarborough . and Etobicoke â€" to allow more than $70.000.000 Metropolitan Toronto is exâ€" periencing the greatest indusâ€" trial and commercial construcâ€" tion boom in its history, accordâ€" ing to H. Peter Langer, Presiâ€" dent of The Toronto Real Estate Board. Indust.ial And Commercial Boom North York and Etobicoke Share Big Part Of Metro‘s $70 Million CH. 1â€"7970 The biggest month for 1962 was April when â€" $9,564,825.00 worth of permits were issued June saw a drop in the number of permits issued and their valâ€" ue over the figures for 1961. Totals for this year are 406 perâ€" mits, value $8212,120.00 and last year permits 433. value $8,543,475.00. This June‘s permits included one for the construction of the West Mall skating rink valued at $209,000.00; an addition to Etobicoke Township has isâ€" sued building permits valued at $32,668.850.00 for the first six months of the year, Building Commissioner Fred Gibson inâ€" formed Council in his monthly report. This is a rise from $27.â€" 794,050.00 for the same period last year. $5 Million Building Jump Reported In Etobicoke â€" that‘s equal to about fice buildings the same the Imperial Oil Ltd building at 111 St Cl The Toronto â€" Real Estate Board estimates that construeâ€" tion has started on more than 2,500,000 square feet of indusâ€" trial building. This is equal to construecting ten buildings the same size as the International Business _ Machines _ Co. Ltd. plant at Don Mills Rd. and Egâ€" linton Avenue E. in Don Milis. More than oneâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half milâ€" lion square feet of commercial building is under way in Metro â€" that‘s equal to about five ofâ€" fice buildings the same size as the Almperial Oil Ltd. office vice stations, and additions CHARLES LEACHMAN & sON RIGHMOND GARDENS oN Shortland Crescent ONLY ONE BLOCK NORTH OF THE NEW SILVER CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOL CHARLES LEACHMAN & SON NOW BUILDING QuaLITY Homes IN PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT Now COMPLETED. PRESTIGE HOMES IN LINCOLN woOps ROYAL YORK RD. AREA ADJACENT TO ST. GEORGES GOLF CLUB. BE. 1â€"4511 = BE. 1â€"4079 BUILDERS OF QUALITY HOMEsS POR THREE GENERATIONS 111 St. Clair Ave FOR INFORMATION ALL FOUR BEDROOM SPLIT LEVELS / ALL TWO CAR GARAGES ALL _ WITH STONE FIREPLACES MODERN STEP SAVING KITCHENS wiTH DINING ROOMs 8%% FIRST MORTGAGE TERMS Industrial _ and _ commercial construction was out in front of the first six months of last year by a wide margin. Last year‘s total was $5.629.000.00 comparâ€" ed to $9,379,.090.00 this year. Residential was slightly behind this year reaching a value of $18.491.800.00 compared to $20,â€" 377,000.00 in the â€" first â€" six months of last year. Ward four set the pace ag usual with permits valued | at $5,406,050.00; ward three folâ€" lowed _ with $1,849.245.00; ward two $757,125.00; ward one $199,. 700.00. 1 Mimico Reformatory $90.000 00; addition to Humber Highland Curling Club $110,000.00; additâ€" ion to the Skyline Hotel €29.â€" 000.00; hotel construction at 800 Dixon Road $176,000.00 Mr. Langer says that in adâ€" dition to providing jobs needâ€" ed for urban growth, the exâ€" pansion will help ease the tax load on property owners and help pep up the local retail business. He is confident that the buyâ€" ing mood will get even strong er in the second half of 1962 with retail sales showing a 5 percent increase over 1961 Mr. Langer says 20,000 jobs will be created in Metro this year as a result of the tremendâ€" ous expansion and relocation of industrial and commercial en« terprises.

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