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i6 Professional â€" Business Directory Opposite John Street Weston, Ont. CH 1â€"1911 According to recent reports, the United Church is becoming increasâ€" ingly. aware that it is falling behind the times in many respects and now wants to get with it. Alfred H. Herman BA., 9.C., Barrister" â€" Solicitor Notary Public Evenings by appointment 1938 Weston Rd. (at John 8t.) This presbytery Fas? about 50 churches serving Etobicoke, most of the Borough of York and the westerâ€" ly portion of North York. Churches of many denominations are of course in the same boat. We specialize in all types of furnitire upholstering York Controller Philip White is one man with the guts to go to bat for homeowners being rooked by real estate sharks and he claims that if major steps aren‘t taken soon to ease a terrible housing situation, the menâ€" tal health of thousands of workers who just can‘t afford rental payments of $180 a month will soon be in seriâ€" The Toronto West Presbytery of the United Church of Canada will during the next two years take a good look at itself with the idea in mind of updating its aima and image. One of their greatest problems is to figure out why they are not attracting as many new members as they should be. One minister summed up the proâ€" blem this way: ‘"We‘ve got all the middle and old age parishioners that we need, but somehow we are failing to get to the young people." Another minister suggested: "With the space age, new media man, we will have to decide whether we should continue singing draggy old hymns at the 11 o‘clock service." Indeed, decisions will have to be Under these circumstances â€" one might expect that, politicians in Queen‘s Park and throughout Metro would realize that emergency action is essential to solve an emergency situation. Instead, they order their bylaw enforcement men to crack down on homeowners who have the innocent audacity to install an extra sink and stove to rent to a young couâ€" ple that can‘t afford Ben Venuto prices. Does the Wayne Stevens family and thousands throughout Metro just like them have a ‘right to decent housâ€" ing provided they are willing to pay the rent? According to some of the stuffed shirts who fun the administrations of York, North York and the four other Metro municipalities, the anâ€" swer is a flat no. Since the Second World War the housing situation has been bad. Now the crisis is reaching beyond the point of human endurance. UPHOLSTERING Upholstering Ltd. \ _‘ BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Howard G. Ashbourne, B.A. ~Carl W. Caskey, B.A., Q.C. 2077 LAWRENCE AVE. W. (Just West of Weston Rd.) wWESTON, ONT. â€" 247â€"6677 Fraser & Simms Barristers â€" Solicitors 1944 Weston Road United Church Takes A Bold Step BARRISTERS 4 Wilby Cres. Property Versus Human Rights CH 4â€"5697 ASHBOURNE and CASKEY Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday V. J. McMillan, President and Publisher J. M. Jordan, General Manager B. M. Holmes, Editor . Telephone CH 1â€"5211 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment of postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $7.00 per year in advance to any address in Canada . 4 Other countries $9.00 249â€"9320 Editorial Page George W. Bull Full guarantee on motor, automatics. Free scope check with tuneâ€"up, free wheel alignmient check and estiâ€" mate. Courtesy car. 1778 Jane St. CH 7â€"6590 Mt. Walter‘s Garage 1920 Weston Rd.. Weston, Ontario CH 4â€"5547â€"8â€"9 Barrister and Solicitor Suite 202 The Westlaw Bldg. And Repairing Work Guaranteed Piano Tuning 1230 Jane Street _ MUSIC GARAGES The sole reason Metro politicians have for refusing to amend housing bylaws so that multiple occupancy use of homes may be allowed, as it was during the war years, is a magic phrase called "property rights." Peoâ€" ple expect protection when they buy into single aaniti s on < ie hackneyed song goes. Don‘t bother us about human rights, the thousands of Wayne Stevens in our municipaliâ€" ty are third class citizens anyway. The Smug Minority better have a good look at itself before it is bootâ€" ed out of elected offige. The old saw that multiple occupancy creates haâ€" voe with planning, garbage, sewer and school services is sheer trash. People will have these services whereâ€" ever thoy live ond cte 5* in3 Have. ing won‘t catch up with demand for at least five years, they may as well be provided with them in a North York home rather than in a Toronto slbw. Because extra services cost extra monies, property owners who wish to rent a second unit should be liâ€" cenced and required to nay a special levy. But to legally deny literally thousands the right to live in the only decent housing they can afford is a terrible injustice and contrary to human rights. made on both these issues and many more of vital importance to the church and community. â€" When the Toronto West Presbyâ€" tery met recently, it decided to hjre consultants to objectively assess the present use of and the potential use of the United Church‘s immense huâ€" man and material resources. Many parishes have spacious physiâ€" cal facilities.that are under used or entirely neglected. Others are having serious monetary problems hecause they are not getting enough new blood and financial support. ous jeopardy. The potentialities of almost .any church are virtually unlimited. So long as the young, middle aged, and senior citizens have problems and need help, there will always be a challenge for the church. The remaining days of hard sell, Bible thumping religion, however, are numbered. The Toronto West Presbyâ€" tery is to be congratulated for courâ€" ageously making the decision to do some soul searching. Lo e Change is not easy, particularly for an organization that hasn‘t changed its basic traditions for centuries. | _investments MmOVED TO aA NEW LOCATION Scarlat Albright, O.D. Optometrist 359 | Keele St. Just south of Dundas St. Evenings By Appointment 1894 Weston Rd., Weston J. R. Currie, O.D. For Appointment Call CH 1â€"0701 OPTOMETRY President J. GALLICHAN STANDARD SECURITIES LIMITED Optometrist SKYLINE HOTEL BRANCH 655 Dixon Road, Rexdale, Ontario Phones 248â€"6631 Res, 241â€"2891 Member Toromto Stock Exchange REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE ent 766â€"4136 1199 weston ran LICHAN TORONTO is W. J. GALLICHAN LTD. REAL ESTATE J. Harry Frogley, manager. Letter Why do we have bylaws? I was under the impression that bylaws were for the protection of everyone and the moral reâ€" sponsibility of all is to uphold them. If council policy is to "close their eyes to all of this until someone complains" the taxes could be reduced considâ€" erably by closing the bylaw office altogether. Dear Sir: Weston Politicians Should Face Up To Housing Crisis Time and again people submit claims to various Metro boroughs for property damage resulting from flooded basements. On Monday Edmund Denman apâ€" peared before York council and deâ€" clared water from a burst waterâ€" main flooded his Trethewey Dr. basement that had just been coverâ€" ed with $600 worth of wallâ€"toâ€"wall broadloom. Although _ councilmen _ expressed sympathy, they would only offer him some cheap advice like "go to the welfare department, move into the YMCA for a while, write us a letter or hire a lawyer." Although it is as plain as the nose on the mayor‘s face that the corporaâ€" tion of York is liable for this man‘s damaged property it looks like counâ€" cil‘ will make Mr. Denman..hire«.a lawyer if he is to collect for damages. Considering the fact that the borâ€" ough pays more than $19,000 a year "NOT the Parlisment Hillbitlies, there‘s too much violence" Bruce K. Madgett ACCOUNTANTS Marsh, Goulding & Co. Chartered Accountants C. W. LEASK Chartered Accountant 1730 Weston Road Chartered Accountant 21 Brook Tree Cres, 247â€"9410 Evgs. 1969 Weston Road York Owes Mr. Denman $600 Westen, Ont CH 4â€"6061 CH 111129 What gives Mrs. Sally Ann Kerman the right to call peoâ€" ple, who are trying to uphold the existing bylaws, miserable. Is it because Mrs. Kerman is fortunate in residing in an area where no one rents part of their home, or is Mrs. Kerâ€" man, perhaps, breaking the law herself? If the law isn‘t right or acâ€" ceptable, change it, do not enâ€" courage people to break it. Mr. Gould made a sensible sugâ€" gestion to amend roning byâ€" laws. Your editorial echoes his sentiments with a very 1652 Keele St. clean Electric heating is the cleanest heati er the sun. Walls and drapes stay clm. And you don‘t spend as much time dusting. Ask anyone who has electric heating about its many other advantages. Or, ask your Hydro. YORK HYDRO of combustion with ELECGCTIRIG HEATING there are no products of combustion with for "comprehensive liability," counâ€" cil ought to order the insurance comâ€" pany to cough up $600 for a new rug and similar claims or else switch inâ€" surance companies. And since Alderman Chris Tonks is this unfortunate victim‘s council reâ€" presentative, he should go to bat for Mr. Denman and see he is treated justly. & « If York council makes this man hire high priced legal help and start a law suit for $600, it will be abrogatâ€" ing its responsibility. By the time he pays court and lawyer fees, Mr. Denâ€" man could well be out $1,600 instead of $600. To say "Tough luck Mr. Denâ€" man, we know its our fault, but try to collect," is a mockery of democraâ€" cy. When a careless driver is liable forâ€"injuring a pedestrian, he is exâ€" pected. to.pay.the medical bills. Simâ€" Warly, when a municipality is liable for property damages, it too has a reâ€" sponsibility to offer compensation. More than 1,360,000 Canadian men and women receive monthâ€" ly cheques under Canada‘s Old Age Security program. good "short method. 1 would be interested, as a taxpayer, in helping in any way to get council‘s eyes open long enough to do something about this serious situation. An R4 surrounded by "illeâ€" gal situations." RECEIVE MONEY 162â€"3621 Jessie Niles (Mrs.) Fernando Road, Weston. term _ measure" Lester B. Pearson: A Liar & Lame Duck Prime Minister By FRAZER CACHE In a year or two from now when the Liberals are reâ€" elected as another minority government or the Conservatives take over with a slight majority, someone:is going to pubâ€" lish a book about how the opposition defeated the governâ€" ment‘s tax bill last Monday night and the days of hopeless turmoil that followed in Parliament. _ Forrae l'tâ€":;o .S:)-l;rl;;fi;t";;m_w;i;;-t;*d"enfled account is at all objective I believe he will report that Prime Minister Pearâ€" w: was about as wiley, unethical and trustworthy as a cobra. Faced with the crystal clear defeat of the most important piece of legislation Parliament had been handed this year, Lester Pearson goes before the television cameras and trys to lie his way out of jail by pleading his innocence after he is convicted and sentenced on the evidence of 84 eye _witness- es while another 82 witnesses disclaimed any knowledge of what happened. Perhaps a prime minister who can‘t face his accusers in the House of Commons and therefore uses national teleâ€" vision to tell his lies should be pittied. Along with millions of others who watched the PM‘s sick television performance, I distinctly remember Pearson stating that if an election were called each time the government is defeated on a vote there would beâ€" a continual round of elections which the country could ill afford. I hate to challenge the PM on this point, but it has always been my understanding that every school child in his Canâ€" adian history course is taught that when the government is defeated on a major piece of legislation, which Bill Câ€"193 was, it has lost the confidence of the House and is therefore obliged to call an election. The only exception to this rule to this rale according to experts on parliamentary procedure was during the early years of this century and the last decâ€" ades of the 19th century when several prime ministers deâ€" cided otherwise. o â€" The next evening Pearson again sits in front of the teleâ€" vision cameras and accuses the opposition of hatching a sucâ€" cessful plot to overthrow the Government. It was Davie Fulâ€" ton, I believe, who accused the Prime Minister of slander and of distorting the truth to the point of uttering a bare faced lie And during these distorted utterances, the PM also stated that the last thing that Canadians want now is another genâ€" eral election. Although I can‘t call this remark a gross dfsâ€" tortion of the truth I haven‘t polled Canadians to determine if they want an election (and I doubt if Pearson has either), what he was really saying was that the Liberal party now is at its lowest ebb and probably wouldn‘t pick up more than 30 p.c. of the popular vote if an immediate election were called. The last crumb of all credibility that the mob running the nation‘s affairs from Ottawa disappeared when the firm statement was made by a number of senior Cabinet Minisâ€" ters that since they didn‘t consider the defeat of Bill C:193 a vote of nonâ€"confidence, they would, in 48 hours, offer memâ€" bers of parliament the right to decide once and for all wheâ€" ther they still had the confidence of the House. But the PM and his Cabinet wormed out of this one too by submitting a resolution calling on members to state whether or not they consider the defeat of Finance Minister Sharp‘s proposed five p.c. surcharge of personal income taxes a vote nonconfidence in the government. In other words, the Prime Minister knew as surely as snow falls in the winter time that Parliament did not have confiâ€" dence in the government and he therefore lacked the intestâ€" inal fortitude to put the question to a vote. Instead, he used the dishonorable approach of giving uncommitted MPs and splinter parties the opportunity to say ‘we don‘t consider the demise of Bill Câ€"193 want of confidence.‘ I believe that all this goes to prove that the Liberal govâ€" ¢tnment will pull any rotten punch it can think of to manâ€" ipulate Parliament and the country to its advantage. 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