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Are Weston merchants fighting for survival only to have the Metropolitan Toronto Parking Authority cut off . streets to customer parking? This was the question asked of Weston Counâ€" cil, Monday, by a worried busiâ€" nessmen from Jane Street. William Pletzer, owner of the Alton Marine store at 1786 Jane Street, in a letter to Council, and through ‘a personal visit to the Council meeting, Monday, told Council of his greatest worry â€" that Metro will return "No Parking" signs to the street in front of his store. | The letter to council, signed1 by Mrs. and Mr. Pletzer, asked | Council for assurance Metro | would not place ‘No Parking‘‘ signs _ on â€" Jane _ Street . in front of his store and three others, thus cutting off the only parking space available in the| area, and eventually, trade in the area. \ Mayor George Bull, giving little assurance, said, "We can‘t tell what Metro will do. The parking situation in the area does not appear to be too hopeâ€" ful." Metro "Heartless" On Town Parking Worried Weston Merchant Tells Council He said the building of a laneway behind the chain of stores may be the "salvation of the area," but Mr. Pletzer told Council the land needed for the lane is not available for purâ€" chase. Parking is now only restrictâ€" ed during rush hours on Jane Street, but "No Parking" at any time signs have been put up once on Jane and may be reâ€" placed. "We should beat some sense into the Metro Parking Authorâ€" ity," Councillor Ted Ault said, The situation is now satisfactory with no parking in rush hours." He said it should be left this way, and added, "If we can‘t use the land for commercial use we can‘t use it for anything else." â€""(;,ounrillor William Perry addâ€" ed, "We should do all we can to protect our business men." Mr. Pletzer‘s questions will be taken to the traffic commitâ€" tee of Town Council and to Metro for study. Mr. Pletzer‘s letter, which follows, underlines some of the problems of many businessmen in Weston, and a growing attiâ€" tude of resentment by businessâ€" men who have locations borderâ€" ing Metro roads. "We take the liberty of tellâ€" ing you that eight years ago we sold our home, a bungalow in Mt. Dennis. and with our equity of $7,000.00. from that sale we made a downâ€"payment on a store and apartment on Jane Street in Weston. "Since that time we have worked hard and struggled to build up our business, make a living for ourselves and pay taxes to the Town of Weston and getting our building nearly paid for. "As you are aware, we like all the other business people on Jane St.. have struggled to surâ€" vive over those years of reconâ€" struction:> trunk water mains, water mains. gas mains and the most devestating the 1961 road widening during which the road was completely closed all durâ€" ing our business season and that we had to carry 150 lbs. Outâ€" board motors over holes and piles of dirt to side streets, and we had to arrange with people on the side streets to. enable us to equip boats delivered there â€" this all costing us monâ€" ey and our health yet we made no money last year and in spite of our business being cut off our tax bills came in just the same, of course with no allowâ€" ance. â€" We also remember the Pelmo bridge and the bridge between it and Wilson being built â€" that end of Jane was closed and as there is no other way thru‘ to Wilson â€" hardly any traffic came through Jane and so affecting our business â€" yet we still have that part of Jane to be widenâ€" éd and once again further setâ€" backs in our business. "We think you must agree that we have had a tough row to hoe over the last few years but have worked â€" that much harder, have managed to sur vive always with that future dream of what a swell street Jane St., will be and maybe exâ€" cellent for business. "NOW â€" we are fighting to | survive again. Metro seems det-i ermined to have Jane Street a ‘NO PARKING‘ streets. Is lhls‘ what we have managed to sur-‘[ vive for? i "What value is our building â€"â€" a store with no access to the rear â€"â€" and ‘No Parking‘ signs out front. We have about $10,â€" 000.00, equity in this building now â€" apart from our business, and we feel if this ‘No Parking‘ law goes through we have lost not only our business location and our home but also our life savings â€" as who would buy our Building from us if we tried to locate elsewhere" Is this what Metro is trying to!do to resiâ€" dents and tax payers of Weston? + "When we bought our store the builder said he was trying to build stores from ours No. 1786 to the corner of John and then a laneway would go throâ€" ugh but this never materialized and somehow a Weston lot on William Street was sold by the Town and a bungalow now sits where the laneway should go through from Jane to William. "However, at that time we had a wide dirt boulevard in front of the store and ample parking on it â€" now after waiting for the beautiful Jane Street enâ€" visaged during the recent dirt, dust, holes and closures we find we have nothing but a dangerâ€" ous speedy expressway out front and the Metro Council‘s ruthâ€" less, heartless placing of ‘No Parking‘ at any time out front â€" though we must say after long discussions personally and by phone. with Mr. Cass the ‘No iParking' signs are now down and we have parking except lduring the rush hours, which we understand and is quite acâ€" ceptable to us. Rutherford, of 22 Tunbridge Crescent,. Etobicoke, is but one of thousands of parents who find themselves delving deeper and deeper into their hillfolds and purses these days, as their childâ€" TTIC Service To Pioneer Village Continues Till Oct. BACK TO SCHOOL. Mrs. Leonard The T.T.C. bus service to the Pioneer Village has proven its usefulness since the service was inaugurated July isth on a trial basis, at the request of the North York Historical Societv. Mr. J. G. Inglis. General Manâ€" ager of Operations, T.T.C., has announced that this service will be continued until the Pioneer Village closes Sunday, October 28th. The T.T.C. bus will leave the Eglinton Subway Station, Platâ€" for 9, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the hour via Yonze Street and Stecle‘s Avenue. It will leave Pioneer Village from 12 noon until 7 p.m. on the hour. This service will be effective every Sunday up to and includâ€" ing Sunday. October 28th: Labor Day, Monday, September 3rd; Thanksgiving Day, Monday, Ocâ€" tober 8th, and Festival Day, Saturday, October 13th. Bring your little girl in before school begins and let us style, cut, and set her hair. 1701 Jane St. Dial CH 7â€"7041 Completely Air Conditioned Also at 608 Trethewey Dr. CH 1â€"7961 ROMA BEAUTY SALON SEND YOUR CHILD BACK TO SCHOOL WITH A NEAT HAIRDO "Our problem is â€" how long will this last and how can we plan our own future with such uncertainty? "Our building was built for an â€" apartment | upstairs â€"â€" a permit for this was issued to the builder, but we presume for price reasons he made the store smaller and a three room apartment in the rear. After all these years, we feel we are in the position to build upstairs and so make our living quarters more of a home and enable us to open the ground floor store through to the back. However, we don‘t want to put our hardâ€" earned savings into building an apartment on this building if any time Metro‘s ‘No Parking‘ ban can once again cut off our business and make our real estate valueless â€" it would be like throwing good money after \bad. "The Fire Department are we . understand most unhappy over the lack of access to the Students who have recently moved into the Townâ€" ship of Etobicoke and who were not in attendance at an Etobicoke elementary or secondary school last June, are asked to register between August 27th and August 31st, from 9:00 a.m. to 4;:00 p.m. Burnhamthorpe C. I Etobicoke C. T. Kipling C. T North Albion C. I. Richview C. I Roval York C. I. Thistletown C. I Vincent Massey C. I. Information regarding school attendance areas may be obtained from the Superintendent‘s Office by calling BE 3â€"1291. Alderwood C. I Sm BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF ETOBICOKE C1 "Te Dislric( Fop More Than 35 Yeary» A. T. SQUIBB ; SON 19734 H'oslnn Rd., Weet. _ 2 Dvmrs NP Suut NOTICE TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS wl . _ ""COks Available Area Schooh ‘Note Books * Binders * Coles Notes and Tr, ’Sen'ing Scholins In in > ren prepare for the coming term. Her daughter Diana is a third year student at Burnamthorpe Collegiate. The cashâ€" ier, Miss Pat Nolan is kept busy ringâ€" ing up the amounts in a northwest bookstore. Superintendent of Secondary Schools. 300 Valermo Drive CL 5â€"3479 76 Keane Avenue BE 3â€"6238 86 Montgomery Road BE 1â€"1106 380 The Westway CH 19143 2040 Kipling Avenue N. _ 749â€"0520 520 Islington Avenue N. BE 3â€"5821 675 Royal York Road CL 9â€"5071 20 Fordwich Crescent _ CH 6â€"6113 105 Eringate Drive 239â€"7376 _binders Sundriel § and Tramlationc in the District Fop More 35 Years” f ton Rd., Weston N: of Loblaws rear of our store and No. 1788 "We were here before the roadâ€"widening and the "Expressâ€" way" took shape and we feel we should not be so callously disposed of in this manner. We are humans, taxpayers of Wesâ€" ton and a family trying to make a living honestly and decently by working long hours in a small business. ‘ "We need help â€" we pay our taxes to you and we want you to think of Jane Street not in the lofty concept that Metro has but,as a street in Weston, with Weston _ people working and living there and being trampled on in the grando'#se schemes that Metro envisages Tor Jane Street. If Metro cuts off our parking and â€" therefore our _ livelihood then someone should compenâ€" sate us for our real estate at least. Please forgive this long letâ€" ter, we know you are so busy â€" but how else can we tell you our story and our fears? or To Poll â€" On Store Town Council withâ€"held a reâ€" quest for permission from a Wesâ€" ton man to obtain a license for the operation of a Variety Store at 106 King St., until the resiâ€" dents of the area can be polled. In withâ€"holding the permission Councillor Ted Ault told Weston Council, "Several years ago the town approved a similar appliâ€" cation for a variety store in the area, but the Ontario Municipal Board turned it down for the area because of residents‘ comâ€" plaints." Town Buys Camera For Record Of Tree Removals Councillor Lindsay Cott said, "Such a store can be a benefit or a nuisance. The kids may hang around it or it can become untidy." h Mayor George‘ Bull couldn‘t see "any objection," but Councilâ€" lor Wesley Boddington said the residents "should be given a chance to speak up on it." For the past éight years the premises were used as a dryâ€" cleaning plant and also a men‘s bat store. Prior to that it was a grocery store. The letter to council was signed by Leo Rotenberg, of Lambton Ave. Toronto 9. The Town of Weston will keep a photographic record of tree reâ€" moval and trimming, when the Director of Parks, H. G Wilson, buys a Polaroid Camera for town use. « Town Council okayed a request from Mr. Wilson to purchase a camera for use of the parks deâ€" partment and the Public Works Department . According to Mr. Wilson, We receive almost daily requests for tree removal or trimming. With such a camera with its 10â€"second development of a print, enables us to take ‘on the spot‘ photoâ€" graphs and with a china markâ€" ing pencil show the limbs to be removed, or the tree to be taken down, and its exact location. "Consent of the property ownâ€" er at the time is gained with a signature on the back of the photo. The PUC will find many uses including photographing of w o r k installations, insurance claims, etc. TORONTOâ€"DOMINION 2159 WESTON ROAD AT CHURCH STREET, WESTON TORONTOâ€"DOMINION BANK But facilities represent only a part of our banking story. We‘re sure you‘ll really appreciate the kind of service you get when you bank with the people at Torontoâ€"Dominion. Plan to drop in soon and meet Mr. Dengate and his staff. You‘ll " be delighted when you discover how much Everything has been done to make your visits to "The Bank" as pleasant as possible. The location is convenient, and there‘s lots of parking space. The building itself has been specially designed to give you the best of modern banking . . . including comfortable year ‘round air conditioning and extraâ€"large customer areas. , We‘re really proud of the new branch of The Torontoâ€"Dominion Bank that‘s due to open August £7th. Our new premises are conveniently located at the junction of Weston Road and Church Street in downtown Weston. opens its 140th branch in the Toronto area Mr. and Mrs. George Boyd, and family, Elmhurst Dr., have reâ€" turned home from a vacation in Timmins, Ont. Mr. and Mrs. George Boyd and, Ross Davis, who chose Psaim 32 family, Elmhurst Dr., have reâ€"|\for ‘responsive reading. Mrs. H. turned home from a vacation in\ Gambell, took the question and Timmins, Ont. |‘answer part of the service. Roâ€" Also home from holidays lre1mlnl 5: 1â€"12 was the scripture the Crowther family, Endicott\passage. Mr. Davis chose verse Street. |1 ‘"Therefore being justified by Belated birthday greetings to Faith, we have peace with God Mrs. Roy Patterson, Elmburst|\ through our Lord Jesus Christ," Dr., who had a birthday this for the subject of his sermon. past week. | The Sunday School picnic will Birthday greetings . to Doug‘be‘ held on September 15th in Coghlin, Byng Ave., August 23. Boyd Park. Please note the Linda Laidler, August 24. Sanâ€"\change in date. Mr. Davis will dra Perrin, August 24. Flo Mcâ€"\be on holidays, so date was Laughlin, August 26. Miss Grubâ€"| changed. be, August 27. Gordon Jackson,| Elmlea Baptist Church Sunâ€" August 27. Mrs. Cora Mason,| gay School will resume on Sepâ€" August 28. _ Christine sm'm-lwmber 9th at 9.45 a.m. Boys Byng Avenue, August 29. and girls of all ages are wel Elmlea Baptist Church, morn: ing service was laken by Mr Weston Fire Injures Three Destroys Century â€" Old Home A fire which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday morning in an apartment at the corner of Elmsmere and Weston Road. resulted in a family of three beâ€" ing taken to hospital with serâ€" ious injuries. The fire which is believed to have started in a kitchen in the apartment spread rapidly. and trapped Everest Fusco, 42. and his wife Dorothy in the bedroom of their home, while their son Robert, 14, was similarly trapped in his bedroom, separated from his parents by the flames, which swept the interior of the apartâ€" ment. The Weston Fire Dept. under Deputy Chief George Parker, and | assisted by four reels from North | York under District Chief Frank | Bennett, were on the scene withâ€" | in minutes, and effected the rescue of Mr. and Mrs. Fusco by . ladder through the window of | their bedroom. | It was not until the parents were rescued, that it became known that Robert was still inâ€" side. By this time, between five and eight minutes: from the time the firemen arrived on the scene, the blaze was brought unâ€" der control sufficiently for Deâ€" puty Chief Parker and Constables Roy Best and Theodore Crawâ€" ford to enter the building using smoke â€" masks. The boy was found slumped unconscious on the floor at the foot of his bed, while under the bed his pet dog lay suffocated. The family were taken to Humber Memarial Hospital where an emergency tracheotomy was performed .on the boy, who . . ."People make the difference" ELMLEA and DISTRICT _ al THE TIMES ADVERTISER â€"â€" Th Elmlea Baptist Church Sunâ€" day School will resume on Sepâ€" tember 9th at 9.45 a.m. Boys and girls of all ages are welâ€" come to attend our Sunday School Mr. Fusco suffered first and second degree burns to 40 per cent of his body, while Mrs. Fusco received minor burns to the arms. The condition of the boy is still believed to be criticâ€" al, while his parents are said to be in ‘fair‘ condition. Damage to the building, which is over 100 years old, and was formerly the old Central Hotel, was estimated at $10,000. suffered severe lung from heat and smoke 1910 JANE ST. SCALES GARAGE Why don‘t you drop in next waek and take a look at our smart new prémises? I‘d very much like you to meet the staff and actuaily see the kind of moder® banking that we have to offer. Coming Next Week To lung â€" injuries «‘ WATCH Branch Manamar COOPER FURS 11. 1978 WESTON ROAD Fall Millinery MORRIS 4 Door Sedan For The New "1100" CH 1â€"3952 New Now At CH 1â€"8311