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| Want to set your own price on an aluminum storm door set or enough wood panelling and floor tile for an entire recreation room or all the paint required for the inside and outside of a sixâ€"room house, a readyâ€"toâ€"roll Fruehauf < freight | trailer, | all kinds of new and used furniture itms, a host of valuable anâ€" tiques? Well last year hundreds of people did just that and walked away with the bargains of their lifetime from Rotary‘s Rumâ€" mageâ€"Rama Auction. And this year there‘s an even more imâ€" pressive selection to be had. Dozens of bicycles, stoves, reâ€" frigerators, washers, TV sets, bedroom _ suites, _ chesterfields, dining room sets, and even anâ€" other Fruchauf trailer! In addition to the major items is the auction sale there will be thousands of good uesd articles thousands of good used articles have to be on hand when the doors open for first choice of the clothing needs for the whole family, household goods of every description, â€" jewellery, . sporting goods, shoes, books. records. and many, many more bargains. Rummageâ€"Rama Shapes Up To Be The Greatest Ever Receives Gold Cord Cathy Carmichael of Queens Di. was one of a number to reâ€" ceive a Gold Cord at a Girl Guide ceremony in Oshawa Satâ€" urday. The Gold Cord is the highest step a girl can attain in the Guide movement. The date to remember is Satâ€" urday, April 23rd, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the RCSCC "Illus trious" Building, next door to the Weston Arena, just off Lawâ€" rence Avenue at the Humber River bridge. There is plenty ol free parking and a snack Cancer Society hopes to raise $25,000 this month for research, education and service. Presenting a cheque.to fund campaign chairman Jack Ward on behalf of Westonâ€"Mt. Dennis Rotaryâ€"Anns is Mrs. EVERY CENT COUNTS: Weston Unit. Canadian Margaret Wigley. REGAL BEAUTY: Miss April Roberts was chosen Queen of the Ball and Miss Shirley Bolingbroke, her first princess at Weston Collegiate‘s Annual Spring Prom held at Casa Loma Friday evening. The prom drew almost 300 W.C.I. students. Miss Roberts and Miss Bolingbroke were crowned by Board of Education chairman, William Bayes In York, Councilior Charles Goodfellow declared the only rules any politician need follow i are the 10 Commandments. The letter asking York council supâ€" port for the code was filed and Weston council disposed of it in ) the same manner. York and Weston Reject Ethics Code bar will be open all day long. As in previous years all proâ€" ceeds from the Rummageâ€"Rama and Auction Sale will be used for community service work by the , Rotary Club of Westonâ€" Mount Dennis. So you are helpâ€" ing your own community when you pick yourself a bargain or three at Rummageâ€"Rama 66. Council Will Reconsider Decision To Let Dobbin Quit Parks Post Bowing to strong public presâ€" sure, York township council votâ€" ed Monday to reconsider a deâ€" cision to accept the resignation of its parks commissioner. Cedric Dobbin, central figure in a probe made to find out If North York‘s proposed Code of Ethics gets the same kind of treatment from other municipalâ€" ities that it got from York townâ€" ship council last week and Wesâ€" ton council this week it could well be laughed out of Ontario. A list of "do‘s" and *don‘t‘s" for municipal politicians and employees, the code was drafted by a committee of Noxth York citizens. is WESTON SPOONâ€"ED ~MOULDâ€"Y YORK: / Fifty ratepayers at Monday‘s | meeting clapped every time a | speaker rqse to tell council that |Dobbin should be given his job back with no strings attached. And each time a council memâ€" ‘ber said it was Cedric Dobbin‘s fdecision to quit, the audience ‘hooted and booed. Dominating the town skyline, the Westlaw building facing John St. on the northâ€"west corâ€" mer of Lawrence Ave. and Wesâ€" ton Rd. is near completion. And on the ground floor, a host of new businesses are movâ€" ing in, the latest additions beâ€" ing Ev. McConnell‘s Nydia Beauâ€" ty Salon and Top Discount Pharâ€" macy. First to open in the new Westâ€" law building several weeks ago was Ken Collis Men‘s Wearâ€"a new comer to the shopping area. what‘s wrong with the parks deâ€" partment, told council he wouldâ€" n‘t work for the township unless he was <given a vote of confiâ€" dence. In a report made by a firm of municipal consultants, Dobâ€" bin‘s. administrative ability was questioned and council adopted its recommendation to give the commissioner six months to whip the parks and recreation departâ€" ments in shape. At the end that period, the report suggested it should be decided whether the 17â€"year _ employee should be allowed to keep his job. The Ontario Legislature gave first reading to a bill last â€" week, _ which _ will make the old town of Weston _ part _ of _ York Top Discount has moved north into the new building from its The parks commissioner said he resigned because be could not command the respect of his staff if he is put on‘ probation. On Monday morning council in committee voted to accept his resiflmtion but later at the counâ€" cil meeting decided to give his A Dozen New Businesses Move Into Westlaw Bldg. _ Very few Weston resiâ€"] ‘ dents polled by The 'l'imesl» i expressed any pleasure of | |_Next week, Claude Bickerton | of Weston Travel Bureau on Lawrence at Weston Rd. moves {next store to Nydia. Other busiâ€" nesses to follow will be a new restaurant, One Hour Martinizâ€" ‘ing Dry Cleaners, a new Na:â€" {tional Trust Company branch, I (Continued on Page 2) case more study. Last year, Dobbin charged that one councillor was interâ€" fering with the administration, of his department. He withdrew. the charge when â€"council agreed on an enquiry. I Want Help To Cleanâ€"Up Their Neighborhood : Trucks parking illegally, a noisy auto body shop, storage of material outside of an. alumâ€" inum storm window company and a mudhole of a laneway used for parking, are conditions that depreciate the value of homes in the Jane St.â€"Weston Rd. area complained spokesman Fred Pollett. ; Another resident, Bill Winter, who lives beside the laneway said cars sometimes bump against a wall of his home. temporary quarters near Lawrâ€" ence. Nydia Beauty Salon is alâ€" most in the exact place it was before taking a temporary busiâ€" ness address over Ackrow and Wells Real Estate and Insurâ€" ance, 1980 Weston Rd. Today the beauty salon officially opens. Over $2,000 was realized on Daffodil. Day, April 1. by the sale of flowers on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society.. Of this amount, more than $300. was raised through the support of the Weston g:alnou Men‘s Association, who purchasâ€" ed daffodils to give to their cusâ€" tomers in celebration of the !o] ciety‘s annual tag day. . We want to publicly thank the taggers. who faithfully supâ€" ported us in spite of the very In support of the parks comâ€" missioner, Bert Robinson, founâ€" der of the Bert Robinson minor hockey association, said he was speaking for 500 volunteer townâ€" ship sports officials in asking council to give Dobbin a vote of confidence. He also appealed to council to eliminate the parks, recreation and community cenâ€" tres committees, and to appoint one committee to direct the parks and recreation programs. Council referred their 47â€"name petition to planning board for study. Robinson asked how any man could run and reorganize a deâ€" partment with the threat of beâ€" ing fired in six months. A group of angry Edmund Ave. homeowners appeared beâ€" fore Weston council last week to complain about the deplorâ€" able condition of businesses opâ€" erating near them. township at the beginâ€" ning of nmnext year. Weston Unit Raises $2,000 On Daffodil Day Alone (Continued on Page 2) WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1966 TWO MORE READINGS Bill 81 will have two more readings after Easter before it becomes law. Despite Mayor Boddington‘s appeal to the Minâ€" ister of Municipal Affairs . to put Weston under North York jurisdiction because its tax rate is lower than York township‘s There is Tlittle possibility of anyâ€" one changing Spooner‘s mind. Most of those who take an interest in â€" municipal politics ask why the Ontaâ€" rio government wouldn‘t leave Weston alone to manage its own affairs which it has done since 1882. HITS THE POCKETBOOK Possibly most disturbed of all was Mayor Wes Boddington who said the merger will mean an automatic tax hike for Wesâ€" ton property owners next year of "at least 10 mills" .or $50 on a home assessed at $5,000. An expression coined and cirâ€" culated around Weéston these days goes something like this: "Weston Spooned Into Mouldy York." It is reference to Munâ€" icipal Affairs Minister Wilfred Spooner‘s decision to throw in the town‘s lot with Reeve Jack Mould‘s township. "I feel we have to intensify cur land use and plan in areas in need of redevelopment," Godâ€" frey said. The councilior added his idea came to him at a planâ€" ning convention in Europe where he learned that great cities such poor â€" weather ’cpndmons. and :Thorne. Daffodil Pay: Chairman made it possible for us to imâ€" | for the Unit. "These women and prove on our last year‘s receipts fiymm( people representing many by more than $500", said Arthur ‘church, .school and service club An application for a grant from the Town by the Canadian Concert Association of . Weston has been turned down by Counâ€" Boddington also contended if the town must go, it should be to North York because west.end North Yorkers have more in common with Weston residents than York township people. Appearing before the board, Ward 4 Councillor Paul Godfrey warned that North York‘s supply of vacant land is rapidly dimâ€" inishing through development, and suggested the township would soon have to concentrate on redevelopment to increase assessment. the town turning over all its administrative machinâ€" ery and assets to its large neighbour on the south. When asked if he would run for a position on the new Borough of York council this December, the Weston mayor indicated he won‘t duck out of municipal politics just because A move by .a westâ€"end counâ€" cillor last week to establish a North York renewal and develâ€" opment board received a lukeâ€" warm reception by board of conâ€" trol. North York Board of Control members were given a stern lecture by School Board chairâ€" man Peter Tacon‘last week for failing to do their homework. Won‘t Help Weston Concert Ass‘n Blasts Controllers For Not Doing Homework When*‘ controllers began to Board Wants To Take Over Renewal & Development Job Education Taxes Up 2.61 Mills Reeve James Service added that â€" redevelopment should be encouraged to keep a "happy tax picture throughout the townâ€" skip."" Yonge St. and Avenue Rd. are in need of redevelopment which is being considered by planning board, he said. Members decided to recomâ€" | meeti mend to council that the board | Tacon should take on the renewal and | fair." development job. â€" ‘ ‘ _ Wat Controller _ Gordon © Hurlburt said Godfrey‘s proposals had been discussed before and sugâ€" gested a renewal and developâ€" ment committee should be made the responsibility of the board of control. question Tacon on this year‘s [budget meetings they would have $46 million school board budget|seen for themselves where the and the reason it is necessary \mone) will go. to raise property taxes 2.61° Annoyed with persistant quesâ€" mills, the chairman replied if tions by the Board of Control, controllers nttenqled school board | Tacon asked members to apâ€" nnn o e o e ae Tpro\*e the budget since he had . an appointment with Education 0 Take 0ve|v lMinister William Davis and had s Sn o. t» leave. as Stockholm and Copenhagen have similar committees. Asked the same question, York Reeve Mould â€" said he would seek to retain his office in the coming elections. cil, Last year the Town M‘tmlo(.i_! millfon to further the given the Association $400 m,wgtflm-mnl.?lu this year the Association had‘ a to patichts, and education of the surplus of $588. \ public. | of the merger. . Boddington was quite definite that York will strike a 73 mill HOLY GIVEAWAY!!! Despite a warning that other landlords could rightfully expect the same treatment, Reeve James Service and seven council members yoted_to..allow. lock erspaceâ€"inâ€"an â€" 82â€"suite~ apartment building to be rented as an additional suite. The warning was given by a North York planning official. At $100 a month rent, the 83rd suite, which was ruled illegal by council in 1963, will net the present owners $18,000 during the next 15 years. s 4 MJJY I} | district to ensure realization of the Canadian Cancer Society Town had | goal of $4 millfon to further the & â€"Battts : hk 1 4M ul Sicvccntes s lnes e ie > e se nk | When Service suggested that \the Director of Education and \ budget chief appear at a meetâ€" ‘ing next week to answer quesâ€" ‘tions, Tacon replied that senior officials are too busy preparing \next year‘s education program \to take the time. + In many Ontario municipaliâ€" ties, councilâ€"school board. relaâ€" tions aren‘t the best because both are tempted to blame the other for rising taxes. budget this year with more inâ€" creases in sight for next year when Weston joins the townâ€" ship. Weston‘s present rate is 62 mills. The Weston mayor suggested even if York council manages to Controller Frank Watson ard Reeve James Service asked for the working papers on the budâ€" get and were told these were available. Controller Watson asked the school officials to attend another meeting to answer questions and Tacon termed this request "unâ€" groups have certainly given our | campaign goal of $25,000 a very significant, boost." ie mnpaah canvassers . w ig â€"on homes and b-â€"L ; in the area to raise the remainder of Watson asked how Board of $25,000 this month. Won‘t YOU help? The Weston Unit, B to well over 7Oâ€"mills. Reason for the additional hike in 1967 the mayor said, lies in Premier Roâ€" stick to its 1965 expenditures, Metro council, and Metro school boards will raise last years rate Wome SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS (Cntimued on page 7) Weston Unit Canadian Cancer Society Campaign Fund (Continued on Page 2) $25,000. $15,000. $10,000. | $ 5,000.