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Twentyâ€"five per cent of the avâ€" erage York and Weston tax bills goes to Metro. The action of our Metro representatives, because of the foregoing responsibilities. should be accountable directly to Metro Toronto counciliors toâ€" day handle yearly gross expendiâ€" tures of $280 million. They raise in taxation $170 million. Their total budget is larger then all the provinces in Canada with the exception of Ontario and Quebec. 1 strongly contend that repreâ€" sentatives to Metro should be elected by the citizens, and that any ( suggestion to forego this principle is usurping the demoâ€" cratic rights of our citizens and taxpayers. I said then and repeat now however, that 1 would vote against any proposal that would scuttle the allâ€"important prinâ€" ciple of board of control. The future Borough of York because of‘its population will be entitled to three representatives on the Metro council. Dear Sir: In reference to last week‘s‘ page one story headed ‘"Two From York Prefer Five Ward | System," I would like to point | out that at a joint meeting of ‘ York and Weston councils held August 17, I stated in no unâ€" certain terms that I too could agree to a five ward system proâ€" vided it included a three man board of control. LETTER Former _ Ontario _ economics minister Robert MacAuley and his partner Robert Jarvis, reâ€" tained to present Weston‘s case, will ask the municipal board to give approval to the five ward proposal so that Weston _ can have at least two representaâ€" tives on the new Borough of York council. York council. McAulay and Jarvis will alâ€" so ask the OMB to guarantee at least one representative on all of the borough‘s boards, and committees. York contends it can‘t give this guarantee . beâ€" cause "it is a proper decision for the new council to make." Historically incoming _ councils make appointments to planning board, â€" recreation â€" commission, library board, the parking auâ€" thority and committee, of . adâ€" The reason that Weston will lose a good deal more than York in the merger including an almost automatic eight mill residential tax increase and the complete loss of lotal autonc York township is expected to argue that a 13 member counâ€" cil will result in large and unâ€" wieldy government and will sugâ€" gest that the OMB break the township into four or eight wards, plus board ~of ~controf which will result in an 11 memâ€" ber council. Weston and York townâ€" ship are preparing battle plans for a confliect which the Ontario _ Municipal Board has been called on to resolve. Both town and townâ€" ship will present its side of the case at an OMB hearing to be held Tuesâ€" day morning at 10. Weston counciliors are optiâ€" mistic that the OMB may give their town _ more concessions than it will give York. Board Of Control "A Must" 5 Wards Desirable: White New Ward Boundaries Weston wants the new borâ€" eugh to be divided into five wards, with the town and Mount as one of them. Two councilâ€" lors would be elected trom each ward and two controllers and a mayor would be elected at large. Politicians Won‘t Agre:g: Borough‘s Under Bill 81, the town and township will autoâ€" matically be made one municipality _ next â€" year, and it is now up to the OMB to lay down the law and conditions of this merger. WESTONâ€"vs.â€"YORK DISPUTE GOES TO OMB FOR DECISION (Continued on page 2) | North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough have seen fit to ask the Ontario Municipal for board of control approval. Surely it is time to have some semblance of uniformity amongst local governâ€" ments in Metro Torento. time to have some semblance of | ship. :. Rapping his gavel, Reeve Ser. have this morning: uniformity amongst local governâ€"| Builder L. D. Lebovic implied |vice denied . the developer‘s | The builder said ments in Metro Torento. the Township employs bias and charges and instructed him‘ to fuse to give up m I hope and anticipate that the favoritism in its dealings with stick to the subject, which was |parks and charged Ontario Municipal Board will be developers. He was asked to apâ€" \his own subdivision. erts in some of th fair to Weston and York and that \ pear before board of control last | Furious, Lebovic barked back: subdivisions were f we may face the future with reâ€" week, after council refused to m‘t rap that gavel at me Mr. |ines ‘to build extri solve and confidence. | approve his plan of subdivision | e or else you‘ll be in a said he wouldn‘t fil Phil White, }beuu-o it didmt include enough court where someone will shake | trees and stumps Councillor. ; parkland. a gavel at you." ?lam even if the York Township. (| Charging discrimination, Leâ€"| "You have been making some would .let him * Provincial legislation was passâ€" ed in 1962 permitting a board of control for those municipaliâ€" ties with a population of over 100,000. The senior government realized their value because of the ever growing governmental complexities and increasing numâ€" ber of local problems. Premier Robarts‘ Bill 81 that sets up the machinery for the new _ Metro Toronto concept makes no mention to a nonâ€"electâ€" ed executive committee. In other words, if the local council apâ€" pointed among themselves an executive body they would have no statutory powers. The following are other reasons worthy of your consideration for an elected executive (board of control). the people and not to local counâ€" cillors that might succumb to appointing an individual because of popularity, seniority or wheelâ€" ingâ€"dealing. Eglinton Flats will be acquirâ€" ed and converted into a 250 acre Metro park and land on the bluffs ringing the flats will be zoned super highâ€"rise. Replaceâ€" ment of single family _ homes with apartments will increase the Mount Dennis population from 16,000 to 40,000, the planâ€" ning study predicts. It will be held at York Memâ€" orial Collegiate in the auditoriâ€" um and Mount Dennis property owners will be given the opporâ€" tunity to ask how the plan will affect them and their communâ€" ity. The Buttonwood sector, which calls for. intensive high rise apartment development, has alâ€" ready been approved by council and planning board and > was recently ratified by the Ontario Municipal Board. To find out bhow you rate as a driver, turn to page 5 and clip out the test form which is pubâ€" lished by your local White Rose and Shell dealers. If more than one person in your family wishâ€" es to take this revealing test, drop in and pick up additional entry blanks at your _ White Rose or Shell dealer. A public hearing will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. to air the Mount Dennis study â€" a plan which calls for the redevelopâ€" ment of an old community. This Tuesday evening at 9:30 on CBC channel 6, you may test your own driving skill while you sit in your favorite chair. By popular request, the Shell Oil Company of Canada is bringâ€" ing back the hourâ€"long TV drivâ€" ers‘ test program that ran last spring. Mount Dennis Public Hearing Tues., Sept. 6 Mr. Motorist: How Do You Rate ? In a heated scrap with Reeve James Service, a North York builder declared that after his present subdivision plans are processed and completed he will never again build in the townâ€" ship. They must rally with their colleagues and work out a formula which has enough incentive to get the men back on their jobs again. And when the strike is over, they should insist on the govâ€" ernment unwinding all the red tape and bureaucracy which is now strangling the entire economy. It is not a thrilling thought that many may lose their homes beâ€" cause of 265 members of parliament back in Ottawa failing to do the job they were paid for. Clearly it is the MP‘s job to promise Canadians that he will never again allow‘ the railroad worker‘s wages to become so low, that he has to stab Canada in the back before Ottawa wakes up and discovers Canada is in a mess. The constituents in the Federal ridings of York Hdmbcr and York Centre are represented by two men, Ralph Cowan and James Walker, who have strong voices in the Liberal party. There is not much use in scolding the government of Canada, for its stumbling, bumbling ineptitude in literally refusing to atâ€" tack the serious problems facing the nation‘s rails which were clearly spelled out by a Royal Commission five years ago, because this is now past history. What Canadians want is a concerted efâ€" fort by the government and opposition to end the strike and at the same time, give fair treatment to the railway workers. If the strike goes on, thousands will lose their} mor aged cars, and television sets and some may even lose their hoghes Despite all the hardship this strike will cause,~we share the majority view that the railway workers were perfectly justified in walking off the job. The meager wages some of them are paid for a day‘s work would hardly keep a bird alive. This is a terrifying prospect because ;va-ge ea;'nei have finanâ€" cial commitments, and need work to bring home t-h‘e\bread and butter. L If the national rail strike goes on much longer, scores of inâ€" dustries in North York, Weston and York township will shut down and workers will be sent home without pay cheques. So far, no layoffs in Weston, York township and North York because of the nationâ€"wide railâ€" road strike. This is vesterday‘s statement issued by the Weston branch of the National Employment Servâ€" ice. THE BIG KICK: Maybe the Argonauts can‘t win a ball game, but the Weston Redmen certainly know how. The 1965 All Ontario champs trounced Oshawa 34â€"0 Saturday and hope to come up with the same kind of score against the Scarborough Rams in tonight‘s game at Birchmount Stadium and the Hamilton Hurricanes who will face the Canada Must Never Allow Another Railway Strike PAGE 1 OPIN/ON Rail Strike Can Spark Layoffs Any Day Says NES. Official Charging Bias & Favoritism, Builder _ Vows He‘ll Never Build In NY. Again bovie asked the board why some developers are only required to give up lowlands (impossible to build on) for parks when he is being required to give up two of his best building lots. He said the local branch now submits daily reports to Ottawa on the affects of the strike, and Only operating engineers who were laid off because of the strike have filed employment insurance claims, a spokesman WESTON, ONYTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1966 Redmen in the Weston Collegiate grounds, on Labor Day, (Sept. 5) 10:30 a.m. Officially â€"opening the seaâ€" son with a hefty kick is Dr. Walter Boddington while his brother, Mayor Wes Boddington trustingly holds the ball. Peter Fairgrieve (21), Ragnar Vzulglt’al (50) and Renato Sabadin (20) watch. U | Ordered by Reeve Service to "d | apologize for the outburst, D. | J. Seward apologized to Board "Sâ€"/ of Control, but said he wouldn‘t he | to agent J. C. Tracey who made in ’ the charge. Auto Air Pollution Under Provincial Control Metro Can‘t Regulate Poisoneous Auto Gas The builder said he would reâ€" | "millions of dollars" to correct fuse to give up more |.Mfweadlflul&numfidhn parks and charged that develop. | been allowéd in the place, ets in some of the neighboring | he said. subdivisions were filling up ravâ€"| The reeve asked Lebovic to ines ‘to build extra homes. He |return to the board of control said he wouldn‘t fill ravines with next week with an amended trees and stumps . for hildb‘;ml which would meet council‘s land even if the municipality | approval. The developer said he of the falses accusations you could make," said Service ob viously upset . . . "I‘m getting a little sick and tired of you making accusations such as you have this morning:" North York will press Metro| to pass air pollution control byâ€"| laws which will prohibit auto‘ manufacturers from selling moâ€" tor vehicles unless they are equipped with exhaust inhibiâ€" tors. ; Weston Mayor Wes Boddingâ€" ton who chairs the Metro comâ€" mittee is preparing the polluâ€" in The director jumped up from his chair and shouted: "I have never bloody well threatened anyone with expropriation in my life." A charge by a real estate agent that he was forced to sell property to North York under the threat of expropriation was angrily denied by the townâ€" ship‘s director of real estate. to date there have been no shutâ€" downs of West Metro industries. But this picture may change any day if the strike continues, he predicted. PISCd SHCe Sn AS W"u' Tracey asked the township to Control, but said he wouldn‘t | acquire the back half too since agent J. C. Tracey who made | ;} was no good to him, but e charge. | Board of Control only offered "Leave the room, I‘il see you| him amount appraised by the my office later," ordered S!:l'-1 director of real estateâ€"$2,500. Angry Official Ordered To Leave ITwp. Meeting In a few years, some of the subdivisions approved by the township will cost North York "millions of dollars" to correct conditions that never md have been allowed in the place. crooked. Those houses will slide down in three or four years, you know that." The metro works committee chairman â€" asked â€" how _ Metro could make manufacturers and motorists install exhaust inhibiâ€" tors, when half of them work in Toronto, but live in outâ€"ofâ€" town places suth as Richmond Hill, Brampton and Oakville. tion _ control bylaw â€" however, says it can‘t be done. Tracey explained to the board that he had a problem. By sell> ing the front half of his lot for a township road that may not be built for 15 years he said, he now has no access to the back half. making it nearly worthless. If the lot wass serâ€" viced he could sell it for $15,â€" 000 he said, but since it is isoâ€" lated. its market value is only By REEVE JAMES SERVICE Almost unreported â€"â€" and cerâ€" tainly unheralded â€" a new and imaginative dental programme will shortly be launched by the North York Board of Health. For twentyâ€"seven years, North York has carried out a treatâ€" ment programme for those Pubâ€" lic and Separate school children whose parents consented. The accent has been on Grade 8 with all their teeth in good reâ€" pair. Children are surveyed in Grade 1 and treatment given in Grades 1â€"7, but only after Grade 8 is completed. Statistics for 1965 indicate a high acceptance of in North York Almost Every Child Gets Free Dental Care: Service vice. Seward left Into York, NY & _ French, German, Latin and Spanish are options as are auto mechanics, electronics and machine shop. ol While Tuesday is the official opening of school, the actual class work will begin Wednesday. On Sept. 6 students will be supâ€" plied with books, assigned lockers, registerâ€" ed and presented with class timetables. On For more than 100,000 tots and teens living in York township, North York and Weston the long, hot, care free summer is After their last fling in the parks and last swim in the lakes during Labor Day weekend, the younger generation will be assigned desks and books and then the learning process will begin again. During the 1950‘s, students in junior and senior high schools in essence had three courses they could choose from; Academic, a preporatory liberal arts course to univerâ€" sity or a teaching career; commercial, for girls planning to enter the business world as secretaries and bookkeepers; shop and mechanics, for youths planning to enter the trades. WIDER VARIETY In the early 1960‘s however, all this had been added to and teens of both sexes have more choices and options than ever before. Today‘s Metro high school offers courses in almost every field ranging from hair dressâ€" ing to psychology. Courses are also available which lead to two year stints in community colleges for those who want to further their education, without going to university. . â€" For the youngsters stepping into school for the first time, it will be a day of getting â€"6 Over _ This _ recommendation . w as made after the township soliciâ€" tor W. S. Rogers said in his opinion Metro has the power to regulate the gas emission from motor vehicles. Members of _ North York‘s works committee recently sugâ€" gested an amendment to the proposed bylaw which would prohibit or regulate the polluâ€" tants of internal combustion enâ€" gines. Commenting on the issue at board of control last week, Conâ€" troller Irving Paisley said air pollution from motor véhicles is fast becoming a serious ‘probâ€" lem because Torontonians have one of the highest car ratios in the world. There are 372 motor vehicles registered for each 1,000 people, he said. Quoting from a Toronto Teleâ€" gram editorial, Paisley said he wouldn‘t agree with the soliciâ€" tor and added that he believes this programmeâ€"58% of public school children, 74% of separate school children, 52% of Junior High school children and 73% of wvocational school children. In January of this year I reâ€" | quested a resume of North | York‘s school dental programme. f As a result of that resume, and | under the progressive chairmanâ€" ship of Controller Irving Paisley, ‘ who was appointed to the Board | in January 1965, the accent will | shortly ‘be shifted to children | at the Kindergarten and earlier | grade levels: A long range inâ€" cremental care programme will | be initiated in North York in the ! Fall of 1967. This delay said Hurlbut, is playing havoe with North York‘s $165,000 civic centre study, of Willowdale because no one has a clue where and when the subway will be built. "My fear is that the decision will be played with in the Committee until the next (civic) elections are on us. Thus reason will give way *o political passions, and the Yonge St. subway will become a political issue. This cerâ€" tainly is not a responsible way to conduct public business," remarked Controller Huriburt. Three months ago after vicious opposition from resiâ€" dents who didn‘t want the Yonge St. subway built on their side of the street, the question was deferred by the Metro transportation committee pending engineering reports from the TTC, said Controlier Gordon Hurlburt. "We have heard nothing since." A North York controller accuses Metro politicians of playing politics when it comés to planning new subway lines. Politics Rather Than Reason Will Shape Our Subway System Predicts Controllee Hurlburt it wi utter In North York, elementary school childâ€" ren will register on the first day of school as will high school students. For those who have just moved into the township, the juniâ€" or and senior secondary schools are open for enrollment between August 29 and Sept. 2 .Township school officials emphasize howâ€" ever that any parent who is in doubt where her child should be enrolled will be informed Grade 9 Weston Collegiate students are asked to report to the school auditorium at 9 a.m. where they will be assigned text books. lockers and classes. Registration of students varies slightly in the three school systems. NORTH YORK: by calling the administration office at 225â€" The same procedure will be used for Grade 13 students at 10 a.m.,. Grade 10 at 10:30 a.m., Grade 11 at 1 p.m., and Grade 12 at 2 p.m. she said Children _ to attend _ Weston public schools should register Sept. 6 at the school nearest their home or where they attended last year. The doors of all York township public schools will be open today and tomorrow as well as on Tuesday for registration a board of education official said. Secondary students should telephone their school to find out when and where they will register. 100, OOO Pour Weston Schools WESTON: YORK TWP. For the ‘ | The programme will begin C |with Kindergarten children and Tt" | add a new group each year. As me, (; child progresses from Grade 200 io grade, his or her dental care Ashâ€" ‘mll progress as well. When the leY» | child is in Grade 6, he or she ard | will then have had six years plus will ‘Kinderurten or seven years of TCD |examination and treatment. u°T | In the next ten years, the actâ€" " ual number of children. receivâ€" ‘f:l_l‘inx complete dental care under even they will have trouble," he remarked. "The car owner 100 miles north of North Bay doesn‘t have an air pollution problem and won‘t want to pay for an éxpensive exhaust filâ€" Yesterday, Mayor Boddington said only the federal of provinâ€" cial government can pass laws affecting the auto makers. "And even they will have trouble," he remarked. "The car owner 100 miles north of North Bay doesn‘t have an air pollution problem and won‘t want to pay for an éxpensive exhaust filâ€" will only cover visible fumes, whereas . carbon _ monoxide which is the most dangerous and deadly of gases is invis ible." The Metro works committee chairman said however, when the proposed bylaw gets its finâ€" al reading, Metro will be able to crack down on pollution vie lators and thus duu up the air. Many industries claim they can‘t afford. costly air filtra tion systems ‘because it would Incremental care is very simâ€" ply commencing dental care at an early age and continuing denâ€" tal care through the early ages of childhood. (Contmued on page 7}