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Only days after council accepted a works commitâ€" tee report stating that the cost of piping North York‘s water courses would be a prohibitive $120 million, 45â€"yearold Walter Plobâ€" ner, â€" Lawrence _ Avenue West, slipped in a tributâ€" ary of Black Creek and drowned. A coroner‘s jury had recomâ€" mended that the creek be coverâ€" ed where it borders private proâ€" perty, but the works committee informed council that the jury‘s susgestion would be too costly. The death of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Plobner‘s son followed the drowning of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lonni‘s snfall boy last summer. Their 4â€"yearâ€"old was playâ€" ing on a shoddy foot bridge between Queens and Maâ€" ple Leaf Drives. The creek had swollen because of a summer _ downpour â€" and when the boy slipped he was carried 60 feet downâ€" stream. Hundreds of youngsters daily use the foot bridge on their way too and from school. The bridge should have at least been reâ€" paired after the tragic accident, said Councillor Joe Guold who loudly criticized the works comâ€" mittee report. "It was in deplorâ€" able condition." He asked works â€" committee members recently if any of them had visited the site of last sumâ€" mer‘s accident and not one reâ€" plied in the affirmative, Gould said. "This has led me to beâ€" lieve that they were just relyâ€" ing on a staff treport," the Ward 2 councillor added. at the rear of John Hunter‘s home on _ Stanwood _ Crescent, overlooking the Humber Valley. When the Hunters purchased in April 1964, they noticed the ground abutting the rear of their house bad sumk a few inâ€" ches. but were assured by the real estate agent that this was the ordinary progress of ground settling. . North York‘s building inspecâ€" tor vigoriously denies that his department should be held res ponsible for the sinking ground It‘s A S(t)inking Problem In Back Since then through â€" slipping and sinkige, the ground _ has dropped nine feet, and the ownâ€" ers have asked North York or the builders to do something about it. All summer, (The Times, July 15. 1965) North York council and board of control have dis cussed the problem and launchâ€" ed studies, but still a solution has not been found. Controller «Gordon _ Huriburt said the Board or Control had suggested that North York seek private legislation to purchase the four . Standwood Cresceat homes that are faced with the sround slippage problem, fix it and sell the homes back to the original owners. This was reâ€" jected by council. Then last week, building inâ€" spector S. G. Beckett submitted @ four page explanation of the township building bylaw, stating why his department could not be _ Service Cuts Service North York council Monday, quickly got the outdsor . rink after Reeve James Service fired flooding program‘ rolling again, after Reeve James Service fired half the men hired to do the jgb and put the other half on the township‘s winter works proâ€" gram. *# + Some counciliors were delugâ€" ed with telephone calls from parents wondering. why the 180 ice rinks weren‘t being floodâ€" ed for the use of thousands of n}mfi‘p chl!!m. Still Unsettled held responsible for the WANT ADS CALL 241â€"5211 | ground ‘slippage. | The report was made, . said ; Controller Basil Hall, because | some North York . councillors | said in their opinion if the townâ€" | ship does not have legal responâ€" | sibility to help the homeowners ‘ with the poblem, it at least has | moral obligation to do someâ€" | thing about it. A few" repairs were made to the bridge a week ago, Gould said, but he is convinced that at not "too great an expense to North York," a â€" better job could be done to prevent youngâ€" sters who. attend Gracefield Pu: blic, Queensboro Junior. High and Cheminade High â€" Schools trom playing on or near the bridge during spring floods. At council Monday=a motion he introduced passed. It reads: In view of the tragic death of Beckett also declared the reâ€" port was made because of "cerâ€" tain _ irresponsible â€" statements which bave been made in the press." When â€" questioned . by Reeve James Service what these irresponsible statements â€" were, Beckett replied that an editorial in one weekly newspaper "laid the full blame on the building department for issuing the buildâ€" ing permit in the first place. I certainly call that an irresponsiâ€" Druggist Francis N. Rupert In Semiâ€"Retirement, Dies Francis N. Rupert, a pharmaâ€" cist at Inch‘s Drug Store during the past four years, died sudâ€" denly at his home on Warbeck Place, Monday, while preparing to go to work. He was 59. Born in Leamington in 1906, Mr. Rugert graduated from the College of Pharmacy in 1928. He owned and operated his own drug store at College and Dufâ€" ferin Streets for 30 years until failing health forced him to winter works workers . would flood the rinks during daylight hours, but several _ counciliors pointed out that this is impracâ€" Heal since temporatures are usnâ€" ally 10 degrees higher than durâ€" ing the night. It has now been decided to cision was made by the reeve without their knowledge or conâ€" works workers back to the cas wal labor force so that the night It had been decided that the some of the _ winter Pleston Times another child in the Black Creek in the area of Maple Leaf south of Lawrence West, it would apâ€" pear that there is a need for the Works Committee to examine what dangers may be existing at the present time and 1 would suggest that this matter be disâ€" cussed at the Works Committee so that they will have the opâ€" portunity of examining the same ble statement." he said. Basil Hall said the statement by â€" certain â€" council members "Seemed to indite the building department. Therefore I orderâ€" ed a report on the affair. what action is needed to prevent ~ Report or no report, the Hunâ€" ters ‘and their neighbors who purchased their homes on tn« ravine south of Finch Aveiue and west of Weston Road will have to live with the problem of sinking back . yards _ until someone comes up with better solutions than those suggested in the past. The ground on which the homes are built, is rumored to be a former garbage dump. Whether North York can be held responsible for the unstaâ€" ble condition on these grounds, still remains a debatable point. dispose of his business in 1961 and to live and work in semiâ€" retirement. Services will be held today at the Turner and Porter Yorke Funeral Chapel and interment will be at York Cemetery. any further tragedies. Father of Mrs. Robert (Donâ€" na) Yorke of Streetsville and the late Mrs. Rorea Bush, and broâ€" ther of Earl Rupert, he leaves his wife Erline Cates. Francis N. Rupert Known for his devotion to the community, a former YoR townâ€" ship councillor died recently. Charles Henry Speneerâ€"of Denâ€" nis Avenue, died in the Chronic Iliness Unit, Toronto General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Spencer, who came to Canada from Cumberland, Engâ€" land in 1903, was employed by the Canadian Kodak Company Yesterday the Metro coroner‘s oftice said an inquest will be held_into the drowning of Walâ€" ter Plobner on February 17 at 10 a.m. as an assistant engineer and then became a well known busiâ€" ness man in Weston and Mount Dennis operating a coal business on Jane Street known as Spenâ€" cer Fuel Company. In public service, Mr. Spencer was a York Township councillor between 1938 and 1951 and also served . on the municipality‘s court of adjustment and board of health. He was a member of Kingsâ€" court Lodge, S.0.E.. member Independent Order of Forresters, life member Humber Lodge, A.F. and A.M. and a key memâ€" ber of the York Lions Club. til she married her late hu& band Thomas Chapman in Humâ€" ber _ Summit _ Congregational ; church in 1904. They were the first couple to be married in the new church and were presented with a family bible. Mr. Chapâ€"| man prédeceased her by nine years. Ida Castator moted to Hum ber Summit where she lived un Mrs. Chapman is survived by two sons John George on the Scarlett Road homestead . and Thomas Ambrose of Guelph and two daughters Mrs. Phyllala Anâ€" nette Dorrell of Toronto and Mrs. Aifreda Victoria Mason of Shelbourne. She also leaves her youngest brother Ernest Castator of Woodbridge. 13 Years A York Councillor Charles Henry Spencer Dies Born in a settler‘s log cabin, Lot 1, Concession 6, Vaughan Township, _ December 1, 1875, Ida Esther Chapman died in the Briar Crest Nursing Home, Isâ€" lington Avenue. After marriage, the couple settled on a farm on Scarlett Road for 42 yettrs and they then moved to Alma Road where they spent the rest of their lives. Mr. Spencerâ€"leaves his wife Dora, a daughter Mrs. George (Gladys) Moore and a son Regâ€" Service was held at the Ward Funeral Home . Weston, Rev. Humphreys Jones of Humber vale United officiating. She was Gould said he called for the Born In A Log Cabin In 1875 Mrs. Ida Chapman Leaves 4 WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1966 Second Inquest | _ What, are your â€" thoughts on 'home\walrk and report cards? , You will have a chance to exâ€" press your views when you at tend the next meeting of Wes | ton Home & School Association | to be held at the Lindsay School Auditorium on January 24 at |8:15 p.m. . There are no "danger‘" signs near the creek where Walter Of Homework second works committee invesâ€" tigation to see what steps North York can reasonably be expectâ€" ed to take to prevent children playing. near creeks. Discusses Pros & Cons inald Service was held at the Church of Good Shepherd where the family worshipped for 54 years. Rev. J. F. Albanâ€"Dobson offiâ€" ciated assisted by ‘Rev. S. G. West. Interment was in the famâ€" ily plot at Riverside Cemetery. Small groups will discuss "Homework â€" How much, How often and md Parents Help?" and ‘"The and Cons of Re port Cards" with staff members from King, Memorial and Senâ€" jor Public Schools on hand to comment and inform. For parents interested in the Grade 7 and 8 levels, â€"additional information will be provided concerning . the various . high school courses available to stuâ€" dents. a strong worker of the church in her earlier years and was a life member of the Women‘s Asâ€" sociation. & Charles H. Spencer Plobner _ drowned, _ observed Councillor Gould. Parents, _ suggested _ Gould have the responsibilityâ€" of warnâ€" ing theirâ€" youngsters to keep away from streams, creeks, and Youngster sits on culvert where son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lanni met death iast summer. A flash rainstorm raised he water level to heighth of boy‘s feet in picture. The little bridge just behind him used by children to get to three Donald MacDonald, Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party predicted last week there will be a total amaigamation of Metropolitan Toronto within five to 10 years. "Total Amalgamation in 10 Years Donald MacDonald, Leader of the New Democrats recognize the Ontario New Democratic | "the compelling logic of amaigaâ€" Party predicted last week there mation for the metropolitan area will be a total amaigamation of | which is, in fact, one big city." Metropolitan ~oronto within five| The six borough Metro plan to 10 years. | which the government has adoptâ€" Addressing the Westonâ€"Mount ed is partial amalgamation Dennis Rotary Club, the Provinâ€" | which fails to equalize the "tax cial M.P. for York South said | burden" across the city, he City And Weston Top List Of Public Housing Demands Six out of 1,000 Weston residents applied to the Metro Housing Registry for public housing during Ocâ€" tober, November and December last year, compared to two per 1,000 in York Township and 1!4 per thousand in North York. . By Kay Neapole . Rev. Keith Kiddell, wife and son Peter, were given a warm welcome in Donwsview by the Church of St. Stephen‘s congre gation and Rector James A. Kiddell, his brother. He was guest preacher last Sunday eveâ€" ning. Following Evensong, he depictâ€" ed through _ olored ‘slides he took himself, the tragic plight of 175,000 refugees in Morocco. The pictorial story unfolded with children playing amid garbage According to the Housing Registry Quarterly Reâ€" port, per capita family housing applications in Metro were highest in Weston and the city of Toronto. to stave off pangs of hunger; linkhndlmrunliee of bread and a cup milk for daily subsistence; men, women and children alike, lining up Applications from North York numbered 341, York Township, 221, Weston 60 and Toronto 2,672. Out of a total of 4,080 Metro applicatrons for family housing, 284 earned less than $100 a month, 808 earâ€" ped less than $200, 568 earned less than $250 and 664 earned less than $300 per month. Hunger, Filth, Disease Ar! Thirst Fare Of 175,000, Downsview Group Told During the same périod there were also 2,848 ap plications by senior citizens for subsidized dwelling units in Metro. Number of applications from North York was 265, Weston 5%, York Township 153 and Toronto 1,744. DROWNING SCENE NO. ONE: MacDonald Predicts rivers, "but most youngsters will take to the water like a duck." Another problem as Gould sees it, is the level of water in In Tunisia, one meal every other day is provided for some of these refugee childrenâ€"famâ€" ilies travel up to 700 miles to camp nearby this source of food, Rev. Kiddell said. In one case, a lone doctor with inadequate m@dical supplies, was with ration cards for a meagre allowance of unâ€"milled grain, and oil>; water, not really fit for drinking, sold by the cupful. sters, old before their years, livâ€" ing aimlessly in hovels in the Organizations such as Canadian Broken down, the UNRA budâ€" get allotment is 10c per refugee (the price of a cup of coffee). different schools in area was only very recently repaired, says Councillor Joe Gould. Boards and two posts on right were part of that repair work. Gould says if creek properly fenced off and covered chances of a similar accident would be reduced. > cost housing." In addition, "there will be the same difficulâ€" ties in implementing genuine iplanning that have frustrated \efforts so completely in the L past." ONLY ONE STEP The fight for industrial assessâ€" ment will continue between the six new municipalities, MacDonâ€" ald suggested, and there will be "‘the same wrangles over which municipality ‘should accept lowâ€" a creek bed. It may be safe to play near a creek (ravines. make ideal playgrounds) when. the water is low or the creek frozen, stated "At the council level, the govâ€" ernment proposals move some distance toward amalgamation: in addition to the services that had already been brought under control of the central Council under Metro during the pastâ€"10 years, they have added others, notably welfare, waste disposal and libraries." The government‘s new Metro plan is a step toward amaigamâ€" ation that was made for political considerations, the NDP leadér charged. MacDonald said his party could see no logic why most major services should be made Metro responsibilities while leay» ing the fire protection under loâ€" cal municipal jurisdiction. Save The Children Fund, UNE CEF. Anglican World Mission, â€" "If we are going to equalize the burden for carrying all the (~ontmued on page 3) . to name three, are dependent on voluntary donations and do their utmost to answer . the call for help. But there are is million refugees in the world today, the need is great. that "we are our brother‘s keep. er" and this year, next, every Next year is UN Refugee Year, and in our affiuent Canadian so year through these organizations, refugees live, or die, by & free will contribution. Pm t Well, known in this Keith |Kiddell was, years, Rector at St.. J SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS Photos by Alexandra Studios (C *4 #, 0 ag