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* SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET IS UP 3.65 x AL CES ' AND FURNITORE x m \ WESTON â€" MUSIC o 4 x 98 Date, time and place details ,‘f;k},,.hnvo finally been settled by the * 4@ .Weston Recreation Commission‘s bf- # ; Arts andâ€"Crafts Spring Show Comâ€" s\ y\ 5.. mittee. The event will be held in w2,/%, Central United Church on Friday, ®" _ April 6, from 2.30 p.m. until 9.30 at night. 4 e _ YOLUME $0, NUMBER 12 Pay Increases Granted To Police Department; 5â€"Day Week Rejected ‘ A new salary schedule for the police department"of Weston was approved last Mor@ny night by Weston council on the recommenâ€" dation of the works department. The new salary schedule and other changes came as the result of a brief presented last year to counâ€" cil by the Weston Police Associaâ€" tion. The brief asked for a 40â€"hour work week, salary increases and other improvements, The council approved of a resolution establishâ€" ing m 44â€"hour work week for the police department, thereby denying the fiveâ€"day week at the present time, at least. C The new schedule as adopted sets forth the salaries as follows: Sergeant, $3300; patrol sergeant, $3200; constable first class $3100; eonstable second class, $2800; conâ€" stable third class, $2500. The police are granted eleven holidays with pay including two proclaimed anâ€" nually by the town. They were also g;lM:od'l three hours allowance for a court appearance on an offâ€" duty day. _ _ _ _ _ . The pay schedule was formerly $2800 for a patrol sergeant, $2700 for a constable first class, $26500 for a constable second class, and $2300 for a constable third class. . Big Assessment Increase In the printing business in Wesâ€" ton for thirty years, Arthur, Polâ€" warth is leaving this town towards the end of March, planning to gettle in some community in the western States for the sake of his wife‘s health. He is one of the halfâ€"dozen odd business men who have been established in Weston for thirty years or more. In Business 30 Years In Weston A. Polwarth Leaves For USA Mr. Polwarth started off on his own in Weston in 1921 and "takâ€" ing a gamble," as he put it, estabâ€" lished his print shop in what used to be the Langstaff Pump House, now the location of Baker‘s Taxi Office. The building was about ten feet by eighteen feet in dimenâ€" sions, he said. "I plugged from the word scratch," Mr. Polwarth told The ‘Times and Guide. Now there are two others in the plant besides himself. They are the compositor and the pressman. . A native of Essex, England, Mr. Polwarth started to serve his apâ€" prenticeship there before he was fifteen years old. He was apprenâ€" ticed in the printing trade for five years. Some time after that he worked on the first edition of "Flight" the official aeronautics Table Tennis Club Elects Executive Plan Large Variety Of Exhibits For Arts, Crafts Show, April 6 A large variety of exhibits will be on display, featuring a school section, as well as exhibits from adults. In the adult section the general public will have an opporâ€" people who have been practicing up in their recreation rooms will come 100 the Recreation Office, cither Wednesday evening or Satâ€" uwrday afternoon. * Rveryone is invited to join Weston‘s newest club. On Saturday, March 38, the Weston Table Tennis Club held ts organization meeting at the Recreation Office, Elsmere Ave., under the supervision of Mr. W. H. Stuart, the Director of Reâ€" creation. The following officers for 1951 were elected: G. A. Holâ€" loway, president; W. E. McArthur, secretaryâ€"treasurer; O. 8. Neill, promotion managet; G. B. O‘Hara, publicity manager; T. Digel, tourâ€" nament manager. Future meetings will be held at the Recreation Office, 8 Elsmere Avenue, on Wednesday sevenings from 7 to 11 p.m. and Saturday afternoons from 1 to 5 p.m. Here is a chance to enjoy some fast Table Tennis and get in &th a i’“‘ bunch of fellows. Club has a bright future if all the 28 MAIN N. ZONE 4â€"400 WESTON MUSIC & RADIO The assessment roll ss revised and adopted by the Weston Court of Revision revealed that the genâ€" eral assessment for the town of Weston for 1951 is up $387,000 over that of 1950. The total genâ€" eral. assessment was $7,566,339, which includes $7,348,214 for pubâ€" lie school and $218,125 for separâ€" ateâ€"school., Almost 70 per cent. of the as ent is residential, the report ncil stated, with comâ€" mercial g 16%, per cent, and industrial 20% per cent. Restaurant Garbage The works department finally did it, A letter was received by council from Weston Board of Health about one year ago which requested the daily collection of garbage from restaurants. The committee has been reporting proâ€" gress on the matier ever since unâ€" til last Monday when it was reâ€" ported that garbage was now beâ€" irr;g"é;lléctedvlmmvthe restaurants every day. Recreation Budget budget for 1950. The budget for the Weston Recreation Commission was receivâ€" ed and estimates totalled $5,329 for this year. This amount was $715:more than the commission‘s He served in the British Army from November, 1915, to Novemâ€" ber, 1918, but during the last six months of that time he was called to do special work in a Foreign Office printing shop. The contracâ€" tors with which he was employed were printersâ€"inâ€"ordinary to His Majesty‘s Foreign Office, official printers to the Foreign Office. He came to Canada with his wife and daughter, Joan, in September of 1919 and two years later estabâ€" Memorial Gave Nursery Cubicle The successful basket collection made by students at Memorial School last fall enabled them to furnish a nursery cubicle at the new Humber Memorial Hospital. The annual "Parents‘ Night" was held in December. An entertainment at school was the feature of Hallowe‘en, with the program including costume judging and prize awards, a magician and "shellâ€"outs". tunity of seeing the work done by the Craft and Hobby Classes of the Commission, which have been preparing throughout the winter for the event. Leatherwork, sugarâ€" craft and smocking are some of the crafts which will be displayed. 'Individunll as well as organizâ€" ations are being asked to submit examples of their work thiseyear. The intention, of course, is to disâ€" play work accomplished within the past year, in order to show proâ€" gression and improvement from last year‘s spring show. The show committee emphasizes the fact that all finished products and articles will be welcome, and that new and unusual crafts are particularly stimulating to the many people who will visit the show as much for stimulation as for any other interest. £ M d S d anees The provincial Department of Education, through its branch, community programs, will have a display of very fine work which should have wide interest, and negotiations are under way to enâ€" list the services of a representative of the Department of Agriculture. Both these departments of the provincial government have long been interested in arts and crafts at the popular level. An interesting feature of the show will be the awarding of a plaque donated by the Clovelly Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for the best school children‘s craft work, & All people, clubs or groups wish ing to place an exhibit in the show should contact the Recreation Office, the chairman of the comâ€" mittbe, Mrs, K. Allatt; or Mro. J. Payne, ‘chairman _ of _ general â€"Continued on page 2 Moffat Cooking School Mar. 15 Weston homemakers who enâ€" joyed the very suctessful Moffat Cooking School arranged last year by the YWCA are mo doubt lookâ€" ing forward to a repeat performâ€" ance. They will not be disappointed, as the YWCA have arranged for Miss Elaine Collett, Moffat‘s wellâ€" known cookery expert, and demonâ€" strator, and Mr, Mel Craft, their genial commentator to appear at the Moffat Cooking School to be held on ’ns;ndly, March 15 in the auditorium of the ‘Weston Collegâ€" iate and Vocational school. Both experienced cooks and new brides will find much to interest them, and a wonderful variety of door prizes have already been donated. Proceeds are for the YÂ¥WCA world service fund. 2 New Trophies Won By Pupils Senior School Presentation of two new memoâ€" rial trophies for competition among students has ‘been one of the outâ€" standing highlights of the past year‘s activities at the senior pubâ€" lie school. One is the Vernon Lowens troâ€" phy, presented yearly to the grade VIII student who shows the best allâ€"round scholarship and the first winner was, Phfiis Peters. The second award is the Sid J, Norman trophy for interform soccer, and the first winner to be inscribed on it was the St. Andrew‘s team, coached by Mr. Brum. Another notable event was the designing of a distinctive school crest in the form of a shield in the school‘s greem and white colors. The work was done by Ralph Wilâ€" son, grade VIII, and the crests were sold to the student body by the members of the Prefect Counâ€" cil. Weston citizens will be interâ€" ested to learn that the seedling population. on the vacant lot beâ€" side the firehall on Main St. N. will be augmented this spring by anâ€" other 1,500 specimens. It was last May and June that senior public school students set.out 3,000 seedâ€" lings of pine, spruce, butternut, poplar and maple, and later added two petunia and marigold beds to add color to the setting. â€"School events of the year began with a successful minstrel show staged by the pupils of forms 3 and 7, when the money raised was added to the funds of the student council. In June the children of grade VII made their annual excursion to the Niagara peninsula, stops beâ€" ing made at Fort George, Brock‘s Monument, the Queenston power plant, and finally the Falls themâ€" selves. Another spring project was a baking sale and tea, proceeds of which enabled the staff and stuâ€" dents to present Weston Memorial Hospital with a nursery cubicle. ‘At the end of June the Home and School Association members were hostesses to the graduating class of 1950. Rev. A. J. Greer was the guest speaker and Barbara Simpson the valedictorian. _ _ The annual Field Day took the formâ€"of aâ€""Play Day"â€"with all pupils taking part in each of the eight events. Crests were presented to the teams in grades VII and VIII obtaining the greatest number of points. _ The Hallowe‘en celebration took the form of a skating party at the arena. Students appeared in cosâ€" tume and prizes were awarded in various classes. ce 0 Fall activities included a visit to the Royal Winter Fair by the four grade VIII classes and a Christmas program which featured the readâ€" ing of the Christmas story by June Hamilton. Welfare Fund Of Employees‘ Ends Best Year Best year in its history has been concluded by the Employses‘ Welâ€" fare Service Fund whose 55,000 Greater Toronto members have given close to $600,000 to the city‘s welfare services in the past yearâ€" this by small weekly pay deducâ€" tions averaging 20 cents * This lmi»gnt announcement was made at the fund‘s annual dinâ€" ner by retiring president Thos. A. office. He ity leader, _ Bulk of the Community Mi::: Army, the Canadian Red Cross Soâ€" Weston ing Thos. A. K-i-rruu.math-mk in|at WCVS is the evening classes, ' by Mâ€"| which on from October to h, wellcknown communâ€"| March, ‘Of the three types of mmnufl-buhmhhaindh the m%%m uun-:'u- vmtm- (M nelves m P mohmcm-lvm{om-mdhumm â€"â€"Continued on page 4 those who require nssistance in For some years now the WCVS in common with many other schools in the province, has had inadequate accommodation for: its school population. During the past months the board of education has taken various‘ steps with a view to constructing an addition to the soloists â€"and groups alike. Pretty Gaye Ireland, 10, one of the youngest members of the Woodhl_go choir, which came third in its group at the Kiwanis Music Festival. e Festival results showed that months of hard work had been done by present building These have culniiâ€" nated in authority being granted by the department of municipal affairs for the architects to preâ€" pare final detailed plans and to call for tenders. * Prepare Final Plans | For WCVS Addition The preliminary sketch plans, alâ€" ready completed, provide for a new wing to be erected at the north end of the present building with a main entrance leading off William street. From the foyer of this entrance an auditorium with a seat capacity of 500, will run west parallel to William street. The gymnasium will run east tbwards College street. Under the auditorium will be the cafeteria and on this same level will be instructional areas for machine shop, electricity and sheet metal. Opportunity To See Collegiate > In Action At Exhibition Friday Chief event of public interest at Weston Collegiate and Vocational School this year is to be the School Exhibition, to be held tomorrow night, March 9th, when the parâ€" ents, the general public and the students will be given an opporâ€" tufiity: to see the whole school "in action." Displays, projects, notebooks and interesting exhibitions are to&g~ shown in each classroom and shop. In some cases the students will be carrying on with their regular asâ€" signments, others will be typing in the commercial room, while still others will be operating the maâ€" chines in the machine shop. A noteâ€" worthy display this year will be the scale model of the school, showâ€" ing the proposed new wing and changes in the old building. With so many activities of interâ€" est at the collegiate this year, it is impossible to do more than touch on the highlights. A new ind vitaly important plece of work being carried on by a number of staff members this year has been sharing in the work of curriculum committees with memâ€" bers of other staffs from the Wesâ€" tomn, North York and Humber Heights â€" schools. Provision for these committees on the local level has been made by the Department of Education for the purpose of drafting courses of study in variâ€" ous subjects, and at present the committees are working on courses of study for the intermediate diâ€" vision, grades VII to X. the various grades, to ensure greater continuity in the courses t these graies, and to ndapt courses to local needs where necesâ€" _ Aim of this study is to familiarâ€" ize all teachers with the work of "WEST YORK‘S NEWSY WEEKLY"* \ io Woodbridge â€"â€"â€" Westhount _ Humber Heights Mt. Dennis THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951 On the second and third floors provision is being made for a libâ€" rary, four science laboratories; specialized rooms for music, art, geography and typing as well as three standard classrooms, In: all there will be 16 new instructional ;v'l;; plans also includé mlflg the .present building. j installation of an interâ€"communiâ€" cation system. The site of the new wing is on an area now used a# & playing field. The new playing field will be in the area east of the school between College and Pine streets. The firm of architects is Govan, Ferguson, â€" Lindsay, _ Kaminker, Maw, Langley and Keenleyside, who planned the Weston senior public school. Mr. H. Lindsay of Weston, a member of that firm, is in charge. s 2s With the addition of this proâ€" posed building, the school will have sufficient accommodation for a €omplete program of studies as a collegiate and vocational school for 1200 pupils. their daily work, and a third is for those who wish to learn or develop & spareâ€"time hobby. â€" A new course this year was in connection with the Veteransk Land Act. The object was to familiarize veteran homeâ€"builders with the deâ€" tails of the act, the building speciâ€" fications and required standards, and also to give them any advice {hey needed with regard to small ouse construction. Guest speakers from various branches of the buildâ€" ing trades addressed the group and led discussions on their specialty. Another school event to which the public will be welcome will be "Music and Drama Night", which will be held this year on Thursday and Friday, April 12 and 13. Stuâ€" dents are now busy preparing and rehearsing two oneâ€"act plays, and thére will be a musical program St. Philip‘s Parish Men‘s Club Meets On Tuesday evening of next week, the Men‘s Club of St. Philip‘s Parish will hold its regular month» ly meeting in the Parish hall. Only a short time ago the Club was in danger of breaking up due to an apparent lack of interest, If the last meeting is anything to go by, the corner has been turnied. A large number turned out to see a very interesting show of color films of British Columbia and â€" Central Australia, and to enjoy plm darts and partaking of ‘the coffee and doughnuts. Next week, one of the members â€"Continued on page 12 "Mind & Heart" Sermon Topic The church auditorium was full to overflowing . Sunday evening, when many: of the teachers and members of the Board of Educaâ€" tion attended the Education Week Service at Weston Baptist Church. The pastor, Rev. A. J. Greer, spoke on "The Mind and the Heart," stressing the need for a closer link between the church and the school and how theâ€"training of the mind is made more effective by a right relationship. with the Lord Jesus Christ. Special music for the eveâ€" ning was furnished by the choir of the Senior Public School under Mr. Braum. The scripture, II Timâ€" othy 2, â€"was read by Mrs. Lee, president of the Local Council of Teachers. Mrs. Howard Bannister, who has been . president of Weston Main Newcorers Club this year, found it necessary at the meeting on Monday evening,â€" to . tender her resignation. The Bannisters will be out of town for some months :ntil their new home is completed here. Messrs. Warden, Gillespie, Bemâ€" rose and Jeffrey, principals and viceâ€"principals of the four Weston schools, ably filled the duties of ushers. Mrs. Clifford Green, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent, presented her with a pretty corsage. Mrs. J. B. Johnstone was named president for the remainder of the club term, ‘The supper dance at Club Kingsâ€" way was a grand guccess, Next big plans for the club centre around the Spring Tea to be held in June. * en s Mrs. H. Bannister Resigns Club Post _6nâ€"_"'i"hnnday, March ‘ 15th, the Moffat Cooking ‘Scheol will be held in Weston Collegigtes * High Standard Pupils‘ Work At King Street A high standard of achievement in students‘ work and a number of interesting activities have been the highlights of the past year at King Street School. s Craft work from Miss Kert‘s Grade II class and examples picture making from Mr. Jeffrey Grade V class won prizes at the Canadian National Exhibition while other pieces of work submitted won honorable mention. With the enrolment at 400 last June, the highest in the school‘s history, parentâ€"teacher meetings have become of great importance. Last April there was the annual staff night, at which teachers and parents met for & social evening, and November was the annual parâ€" ents‘ night, at which reports and standards of work were discussed and examples of work were on disâ€" play in the various classrooms. By virtue of their candy and basket and hanger sales last fall, King Street pupils raised $100 which was added to the Memorial School contribution for the estabâ€" lishment of a cubicle in the hosâ€" Two special occasions were Armâ€" istice day, when Rev. C. A. Mcâ€" Laren and Rev. A. J. Greer addressed the students, and the Christmas festivities, when carol singing was held in the halls. It was at Christmasâ€"that the pictoâ€" graph was introduced for telling the Christmas story to the juniors. Choirs from King Street have also afforded pleasure to several town meetings during the year, the junior choir of Grades II and III having sung at & women‘s associâ€" ation meeting at. Westminster United Church. The intermediate iehoir is from Grades IV, V, and VI, while there is a kindergarten rhythm band which will be playing at the April meeting of the home and school club, During the year, a new staff room was‘set up for the teachers with new equipment, and there is also a new nurse‘s room and new principal‘s office. . â€" a Boys‘ sports as before played an important part in the year‘s activiâ€" Mwmadsmetm ried off the in Rotary cup in the junior division, and have two. junior teams eontending for tmhrr'- honors, . Interâ€"school softball and interâ€"form soccer have ‘Weston town council took a body blow last Monday night in its proâ€" claimed battle to keep the 1951 tax rate down to a minimum for the benefit of the taxpayer who is facing increased cost in almost every â€" other â€"field. _ The. . 1951 budget of the. Weston Board of Education was received by the council with some forboding as estimates had previously been published in part. Ssuns . Poor Reception As Budget Received By Weston Council "The sad story is that the Board budget means a 3.65 mill increase on the Weston tax rate," stated Mayor Seagrave in his commients upon the budget. F _Councillor Stevenson suggested that the budget might be sent back to the Board. "We‘d get it right back in our laps," said Councillor Lunnon. The suggestion did not seem to be seriously considered for the Humber Summit Girl Winner . Of Music Festival Scholarship : â€" Among those to receive high} A young student of Weston Cole honours at the Eighth Annual Kiâ€"|legiate and Vocational % wanis Music Festival held in Toâ€"|Carolyn Forsyth, of Weston, ronto were children and young/first place in the violinâ€"‘cello q people from Weston, H um be r|for those under 17 years. feredr Heights, Maple Leaf, Humber Sumâ€"| In the reaim of choral music . mit; and Woodbridge. Top honours|school choirs, the name of Woode: in the area went to Violet Sylvia|bridge is always quite m , Allison, of Humber Summit who|along with the name of Anne § recdived the Toronté Globe and|bleton. Eleven awards in r Mail Scholarship of one hundred|won by varidug Woodbridge dollars for her piano: solos during| under the (:direction of this the‘competition. \â€" > ~â€"> _ |known person> is Jocal â€" mu SAM WILSON, Publisher Miss â€"Allison re ¢eivedâ€" three| circles. awards in as many contests, a first]} ‘The for piano slo for girls under 15;] Woodbi a third in the piano solo, Bach,| awards senior, amateurs only, class, and| Singers Aliss _ Allison Te€eived three| CITCIOS, Whhiringemmali e creie / .0 3c awards in as many contests, a first] ‘The Queen Anne Singers. 4 for piano svlo for girls under 15;| Woodbridge, received two second . a third in the piano solo, Bach,| awards and one third; Queen Amne . senior, amateurs only, class, and|Singers (Group B) received one . another third in the Haydn and|first, two seconds, and one &l f Mozart Sonatinas class. She is to|in the girls‘ triple trio w be congratulated on such a fine|Singers won ‘a third Ek / showing. _ Woodbridge Public School ‘choir. First prize in the Bach piano|took second place ‘inâ€"the grade solo class for girls under sixteen|eight classroom choirs class, â€"While went .to young Marilyn Weisbrod|two firsts were won by two :other of Humber Heights. In another| Woodbridge Public School . competition, Marilyn achieved|These were in the gn'll'w fgurth place in a field of twenty|class and the triple trio‘class.*" . and in a difficult class. She was a| Although outshone the many carrier for The Times and Guide woodl,:&, awards, :g’h“ a for her district just a couple of|in the district also took singing Census To Ask How Many Yrs. Spent In School In the two years 1950 and 1951 censuses will be taken in every country of North and South America. Canada‘s Ninth Decennial Census will be taken in June this year, This will be the first time that somewhat comparable data will be available from the many different countries that planned the taking of a census in concert, In all these countries the census includes one or more questions on litermcy and education. The inforâ€" mation elicited by these questions will be of interest and service to national and provincial government departments, to organizations and individuals concerned with educaâ€" tion, and to such international orgâ€" anizations as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the International Statistical Institute in planning their programs. Census data on education are useâ€" ful in determining long â€"term trends in educational advance, Among the advantages such data have over the regular education statistics obtained from school|ville, wh systems are that they yield conâ€"|ister of : siderable information on the eduâ€"| Weston, cation of the population not attendâ€"| Weston | ing school and enable comparisons | Napanee. of years of schooling to be made for |of the W all ages. The latter information is |years. Ir particularly interesting when imâ€"|moved tc migration is large, Again, the cenâ€"| minister, sus is taken for one day, whereas|the Cent the figures obtained from school| Presid systems eover a school year and|ranged : may not be completely free of dupâ€"|tapers a lication. In any case, data from|was ano each source supplement those from | bert Bro : other and serve as a ghock on |the ten r reliability. â€" | Pawson, Other census date, besides those | Pawson, Ire urthil aite dor egvcatiount en [hoine * are useful also for purâ€" s Provincial and | _â€" ~ distribution of the population and the of various ’M‘ pf&_fup-::: the need for additional schools ears ago. 40 Main N. â€" budget was referred to the committee _ of _ council further comment. + townâ€" was m:,:dn including .i 479 for vocati purposes, .| 964 for the collegiate, and 428 for public school‘ The total estimates of the for these items was $111,943 and $177,498 the remaining amounts - ceived from other squrces provincial grants and nonâ€") fees. [ss Before the close of the -“ members of council were again=ge« minded that budget estimates wer@ due from the various department» and theywenukedbyth% to have them ready very soom se that projects for the year would not be held up by a delay in â€"sete ting up the budget. Woodbridge Public School ‘choir took second place ‘in â€"the grade eight classroom choirs class, While These were in the girls‘ ‘chorms class and the triple trioâ€"class. **~ _ Although outshone by the ms Woodbridge awards, other lm in the district also took singing awards. These includedâ€" & “ chorus at Maple Leaf School unde® the direction of Lois 1 which took third plm:l’m place won by King Public School, King, Ont., in the class, chorus, one Rivers was the director), and a first place won by Maple Public School, Maple, for their entry in the triple trio for one or two room schools (Mrs. J. L. Fletcher con= ducted the triple trio), CA Probably there are a number of other successful local + the Kiwanis Festival and The Times and Guide would h e to learn the names ofâ€"any of a winners omitted so that 4 record may be published; _ _ ‘~/ 90th Birthday Marked Feb. 26 By Mrs. Brisley on Sunday, Feb, 25th at her St. John‘s United Church p age, Oakville, at a family ering in honor of her mothen Mary Brisley, who was celeh her 90th birthday, Mrs. Pawson is the wife 0 Rev. Harry Pawson, now at ville, who was & ister of Central Uag Weston. Rev. Pawson : ef Weston in 1936 #from .-: Napance. He remained of the Weston pastorate : years. In 1947, he and his moved to Oakville, and the ville, who was & minister, Rév. E. B. Eddy 't'l‘: Ce;trll Church, ( rangnd orith ‘leap wet tapers and a large birt ;54::«! ‘The > plea ‘ §# 4 that ode . . l cello class? _ of Woode _ prominenty â€" ;‘nnfim#" wo ued eived .one one: third; dnfia d awi Cl +4 rool choir the grade