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Page 4â€"THE TVHES ADVERTIS ER â€" Thurs, June 71, 1962 ewe.lin tion. residents of Rexda of Rexdale someone may be falling down on the job of maintaining adeâ€" quate facilities and a suitable standard The conditions in the apartment buildings are not shocking. They are true in many apartment units in Toronâ€" to having, by city standards, low or moderate rent scales. These conditions, as described in the news stories this week, are depressâ€" ing, however, if they speak of the shortcomings of civilized people who are fairly content to live together in large apartment projects while contriâ€" buting little to the general upkeep and standards of tkeir communal homes. Has Rexlington Heights Ltd., provided adequate facilities in the form â€" of washing machines | (six machines for 120 families) janitorial service, new paint on the walls, and in eoâ€"operating with the tenants and the Tenants‘ Association. The company has made some improvements but has a long list of things undone, tenants The outside appearance of the buildings is good. The roads have been repaved and the buildings are tastefulâ€" ly decorated. _ Behind the apartment walls lies another story; of broken glass, garbâ€" The Town of Weston needs a liquor vote. The time is overripe for a plebisâ€" cite by the people of Weston on the question whether or not to have the serving of liquor within town limit«. Almost every community in Metro Toronto has held the vote on liquor now. Most of the voting has brought liquor into the municipalities. Of â€" course Etobicoke _ recently brought dining lounges and cocktail bars into the township with a plebiscite, and Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch will probably at least hold a vote this year. Weston is slowly becoming an island where liquor is concerned. _ Do the people of the town want the sale of liquor and beer made legal and convenâ€" ient in Weston or would the maijority prefer the status quo? This is the quesâ€" tion that must be decided this year. The â€" Canadian â€" Legion â€" Branch, formerly in Weston, has been taken out of the town into an area where the servâ€" ing of beer is legal. This may not be the only reason behind the move but it is an important one. Legions. like most other organizations cannot be run without a source of revenue The town is being set apart from the neighbouringâ€" communities where Having his work preserved for â€" posterity is . something every writer hoots at. until the chance of it arises. where upon he falls over himself to help with the injection of the embaiming fluid. Thus, when 1 received a letter this week from Signore Gianni Finlandia of Omnia Editrice, Milano, Italy, inform ing me that I had bene chosen for inclusion in his six volume "Encyclopaedia . of _ Humor® each volume presenting "50 humorists of all nationalities, 1 was immensely gratified. has outclassed Toronto. The celebrity of your name very known all around the world doesn‘t permit us !o publish ‘Encyclopaedia of Ho mor‘ without dedicating sever al pages to you," writes Signâ€" EDITOBRIALS Weston Needs A Liquor Vote IPT:ID haTH6 §15¢ per year in aftvante Lo smy ad€ress is Canade MY TWO CENTS WORTH Will We bays rent to eitner tme tled to ubdivision Hrw those other 49 bums gn into my volu'me. 1 let pass When an editor is dealing with humorists in dozens of different languages a certain amount of dross is bound to wft in with the gold The main thing has been to answer fully the questionnaire that Signore Finlandia appends to his jetter. with the charming Praedo. praedo. Signore‘ Afâ€" ter all. there are only 25 ques tion here. ranging from "What quality do you prefer in the woman"" (ah, you Latins.) to "How would you like to die"" "In what cireumstances did you miss of humor‘" is anâ€" other teaser that has suffered in translation. But the one that really has me scratching, Signore, is: "What would you strange english alnts Of OtBer overtritg $159 0g By Eric Nicol Forgive me for any Have Slums age in the hallways and parking !ot, peeling paint and unmhappy residents. Rexlington Heights Limited must share the blame with the tenants, but the residents who have to put up with the apartment conditions have to carry the lion‘s share of the load. It is their responsibility, to themselves and to their neighbours, to keep their immediâ€" ate premises clean, good looking. and to coâ€"nperate with each other in use of the limited facilities availab! Children, a chronic problem many apartment blocks; should not allowed to run the halls unsupervis ror to go into the parking lot to pl Nursery schools should be in operat and the playgrounds in the area sho be maintained to insure the child the activities that contribute to th health and upbringing. It is the responsibility of the entire community of Rexlington and of Rexâ€" dale in general to see these apartment units do not become slums. From all reports Rexlington may be in danger of heading into slum conditions. Low rental housing projects are constantly wavering between dropping living standards and wellâ€"run, livable locations. Low rental housing was originally intended to replace slum areas. and to give the average worker a good enâ€" vironment in which to raise his childâ€" ren. The tenants and managing . any in Rexlington must coâ€"oper: observe this prime intention 0 planners of such units. serving of liquor and beer is legal, by the fact that Weston is ‘dry‘. The town is growing with new resiâ€" dents, many of whom are young married couples, and no organization including the local churches can keep up with the wants and needs of the majority of the people in the town since much of the population is new, and of different ideas than the older residents. No one really knows how the people of Weston would vote in the liquor plebiscite and this is why the vote must be held at this time. The will of the majority of the people is the basis of our society and taking a vote is the only way of finding that will. . It is an established fact that locaâ€" tions in which liquor and beer are obâ€" tainable are money makers:; for the province, the distributors, and for the town. It is also true that. on the social level, many church groups and other orâ€" ganizations are strongly opposed to the sale of beverage aleohol. Which side is the majority in Weston â€" the anti or pro liquor interests? With other communities of Toronto voting on liquor, Weston must follow suit and today is none too soon for the council to begin planning the holding of the plebiscite. island* _ Woman* Library® Razor® At first I thought 1 could eliminate the razor right off as a candidate for a companâ€" ion om a desert island. But a razor is a tool and a defensive we a pon. Robinson Carusoe survived thanks to just such equipment Suppose he had landed up on shore with only a blonde. _ Or a set of Great Books Is companionship as important as a good stee! cutâ€" ting edge" â€" Could you give me a hiht, Signore" If you could specify an electric razor, and a woman weighing 300 pounds and miss ing of humor. ! could seize on the library as my choice to take with me to a . desert island, possibly a library of Omnia â€" Editrice publications 1 don‘t read Italian very well, but I should understand most of the pictures. problem in hould not be unsupervised, g lot to play. in operation e area should the children ute to their Thistletown Collegiate Vocational Training Wing Nears Completion OTTAWA REPORT ticians wanted to take on the job. overâ€"0ptimism. take a look at Canada presen proaches its 1 leadership relatively stabie. Yet the good looks are ard work, tightening elts. and Governm On the A man entered the local restaurant with his dog, stepped up to the counter and said, "Would you give us free meals if I promise to make you a rich man?" The owner was ready to throw the two out but the man told him. "For 10 years I‘ve been coaching this dog and now he can speak English perfectly. If you put him in as an act here you‘ll be famous." The owner, of course, did not believe the dog could talk and demanded an audition. The man said to the dog, ‘"What‘s on top of this building." "Roof". said the dog. "What is sandpaper like," asked the man. "Rough". said the dog. The owner was fed up by this time and threatened to throw the two out, but the man asked for one more chance. "Who hold« the batting crown in baseball?" he asked. "Ruth". said the dog. whereupon the owner threw both mhan and dog into the street. Lying in the gutter. the dog looked at the disgusted master and asked, "What did you want me to say, Stan Musial?" it neop Things Campaigners Missed Canada‘s Real Problems Now invol face of 100th birthâ€" WEEKLY WAG ncline income exports 01 local restaurant with his ounter and said, "Would f I promise to make you r was ready to throw the 1 him. "For 10 years I‘ve and now he can speak mu _ put him in as an act If that were the only nhstacle to full employâ€" ment. it is easily removâ€" ed. But it isn‘t. The level of unemployment averaging over 400,000 must he broken vhich drained can not be of déficit about will no doubt continue until the economy is moving fast enough to absorb the labor force. The main attack on unemployment therefore should be made through efforts to stimulate inâ€" dustry, by tax incentives, export aid. stimulation of secondary industry, and by â€" energetic â€" developâ€" ment of industry in deâ€" pressed areas. In the field of external trade, there is no doubt the most important inâ€" fluence is Britain‘s negotiations to join the European Common Marâ€" ket. It begins to look as though there will be a place for Commonwealth products in a common market which includes Britain, at least for a time. and no doubt on a permanent if nonâ€"preferâ€" ential basis. Loudlyâ€"expressed fears of disaster for Canada in the loss of preferential treatment in the British market have been exagâ€" gerated. There will be dislocations, it is true. but Canadian sales to comâ€" mon â€" market â€" countries have _ been increasing rapidly and will likely continue to do so . Inspection done by experts on same equinment as used by Dept. of Highways Inspection Energetic selling in world markets by Canaâ€" dians, with Government aid in the form of export credits and expert advice from the trade departâ€" ment, is the line the Govâ€" ernment will have to take. rather than clingâ€" ing to outâ€"moded preferâ€" ential concepts? A distinctive national flag. a national anthem, a reâ€"made confederation,. are all important. They are particularly adjuncts of the 100th birthday party of a sovereign nation. But they are not matâ€" ters of priority in themâ€" selves. A Government that applies itself to healing the Country‘s economic woes, restoring health and _ vigor to national life, will very likely find that "symâ€" bols" of that national life will come _ about quite naturally. And maybe without even a national conference. Corner Kipling and Racine 241â€"8519 or 2416085 REVERE MOTORS SAFETY PAYS set of pictures shown on the front page of the Rexdale Thistletown Times Advertiser, affiliated with the Wesâ€" ton Times Advertiser, which show the apartment buildings in the Rexlington subdivision. Seeing the photos reminded me, in a minor scale, of an apartment block in another town which is fosterâ€" ing decadent living conditions for the tenants. This block, I‘m certain, is much worse than any in Rexlingâ€" ton, but it has been standing only a few years. It is an example of what can happen to an apartment dwelling complex when a minority of the tenants are allowed to create slovenly conditions in the area. Two boys, we‘ll call them Tommy and Billy, beâ€" gan to grow up in this Lakeshore apartment block. One lived with his parents in a small one bedroom apartment while the other lived with his small sister, his mother and 22 yearâ€"old father, another brother, and an uncle, in a twoâ€"bedroom apartment in the baseâ€" ment of the block. TRHE WALRUS SAID... | Tommy being three years old, and Billy two and one hali. the boys didn‘t really concern themselves with the sordid surroundings in which they were livâ€" I‘ll bet everyone who did would be enriched by the experience. We would learn several things simply by observâ€" ing the reactions of our companions on the trip. We would reawaken our longâ€"dormant enthusiasm for the country in which we live, and we would see, through the eves of our friends. the beauty. potentials, faults. and hugeness of the outdoors which are only hours away from home. Many English immigrants who have seen our country have become outdoorsmen. The English, probably because their homeland is set in miniature, are particularly entranced and awed by Canada at its best. They used their imagination and turned the starkâ€" ly barren parking lot in the back of the apartments into a battleground, or a circus. They dodged cars and broken glass to play, for there was no park in the area of the apartment. When it rained they ran up and down the dim corridors inside the great pile of stone that was their home. They velled with the rest of the children and, frequently, were told to "shut up" by irate mothers whose children were also with the group. Billy and Tommy went into their parking lot to play one day and met a man. He took them down an alley into a nearby warehouse to continue their games of fantasy. Only the games had ended. The boys were found that night â€"â€" dead. You may remember. It happened just two months ago. Were these boys killed because an insane man was on the loose, or were they killed by their environâ€" ment before they had the chance to rise above it? This is one reason, and not too extreme a one, why we must not tolerate potential slum conditions in our They are fascinated by the miles of trees, lakes and bush which make up the greatest part of Ontario. Many never lose their love and awe for this country even after years of travelling over it and camping on it. We Canadians who were born here can learn a lesson from the English, or from any immigrant who has seen more of Canada than the streets of Toronto. We have lost our love and our devotion to Canada as a bountiful. large nation. We have become too familiar with the idea of being close to nature, to really appreciate the true meaning of our heritage. communities. ALL CANADIANS, born and raised in this country. should take a newly arrived immigrant north for a weekend. We can envy the person who is seeing our land for the first time. while we look into the soul of the nation with rusted eyes. EVER LOST A PET* While driving on Highway 400 the other day I saw a group of cars and people on the side of the road. Like most Toronto drivers I figured there was another accident and set my speed to drive on by merely glancing at the scene. There was an accident, but it wasn‘t at all serious. There was no pile of wreckage, no corpses of careless drivers. there was just a knot of men standing over the body of a small dog lying panting in the gutter. No. It wasn‘t a serious accident according to the statistics of the National Safety Council or the insurâ€" ance company. It was, however, the most tragic acciâ€" dent of the year for the small girl who was being led away from the area by a kindly truck driver. Pets can be as dear to a child as a human. Perâ€" sons who say pets are useless creatures cannot see the love in the eves of a nineâ€"yearâ€"old, nor the tears burstâ€" ing from the heart of this small girl. They are also dear to many adults who have learned the value of devotion and love, even from a "dumb animal". Miss Margaret Aitken, the Conservative MP for York Humber last year, was more upset over the loss of her small dog who ran into the country and disapâ€" peared. than she was with the heavy workload of campaigning she underwent during the first part of June. The editor is rather enthused this week aboot the Gerald Morley WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER 30 Years in Downtown Toronto 87 SUNSET TRAIL, WESTON CH 49452 G. DANIELS at