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AAaSons ‘LookFor 'fkfliSfle Councillor S. F. Tinker at Monday night‘s council meeting drew attention to the need for revision of the town zoning by laws to provide for erection of fraternal nulls. The byâ€"law now would permit the erection of a community hall on the Jacey Anne site, but the proposed Mas~ onic buildxng does not qualify as a community centre. JUNE 30 7‘0 JULY 11 â€" Rich- vale Chapel, Oak Ave., Daily Vacation Bible School. 9.30 am. to 12 noon. All school~age child- dren are Welcome. c1w52 JULY 3 â€" Throughout July and August. a chartered bus will leave Jefferson Public School at 12.10. twice weekly for Thorn- hlll Swimming Pool. for instruc- tion. Only 30 seats still available. Tel. TU. 4-4833 or TU. 4-2590. Mayor Ken W. Tomlin announ- ced this week that the new Radar equipment for checking speeding has arrived and is now in use. “We intend to enforce the speed limit regulations in the town" said the Mayor adding the advice that Speeders should take the warning and slow down. Couniillors Jos. Paterson asked whether the radar equipment \vogld fiberinr use every day. The Masons had pians to build right away but have neon enper- iencing difiiculty in securing a suitable site. It was decided to build on Jacey Anne Blvd. just west of Loblaws but strenuous objections kuve been raised by residents of the district and it is reported plans for that area have been abandoned. Mayor Tomlin suggested the Planning Board be asked to‘give consideration to the problem. Chief Robbins said the new equipment will be in use every day onnlght, but on no definite schedule of time or place. “We will Use radar to check speeding at different times and different places every day. and sometimes, it will be used at night”, said the Chief. Richmond Masonic Lodge has a history dating back more than a century but at the moment. is having difficulty finding in the town a site for a hall. The old hall which served the Lodge for many years was recei‘tly sold and demolished to make way for a commercial building on Yonge Street. ‘ Checkng Speeders By Radar Radar was first used Monday and several ofienders will receive summonses for infractions of the traffic laws JULY 2 â€" AUGUST 1 â€" Sum- mer School sponsored by the Charles Howitt Area Recreation Association from July 2 - Aug- ust 1. Hours 9:30 to 12 noon and 1 to 3:30 pm. week days. Games, crafts, supervised play. Any school child in :he Richvale‘ area may attend. c1w52 JULY 2 - Wednesday. Come and enjoy the annual Strawberry Festival of the Butwnville Wo- men's Institute at Buttonville Hall. Supper will be served from 5 to 8 pm. followed by a good programme Admisslon 1.25 and 75c for children under 12. c1w52 WEDNESDAY evening bingo held in Canadian Legion Hall. Carr- ville Road West at 7:45 pm. prompt. tfc44 EVERY SUNDAY EVENING â€"â€" Starting at 8.30 pm. The Western Jamboree at the York Farmers‘ Market in Thornhill. Country music at its best and an evening of entertainment for the whole family. tfcll EVERY MONDAY NIGHT at 8 pm. Bingo. Cpmmunity Hall. Spruce Ave., Stop 22A Yonge St. Coming Events c1w52 BRADFORD . 500 guests from Bradford and West Gwillimbury attended the Wardens picnic at Springwater Park last week. Thomas Bowman, Dominion Sheep Shearing champion and Ellsworth Crawford, George Miles, Logan Crewes and Ray Faint, championship horseshoe pitchers were presented with awards. Local Option in force here since 1906 is now repealed by a vote of the people and shortly for the first time in more than half a century alcoholic beverages will be sold legally in Richmond Hlll. No announcement has been made as to when the legal outlets will be established, but it is expected it will be within a couple of months. It is likely there will be one beer warehouse and one legal store to sell liquor. They do not have to be adjacent to each other and there is much local speculation as to the prob- able locations. Several suitable sites are available on Yonge Street and in the newer shopping areas. A keenly contested campaign during recent weeks resulted in a good turnout of voters last Saturday. Eligible voters numbered 6,360 and 4,030 registered their votes at the seventeen polling places and at the advance poll. As is generally the case in all electiOns the advance poll was a correct indication of the final results. The re- sult was 191 “yes” and 81 “no”. The Richmond Hill Legal Control Committee scored decisive victories with substantial majorities in all but one poll. The lone exception was the poll located at 150 Richmond Street where the “drys” had a majority of 21. There were 199 spoiled ballots. The cause of rejection in most cases was the use of a tick mark other than the requ1red X. Some were marked in ink rather than by the pencil supplied in the polllng booth. Advance 334 Browndale . 301 Taylor Mills 250 Blue Grass 10 Municipal Hall . 11 Municipal Hall . 12 237 Church S. . 13 83 Arnold . . . . . 14 150 Richmond . 15 186 Yonge N. . 16 106 Benson 17 308 Richmond . 1 461 Paliser . 2 154 Lennox . . 3 85 Beaverton . . . _4 70 Rockport . . . 5 421 Balkan . . . . . 6 442 Lynett . . . . . 7 8 9 Almost sixty-three per cent of the eligible voters went to the polls last Saturday and voted more than 70 per cent in favor of the establishment of beer and liquor retail outlets in the Town of Richmond Hill. Well over the sixty per cent was obtained in votes on both questions. In the case of Liquor the vote was 70.94 per cent “yes”. In the vote on a beer warehouse the sup- port was slightly larger, 71.10 per cent. ' The vote by subdivisions was: LIQUOR STORE Rejected 199 Advance VOLUME LXXIX, NUMBER 52 In Richmond Hill Legal Sale Wins Liquor Vote By large Majority 442 Lynett . . . . 334 Browndale 301 Taylor Mills 250 Blue Grass Municipal Hall Municipal Hall 237 Church St. S 83 Arnold . . . . . 150 Richmond . 186 Yonge N. .. 106 Benson . . . . . 308 Richmond . 461 Paliser 154 Lenuox 85 Beaverton 70 Rockport 421 Balkan . “THE TEN BUMMANDMENTS” AT RICHMOND THEATRE COMMENCING FRIDAY, BEER STORE ACCIDENTS ACCIDENT RECORD RICHMOND HILL 1958 FATALITXES 0 71.10% 70.94% 2724 2718 Yes “In Essentials Unity; in Non Essentials Liberty; in all Things Charity.” Yes 192 192 178 190 193 189 184 144 136 128 81 146 111 75 207 176 205 176 81 148 111 92 104 191 195 183 191 193 188 186 140 103 INJURIES RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1958 29.06 % 8.90% 1107 1113 The service will operate daily over a route outlined elsewhere in this issue. Service will com- mence at 320 am. and will con- tinue with an hourly service Monday through Friday. Adult fare will be 15 cents and child- ren 12 and under 10 cents. Operated for the town of Rich- mond Hill by Newmarket Coach Lines Ltd. the new service is planned to supply a longâ€"felt need in the growing community. It will be operated on a six month trial basis and if operation results are satisfactory will be continued. For the trial period it will be subsidized by the town. Councillor S. F. Tinker will be acting Mayor next Tuesday and will preside for the official open- ing ceremonies at 1.30 pm. On the opening day there will be free rides for everyone over the proposed route. Richmond Lodge officers elec- ted and appointed for the coming year are as follows: Worshipful Master, J. L. Ilollowell; imme- diate past master, James Hamil- ton; senior warden, Norman A! Todd; junior warden, J. A. Mun- roe; chaplain. "A. A. Eden; treas- urer, Peter G. Savage; secretary, A. R. Phipps; senior deacon, G. A. Gardner; junior deacon, S. F. Tinker; director of ceremonies, Harold Ince; inner guard, K. R. Taylor; senior steward, D. L. Moore; junior steward, Eric S. Charity; assistant secretary, George Taylor; tyler, Charles Tomlin. Richmond Hill's new bus ser- vice will be officially opened next Tuesday July lst, and the regular schedule of operation will com- mence Wednesday. Local Bus SerVIce Coming J. L. Holloweli, Richmond Hill, was duly installed as Worshipful Master of Richmond Lodge AF&AM at the annual cere- monies held Tuesday evening, June 24th, and attended by a large number of local and visiting masons. STOUFFVFLLE : Mr. Joe Mer- tens,well-known resident on Du- chess St., Stouffville celebrated his 90th oirthday on June 19. 1958. He can remember when his parents made their own su- gar and baked their own bread: when a dozen carton of eggs cost eight cents; when the now-anti- quated pieces of machinery such as the grain cradle, the reaper and the steam engine were in use. Cecil C. Mabley, a Past Master of Richmond Lodge officiated as Installing Master and he was assisted by several past masters of the Lodge. J. L. Hollowell Elected Master Richmond Lodge J. L. HOLLOWELL Installed Tuesday evening as Worshipful Master of Richmond Masonic Lodge. This week on the recommend- ation of Chief R. P. Robbins. Richmond Hill Town Council ap- proved the appointment of Ken- neth Edwin Sider as police con- stable. He will replace Constable Hargan who resigned. The county is due to take over Bayview Avenue, north from Steeles Avenue to the Elgin Mills Sideroad on Januarv lst next, and the following year they are expected to take over the re- mainder of Bayview Avenue from the Elgin Mills Sideroad to the Whitchurch Markham Townline. On recommendation of Reeve W. L .Clark council instructed its road committee and road suâ€" perintendent to prepare a list of roads to be designated as class “B” roads as a means of regul- ating their use by heavy trucks. Reeve Clark reported that gravel roads throughout the township are receiving heayy pounding from large trucks. "Designating certain roads as class ‘B’ roads is the only way we can control the heavy truck traffic". stated Reeve Clark. “Trucks are smash- ing up the 8th and 9th conces- sions and a good many of our cross roads", added the reeve. Recently he has been employ- ed as a P.C.V. Inspector with the Department of Transport, but previously had police experience with North York Township and the RCMP. His last station with the R.C.M.P. was at Mel- fort, Sask., where he was en- gaged in criminal 1nvestigafion work. Councillor S. Watson who is chairman of the roads. commit- tee felt council shouldn't at- tempt to “saddle the county”, with too much of the responsi- bility. “The province has all the money", remarked Mr. Watson in recommending that the senior level of government assume more of the financial responsibility for local road systems. Class “B” Roads Constable Sider who assumes his duties next week is 30 years of age, married and is now liv- ing in Scarboro. He has one dau- ghter, four years old. Constable and Mrs Sider plan to take up residence in Richmond Hill at an early date. Sergeant . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrol Sergeant . . . . . . Flrst Class Constabl|e . . Second Class Constable Probationary . . . . . Originally the police had asked'for a $400.00 increase and later reduced this figure to $200.00. If this offer by council proves unacceptable then the whole matter is ex- pected to go to arbitration. The police had earlier request- ed arbitration and had nominated Mr. T. A M. Hulse, Q.C. of Aurora as their representative on any such board. The new salary schedule is as follows: . Present New Sergeant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4300.00 $4,400.00 Patrol Sergeant . . . . . . . . 4,100.00 4,200.00 Flrst Class Constable . . . . 3,800.00 3,900.00 Second Class Constable .. 3,500.00 ' 3,700.00 Probationary . . . . . . . .. 3,100.00 3,300.00 Markham Township Council decided Monday to re- quest the provincial government to immediately state its plan? regarding the reported construction of a new north- south highway to be located somewhere between Yonge Street and Highway 48. The decision to approach the province followed criticism by council of the heavy sum- mer traffic that passes through Markham while entering and leaving the metro area. Deputy-reeve W. Dean felt both the province and the county should play a, greater part in the maintenance of township roads, which are re- ceiving such a heavy rush of outside traffic. Ex-Mountie New Officer In the hope of settling the long standing salary dis- pute with the township police force, Markham Iownship Council this week made a new offer to the 13 member force. The new offer includes a $100 00 annual increase for the top categories and a $200.00 annual increase for the lower categories. Council had earlier turned down several requests for salary increases in 1958. Deputy-reeve Dean was critical of the fact that Vau- ghan Township has five county roads and two provincial highways feeding into metro, while Markham has only two county roads feeding into this heavily popuiated area. He S:‘ecommended that the county take over the 10th .con- ces ion. . Seeks Information Provincial Hwy. Markham 'I'wp. Warl’éarh loo/ice Sat/arias} Efiective at once use of hose for watering is restrictea to one night per week from 10 pm. to The continued dry weather and the widespread use of hose for lawn and garden .vatering have necessitated further restrictions to meet the emergency. Richmond Hill authorities faced with complaints of low pressure and almost dry taps during even- ings when watering was allowed took prompt action Wednesday to meet the situation. Schedule for the various sec- tions of town appear on page three of this issue. A maximum load limit of 22,- 000 pounds for both truck and load is all that is permitted on class “B” roads. Cash Payment Council on recommendation of Consulting Engineer E. Jorgen- sen have agreed to require a cash payment from each indivi- dual property owner for the in- stallation of water services on the 22 streets in wa;er area No. 1. This will be different than it was in the case of Doncaster where service costs were handled through a debenture issue. How- ever in the case of Doncaster the individual lots were estab- lished and wouldn‘t :hange much over the years. This is not the same in this latest installation. In North York, Etobicoke and Scarboro Townships services are charged on a cash basis and not debentured. The contract cover- ing the installation of an estim- ated 250 services will be at the rate of $82.42 for a 5/8 service, plus $25.00 for the meter. The service contract is pai‘t of overall water area contract and was aw- arded by the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission. “Their price is too high. We can get ser- vice and meter installation for $95.00", remarked Mr. Dean. Mr. Jorgensen replied that the con- (Continued on page 3) Further Restrict Hose Use HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 $4,400.00 4,200.00 3,900.00 3,700.00 3,300.00 Mr. King also recommended that a new building be erected adjacent to the arena to house the wash rooms. dressing rooms, boiler room and snacx room. This building would have access from both inside and outside the ar- ena and of course should be of fireproof construction. The water treatment plant which will he proceeded with at once will cost an estimated $241,- 000. and the reports of the en- gineers showed that to add the water softening would cost an additional $196,000. with an an- nual charge for capital costs and operation of about $35,000. An inspection of the Richmond Hill arena carried out on instruc- tions by municipal council has revealed that while the basic wood structure is in good condi- tion. a great deal of general re- pair work is required. Mr. Ross King who reported on the condi- tion of the building stated defin- itely that the building is worth saving and made several recom- mendations. He said the exterior cladding should be replaced at once, the wood structure should be treated and covered with fire- resistant paint, the wooden blea-‘ chers should be replaced with‘ concrete and“ the fire exits should be revised. ‘ Mayor Tomlin urged that coun- cil make a decision at once so that the work of construction of the water treatment plant may get under way as quickly as pos- sible. “We have an immediate problem with the existing condi- tion of our water,” he said, “and we want to do something about it and the sooner the better". The Mayor pointed out that he thought the water treatment plant could be carried by the waterworks system without any increase in rates. This would not be the case if water softening was included. He expressed the opinion that “we should try to keep the cost of capital outlays within the ability of the utility to pay." I think w eshould con- intue to improve the system as we can afford it, he added. It was decided that Parks Com- mission Chairman Deputy-reeve Plaxton. will can a meeting next Wednesday with representatives The engineers will call for ten- ders immediately and it was es- timated the work might be com- pleted within five months. Arena Repairs Richmond Hill Town Council in session Monday night decided to proceed at once with the construction of the quarter million dollar water treatment plant. Estimated to cost $241,000. the new plant is designed tareduce the iron content of the local water supply and remove objec- tionable features of discoloration and odour. Plans for such a plant were presented to council a couple of weeks ago but were referred back to the engin- eers for additional information on the possibility of in- cluding in the plans now or at a later date equipment for water softening. Proctor & Redfern town engineers Mon- day night submitted a detailed report and estimates for the addition of the water softening equipment and council decided against any such installation at the present time. Deputy-reeve Plaxton said he thought the water softening pro- posAal is gar little premature. Councillor Haggart who had been most insistent that prices be obtained on the water soften- ing equipment said he was agree- able to go ahead now with only the water treatment plant, but he thought it should be so con- structed that the softening proc- ess could be added. “We soon will have 4500 homes in Richmond Hill,’ ’he said, “and it could be many would welcome a water softening service at a cost of $6. or $8. per year.” Mr. Haggart suggested that when definite cost figures are obtained the question might be submitted to the people in a referendum. A motion by Deputy-reeve Plaxton and Councillor Tinker was carried giving instructions for the preparation of a deben- ture by-law at once for the‘ water treatment plant. Water Treatment Plant Should ,. Be Complete By Dec. “I would have no objection to that,” said the Mayor, “but the main concern now is to get on with the construction of the treat- ment plant". The people have exercised a considerable degree of patience. he added. Make Immediate Start DON'T GO AROUND IN CIRCLES If you are looking for a different job â€" someone to buy a used article. a service â€" no need to waste a lot of time and energy. Phone TU. 4-1105 JUST RUN A “LIBERAL” WANT AD of the Arena Board and Recrea- tion Commission to discuss the needed repairs and secure an es- timate of the cost of any propos- ed work of rehabilitation. License Signs E. Ruttan asked for an ex- elusive license for a sound truck in the town. Chief Robbins sug- gested that if license is issued messages to be broadcast should be submitted to the police twen- ty four hours in advance. Council gave consideration to a by-law for the regulation and; licensing of. all signs in the town. It will require Building Inspec- tor’s approval of the erection of all signs, provides for an annual inspection and license fee. The fee will be 50¢ per square foot with a maximum annual fee of $25.00. The by-law has been referred to the solicitor for clarification on some legal points and will be- come effective at the first of next year. Markham Road A petition from residents of Markham Road asked that heavy traffic be prohibited on the street from 7 pm. to 7 am. and urged that sidewalks are a necessity in the interests of safety. The peti- tion asked also that stop signs be erected at various places and that safety warning sign be placâ€" ed at the Walter Scott School. Councillor J. W. Bradstock re. ported thaf plans are complete and tenders will be called this week for the new municipal storâ€" age building on Pugsley Avenue. Mayor Tomlin reported that he had many romplaints of parking on Arnold Street. On motion of Councillor I‘inker parking on the north side of Arnold between Yonge and Elizabeth will be pro- hibited. ' PICKERING : A large delegation at Pickering Township council last week protested against the proposed establishment of a boat manufacturing plant at Fairport Frenchman's Bay. It would em~ ploy about 50 people. Light in- dustry is favored by the plan- ning board and a new zoning byâ€" law will ‘oe prepared for coun~ cil's consideration. Council agreed to prepare a by-Iaw prohibiting heavy traffic during the suggested hours. Chief Robbins reported that at the end of the school term Mark. ham Rd. would be made a stop street at both Buggies and Sus- sex Avenues and that some kind of warning sign will be erected at the school. In regard _to the sidewalks. Mayor Tomlin stated that side- walks are constructeJ as a local improvement and that if proper- ty owners submitted a properly signed petition asking for a side- walk it would be considered by council. Under the local improve- ment plan For sidewalks fifty per cent of the cost is assessed dir- ectly to the property owners on the street. Culverts Councillor Haggart stated that several houses on Crosby Ave. are occupied and no culverts have been installed. On his mo- tion council decided to write the subdivider stating that the re- quired culverts must be install- ed within two weeks. A parking ban will also be pro- claimed for both sides of Cen- tre East between Yonge and Church Streets. SINGLE COPY 10c