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0 96‘ Q (WW? 0 09"! 0'14 0‘900000O.©9909W00”9900090060W092 VOLUME LXXI. NUMBER BARNWAL AUG. 1 WWNWOW‘ COMMUNITY MERCHANTS EMPLOY LOCAL PEOPLE. YOUR DOLLARS SPENT WRTII THEM STAY AT HOME Action at Jelferson On New School Plans Is Expected Shortly Delay in reaching a final decision on the building of a new school at; Jefferson does not indicate that the trustees have been inactive, reports Lhairman John Passmore. Action was delayed for a time while a decision by Vaughan Town- ship Council on the establishment of a school area was being reached, he says, but durmg "that period study of buildings was undertaken. Now that it has been decided by the coun. cil not to establish a school area the board of trustees will go ahead with plans and it is expected that a meet- ing of ratepayers in the school sec- tions of Markham and Vaughan which are afl’ected will take place at a comparatively early date. Old Sign Discovered ()n Brathwaite Store Aged Over 60 Years -In a recent issue reference was made to an old sign discovered when remodelling of the F. Y. W. Brath- waite store was commenced. The Sign in question was that of C. Ma- son, one of the earlier occupants of the Brathwaite building. Reference to old issues of the Lib- eral shows that Mr. Mason was ad- vertising stoves in its columns in October‘, 1889, therefore the old sign is at least slxty years old. 'The next display of 10ca1 enter- prise- whichwwillwoecu‘py vthe- Liberal‘~s office window will be that of paint- ings done by Mr. Joseph Rabinowitch, B. A., Richmond Hill barrister. Mr. Rabinowitch, who was born and raised. in Toronto, graduated from the University of Toronto in 1926 and from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1929. » Local Lawyer’s Art Next Week’s Display He joined the R.C.A.F. in 1942, and in 1943 won fourth prize for painting in an R.C.A.F. world-wide competition Besides painting, Mr. Rabinowitch indulges in music, is a cellist, and is interested in forming a string quar- tette in Richmond Hill. Subsidiary Planning Board Is Suggested For Thornhill Ha commenced his law practice in Richmond Hill in 1945. (Editor’s Note: In keeping with its policy of advising taxpayers on mat- ters of policy and general interest, the Council of the Township of Vaughan has authorized publication of the following article concerning the establishment of a subsidiary planning board for the village of Thornhill.) The type of development that may be anticipated in Thornhill and the ad:oining areas is dependent to a large extent on regulations enacted by local municipal authorities as provided under the Ontario Statutes. The regulations controlling the dev- elopment should be supported by pub- lic opinion of the residents in the area aflected. The Planning Board for the Township of Vaughan has ar- ranged for a meeting of all interâ€" ested persons in the Victoria Hall at Thornhill on Thursday, July 28th, at 8 o’clock p.111. and propose that those present elect a subsidiary planning ooard to recommend to the Township r’iannlng Board the regulations conâ€" :roliing the development of Thorn- nill that in their opinion may be de- sirable. family dwellings only. It further provides for the size of 'a lot upon which a dwelling may be erected. In some areas a minimum cost of a dwelling has been set. Other arehs provide that dwellings may be built only of solid masonry. These regulations were enacted a W hat r the provisions of the M' \ct and were approved t for )1‘ part “In Essentials, Unity; In Non-Essenti Vaug rt of Thol'nhill in the Town- aughan has been subject to .s enacted by municipal by- a number of years. These 15 provide that land may be he erection of detached one- xellings only. It further for the size of 'a lot upon lwelling may be erected. In Municipal RICHMOND HILL, ONT.. THURSDAY, JULY were enacted of the Municip- Any !son, the need for scientific assessment designed to spread the load of taxation equitably among all citizens. The photograph of Mr. Griffin was taken â€" as all pictures in this series will be â€" by Edmund Soame, “The Studio,” 1720 lAV‘enue Road. First in the Liberals new serles “Picture of the Week,” is VERN GRIFFIN, merchant of Thornhill and Reeve of Markham Township, one of the district's best known residents, a “scrap- per” for modern, equalized assessmenps, and a baseball fan. :4». Au- .uvvn.--” v.1.._. 7-“ Born in Toronto, he spent his earlier years on his father’s farm in Essa Township, near Camp Borden. Entering the life insurance business in 1933,,he managed offices for several leadâ€" ing companies. Later he purchased/a property on the 9th con- cession of Markham and, five years ago, went into business in Thornhill, where he runs the Leader Stores in the intervals of looking after township business. It’s revealing no secrets to say that he is ably seconded in his activities by Mrs. Griff-in. puma u» “a “M ~-_-_...-e ‘J ' "’ ” ’ ' r y He has served three years on the Markham Townshlp Council, maewyea'r a's-v'ra-reéurncfllor and, 111a quiekr promot10n,.-two~years.as reeve. “It was a tight every time,” he says, in recounting his experiences in ruliningfor public office. v..wu- -v.---~ _ Somehow or other he finds time to take a very keen interest in baseball activities and is president ’of the local league. Reeve Griffin is one of those men who is an optimist insofar as the future of this district is concerned. He‘s ready to 'go to bat any time on the possibilities of the area and to stres’sthat urban development is coming faster than most people anticipate. “We must be ready ior it,” Is one of his favourite themes. . s But it’s when the subject of assessments comes up that he really gets swinging. Maintaining that the methods of yester- day are no good for todayrhe preachesxin‘ season and out of sea- ” ""'-/ * ~ V i r r respects inadequate to regulate the development desired today. The by- laWS have been amended repeatedly, which the municipal authorities be- lieved to be in the interest of the ratepayers, to permit a business t6 locate here, to change the size of a dwelling there, to permit the erection of frame dwellings in another area and many other alterations. The by- laws have now become difficult to in- terpret because of so many changes and they do not appearjo regulate the development as desired. , changes made to thes‘e regulations must have the approval of the On- tario Municipal Board. It must be appreciated that regulations made eight to ten years ago are in some the development as desired. / The Planning and Developmen‘: Act now permits municipal authorit- ies to register plans of deveIOpment A plan for Thornhill may be wel worthwhile and would have a greatu scope than the present by-laivs. I‘ would also bring the regulations ii keeping with the development‘of toe day and would regl defivelopment as ma for the future. It is recognized whether must be affected. their sup sults are that this that t1 Thornh VIEW persons affecte presen $0 The Picture Of The Week and provide at this may JPP ‘ard mmst T} efm I‘l’l eve te ar erty 1" re let, 1949 All Hydro Installations Increase Over 100% Further indication of the_ growth of new properties in Richmond Hill is given by figures supplied by L. J. Roy, superintendent of the local Hy- dro system. In the period November, 1948, to June, 1949, he states, 27 new services were installed. This compares with 12 in the period November, 1947, to Juhe, 1948. In other words, installa- tions increased 125% for the com- parable period. Nor is any lessening of demand ap- parent. Seven new orders for instal- lations have been approved during the past week, Mr. Roy states. 65' new installations have been made a1- together in the period from Novem- ber 1947 to the end of June this year. Among other work performed by the local system recently is the run- ning of a new line to the old pump- ing station, where new lights have been installed and also fans to cool the motors which have been running at peak load in recent .months. It is expected that this move will go far in obviating a situation such as that which came into being a few weeks ago when a main motor burn- cd out, threatening a water famine. A transformer bank has also been erected on the east side of town in readiness for the operation of the new pumping station, equipment for which is exnected to arrive shortly. Two expecte ested person Things, Charity m mg station, eqmpment for which )ected to arrive shortly. Two switches were also installed in rafiic light, which went out of ission a few days ago. " zens could render a public ser- says Mr. Roy, by advising his ‘eciated uld render a public ser- r. Roy, by advising his when they observe that are burned out. A telâ€" ) Richmond Hill 67 would Slgned Thornhil e in keep py local in uncil and reg Boat And Car Tickets Available Until Aug. 1, Lions Officers Say Who will win that boat and out- board motor which, for sor\ne weeks past, has been on show outside Mel Malthys service station? And what lucky driver is going to find him or herself the proud owner of the new car that hundreds of 0p- timistic ticket buyers have hoped is the “Ford in their future,” to bor- row the manufacturer’s slogan. Those two items are mentioned particularly because there has been a‘ certain amount of misunderstand- ing over an announcement in last week’s Liberal, in 'which members ,01‘ the Lions Club were asked to turn in their books by July 23. That doesn’t mean that the sale 01' tickets will stop on that date, but simply that the club members are asked to turn in their completed â€" we repeat completed â€" books by that date in order to give officials of the club a-chance to get some of their work done and to let them know where they stand. Tickets on the boat and car will stay on sale right, up to eleven o’- clock on the morning of Civic Holi- day, Lions Clubs officials stress, and every ticket'Sold up to that time will help the Lions in their work of com- munity service and of caring for the under-privileged. Township Planning Consultant Engaged By Markham" Township Somebody in Richmond Hill might be ,lucky again â€"â€" as Norm Chatterley A town planning consultant will be engaged in order to ensure that the utmost in the way of experience and brains will 'be devoted to the job of township lplanning, members of Markham Township council decided at their regular meeting held in the municipal offices at enionville on July 18th. Gordon Culham, town planning exâ€" pert of Toronto, has been selected for the..job. He will receive a fee of $800. for making a preliminary study of the township’s needs, poss- ible expansion of population, plot- ting of industrial and residential areas, etc. A further fee of $800 will be paid to Mr. Culham for attendâ€" ance at township planning board meetings and for his advice as plan- ning progresses. The decision to engage Mr. Cul- ham was made unanimously, counâ€" cillcrs signifying their approval of the statement made by Reeve Vern Griffin â€" “If we don’t spend the money now for wise planning it will cost us three times as much later Considerable time was spent by council in examining a by-law to regulate the use of land and erection of buildings in the township. It was finally decided to pass the by-law to the township planning consultant for further study. Discuss School Area In a further discussion on the pro- posal of Vaughan Township to create a school area combining the schooi sections of Langstafi', Thornhill and Richvale it was revealed that the council was satisfied that the move was in' accordance with the wishes of Langstafi taxpayers, a petition In order that all members of the staff may enjoy their holidays with the least possible disruption of service to readers and those who rely‘ on its plant for their printing the Liberal will, as in former years, omit its last issue for the month of July. While the office will remain open during the usual business hours it will operate on a skeleton staff. The co-operation of our readers and job printing cus- tomers, which enables members of the staff of this paper to take their holidays in this manner, is much appreciated. Holidavs will commence on July 25th and everybody Holidays will commence on July 25th and everybody will. we hope. be back on the job, complete with sunburn, on August 2nd. ‘ NO PAPER NEXT WEEK ! HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST- ING ITEM FOR THE “SOCIAL AND PERSONAL" COLUMN PHONE RICHMOND HILL 9 was last week when he won 8. Pan- tiac car through the Bowmanville Lions Club. In any event, everybody buying a ticket will have won something â€" the satisfaction of knowing that help has been given. through support of the Lions activities. in helping those who need a lift on the road of life. As Civic Holiday approaches it looks more and more as if the day will be an outstanding one even in the long parade of commumty affairs which Richmond Hill has staged so successfully. Entries for the Horse Show, effic- iais state, are coming in satisfactor- ily and, judging by the class of en- try, thrills are promised those who stay off the crowded highways to get their fun at home. Other features of the day are shap- ing up Well and the carnival and dance arrangements are well in hand. The programme promises plenty of variety for citizens of all ages, sizes and shapes. Only rain can detract from the event and, judging by the smiles which have been prevalent in the dis- trict since the heavens at last opened recently, it will take a veritable de- luge to dampen the spirits of those who are looking forward to the big day on August 1. bearing 86 signatures having been received from ratepayers of that area. Nothing was necessary from Richvale, it was pointed out; as that area was not in a union school sec- tion. The Markham Township coup; cil took no further action and will not do so until satisfied that the tax- payers of the Thornhill school sec- tion are in favour of the move. It will be recalled that the .Vaugh- an Township council decided recently on the establishment of a school area replacing the old school sections of Thornhill, Langstafi‘ and Richvale but that the Markham Township council, whose endorsation is necess- ary refused to act until assured that the school section ratepayers are in favour of the move. Consider Building By-Laws Further discussion of the proposed health unit for the county of York took place and no action was taken. Reeve Griffin expressed himself strongly in favour of equalization of assessment throughout the township as a preliminary to the adoption of any such scheme, in order that costs might be fairly distributed. The lengthy by-law which is de- signed to control building in the township was discussed. It has been decided to multigi'aph those sections which are essential at the present time, with oher additions being added as an appendix as required. Grants of $15 to Markham and Thornhill libraries were approved and the Reeve was authorized to deâ€" clare August Isl” a civic holiday. The C‘lasiified Ad page is your bargain c’ounter. Look it over for worthwhile buys. '