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He said their problem is not as bad as that on Stanwood Cresc. which overlooks the Humâ€" ber River. He added that officials have indicated they will do everyâ€" tLing possible to prevent slipâ€" page although they have not yet said bhow they will do the work. In a recent letter to North York,; the Glentworth homeownâ€" ers said the builder of the subâ€" division claims he is not responsâ€" ible for the problem since his work was inspected and approvâ€" ei by the township. P In November last year howâ€" ever, township engineer E. L. Sanderson said the municipalâ€" ity ‘can‘t accept the blame since "the slippage has resulted due to fill being placed in the rear yard when the lots were gradâ€" A spokesman for the homeâ€" owners said yesterday. the townâ€" ship has agreed it will attempt to prevent further erosion of the ravine, but wants a release for the Glentworth residents that it won‘t be held responsible if the siippage problem ‘can‘t be solved. ‘‘We are now waiting to see how North York proposes to do the work and what kind of ‘reâ€" lease‘ we‘re supposed to sign," he said. Eastâ€"Enders Negotiate Ravine Problem With Twp. Officials Ravire lot homeowners on Gientworth Rd. and North York officials are presently negotiatâ€" ing a plan to prevent further s:ippage. The â€" eastâ€"end â€" homeowners claim that the township is reâ€" sponsible for the sliding soil since it owns the sloping park and watercourse below the homes. Honk! Honk! Beep! Beep! Honk! Beep! Honk! Honk! We Can Prevent 401 Accidents But Not Traffic Jams As the highway man said: "It‘s too complicated to explain in a press release so we decidgd Although the Highway Departâ€" ment won‘t promise that harried grivers will get home five or 10 minutes earliee during the evening rush hour on the Macâ€" Donaldâ€"Cartier Freeway between Keele St. and Weston Rd., the department does hope to reduce the number of accidents on this stretch of pavement. The problem with the present 4C1 westbound highway system (as any rush hour motorist knows) explained the chief highâ€" way trafficâ€"planner, is that the eight lanes of westbound traffic converge into two lanes which to call a press conference inâ€" stead. Since the first reading of the bill, I have believed that Weston politicians had two additional duties to perform before the end of the year. One was the formation of a ward system to ensure the best representation for the citizens of Weston. In this regard Weston is t% subâ€" mit a resolution‘to the O.M.B. secking a five ward system and the formation of a Hyrdo Comâ€" mission, as opposed to York‘s decision to seek an eight ward or four ward system and the Dear . Sir: =! MestonTimes Your editorial _ regarding placement of Town of Weston employees within the future Borough of York is. in support of the opinion I have held since the introduction of Bill 81 in the Ontario Legislature. Weston Employees Could Get Bum York Township Jobs Warns A Town Councilior Jane Street Now Commercial The entire west side of Jane St from Pelmo Cresc. to Clousâ€" ton Ave. is zoned commercial. Recently, Weston council charâ€" ed the last Jane St. residentiil strip to commercial. The strip includes the homes between Ellis and Wright Avenues, just south of Lawrence Ave. Metro records show that Wesâ€" ton and York Township comâ€" bined have almost eight percent ui the total Metro population. The two together take in nine square miles or about three perâ€" cent of the Metro area. The total general assessment of the combined area is $264,096,000 which is five percent of the total Metro area assessment. North York Assessment Nearly A Billion Compared To $264 Million For York Twp. On Saturday, field trips will take place at the following areas: Albion Hills, 5 miles north of Bolton on No. 50 highway at 2 p.m.â€" and 4 p.m., and Bruce‘s Mill located between Highway No. 7 and Gormley sideroad in However, said Mcnee, on this small strip there are more acciâ€" dents than all of the rest of the 401 which slices across Metro, put together. is four conservation areas this coming Saturday and Sunday (July 16â€"17) by the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Experienced _ Authority perâ€" somnel will serve as guides on the trips which will take about one hour to complete along the picturesque> nature trails in the areas where native wild flowâ€" ers, trees and wildlife abound. creates quite a bottle neck, or if you prefer, traffic jam. Until 401 west from Highway 400 is widened to eight west bound lanes, too the bottleneck can‘t be avoided, traffic planner Walter Menee said. A‘ particularly nasty spot he continued, was the westbound transfer lane (black curve on Plan A Date With Nature This Weekend Visit Any One Of 4 Conservation Areas A series of conducted field trips will be held for the public The combined assessment of The second duty was to enâ€" sure continued :employment for town employees, especially kev employees _ and â€" depart m en t heads. in this regard nothing has been done. I brought this up in the Finance Committee two months ago, and again in Counâ€" cil on June 16 after obtaining a photocopy of a letter sent to all employees of the three Lakeâ€" shore communities that are beâ€" ing added to Etobicoke. (Copy enclosed.) Council decided to do nothing as regards employees wntil the ward sytem was setâ€" tled since employment in some categories is insured by Bill 81. placement of Hydro under the control of the Council. JOB GUARANTEE York has engaged two de partment heads this year who By comparison, neighbor North York has over twice the popuâ€" lation of York and Weston comâ€" bined and covers almost six ‘imes the â€" geographic | area. North York‘s population is 366.â€" 8iz. The township covers 68 square miles which represents about 28 percent of the Metro area. The township is within a close distance of being twice the size of the city of Toronto. Total general assessment in North York for this year‘s tax bili is $964,033.000 which repreâ€" sents about 20 percent of the total Metro area â€" assessment. North York has about $668.316,â€" 000 in residential assessment and $295,716,000 in commercial and industrial assessment. $178,394,000 in residential and $85,701,000 in commercialâ€"indusâ€" trial. The low assessment to population ratio, is one reason York Township has a higher mill rate than most of the other Metro municipalities. There is no charge for the trips, only the nominal parking fee for cars. Those taking part will have zn excellent opportunity to obâ€" serve the flora and fauna of the respective locale. The groups will meet at the entrance to the York and Westén is divided into Mcnee said the Highway Deâ€" partment has now blocked off the west bound core and transâ€" fcr lane, and hopes that use of the westbound collector lanes will "smooth" the flow of rush hour traffic and thus reduce the right of above sketch) which most drivers thought was part of the main highway. The windâ€" ing turn was almost impossible to negotiate at 65â€"70 mph since it was designed for a maximum speed of 50, and hence one reaâ€" som for so many accidents. On Sunday, field trips will take place at the following areas: Albion Hills area at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.; Bruce‘s Mill at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.; Claremont erea in Pickering Twp., 1% miles north of No. 7 Highway um No. 10 sideroad, at 1 p.m., and Greenwood, 4 miles north of Pickering on theâ€"Greenwood road, at 4 p.m. R Markham .Twp., at 2 p.m TC ALL EMPLOYEES CONSOLIDATION WITH BOROUGH OF ETOBICOKE "On May 3Oth, 1966, a Meet ing. was held of the heads of the four Municipalities involved in the consolidation. Several of the other Members of Council also attend. will obviously carry on in 1967. This was done without Weston Council being officially notiâ€" fied that these pusitions were available. Council should have regard for the engagement of employecs in York who will, in the ensuing years, be of invaluâ€" Long Branch Promises Employee Job Security An employee of the Canadian Kodak Company on Eglinton Ave. since his arrival here, Mr. Stephenson retired in 1950. The couple who married in 1901 now have 26 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. The Stephensons arrived in Canada in 1929 and for two years resided on Edmund St. in Wesâ€" ton. They then purchased their Cobalt St. home in Mount Denâ€" nis where they have been living ever since. For summer holiâ€" days, the remarkable couple spend a few weeks at one of the family cottages. Up to 1964, Mr. Stephenson, 85, bred and raced pigeons which has been a family hobby ever since the old days in England. His prize birds have won scores of Toronto and Ontario race troâ€" phies and one year in a Toronto race, they took the first four positions. The Stephensons ~reared 10 healthy children in the coal minâ€" ing county of Cumberland, in north England and today they all live in the Weston, Mount Dennis and Thistletown â€" comâ€" munities â€"within four miles of their parents. Mcnee was asked by a reportâ€" er why this westbound 401 corâ€" ridor has turned out to be one of the worst spots for traffic jams in all of Canada, when the Deputy Minister of Highways predicted just before Christmas trat he ‘"anticipated no traffic problems here." Even more so, is the 65th wedâ€" Cing anniversary celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stephenâ€" son yesterday, when they opened the doors of their home on Coâ€" balt St. and received their many relatives, friends and neighbors. No one, not even a deputy minister, can predict a rush hour traffic increase of 50 per cent in a single year, replied (Continued on page 7) Most couples live to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary and almost as many their 30th. But Golden & Diamond anniversâ€" aries are feW and far between. number of accidents. nature trails in the respective areas. Remarkable Mt. Dennis Couple Celebrate Their Sixtyâ€"Fifth Wedding Anniversary WESTON ONTARIO â€" THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1966 at the Meeting was that all the Municipal employees should be advised that they will be omâ€" ployed in the new administraâ€" tion without salary reduction and in comparable jobs. It was also decided to set up a committes how the employees will be as similated into the new setâ€"up. able help to the citizens of this district of the Borough of York. ONE LEAVING One Weston department head is already seeking an outside position and, , if council‘s preâ€" sent policy prevails, others will REMARKABLE Mount Dennis couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stephenson celeâ€" Controller Paisley urged the township to catalogize ravine lots throughout the township and forbid building where the lots appear to be unsafe. The move he said later, would prevent further Stanwood Cresc. episodes, where the rear yards of two homes have slipped 12 feet down the steep Humber Valley ravine. Council, the controller said, sh require mandatory soil te::d of all potential ravine buildâ€" ing sites and those considered unsafe should be ‘"frozen" and designated greenbelt or recreaâ€" tion area only. Controller Frank Watson obâ€" jected, stating that the township building department already reâ€" quires soil tests. He asked if Paisley was implying that the building inspectors weren‘t doing their job properly. When Paisley replied that he only wants a guarantee that fuâ€" ture ravine lot home buyers get safe homes, Reeve James Serâ€" vice said the controller‘s motion was "confusing" and should be Twp. Can Prevent Future Stanwoods With Compulsory Soil Tests: Paisley There are at least five subdiâ€" visions in North York and perâ€" haps many more where homes perched on the edge of ravine lots are in danger, Irving Paisâ€" ley warned board of control last week. only ture safe vice was Play Ball Or Lose Your Homes Service Warns Stanwood Folks notices wil be posted on the bulâ€" new jobs coming open in Etobiâ€" eoke between now and the and of the year and invited to apâ€" ply if you think you have the It is vital that we look after our personnel :and: make sure follow suit. This could result in few of our key personnel beâ€" ing employed .in the Borough of York, and as a result, a breakdown of services to this 3. M. Melirey years and which we hope will Clerkâ€"Administrator . be continved, These organizaâ€" taken of all ravine lots where ‘‘It casts asperations on the integrity and efficiency on our building department." Denying that this was the inâ€" tent of his speech, Paisley said mandatory soil tests should be Controller _ Watson declared that he was "upset" with Paisâ€" ley‘s remarks that building perâ€" mits have been issued without soil tests being taken first. Back On The Job At Green Brick Paisley promised to present the motion to this week‘s board of control meeting asking the township works committee and building commissioner to make reports on the desirability of his spelled out clearly on a notice After tirée weeks of picketing, a twoâ€"year contract settlement was reached Monday betâ€" ween Local 228 of the United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union, and the A. P. Green Fire Brick Company of Weston. About 20 members were out on strike when the company and union failed to agree on terms of a new contract. A vote was held and union members acceptâ€" ed the company‘s preâ€"strike offer. The new ‘agâ€" reement which calls for an hourly increase of 10 cents this year and next, expires in May 1968. br ate their 65th Wedding Anniversary Outside ‘of these jurisdictions, the Council has .an obligation to various other phases of town activities, such as the Weston Silver Band, the Weston Minor Hockey Association and the Wesâ€" they are not scattered amongst the Borough of York employees. These men know the Town of Weston, know the citizens, and can give us the excellent‘ serâ€" vice in the future that they have given us in the past. This is a duty of the present council that has been neglected, and I hope that your editorial will bring immediate action. OUR OBLIGATION it is possible to build. Some soil tests are only site visits he sugâ€" gested. ‘"Manditory tests put the opus on our officials to sterilize lands until they are certified safe," he said. Referring to Paisley‘s attempt to clarify what he had said, Controller Watson declared "for & while, he was getting us out on a limb that was pretty Reeve Service added that the township _ cannot _ accept the blame for people buying homes near sliding ravines and the township solicitor added that during the past two or three years, soil tests have been reâ€" quired by the building departâ€" ment. course but to try to reach them sarily ‘the correct one, and since the taxpayers of Weston are so confident in their Counâ€" cil that they don‘t appear> at above subjects. * It is the usual procedure of Council members to take the majority viewpoint as the logiâ€" cal one and abide by it. There are times however when the majority viewpoint is not neces tions are all concerned with their future in the new Borough of York. No representation on their behalf has yet been made by Weston. Murray Chusid added that the Stanwood reclamation "won‘t be perfection, but no one ever told you that we could use anything but garbage. The works committee recomâ€" mendation to launch the saniâ€" tary filling project will go to board of control today, and the final decision will be made by council on Monday. Service said a similar ravine reclamation plan on Gwendolen Ave. that lasted 16 months was obnoxious at the time, but it managed to save the homes. Works _ committee | chairman said for legal and other reasons clean land fill compacted in the five rear yards would cost the township $50,000 to $75,000 comâ€" pared to $18,000 for a three month garbage fill operation. , The residents presented a 35â€" name petition to works commitâ€" iec opposing the sanitary land fil plan. Later a few like Robâ€" ert Hintz admitted that garbage might be the only answer, alâ€" though he felt that many area homeowners might object to garâ€" bage down the ravine. The reeve‘s warning to homeâ€" owners to coâ€"operate, or else, folows similar statements given by the ward councillor John Booth and Controller Gordon Huriburt. They said that a numâ€" ter of Stanwood homes are in danger of tumbling into the Humâ€" ber River. SARBAGE CHEAPER complained at the Works Comâ€" mittee meeting Monday that they don‘t relish the dumping tons of smelling garbage down their ravineâ€"even if it might mean saving five homes. on two wood Cresc. homeowners to vaâ€" cate their premises because the buildings could topple down the 200 foot ravine without notice. On Monday, Reeve James Service warned Stanwood homeâ€" owners not to oppose a townâ€" ship proposal to dump compactâ€" ea garbage in an attempt to raise the level of back yards of two of the homes, because they may find themselves "in the same boat." The reeve‘s bid is a last ditch attempt to save the Stanwood homes because the building comâ€" missioner said previously that hbe detected hairline cracks in the foundations due to shifting 1. Although their back yards have not dropped some 12 feet like those of John Hunter and Voldemars Berkis, hedges and lawns are slipping inch by inch homeowner . says the...Humber Kiver is washing under the base of the ravine and another claims the township â€" should have preâ€" vented construction of the homes with stop work orders.. Mistakes by North York offiâ€" cials five and six years ago in allowing homes to be erected on earth filled ravine lots are coming back to haunt the townâ€" INCH BY INCH Recently the township building commissioner warned two Stanâ€" ALL IN SAME BOAT Yours truly, £ James W. Trimbee _ Homeowners along the west HOLIDAY 1 have no re