| BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS . Howard G. Ashbourne, B.A. Carl W. Caskey, BA., Q.C. . ... 2077 LAWRENCE AvE. w. | (Just West of Weston Rd.) Notary Public â€" Evenings by appointment 1938 Weston Rd. (at John St.) From time to time, this newspaper like all others, receives a complaint from a politician or reader that it is negative in its approach to news covâ€" ‘erage. | _ In reporting the significant events in both North. York and York, The ‘TIMES strives to present the whole story, warts and all. t â€" We believe that we,can be accused of a lot of other‘things like an odd erâ€" ror or occasional failure to cover * a newsworthy event, but we sincerely suggest that if we are to be accused of a serious crime it should be that of being too positive in our approach. Almost daily, a conviction is regâ€" istered against men and women for selling marijuana to undercover polâ€" ige agents. . Lt * } Drug tnffickingvis one of the most serious crimes known to man ard should be stamped out for all time. We generally find that complaints from the person who doesn‘t like a news story, stems.from the fact that the coverage throws a poor light on him or others involved. On the issue of the amalgamation of York. and Weston, many bitter . Police as regularly as â€" clockwork point out that illegal sale of drugs to addicts is on the increase and is growâ€" ing into an Unmanageable, headless monster. Mess Alfred H. Herman The Board of Governors, chaired by E. S. Jarvis, has been scurrying about looking for suitable temporary quarters and the best it has found so far is the former Weston Town Hall. The disturbing problem of this choice is that the Borough of York municipal building is "bursting at the seams" and it appears that York will need the Weston Rd. building to relieve some ‘of the pressure. ‘ The Borough of York council has an extremely difficult decision to make. 000 This is the number of fourâ€"year commercial and tochnical students expected to seek admission to the Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology this fallâ€"that is if Humâ€" ber College is in a position to take them. â€" B . Former Weston mayor, Controller Wes Boddington has hinted that it may be possible for York to put some Within a week or two, council will be indirectly responsible for the futâ€" ure and very lives of some 500 Grade 12 students who attend. Borough .of York and Etobicoke schools. 1944 Weston Road Opposite John Street ston, Ont. .. CH 1â€"1911 Fraser & Simms Barristers â€" Solicitors We Can‘t Always Plug Motherhood. _ A Difficult Choice For York Council s se e 3 t*%, ® 9 . + flmm-n}a-.bun_& w_’ 8 f } A * ASHBOURNE and CASKEY QC., Professional â€" Business Directory rson who doesn‘t like a . _ We suggest that the "negative" apâ€" stems.from the fact that /proach would be to deliberately misâ€" e throws a poor light on | / lead or exclude a public event from rs involved. ~ _ the paper simply .because it cannot sue of the amalgamation be considered a plug for motherâ€" d Weston, many bitter hood. .. Drug Addicts And The Law > Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston â€"by ‘Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday V. J. McMillan, President‘and Publisher J. M.~â€"Jordan, General Manager 8 s B. M. Holmes, Editor // . Telephone CH 1â€"5211 uthorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. ttawa, Ont., and for payment cf postdge in cash SUBSCBRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year _ _ __â€" in adyance to any address in Canada _ Other countries $6.00° & Editorial Page BARRISTERS . â€" _ 247â€"6677 George W. Bull Mt. CH 4â€"5547â€"8â€"9 Barrister and Solicitor Suite 202 The Westlaw Bldg. 1920 Weston Rd. Weston, Ontario Piano . Tuning And Repairing _ Wm. A. Riggs | Work Guaranteed MUSIC words were said and several quarrels developed between the elected repâ€" resentatives of York and Weston. It is the view of this newspaper that it was our duty to report the facts so the public could judge for itâ€" self how the politicians were hand: ling this major problem On the editorial page, we urged the representatives to sit down together and iron out their differences in a peaceful manner. * In Great Britain. the government adopted this approach years ago. We think it is high time we adopted this approach in Metro too. It will be & sad reflection on the Boroughs of York and Etobicoke, the Ontarioâ€"Department of Education and the Board of Governors if quarters cannot be found before the permaâ€" nent technical college is built and opens its doors in 1969.. . It is our belief that a newspaper is obligated. to report the good and the bad, the cheerful and the sad and this we consider a "positive" > apâ€" proach. â€" Since most doctors and social worâ€" kers realize that drug addiction will never be solved outside thtâ€"faw, it seems the only answer to the problem would be to establish legalized drug elinics so that those who crave drugs more than food or water could acquire it legally instead of through a highly organized crime ring. This idea may be the answer. _ _ The Borough of York and Humber College both urgently need the Wesâ€" ton building. The borough will get first choice beécause.it is the owner. It should be made clear that if Humâ€" ber College can‘t find a temporary school, some. 500 Grade 12 commerce and technical students will have no place to continue their education. Ryerson and other technical schools just can‘t cope with this number of extra students. of its staff in the town hall until Sepâ€" tember by which time it could expand its own building at Keele and Eglinâ€" ton. s The: Weston Times suggests. <that York council should accord the Humâ€" ber College governors the fullest coâ€" operation possible in dealing with this vexing problem. â€"2841 Weston Wheel Alignment â€" $9.50 FREE Courtesy Car. Pickâ€"up 1778 Jane St. CH 7â€"6590 Walter‘s Garage FULL GUARANTEE Motor & Automatic Repair ___ GARAGEs ACCOUNTANTS Marsh, Goulding Chartered Accountants 1969 Weston Road C. W. LEASK Chartered Accountant 1730 Weston Road SKYLINE HOTEL BRANCH 655 Dixon Road, Rexdale, Ontarico Phones 241â€"3522 Res. 2412891 Member Toronto u)xk Exchange $. J. BROOKS & CO. CH 4â€"6061 CH 141129 "I‘m Pleased We Have A Doctor On School Board" "What time‘s the funeral, Iwouldn‘t want to miss it" _ || ama z_ _ â€" It Pays To Let The House Fall Apart And if we don‘t? Well, we‘ll have a nice lazy. su m mer watching our neighbors clean, polish, paint and drop exhaustâ€" ed from their labors, as well 1 am afeaid 1 cannot agree with your correspondent in a recent issue of your .very fine paper, who thought Dr. Christâ€" ie had no right as a doctor and physician rumnning as a canâ€" didate in Ward 6 for school trustes. So will the veranda sag, the paint peel and the grass grow kneeâ€"high? That‘s the question! | If we continue to make our house the home we want it to be, we‘ll spend lots of time, money. and elbowâ€"grease to attain the desired effect. Dear Sir: When we moved to Weston several years ago, we were eager to improve, clean up, paint up, beautify, (youâ€"nameâ€" itâ€"andâ€"we‘llâ€"doâ€"it) our house & grounds. Now we‘re paying more taxes for having done just that. c Dear Sir: As a citizen and a taxpayer in York Borough | think we Off. 244â€"3516 Res. 244â€"7387 Complete blueprinting and + photocopyin%damice. 1970 Weston ., Weston Scarlat Albright, O.D. Letters To Editor Alexander A. Lasko 1894 Weston Rd., Weston 2036 Dundas St. West (Dundas â€" Keele) Evenings By Appointment \W\W/\/ _ J. R. Currie, O.D. For Appointment Call CH 1â€"0701 1867 U 1967 B. Arch. M.RAIC ARCHITECT INVESTMENTS ARCHITECTS OPTOMETRY ~766â€"2946 Optometrist should be pleased to think that a man of his calibre would give his services as a citizen, by offering himself for office on the school board, and 1 say all power to him. * But the faultâ€"was in our reâ€" cent election in York. Most of our _ Weston candidates . all seemed to run for the same office in Ward 6. â€" as being penalized with a nice big municipal tax increase for making the improvements. We‘ll also have some new clothes, money for a trip to Expo, and fun in the sun for a change. > Royal Bank‘s Frankly, we‘re proud of our new home and we‘re sure that you will like it too. Tt‘s & spacious, attractive office â€" modern Gecor, airâ€"conditioning, the latest in lighting and fittings‘â€" and we offer a tompléte range of banking facilities, including Safe Deposit Boxes und a Night Deâ€" pository. New surroundings, but oldâ€"style service: friendly, efficient, customerâ€"first. If you aren‘t &lready a customer, jJoin us for coffee Monday or Tuesday â€" it will be a good chance to get acquainted. R * _ Weston & Lawrence _ Branch is ohening in it‘s _ Modern New Home ON MONDAY, JANUARY 30t Yours sincerely, ,, _ Home Lover. 1 also disagree with your correspondent that w o m e n‘ should be given a preference in choice of candidates for municipal office, which is opâ€" en to all taxpayers of the community, without discriminâ€" ation although 1 appreciate the fact that Mrs. Lynes has given useful service to the school board of Weston. 4 1 .think that the cost of eduâ€" cation should be a charge to the Federal Government as today it is a penalty for a working man owning his own home which shoyld be â€"his castle, but I‘m afraid taxes today ‘outstrip him when he becomes a senior citizen. > f Yours sincerely, Charles A. Gardner, Weston, Ont. . Lk Now that our new building at Weston and Lawrence is completed we cordially inâ€" vite you to drop in to let us show you around, (right next door to its ; â€" _ by Frazer Cache "®) The Governor Who Ruined Years ago when I was in Grade 11, i was probably the world‘s worst student in Latin. \ An intense dislike for this language, however, has never erased from my mind the text of a short â€"essay that our class was to translate from English to Latin. I‘forget a few 4P of the dates and names of people in this egsay, but the main theme, never! 3 aA~~ Several hundred years before Christ was born, the island of Sicily, at the toe of Italy, was the most prosperous proâ€" vince in the Roman Empire. e Sicily And Made The Mafia There were no tariffs and trade restrictions and hence no customs inspectors and government officials,taxing a big slice of the goods offered for sale. $ + The result was that the people of Sicily gould buy those products that could not be produced efficiently on theâ€" is land and could sell those goods which could be made cheapâ€" er than by the citizens of other provinces. _ A free port wasn‘t the only thing these people had going The ports were free exchange markets, When cargo ships Aocked, the citizens and merchants would flock to the harâ€" bors and barter with the foreign tradesmen. for The governor of the island and member of the Roman Senate, was a good and just man. He appointed only fair and impartial men as judges to arbitrate in disputes and to pass sentence n ‘those found guilty of breaking the law. Every man and woman therefore was cntitled to keep or exchange the fruits of his labor, the hard â€"worker proâ€" ducing the most and therefore being entitled to keep or exchange the most. Not a drachma in taxes was used to line the po?eu of the local politicians or the senators in Rome. Dalte stowe "sreed 42 Luify sinoal on us The governor died‘ 40 years after taking office and a younger man was appointed to take his place. A little enâ€" vious that some of his fellow senators could spend and dis~~*~ play more wealth, the new governor retained a few more tax collectors and increased taxes. , . . He levied taxes only on the fair value of a peasant‘s propâ€" perty. Those with highly productive land paid high taxes for the privilege of using it while those with less producâ€" tive land were required to pay less: Refits were used to build schools, retain a local police force, mairitain the aquaducts from the hills and springs, and to pay, for the upkeep of the state offices in Rome as well as the great Roman Legions charged with the task of protecting the natives throughout the Empire from foreign intruders. $ * Rovccan â€" ‘Even the governor of the province Sicily was not overâ€" paid. His salary only entitled him to a few luxuries and a comfortable residence in Rome. where he spent some months of the year debating in the Senate. During his period in offi@a, the people were stil} a happy. hard working lot, gm\vinnï¬es and cereals on the proâ€" ductive and irrigated earth, and culiuring olive groves and raising ‘sheep and goats on less productive soil. + Those who were the more industrious could build large comfortable homes because they would not be asked to pay any more.taxes than the less industrious who were satisfied living in smiaterâ€"domiciles. Taxing labor ‘and improvements of any form was unheard of in those days. The people who did pay the greater taxes were those who occupied sites in great demand in the centre of villags and towns. For it was in the centre of communities â€" just as it is today â€" where. the highest concentration of people,. lived, worked. traded and played. > When the third governor was appointed, the happy. careâ€" free life that the people led for more than a century was terribly changed." _ Light refreshments will be served Monday and Tuesday, January 30 and 31 from 10 to 3. Mr. Trew and his staff will be on hand to welcome you. ROYAL BANK 1906 Weston Rd. at Lawrence (In The New Westliaw Building) . (Continwed on page 3) premises.)