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EVERY TUESDAY. Bingo 8 13.111. at the Legion Hall. King Side Road, Oak Ridges. Cash prizes and jackpot. _ _ tfcal JUNE 24 â€"â€" Wednesday -â€" Strawâ€" berry Festival, Carrville United Church Woman's Association. BINGO every Wednesday alter- noon at 1.15 pm. at the Canadian Legion Branch 375, Carrvflle Rd., West, Richvale. tfc39 BINGO every Thursday, 8 pm. in Orange Hall, lst house north Jf ADAfl- Lobléws. EVERY FRIDAY night -- at 7.45 pm. Bingo -â€" Community Hall. Spruce Ave. Stop 22A, Yonge St. _ tfc36 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT â€" 9.00 pm. - 12.00. Dancing to Max Cameron‘s Orchestra, at Canad- ian Legion Hall, Camille Road, Richvale. Sponsored by Rich- mond Hill Branch 375. Canadian Legion. 75¢ per person. tfc36 or no: t t MAY 19 â€"- Tuesday. Euchre in the Victoria Square Community Hall, sponsored by the park com- mittee. Ladies please provide lunch. Everyone welcome. c1w46 MAY 23 - Saturday, Richmond Hill Fair Day, featuring Horse Show and many other attractions. For full information regarding events write William Neal Jr., Richmond Hill. c5w42 MAY 20 â€" Wednesday 8.15 pm. C.C.F. Campaign meeting at the home of Candidate Stan Hall. 66 Walter Street. Newmarket. Inter- ested helpers please phone Maple 126.] or AV. 5-4584 for informa- tion and transportation. clw46 MAY 21 â€" Thursday. King Can- cer Society invites members and friends to a Trend Tea at the home of Mrs. C. F. W. Burns, Kingfleld Farms, Second Con- cession of King. at three p.m. Proceeds for Cancer Campaign Fund. c1w46 MAY 23 â€"- Saturday 1 pm. 1,000 records, 45 r.p.m. off Juke Boxes, 29c each. Holy Trinity Church, Thornhlll, Brooke 85 Jane Street. MAY 22 â€" 7.30 pm. T.S.A. No. 1 Markham 8: Vaughan will pre- sent a music and art demonstraâ€" tion in Thornhill High School auditorium. May 22, at 7.30 pm. Tickets 350, adults; 25c children. c2w46 C.N.R. May Select Northern Route According to reliable re- ports the C.N.R. may make a change in the route of its con- troversial new rail line through the fringe munici- palities. The alternate route if acceptable would swing north as the line crosses the fifth concession of Markham Township. It would then cross Yonge Street at the Langstafi‘ Jail Farm property, and enter Vaughan Township at the Chapman Farm. Vau- ghan has previously zoned the Chapmar property as res- idential. Richmond Hill Council last week notified its joint rep- resentative on Metro Plan- ning Board, Mr. C. J. Laur- in. that they favour the or- iginal C.N.R. route in prefer- ence to any northern route. Coming Events c4w46 c2w46 tlc27 Major Mackenzie Unanimous Choice Of Conservatives Major A. A. MacKenzie, member of the Ontario Leg- islature for the riding of York North since 1945 was the unanimous choice of the Conservative convention held in Newmarket Town Hall Tuesday evening. Nominated by James Otton of Newmarket, he was the only nominee. Major MacKenzie was first elected to the Legislature in 1945 defeating G orge Mitchell, the sitting me er, and Robert W. Scott, Vaughan Township Reeve, the Liberal candidate. He had unsuccessfully contested two pre- vious elections, being defeated in 1937 by Morgan Baker, Liberal, and in 1943 by George Mitchell. C.C.F. candidate and Reeve of North York Township. Mr. Mac- Kenzie has been reelected in ev- ery general election since 1945. VOLUME LXXX, NUMBER 46 Previous to entering provincial politics Major MacKenzie served 15 years as a member of the Woodbridge municipal council“ He served-nine years as reeve and a term as York County Commis- sioner. A feature of the well attended convention was arousing political speech by Newmarket’s grand old man, J. 0. Little, 93 year old veteran party worker. For the occasion, "‘J. 0." wore the red tie presented to him after the 1925 campaign by the late Herb Lennox. Herb made the red tie famous in North York and in that historic campaign in 1925 defeat- ed the then Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King. Ontario Mines Minister James Maloney was the guest speaker for the occasionand in an elo- quent speech praised the record -‘ the Frost gbvernment and ap- pealed for supportfor‘Major Mac- Kenzie. < MAJOR A. A. MacKENZIE Mt. Maloney said it was the fault of the former federal Lib- eral government that the Frost government has been unable to get the $100,000,000 share of in- come and corporation taxes it had requested. "We took Finance Minister Harris’ and his government’s word when they told us before the 1957 election that the econ- omy and our finances were in good shape. "But after the election. when our finance minister looked in the Government cupboards what h: saw was a ccuntry entering a serious recession. What old Mother Hubbard saw when she looked in'her cupboard was noth-l ing to what the Liberals left us," said Mr. Maloney. "That is the reason we have I" :n unable to get our just share of the money. It just isn’t there," he said. Continuing their drive on the illegal dumping of refuse anarkham Township roads, Co'iméill'on' L. Mumbetson informed councils: Monday that three men and a truck collected seven full loads of refuse within a distance of 14 miles. Mr. Mumberson is chairman of the road commitâ€" tee. The road department has estimated it will take five days alone to clean up Bayâ€" view Avenue as far north as 18th Avenue. It is going to take some time to clean up the 150 miles of township roads. . Markham Favours Permanent Joint Committee Following their announced intention to clamp down on the dumping of refuse on township roads, Reeve Clark has asked every citizen to re- port anyone seen dumping to the police. The township will pay a reward of $15.00 to anyone giving information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person ,on a charge of du_mping.__ “We have been all too len- ient in the past," remarked Reeve ‘Clark. In the future anyone caught dumping ref- use on {)wnship roads will have to clean up the mess and also be liable for prose- cutlon. Markham Township Couno cil Monday concurred with a suggestion of Richmond Hill Council that the three mun‘ icipalities (Markham, Vaug- han and Richmond Hill) in the southern part of the coun- ty explore the possibility of setting up a permanent joint committee to co-operate in problems common to the three of them, at a saving in capital and maintenance costs. "I’d be willing to support any constructive proposal along that line", remarked Reeve W. L. Clark. Deputy- reeve W. Dean thought the municipalities could co-oper- ate in the matter of plan- ning school sites, water and sewage. Councillor J. Mac- Neil felt such a committee could handle such problems as the excess flow of water from Richmond Hill’s eastern subdivisions. "The idea has a great deal of merit,” stated Councillor Mumberson. Collect Seven Loads of Refuse Within 14 Miles A Toronto Daily reported tad” that the Ontario Gov- ernment plans to introduce legislation ,t the next session of Parliament to incorporate several fringe municipalities. including the Town of Rich- mond Hill, Markham and Vaughan Townships, into Metropolitan Toronto. At press time we were un- able to confirm the rumor, but Richmond Hill’s Mayor Tomlin declared he had no intimation that such action is contemplated. .. “I would hope.” said Mayor Tomlin that if my such action is to be considered that the mun- icipalities concerned would be consulted.” Metro M ay Extend Borders "In Essentials Unity: in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity.” RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959 'l'cwn Council Meeting The set-back of new buildings and the building line for Yonge Street development was again the subject of lengthy discussion at Town Council Monday evening. Last week council rejected a by-law proposed by Planning Board fixing a 17-foot set-back for all Yonge Street buildings, and claiming such set-back was unrealistic for the old-estab- lished business district suggested that areas where it might be applied be specifiedt Monday night a, revised by-law was presented by the Planning Board providing for the 17-foot setâ€"back in the Yonge area north of Dufferin and south of Arnold Street. It received only the support of Councillor R. P. Ross and was again rejected by council. Rejects For A Second Time Planning Bd. Yonge Byâ€"Law Councillor Ross eeeeee O n e u o e r U nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ers charging exorbitant rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr were sharply criticized by Councillor W. J. Haggart at T ooooooooooooooooooo - day night. u‘Counci lllllllllll L said In a discussion of Yonge Street problems T/Iayor Ken Tomlin ur- ged early action by the Parking Committee to provide offâ€"street parking in the business section. “It is imperative we do something right away,” said the Mayor who suggested the possibility of the purchase of certain sites for this purpose, - 7 A , 3 , Councillorqu'ss urged that th set-back bydaw was necessary: now to set! a pattern for building. In areas not yet built up the set- back would save the town a lot of money if Yonge Street had to be widened. A clause in the Planning Board by-law spelled out the require- ment for provision of parking space. Present regulations pro- vide a specified amount of park- ing space must be provided with each commercial building, but re- cent interpretation has been that such space does not have to be on the premises. “It just says parking space shall be provided," said Councillor Ross, "it might be over on Bathurst Street". The clause proposed by the planning board ,specifled that the required parking space must be on the premises, Councillor Paterson expressed the opinion the parking require- ment in many cases was unprac- tlcal, as established lots were ,not large enough to be econom- icaily developed if large parking space is made a definite require- ment. Reeve Perkins said it wasn’t fair that some owners who had available land be forced to prov- ide parking on the premises and others not be required to do the same. Councillor Ross agreed to de- lete the clause spelling out the parking requirement but urged the adoption of the by-law set- ting a pattern for Yonge Street set-back. Councillor Haggart pointed out that council already has on the record a motion that action on the required set-back await a re- port by the planning specialist. Councillor Paterson urged ac- tion on the off-street parking. It was'suggested if a laneway can be obtained at the rear of stores on the west side of Yonge Street from Arnold St. to Centre Street. considerable parking area can be made available. Similar plans were suggested for the east side of Yonge Street. Mr. Lagerqulst was granted permission to make extensive al- terations and additions to his stu- dio building on Yonge Street. One of the oldest buildings in town, the present structure at one point is 2 ft. 2 inches on town property, but as alterations at the front are not extensive council granted a letter of tolerance. Two existing windows will be re- placed by larger ones, and there will be a second store on Yonge St. and a substantial addition at the rear. Councillor Ross voted against granting permission as he contended when changes are made the building should con- form to set-back regulations. Council took the initial steps for expropriation proceedings To acquire the necessary land width for widening the south-west cor- net of Centre Street East and Church Street. New Subdivision Council approved an agree- ment for a new 8 home subdivis- ion in Glenbrae with W. Palekais. and for a cul-de sac on which will be built four four-plexes with H. F. Heidman as subdivider. The culâ€"de-sac runs north from Rich- mond Street through the Taylor property. While the levy for sin- gle dwellings is $500. per lot, in the case of the four-plexes the will be $1200. plué $150. per lot for park purposes. Nursery School An application for the estab- lishment of a Nursery School at 273 Richmond St. was referred to the clerk to ascertain if it con- forms with all regulations. The school will operate from 7 am. to 6 pm. and will accommodate 25 children. ' ‘ ' The Public School Board re- quests councll to inform the Municipal Board that it is plan- ned to spend $75,000. on a three- room addition to the McConaghy school. Councillor atetson said nur- sery day scho ls served a useful purpose in rthe "cpmmunity. A Deputy-reeve Tinker urged pol- ice action against parties res- ponsible for tracking dirt on to town streets. A letter complaining about the too generous use of stop signs in the subdivisions was referred to the police committee for consid- eration, and comment. It was stated there has been considerable criticism of the stop sign on Centre Street East at Beaverton Road. Reeve Perkins urged that the contractor get on as soon as pos- sible with the paving of Centre St. East. Commissioner Whal- en stated the work will com- mence within a month. Reeve Perkins reported at- rangements have been almost completed for renting a portion of the lot at Yonge and Rich- mond Street for off-street park- ing. Meters will be installed. At last Thursday’s meeting of the Richmond Hill Lions Club the new officers for the coming year were elected. Jim Langstaff became president, Don Little first vice president. Denny Feather- stonhaugh second vice-president. Warren Davey third vice-presi- dent, Ed Sackfield secretary, George Fenwick treasurer. Herb Ludlow Lion tamer, Shaun Beggs tail twister. Directors will be Past President Harold Sanderson, Mack Clement, Pat Patterson, Walt Mason and Andy Armstrong. The Lions also reviewed the work of their committees for the past month. Lion Bill Wagner, chairman of the health and wel- fare committee reported a num- ber of helpful activities on behalf of local people in temporary need. Among them two gifts of food, three gifts of eyeglasses, four gifts of clothing. sharing in Dr. Jim Langstafi Pres. Lions For '59 Vaughan Residents Pay Fire Costs Four charges of “setting grass fires without a permit," brought fines of $35.00 and costs to four Vaughan Town- ship residents in Magistrate's Court. Newmarket, on Friday of last week. Charged and fined were: Donald McFee. John J. Chap- man, Geoffrey Bradley and Jean Morrison. Vaughan Fire Chief James Davidson said, “It’s an ex- pensive ofience," because "costs" are always much higher than the original fine. the gift of a hearing aid, financial help to a family for medical ex- penses. post-operative care for a young mother and loans of wheel chairs and hospital beds. Plans were announced for a safety rodeo to be conducted jointly by the Lions and the Jay- cees at Loblaw’s parking lot on the morning of Monday. May 18. Unscrupuious money-lend- ers charging exorbitant rates for second mortgages were sharply criticized by Councillor W. J. Haggart at Town Council meeting Mon- day night. Councillor Haggart said there are many vacant houses in Beverley Acres and the area is deteriorating and the main reason is the greedy money-lender who charges as high as fifty per cent bonus to renew second mortgages. It works out that some people are paying interest at the rate of 22 per cent per an- num. he said. Mayor Tomlin said he thought the situation should be brought to the attention of Central Housing and Mort- gage Corporation. Councillor Paterson joined in deploring the questionable practices of money-lenders but said that the responsibil- ity should'rest with the in- dividual to guard against being taken in by such schemes.“It's really up to the individual to curb the prac- tice, said Councillor Pater- son. Councillor W. J. Ha’ggart, Police Committee Chairman reported to Richmond Hill Town Council Monday night that he has secured copies of Metro Licencing regulations, and has under way a study and review of all local licen- ces. The review will include all existing licences and possible licencing of services not now under regulation. In regard to taxi licences Councillor Haggart received council support for a resolu- tion limiting the number of licences for taxi vehicles to one for every 1,000 of popu- lation. needs. In regard to the proposed extension of licencing by- law Mr. Haggart said the Me- tro regulations would be stu- died in the light of local On motion of Reeve F. R. Perkins and Deputy-reeve S. F. Tinker at Monday's Coun- cil meeting. the week of May lath-25th was declared a: “Clean Up Week" in Rich- mond H111. Reeve Perkins and Deputy- reeve Tinker pointed out that a great deal can be done to make the town more attrac- tive if all citizens co-operate in a general spring paint-up and clean-up campaign. There are some unsightly places which could be made more presentable by a little clean-up effort, A they said. Council members concur- red unanimously in the sug- gestion and Mayor Tomlin said the town would take the lead in making sure all mun- icipal property is put in tidy shape. ’ Councillor Paterson sug- gested citizens be reminded they can have the town truck call for any refuse which can- not be put out with the gar- bage. “If they call the town office the municipal truck will call and pick up the re- fuse,” saidflCouncillor Pater- Will Revfé‘ififiww Local Licences Clean Up Week Starts Monday HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE COPY 10¢ It’s time for new men, new ideas and a new approach to provincial problems," declared Donald G. Plaxton, 33- year-old Richmond Hill lawyer in accepting the Liberal nomination as candidate in the coming provincial election at the convention held in Richmond Hill last Friday evening and which was attended by delegates from all partsiof the constitgency. - c “on n ,,, 1" A Don Plaxton Is Liberal Choice For York North Principal speaker was John Wintermeyer M.L.A., Ontario Liberal leader making his first campaign speech in the Toronto district since voting day was announced last week. Mr. Wintermeyer took the Frost government to task on many counts, and declared that his party is out in real earnest to win the election on June 11th. Brigadier Colin A. Campbell of Woodbridge presided as chair- man in the absence through ill- ness of association president Lorne C. Lee Q.C. of Aurora. In the election of officers Vaughan Williams of Aurora was elected president. succeeding Mr. Lee, and other officers elected were: 'vice presidents Fred Johnston, Pefferlaw, Mrs. Donald Downey, Whitchurch, George Richardson, Newmarket; secretary W. S. Cook, Richmond Hill; treasurer Don- ald Deacon, Unlonville. 1 The nomination of Mr. Plax- ‘ton was moved by Thomas Simp- lson and seconded by Deputy- The nomination of Mr. Plax- ton was moved by Thomas Simp- son and seconded by Deputy- reeve Stanley F. Tinker. both of whom paid sincere tribute to the candidate’s qualifications. The only other nominee was Rich- mond Hill's Councillor W.‘ J. Haggart, who declared “the pres- ent Ontario government is hank. The question of the final disposition of the former North York wells located in Markham Township will be decided by the Ontario Water Resources Commission, Reeve W. L. Clark informed council Monday evening. Mr. Clark had earlier expressed disappointment at Metro’s de- cision to sell the wells by public tender, with no special consideration for Markham. There are two wells and a treatment plant located on Leslie Street north of Steeles Avenue. There is still a debenture debt owing on the wells and plant. Reports that several developers were interested in purchasing the wells was criticized by Reeve Clark. Mr. Clark felt they should not be allowed to fall into private hands. Deputy-reeve W. Dean stated that North York Township has rezoned the area lying south of Steeles Ave. between Bayview Ave. and Leslie Street as industrial. Council felt the water commission would protect Mark- ham’s interests in the matter. South-West Survey H [present-water area or create .a Markham Township Council has authorized Town- ship Engineer E. Jorgensen to secure an estimate on the cost of carrying out a zoning and drain- age survey of the south-west cor- ner of Markham. as requested by Metro. Council had earlier sug- gested that Metro. Markham and Vaughan agree on the selection of one engineer to do the survey in each of the three municipali- Hope To Secure Former North York Wells 8. Plant Reeve Clark felt that Richmond Hill should also enter the drain- age question. “They are certainly involved in the drainage probâ€" lem", remarked Reeve Clark. “Their responsibility extends be- yond their own boundaries" add- ed the speaker. For sometime now the excess water from Richmond Hill's eastern subdivisions has been presenting a problem to Markham residents. Water ties‘ The water committee (Council- lor J. MacNeil, chairman) has been instructed to further study a Vaughan Township request for the sale of water to its Crest- wood Road and Steeles Avenue areas. If such a sale is approved by council the matter will then be forwarded to the provincial Water Resources Commission for ratification. Council is expecting a peti- tion for water from both resi- dents along Don Mills Road and the Arnleigh Subdivision. If ap- proved in principle council would then have to decide how best to serve the area. Council c 1d ei- ther extend the boundarle the Mr. Plaxton. the candidate, is TU. 4-1105 “P5610? aflernoon fll‘nll'n ASK ABOUT OUR well known in this district and throughout York County. He was for several years a member of Richmond Hill Town Council and York County Council. He is 1 member of a well known family. held in high regard in the busi- ness, professional and public life of the County. Although a young man he is not inexperienced in politics and was a candidate in 1 (Continued from Page 3) present water area or create a new water area. It was felt a six inch main would be sufficient, and if approved by the provin- cial water commission the area could be served from the former North York wells. The cost of financing the project would be on a local improvement basis. Lot Sizes Doncaster Ratepayers Associa- tion has made a strong appeal to council to amend the present by- law requiring that all building lots contain a minimum of 15. 000 square feet. In a lengthy let- ter to council the ratepayers maintained the by-law is dis- criminatory in nature as it pro- hibits residents from splitting 100 foot lots into 50 foot size. Doncaster has a municipal water system but no municipal sewage system. The ratepayers reported they had been informed by Metro planning oificials that the decis- ion as to lot sizes rested with the township and not Metro. Coun- cillor L. Mumberson felt the whole matter turned on the ques- tion of adequate storm and san- itary sewage for the area. In reply to the ratepayers, Reeve Clark stated council could not amend its by-law piecemeal. “We would have to open up the whole township rather than do it just for one area". commented Mr. Clark. The reeve felt the zoning and drainage survey of the south-west corner of the township would help to solve the problem of lot sizes. A request from the Dane el' (Continued on Page 14) DONALD PLAXTON