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Times & Guide (1909), 24 Jan 1963, p. 1

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: |â€" WESTON TIMESâ€"ADVERTI Fire Hydrants May ; /mam y I .l e Fraulty â€" Cound A. <»ff A e ‘There may be several faulty|be used or it would floor adjoinâ€" 5@ fire hydrants in Weston which ing basements. ‘Ag cannot be used Â¥en in case of| The town pays rent to the . A emergency, Weston Council learnâ€" | Public Utilities Commission for ie ed Monday night. the hydrants, the councillor ex J ts‘ P y SE b Councillor Lioyd Sainsbury told| plained, and all should be in Ex {,‘l e u Een Council the Works Department | working order. ilemanr * & re had asked for the use of a hydrâ€"| He added that the PUC is reâ€" P o * ( 3 ‘€ ant from which to draw water to |sponsible for the upkeep of the Cl e ag x+ ,_Z { oer . â€" 8t & flush out a sewer. The men were| hydrants. j_«»:;‘:{"i- S ies _A BE ) told the hydrant leaks and cannot| "It would be great if we had a| ‘ 5'* F bw _,::; * {, Womu \_________jfire and couldn‘t us the hydrâ€"| s 2e h ll e?! uts f‘gfl- uie 3 unehilor Sainsbury com | 1 5 ieA M‘gg?"w / l 4 Northwest@erme V |"mas: ceorse But requested a w § )tc 7 es special report on the town hydrâ€" s 1 e . ’”5’”* x ' ants. . t l mt e o s > Remme oo me uesn umc nnse venteconcemnememeraare. ,@ ts V%w')‘ a (%X \M‘m e Northwestern YMCA is on the & (l | ngaqurtmns gak Menenemaee march. To better acquaint the CIub ‘62 M es B residents of the western areas of t % «ue zs s eras gone uh 2. . North York and of York town Pb g( ‘_0__" .,-. fi " K “&,»Jm m ship; open house began last ie + i . n aannaama m Fi% frea‘, Faerenee Saturday and will run all week. o s eet Susiomeil 4 4 & At Downsview Collegiate classâ€" . es are held thrice weekly. Satâ€" b 62 held its first annua)| THE WINNING TICKET. Weston Mayâ€" numbers drawn at Weston Arena Fri Northwestern march. To bet residents of the North York an North York and of York townâ€" ship, open house began last Saturday and will run all week. At Downsview Collegiate classâ€" es are held thrice weekly. Satâ€" urday trom 8 to 10 p.m. the famâ€" ily swim is held. There is also a time for the youth of the area to take a dip in the modern tank. On Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. the adults are afforded a chance to play badminton, while on Saturday the time is given over to children‘s programmes. At Emery collegiate the childâ€" ren hold sway. Officials reported the classes were just getting back into action after the holidays. However, the children made up for amy lack in numbers with their great enthusiasm. At Emery the children were busy with several craft projects, while in Downsview they swarmâ€" ed for the swim after a session of ballet dancing, baton training, and games of handball for girls and boys. Some parents complain there is mothing for the children in the areas but Tet is Teport it "s#emâ€" ed like a very full programme that was being planned. This is the Y‘s first year, but next year we can look for bigger and betâ€" ter things for the area‘s enter tainment and education sportsâ€" There may (be several faulty fire hydrants in Weston which cannot be used en in case of emergency, Weston Council learnâ€" ed Monday night. Councillor Lioyd Sainsbury told Council the Works Department COUNCIL BARS DRIVEâ€"IN ‘HANGO had asked for the use of a hydrâ€" ant from which to draw water to flush out a sewer. The men were told the hydrant leaks and cannot wise The approving of the establishâ€" ment of a car wash at 1865 Wesâ€" ton Road, was paramount to a "criminal offense," by a former council of the town, Councillor Lioyd Sainsbury charged Monday night. Council discussed a letter from the owner of the car wash, Monâ€" day, who requested permission to demolish two dwellings at 1857 and 1855, and 1861 Weston Road, in order to enlarge the car wash premises and set up a building Approving Car Wash Was Council‘s ‘Crime THME WESTON KIWANIS CLUB elected andâ€" installed, officers for 1963 at a recent meeting. Pictured here, from left to right are: Howard E. L. McLaughlin, First Viceâ€"president; Norval (Buck) Pollard, President; Ron Cochrane, Lieuâ€" tenantâ€"Governor of No. 4 A District; Jack White, secretary; Andy Whyte, Past President; Bruce Waddell, Second Viceâ€"president. Ed Mustard was elected Treasurer, and Ron Cochrane performâ€" ed the installation ceremonies. On January 21 of this year, the Kiwanis celebrated© the 48th anniversary of the founding of the first Kiwanis club in Detroit in 1915. Today there are over $100 clubs with some 263,000 members, The Club 62 held its first annual j meeting January 8th at the home of Mrs. John Cairns. The Presidâ€" | ent, Mrs. | D. H. Richardson, thanked )iflmembers for their‘ active support throughout the year. | Mrs. L. W. Semple, Works Conâ€"| venor, reported that 262 knitted | infant sets, consisting of bootees, | sweater and bonnet, were made| for the Children‘s Aid Society of | Metropolitan Toronto. In addition, 33 nighties were given. i In October the members held a| Snack Luncheon Bridge at the| home of Mrs. S. W. Green, Thornâ€"| bury Crescent. The proceeds of| this event, $150, were donated to the Society. * | During the year Club 62 had. two guest speakers from tbeI Children‘s Aid Society. They were Miss Helen Schill, Director of Public Relations and Mrs. ‘Ca Moran, Head of the Clothing: Department. ‘ Club 62 was formed in January of 1962 by a group of women who worked together for 16 years in the Sunnylea area. Their purpose is to contribute to the work of the Children‘s Aid Socieâ€" ty of Toronto. for the sale of automotive and hardware parts. During the discussion Councilâ€" lor Sainsbury criticized the counâ€" cil which approted the plans for the car wash several years ago, because the business "ties up traffic on Weston Road, Fridays and Saturdays." However the councillor did not oppose giving permission for the enlarging of the premises, saying ‘‘This plan won‘t interfere any more, with traffic, than the car wash does now." would be great if we ind couldn‘t us the Councillor Sainsbury Westc. ... @dgnis Club, while small in numbers. has made an enviable record.of achievements in service work with the Scott Mission at both the downtown headquarters, at the summer children‘s tamp near Caledon, have sponsored 3 local boy‘s baseball teams, and act as sponâ€" sors for the Westeens, the teenagers grouip which holds .their events in the Weston High School during the winter season. Any person inâ€" terested in service work with Kiwanis will be made very welcome. Contact Jack White, secreâ€" tary, at 28 Leduc Drive, Rexdale, 244â€"7750, or Buck Pollard at CH 1 â€" 3828. ssion cillor d be Regional Meeting: For Weston CWL | or George Bull, Johnny Bower of Torâ€" onto Maple Leafs and Weston Arena manager E. D. "Doc" Banting proudly display the three Winâ€"Aâ€"Car ticket The Regional meeting of the C.W.L: of St. John the Evangelâ€" ist, Weston, will be held tonight, January 24, in the Parish Hall. All members are urged to atâ€" tend this meeting, beginning with Benediction .at 8:15. Guest speakâ€" er will be Father R. L. Macâ€" Dougall, S. J. Director of the Catholic Rehabilitation Service for Women. Lunch will be served afterwards by Mrs. F. Connor and helpers. . A Parish Dinner is planned for Sunday, Feb. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Church Hall. All the organizations of the parish headed by the C.W.L. are to commence working on the Fall Bazaar, tentatively scheduled for Novemberâ€" 9. Rexdale Man Wins Car Draw A Roaring Success Spiritual Director Father W. R. Morrison urged all the ladies to take an active part in the coming events in order that all may be successful, and the work may be distributed throughout the membâ€" ership. The above were items on the agenda of the January meeting, held recently with 30 ladies in atâ€" tendance. Lunch was served by Mrs. Mason. Boyd Park Area Most Popular B62123 â€" That‘s the number| Most merchants , credited the that means Mr. A. Wardell, of draw as a roaring success which 1699 Kipling Ave. N., Rexdale,| helped put the town‘s business| now owns a new car. A note of\over the 1962 record for the interest is that it will be the first; Christmas season. It is the fu'st{ car he has ever owned. venture in which the majority ot! That is the number drawn,| town merchants have taken pan.i Jast Friday night in Weston Busi| As a sidelight to the draw, That is the number drawn, Jast Friday night in Weston Busi nessmen‘s Win:Aâ€"Car draw, held in the Weston Arena at the Junior B. Hockey games. The draw was held over the past three months, through 70 merchants of the town who handed out coupons with purchases as draw tickets on the new car. Nearly 900,000 persons visited the eight conservation areas adâ€" ministered by the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority during 1962. Exact atâ€" tendance figures were 892,864 as compared to 811,054 in 1961. Most popular area last year was the Boyd conservation area just north of Woodbridge on the Woodbridgeâ€"Kleinburg Road, with a total attendance of 235,567. Mr. Wardell received his prize at Cruickshank Motors in Weston, Tuesday. The winning ticket was drawn by Mayor George Bull, while Johny Bower, guest hockey star. and E. D ‘Doc‘ Banting, drew the second and third reserve numbers; C 24399 and E 70381. Other areas and their respectâ€" ive attendance figures are as folâ€" lows: Black Creek area, site of the Pioneer Village, (140,280), Albion Hills, (202,573); Claremont (8,006); Cold Creek (5,121); %len Haffy (37,564); Greenwood (72,â€" 760); Heart Lake (190,993). Duiing the year, 260 school classes numbering 7,712 students toured the Pioneer Village. Remember Next Week Is Minor Hockey Week As of February 7, the price of the Weston Times â€" Advertiser will be increased to 10 cents from five, to meet the price of most other leading newspapers in Ontario. The slight price increase will be offset by our increased area news coverâ€" _in. subscriptions to the Timesâ€"Advertiser, the price increase will not come into effect until the subscription expiry date. WESTON, ONTARIO, JANUARY 24, 1963 and newspaper size. For those readers holdâ€" claimed his prize Saturday. day night. Holder of the (Bâ€"62123) Mr. A. Wardell This would add 130,000 phones to Weston‘s toll calling area, for a grand of 990,000. Under this ptan, the local calling area for Weston would be enlarged in 1965 to include Scarborough, Port Credit, Cooksâ€" ville, Agincourt and West Hill. ton, was proposed by the Bell Telephone Company this week. Half a million dollars will be spent on ‘revamping equipment in the Weston office alone, for the expansion. ~ Coincident with the expansion of the local calling area in 1965, slight rate increases would be introduced for Weston customâ€" ers. The increase would be 20 cents per month for an individâ€" wal residence line and 40 cents monthly for individual line busâ€" The proposal to expand Wesâ€" ton‘s local calling area is part of <a farâ€"reaching plan which would widen the toll â€"free callâ€" ing areas of all first and second fringe exchanges (Weston is a first fringe exchange). The ‘Doc‘ Banti s presented with the fiflhdw&é’iffl;e Arehna A $12,000,000 plan for Greater Toronto which would greatly exâ€" pand the local calling areas of many Toronto "fringe" (suburâ€" ban) â€" exchanges, including Wesâ€" Existing local calling arrangeâ€" ments would be continued. for plan would also introduce two â€" way, tollâ€"free calling with Torâ€" last Friday to celebrate his Tist birthday. \ 2 is manager of the Weston Arena. Major Bell Plan For 1965 5 New Areas Added To Weston‘s Toll Free Telephone Call Spots Arena Friâ€" first ticket of Rexdale free | An impressive dedication and, President, Agnes Foden 1st Viceâ€" joint installation of Ladies Auxilâ€"\President, Winnie Pender, 2nd iary and Branch Officers for 1963,| Viceâ€"President, Anne Meyer . | took place at the Rangers Branch Treasurer, Victoria Cresswell ~ | 213 of the Royal Canadian Legion, Secretary and Sgtâ€"atâ€"Arms Isabel t | January 10. ‘Gray. Executive Committee ° ‘ The Legion building on Denni members are Agnes Dargie who son Road was filled to capacity is another Charter member, Iu members and guests witness Beatrice Mattison, Annie Carbis, of the plans to build the driveâ€"in and returned two letters of obâ€" jection and a petition against the plan signed by 14 owners, 18 ten ants and seven others who are influenced by happenings in the area. The Legion building on Denni son Road was filled to capacity as members and guests witnessâ€" ed the Branch Padre, Reverend Boggs dedicated a new Union Jack to the Ladies Auxiliary. Chartered member and Sgtâ€"atâ€" Arms Isabel Gray presented the new flag to the Padre for dedicatâ€" ion. Mary Moore, Ladies Auxiliâ€" ary President presided over the ceremony returning the old Union Jack to the Branch. Outgoing President:â€"Lloyd Sainsâ€" bury called for an assembly of troduced the installation Zone Commander John Graham was assisted by Deputy Zone Commander Jack Nelson, Ladies Zone Commander Shirley Adams, J. Gilman and R. McClelland of Maple Leaf Branch, J. Semple of Swansea, H. Noble Mount Dennis and H. Rittersporn of Silverthorn. onto in 1966 for the third fringe exchanges of Richmond Hill, Streetsville and Clarkson. Presiding over the installation Ladies Auxiliary Officers inâ€" stalled for 1963 were Mary Moore Council decided, Monday, not Legion Conducts Joint Installation team D Present Local Calling Are@ Addition to Local Calling Area â€" 1965 Board, in the face of the objecâ€" tions of residents of the area. Councillor William Perry critiâ€" cized the ‘present restaurant in the location which would be torn down to make way for the new driveâ€"in if approved. "The preâ€" sent operation has already interâ€" fered with the sanctity of the homeowners," he stated. "It‘s just a hangout," Counâ€" cillopâ€"Robert MacPherson said Olive and Margaret Babbage. Olive Mattison holds the post of Imâ€" Dobson, Rick Collins 1st Viceâ€" President, Bill Morris 2nd Viceâ€" President, Jack Burgess Treasurâ€" er, Bill Beach Recording Secretâ€" ary, Emnie Halcrow Membership Secretary. Elected Sgtâ€"atâ€"Arms Russ Eagleson was unable to attend due to illness. Executive Committee members are Charles sented Lioyd Sainsbury with the, Past Presidents medal. pany‘s Toronto area, said Officers of the Branch installâ€" driveâ€"ins in general, We should abolish that type of place." done an excellent job of ridding the town of this type," Councilâ€" lor Lindsay Cott said, after Coun cillor MacPherson described forâ€" mer restaurant habituees as "the Boddington said, Drive in restâ€" aurants have caused trouble in the past. I am not convinced this one wouldn‘t cause.similar trouâ€" Fine Three Firms On UIC Charges : ced," Councillor Cott said of the application. over his customers." each on two charges and costs in Magistrates‘ Court of Friday, January 18th, 1963. ance books for two insurable emâ€" Service of Cartwright Ave., Torâ€" onto 19 was fined $50.00 and costs in Magistrates‘ Court on Friday, January 18th, 1963. "we are proposing these changes ment Insurance books of four emâ€" ployees, which were in his posâ€" session, when requested to do so by the Unemployment Insurance ically requested by an inspector of the Unemployment Insurance Councillor Cott concluded, "In A firm of sheet metal contractâ€" Because the firm failed to have Norman Graham operating as Mr. Graham was charged with

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