RCAF Airport Is "Too Big" Two of Weston‘s top civil servants died Friday, George H. Clarkson at home and William James Dicks at Humber Memorial hospital. Mr. Clarkâ€" zon was 54 and Mr. Dicks was 48. The Department <of National Defence was called a "land hog" by a North York Controller yesâ€" terday. Born in Toronto, Mr. Clarkson became clerkâ€"treasurer of Long Branch in the early 1930‘s. He married Mary Tyson in Wiarton in 1938 and in 1946 was hired as clerkâ€"treasurer for the town of Weston. â€" Controller Irving Paisley, who fot years has insisted that the Defence Department should turn over Downsview airport to North York for tax producifmg indusâ€" trial and residential / develop ment, says he now has proof the airport is too big. He accused the Federal govâ€" ernment and RCAF of "steriliz ing‘ one of the most valuable tracts of land in North York". The township defence critic stated that the RCAF monopolâ€" izes 1400 acres, when according to a study made in Hartford, Conmn., only 200 acres are needâ€" ed for civil aviation and small air ports =â€"~ Mayor Wes Boddington said the news was a stunning blow to Weston, beâ€" Mayor Wes Boddington said almost everything he did was tor Weston and added that someâ€" times he had to be forced to take time off. $9 Million York Hospital Finally Gets A Green Light At the same time, said the Commission‘s general manager, $. W. Martin, Northwestern Genâ€" eral Hospital on Keele St. now He described Mr. Clarkson as "one of the best, if not the best municipal clerks in Metropolitan ‘Toronto." He had, _ said _ the mayor, a great knowledge of the Ontario Municipal Act and knew the business of running a munâ€" icipality from top to bottom. Some _ Metro _ municipalities commentcd Mayor Boddington retain lawyers to draft municiâ€" pal bylaws. Weston without a lawyer on staff had Mr. Clarkâ€" sonâ€"toâ€" do the job.â€"â€"â€"â€"~ In exactly six months, Wes ton will amaigamate with York township. This disturbed _ Mr, Clarkson immensely said _ Mr. Boddington, because . he . was proud to live and work in Wesâ€" ton and "handled town affairs very well." He leaves his wife, two sons George William and Frederick Jay, and sisters Mrs. A. J. (Rose) (Continuea on page 4) Following a recent meeting with North York‘s board of conâ€" trol, the Ontario Hospital Servâ€" ices Commission also okayed an 85â€"bed psychiatric wing for Humber Memorial Hospital and said that a further 390â€"bed exâ€" pansion is under consideration. VOL. 5 â€" No. 26 Mr. Clarkson was Past Master of Long Branch Masonic Lodge and charter member of Coronaâ€" tion Lodge in Weston. He was also a member of Westonâ€"Mt. Dennis Rotary Club. After years of waiting and red tape, the York Hospital board of governors were this week given the green light to commence construction of the hospital at Finch Ave. and Highway 400. Candy coated speeches were made by Metro housing and welâ€" fare officials and North York cut terms of a beusing project. groups drew up chairs around tie conference table to hammer For two years, Metro has been frustrated in its attempts to build a housing project for senâ€" ior citizens on a 10â€"acre site in ecuncil has refused to rezone the land for highâ€"rise. In some ways it has been a personal duel between the reeve oi a sprawling township and the Dedicated Town Employees George Clarkson & William Dicks Die U Housing For Aged On Cummer French Week has just ended at Yorkdale but it has yet to begin in Weston. During the weeks of July 20 to August 6, 19 Quebec high school students will stay inâ€" the home of their English â€" speaking counterparts in the town as part of the stuâ€" dent exchange program. The vis its, sponsored by the Clndxn Council of Christians and Jéws will have been reciprocated by then, the Westonites having spent two weeks ln_Quebe_c. has approval to add 100 beds at a cost of $3.5 million. Irving Paisley, chairman of the York Hospital Board said the decision took seven years to make. "I was just about ready to tell them to increase hospital grants or chuck _ the _ whole thing," he said. Controller Paisley added he was worried that the hospita} never would go farther than the blue prints, because _ hospital construction costs have increas ed 33 per cent in the past two years alone. Under revised policy â€" sparkâ€" ed partly by Métro‘s serious hosâ€" pital bed shortage â€"â€" the Comâ€" mission will pay twoâ€"thirds of construction costs. _ , _ While in each others‘ homes they will speak only the lan William J. Dicks, 48 by RANDI MARTIN reeve of a little village. As chairâ€" man of Metro‘s~ welfare and housing committee, Long Branch who need public housing accomâ€" modation and as head of North York, James Service has a large voice on where and the kind of public housing that will go in Reeve Tom Berry knows that It was expected that Tom Berâ€" ry would steal the show by blastâ€" ing Jim Service for constantly ruining Metro‘s attempts to build un the Cummer Avenue site. But unfortunately for Mr. Berry, he arrived at the meeting an hour cause both were invaluable employees who will be next to impossible to reâ€" place. : A special meeting of council will be held tonight the mayor said, to pass a resolution honoring the two men and to fill the gaps in the town administraâ€" tion that they have left. 19 Westonites Will Speak French Only On Exchange Visit To La Belle Province _ On a recent visit to Canada, "We have so much money in | India‘s Prime Minister, Mrs. the national treasury that we| Indira Gandhi reported her govâ€" can throw $10 million into the |ernment‘s experiment had failâ€" development of a feature loan |ea because it ended up subsidizâ€" fund," the Liberal maverick|ing mediocrity and sensationalâ€" said. ‘But we can tell the aged | ism rather than quality. | 2nd the infirm that we have not| Cowan who has never voted \enough money to increase old jagainst his government. warned | age security pensions to $100 per he would do so if it insists on Born in Toronto in 1918, Mr. Dicks married Alice Cheyne in 1938. Serving with ‘the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, he was wounded in Germany in A year later, he joined the Weston work force and became foreman of the works and parks departments. For the past three years, he was assistant buildâ€" ing and health inspector and would have headed these departâ€" ments when the present inspecâ€" tor retires, said Mayor Boddingâ€" ton. The Federal government‘s plan to compete with Hollywood in the motion picture industry was bitterly opposed by Ralph Cowâ€" an in the House of Commons last week. The mayor _ described Mr. Dicks as a volatile, quick witâ€" ted man who was dedicated and liked his job. It was his fervent wish that if Weston had to be taken over, it would be by North York. He used to remark that both these municipalities were growing and progressive and that he couldâ€" n‘t think of a more suitable merger. The York Humber MP said tle $10 million the Federal Cabâ€" inet wants to spend for producâ€" tion of movies should be used to raise old age pensions from $75 to $100 a month instead. Although he stayed out of polâ€" itics, he got on well with the town fathers and "lived and breathed Weston." When the Ontario governâ€" ment announced that â€" instead, Weston would amaigamate with York township, Mr. Dicks said his town was getting the . raw end of the deal. He was fond of all sports as a participant and spectator. For years he was president of the Orphan‘s Bowling League in (Continued on page 4) / SIGHT SEEING Also while in the others‘ proâ€" vince, they will be treated to organized sight â€" seeing tours, picnics and trips sponsored by city p;nranu, the B‘nai B‘rith, the Knights of Columbus, Chambers of Commerce, the Kiâ€" wanis, Lions, Richelieu and Roâ€" tamy clubs. While in Ontario the Cowan Opposes Government Movies "Use Money For Pensions Instead" o‘clock that morning when it was really supposed to start at 16 o‘clock. new plans for the 10 acres. The old plan had to be revised beâ€" Board upheld North York‘s deâ€" Robert Smith, just as gruff and cause cision to forbid the ere an 11â€"storey. . senior® apartment in an area single family residential said Smith month, and we can prove that we have not got the money." He read some newspaper ediâ€" torials to back his arguments and said a similar experiment tried by the government of India had falled. Cowan asked how the governâ€" ment expects to establish a sucâ€" cessful film industry when all attempts by private enterprise have so far failed. Suzanne lives in Alma on the | _ _ | and â€" t Saquenay River mear Lac S | The Englishâ€"speaking students | dents. METRO USES THE WEST END AS GARBAGE DUMP: CHUSID WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1966 ypici year old, and contain 290 suites â€"less than half the number planâ€" mned for the original tower conâ€" The change in plan because of North York objections Smith adâ€" mitted after the meeting, would cost Metro over a million dolâ€" lars, but he said money is no object. The thing that is signifiâ€" cant is finding or building housâ€" ing for the elderly. ; North York board of control played it cagy. When asked by Smith to give general approval pouring money into movies rathâ€" er than pensions. In an address to the Weston Business Men‘s Association, Mr. J. Ross Dean, Supervisor of Training for Business and Inâ€" dustry with the Ontario Departâ€" He added that the CBC always spends more than it should and predicted the movie venture would ultimately cost the govâ€" ernment a good deal more than $10 million. Jean, 130 miles north of Quebec City. Although she describes Alâ€" ma as a small town, it has a popâ€" ulation of 25,000, two and a Educator Challenges Weston Businessmen > Says Must Meet Public Demand Or Perish EVOITICM PMC | MSDOE lectric plant, | comes t with power; l party. Her father but his act Alma are not so | r.“d,fl. Still Far From ‘Settled to Metro welfare‘s latest housing proposal, controllers told him to come back with a formal appliâ€" eation first. least Reeve Service) had anothâ€" er location that should be conâ€" sidered for the project. This one, prepared by township staff planners would be located just off Youge St. Since the lot would only be three acres, the seniors would live in two 15â€" storey towers with the dining Smith objected to this scheme, Alois Ceiger and another worâ€" | ker were manipulating one of | the boilers suspended from a‘ Times photographer Bill Henderson who was going to take pictures of the modernistic, vertical winged buildâ€" ing, arrived just minutes after the accident. A York township steam fitter was crushed between 11â€"ton boilâ€" ers at a construction project on Jane St. a few blocks north of Wilson Ave. His pregnant wife was attending a church function at the time. who visit Alma this sammer will take a tour of one of the plants. They will also have a chance to see the beautiful, virgin woodâ€" lands around Lac St. Jean and the more formal gardens of the Mayor‘s home when he â€" wel: comes them to the town at a ment of Education challanged j ers or managers will register. Weston rctailers to take advantâ€"| Mr: Dean indicated Retailers age of a course in Retail Manâ€"| were facing an ultimate crisis agement which will be offered | that will affect their ability to this September if 15 to 25 ownâ€"| remain in business. The objectâ€" York Man Crushed Between Boilers Aima even boasts a 200, 34 | Gordon of Vancouver, ’â€"' â€""You Pclld:l. which the visitors will m.]ï¬k have given us a nicer tour. It is to be hoped that Wesâ€" ma- Denise w:z ton will extend such a warm,| * a parting h Lble welcome to Suzanne | signed m' ‘Your adopted t daughter‘ and she was like one and the 18 other Quebec stuâ€" ‘I of my family. In a more official York (or at stating that after the two skyâ€" scrapers: go up, there will be no room for gardens and recreation areas for the seniors. § By introducing the dual tower plan, Service was attempting to do two things. First, he was tryâ€" ing to convince Metro that it isp‘t essential to build on the Metro owned Cummer site beâ€" cause other sites are <available Yonge St. between Sheppard and Fimch Avenues a civic core something: like Nathan Phillips Square. A senior citizen‘s tower, very crane into position. In an atâ€" tempt to keep the boilers apart he ran between them and was crushed when they collided, police said. Dr. Gerald Blanchettée proâ€" nounced the Ennidale Rd. man dead. An inquest has been orâ€" dered. WIDER UNDERSTANDING The organizers feel that the visits will encourage a widor understanding of . the otber.’: culture and society as well improving both partners‘ lanâ€" guage (skills. _For the next 10 years, the exâ€" change program has been doing (Contmuwed on page 4) s B Berry however, said nothing doâ€" scmewhere near the township . municipal building at 5000 Yonge, | keys to his civic centre scheme. sider the Yonge site as a second the Cummer plan approved first. Now the day of reckoning will be July 4, when North York Smith. CAUTIOUSLY FOR North York‘s westend is fast becoming Metro‘s garbage dumn, charged Murray Chusid in an emotion packed speech at board of control Tuesday. streets in the fall of 1967" if construction of the Dufferinâ€" Finch garbage incinerator isn‘t started "within weeks". EMERGENCY O But despite the Ward 5 counâ€" cillor‘s strong opposition to a $4 million garbage incinerator in his ward, the board yesterday awarded a $2.2 million contract to begin construction. Reeve James Service warned at the Tuesday meeting, that North York‘s Centennial project "would be garbage piled in the North York ran out of sites to dump garbage and ‘ it would have been left piled in â€" the streets, had a new site not been found within 48 hours he said. Chusid, who had just returned from an ~air. pollution. conferâ€" ence in San Francisco, said staâ€" tistics he had seen showing the amount of poison man pours into atmosphere "makes frightâ€" He said he would call the air pollution control chief and the commissioner to addressâ€" board oi control. Yesterday Commissi o ner Clarke said the APC chief was indiscreet in saying the filtra tion system of the Dufferin in cinerator is far from adequaz. Clarke claimed it would be the best incinerator in North Amerâ€" ive of any retailing organization must be to satisfy . consumer wants. No retailer can continue to exist unless he consciencious. ly attempts to define the deâ€" mands of his consumer and to He said Metro‘s Air Pollution Control Chief was not satisfied with efforts to prevent the Dutâ€" ferin incinerator from further contaminating the air and inâ€" sisted board of control should contracts. P Reeve Service charged that the Metro _ Works _ Commissioner rather than one of his employâ€" ees should raise the objections if the Dufferin incinerator isn‘t designed properly. Controllér Irving Paisley who also was at the San Francisco conference, agreed with Chusid. He said the incinerator design (Continued on page 4) direct his own actions towards the meeting ‘of these demands. Contrary to what some think the independent retailer is not his mmmmmmm vant of customers, j ‘The basis for any commercial activity is demand. Unless peoâ€" ple demand the products and services of a store it is doomed to failure. In fact, there is no purpose in the stores existance. No retailer can force unwanted perhaps trite to stress, such an obvious point and yet‘ so many businesses have in the past atâ€" tempted to do just that. 7 Retailers have bought mer chandise which appealed to them and not to their eustomers. They SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. INDISCREET