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o‘rkNWarden P rotests «Frost Dea for County ' Municipal Leader In Radio Address Says . Higher Taxes Resuit I AURORA : Construction has started on the Separate School here. The tender awarded was for $56,453. GREENWOOD : 10-montn-om Donna Staley drowned here over the holiday week-end, when‘ she fell, unnoticed, into a small garâ€" den fish pond. RINGWOOD : At a recent cattle sale at the Rodanz farm. the top Hereford heifer sold for $1,550 while the top Hereford bull sold for $1.000. STOUFFVILLE : Miss Barbara Hisey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hisey. has been awarded the Prince of Wales Prize, for the highest mark in practice teaching at Toronto Teachers’ College. NEWMARKET 2 Co N. Belugin resigned chairman of the to‘ and Industrial comr NEWMARKET 2 Councillor A. N. Belugin resigned his post as chairman of the town Planning and Industrial committee as he is opposed to the proposed $50.- 000 sewer scheme for new sub- divisions on the west side of town. Councillom; Belugin char- ged. that the scheme would mean that all Newmarket taxpayers would be bearing the cost of de- bentures to install sewers' to serve new subdivisions which were bought by speculators to make big money. SCARBORO : Township police have stepped up patrols in resi- dential areas in a move to com- bat attacks on women. t'i‘EB-s-fei'fidWO Fergus. The plant employed 55 _w9r}§e§s. NEWMARKET : The Hoffman Machinery Plant here closed last week as operations a_1:e bgilug NORTH YORK : Three Calgary youths were picked up on char- ges of loitering and possessing houseâ€"breaking tools and an ofâ€" fensive weapon. The trio which had come east seeking work were traced through a noisy muffler on their car. NORTH YORK : Council is plan- ning a $291,125 expansion pro- gramme for the Fire Department. The project will include addiâ€" tional equipment plus two new fire halls and additions to exist- ing ones. CEDAR VALLEY : Aksel Berg, 8 57-year-old farmer was found dead. pinned beneath his over- turned tractor last week. Mrs. Berg went out to find her hus- band after he failed to return for lunch. He had been pulling stumps with the tractor at the time of the accident. Says - - Vote Dales Warden Ralph E. Corner of York County, in a radio address Wednesday night, came out trorgly in favour of the election of Joe Dales, Liberal Can idate in the coming Provincial election for the riding of North York. Warden Corner is a successful bulding contractor and lumber merchant at Pefferlaw. He is reeve of Georgina Township and has been a member of York County Council for ten years. 1e was the unanimous choice for Warden in 1955. He has not in the past taken an active part in servatlve government â€" now seeking re-election â€" when the County was divided and Metro- politan Toronto vas established. Mr. Corner showed how Bill 80. the Metropolitan Act, which di- vided our County in 1953; caus- ed taxes for county purposes to rise almost 300 per cent. "Pre- vious to the time the County was divided in 1953. the four- teen municipalities which are now the County of York and the riding of North York. contributâ€" ed in county taxes $183,713.14.‘ In 1955, we had' to provide $616,185.00. As a result of this unreasonable Conservative govâ€" -ernment action the average in- crease per person for county taxes alone has been approxim- ately $12.” party politics. The Warden in his radio address was strongly critical of the Frost Government for its treatment of York County. “In my opinion”, declared Mr. Corner, “if there is any riding in the Province of Ontario, which should in no Ulfr certain terms reject the government now in power in Ont- ario, it is North York." Mr. Corner then proceeded to outline his reasons for making this statement ~â€" “I know of many farmers in the northern part of York Coun- ty". stated Mr. Corner. “who paid an extra $50 in county tax- es last year and will repeat in s m. . 3190 mm! LEGIGN am. - 23 cauViue I W News From Next Door of York County 9 past several all aware of the upon the peop- lty by the Con- 11 awa: upon I ty by 'nment 10-mon th-old Slight Drop In Markham Township 1955 MiII__Ra_te To this general township fig- ur eof 18.5 mills must now be added the public school levies for each indivdual school section plus the rates for each high schol district. Where applicable the cost of any local improve- ment projects will also be added. Markham township ratepayers will receive slight re- lief in this year’s township mill rate. Council Monday ever..- ing approved the rating by-law officially setting forth the 1955 mill rate at 18.5 mills. This marks a slight decrease from the 1954 figure of 19.2 mills. For the most part the decrease is due to a three million increase in assessment. A breakdown of the township’s requirements by departments is as follows: General government, 5.6 mills; Roads and Bridges, 83 mills; Police Protection. 3.8 mills Fire Protection. .8 mills. In actual dollars and and cents the Departmental levies are â€" Police Protection" $36,500.00; Fire Protection, $7.500; Roads and Bridges (Markham‘s share). $87,500.: and General govern- ment, $33,050.00. This year's» figures show a small drop in the expenditures for general government (adminis- tration, clerical staff, etc.) and roads and bridges. There has been less than.a mill increase in the cost of fire and police pro- tection. The county'rate was set at 6.3 mills to raise an estimated $72,- 575.00 which is Markham‘s share of the cost of carrying on the county administration. Union- ville police villages’ mill rate was set at nine mills and Thorn- hill’s at 6.7 mills. The major exâ€" penditures in these two villages is for road work. . Highlighted in the budget was $10,000 outlay for the Plan- ning Board and Relief $6,000. Anticipated revenues include; Provincial grants $25,000.; dog taxes $3,000.; Licenses $6,000.; relief rebate $1,500. . Ln the matter of educational taxes those people in School Area No. 1 Markham-Vaughan will pay a Trustees’ levy of 22.6 mills and a debenture levy of 12 mills. Secondary school educa- tion (Richmond Hill High School) 1955. I am sure that the south- ern part of the riding on more valuable farms the increase would be greater." Knew "The government was nnt it'- norant of the injustices being caused to the taxpayers when' they divided our county". oe- clared Mr. Corner. who as a County Commissioner when Bill 80 was passed, had been a mem~ ber of several county delegations which presented briefs to Premâ€" ier Frost and cabinet ministers outlining the effect their actions would have on the taxpayers in North York. It was pointed out to them, for instance, that the 1953 figure for road purposes was only $77,188.00. and that this figure would as a result of Bill 80 increase to $300,000. Time has proven that these fig- ures were not overestimated. Received No Consideration From Government Representations were also made to the Department of Highways and the Department of Education seeking relief from increased road maintenance and VOLUME LXXVI. NUMBER 49 of Ihjustices 6.9 mills. Health Unit Dr. Robert King. Medical 0f- ficer of Health for York County waited on Council to discuss with them any questions they might have relating to the oper- ation of health services through- out the county. . Dr. King very ably described the advantages to be gained by municipal membership in 'a ebunty wide health unit. Total costs are then borne over a wid- er area than is possible in a sing- le municipality. A separate health unit for smaller munici- cipalities would prove economi- cally unsound. In the matter of financing, Dr. King stated that half of the unâ€" it’s yearly budget is raised by the municipality with the dif- ference being covered by Prov- incial and Federal government grants. This year the municipal levy amounted to 83 cents for each person in York County. Markham‘s share of the total budget for 1955 is $7,000.00. 1000 Attend Lions Monster Bingo Monday Neary a thousand people crowd- ed the Richmond Hill Arena last Monday to try for the val- uable prize money offered by the Richmond Hill Lions Club at the Monster Bingo. This last Bingo of the season was a huge success and will ensure wide enthusiasm for the new series already in the planning stages for next season. 'education costs as a result of the division of the county. The War- den and Commissioners of York County received no consideration for their taxpayers from the Conservative government. A request for assistance to re- pair the $100.000 flood damage caused by Hurricane Hazel in York County, the County which received the greatest damage, was also turned down. “When the county was, divided our equalized assessment was raised from $6,897,970.00 in 1953 to $48,059,280.00 in 1954. Since the Department of Educa-, tion based its grants to school boards on the equalized assessâ€" ment per classroom, the grants to school boards within the coun- ty were substantially reduced. Apparently the Conservative government saw fit to take care of, the 500,000 people leaving the county and becoming part of Metropolitan Toronto, by guar- anteeiny them no reduction in grants. as a result of their gov- erment’s action, but the 50,000 people to he the County of York’s population were given no such guarantee, but representa- tives of the county have been told that we, the taxpayers of North York, are quite capable of paying our own way. In other "Janis, the province‘s attitude seems to have been that they \"lll iC')~; after the large propor- tion of voters, and a small area like North York does not com- .i..n;t me some respect. 111 my opinion the riding of York North ,and its people are as important as any other part of Ontario, and I again say to you that on June 9 â€" vote for County Councillor Dales, the Liberal candidate in North York,” stated Mr. Corner. “Again I wish to emphasize", declared Mr. Corner, “that we who live in the Riding of North York ,are in a very unique posi- tion. The Conservative Govern- ment'felt justified in passing legislation that has increased our County _ taxes approximately three times greater than they had been in 1953. “In my opinion the only ef- fective way to show Premier Frost and his Government that, we. the taxpayers in York Coun- ty and we the voters in the Bid- ing of North York. are not satis- fie‘d is to VOTE FOR JOE DALES. THE LIBERAL CANDI- DATE ON JUNE 9." The_ draw for the 1955 Ply- '7" taming; um; 1.. Non-essentials; 1:56:94» all mm Charity. mouth was the highlight of the evening. The winner_ was Miss Ann Taylor of Toronto and the winning ticket was sold by Lion P. C. Hill. The $750 jackpot was split be- tween Mrs. Doug Boyd and J. Fletcher. Many other residents of the district shared in the hundreds of dollars worth of other prizes during the evening. Charles H. Ley Former Vice - Pres. DominionWheeI Ltd. A further vice president and sales Manager of the Dominion Wheel and Foundries Ltd., Charles H. Ley passed away at his home, “Clairvaux”, Richvale on Friday May 27. A mob of youthful vandals reported to be pupils 'at the Lake Wilcox Public School converged on theLake Wil- cox Community HallLWild- wo'od Ave. last Tuesday ev- ening, and all but wrecked the structure. Every window in the place was smashed. doors were ripped ~from hinges and the siding'of the building virtually torn off as the children-carried on their destructive spree. The building in recent months has suffered numer- ous times from vandalism but never to the same extent as on Tuesday evening.- Res- idents living in the neigh- borhood called .the Ontario Provincial Police detach- ment at vVandorf but it is reported that no investiga- tion was made until Wed- nesday morning. Mr. Ley was born at St. Thom- as retiring ln 1953, and had been with the Dominion Wheel and Foundries for nearly 40 years. He was a member of the Toronto Rotary Club, Thornhill Golf and Country Club, the Engineers Club, Toronto Railway Club and director of the Northwest YMCA. He attended the United Church. Police from Vandorf have warned children ‘at the Lake Wilcox Public School on numerous occasions regard- ing the malicious damage being done at the Commun- ity Hall but the warnings have gone unheeded. Pol- ice said that there were so many children involved to at least some extent in Tues- day‘s raid, that it was virt- ually impossible to lay any charges at this point. Left to mourn his passing are' his wife Inez C. Dunlop and two daughters, Dr. Dorothy Ley and Marjorie. The funeral service was held at th chapel of Fred W. Matthews_ 0.. Spadina Av- enue and interment was in Maple Cemetery‘ $800 Damage In Three-Way Crash Two vehicles suffered an es- timated $800 damage last Mon- day afternoon at the intersec- tion of Yonge St. and Markham Rd., while a third was slightly damaged in a three-way crash about 5.15. The accident occurred when a sedan delivery truck driven by Leindert DeMan of Toronto crashed intoa car driven by Robert Price of Riverdrive Park. Ontario. Price was westbound on‘Markham Road, and after stopping. proceeded to pull out onto the highway. His vision was obscured by a large truck and he was struck by the north- bound DeMan vehicle. The Price car in turn struck the car of A. H. Cillis who was making a left- turn onto Markham Road from Yonge. No one was injured. Tfie case is being iniestigated by Chief R. P. Robbins of Richâ€" rhond Hill Vandalism 'At Lake Wilcox kICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1955 United Church WA Plans Musicale In The Spirit Of 1880 A pleasant musical program, in the spirit of 1880 has been planned by Mrs. F. S. Harwood and Mrs. Wright Morrow for the regular meeting on June 6th 'of The Evening Group of the W0- man‘s Association of Richmond Hill United Church. The proâ€" gram will recall the times and atmosphere of seventy-five years ago when the present church building was erected. Those as- sisting with the old time pro- gram are Miss Lola Jones, Mrs. Stan. Pipher, Messrs. Lauder Glass, Bob Lambert, Don Leno. Dr. Gordon Martin. Peer Nor- gaard, Ross Smith and Bill Wil- son. No Fluctuation Richmond Hill Mill Rate This Year The regular business meeting will be at 8 pm. and the program will begin at 8:30 when the con- gregations and friends are in- vited to attend. ' Richmond Hill's Deputy-Reeve and two of its business men spent part of Sunday “on the rocks” of Lake Nipissing, an unâ€" welcome Substitute for the day’s pickere‘l fishing which had been planned. Not alone in their plight, ‘the three men were stranded with a party of nine others when their 38â€"foot cabin cruiser was grounded on a rocky lsshoal 13 miles out from North ay. Deputy-Reeve Ken Tomlin, Harold Ground, and Ben Thomp- son tasted the waters of Lake Nipissing when they were forc- ed 'to jump into five feet of wa- ter covering a rocky shoal which had grounded their cruiser. The boat had been anchored near the shoal when a gale blew up, and before the guide was able to get the motor started. the cruiser drifted onto the rocks. When the boat began to sink, the group clambered to the crown of the Wife“ Of Former Reeve Passes In 90th Year Wife of a former Reeve of Richmond Hill, Harriett Burn- ham Lunau, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rol'ph Perk- ins, Victoria Square, Thursday, May 26, in her 90th year. Mrsl Lunau had been confined to bed for the past 13 weeks and had enjoyed fairly good health until last Christmas. Born at Sandford, Scott Town- ship, on January 3. 1866. she was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burnham. Prior to becoming a resident of Richm nd Hill she had lived at Lemon ille and Victoria Square. On February 1, 1886. she was married to John Jacob Lunau, a former reeve of Richmond Hill. Deputy~Reeve Lake Rescue Students in high schools in York County will be included in a school health service program supplied by the York County Health Unit beginning in Sep- tember. 1955, according to plans made by the Board of Health. Up to the present time, only elementary school children in public or separate schools have been included in the health ser- vices provided by the health unit. Now the Board of Health proposes to include about 3,000 high school students in six high schools in Markham. Stoufiville, Richmond Mill, Sutton. Aurora and Newmarket in the regular health supervision activities of the health unit. This added service from the health unit is made possible by ‘a consolidation of existing pro- ‘gram. and will not add new costs lto the County. Prevention of illness is the aim of the service. Students with Plan Health Services for York County High Schooi’s At No Extra Cost ay Backlog To County rock island, where they waited for rescue. During their’ wait, the party ate their shore dinner which they had pianned to en- joy in more advantageous sur- roundings. “No one panicked," said the Dep‘utyâ€"Reeve, “but if we had been out there much longer in the cold rain, some would ha e had to be treated for exposur .” ,An American from Niagara Falls, Gavin Smith. was respon- sible for the rescu'é and risked his life in his small fishing craft to get word to North Bay where authorities radioed a police cruiser on the French River, to come to the rescue. Rescue operations took about one hour with the OPP trans- ferring the stranded fishermen from the rock to the police boat in a small dinghy. Progress was hindered by the giant waves which complicated operations. who predeceased her 12 years ago. She was a member of Richâ€" mond Hill United Church. Mrs. Lunau was noted for being fond of her home‘ from which she de- rived much pleasure.. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. R. Perkins (Alice), Victoria Square and Mrs. Everett Brown (Greta), Richmond Hill. The funeral service was held from Wright and Taylor Funer- al Chapel on Monday, May 30, with interment in Victoria Square cemetery. Although hail stones larg- er than have been seen in this area for»many years fell last Saturday, the extepsive greenhouses in Richmond Hill escaped any major damage. It may be recalled that some years ago a severe hail storm caused consider- able glass breakage not only Pallbearers were Floyd Perk- ins, Douglas Brown, Donald Gif- fen, Casey Jones, Donald Pick- ering and Gordon Mortson. in thé greenhousés but in private homes. Miss Kathleen Little, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Little, Mill Street, has been awarded the I. H. Wel- don Scholarship at the Sick Children’s Hospital. Miss Little received her nursing certificate at graduation ceremonies last Friday night. health problems will be able to discuss them with trained public health nurses, who will regular- ly visit each high school, and the nurses working with the tea- chers will assist in seeing that health programs and defects come to the attention of parents and through them to the usual medical supervisory authorities, particularly the family physician. Part of the objective is to see that regular family physician services are used to the students’ advantage. sibility for his own health as well as assisting him to adapt to his handicaps or to solve his health problems by using availabl'e me- dical and health services in his community; will be included in the high school program. In or- der to get the most out of school, every pupil should be in the best physicial condition poss- ible. The scholarship will en- title Miss Little to one year at the‘ University of Toronto where she will have the op- portunity of choosing a one year course at the School VEducavtion of the high school student to accept more resporg: of Nursing Escape Hail Damage Wins Scholarship With the tax rate set recently by council at 79 mills, Richmond Hill ratepayers see no fluctuation in the rate which remains the same as last year's. Council was able to keep the tax rate constant, in comparison to 1953 when it took an eight mill jump. The Public School levy is 27.7 mills, the High 'School 9.9, the Separate School 23, the County 12.5, Debentures 11.9; the Mun- icipal 17. Education Levy Siight Encrease - Municipal Rate Down 14 Miis _--r_- - , The Public School levy last year was 21.9, the High School 8.8. the Separate School 22, the County 6.3, Debentures 11, and Municipal 31. _ - A backlog of $8,700 in County levy will be paid off this year, and added to 1955’s $27,673. pay- ments to the County place a heavy burden on the village. Monies set aside for Social Wel- fare, $2,900 are light in compari- son to some surrounding muni- cipalities which must pay exhor- bitant amounts towards relief. For road maintenance. $25,000 will be spent on improvements _to local highways, this estimate remaining the same as in 1954. Licenses & Permits . . . . . . . . Rents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , Penalties on Taxes . . . . . . . Service Charges . . . . . . . . . . . Per Capita Grant .. . . . . . . . Fines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Profit, North Yonge Railway Frontage Rates . . . . . . . . Local Improvements . . . . . . Payments on Debentures . Special Municipal Grant . Subsidy on Streets . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . Tax Roll, 79 Mills . . . . . . . . . EVERY MONDAY â€"â€" Bingo held at Community Hall, Spruce Ave. Stop 22A Yonge St., Richvale,, at 8.15 pm. tfc38 EVERY TUESDAY â€" Euchre in the Legion Hall. Carrville Road West, Richvale at 8 pm. Admis- sion 35c. tfc36 EVERY THURSDAY -â€" Bingo. sponsored by L.O.L. 2368 in the Orange Hall, Richmond Hill at 8 pm. sharp. Lucky draw night. ' ' ‘ ' tfc 2 JUNE 3 â€"- Friday 8.30 pm. Dr. M. A. Chantler, New Toronto, Chairman of the Judges of Color Photographic Association of Can- ada. will present “Camerascope Holiday, Western Style," with musical background and sound effects, at the Headford United United Church. For two years in succession Dr. Chantler won the highest honors in color photog- raphy Competitions on the North American Continent. Auspices Group 4 Headford W.A. All welcome. Adults 50c, children 25c. *3w47 JUNE 3 â€" Friday. Vellore Ath- letic Club will hold a eucnre and dance in Vellore Hall. Dancing 9-1 am. Admission 50c. c1w49 JUNE 3 â€" Friday. Iris Show, Richmond Hill Horticultural Soc- iety in- Lions all, 8 to 10 pm. Everybody We come. c1w49 JUNE”: â€" Saturday. Richmond Hill Naturalists All-day Trip by car to Coote's Paradise. Hamil- ton. Members and friends are invited. Please notify Mrs. P. Addison at TU. 4-2787. c1w49 JUNE 4 â€" Saturday 2.30 pm. Tea and Bake Sale at the home of Mrs. Wright, Stop 22 Yonge St., Richvale, sponsored by 2nd .Richvale Guide Mothers, pro- ceeds for camp. Baby sitters av- ailable to mothers wishing to at- tend. c1w49 JUNE 6 â€" Monday. Meeting of Richmond Hill Council at the Mitch aevelopment has taken HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Look Where People Advertise Advertise Where People Look! “liberal ” WANT ADS TUrner 4-1261 Coming Events (Continued on page 2) RECEIPTS place within the village limits during the past year and has benefitted the municipality along several channels. In regards to the residential development, the water, sewers and roads have been put .in at the expense of the subdivider who also pays an ad- ditional $500 per lot to the vill- age, council using this money for certain improvements which thus involve norcost to the tax- payers. Under this category comes the extension to the sew- age disposal plant, built for $110,000. which was paid for by the fund which is made up of money received from the subdi/ viders. In \this year’s budget $5,000 has been set aside for operation of the disposal plant and $1,500 for sewer mainten- ance. » A complete summary of the estimates for this year follow: Municipal Offices at 7 pm. Dele- gations wishing to appear are requested to do so at the second meeting of the month and to no- tify the clerk three days in ad- vance. clw49 JUNE 6 â€"- Monday. Markham .Township the Township offices at 1.30 p.m. ' JUNE 6 â€" The regular month- ly meeting of the Evening W. A. of Richmond Hill United Church will be held Monday, June 6, at 8 pm. Members of the congre- gation and friends are invited to the special musical program at' 8.30 pm. Members are reminded to turn in their Penny Round- Up bags at this meeting. clw49 JUNE 6 â€" Monday at 8.15 pm. Richmond Hill Curyain Club gen- eral meeting at the Club rooms, 8A Yonge St. S. Everyone wel- come. c1w49 JUNE 9 â€" Thursday, 3-5 pm. June Tea at the home of Mrs. J. Kingsburgh. 3/; miles south of Maple, auspices St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Silver col- lection. c1w49 JUNE 15 â€" Wednesday. Thorn- hill United Church, lawn supper 5-8 pm. Domico Farm, Stop 14A Yonge St. c2w49 JUNE 21 â€" Tuesday. Strawber- ry Festival at Victoria Square United Church Sunday School room, sponsored by the Couples Club of the church. Further not.- ice later. c1w49 JUNE 22 â€"â€" Wednesday. Temper- ancevill‘e United Church Straw- berry Festival (full course meal) 5.30 pm. Program. Adults $1.00, children 50c. Tickets available. * it i it . JUNE 23 â€" Thursday. Carrville United Church Strawberry Fes- tival, $1.25 adults, 75 cents child- ren, 6-8 p.mi: cold meat salad plate, hors d'oeuvres, strawber- ries and cream“. c4w48 6 4,400.00 860.00 1,500.00 6,500.00 5,296.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 14,175.74 4,242.13 49,766.53 2,482.50 _ 14,250.00 . 3,396.00 . 230,447.74 Meeting of Council at Buttonville, $349,316.64 c1w49