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Several prominent ratepayers in the borough of York have been hinting that they may advocate a merger with the city of Toronto if council and school board continue to make decisions that government. We agree that these LWO iLV!" bodies are a long way from being perfect but talk of asking Toronto to swallow up the borough is not the answer. York has been a municipality since 1792 and we look forward to it continuing in this role for a long time to come. If ratepayers have grievances, their best method of airing them is to appear before school board or council. After taking this step, if ratepayers are still not satisfied, they have access to the ballot box. More than one alderman in North York thinks that York and East York should be absorbed by the larger municipalities. There are probably aldermen in Toronto who share this view. With so many snapping at York‘s heels, ratepayers would LK 2 1+ at _ 41L _A Lkas want they don‘t like. a long |! grievances, appear be takinge â€"th Een o Pm ol tie ds ue C SE & i3 be wise t.; refrain from hinting that they want amalgamationâ€"unless, of course, they really want to be a small city suburb. A woman, who asked not to be named, telephoned the Weston Times last week to say how she liked this newspaper‘s "new look" since we adopted the offset format last month. "I‘ve talked with some of the other people in town and I can tell you there are many residents in Weston who are delighted ‘with your ‘new‘ newspaper," she said. . She likes the news coverage "that you won‘t find in any other paper," the: ads, and particularly the weddings, high school columns and Metro Affairs. _ Thank you Madam. You asked us to record you comments and we are delighted to do so. It‘s comforting to know that an adult consumer can walk into almost any store and buy a couple of packs of gum with a credit card: one for himself and one for his child. "You can be sure these stores won‘t take a loss on these credit card plans and the banks are out to make money, so the buyer will end up paying over 18 per cent simple interest on most of the schemes, plus absorbing such store costs as billing, card machine rentals and holdâ€"back interest charges," said the nationâ€"wide â€" Consumers‘ "Association this week. That â€"means it about 10 c. for a package . of chewing Oh drat. Talk about the good old days when as kids we used to chew for all we were worth and then stuck the wad on the bedâ€"post before falling asleep. If our | kids are smart, they‘ll not only wad it, but No time for bluffing Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment of postage in cash. gUBSCRIPTION RATES $7.00 per year in advance to any address in Canada 5z Other countries $9,00 Credit cards buy candy For the record eotou /imes Telephone 241â€"5211 K. Wilson, General Manager Stewart Castle, Manager B.M, Holmes, Editor Advertising S$. Castle â€" A. Bullen costs gum. will go us one better and wrap it up carefully in a layer of wax paper, then a layer of aluminium foil before they stash it away in the freezer for future They should also â€"tell Mom not to throw it away: after all there‘s a lot of mileage in it yet. CAC is very concerned about the "myriad of unsolicited credit cards received in their office at the end of the mail strike." S upertest, Shell, Simpsonâ€"Sears, Eaton, Goodyear Tire Stores, Sunoco, Woolco, Kâ€"Mart, Jupiter and Kresge all wanted a piece of the action so they sent along their "payâ€"later‘"‘ comeâ€"ons. "We received no less than six unsolicited credit cards," the October CAC newsletter said. Credico, Bankcheque and a host of others were not be outdone; they mailed out a bunch as well. Tree leaves in autumn disclose brilliant colors that have hidden within the leaf all summer. ? For the most part, leaves do not "change color" at this season. Rather, the s ubs t ance called chlorophyll which colors leaves green, dies. As a result, the yellows, oranges, Woods, waters & wildlife Why do leaves turn red & purple? By JAMES WOODFORD Shorter days mean more hours of darkness and darkness brings special hazards for motorists. Fatality rates, on the basis of miles driven, is twice as high at night as it is during the day. The Ontario Department of Transport advises motorists to slow down when the sun goes down. Stopping distance should never be greater than the distance in which you can see clearly. You‘ll get less glare from approaching headlights if you avoid looking directly at them. And, remember, it is courteous ANDâ€" required by law to switch to low beams when meeting or following other cars. THE WESTON TIMES reds, and purples that have been masked all summer by chlorophyll green emerge in autumnal glory. Despite its legendary role, frost does not cause: the change in tree : leaf color. In fact, a hard frost too early interferes with the chemistry of the leaf and may dampen fall color. The association between the death of tree kaaves and frost is a matter of timing, rather than of cause and effect. Tree leaves have completed their summer‘s work and are dying at about the time that frost arrives. The yellows and oranges of autumn leaves come from the carotin that lives in the leaf all summer. Carotin is a chemical best known for coloring carrots. Like other colors within the leaf, it is necessary but less important than chlorophyll which must be exposed to the sun. The reds, blues, and purples in leaves all come from the same chemical, anthocyanin, which is an ingredient of leaf sap. Whether the color shade is on the red or blue side depends upon acidity of the tree‘s sap. The red maple, for instance, is highly acid and thus has remarkably brilliant reds in its leaves. The trees with bluish or purple leaves have alkaline Addressing a meeting of the Fairbank Rotary Club, North York Alderman Paul Godfrey lashed out against the recent proposal of party politics at the municipal level. » qualifications for his stand, he stated that without a direct election to Metropolitan Toronto Council, where most major decisions are made, the party â€"system â€" fails. To elaborate, the election by party system w ould eminate from the borough. No matter which party wins in the borough, the Mayor and Controllers representing it at Metro need not be from the winning party. Then, these appointed men would not necessarily be representaâ€" t h e Thursday, October 17,1968 sap. Anthocyanin reacts with acid or akaline much as that old indicator litmus paper. In acid it turns red:; in alkaline, blue. _ â€" Brown is a prevalent late autumn color which was not mentioned earlier because while the chemicals that make brown have been present all summer, the color strictly speaking was not present : through the growing season, . Leaves have other colors through the season, but they acquire brown as death nears. Browns may come from two sources. A final color phase of carotin may be brown. The more common browns, however, come from tannin in the leaf. This tannin is the same tree chemical that can tan leather brown or tan. It can have a similar effect upon the leaves of trees with high tannin content. (Mr. Woodford is a writer for the Federation of Ontario Naturalists.) tive of their respective boroughs. Pointing sharply at his own political career, Mr. Godfrey said: "No political party would have accepted me as a candidate when I was first elected > at 25 years of age. . .with no political~ ex perience or seasoning. T he professional ‘‘backroom, party boys" can ‘‘choke off‘* the initiative of a young man on the brink of entering politics. I didn‘t serve a ten year apprenticeship â€" and neither should other young men desirous of serving his community.> Other problems . will undoubtedly arise if there are . party politics at the local . lével. Good men Continued on Page 15