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JACK ZIMMERMAN, left, member of the cast of the Weston Drama Group‘s production of "Accidentally Yours" Monday night presented a check for $175 to Cliffordâ€" Winder, campaign | coâ€"chairman for the Weston area swimming pool. The money | was the proceeds of the group‘s last production. Industrial| campaign for the pool will begin March 20 and the residential‘ compaign will begin in April. Photo by Geoffrey Frazer | Special Services To Mark 99th Anniversary Of Westminster At puest Alan As a new venture, the Humâ€" berMemorial Hospital Associaâ€" tion will combine their annual mecting with that of the Humâ€" ber Memorial Hospital Women‘s Auxiliary on Monday, March 25th. C On Sunday, March 17, special services will be held in West-z minster United Church in celeâ€"| bration of the 99th anniversary of the founding of the congrega-’ tion. At the Morning Service at 11 a.m., the guest preacher will‘ be the Rev. Professor Cousland, principal of Emmanuel College| of Victoria University. Professor | Cousland _ was _ educated _ at ; George Watson‘s College, Edinâ€"‘ burgh and at Oxford University. He has been Professor of Church History at Emmanuel College, ‘Toronto University for a numâ€" ber of years and in 1956 he was | appointed principal. He is not| only an expert upon the subject , of the Church but is also an auâ€" | thority upon: Church music and | liturgics. s j Humber Hospital And Aux. Annual Meeting Mar. 25 Guest speaker at the meeting| will be Dr. A. D. Kelly, Genâ€"| eral Secretary of the Canadian} Medical Association who will! speak on "Accreditation of Hosâ€"| pitals". Dr. Kelly travels from| coast to coast in Canada to see i that standards are maintained ‘ in the hospitals. To allow adequate time fori the speaker, verbal reports will not be made by the hospital and" auxiliary . officers but instead reports will be written and disâ€"| tributed to those attending. I * Refreshments will be served at the close of the meeting. The public is cordially invited to attend. JANET TAYEOR OF THE .196TH Guide Company, was presented with her All Round Cord by Mrs. C. Gilbertson, her Captain, at St. Philip‘s Hall on Thursday, March 7th. Janet is the first Guide in Fairview Heights District to receive this Blue and White Cord, as it was just introâ€" duced last month, and is given to a First Class Guide who ialso holds the little House Emblem and other specialized proficiency badges. _ "€ Awarded New Cord Drama Group Supports The Pool dA 1h c it stladiices oi co it tA : in expert upon the subject , + At tk}e monthly meeting of Church but is also an auâ€" St Philop Ne CWL,. the es on ous‘ y upon Church music ;ndil_.“ESt speaker was A. H. Holâ€"| ycdhuactydl ics. . C ‘Hngworth, M.P. for York Cenâ€"| # the Evening Service, the | tre. . P | _ a s r ‘ preacher will be the Rev.; _ After_ being introduced . by Borland, B.A., B.D., who Father Vitus, Mr. Hollingworth| A pousewife who lost her 34 Main N.â€"500 Main N. mlmh-& Mearl‘s Jane & Wilson BAKER FLEETLINE TAXI CABS CH. 1â€"9131 Photo by W. E. Gerty 1 is minister of Beverley Hills United Church. Mr. Borland is a young pastor of great promise and it is largely due to his enâ€" thusiasm and gifts of leadership that the new edifice of Beverley Hills United church has been erected. John C. Stewart, the baritone soloist from College Street Uniâ€" ted church, will sing at both services. 2 , A. H. Hollingworth Speaker At C.W.L. Numerous talented young peoâ€" ple from Weston and area won high marks in the recent anâ€" nual Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto. School choir results were very encouraging for Weston and area schools. King Street school, Weston, Intermediate c h oir, grades 1â€"5, placed second, having competed against n#ne schools in the Metro area. The choir earned a total of 85 points, losâ€" ing to Bedford Park by only one point. Memorial school Inâ€" termediate choir, in a different class, also placed second with 85 points. Weston Senior public school choir tied for third place with Woodbridge public school. gave an interesting talk on his recent trip to Europe, where he had represented the Canadian Government at the N.A.T.O. conferences in Paris. Another distinguished â€" guest was Mrs. Davis, first Viceâ€"Presiâ€" dent of the Diocesan Council. Mrs. Davis spoke of the imporâ€" tance of the Canadian Register campaign, which took place in St. Philip‘s parish on Sunday, March 10th. Mrs. Davis also commended the ladies of the C.W.L. for their work on the decency crusade. Numerous Weston Area Winners In Annual Kiwanis Music Festival Three ladies volunteered to act as nominating committee for next month‘s elections. They were: Mrs. O‘Leary, Mrs. Harâ€" pell, and Mrs. Whyte. Scouts Hold | Paper Drive On Saturday Residence of this section of Weston are asked to save their old newspapers, magazines and telephone books for the Scouts‘ monthly paper drive. Scouts of the Westminister United church‘s 2nd Weston Scout troop will be out in full foree this coming â€" Saturday, March 16th on the first of their monthly paper drives in central Weston. Proceeds of the paper drives will help to buy tents and camping equipment for this group of more than 100 boyt. The area to be covered by this canvas each month has the following boundaries: Lawrence Ave. on the south to Church St. on the north, on the east Jane St., and on the west, Main St. North. Rexdale Youth ‘Earns Expert Sh‘ting Shield Dominion Marksmen officials ; asid that the achievement of this | youth, which was equalled by |a Toronto lad is very excepâ€" tional in that it usually requires lfrom three to four years of | steady shooting. [ Let‘s SWIM â€" POOL Our Dollars Weston Housewife Wins W.A.S.P. Slogan Contest Attended By Record Crowds Centennial WCVS Exhibition Junior Dancers Last Friday, Weston Collegiate|ing their daily work at school. and Vocational §School staged its The science lap displays and annual exhibition in the 100th) various shop exhibits were as year since the original school‘ interesting and spectacular as was founded. ever, but this year, a new disâ€" Despite the wintry weather,‘play was easily their equal in record crowds flocked to the popularity. This was the health centennial exhibition to see the| and medicine display sponsored best that the students and teacâ€" ' by the Humber Memorial Hosâ€" hers could offer. The exhibition, | pital and the local Board of as usual, was not only aighly Health. Here one could find his entertaining, but showed parâ€" } blood type, study TB Xâ€"rays, or ents what their children do durâ€" | have a cardiograph taken. The â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"“â€"ipurpose of this display was to reduce the public‘s ignorance of RQXdGlQ Y-’“'h\lmodern hospital methods and We _ 200 Wc l c m !equipment. Despite the wintry weather, record crowds flocked to the centennial exhibition to see the best that the students and teacâ€" hers could offer. The exhibition, as usual, was not only aighly entertaining, but showed parâ€" ents what their children do durâ€" Woodbridge choral groups unâ€" der the excellent direction of Miss Anne Dumbleton again captured many prizes in the fesâ€" tival. Among these were the folâ€" lowing: ‘Triple trio, Queen Anne Singers, second; small vocal enâ€" semble, Q. A. Singers, 3rd; girls‘ ‘triple trio, under 17, Q. A. Singâ€" ers, Ist; girls‘ triple trio, under 21, Q. A. Singers, 2nd; girls‘ double trio, under 17. Q. A. Singers, 2nd; girls‘ double trio, under 21, Q. A. Singers, 2nd; school chorus, Woodbridge pubâ€" lie school, 2nd. An 18â€"yearâ€"old Rexdale reâ€" sident, George S. Marsh of 74 Stavely Crescent has qualified for "Gold Expert" shields by shooting a perfect "6,000" score. The Humber Heights | girls‘ choir (senior) placed second and third in two different groups, and the gin‘s triple trio placed third, Mrs. Creighton‘s grade 3 also placed third in their group. George, a mdinber of the Torâ€" dians, and bands. The gym show onto Anglers and Hunters Asâ€" included tumbling â€" apparatus ociation only began shooting, work, basketball and floor hocâ€" less than two years ago and set key, and a provocative (?) hula his sights on the gold shield last| dance by â€" seemingly _ lovely May. \Hawaiian girls who turned out Dominion Marksmen officials| to be the members of the Senior asid that the achievement of this | football team led by school youth, which was equalled by | president Brock West. home two years ago in Hurriâ€" cane Hazel had one of her sloâ€" gans chosen Tuesday night as the best entry in the Weston Area Swimming Pool Slogan Contest. Mrs. O. C. Irwin of 26 Fern Ave., Weston submitted the winning slogan, "Let‘s SWIMâ€"POOL our Dollars." Informed of the decision of the judges Wednesday morning, Mrs. Irwin was thrilled at the news and was looking forward to receiving the many valuable prizes which will be presented to her next week, probably Monday night at the dinner In the mixed voice choirs class, the Jennie Bouck Singers, directed by Jennie Bouck of Downsview, tied for third place. In the Brownie Action Songs class, the 305th Brownie Pack of Woodbridgé, conducted by Mrs. Lorne Begg, tied for third. A third area scholarship winâ€" ner was Dorothy Wallingford of Downsview who won the $200 Heintzman & Co. Ltd. scholarâ€" ship in piano. which will launch the industrial canvass. Winner of the Loblaw Groceâ€" terias Ltd. $100 scholarship was Carol Davidson of Weston, first prize winner in the soprano unâ€" der 21 class. The _ individual _ scholarship winners also included a Rexdale boy, Serge Rand, who was awarded the Silverwood Dairies Ltd. scholarship for $50 after winning two first in piano comâ€" petitions. Glyn Varcoe of Weston earned second place in the girls‘ solo under 12 class, and joined with Marilyn Boniface, also of Wesâ€" (Continued on Page 3) SLIGHT INCREASE IN TOWN‘ 1957 EDUCATION MILL RAT Mrs. Irwin said that although WOODBRIDGE INDIVIDUAL WINNERS imes and Buie AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES IN ETOBICOKE AND NORTH YORK | _ The variety and gym shows | were also hits with the crowd. }Both the gym gallery and the auditorium were packed for the \ performances. Jacob Vanderâ€" | veer did an excellent job as Master of eCremonies of the i Variety Show, which featured | talented singers, dancers, comeâ€" : dians, and bands. The gym show included _ tumbling â€" apparatus work, basketball and floor hocâ€" key, and a provocative (?) hula |\ _ _On display in the home econâ€" [ omics room was a dress on loan from Simpson‘s and styled in ‘the fashion of a century ago. Tuesday night the three judges of the slogan contest had a big job choosing from approxâ€" imately 500 entries of enthuâ€" siastic swimming pool supportâ€" ers. Picking the winner was the difficult task of Ed Fitkin, well known sports commentator of radio â€" station CJBC; Ralph Draper, media manager of Batâ€" ten, Barton, Durstine and Osâ€" born advertising agency; and Robert "Betft" Wood, chairman of the board of governors of the swimming pool. All are residâ€" ents of Weston. she and her husband had been | working on the slogans for| some time, it was not Until last| Friday, one day before the deadâ€"| line that they picked up the entry forms. Mrs. Irwin said she | had sent in two entries and her| husband had also sent in several‘ entries. Mr. Irwin is employed in the Research Division of Onâ€" tario Hydro. The many excellent efforts were checked over at the Lion‘s Room of the Weston Arena by the judges while looking on were Mrs. C. J. Lynch, publicity chairman of the pool campaign; Norman Groat, Geoffrey Frazer and Alfred Bird, members of the publicity committee. Jehovah Witnesses Assembly Attended By More Than 1,000 "All mankind should be one, and all mankind will yet be made one," the speaker said. Arthur Guest, presiding minâ€" ister of the local congregation reported that Africa, France, Argentina, Germany and many other nations of the world passâ€" ed before the eyes of a keenly interested audience, through the medium of a specially prepared film shown Saturday night The audience of more than 800 apâ€" plauded the presentation of the scenes from a recent ordination ceremony in Nuremburg, Gerâ€" many where Christian ministers from Eastern Germany, Poland and Hungary were among those symbolizing their dedieation‘ to do God‘s will despite obstacles imposed by Communist rulers. at the three day assembly of Jehovah‘s Witnesses held last weey-end at the Crange Plaza auditorium on Wilson Ave. Those attending heard Mr. George Saltmarsh, district supâ€" ervisor of the witnesses speak on the subject, "Removing the Barriers Dividing Mankind." Weston and vicinity residents were well represented among the more than 1,000 persons who attended the key Bible lecture WESTON mT. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1957 ! Mr. Sloan told the members ‘that the Kitimat development had played a major role in Canâ€" ‘ada‘s expansion _ through _ its ‘provision of cheap electric powâ€" ‘er. In 1939, the Aluminum Comâ€" pany had only 2,000 employees lLand now has 20,000 employees. Buck Pollard thanked Mr. Sloan |for the vivid picture presented ‘by the film which he was sure was much in demand. To Rock ‘n‘ Roll The _ amazing achievement story of Kitimat, British Columâ€" bia, was shown in an excellent film to the members of the Kiâ€" wanis Club of Weston, supplied by the Aluminum Company of Canada Limited. The film was introducéd by Robert D. Sloan of Alcan, brotherâ€"inâ€"law of Secâ€" retary Ted Robertson. Skating And Dancing Party For Pax April 23 President Gordon Alcott welâ€" comed a guest, Gordon Hodge, son of member, Andy Hodge, and prospective members Ed Mustard and Fred Bell. Some new songs were enjoyed in the singâ€"song led by Andy Hodge with Tom Robertson at the piano. As Sergeantâ€" at â€" Arms, Howard McLaughlin collected a good many fines from club "malefactors". Following the reading of corâ€" respondence by Secretary Robâ€" ertson, George Heaton awarded the fellowship prize to Wally Denike. President Alcott urged all commttee chairmen to subâ€" mit their monthly reports to Viceâ€"President Oliver â€" Stewart, Achievement report secretary. Rock ‘n‘ roll dancing will be a feature of the next session of | the Weston Junior Dancers on | Friday, March 22nd for Weston | boys and girls 11â€"15 years of| age. The programme will also | include square dancing and | round dancing. Attendanc_e at the last evening of the Junior Dancers on Friday, March 8th was fairly good. Kitimat Story In Color Film Sho‘n Kiwanis These costumed youngsters are a few of the many talented young skaters who performed so commendably in the annval Ice Carnival of the Weston Skating Club last week. Left to right they are Ruth Hodgson, Ann Marie Valkr, Leslie Patdky, James Woollet}, Jimmy Hough, Laura Gldss and Carol O‘Dristoll. § Bill Stonehouse, manager for this affair has reserved Weston Arena for exclusive use of the Pax Class. The young people of St. Andrew‘s Presbyterian church, Humber Heights will also be participating in the evens planned for this night. A programme of round dancâ€" ing will be held in the Lions Banquet Hall after the skating. The members of the Pax Bible Class of Weston are anxiously awaiting their skating and dancâ€" ing party to be held on Tuesday, April 23rd at 8 p.m. Young Weston Skaters Please Carnival Audience | _ The estimated budgets for the schools was divided as follows: | voecational, $292,096.11; collegiâ€" |ate. $254,056.07; public schools, $300,448.50. The mill rate was }di\'ided as follows: vocational, _ In addition to the local school ‘mill rate, certain school costs {spread over the Metro area are included in the Metro tax bill ito each muncipality. MANY REMOVALS In his report to the Weston ‘Board of Education, Principal ‘Max Bemrose of Memorial pubâ€" lic school pointed out that 78 ‘removals‘ (that is children moving to a place out of the school‘s boundaries) was twice ithe usual number. Mr. Bemâ€" [rose said that there were a lot ‘Of people moving in and out of ‘town during the past month. nil; collegiate, .662 schools. 4.770. 75 Kingsview Home Owners May Subdivide Their Lots Increased Revenue More Than Offsets Educationâ€" Board‘s Larger Budget Despite an increase of $65,496.68 in the Weston Board of Eduâ€" cation budget for 1957 over that of the previous year, the Board! was able to announce a reduction in the local school rate at its March meeting. | The Weston Board of: Education last Wednesday night apâ€" proved a budget of $846,600.68 for 1957, meaning a mill rate of 5.432, and slight decrease of .024 in the rate below that of 1956. The 1956 budget allowed for expenditures of $781,104.00. Board Administrator C. R. Marchant saig that increased asâ€" sessment in the town of Weston largely accounted for the mill rate decrease. Seventyâ€"five home owners in Kingsview Village, north Etobiâ€" coke, may now subdivide their 400â€"foot depth lots and sell them as residential lots. This was made possible when| the Etobicoke council recently agreed to the request from the, home owners to change the zonâ€"| ing byâ€"law to permit installation | of a new road to allow the conâ€"!| struction of new homes on the newly created frontage. | Council turned down the reâ€" commendation of its Planning Board which asked for the deâ€" dication of five per cent of the land for park purposes, noting; that the property owners had| already â€" contributed land for parkapurposes when a twoâ€"acre| lot was dedicated for that purâ€" pose at the time the subdivision was first developed. Recreation Survey | Etobicoke Recreation Commitâ€" tee has recommended to council; that a survey be made to indiâ€" cate the need for facilities and > recreational services throughouti Music Supervisor Donald CONFERENCE REPORT Telephone CH. 1â€"521) and public I . Planning Director ‘ The appointment of Wjotek Wronski as new planning direcâ€" ‘tor for Etobicoke was announced (by Frank Longstaff, Chairman {of the Etobicoke Planning Board. Mr. Wronski was senior assisâ€" |tant planning officer for London County Council, London, Engâ€" land, for five years. Brum reported to the Weston Board of Education on the mu> sic teachers‘ conference which he had attended recently in the| U.S.A. as part of his inâ€"service training. Later in the evening, the board approved a letter of| thanks to Mr. Brum for his efâ€" forts in directing the school choirs in the Kiwanis Festival. MANAGEMENT Kenneth Winter, chairman of the management committee, reâ€" ported that his committee faâ€" voured the establishment of a coâ€"ordinating committee to enâ€" courage standard procedures in all three schools. He also said that the committee favoured the movingâ€" of the grade six classes out of Weston Seniar school as of the 1st of September, 1957. Mr. Winter wanted emphaâ€" sized that the new salary scheâ€" dule recently approved by the board was "in line" with recomâ€" mended Metro schedules. the township. The Director of Recreation was requested to reâ€" port on the cost of such a survey by a professional recreation consultant. The new plahning director has been senior city planner for by A. M. Deslauriers of the refusal of the school North York Council is being|board to permit the use of the forced into removing Artificial school buildings for changeâ€" ice rinks from North York ‘house purposes. School board property because: Reeve Vernon Singer stated Urges North York Council And School Board Heal Rift (Continued on Page 10) â€"Photé by Geoffrey Fraser 28 MAIN N. _ CHerry 1â€"3540 A Complete Lline of 28 MAIN N., CHerry 1â€"3549 & RADIOQ Chas. Gowans, 35. no fimed address was arrested on Denâ€" nison; Rd. in Weston recently" by \ Patrol Sergeant D. Wilson :and | Constable E. Lowe and charged with being drunk in a publie place. He was convicted in magâ€" istrate‘s court and fined $10 and costs. . Two Young Men Guilty Of Theft: Peter Walker, 21 of 60 Regent St., Toronto was sentenced. to seven days in jail in magistrate‘s court March lith after being convicted of theft of money from a Weston cartage firm. The arrest was made by Acting Patrol Sergeant James Oliver. A two year suspended senâ€" tence was given Robert1.E. Prentice, 17 of 29 Jubilee Cres, North York following his conâ€" viction on a charge of theft from Cruickshank Motors. PC John Leybourne made the Arâ€" rest. Pins Presented To Blood Donors Fourteen blood donors from the Weston area recently reâ€" ceived service pins from the Canadian Red Cross in recogâ€" nition of their voluntary donâ€" ations of blood at the Pelmo Park clinic. t Reeve Vernon Singer stated this week that, "We are most reluctant to take this action at this time. However, in view of the stand taken by the school board on this matter in refuse ing to coâ€"operate with Council in providing changeâ€"house and washâ€"room â€" facilities for %he children using these rinks &arâ€" ing offâ€"school hours, we ha&ve no alternative but to move the rinks to locations where intergstâ€" ed local organizations are ‘reddy and willing to provide these much needed facilities." ts Of the four rinks in usézin the township at the present time, two are located on school property: one at the Downsview public school and the other%at the Harrison Road publi¢ school. _ :‘ The matter at hand is nSost significant in the light of @ statement made by a school board member to the press Jast week with regard to the school board providing 100 per cent co« operation to the Council m& not receiving any coâ€"operation return. oo\ wa Af A furtrer instance of lack of coâ€"operation by the school ; to Council may be il by the fact that to this day. eduncil member has yet ud ed a copy of the very i report on the Triâ€"level of Education -pr!p“‘ at taxpayers‘ expense». As October last year a made . to then the Scimal Roara by Reeve for a copy of thi: re ion to ( L. te