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At a secret meeting of North York council last week, councilâ€" lors rejected Reeve James Serâ€" vice‘s bid to again stail Metro‘s plans for a 14â€"storey senior citiâ€" zen housing project on a 10 acre site at the corner of Cummer and Willowdale Avenues. Fed up with North York‘s deâ€" laying tactics, Metro council will ask the Ontario Municipal Board Monday for permission to build the project on the Metro owned Cummer Avenue site. The site was purchased by Metro, 10 years ago, specifically for senior It was reported that Service asked council at the closed meetâ€" ing to seek OMB permission to delay the hearing for North York to come up with some alternate sites for the project. The reeve‘s suggestion was rejected. Two days later Service asked the township planning board to seek a delay at the OMB hearâ€" ing, but planning board also reâ€" jected the move. Early last year the planning staff was asked find a number of alternate sites, but they were all rejected because of size, high price or because they were mot for sale. « One of the sites suggested was property beside a cemetery imâ€" mediately north of the township municipal buildings at 5000 Yonge ‘Street. The suggestion raised a number of eyebrows among housâ€" ing officials and Metro councilâ€" lors. One said the suggestion "was unnecessary, uncalled for and in poor taste." Metro welfare comâ€" mittee member Tom Berry said Branch reeve accused Service of attempting to kill the project beâ€" cause there were a few people in the area who opposed the senâ€" ior citizens‘ home. #t he was shocked. The Long There are roughly 3,000 appliâ€" cations at the Metro housing regâ€" istry office for public senior citâ€" izen housing. * Controller Irving Paisley conâ€" tends that the highâ€"rise project could be built within the townâ€" ship‘s proposed civic square. Some councillors, however, sugâ€" gest it will be at least five to 10 years before the multiâ€"million dollar civic square plan will be launched because of a shortage of money. Litterbugging Will Be Costly For Offenders The Metro Welfare and Housâ€" ing Department rejected a sugâ€" gestion that the home for the aged and senior citizens apartâ€" ments be treated as separate From now on, according to a new byâ€"law, passed by, council, any person dumping trash withâ€" in Weston Town limits is liable to a fine of up to $300. This inâ€" cludes the disposal of automo biles or their parts. Anyone who is already in the predicament of having junk on their property will have to reâ€" move it or cover it with clean earth. BOARD‘OF HEALTH APPOINTMENTS Council has approved the apâ€" appointment of Dr. F. D. Cruickâ€" shank, G. H. Hand, and E. L. McGlening to the Weston Board of Health. Also on the Board are the Mayor and the Medical Officer of Health. A five minute eye test could prevent literally hundreds . of North York and Weston people from going blind. in Canada at the present time, this disease can be effectively controlled through early diagnoâ€" sis and treatment. Mrs. Susan Hennighausen, Suâ€" pervisof for Prevention of Blindâ€" ness for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, in speakâ€" ing at the 35th annual meeting of the Weston Council of We men in Westminster â€" United Church th~ week, emphasized that glauc 3 not fatal, it is not a lz'm cancer, and it is not contagious. It is _ instead caused by a mechanical fault of Although glaucoma is the seâ€" cond leading: cause of blindness Service Still Battling Metro® Will Attempt To Block Home For Aged _ THE NORTH YORKâ€"WESTON SURVEY THAT COULD SAVE 200 FROM BLINDNESS WANT ADS CALL 21â€"58211 / Call 249â€"7641 projects. The add€d cost of buildâ€" ing two projects instead of one would be an extra $250,000 the Metro welfare and housing comâ€" Area ratepayer associations alâ€" so approve the Cummer Avenue buildings. One organization, the Newtonbrook Ratepayers opposâ€" ed, but later held a vote which If you want to put your money on a long shot that may turs out to be a winner put it on Armour Scoot Irwin and Paul Ryan. Since then a lot has happened. Paul enrolled at Ryerson Instiâ€" tute where he is taking a course in radio and TV broadcasting. Scoot joined the Metropolitan Toronto police force for a year, decided he didn‘t like it, so he enrolled in Meisterschaft Colâ€" lege. Both say they are continuâ€" ing school partly at the urging of their parents and partly to have a second trade to fall back on. If they spend time singin‘ and strummin‘ when some of it should be devoted to school work, Scoot and Paul will more than make it up entertaining on board a ship in the Atlantic this summer and exploring England and Europe whenever their ship comes to port. Tall, (Paul 6‘3", Sceoot 6‘2"), red headed and looks close enough to be taken as brothers, they teamed up with two others at Downsview Secondary School a couple of years ago. "In those days," says Scoot, "we used to get kicked out of the cafeteria at noontime for making. too much noise." These two young Downsview men can sing and will soon traâ€" vel. If their homework sometimes goes neglected, their music nevâ€" er does. In fact, one of Paul‘s song inspirations came during éxam time. During one cram session, he says, he muttered to himself: "Boy, you‘ve got the best of me.‘" It sounded good so he worked on the words and melody and came up with song, "(You‘ve Got) The Best Of Me." If optimism is the virtue of youth, Scoot and Paul have lots of it. To the "Voyageurs" it may Builder $1,150 / Drowning Sparks New Probe 0|'| 46 co“nts _ The drowning of a fourâ€"yearâ€"j parks and works committees Kingsland Estates Ltd. . was convicted in Magistrate‘s court lgst week of renting suites in a Weston Road apartment building before receiving permission of the town of Weston. Court Fines Kingsland was fined $25 plus court costs on each of 46 convicâ€" tions by Magistrate J. W. Butâ€" ler. The charges were laid after loud complaints at council that apartment suites were being renâ€" ted illegally before the building was completed. Five Mill Tax Increase "Definite" Says Mayor Weston and York Township councils will soon create comâ€" mittees in an attempt to smooth WRITERS OF 100 SONGS HEAD FOR THE TOP (Continued on page 5) the eye which can be controlâ€" led by â€" treatments, _ usually through the application of eye drops. _ _ .000 0 _ A survey in â€" Séarborough, headed by Dr. Ellis Shenken and Dr. J. Alan Bull, Scarbo rough Medical Officer of Health, revealed that 41 persons have glaucoma, and another 470 were suspected of having it.. Further tests of the ‘suspects indicated an additional 228 that have the disease. Doctor‘s examined 18,000 peoâ€" ple who made appointments ‘to have eye tests after| canvassers on a doorâ€"toâ€"door campaign to let people know . (particularly those over 40) why the tests are SCARBOROUGH SURVEY «o ## + favored the project. Early last year Reeve Service asked planning board to defer its decision on ‘the Cummer site to determine if the Parks Commitâ€" tee felt it was needed for park purpose. ~Parks Committee answered that it had no immeâ€" diate use for the land. Ward two councillor Joe Gould appeared before works committee this week and reâ€" quested a study to determine what steps may be taken to prevent youngsters from playâ€" ing near the creeks and streams. The works committee agreed to ask for a report on danger spots which will be forwarded to council. If council agrees, the The drowning of a fourâ€"year old in Black Creek last week has started: the wheels turning to determine if water . hazards can be reduced in North York Parks. â€" the way for the merger of the two municipalities, said Mayor Wes Boddingfon yesterday. Premier John Robarts earlier this month announced legislatâ€" Later the reeve asked for four Mrs. Hennighausen‘s _ speech proved to most of the audience at the annual meeting the imâ€" portance of launching a similar survey in the West Metro area, commented ‘one metnber later. necessary. A former president of the Women‘s Council, Mrs. T. H. Quipp suggested that the Wes ton Board of Health could iniâ€" tiate a similar eye survey, in the Weston and West _North York areas. She‘noted that the Scarâ€" borough survey lead by Dr. Bull a former Weston practitioner, proved that glaucoma can strike anyone unless it is detected in man, Mrs. W. F. McMahon said Mrg. _ Hennighausen _ stressed an carly stage. OM yet been found. North York councillior Joe Gould remarked that the proâ€" ject may have been almost comâ€" pleted this month, if obstacles board‘s decision, to find an alterâ€" nate site for the project, but no ion would be passed to consolidâ€" ate Metro‘s 13 municipalities into one city and five boroughs. The Weston mayor said he can‘t see how Weston ratepayâ€" parks and works committees will then launch investigations to minimise chances of similar drownings. * Gould said he would also take steps to get more storm sewers installed in the west end of North York. Streams and creeks in the west end often reach near flood levels because of water diverted into them. instead of storm sewers that don‘t exist. He suggested a sewer installatâ€" ion program could be phazed over five years so that it wouldâ€" n‘t eat too deeply into the townâ€" ship budget in any one year. WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1966 CAUSES There are three types of glauâ€" coma. An attack of acute glauâ€" coma usually receives immediate attention because it is accompaâ€" nied by severe pain and often nausea, The juvenile form of glaucoma is usually recognized betause symptoms are present which doctors dan diagnose. The most dangerous form of glaucoma is the chronic type, since it is not usually accompaâ€" nied by any recognizable sympâ€" toms in the early stages. Partiâ€" ally closed drainage passages rajse the pressure in the eye and that doctorâ€"Board of Health coâ€" operation is needed to launch a survey. Most of the women at the meeting indicated | similar views. partment to support its applicaâ€" tion at the OMB bearing Monâ€" Service revealed an alternate plan which he hopes the Metro Welfare Committee will consider hadn‘t been thrown in its path. He said he may be called by the| ‘ _‘ Boddington said although the tax increase is inevitable, Wesâ€" ton and York should start workâ€" ing on long range solutions for the rising tax dilema. ers can avoid a five mill tax increase when the municipalities unite. York township with a population of 127,000 struck its last residential mill rate at 66 mills. Weston with a population of 10,000 charges 61 mills. Municipalities like York with a high residential assessment and low commercial â€" industrial assessment, should be paid an equalization grant from other municipalities, since residential assessment â€" requires far more services than taxes yield to pay for them. One of the most immediate amalgamation problems he said, is setting up a new ward in time for the December 1966 municipal elections. Weston and the Mount Dennis area will probably be (Continued on page 5) and welfare deâ€" over a period of time the area of vision is progressively reâ€" stricted. Side sight is destroyed first; further progress of the disease gradually narrows the range of vision until only the field of vision directly ahead reâ€" mains, and if treatment is deâ€" layed indefinitely blindness /fiâ€" nally results. > * One of every 10 blind Canaâ€" dians is the victim of glaucoma. It is possible with present treatâ€" ment meéthods to prevent furâ€" ther blindness from this cause, but early diagnosis and treatâ€" treatment can arrest the extenâ€" sight areas lost through glauco. ma before treatment is institatâ€" ed cannot be restored. Mrs. Henâ€" ‘‘Every N. Y. School Should Have A Home & School Ass‘n By ‘67" ‘by Peg Grant & The North York Home and School Council entertained last week at a special "Evening" honouring the Principals of North York Schools, and the Presidents of the Home and School Assoâ€" ciations, in the auditorium of Northview Heights Collegiate. 13 Boys afd a girl, all Grade 12 and Grade 13 students at Newtonbrook Secondary School. Mrs. T. H. Quipp, a past president of the organization and the Weston Cancer unit, told The Times yesterday that the motion will be introduced because of the difficulty of finding a president and executive members willing to run for office. The Council of Women is a federation of 16 Weston women‘s groups. "‘People seem to be so busy these days that we can‘t get memâ€" bo,r‘: to chair various committees or serve on the executive," she They spend an enjoyable evenâ€" ing dancing to the refreshing music of the Lamp _ Lighters. This m group sted . of m-ufi%i " girl, all ols They set the lively pn'ca of the A former president recently informed the Weston Council of Women that she would introduce a motion to disolve the 34â€"yearâ€" old organization at the executive meeting in late March. Should Press For More Parking Before York Swallows: Weston Elected 1966 president at the annual meeting was Lindsay Cott. said. The Weston _ Businessmen‘s Association was urged to press for more public parking in town. Mr, Cott warned the businessâ€" men that York township would be taking over Weston January, 1967, making it necessary for merchants to press for more town parking â€" particularly along town commercial strips. He also said meetings and promotions should be scheduled well ahead of time this year so that the association can assist in mapping Weston‘s future. Retiring president Bill Charâ€" bonneau thanked the executive and members for coâ€"operation their hobbies and projects at St. Stevens church parish hall, Saturday between 10 a.m. and five p.m. Sponsored by the 7th Downsview Cubs and Scouts Assoâ€" clation, the exhibition will have everyâ€" 250 CUBS AND SCOUTS will exhibit Womeg‘s Council May Disband notice of motion was made at the annual general meeting. nighausen emphasized the imâ€" portance of persons over 40 years of age having regular eye examinations by. an oculist who can meausre eye pressure for possible glaicoma symptoms. Guest of honour at the meetâ€" ing was Mrs. Pearl Steen of Vanâ€" couver, President of the Natioâ€" nal .Council of Women, who: is in Toronto to attend sessions of the Conference on Aging. In her remarks to the members of ths affiliated women‘s groups who Council of Women can present , evening with their wide variety ; when the home and the schools | of music. This event was planâ€" l are working hand in hand. . |ned by convenor Mrs. R. G. Irâ€"| The Home and School Council ! win. | took this gathering as an opporâ€" | TARGET: 100% MEMBERSHIP |tunity to sum ‘up the achieveâ€" Peter Tacon, newly installéd Chairman of the Board of Eduâ€" cation for 1966, noted that 56 of the 126 schools in North York are fortunate enough to have Home during his term in office andjed for installation of extra noted the strong support rectiv-‘ (Contrnued on page 6) The Weston Area Swimming Pool Association has suffered a loss of $1233 for 1965 due to unâ€" favourable weather and increasâ€" ed operation costs. ’ In reporting the financial state be overc of the pool to council, Chairman â€" mer, & J. A. Watson pointed out that ; the pool had made a profit six . _ Counci out of seven years. Only ome or f@ a n two good weekends and there and the would *have been a profit, said up the Watson. |reserves The Pool Association borrowed ! York. ‘65 Pool Defict $1,233 thing from stamp collections to model 'trains. Many of the scouters earn badâ€" ges for their hobbies. Seen examining a model mine elevator are Scout Geofâ€" frey Johnston, Heath Road and Cub Martin Sedore, Chesham Drive. $200 from the bank to cover the ]°°fl of opening in the spring. | Their representative said that they were in no deep financial trouble and that the deficit could be overcome with a warm sumâ€" mer. _ personally "contact 21 of the 2 * teachers, most of â€"whom: are s#illmses 4« ments, since 1957, of the Fellow» ship Committee, and for Kim Game, Fellowship Convenor, to personally present 13 of the 22 recipients â€" to the <assembled guests. Mr. Game did a lot of spade work, and was able to teaching in North York, or surâ€" rounding areas. Three are. still students at Teachers‘ College. Since 1957, and up to this preâ€" sent time, the North York Home and School Council has adminisâ€" tered this Fund for the 57 memâ€" ber Home and School Associations per year in ordef to provide the funds. Loans totalling $4,000 have tarily been given, wihch have been repaid, and Bursaries and Felâ€" lowships in the amount of $5,700 have been awarded. Credit must be acknowledge and given to the participating _ Associations for making this projejct such a sueâ€" School Associations have volunâ€" SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTE Councillor Jim Trimbee called for a meeting between council ments consider the representa tions from the Council in their later deliberations. hG up the matter of low the feéling and resolutions of women‘s group thought to gow ernment at the relevant local, provincial or federal level. Mrs. course in leadership :develop ment for women of outstandâ€" ing ability who need training in campaign practices in order to enable them to succesfully con test future elections. 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