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Weston Times (1966), 26 Jan 1967, p. 1

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At a meeting with the board of directors from Cruicksha®k Moâ€" Although no written agreement between the borough and Cruickâ€" shank Motors had nrfl!n. the borough did, give a verbal agree ment. that Controller yew Robinâ€" son. a lawyer, said ‘was binding. Mayor Horton announced last week that he had decided against the limousine and would bow ;to the wishes of t?'e péople. His Jn- nouncement weht unknown to the rest of the Council who had earlâ€" ier approved of the pyrchase. Mayor Ed. Horton nearly‘ beâ€"Ktors on Tuesdag, the board decidâ€", eame stuck with the $8,200 Linâ€" Edmj‘oml:! tu“. °k“-°°'r 0‘:"" h°°|:‘ d en hvced nC1s al o make igreemen coln limousine he didn‘t want al:i i miding. Howerer, lmey o have only the goodâ€".graces of Cruickâ€" on §g 200 Lincoin available, equipâ€" | shank â€" Motors, where a verbal ped with a swivel seat that they | agreement. had been reached on are quite willing to sell. * .3 the xm'chlsc of the car, saved _ Conmtroller Don Russell was anâ€"‘ the Mayor from receiving the noyed that the Mayor even asked car . Council to reconsiier Cruickshank Allows Horton To Swivel out of Lincoln He said. motor vehicle plates are presently being purchased at the: rate of 200 a day And‘ the total lags six per cent behind last year. "If we fall 10 per cent behind, we will be confronted with _ impossible â€" lineâ€"ups," he said. > I{ â€" If last iminyte rushes and 45 mintue waits are to be avoided said Mr. Boddington, motorists should purchase their plates imâ€" mediately. On a normal day it takes only two to five minutes to issue up fo 1,300 plates. To date said Wes Boddington,, only 6.700 plates have beenâ€"isâ€" sued "by his office compared to 7,400 last vear. The proprietor of the Weston Motor â€" Vehicle Bureau warned restertay ‘that ghotorists appear to be headed for the longest lineâ€" ups in their queuing careers. The alderman said officials of the canine control debartment could ‘not..be reached over the weekend which meant that those not responsible for animals had to be called for help; Trimbee said h&â€" would write York‘s legisâ€" lation and property committee asking for emergency staff on weekends to â€" handle complaints involving animals. When Weston had its own "K9" department he noted. the town had 24â€"hour, 365â€" day service. Get Your Plates NOW .:. Warns Licence Office The Ward 6 aJderman said last Saturday a dog struck and inâ€" jured by a car was left lying on the roadway for several hours and was finally aided by the Toronto branch of the Humane Society. ° A dog was killed Sunday, said Trimbée and was finally picked up hour§_laler by Metro police. Alderman James Trimbee says be will ask for changes in the administration of York‘s canine control department. Â¥ *Irimbee Wants Weekâ€"end ‘K9‘ Control Service Numbers To Be Published In The Weston Times Feb. 2 Edition Draw Takes Place: Friday, January 27 Weston , Arena 1978 Weston Rd. _ 2418091 SCHOOL TAXES UP 12 MILLS Cruickshank: Give Jim Service or Jack Mould a,call. Maybe one of these mayors will tak6 it. Alderman Alex McNeil charged that no amount of newspaper publicity would hlv” made hiin change his mind. He ‘said he was dictated to by the press ‘‘I‘ve read more from the press than I‘ve learned from any other source. You didn‘t take your Bo&rd of Control or your Counci] into your confidence." By PEG GRANT _ { centage â€" A delegation of parents fromâ€" Board." 1 the Don Mills area made a preâ€" ;?r:pt:';fi sentation to the Board recomâ€" indieation mending that any increase in vestigate teachers‘ salaries should be: than has equated ‘with the increased cost LhTtbe ree s at exp of-lnm.g for the year. Ateachers I \ ~Heading the delegation. Ian D.> MacKenzieâ€"Gray stated that "At; ~~~ _ a time athen the major portion . â€" ,,, of the tax dollar is being spent! YOI onâ€" educational cos(s,‘ it is <unâ€" * 1‘rcali.suc for the Teachers‘ Fedâ€" eration, in North York, toâ€" ask 0 for an unreasonably large perâ€" In North York, Ward 1 Alderâ€" man John Booth was appointedl as well as Controller Basil Hall. Dropped was former North York Reeve Nelson Boyer, and former Councilior Hugh Honsberger. ~= These ihelude York Mayor Jack Mould;,. Controller® Philip White and former Deputy Reeve Florence Gell. a z A number of North York ard Borough of York officials were appointed or Teappointed to the Metro Toronto and Region Conâ€" servation Authority, by the Metro Executive Committee. Join MTRCA Mould And Hall Calls Teacher Pay. D Ii]lS. AbSlIl’d s m . * x+ By PEG GRANT cenlagg i crease across the‘as teachers, and toward this enc &: delceation_of, naronts: tram. Board." He said. "the threat an. i ihain foalmdne iérarais 4n O L0 Editor‘s CHEQUE FOR EDUCATIONâ€"Following the announcement in last week‘s Weston Times that the Board of Governors hopes to acquire a building to set up the Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology in time for a September opening, Mrs. Harry Webster was the first to write*a cheque to establish a bursary fund. Mrs. Webster, who gave her new home in York Township for yetarded children, said Humber College will provide a wonâ€" derful opportunity to further the education of youth. Receiving the contribuâ€" tion on behalf .of .the Board of Governors is Dr. Norman Gurm; > â€"»â€"â€"â€"= Here We Go Again!! to . Cliff This was very muth in evidence at the Borough of York Council meeting, Monday. â€" Both Weston and York Townâ€" For ship have had their own method . key L of handling municipal affairs and the s now that they are one municipalâ€" | form ity. there, are problems to face mefits and compromiscs to be made.; throug Borough of York school trustees Monday â€"recommended applicaâ€" tion beâ€"made to the Metropolitan School Board for facilities at D. B. Hood .luniu Public Schoot and Amalgamation Of Town And Iwp. May Hurt Weston Minor Hockey + The Metropolitan ‘Toronto. Memorial Junior? Public School.. School Board recognizes that Junâ€"| _ Trustees Bill Bayes and Ronald or Kindergarten service should| Chistle suggested that these faâ€" be available in schools. Because‘ o2 NPX ph Snimnded to all schools f | in the Borough of York. of the cost,â€"the need of such faciâ€"‘ The board approved $1.943.00 lities should be provided in deâ€". for Centennial programs at the pressed neighborhoods or where public schools within the Bordpugh. English is not the first language _ The problem of transportation of .the home. % 2 hy a bus 31 Hunthorscnst Tusias. The recommendation also urged that experienced <and effective teachers be encouraged to remain companying this demand â€" that of a teacher strike is perhaps an indication that it is time to inâ€" vestigate the demands more fully than has been done so far." It nuv’bc six months bef traffic lights are installed Jane and Falstaff. . control, . can‘t install . lights until traffic studies are comâ€" until fraffic studies are comâ€" pleted uqflnbu‘p:h authâ€" North York traffic director Sydney Cole said yesterday, a ons JAMES TRIMBEE J _ f " @C FLOWERS °. ~ R * * aN *"*"* 1râ€".6051 . York Asks Metro for Funds To Set up Jr. Kindergartens It Takes Six Months to Install Traffic Lights P TDAAai) abmetiznaet tnnet wl insl dheratniecaAisbat ulc 4 ml said, "the threat acâ€"! their ‘salgries should be equated n a ces T ME C . 1 For instancé The Wefton Hocâ€" key League may have/to accept the same subsidy rate and con: form with the same basic requireâ€" mefits as the other leagues throughout the Borough. The problem ‘however, â€"was referred back to the ‘Parks and Recreaâ€" tion for further ‘study. M The problem of transportation by a bus at Humbercrest Juniorâ€" Senior Public School or bus ticâ€" kets at H. J. Alexander Junior Public. School has been referred back to the staff for a report by April 1, 1967. to those .of viceâ€"principals and principals. The brief also recomâ€" mended that maximum advances in salary scale be given on a merit basis, and that higher pay be given to tahoie beginning teachâ€" ers with higher qu;lificaticv;; ‘;r longer periods of training. pledged support and commentâ€" od: "I would like to see them get cracking at that intersecâ€" Metro . traffic director . Sam Cass to give the intersection top priority. The request is expected .to be endorsed by council on Manday. The Ward alderman, Joe Sould said there will have to to traffic lights at Jane and Falstaff if future traffic deaths are to be avoided. Traffic WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1967 +' A resolution by Trustee. Norâ€" \ man Harris to send out minutes Iof Borough of York school board | meetings to organizations requestâ€" |ing them was defeated on a tie | vote. i 7 Director of Education (:;Pnl Gillespie said minutes of all meetâ€" ings are available to the public in the board‘s administration buildings. * 20 * & Tie Vote Scuttles School Board Mait~ Service to Public Committee member Mrs. June Crang says there will be a free babyâ€"sitting ‘service available. > be given in various languages in churches all over the world on this day. It will last an hour. York locations per . year. Theretore the borough trat: fic department recommends the 10 locations where: lights stall a set of lights dessn‘t sound like much, but when Churches. The same service will ther during refreshment time. Riverside United World Prayer Day ‘‘World Day of Prayer" will be observed in Riverside United Church, Wallasey Ave. & Weston Four _areq,_cl;mches are partiâ€" cipating in the* observam. an activity of the World C il of lights are installed in North York. He said there are "about 40 locations" in the borough where there is &need for lights said, can only aftord"tp. install NBRTCS 70000 Auniierstrainloriiiseiichd dn 1 fA;nsun' stant Superintendent â€"of Pub. ic Schools for Borouch af Narh fic Schools for Borough of North York on "Why Home & School?" next Monday at 8 p.m. Program chairman Mrs. Mauâ€" reen Robertson says the meeting will be held in Gulfstream Public School auditorium, Weston Rd., and Sheppard Ave. Parents will have the opporâ€"‘ tunity tq discug»s the subject ‘furâ€"| Assistant Super Explains Reason For Home & School Gulfstream Home &â€"School Asâ€" sociation will hear G. A. Noble, A 25% pay boost Metro teachers are asking could raise the $7 millionâ€" inâ€" crease _to $12 million, which if levied against & typical home in _North York would mean" a 12 mill or $60 increase in taxes. ‘ : an increase of $7 million over 1966. This $53,900,â€" 000 is exclusive of all deâ€" benture .and interest payâ€" ment, and DOES NOT alâ€" low fot any changes in staffsalary. The.breakdown of how nearly $47 million was spent in 1966 shows 64.6% for . instruction; 10% for plant operation; 4.7% for plant maintenance; 1.2¢%; for â€" transportation;< 11% for administration; 8.5% for capital. The Interim Budget for the Board of Education was passed at the Board‘s regular meeting, showing Cost® of education in North York will rise a deâ€" finite $7 million and could increase as much as $12 million. h 8 "Six thousar! dollars to it , Friday, February 10 at 2 juries of the automobiles: that struck them. It recommended installation of traffic lights or a crossâ€"walk at the Beckett or _ Assigned a position of Commitâ€" tee of Adjustment is Georgt Jeffs and to Community Centres Board, Alderman James.. Trimâ€" bee and John Watson. Somé other Weston appointments are: Dr. F. D. Cruickshank, Board of Health; Brock Morley, Library Board: Wilbert Perry,. Parking Authority; Jobn Hall, Frank Lawâ€" rence, Ken Thompson, Planning: Board; Mrs. T. E. Dougherty, Historical Society.. _ _ . . â€" N VM“‘”; Wele® acou money to install them all over Metro it comes a fair bit of of the women was due to inâ€" juries of the automeobiles: that / wick (anniversary date Aug. 21) | and Fred Fordham (anniversary ‘ date Nov. 8) completed 50 years each with Canadian ‘Kodak. Mr. i Chadwick retired from the sheet ; metal shop on Jan. 1, 1967 and| Mr. Fordham is planning to ré:. ; tire from the credit dept. on Mar. ; 1. Presentations to the 50â€"year| | pioneers were made by Canadian® | Kodak president, Lou Christie. | SS«:): the merger of: York and: We; more than a dozen| ‘‘Westonians‘‘ have been appointâ€"| ed to York positions." â€" | Complaints in 1966 that Weston would not get adequate repreâ€" sentation on Borough of York boards and committees have failâ€" ed to. materialize. Westonians > Given Key Jobs In New Borough. . 40 YEARS SERVICE Eighteen employees completed 40 years‘ service in 1966. They are: High Quigley, Frank Fitzâ€" gerald, Charlie Stephenson, Nita Yotng, Gord Hamblin, Jim Chesâ€" sor, John Macklin, Harry Whiteâ€" Three other Canadian Kodak employees â€" now retired â€" have achieved the 50â€"year mark with Canadian Kodak. They are: Fred Rowe, Eva Gaby and Jim Spence. Over 750 employees â€"of the Canadian Kodak Co., Eglinton Ave. W., enjoyed the 28th annual Kodak Pioneer‘s banquet and dance on Friday in the Canadian Room of the Royal York Hotel. This year‘s pioneers joined the company in 1916, 1926, and 1941, and is one of the largest groups to be honoured at rone banquet. 50 YEARS OF SERVICE ing completed 25, 40 or 50 y@ of service during the preceding year. ros This, year 79 employees with a total of 2,295 years of service with Kodak were honoured, havâ€" 5 P e 22 oi PERCHED UP SO YOU CAN SEE IT is this 1967 Falcon at Little Bros. in Weston. This compact model, finished in vintage burgundy will be drawn for Friday night at the Weston Arena. The Falcon and 54 additional prizes will be drawn as the windup of the Weston Merchants Shop â€" in â€" Weston WINâ€"Aâ€"CAR Promotion. For more details see column 8, Page 5, this issue. Kodak Throws Banquet For 79 With 2,295 Years of Service, amount ~of ~administrative â€"space : the problem. He atso York needs: _ | exhdustive study gi mqumam,-nhnm.ubr soudes 50 o poutieet w thith en in sme council on M K $ of North Y« t the Borough of York. C223 * 4 The tieputation was informed _ Tiny Champlain Boulevard thatâ€" since the amaigamation of Public School will not be closed York and Weston, ‘the borough down next September as was has been cramped for space and planned. The students,, numberâ€" will use the Weston Rd. building| ing 134, were slated to be trans to house the heaith and possibly ferred to Faywood Avenue Pubâ€" the welfare department. .. lic School. Controller Wes Boddington sugâ€"| The delegation of parents, num. gested if portable classrooms| bering in the hundreds, chartered could be located behind the York a bus to attend the Board meetâ€" municipal building, Eglinton and | ing, and put across their point. Keele, it may .be possible to again relocate the health departâ€" ment. * F4 A motion was passed to retain A deputation representing Humâ€" ber . College of Applied Arts and Téchnology received a sympatheâ€" tic hearing by York board of control yesterday. % Chairman of the college, E. S. Jarvisâ€" asked the board‘s permisâ€" sion to set up classes in the Wesâ€" Sympathetic Hearing For Humber College Safety Code..â€" > Trustee Jack Young suggested © The major changes applied to. that since Weston Collegiate Weston Collegiat®é Institu,.te building has been given a high buildings calls for the fourth ,Priority. by the Metropolitan Torâ€" floor to be removed and all the: Onto School Board for reconstruc. tion it would seem unnecessary To to spend money to correct someâ€" ys thing that has been in service for CEumaenathatin Hnawine |sometime. + Capt. H. Saunders, l-‘m*'Pr*en- tion Officer for the Borough of York Fire Dept.. submitted reâ€" ports on what was needed in the Weston .schools to comply: with the Province of. Ontario School Safety Code..â€"â€"â€"â€" > WCI Improvements Required To Meet Ontario School Cod "The Lesson" by Eugene lonâ€" esco ahd "The Marriage <Proâ€" posal" by Anton Chekov are the first in the Pfologue to the Perâ€" forming Arts series by professionâ€" al actors prepared for York Borough MusicDept. All ‘students in Grades 7 and 8 throughout the Borough of York will be treated to the series which consists of (a) theatre, (b) opera.and (c) balâ€" lét. 0_ All Borough of York Students _ To be Shown Live Stage Plays head, Lew Moulds, Mildred Neale,‘ Visitors from British Columbia Tom Pillar, Clint Duke, Murie! and Rochester plants were pre; Johnson, Rose Atkins, Bill Johnâ€" sent and everyoné enjoyed the son, Mabel Walker, Dave Clarke entertainment and dancing. and Sid Polwarth. Bud Morrison reports that apâ€" * 25 YEARS SERVICE _ proximatelyâ€"1,700 men and womâ€" A total of 59 employees cele: en work at Canadian Kodak‘s brated their 25th year with the 45â€"acre site. at 3500 Eglinton Ave. company in 1966. West » Auditorium architect to establish the fiedâ€"and personal The deltegation of parents, num. | bering in the hundreds, chartered a bus to attend the Board meetâ€" | ing, and across their point. | m’:tlnonhMlb |cision to allow the school to conâ€" Stays Put Grant Gillespig, Education Diâ€" fector, suggested these matters be referred to the staff to permit consultation with Capt. Saunders. _ It was referred to the staff for cost estimates. / stairwells to be fireproofed and fireâ€"screens to be installed. Trustee Dr. Ronald Christie spoke that the expenditure is justitied to eliminate the hazards. . The citations went toâ€"York and North York fire departments for serving communitiés with popuâ€" lationg of 100,000 and over. N. York & York Cited For Fire Prevention North York and York Township receivedâ€" honorable mention in the nationâ€"wide 1966 fire prevenâ€" tion contests. . ' West SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS 241â€"6951 241â€"5261 wa

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