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DEVELOP 100 ACRE PARK M AREA In PM. Noni: York Dew uty Reeve, this week called for Bettott It the higher levels of smemmem to make it easier (or: mtoown hiswmholne. Fishy said, spiralling me- an: the main reason the me wurker finds it diffieult to pur- dsse I home. "North York Council has done evxxryvhing possible to hold the hoe on taxes." "If one would examine the bN-kdown of the tax bill they will discover we hure not inereasedUhe mill rate for the North York portion, save and except, the one min hospital My that was approved by Mets iseite. In fact we hive denied ourselves some at the essential works Council in their wisdom did not feel that residents could b-'r the brunt of Maul tax levies "One would ask, Why has the MK rate gone ap?" continued Paidey. "The bulk of the tax dollar ls spent for education v.hrh menus over 60 per cent of the tax doHar In! the balance is for Metro assessment. Ti. Township Council has no iv.rrrxiietiort over either the whwlboard or Metro Ind must by Rtatute levy the mill rate in m-mrdance with their requests Suburbs Shouldn't Pay For Centre The City of Toronto can't ex- pect the rest of Metro to con- tinually pay for their sum sym- hols. Lucien Kurata, reeve of Swansea, stated in I radio add- ress. Sunday. Kurata was discussing last week's approval of the $16,000,- 000 St. Lawrence cultural centre. "They upparently considered everything about it except how they are going to ply for it," said KuraU. "What the city fathers do in the City ot Toronto ds purely their own business," said the Reeve. "however, since they Mer nearly two years ot dis- cus~iuns there is still no solu- tiun to the Methane gas problem on Edeabridge Drive. _ Still No Decision Reached On Explosive Methane Gas last week Elobicoke Board of L‘nntrol decided to send the en- tire matter back to the Works Committee for further study. The gas has developed from the sanitary [and fill on Eden- bridge and two teen-users and I work man have been burned at the site. . - Etohieokt township engineer Bill Swann has suggested the installalion of a ventilated ditch tn carry the gas bu" so far has not found adequate backing for his proposal. man told the Controllers he has had experts investigate the «He and they had agreed to his "I don’t know how much fur. then' you want me to go," he cmumcmed. Controller John Carrol said he didn't feel the one ditch would do the job. He suggested if any- thing was going to be done to correct the problem several pits has site idea DEVOTED SERVICE REWARD! At the annual meeting of the Weston Branch of hip Red (from: Mr. M. J. Impingwell was presented with I pla- que by W. humus. The plaque read, "In honor of a dovnted lifetime of sen Paisley Asks For lower Taxes To Aid Burdened Householders WESTON "llnlllMlllllESbulunnllluAt'1ll"liStlllllllllRt ' Reeentiryourcttuae'dteiedto pay additional Davis for In T.T.C. Ind “his hat boon going through the cum We have to cal-y an the We to a high- er tribunal " " the school- hoamd it in aertieipated that their increased levy this you might be in the neighborhood at “are to four mills. Metro’s increase because of subway em1struotiort, roads. schook wil probably be one to two mills. "as this should be mamm- betty of the Provime and the Federal Gamer-t as to have an educned public i I beoefrt to the whole count-y. As for subways the full my! innit] be home by the Mince and the Federd Govermnertt. Here again it does not seem fair that the homer should pay for some- thing that benefits the entire eommunity and (may the man who owns real estate should be asked to foot the bin. "WeKare and Hospital costs are a further drain on the home owning pabW", Paisley pointed "It dos um lean fair that the hmneowmsr should be bur have come up with the novel approach that if they cannot pay for it themselves, and since it will be completed by 1967, that Metro might be considered. I feel that having taken this step, it now becomes my busi- ness u a Metro Councillor." Kurata pointed out nobody know: if Metro is going to get my funds for Centennial pro- ieeta. “There won’t be any funds “nibble to Metro unless all at the 13 area municipalities decide to dump their own projects for the Centennial rear," said the reeve. "It would then be neces- Carroll said maybe the whole thing wasn't really important. He pointed out when Dr. Ross Lord, chairman of the Metro and Regional Conservation Auth- ority, met with the Board last year he didn't seem to think the gas would create my major difficulty. should be dug in the centre of the site. Reeve John MacBeth express- ed concern over the safety of neighborhood children and work- men. Swann informed him a ven- tilator had been placed in the manhole for the aid of the work, ers. Swann continued, the two youngster that were burned were not small children but teenagers who stole tools, broke through a fence and pried open a manhole lid. "You can't stop people like that," be said. The engineer did admit it is easy for a child to Uke off I manhole cover. It is now up to the Works Committee to decide what the best solution Md be. vice from the Weston Branch of the Cnnndlnn Red C role. Mr. Leplnlwell has been I board member for 26 yen-i and has held every office but treasur- Pr. which was held by Lorne Frazer for over 42 year: until 1968. mrt'ustheeea-t'eritsuetrvious that the anomaly mould “with tttettigherleveuot when. who have I iimited bud- aat and the pet-Mm with fix. ed incomes who have no means of supplementing their incomes "msHasthaséirtthelowerin. come bracket who cannot cope with our winning tax rate that ha been imposed upon us. It is obviom that the only solution to this problem is a re-examin- ation of the entire problem and an independent tax commission should be an: . to re-as- was our prose archaic tax sys- tom on ml is so that more equitable V can be made and the tax burden fairly shared try all bemertting, I know that the h her levels of government have . led with this problem but to date have not come up with arty eomgtrue- tive recommendations that would alleviate the unfair load on our home ms. I eall for Betiott at the highest levels of govern- ment and hope that a solution will be found in the "ear future to I to make it easiet for I sary for Metro to decide what its Centennial project would be, and you would then involve the 13 municipalities in my deei. sion. "Evert if this event happens," continued Kurata, "which I feel is exceedingly unlikely, the city “that: are still "lay out in left field because, seeing that' Metro would be picking up all or part of the tab for this pro- Pet, it would have “but courteous to let metro have a preview d the development.” Kant. said he eouidn't agree to Metro considering this parti- eular development for the Cen- tennill if for no other reason than "Metro Toronto was not even considered " to its need, 'ustirteation, or suitability in the first place." Kunta “it he would like I chance to study the proposed development and decide whether it would be a benefit to Metro or aeeepUNe as a Metro sym- bol for the Centennial. Kurata said the consideration ot the matter by Metro would eltablish " very undesirable principle and that would be the principle of letting' any one mun- icipality dictate a budget item for Metro, without Metropolitan Toronto having the opportunity to consider jt." Kurata concluded, "The big- gest problems to my way of thinking. appears to be how do you make we august fathers realize that they etm't contin- ually expect the rest M Metro to pay for their status symbols." In Int week's edition the times stated in the petitiop res garding the teen-agers drag racing should have read "and continue after 3:30 pan." not after 5:30 pan, "rteart-tortheienior Correction f"sro" ONTARIO, WY, FIIIUMV 11, "" The Chairman of the Weston Board of Education, E. F. Ault, this week announced two ap- pointments from the staff of Weston Collegiate to fill posi- tions on the administrative staff of the school. CONGRATULATIONS! It was a happy night for three Weston lads when they became Queen's Scouts. Reverend H. J. Sense and (Scout Master Roger Par- Weston Education Board Announces Administrative Position Changes priaGa.Frthe tiei,'5iit't.s'1,t, to be effeotive Septe 1, 1964. This is a new position in the collegiate though the position is common in lecondary schools of comparable size throughout Metropolitan Toronto. NY Teachers Salaries Rise As Board Reaches Agreement The minimum and maximum salaries for North York second- ary school teachers will be in- creased this year. The Board of Education and the teacher! came to an agreement this week on a new salary schedule. Minimum and maximum pay for teachers in catrgories one and two has been raised by $200. The minimum and maximum for category three has been upped by $300 and for category four the minimum In: been raised by $400 and the maximum by $300. The new schedule will be: category one: minimum $4,800, maximum $8,400; category two: minimum, $5.100, maximum, ttV TOO; category three: minimum, $5,800, maximum, $9,800; cate- gory four, minimum, $8,200 and maximum $10,300. Minor Chairmen, 3400. Major Chairmen 8800; Assistant Heads 3500; Minor Heads, $500; Major Heads, $1,200. Chairmen 8600; Assistant Heads; In addition modifications 3500; Minor Heads, $500; Major ‘were made in two level “we Heads, $1,200. t s to enable teachers to mave Similarly, there was stii',,eri:? five by taking five change in the salaries for pri - ( courses in sociology and to six cipals and vice-principal' of jun- I by taking further courses in this ior high and secondary schools. i field. A minimum of 86 per cent The schedule for principals and must be attained by the teacher vice-principals is as follows: Crchairmm of the teacher's Principals - $13,000 . 14.000 for , salary committee wire Miss N: Junior high schools and $14,000 Carole Reid and Ronald Dunn. "Teachers should start ener- getically to explode the false myth' that we mend too much on education," David [twin QC declared ll the new! Ptofer lloml Development Day hold by North York second-w school teachers It the King Edward Hotel. No change has been made in the allowance: for heads and chairmen, with the exception of that for major heads, which has been raised by $200. The allowance: are as follows: "m my view we “All - far too little at the chm In“: ttf education. both on mum" and on "when" Mr. Leyla " ded. "To do the job. cant-non Mr. P. ILC. Ferguson has A former student of Humber- Education Costs Not High Mop-00M Day i',',',',',',','),' ie ",I'gt and 'ttt one MRS. NANCY summit. centre. was I I on comp Illl. . [ presented with a plaq to mark her “Exxxhwmlrf. ttate ‘contribution to the Wooten Bunch of the "I... a m... the tormer "he Red Crows. The presentation wu member a parliament tor n" nude nt the annual meeting of the . Scum-and. ms suggestion u. l Red Crag by Councillor C. Caskey. In. rlhe tdterat Mam should beer ‘Bullrnore started her Red Cm - lit: ulna-e. Rice in Englnnd in 1914. She h chur- " I’OSIIIOII WilllgBS What happened to Westou's history? One resident, Keith Dawn. is surprised to find' that side Collegiate, Mr. Ferguson re- Director of Student Activities, some of it is not recorded in ceived his Bachelor _of Physical l . department expressly created JVeston's library. ge,, 1ttftniet,rtayttr1 T333253 l to eto"iete. .sy?. _"t?,if,i1 In . memos with this in 1947 and, following gradua- and the Bdtninistratioty ""IMinewspaper Dalton said the local tion from the Ontario College ', therefrom. jubnry does not have one copy of Education, was a resident‘ Mr. Ferguson has resided in {at the "Souvenir M Weston" t,'r,,e,',y,kg, It Variety Village l the Weston area since coming to 1W published in my, in con- or mte year. ‘Weston and has been an active l . tion with the 50th anniver. --Attr-t-y.etter ‘bP‘M"member of' the WWII ”011511;? If Weston High Séhool of Cobourg Comm Mr. Fer- ‘ Cl b He in ied with two y . . man me to Wenon in 1952 l yllyh. 'f_e,e'ff'..", _..-_..__._ I Dalton and I copy at the non- gluon came to Weston in 1952 and has a tine record of teach. ing mathematics and phynical education a well as of coach- ing boys' teams in secondary school athletics. 15,000 for secondary schools. Vice-principals $11,000 - 12.000 tar junior high schools and $12,- schools. Continuing renuessment will be made of the role of chairmen in the junior high schools, and deliberations will continue con- cerning such questions as doulr le increments, special inere- ments for heads and chairmen, and revised sabbatical leave. Agreement was also reached on increased salaries for elem- tary school teachers. The new schedule to become effective September lst is as follows: level one: minimum, $3,500 to maximum $5,000; lev- el two: minimum $3,800 to max- imum $6,500; level three: min. imum $4200 to 7.200; level four: "800 to maximum $8,400; level nve: minimum 35.100 to maximum $8,700; level six: minimum $6,800 to maximum $9,800 and level seven: mini. mum $6,200 to maximum 810; According to the speaker some politician: encourage ttte emphasis parent: place an the high cost at nehools and taxes. He claimed in reality I lax cool of thou! $8tt per student per month is cheap and no one should complain. should get twice the m dollar." In 1962 Mr. Ferguson became 13,000 for secondary Photo Bill McCaul sons shake hands with the newly ele- vated Larry Scott, Ross Durfey and Rex Anderson. The boys are members of the 4th Weston Scouts. " much out ot The second appointment in that of Mr. H. McCartney " " sistant to the Technicll Dirie. tor of the Collegiate. Mr. Me Cartney unmet his new posi- tion in September. Born and educated in Tor- onto, Mr. McCartney saw serv- ice overseas with the R.C.N V.R. which service was followed by industrial experience with A.V. Roe, Ontario Hydro and Canad» in Steel Improvement. His teaching career began in Sault Ste. Marie from which post he came to Weston in 1957. Mr. McCartney is highly rated, " a drafting instructor having obtained his Specialist in Mech- anical Drafting from the Ontar- io College of Education in Aug- ust 1960. He is a Past-president of the Weston Branch of the Om tario Vocational Education Aa- sociation and at present is Prer idem of the Weston Branch of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation. young daughters in “madam at valleyfie1d school. Active in the Sunday School of Westminster United Church. he has two children in the Weston school system. Roberta said the Authority will try not to scare off any wildlife presently in the area while developing the park. To attract game to the Weston road area of the park small shrub- bery will be planted and ade- quate watering places provided. The northerly portion of the park will be developed as a pie onic area with fire pits, picnic ; tables. water fountains and toil- ; et facilities. Public parking will r be provided at no charge. Grav- l e1 roads will service the area. 1 Roberts said the Authority char- I ges a parking fee in parks out. Conservation Authority Plans Preservation Of Wildlife The Weston are: is going to ret more wildlife and we don't mean teen-agers driving around in hot-rods. The Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conan» tion Authority have approved plans for a 100 can park extending from Steeles Avenue to Weston Road. The southern portion of the park is to be kept u I game preserve for birds and small nnimnls. Chi-i: Roberts, Conservation Authority Planning Department said the park in to be developed on a "purely passive basis" with Weston tihrarr lacks Copies Of Historical Souvenir Book no recreation facilities being provided unless the neighbour- ing municipality feels there is I definite need for them. I Dalton said the "souvertir" should not be confused with the "History of Weston" by Dr. F. D. Bruickshank and Joseph Na. son and published in 1925. Dattmtsaidaeorrrotttterors- venir book was an display in the present Weston Collegiete on the occasion of their centenary in 1967 and he himself has a copy. "Hotvever", he said, "I feel the Weston library should have five or six copies available to researchers who want to de- lve into the history at Weston. Its value Is '1 record increases with the years." Dalton said the "Souvenir Book" proved in value last week when he gave a lecture and showed early sketches and water colors of the Weston area. Thunday, February 2htt, at P.30 mm. in th. lard Room of the Library " 513 You” Tho MIA-r naming of th. “or”. York Public Library Board will bo you might, 5m, WIIIowdok, Ontario. NOTICE OF MEETING mun of the Lupin] vim commlttu " the Weston uncarin- ad is pio- turod mourn}: her workers: In. I. Brownhy, Mrs. M. Cutting. In. B. An- tin, In. Bullmon. J. D. Canton. proo- ident at Weston Red Cm In. A. r',')',.""' In. N. Runny. In. B. Put to . Reading Experts Appointed By Education Board side the Metro area but the no- conservation area " within {h boundaries. The park is scheduled to be opened to the public in the spring of 1965. The Conservation Authority presently provides outdoor he ilnies for Weston residents at the Boyd area, two miles north of Woodbridge, Albion Hill] arid the Black Creek are: at Jane St. and Steele: Avenue which includes the site of Pioneer Vb Inge The Authority this week ap- proved a 1964 budget of 51,- 914,897 with $911,400 of this be- ing used for the purchase and development of conservation ar- " and reservou site lands. The Authority obtains grunts from the Provincial Gtnernment. The North York Board of Ed- ueation has unpainted two feld' ing emuiitNittts b "re" mm Miss Frattees, Polesdlnk. a. Chief Consultant. The: 1mm ed are Miss Marion Juress and Miss Jean Swanson. Miss Hayes has been employ- ed as a special teacher in Eng- lish Curriculum, and will as- sume her new duties on March 1. Miss Swanson is teaching at McKee Avenue Public School. and her appointment will com. mence " of September I. Miss Swanson has had a years of teaching experience, 17 of which have been in North York, and Miss Hayes ha: had 21 years of teaching experience, all of which have been in North York. Each of the Consultants will receive t1.200 above the regular. salary schedule. In explaining the duties of the new reading consultants. Dr. Hugh R. Partlow, Superinten- dent ot Public Schools for North York, nil that the' appoint- ments were made to assist the tau-hen with the reading pro- gram, to provide leadership in the tiehi, and to suit: with workshops and known! court and He said they would provide will bent in the teachers who "ertewtetttseNoetttYoNryir nun, who number approximate- lr 300 each year. um con-sum