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Weston Times Advertiser (1962), 30 Apr 1964, p. 1

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TAXES ON THE RISE HERE AGAIN â€"â€" 3.2 MILLS Weston Silver Band Asks $6000 To Operate, Repair Bandshell Weston Silver Band presented town council with a request for $6,000 to cover operating expenâ€" ses for 194. This sum will cover the cost of extensive alâ€" terations to the bandshell at the rear of the municipal offices and provides for additions to the Town Council decided to take no immediate action on two reâ€" solutions submitted by the counâ€" cil of. the city of Woodstock which are aimed at reforming the municipal tax situation in Ontario and relieving ratepayâ€" ers. The first resolution purposes that Queen‘s Park be asked to revise the present structure of Section 35 of the Assessment Act to provide some form of relief to owners of properties who find it necessary to improve, renoâ€" vate or repair their homes or other buildings. Council Takes No Action On Tax Reform Resolution The resolution stated that the taxation increase, which usualâ€" Iy results from higher assessâ€" ment after improvements, seems unfair and tends to stifle the inâ€" itiative of persons endeavoring to keep up their property. The â€"second â€" resolution â€" conâ€" cerns the method by which monâ€" ics are obtained by each munâ€" icipality for educational purposâ€" es, the most expensive item in a town or city‘s tax dollar. The resolution ~suggests that Iwo Hiâ€"Rise Apartments Planned for North York The discussion of proposed apartment _ buildings â€" occupied much of Weston Council‘s time at this week‘s meeting. An application to reâ€"zone the property at 2288 â€" 2204 Weston Road, submitted two weeks ago hy N. J. Carravetta, was apâ€" proved by council. Mr. Carraâ€" vetta plans to erect a 62â€" suite apartment building on the site and was directed by council to pay $6,500 to the town to cover the costs of sanitary sewers for the multifamily dwelling. Cloverleaf Construction Comâ€" pany‘s application to" build a twoâ€"storey office building at 2164 Weston Road was also approved. Council ordered a $5,000 payâ€" ment to cover the cost of sanitâ€" ary sewers. Cowan Called "CBC â€" Hater" â€" Nat. Magazine An application from Trenchâ€" ant Investments for council‘s apâ€" Raiph Cowan, Liberal MP for York â€" Humber, comes in for sharp criticism in the current issue of Maclean‘s Magazine. In an article written by Harry Bruce. Mr. Cowan is described as, ‘angry, aggressive ... and an arch â€" maverick whose style and opinions are a continuing embarrassment to other Libâ€" erals". \Ur. Bruce goes on to label the honorable member for Wesâ€" ton‘s riding a "CBC â€"hater who w‘tacks the corporation with the eontiction of an Arab cavalry In the article. Mr. Cowan is quoted as saying that 20 per cen: of Canada‘s total budget deficit is represented by the CBC‘s $88 million estimated revâ€" enue loss for 1964 â€" 65. T he story goes on to quote Mr. Cowan, "I‘d get rid of the whole bloody outfit. If we don‘t, we‘ll be the most cultured and eftertained bunch of bankrupts in the world". He is also said to be a bitter opponent of the crown corporâ€" ation‘s plans to make CJBC an entirely French â€" speaking radio waiinn and to have charged that the CBC throws away money on such â€" projects as "going off to Patagonia to study the loveâ€" hahit« of mice". â€" NO. 17 wWwESTON TIMESâ€"ADVERTISER band‘s uniforms. Another major Last,year, the band received expenditure involves the proâ€" | $5000 from town council and had duction of large concerts like| about $1525 in its bank account. ‘‘Brass ‘64" to be held this sumâ€"| Besides this amount, $25 was mer. realized from the sale of a fluâ€" The band president C. B. Bell, | gel horn. The band president C. B. Bell, also included an audited finanâ€" cial statement for 1963. the federal and provincial govâ€" ernments be petitioned to conâ€" sider tax legislation having the effect of assuming the educaâ€" tional portion of municipal tax assessments, leaving the proâ€" perty tax to be used by the munâ€" icipalities for basic municipal services. â€" This request is prompted by the fact that urban dwellers now account for 70 per cent of Canâ€" ada‘s population, creating huge demands for all municipal serâ€" vices. The letter expresses the opinion that municipalities are greatly limited in their sources of revenue and cannot initiate all the capital undertakings reâ€" quired to serve their growing populations. In addition, the letâ€" ter states, the borrowing capaâ€" city of a municipality is limited and has already reached a safe limit so that property tax, which accounted for 78.7 per cent of municipal revenues in 1961, will not yield sufficient revenue to }support schools, welfare and other public services. Weston Girls® YW Day Camp proval of a plan to build a 13â€" storey, 96â€"unit apartment at 2304 Weston Road was referred to the town planning board. The proposal of International Towers Ltd. to erect a 320â€"unit high rise apartment on Weston Road was flatly rejected by town council. Girls from 7 to 12 in the Wesâ€" ton area are registering now for the Annual Day Camp, held in July on the grounds of the Y.W.C.A. at 31 King Street in Weston. ‘The program includes crafts, hikes, games, singing, cookouts and out trips under the guid ance of trained counsellors and Y.W.C.A. personnel. This sumâ€" mer, two of the counsellors will offer leadership in dramatics and â€" sketching, and campets will participate in the swimâ€" ming program sponsored by the Weston Recreation Commission at the Lion‘s Club Pool. The camp provides safe, hap py, summer camp experience from 9 to 4, Monday to Friday. Several mothers have commentâ€" ed that it offers an excellent, supervised holiday activity for their children while they care for younger ones, or go to work. â€" Parents may obtain further information from ihe Y.W.C.A. at CH. 45541. is THE DODGERS DIDN‘T MAKE IT â€"â€" for complete se a s on wrap â€" up see next week‘s ‘Weston Times‘, Disbursements amounted . to $4708, leaving $1842 in the bank. Largest expenses were $1,046 for new instruments and equipâ€" ment, $1200 for salaries of the bandmaster and assistant bandâ€" master, and $302 for transportaâ€" tion costs. Other expenses included $252 for the purchase of sheet music, $263 for repairs and adjustments to" instruments, $20 for the 1962 audit fge, $29 for association fees, $273 for edvertising, $161 for telephone bills, stationery and stamps, $16 for flowers and $196 to make up work â€" time lost by members while attending concerts and the Canadian Naâ€" tional Exhibition. The statement went on to list outlays of $2 for bank charges, $14 for alterations to uniforms, $170 for guest performers, $106 for the bandmasters‘ convention expenses, $257 for rental of the public meeting room at the munâ€" icipal offices, $50 for rehearsal space at Central United Church, $50 for wedding presents to members, $80 for the annual banquet, $109 for music supplies, $17 for repairs to the bandshell, $15 for the tuning of the band‘s piano and $90 for miscellaneous supplies and expenses. Legion Holds Remembrance Day Town council tabled the re quest for study. The local council of the Royâ€" al Canadian Legion will hold their â€" sixth â€" annual Rememâ€" brance Day Service at . the "Cross of Sacrifice", Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Royal York and Dixon Roads, Sunday, June 14 at 3 p.m. Mayor George Bull and town councillors have been invited to attend. Father Realizes Lifelong Ambition A 46â€"yearâ€"old father of three has realized a lifeâ€"long ambiâ€" tion. Herbert Johnston, of 26 Rectory Road, a florist for 24 years, always harbored a desire to enter the ministry. He finally quit the fiower business and will graduate from a threeâ€"year course at the Torâ€" onto Baptist Seminary, May 5. Graduation ceremonies . will be held at Trinity Baptist Church where Mr. Johnston, one of the oldest members of his class, will be applauded by his wife, a married son and two teenage children. He has recently been serving as minister at the Newtonâ€" Brook Baptist Church in Will owdale and will assume the dutâ€" ies of a fullâ€"time pastor upon graduation. Jury Blames Carelessness Moffat‘s Explosionâ€" Death The February 2 death of Irwin Foster, an engineer who receivâ€" ed fatal 3rd â€" degree burns in an industrial explosion at Moffat‘s Ltd., Weston, was blamed on ¢areless operation of a boiler in the plant. This verdict was reached afâ€" ter 2 hours of deliberation by a coroner‘s jury which ended three days of inquiry Tuesday evening. The jury, under the direction of Dr. Elie Cass, decided that Foster, 55, of Scarboro, died fro m injuries inflicted w he n automatic safety equipment was by â€" passed in an attempt to operate the defective boiler manâ€" ually. Evidence was that a lighted torch was us‘ed to ignite the boiler and that the combustion chamber had not been properly purged. The five â€" man jury reâ€" commended that steps be taken to ensure that engineers are completely familiar with the opâ€" eration of such boilers and that WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, Council Refuses Landâ€"lord Must Move Out Of Basement Weston Council will take no action on a letter received from North York Council revealing plans for the erection of two highâ€"rise apartment buildings just east of the boundary betâ€" ween the two municipalities. North York councillors have been requested to rezone the area fronting Queen‘s Drive and east of the Black Creek to permit construction of a 17â€" Weston Road Apartments Keep Town Council Busy Despite a written request and an offer to post $100 bond, Weston Council, this week, decâ€" ided to refuse a Weston landâ€" lord â€" permission to continue living in his basement apartâ€" ment. The building, on Lawrence Avenue West, currently houses four families inâ€" upper storeys. Nearly two months ago, Mr. Justice Fraser ruled the man must vacate his basement apâ€" artment because zoning regulâ€" ations forbid the existence of apartments containing more than a statement to that effect should be signed by the chief engineer before use of the equipment. Dr. Cass stated that a differâ€" ent type of oil had been emâ€" ployed in the boiler and that the fuel‘s properties were of a different nature than the usual material. Nearly 70 per cent of Foster‘s body was burned in the acciâ€" dent.. He died at St. Michael‘s Hospital despite all efforts to save his life. The inquest was marked by much conflicting testimony with representatives of the operating engineer‘s union, plant manageâ€" ment and the Department of Labor, all expressing their views on the reasons for the mishap. Dr. Cass said he found th e results of the inquiry "satisfacâ€" tory" and thi} he hoped the jury‘s recommendations would prevent further accidents resultâ€" ing from this type of carelessâ€" PRESENT ARMS! These smartâ€"looking Royal Canadian Sea Cadets snap to attention at the comâ€" mand of their Petty Officer and present arms to salute the citizens of Weston and North York. The paraâ€"military training is intended primarily to foster good citizenship and teach discipline rather than function as a naval militia or reserve. See pictures and story on page .§ storey, 260 suite and a 15 storey,, 140 suite apartment structure with respective areas of 4.3 and 24 acres. Town councillors felt the matter was completely out of their jurisdiction and will not attend the public hearing scheâ€" duled for April 29, at 2:30 p.m. Metro Requests Land for Roads in the North York Council Chambers, 5000 Yonge Street, Willowdale. four familyâ€"units in that area. Two solicitors stated they beâ€" lieved the landâ€"Jord planned to launch an appeal and did not sign a judgement against him till now. Council quickly decided to follow their legal advice and reâ€" fuse the landlord‘s request. He has until May 5 to remove all furnishings from the basement or they ‘will be removed by the town at his own expense. Weston Council received a letâ€"; M M _ M M CP P M P ter from Metro Planning Board | at this week‘s meetin: whichi The University Women‘s Club | set out the board‘s recommendâ€"| of Weston had a full evening | ations with respect to land dedâ€"| last Wednesday at the annual ication for major roads. T‘he‘ dinner held at Weston Golf board asked town counciliors to | Club. , follow the same policies in our’ Members of the University | municipality. | Club were treated to vocal enâ€" | The recommendations are : â€" dedications of up to 27 feet to be required on e a ch side of existing arterial roads to bring them up to a width of 120 feet; in the case of new arterial roads, 86 feet is to be dedicated, with the balance being purchasâ€" ed by the Metropolitan Corporâ€" ation. In the case of expressways beâ€" ing built on the existing road allowances, 27 feet are to be dedicated, with the additional la nd requirements being set aside for future acquisition by the Metro Corporation. Also to be reserved for future acquisâ€" ition by metro are road allowâ€" ances for new expressways not located on existing road allowâ€" Weston Taxes Will Be Going Up Blame TTC and Welfare Cost! Weston‘s taxes are up again this year but it‘s no fault of either town council or the board of education. The town mill rate has been raised 3.2 mills. This hike is a direct result of a five â€" mill boost on the part of Metro. Weston‘s town rate is down .8 of a mill and our board of eduâ€" cation rate has been lowered by one mill. Wes Boddington, chairman of the to w n finance committee, said the jump in Metro‘s rate was due chiefly to rising costs of the Toronto Transit System and the growing expense of welâ€" fare administration. Weston‘s board of education also met with mounting costs b ut was able to defray these with increased federal and proâ€" vincial grants. Weston Council Honours Leafs "The town has worked hard to hold costs down", said Mr. Bodâ€" dington, "and the various comâ€" mittees have done a good job". He gave credit to the works department which operated this year with a decreased staff and thus realized a financial saving over last year. The town was awarded an | day, IME PMUME 1 MEMIED 22 207 honorable mention by the Onâ€" ‘tend in the evening from 7 p.m. tario Fire Marshall‘s Office in |f0 9*° PM Monday through l its annual report for 1963. Wes.| Thursday, May 4 to 7. \ton ranked with such centres as| The Heads and Chairmen of Mimico and Leaside as having s chool guidance departments, ‘a good fireâ€"record for a popuâ€" }under the supervision of Mr. E. \lation of between 10,000 and 25,â€". E. Huff, Coâ€"ordinator of Guidâ€" ;000. The competition was won : ance for the North York Board | by St. Thomas, in Elgin County. | of Education, have organized Weston had 45 fires last year ; the event. Mr. Huff said that which amounted too $22,675 in khe hopes the Careers Exposition damage. will stimulate students to take Weston Council decided this week to join the rest of Metro in honoring the Toronto Maple Leafs for their third consecutive Stanley Cup victory. . Fire Department Has Two New Men | _ Members of the University | Club were treated to vocal enâ€" | tertainment, slides and a speakâ€" | er after the dinner. Bob Pulford, Leafs‘ star cenâ€" ter, was born in Weston, and Johnny Bauer, their redoubtabâ€" Weston‘s fire department has been doing a good job of preâ€" venting the loss of life, lim b and dollars. The local force will soon be strengthened by the adâ€" dition of two new members and the recently â€"created office of fire â€" inspector has proved to be a valuable service to the comâ€" munity, Councillior Wm. Perry revealed at this week‘s town meeting. le goalie, lives here during the Both will receive a letter of commendation from town counâ€" cil and will be asked to convey congratulations to their teamâ€" mates. Canadian Contemporary Art Topic At Weston University Club Dinner Miss Carol Inch, guest artist, was introduced by her teach er at Weston Collegiate, Miss Mary Fanning. Her rendition of two classical numbers was acâ€" companied by Miss Pat Thomâ€" son at the piano. Both girls are students at Weston Collegiate, and â€" are â€" currently . studying music at the Conservatory as well. Mrs. H. Ashbourne expres sed the thanks of the audience for the musical treat. Mrs. G. A. Griffiths introdueâ€" ed the guest speaker for the evâ€" ening by saying the group would "adventure with Mrs. Bagnani into the world of Canadian conâ€" temporary art." Mrs. G. Bagnani T he 3.2 boost will mean a mill rate of 59.7 for the rateâ€" payer designated as a residenâ€" tial, public â€" school supporter. This means that man w h o se home is assessed at $5,000 will pay $248.50 in municipal taxes this year. _ "CAREERS EXPOSITION 1964" is the next event in the Spotlight on Education Program |sponsored by the Board of Eduâ€" ‘cation of the Township of North York. Held at Downsview Arena ‘begixminx Monday, May 4, the | Exposition will present students Weston‘s _ town _ councillors wasted no time in passing this byâ€"law. They voted unanimously to adopt legislation that raises their salaries to $750. The hardâ€"working group will receive the yearly allowance in monthly installments. The byâ€" law provides a $10 deduction for each absence from a council or committee meeting, except where a councillor is absent from Weston through perform: ance of his duties as a member Councillors‘ Salaries Up Vote Themselves $150 Hike NY "Careers Exposition ‘ Held at Downsview Arena and training fields by means of carefully designed displays. As a departure from Career Days normally held in many schools, the Exposition is the first atâ€" tempt in this area to display a wide variety of career opportunâ€" ities in a more dramatic and interesting manner. It also perâ€" mits parents to acquaint themâ€" selves with these opportunities and to learn more about the relationship between s c h 0 0 1 courses and the avenues to which they lead. Over fifty exâ€" hibitors, representing fourteen broad categories of professional, business and industrial groups, will meet the students in the display booths. "We don‘t like what we don‘t know, and this especially true of â€" painting," â€" explained . Mrs | Bagnani. She herself had found ’sfvenl artists whose; work she did not like, but by the time | she had studied up on them in | order to lecture, she discovered | she finally liked their work. One factor which prevented Throughout the week, North York students in grades 9 to 12 will be transported in groups from their schools to the Downsâ€" view Arena during the school day. The public is invited to atâ€" tend in the evening from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, May 4 to 7. ion department of the Art Galâ€" lery in Toronto, and is now a special lecturer there. At one exhibition, the, speakâ€" er had to "explain Picuu‘ to the public, rather shyly, I might say, | as all my training was on the old masters." Mrs. Bagnani said most of the slides she was about | to show the group were of ab | stract paintings "because they are harder." "An artist must experiment, tail work as refrashment aiter must try something new, must the broader work of abstracts. go on. Current abstracts are After the slides were shown, with us â€" as experiments they | Mrs. Bagnani answered various may last and they may not, just | questions on art. Miss Eisie like scientific experiments, but | Barrans thanked her for iNam the artists must pioneer on to | inating the members‘ approach new fields. All artists should | to current Canadian .abstract explain something to us that we | art. the mill rate from going higher was an increased assessment in Weston of $1 million. The town will receive $20,000 directly with $20,000 going to the board of education and another $20,000 to Metro. ! There will be no change in | the salary of Mayor George | Bull, who gets a total of $2500 ‘for his yearly labors. Weston‘s total budget estimate for 1964 is $500.000. of council or through personal illness or a family death. This salary represents an increase of $150 over last year. According to regulations set down in the Ontario Municipal Act, the councillors of a town with 10,000 persons, could ask for about twice as much as they are presently receiving. an increased interest in career planning. He believes that the exposition will provide a first â€" hand informational service to students, parents and the genâ€" eral public on a scale which could not be obtained otherwise in such a short time. Although theâ€"â€"exposition is for the ‘students, members of th e Board are convinced that the public should attend in order to have a‘ fuller appreciation of this phase of the guidance proâ€" gram in the educational system. The Board will have its o w n display booth, and ififormation will be readily available about the reorganized program (the Robarts‘ Plan) and Adult Eduâ€" cation courses in its schools. Weston Pool Will Be Larger The Downsview Arena is locatâ€" ed at 1633 Wilson Avenue and adjoins the York Plaza, which is just across the street from the Crang Plaza. The Careers Exposition will be open in the evening to North York residents and to citizens and interested students of other municipalities. \ _ The speaker said that she , found artists precccupied with space in the last ten yeats, l which showed up in their work. | Some abstracts are painted as if through clouds, or under the sea, and the viewer has to taike this into account to understand | the painting. She noted that some artists go back peodâ€" cally for the discsipline of deâ€" tail work as refreshment after the broader work of abstracts. Town Council will grant $1000 to the Weston Area Swimming Pool Board of Governors to deâ€" fer costs of enlarging the tank. The contractor will commence building the poolâ€"extension imâ€" mediately and will receive the $1000 when a certain stage of construction is reached. SINGLE COPIES 10 CBENTS Mrs. Bagnani described the life and works of the artists whose work was shown on the slides, and pointed out highâ€" lights of interest in each painâ€" ting. ‘These painters use the old forms of the old masters in a new way," she explained. haven‘t noticed

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