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‘ BE GENEROUS!‘“"E°“E APRIL 17 â€" Wednesday 7.45 p. m. sharp. Bingo to be held by Canadian Legion Branch 375 at the Legion Hall, Carrville Road West. To be held each Wednes- day. atarting April 17. All are welcome. c3w39 APRIL 11 â€" Thursday at 1 pm. in North York Memorial Com- munity Hall, 5090 Yonge St. Rummage sale, sponsored by the Lansing United Church W.A. APRIL 11 â€" Thursday. East Vaughan Ratepayers’ Associa- tion meeting in Community Hall, Spruce Ave., Richvale at 8.30 pm. Agenda: Fire Hall, Roads and ditches. c1w40 APRIL 12 â€"â€" Friday 9-1a.m. Dance to be held by the Vellore Junior Farmers and Junior Inâ€" stitute in the Vellore Hall. Sally Lloyd and her orchestra. c1w40 APRIL 9 â€" Tuesday 8.15 pm. Legion Hall. Can-ville Rd. W., Richvale. Euchre sponsored by Richvale Cubs and Scouts Moâ€" thers Auxiliary. Everybody wel- come. Come and help the boys. ' ’ ‘ ' c1w40 APRIL 10 â€" Wednesday. Euchre In Victoria Square Community Hall at 8 pm. Everyone wel- come. c1w40 MAYxl -â€" Wednesday from 8 to 10 pm. at the Richmond Hill High School the Keswick Karol- eers presented by the O. M. Mac: Ki110p Home and School Assoc- iation. Proceeds to furnish books for the school library. Come and bring the children. Admis- sion 50c.‘ c4w40 APRIL 10 â€"- Wednesday 8.45 pm. The regular monthly meet- Ing .of the First Richmond Hill Scout Mothers' Auxiliary will be held at the Scout Hall. An inter- esting feature of the evening will be a talk and demonstration by Helen Pipher on the Art of Make-up. APRIL 8 â€"- Monday. Thornhill L.O.L. 91 meets in Masonic Hall. Thornhill. c1w40 APRIL 8 â€" Monday 8:15 pm. The Richmond Hill Community Swing will hold the final Square Dance of the season, a birthday party in the auditorium of the McConaghy School. Refresh- ments. All members and friends invited. *1w40 MAY 14. 15 â€" Tuesday and Wed- nesday. The Footlights Club of Thornhill is presenting “Cuckoo Time". a one act comedy, and also Gilbert & Sullivan’s musi- cal comedy “Trial by Jury". Tick- ets Mrs. E. Lean. AV. 5-1320. MAY 25 -- Saturday. Richmond Hill Spring Fair, Horse Show, Midway, many feature attrac- tions. For information, apply to the secretary, Mrs. Margaret Burton. Gormley R. R. 2. c8w40 APRIL 6 â€" Saturday at 1 pm. Rummage sale at the Army and Navy Hall, Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue, under the aus- pices of the North Group of A1- oha Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. c2w39 APRIL 5 â€"- Friday 1 pm to 4 pm Rummage sale, also home baking, sponsored by Ladies Auxâ€" iliary Branch 375 Canadian Le- gion held in Masonic Hall, Rich- mond Hill. c2w39 EVERY THURSDAY - 311380. sponsored by L.O.L. 2368 in the Orange Hall, Richmond Hill, at 8 pm. sharp. Lucky draw night. ' t t - uc28 EVERY MONDAY NIGHT at 8 pm. Bingo, Community Hall. Spruce Ave.. Stop 22A Yongei . ‘Big medicine is seen being worked by Allan Bathurst wearing 3. Medicine Man’s mask and ceremonial wand. The big medicine is the $480 cheque being received by Bill Babcock, left, from Stu- art Harwood of the Richmond Hill Ro- tary Club, (cent1e) The presentation took place at the Rotary Club meeting on MEI-ch 25 and the cheque IS the club’s cont11but10n to“ ads the Richmond Hill Day Camp which is to be operated by Coming Events Assists Boys Camp c 1w40 c1w40 'ttc27 Chairman Ross mentioned, that Etobicoke. Toronto and Weston all had the senior school system, while Forest Hill and Scarbor- ough had the junior high sys- tem, taking in the first year of high school as well as the seventh and eighth grades. McConaghy School of No Use As Senior School “Previously! we had thought McConaghy School might serve as a senior school, however, af- ter our conversation with the Et- obicoke officials we feel McCon- aghy will be of no use as a sen- ior school as it is out-dated. If we build a new eleven room school we could make three rooms larger than necessary and later convert it into a senior school. We might requiretwo senior schools if we use the tri- level system,” Chairman Ross suggested. Senior schools require accommodation for home econo- mics, shop, and gym. Junior high schools in addition require in- struction on the secondary school eve . Ratclifl's (Canada) Ltd_. one of the toxvn's largest plants, an- nounces that an _additipnal sev- en acres of land have been pur- chased. giving them forntage on the railway. This brings the Rat- cliff company’s holdings to 20 acres. “nun", _.. V. V H A second site has been sold on Markham Road near the railway tracks. A manufacturing firm of ammonia products in Toronto plans to use the site as a distrib- ution centre because of its loca- tion at the railway and its near- ness to the highway. The matter of senior public schools is still occupying the attention of members of the Richmond Hill Public School Board. Last Thursday evening at the regular bi- monthly meeting of the Board, Chairman Robert Ross and Trustee L. Clement told of conferring recently with two members of the Public School Board of Etobicoke who have had experience with the three level system of education. “They had some excellent advice to give us concerning the benefits and costs of such a school system. Now is the time to make our decision on senior schools,” stated Chair- man Ross. Although the name of the pur- chaser has not been disclosed it is reported that the new firm will manufacture electrical equip- ment and likely will employ 40 people. It is expected that work on a 5,000 sq. ft. plant will com- mence in the near future. Spence Favours Early Decision Senior School Two industrial sites have bEen sold in Richmond Hill “The Lib- eral" learned recently. A one and one-half acre tract in the indus- trial section of Centre Street has been sold by David McLean Ltd., Realtors. Thornhill. for the John A. Bailey Development Co. 2 Industrial Sites Sold “The Junior High system is more expensive in the beginning as instruction and equipment that are on a par with the regu- VOLUME LXXVIII, NUMBER 40 @ME fill/“WWW Mr. Babcock ind Mr. Bathurst. Mr. Harwood represents the club‘s Youth Activities Committee. The camp which is to be an exper- iment in summertime actix ities f01 local boys “ill get under may in July and run through till the end of August in four periods. It is under the central organization of the Richmond Hill Re- creation Committee. lat high school course are nec- essary," said Chairman Ross. “However it should cut down the costs of high school education in the long It!“ for a community. as 40"“ ’o of the high school enrollâ€" ment is usually in the ninth grade.” “I don't think there is any chance of the Richmond Hill High School District being dis- solved, so that would make the junior high set-up here imprac- tical,” said Trustee A, Spence. “We haven’t even decided whether or not senior schools are justified for Richmond Hill,” commented Trustee Clement. ' “We should make up our minds on the principle of senior schools being good for us or not,” stated Trustee Spence. “We need a spcial meeting for planning in regard to senior schools,” Trustee Spence felt. SUTTON : On March 27 a large number of senior high school students from schools in the area from Bradford south to Stouff- ville attended a Career Day here. Representatives from several un- iversities and professional train- ,ing institutes were present. Work The usual procedure is for the municipality in which the school is built to float the necessary debentures issue. Following the county’s refusal in January to float any more high school deb- entures Vaughan suggested each municipality finance its own share of the total cost. Solicitor J. D. Lucas. ques- tioned if the township has the right to enter into such an‘ agreement with the other municipalities in the high school district. If such an ar- rangement is possible. Mr. Lucas suggested Markham should first ascertain if' the other municipalities are both willing and financially able to enter into such an arrang- ement. Following discussion, Mon- day, Markham Township Council is expected to agree to float its share of debent- ures covering this years pro- gram of the Richmond Hill District High School Board. The immediate goal of the trustees is the 'erection of a new school at Woodbridge and an addition to the Rich- mond Hill school. Total cost of the work has been est- imated at over a million dol- lars. -â€"' Photo by Lagerquist Issue Share 0f Debentures In Essentials, Unify; In Non-essentials, Liberty: RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY‘ APRIL 4 1957 "A great deal of the taxpayers money has been wasted on this case to date and I certainly wouldn't be a party to wasting any more", remarked Mrs. James. A question by Councillor H. Cos- burn as to what the litigation has cost the township to date brought an incomplete answer. Reeve W. L. Clark stated all the bills were- not in to date. “The cost to the t;xpayers has already been est- imated at $20,000,” said Mrs. James. To appeal the case to the Ontario Court cost $4,500 alone and our special counsel charged us $2,000 for pleading the case before the‘provincial court”, re- marked Mrs: James. The townâ€" ship engaged Mr. Donald Flem- ing, Toronto MP. to present its case to all three bodies. Negotiate with Stibdivider Markham TWp. Loses Selkirk Case Decision May Appeal To Cabinet If Markham Township Council decides to act on a sug- gestion of Deputy-Reeve D. Deacon it will attempt to get the Ontario Cabinet to pass legislation over-riding the Supreme Court of Canada decision in favour of the Selkirk subdivision at Thornhill. In a ruling made public over the Week~end the nation’s highest court ruled in favour of Mr. Selkirk. Court ruling. Councillor Mrs. K. James strenuously opposé ed any move to prolong the case any longer. Mr. Selkirk has now defeated the township on three different occasions. First the Ontario Municipal Board ruled in his favour, followed by the Supreme Court of Ontario and now the Supreme Court of Canada. The Municipal Act provides that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council can change or alter a decision of the Municipal Board. If the provincial cabinet decided to interfere in the case they could set aside the Municipal Board ruling, which body' is their creation. Councillor Cosburn felt these "unfinished subdivisions are a black eye to the municipality", questioned the wisdom of taking any further action in the case. “The township hasn’t been hurt by this subdivision except to the extent of the cost of the fees", replied Deputy-reeve Deacon. “It’s certainly an eyesore as far as Ward 1 is concerned", retort- ed Mrs. James. Council should enter into negotiations with the subdivider to get this whole thing cleaned up before it costs the taxpayers more money", suggest- ed Mrs. James. Mr. Deacon’s suggestion came during a lively debate at Monday s council meeting, as the membe1s debated as to what action they should take in face of the Supreme Costs Already Over $25000 “Our dealings with Mr. Selkirk have been unsatisfactory in the past and I don’t think any forced DeveIOpment OF Richmond Hill Industrial Area To Go Ahead As a result of a meeting held this week in Aurora. under the sponsorship of the Aurora Plan- ning Board a committee is being set up to study the position of the fringe municipalities with re- gards planning. The committee compOSed of C. J. Laurin, Mark- ham, (chairman); D. Richardson, Aurora; Elmer Daniels, Stoufiville Lorne Evans, Whitchurch and Robert Kirk, Vaughan will meet with the Department of Planâ€" ning and Development and the Metropolitan Planning Board to dicuss the matter of the munic- ipalities around the Metropolitan Area. Committee To Study Position Of Fringe Municipalities The committee was formed as the direct result of the fact that Deputy-reeve. Robert Kirk, of Vaughan Township, took excepâ€" tion to the suggestion of the guest speaker C. J. Laurin, Chair- ‘man of Markham Township Plan- ning Board, that the fringe munâ€" icipaltities in the county be ex- cluded from York County Planâ€" ning Board Committee. Mr. Kirk protested strongly, contending that it was unfair that the fringe municipalities would have no re- presentation on either a county planning committee or the Metro Planning Board. Host 5f the meeting which was galled for the purpose of form- mg the county planning organ' . A. Bailey To Lnstall Services T THE B. HILL SOFTBALL CAMPAIGN FOR PLOODLIGHTS DRIVE STARTS MONDAY, APRIL 8 O In all Ming» Charity. Township solicitor. J. D. Lucas, who was present at Monday's meeting, reviewed the case to date. The 206 lot, Selkirk Sub- division was approved by Council 0 June 10, 1954. Following dis- eosure that 60 homes in the subdivision were being built with out permits, Council on December 21, 1954 requested the Minister of Planning and Development to revoke the subdivision agree- ment and registration. Subse- quently, the Langstaff Land Development Company, which is Mr. Selkirk's firm, was charged with a breach of a township by- law and fined $700 for build- ing without permits. dealings we might have with him in the future would be any better”, stated Reeve Clark. When the Township refused to take action to have the sub- division agreement reinstated Mr. Selkirk appealed to the Munic- ipal Board for a ruling. The Township contended the Munic- ipal Board had no jurisdiction to hear the new applicant. The township‘s appeal to both ‘the Supreme Court of Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada were made on points of law, as you cannot appeal a decision of the Municipal Board if it lsact- ing within its clearly defined powers. As the members were unable to reach any decision as to what their future policy will be, it is expected they will consider the case again very shortly. ization was Mayor J. Murray, Aur- ora. Aurora Planning Board chair- man, D. Richardson was acting chairman. Representing the local municipalities were Deputy-reeve R. Kirk and Darrell Goulding, of Vaughan Township, Deputy-reeve Floyd Perkins, Ross Scrimger and Barry Brent, of Richmond Hill and Reeve Wm. Clark. Councillor Mrs. K. James, Planning Director R. Forrest, and C. J. Laurin, of Markham Township. There were no representatives from Wood- bridge present. At elevenâ€"twenty last Mon- day night. Reeve W. J. Tay- lor strongly urged Mayor William Neal to stick more closely to the ten-thirty cur. few on municipal meetings. He said that it was not nec- essary to keep the meetings so late and recommended that all members of council keep closely to the business at hand in order to expedite the handling of the town‘s affairs. He also recommended that a few morning meetings be held to catch up on the ag- enda. ‘Observe Curfew’ Says Reeve Immediate Past President of the Richmond Hill Agricultural Society who was honoured with the presentation of a gold head- ed cane at the recent annual ban- quet. Sincere tribute was paid to the outstanding service rendered to the Society by Mr. Weldrick during his two years as presi- dent and his many years as a director of the Association. Mr. Weldrick who lives at Thornhill is an ex~reeve of Vaughan Town- ship. President Gordonr Atkinson presided at the banquet when the guest speaker was Mr. Lance Rumble. Plans were discussed for the annual spring fair which will be held here on Saturday. May 25th. Fire Marshal Comments On Proposed Changes In L. M. McConaghy School The Richmond Hill Public School Board was in receiptflof a letter from the Ontario Fire Marshal's office regarding Mc- Conaghy Public School last Thursday. The letter stated the Fire Marshal was agreeable to reducing the front exit of the school from a two door exit to a one door, as there were exits within 50 feet each way from the middle of the school. There- fore it was felt reducing the size of the front exit would not be a fire hazard. ~ The Board is proposing to re- model certain portions of the McConaghy School to provide extra space for a teacher’s room, principgl’s room, board room, etc. "fie‘ letter aléo referred to a previous report of February 29 Approve Townline Agreement Richmond Hill councillors learned last Monday night just how tight the debenture market really is when a rep- resentative of the J_ L. Gra- ham Co. appeared before council to report that the $125,000 hydro debenture is- sue still hasn’t sold. The firm has received several extensions on the option in the hope of being able to sell the issue but Without suc- cess. Markham Township Coun- cil, Monday approved the fin- al draft of an agreement be- tween Markham and Rich- mond Hill for the mainten- ance of the towline between the two municipalities. Rich- mond Hill will be responsible for the upkeep and mainten- ance of Bayview Ave., and Markham the Elgin Mills sideroad. This division of re- sponsibility was decided up- on following a series of meet- ings between the road com- mittees of the twa municipal- ities With no other prospect or alternative, council agreed to give a further option to the firm with a drop in value to the town from 95.05 cents on the dollar to 94. Past President Honoured BOYNTON WELDRICK Debentures Still Not Sold HOME RAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 "Let’s Get Some Action” Says Reeve W. J. Taylor Following months of delay and procrastination, Rich- mond Hill council decided last Monday night to take posi- tive action to facilitate the servicing of the extensive tract of industrial land at the north end of the town. After a lengthy discussion during which John A. Bailey, owner and developer of the land, presented several proposals, council agreed to give a necessary letter to permit the opening up of the area. The matter has been before council for several months now, but on the recommenda- tion of the town solicitor and in keeping with the feeling of members of council, the matter has been delayed. The big problem holding up the development on the indus- trial land has centred around two principal points ,the obtaining of a crossing over the ONE tracks and the closing of the Broderick Road right-of-way. The former has been more or less settled following a recent meeting with railway officials and representa- tives of the Department of Trans- port. It was concluded that a railway crossing will not be per- mitted at present to join the two industrial areas. east and west of the tracks. The question of Broderick Road has also served as a stumbling block, coupled with the fact that the majority of the town council along with the solicitor. J. D. Lucas, were reluctant to take the risk of a damage suit over the closing of the right-of-way. Urges Take Chance Several months ago. some members of council urged that the town risk the possibility of damage charges to facilitate, the opening up of the industrial area. The difficulty here lies in the fact that the Department of Highways will not permit the opening of Industrial Road, onto the highway, until there is a let- ter from the council stating that Broderick Road, also fronting on Yonge, will not be opened up. Council has repeatedly stated that it has no intention of open- ing the road allowance but at the same time would not give the required letter until there was a definite statement from Im- perial Oil Co. located on one cor- ner of the allowance. Ratcliff‘s. owners on the opposite corner are agreeable to the closing of the right-of-way. Delay on the part of Imperial Oil was manifested in a similar stall by council in giving the let‘ ter. Mr. Bailey said that he could not start the development of the industrial area until he has permission to put in the road. Urges Set Policy Mayor William Neal made an attempt to further delay the mat- ter last Monday night by sug- gesting that the matter should be again taken up with the solici- tor. Mr. Bailey contended that as it was purely a matter of wheth- er or not the road was to be opened at any time; the matter was not a legal one but one of policy which was the responsi- bility of council alone. He em- phasized that council had repeat- edly pointed out that it had no intention of opening the right- ofâ€"way. Makes Motion .The matter was brought to a head when Reeve W, J. Taylor 1952 which had recommended certain safety improvements be carried out. And, it was com- mented in the letter, while some of the regulations had been car- ried out others had not. and the Fire Marshal was requesting that they too be implemented. Chairman Robert Ross said he was awaiting the 1952 report in full. "I told the local fire chief that I was not a bit interested in the 1952 report. This is the 1957 Board and we are not re- sponsible for 1“ 52" Chairman Ross stated. Trustee Mrs. Virginia Sully said she hoped the Chairman would bring the 1952 recom- mendations to the Board's at- tention as soon as the report arrived. Job Printing . . Done Right! Priced Right! " 'I'Hl LIBERAL " “fine: 4 -1105 and Councillor Harold Jones called for action on the matter. “This thing has been kicked around enoughâ€"we’ll never get anywhere unless we take a gam- ble” stressed the reeve. Messrs. Taylor and Jones then moved that the necessary letter be given. It received unanimous support. Commenting on the matter. Councillor Stanley Tinker was of the opinion that even if a few industries were obtained, the as- sessment and tax revenue would offset any damage suit which might be brought against the municipality. Mr. Tinker added that the rightâ€"of-way land would be deeded to the two owners in» volved as a compensation. Threatened to Sell Out Mr. Bailey's alternative, pro- viding this move had not been taken. was to leave Richmond Hill. In his presentation to coun- cil, Mr. Bailey made it quite clear that unless he was per- mitted to develop the land with services, he Wauld be unable to carry on and would have te db pose of the property. Amend Agreement As the servicing of the indus trial area depends on bring- ing them west from Beverley Acres, council members agreed to amend the existing subdivision agreement with Mr. Bailey. On a motion by Councillors Plaxton and Tinker, it was agreed to de- lete the level crossing in the in- dustrial area, In addition, the town will provide. through nego- tiation or expropriation, a right- of-way from a projection of New- kirk Road (north-south road east of railway and parallel) on which Mr. Bailey will construct an 86 foot road north to Elgin Mills Sideroad. In the event that coun- cil can retrieve the cost of this road from the property owners if they are permitted to develop at a later date, then Mr. Bailey will donate $10,000 for improve- ment of the Crosby Ave. cross- ing or other suitable purposes. The purpose of this is so that the town will receive a compar- able amount of municipal con- tribution to the original agree- ment which is not'feasible be- cause of the rail difficulties. It is expected that work will commence as soon as possibe on the additional residential prop- erty of Beverley Acres to bring the services west to the indus- trial land according to his origi- nal agreement. Reviewing his construction schedule briefly, Mr. Bailey told council that the services would start first in the residential area while the roads would be started in the indus- trial area initially. Vaughan Township Coun- cil is considering entering an agreement with Walter Lowe of Bayview Ave,, Mark- ham Township, for dog catching in the municipality. It is. expected thai Mr. Lowe would maintain a pound similar 10 the_ _systern in Markham Township and do a certain amount of pat- rol in the township. The Township solicitor is drawing up a tentative agreement to be presented to both parties for consideration. ACCIDENTS 2'3 ACCIDENT RECORD RICHMOND HILL SINGLE COPY Vaughan May Hire Dog Catcher FATALITIES 3 195 INJURIES 23 10c