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€i SCHOOLS. METRO CAUSE 3 MILL More Money Spent On Signs Than In 1962 A total of $4,820 was spent to erect four signs, from January to March, this year, while only $1,745 was spent on signs at the same time last year. up. The signs were included in the list of building permits isâ€" sued in the town for the three â€" month period, according to the report of the Inspection Departâ€" ment of Weston, received in value of $62.960, stated the reâ€" port, compared with eight perâ€" mits for $52,985 issued in the same period last year. Three permits were for new stores with an estimated value of $56,000. Goes To Miami For Conference Frank Roy, who lives in Wesâ€" ton, Ontario, has been selected to attend a Sales Conference of the Allstate Insurance Companâ€" ies in Miami Beach, Florida, April 25th â€" 28th. . _ He will take part in the 12th annual "Conference of Champâ€" ions", which will include meetâ€" ings and round table discussions with top executives of the comâ€" panies. Roy qualified as a member of the firm‘s exclusive "Honor Ring" organization by being emong the outstandirig sales repâ€" resentatives from the ranks of more than 4,800 Allstate agents. Awards will be presented durâ€" ing the Conference by President Judson B. Branch, who began his own career with the com, pany in 1934 as one of its first agents, ‘There were 17 permits issued THE CANOE RACE was a big feature of the Weston Sportsman‘s Show held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last U B. Of E. Holds Sevengh Annual Sport Banquet Eight Local Park Areas Open To Public This Week Board members attended this year‘s Athletie Banquet held at the Westminster United Church, Weston on Tuesday, April 23. Guest speaker was the popâ€" ular Lord Athol Layton of C.T.â€" V. Channel 9 Wrestling proâ€" gramme. He was introduced by Bill Cormack of W.C.V.S. and thanked by Miss Anme Bennett. Members of both girls‘ and boys‘ teams paid tribute to their coaches as well as to the Board of Education for its continued interest in all phases of their athletic programme. Mr. M. McDonald of the Wesâ€" ton Board made presentations to the members of the Junior Hocâ€" key Team who this year won the T. D.IA. A. Trophy with a thrilling. overtime victory over their perennial rivals Leaside Collegiate Many members of the staff, other than the coaches, who asâ€" sist in various capacities of the programme were also in aitenâ€" dance. Graduating students will be entertained at a dinner in the school cafeteria on Friday, May 3. This dinner is sponsored by the Student Council. All studâ€" ents who intend to graduate this year are invited. PRIZE WINNERS in the Ontario Pubâ€" lic Speaking Contest received their aâ€" wards after the final competition in the King Edward Sheraton Hotel, Torâ€" onto, Monday evening In the elemenâ€" tary school section, Melville Thompson of Weston, left,; took second prize. Onâ€" tario Hydro Chairman W. Ross Strike, About 215 students, staff and ?Confinued on page 12) Holds |Food Store Lack week. This race was put on by the Wesâ€" ton Rod and Gun Club and the Weston Kiwanis . True enough, it might help having a beer and liquor outlet but there is to my mind another much more important reason why we in Weston lose out and that is: THERE IS NOT A wORTHWHILE â€" FOOD STORE IN TOWN. {o;-h; N-T_w-;:-j';' EL %o%, w‘ Times. Appropos of the heated discussions and promotions on luring shoppers to Main St., Mrs. Corby of Victoria St. W., Wesâ€" ton, offers a suggestion in her letter printed below. Gentlemen : Many times I have considered writing to you in connection with the articles in your paper regarding the matter of why more people don‘t shop in Wesâ€" Every week I personally buy my meat in town and then drive to the nearest plaza to buy the rest of my food. We all know that if there are one of the readers of the Weston often than not visit the other stores in the plaza to purchase these extras. I believe in my mind that this is~ one: reason why many people, particularly housewives doing their weekly shopping visit the surrounding . plazas rather than Weston itself items on our list weâ€"more Sincerely (Mrs.) D.E. Corby QC, presented â€"awards to him, Laurent Laduc of Weston for first place and Philip Downey of Carp, Ontario who placed third. The finals are coâ€"sponsorâ€" ed by the Ontario School Trustees‘ and Ratepayers‘ Association and Ontario BHydro. WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963 Eight of the conservation areas administered by the Metroâ€" politan Toronto and Region Conâ€" servation â€" Authority © will be opened to the public effective this Saturday (April 27). Greenwood, 4 miles north of Pickering Village on the Greenâ€" Heart Lake, 5 miles north of No. 7 highway on the second concession east of Bramnton. _ Boyd Area, located on the Woodbridge â€" Kleinburg r o 4d, two miles north of Woodbridge. Claremont, in Pickering Townâ€" ship, 1% miles north of No. 7 highway on No. 10 srirderoad. â€" Humber Trails, % mile south of King sideroad, 2 miles east of Nobleton. . _ The areas which will be openâ€" ed this weekend are: _ Albion Hills, located on No. 50 Highway, five miles north of Bolton. _ Glen Haffy, 1 mile south of Mono Mills and No 9 Highvay. _ Cold Creek, 2 miles east of Bolton. % mile north of (the King sideroad. _ _ Authority.mofficials . say . the grouhds »dg!u, areas. areâ€".now sufficiently dry‘ to permit pubâ€" lic access for recreational purâ€" be open from 10 a.m.. until sunâ€" down. Admission is free except for nominal 50 â€"cent parking charge for motor vehicles. The Authority invites the pubâ€" We to contact the MTRCA offices either by writing c/o P.O. Box 720, Woodbridge, Onâ€" tario, or by telephoning AVenue 5â€"5425 during normal office hours, for a booklet describing the facilities to be enjoyed at Sports Show Draws . Thousands To Weston The Weston Sportsman‘s Show, the largest, most ambitious show to be held in town, proved its worth, last Thursday, Friday and Saturday with displays,a canoe race, demonstrations and a large crowd Estiâ€" matés of the number of people who saw. all or part of the show, or viewed the race down the Humber River from Woodbridge to Weston, are impossible, however § is figured almost‘ 10,000 people participated in Canâ€" da‘s favorite sport, spectating, over the weekend. Many local merchants used the opportunity of the show to display the sporting equipment and the faciliâ€" ties which allow more time for play, and packed the booths in the "Illustrious" with assorted goods from lawnmowers to baseballs. As usual, fishing and boating equipment took the spotlight as the models for the coming summer season were unveiled. ‘The sportsman‘s show came just in time since baseball season starts in a few weeks, fishing is now at the spring peak, and boats are being floated for the first time this year in lakes in Ontario. El.fit conservation parks are being opened to the public this week and most sportsmen, worth their salt, are cleaning rifles, rods, and tackle in preparation for the summer coming soon. ._ Although the Town of Weston has kept its budget to the same If the town had not saved a share of its money over the past 30 years residents of Wesâ€" ton would have to pay more than a mill increase in their taxes this year on the town‘s the same as last year at 21.7 mills because the town had built up a surplus to offset payâ€" ments made this year on bond debentures issued when . the town ‘went broke‘ during the Depression days. general rate. The town‘s tax rate remained More Guards At Tracks Would Take Town‘s $ $ Like most towns in Canada: Weston went bankrupt during the ‘hungry 30‘s‘ and hua} to reâ€" finance through debenturcs. The debentures are coming due this year, next year and in 1966. .. Over, the past .30 years . a .surâ€" plus has been put aside in the town‘s coffers and is now being used to pay the final debenture School Board Wants 2 Portables This surplus, according to Town Treasurer Douglas Chantâ€" ler, is enough to pay for the deâ€" bentures until 1966. If the surplus had m‘ been built up the town‘s general tax rate would have risen this year more than one mill to cover the debentures. for The town‘s general rate is the only mill rate which c!id ‘not The Weston Board of Educaâ€" tion has asked for permission to erect two | portable classrooms at the Weston Collegiate a n d Vocational School. Council received a letter last week from the Board saying it had asked permission from the Metropolitan . School Board to place the extra classrooms. _ The cost of the portables, $16,000, would be paid by the Metropolitan School Board if the approval is received. Town Savings Save Mill |_ On Tax Rate in the total ‘town budget ton has been raised 3.980 mills letter from the Board of Transâ€" port Commissioners for Canada submitted to Council, last week. The letter concerning the death of Larry Pettit, a Weston boy, at‘ the John Street railway crossing, last June 27, said the gal the crossing were down the lights flashing when the y cut around the end of the gate and walked into the apâ€" proaching train. The governâ€" ment letter put the emphasis of the blame on the pedestrian in the accident and said, "On the rare occasion when â€" sidewalk modern protection, it has been on the request of the Municipalâ€" ity concerned and | totally at their expense for both installâ€" ation and maintenance costs." An inquest into the death of the boy recommended the Hates be added to this crossing. History Society Annual Meeting Of Band Music "A Night To Remember" has beén planned for Monday, April 290, at 8:00 p.m. in the Auditorâ€" ium of Humber Heights Public School (on Lawrence Ave., west of Scarlett Rd.). The evering will feature the Salvation Army Earlscourt Citâ€" adel Band and Choir, and organâ€" ization of the event is under the chairmanship of Mr. John Macâ€" Beth, Reeve of Etobicoké. Admission to "A Night To Remember" is open to all and will be free. A collection will be taken in aid of Scarlettwood Court Senior Citizens‘ Fund. THE LUCKY WINNER of the boat and motor at the Weston Sportsman‘s Show was Mr. M. F. Hart of 28 Vassar Drive, Islington. Shown here selecting the winâ€" , has have mills from 2422 mills in 1962, for a rise of 2768 mills This Jack Reppen, Alan Collier, Wilâ€" liam Kurelek, Claire Shoniker and Viktoras Brickus. The exhibition will be open to the public until May 4 during library hours. the North York (Main) Public The recital, under the ausâ€" pices of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers‘ Association and the North York Public Library, will be held in the auditorium of the library. There will be mo charge for admission. Donna Ivey, Contralto, and Music Recital CECIL GIRARD, central office man at the Bell Telephone plant, 4 Bellevue crescent in Weston, identifies numbers on the line verification machine proving that the line tested in Central Office is correctly wired in the new Automatic Number Idâ€" entification (ANT) equipment which will go into use Monday, April 29. It will switch more than 30.000 telephone customers in the Weston (Cherâ€" ry) "24" exchange to a new system whereby the distant telephone will ring a few seconds after all the digits are dialed and the operator will no long= er ask the customer‘s number when he has comâ€" pleted a DDD call. After April 29, the informaâ€" tion will be recorded automatically, eliminating one step for the customer placing a call. ning ticket Club; Pollard creased to 1148 mills ‘ from 10.809 last year for a boost in © the residential rate of .621 mills. 58.846, for a total mill rate rise of 3.989 mills. In dollars and cents the mill The big blow to the tax rate in Weston is the added school costs, which have accounted for a 2213 climb in the mill rate. While it takes less to run our schools is more than double. The cost of public schools in town has dropped to $137,306, from $146,112, while the cost of running our secondary school system rose to $139,075 from $50.451 last year. The separate school costs have not come to the town as yet, Metro school costs are also up but the Metro Secondary school cost. rose only to $125,739 from $116,547, compared with Wes ton‘s rise of about $80,000. the not affect the general