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*9oooooooooooooooooooo VOL I ‘XX OOOOOOOQOOOOQOOOQOQOQOOO OOOOQOOOOQQQQOQ0990.09.96.00 THE HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 0009000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOuOO: Pictured above are “The Commodores,” male quartet; of “Navy Show" fame who will sing at the United Church, Richmond Hill, on April 20th when the first suburban presentation of the Toronto'Star "Good Music Concert” will be made. The concert, which will start at q p.m. will be free. Master of ceremonies will be Dr. Leslie Bell, leader Qf the Internation- ally famous Bell Singers. '7 The Commodores, who form only part of the impressive programme which has been arranged for the occasion, did a three-month run at the famous Hippodrome in London, England, appeared on international B.B.C. broadcasts there and made a triumphant tour through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. ‘ Lions And Farmer Guests Told Of War Problems Participating in the programme will be the United Church's own choir under Adelmo Melecci, organist and choirmastel'. ‘ Canada was born late, but hadl greatness thrust upon her, said‘ Commander Rowland H. Stokes-Rees” speaking to members of lire Lions‘ Club and their twenty-five farmer guest sat the recent ‘Farmer’s Night’ uanquet staged by the club. Lions welcomed their Qarmer guests as outstanding citizens of the community â€"â€" men' who by long and tedious hours of work had made pos- sible a great variety of the necessé ities of life. Speaking of Canada and her place among the nations of the world, Commander Stokesâ€"Rees said that the Dominion’s greatness was ack- nowledgement by her contribution to the war effort. Overgovernment and ufid‘léi‘-rpopulati*on'<i Were two‘- of her moblems of the day, he said, emphasâ€" izing that sufficient immigration of the right type now\ and for the next ten years were important: Canada, said(Commander Stokesâ€" Rees, should be proud of her part in the North Atlantic Security Pact. Discussing conditions in various countries he said that Russia was the most difficult to deal or to reason with, and gave in support of that statement many rather startling rea- sons and personal experiences. Rusâ€" sians. said Stokes-Rees, are expert uropagandists and take advantage of every situation to fr-rhter their ends in any part of the world. He gave a uicture of conditions in Greece, a land suffering from the horror of guerilla warfare with a communist- Thornhiil District Lions Club To Start Canvass April ,15th wicture of conditions in Greece, a land suffering from the horror of guerilla warfare with a communist- ncnfolled and supnlied g'uerilla body dealing death and horror to innoâ€" cents. Situation in China China was divided into many camps and doubtless history would reueat itself. the speaker asserted. While, unfortunately, Communists had the A drive to raise $20,000 to put the Thornhill District swimming pool project over the top will start April 15th. The campaign by the Thorn- hill District Lions Club will extend for two weeks. The pool, to be located in the south- west corner of the Thornhill Park, will cost $60,000., but $40,000. has been donated by three residents of the District, Gordon Ueitch, C. Geo. McCullagh and C. L. Burton. 'Tenders have been accepted by the Vaughan Township Recreational Committee for several parts of the work, and it is planned to have the pool in. operation by the end of july. The area to be canvassed, extend- ing in a general way from Steele's Ave. on the south to Westwood Lane on the North, and from Bathurst St. on hte west to the third concession of Markham Township on the East, has been split into twelve zones. It will be a house to house canvass by mem- bers of the Lions Club, who will be prepared to answer all questions concerning the pool â€" how it will be operated, supervised and constructed. If anyone is missed, contributions may be sent to the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Thornhill. The Zone Chairmen are as follows:‘ l‘indlay Ross; Stan Worsdale; Percy Bone. Jack Cooke, Bill Lennox, Les Beestin. Harold Echlin, Aram Reiter, Rusell Elgie, Bart Edwards, Bob Mullen. George Rowswell. At a special meetingr of the Lions Club held Monday night. R. H. Neil, secretary-treasurer of the Vaughan Township Recreational Committee, said the pool was being planned so that the Village of Thornhill could use it as a permanent reservoir for fire fighting. It will provide a tank of 200,000 gallons of water, even in the winter, and by the addition of a pump. it could be used to fight fires To Sing At United Church on A pr?! 20th he sspnrinls 3f COHSIS Unitv :‘ In Non-Essentials: RICHMOND H1 LL. ONT.. llage upper hand at thé present time it was likely that this country. at war for years and swaying with every tide. would tire of Wmmunism as she has tired of other things. India, he said, was in bad condition and was a source of present worry. The world must awake, said the Commander, and throw off its pres- ent apathy. War of the future, with its chemical agencies and its atom bombs, could bring horrors as yet unimagined. Lets dip down deep and take men’who can and will do things in keeping with the times, he suggested, adding‘that it was dan- gerous to depend up old ideas to meet the trends of todafi v. What could about the horâ€" rors that could“ fly happen right here, the speaker asked. Let’s en- courage more and more people to farm and produce the necessities OI life to feed the starving people of the world, he suggested. Press and radio, he pointed out, had an important function to fill in keepâ€" ing people advised of world conditions- The Church, too, had an outstanding responsibility in its task of teaching its faith, whatever that faith might be and in uniting to stamp out the terrible thing in the world that sought to destroy all faiths. ’ Must Be Bettcr Known Canada, now a power in the world. must make itself better known, said the speaker. Through education we should create a selfâ€"respect in‘our young: It all boils down, he added, to the fact that we as individuals must all do our part and pull to- gather. The speaker was introduced by Lion Lawson Chesney and at the con- clusion of his address was thanked by Lion Howard Jackman and pre- sented with a bouquet of roses. house, a wading pool and a swim- ming' pool, all surrounded by a high fence. The wading pool will.be 50 feet wide, 30 feet long, with a depth ranging from one foot to thirty inâ€" ches. The main pool will be of reg- ulation length so that championship swimming meets c_an be held there {xiiiivefiand 100 feet long. It will be ten feet deep at the diving end, shelving to 3; feet. Supervision will be under a pro- fessional staff consisting of a. direc- tor and four assistants, two boys and two girls. All will be qualineo swimming instructors and proficient in life saving. There will be no swimming without supervision. There will be swimming periods in the morning. afternoon and evening". with admission charges ranging as low as 5c and including checking facilities and showers in,the bathhouse. The swimming pool pdoject has been recognized by the Department of National Revenue as a charity, and donations are deduatable for income tax purposes. All donations will go into the pool, the Lions Club bearing all costs of the canvas. Although the pool will be located in Thornhill, it will be used by all the people of the community. One reason for its location in Thornhill. was that it was pessible to locate it there on tax-free property, and an- other was that Gordon Leitch. who has made the largest single contribu- tion. and who originated the whole project, suggested the Thornhill site because it would accommodate a wide area. ' Although the in Thornhill, it the people of reason for its was that it “'3: there on taxâ€"fr REAL Ont, house mmm John Boyer residence, Church Richmond Hill, has been sold ierick A. Hayman of London and the William Scandi-etI on Hunt’s Lane has, in turn old to Mr. Boyer. STATE TRANSACTIONS iTHURSDAY. APRIL 14, 1949 Liberty In All I‘hinq‘s York County Sets 3 World Records For Butter Fat Three world records were honour- ed at the annual banquet of the York County Holstein Club held recently at Fairlawn United Church, Toronto. George W. Henry of Oriole, vice- president of the Canadian Hosltein- Friesian Association, presented Mr. and Mrs. John Greenwood and son. Jack, with a suitably engraved tray in recognition of two world records made by “Roeland Cherry Re-Echo Rag Apple" and “Roeland Rag Ap- ple Lilly.” The first animal set a record in the 305 day senior 4-yearâ€" old world butter fat production of 821 lbs. of fat from 17,456 lbs. of 4.7% milk. Her half sister, “Roeâ€" land Rag‘ Apple Lilly," made the world’s junior 2-yearâ€"old champion- ship with a record of 827 lbs. of fat from 18,593 lbs. of 4.45% milk. A similar tray was presented to ‘ 26 year old Jack Wauchope of Schom- berg by J. E. Powell, secretary of the Ontario Holstein Extension Commit- tee in recognition of th_e_ world record ‘Liberal’ Editorial Receives Recognition Giving credit. to J. E. Smith, 31.13., publisher, and F. J. Picking, writer, the News Bureau of Torâ€" onto, named the editorial “Co-0p- ei'atidn Pays Dividends” which anpeared in the March 3-lst issue of The Liberal as the “Editorial of the Week.” Reprints were sent to all members. The editOrial in question referâ€" red to the action of Markham completed’gyfiiilaéfirfiartog Daisy." This animal, by a wjde margin, cap- tured the world’s championship for butter fat over all breeds and ages on either twice or three times a day milking by producing ‘the enormous total of 1324 lbs. ‘of butter fat in 365 days on twice a day milking. Tioiianliip officials in co-operating with public school sections in an effort to halt rising taxes. Milk Producers Stage Banquet At Buttonville Over two hundred milk producers of District No. 6 who attended a ban- qfiueg 21f;_Bu_ttonVl:ill‘e on April 6, heard ‘1'11 n__.__J-L:.w. “My -Nvm , , _ C. E. Clarke of the Milk Foundation League guest speaker, stress the inâ€" terdependence of nature and human relationships in developing- a better and more secure society. " The economic security or insecur- ity of Canada’s largest industry, farming, was of mafi'or importance to the Dominion as a whole. Mr. Clarke pointed out, as in the final analysis the purchasing power of the farming group controlled th'e welfare of the urban population. n, Short addresses relating- to the milk industry were given by Earl Kitchen, secretaryâ€"manager of the Dairy League of Canada: Wm. Hay- les, president, and W.-Wilmot, sec- retary-manager, of the Dairy League of Canada, who gave concise pictures of the need for co-operation of all the 'diversified dairy interests in Canada. Mr. Wilmot passed on inâ€" formation regarding a new agree- ment replacing the “Moon Award,” and displacing; the secondary price system for all milk used in connec- tion with chocolate milk, buttermilk and skim milk. Lucky draws for prizes donated by local business men and entertainment were handled by local comedian, A. Harvey. QUEEN’S YORK RANGERS BAND HERE FOR MAY 24 FAIR The Agricultural Society has suc- ceeded in securing the services of the Queen’s York Rangers Band for the Fair on May 24th. The Band will lead the parade from the assembly point, the High School, en the morn- ing of the Fair. The Directors hope that all citizens will make this par- ade the best ever and that there will be a large turnout of floats, trucks, and personal cars participating in it. The Society is offering prizes for the best period costume for men and women, and for decorated bicycles. tricycles \and dolls’ carriages, which will be required to be in the parade to qualify for‘prizes. The period costumes will be judged at the band stand at 3 o'clock p.m., and the bi- cycles, tricycles, and doll’s carriages will be judged at the same place im- mediately after the parade. w ..... _, m--. -_.- rm, There will be also the additional feature of a competition for Guernsey Calves, sponsored by the York-Simcoe Guernsey Breeders’ Association. ' Boost the Fair this year, it is the one-hundredth anniversary of the 01'- ganization of the Society. Congratulations are extended to Miss Joyce Wilde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. PeterVWilde. Roseview Ave., who was Gold Medalist at the York County Musical Festival held at Woodbridge last week, in the class of voeal solos for 15 years and under. Breaking the padlock the C.N.R. Station, Ri me time between 5 p h and 8 am. on April moved a quantity of t R. STATION BROKEN INTO GOLD MEDALLIST arity adlock on the d001 ion. Richmond Hill en 5 pm. on April April 9th, thieve: ""Check Planning Regulations ‘Advice To Builders, Buyers Are you planning the establish- ment of a tourist or trailer camp in vaughan ‘l‘ownsmp'.’ Are you thinking; of capitalizing on present values by selling part 01 the old family farm ‘2 01' are you figuring that buliding‘ costs are not going to go any lower for a long time, and“ that you may as well build that long-planned new home now? ' If so, this newspapei' suggests: If so, this newspaper suggestsl your soundest nlan under present conditions is to consult township of- ficials in the municipal offices at Maple before taking any action. Some hackles may rise at this sug- gestion. “Why can’t I do what I JKG with my own property, or make my own plans without outside interâ€" .erence?” may be asked. The reason is simple. Vaughan Township is now one of those areas in which, because of rapid growth, oecause of the necessity of planning sound', ,forward-looking development for the future, certain action design- ed in the interests of all has been taken. In other words, Vaughan Township is now a planning area. Realizing that many problems were coming because of lack of knowledge regarding planning in the township The Liberal recently interviewed Mr. J. M. McDonald, secretary-treasurer of Vaughan Township, and Mr. H. C. Miller, building inspector. “What’s it all about? What can we tell the public which \x’ill help in the general pictrue.” formed the basis of our en- quirsu. Incidentally, Vaughan Township has been chosen only as an illustra- tion of what “planning” means. At a later date the situation in other neighbouring townships will be 9::- amined. It will be found that subâ€" stantially similar conditions exist. “Check â€"â€" Check â€" Check” AVIIIACL, auu hllh swuvuw..r v- ......D....... The first thing which struck this interviewer was the willingness to give information and, especially, an evident desire to make it plain to the general public that their town- ship officials were ready and more than willing to co-operate in any way in the provision of information re- garding township planning. Council has recently been faced with several problems. created through lack of knowledge of what planning regulations require. In a recent case, for instance, purchasers haye bought building lots not gal; from Yonge Stréét' south 'of RICE: mond Hill. Building permits were applied for and granted. Later these had to be temporarily held up because But back to Messrs. McDonald and Miller, and the Township of Vagg‘h'flp. it was discovered that the vendor of the lots had failed to register a plan. In this case the prospective home builders might have run into diffi culties later because of lack of clear and fully descriptive titles. The solution appears to be evident. Prospective sellers, prospective buy- ers, prosective builders, all should check with township officials be- fore taking any steps. Sooner or later they have to do this anyway in some form or other. By doing it FIRST there is the possibility that much disappointment, bad feeling and delay can be eliminated. Without going into a mass of tech- nical explanations it is sufl'icient to say that planning is carried out by virtue of an act of the Provincial Legislature, entitled “The Planning Act, 1946,” and amendments. r Vtownship planning? How is it adminstered. What is its pur- pose. u... . .. 1-. u Direction for the Township of Vaughan is carried out by a “Plan- ning Board,” which consists of Thomas Kefl‘er, Concord, chairman: A. O. Thorn of Thornhill; Leonard Paterson, Nashville; Reeve John Hos- trawser, who is an exâ€"officio‘ member; Township Clerk Mc‘Donald summed up the pvrpose of planning in a few words. “To handle the problems 211'â€" ising from spontaneous and uncon- trolled development,” he said. Many Problems . Chuncillror Carl Shaw, the represent ative of the trowrnsbiip_coun»cjl. Elaborated, that can mean many things. Those problems can include the prevention of congestion, the de- velopment of crowded areas which witnin a few years might become "shack towns.” They include, too, the provision of necessary public services such as water and sewer- age facilities at the right time and place, as the development of the dis- trict warrants and, importantly, as the district is able to pay for they]. Boiled down, planning means con- trolled development which will result in efi’cctive and efiicient administra- tion on an economical basis. It has no suggestion of arbitrary control of the individual and his rights as a citizen, except where his desires con- flict with the good living and well- being of his fellow citizens. In, other words, the main purpose of planning is to ensure good-dex-relopmen't for alll H3 citizens which will not, in future years, lead to “dead-end” streets, slums and all the other ills which stem from lack of planning. It had been planned by ‘The Liber- al to publish a summary of the regu- lations which govern planning in Vaughan Township. Because of the fact that this list is a long one and because of~the fact that, in some parts of the township, different by- laws and regulations are in force. this will not be done. In addition to this there is the fact that a compre- hensive booklet embodying all the regulations has been prepared by the township. A copy of this can be se- cured, without charge, from the township office at Maple. Again, township officials stress that they will gladly explain any part ‘of these regulations to interested township Again. that they of these ADVERTISING IN GETS RESULTS THE LIBERAL parties. in keeping wnn an yuux; of explaining first to save headacth afterwards. Land Selling; > Regulations under the Planning Act call for careful consideration by those proposing to sell land. Under certain conditions land cannot be sold unless it is (a) part of a regis- tered plan of subdivision; or (b) it is more than ten acres in extent or (c) the whole part remaining to one person of one pnrcel described in a registered conveyance to him; (d) the consent of the planning board is given. . ‘ There are important considerations which must receive the attention of those planning to build, such as fron- tage, distance of a house from the edge of its lot, etc. These regula- tions, designed to prevent over- crowding, will again be explained by township officials or through the boklet which the township has pre- pared. ' .1,-L I ........ n you M“ It is stressed again that. because of different conditions in varying parts of the township, regulations differ in certain areas. Once more, reference to township officials will bring information. Elsewhere in‘ this issue of The Lib- eral mention is made of hte oppor- tunities which the growth of this section of the country offers to the imaginative. Once again it is poin- ted out that, while these opportun- ities exist they must be considered in their rlaionship to th general pic- ture of growth and the proper dev- elopmen of the aea for the benefit of all its citizens. Again the sugges- tion is â€" “Check with the township “office.” Township planning; will doubtless meet with the full approval of those who see in it an antidote to problems which may arise through over-hasty and ill-considered development. There may be those, spcially from th out- side who are governed by the profit motive only. who see it as a barrier to the “get-righâ€"quick”Aschemes._ Fundamentallv. planning is design- ed to nip, at their beginnings, evils and conditions which ave cost many municipalities many eadaches and dollars to correct. But planning, like many municipal and other projects: is a matter of co-operation. Carried out in that spirit ~it is something which. in the long un, should result in the “greatest good for the great- est number.” If nothing else. planning should .rgsult 7n the ~maintepgmce: pf stable pfoperty W'alués ‘in the" sheaf-and obj viat the losses to property owners which inexorably come from a run- down district. Bus-Radiai Plehiscite Statement CIarified By North York Reeve Clarification of statements regard- ing the bus-radial plebiscite made re- cently by Reeve George H. Mitchell of North York, and which were pub- lished in 10cal papers, has been ob- tained by The Liberal.- Thc statements as 'published left the impression that a vote on the question in June was a certainty. The actual situation, stated Reeve Mit- chell when interviewed by this paper, is that it is hoped that negotiations now in progress will advance to such a state that it will be possible to hold the vote in that month or 'perhaps even earlier. Reeves of the municipalities affect- ed North York, Markham, Vaughan, and the Village of Richmond Hill, are in constant consultation regarding the situation. The main purpose to- wards which they are working is the clarification of the whole situation in order that, when the matter of fuâ€" ture transportation methods is pla- ced before the voters, a clear-cut pic- ture on which an intelligent vote can be recorded, will be presented to those who. by their vote, will make the final decision. Infill-£17131: btatcments are expected at a comparatively early date. Leading Business Man John Sheardown Dies One of Richmond Hill’s oldest bus- ineSs men, John Sheardown, died suddenly on Friday, April 8th, from a heart attack while making a tele- phgpe c_al_l The late Mr. Sheanlown, whose funeral was held on Monday at Rich- mond Hill, was a native of the Noble- ton district and was a son of the late Samuel Sheardown and Lucy Cham- berlain. His wife, who survives him, was the former Emily Beamish. A sister, Mrs. Marksell, Crawford St., Toronto, also survives. business here since. A keen hunter, he organized the Sheardown Hunting (‘amn near Burwash and had follw- ed this sport for thirty-five years. A were: chard son. I TENNIS CLl' B MEETING The annual md Hill Ter ‘erc keeping with 2 first to 53v y Quantz 14th), at 8.1 e urged to at ant items 0f WE meeting Iis Club 1. this e' th the policy ave headaches Jm-m 'Stoohen- Wilfred Booth will interes the vill th me (Thu: m. A Rich All