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Charged with breaking and en~ (9 ing the Spalding warehouse at Rexdale were Thomas Simpson. Toronto, and Robert Burrows‘ of Downsview. They were turned over to Metro police. Following a tip received from a man who had discovered a cache of stolen golf equipment, Vaughan Township police form- ed a stake-out near King City last Saturday and apprehended two men when they returned to the scene to pick up r 5.200. Worth of loot. At present the province allows the fringe municipalities to make roup appointments to the Metro card. For a long time the fringe municipalities had no rep- resentation on the board, although the board has the power to re- strict development in the fringe areas. For example Richmond Hill, Markham Township, Mark- ham Village and Stoufi‘ville have a joint representative on the board. He is Mr. C. J. Laurin of Markham Township. Mayor Parish reported among those favoring individual appoint- ments were Richmond Hill, Woodbridge and Markham Town~ ship. The only two opposed were Vaughan Township and Port Credit. Pickering Township was neutral, and Markham Village and Toronto Township didn't even bother to reply to inquiries. The representatives of the eight mu- nicipalities in favor will meet with the Minister of Municipal Affairs in September. . Mayor W. Parish. Ajax, inform- ed Markham Township Council by letter Monday that eight of the 13 fringe municipalities are in favor of the municipalities being allowed to~make individual ap- pointments to the Metropolitan Planning Board. Mayor Parish together with Mayor K. Tomlin of Richmond Hill and Councillor B. Bryant of Woodbridge were appointed earlier as a committee of three to investigate the possi- bility of the fringe municipalites 5,. ining wider representation on the Metro Board. “A man's bad habits, like the clutter in his living room. may seem natural enough to him and still look messy to others." ' Vaughan Police Nab 2 Plus Loot The Country Parson Majority Fringe Municipalities Want Greater Say JUNE 26 â€" Friday from 8 o'- clock to 11:30 pm. Dance to the top 60 from CKEY at Crosby Heights School (ages 14 and over). Come and enjoy yourself. c1w52 of Richmond Hill wishes to an- nounce that the drawing ofthe Electrohome Companion Hi-Fi has been postponed until July 23. c1w52 JULY 2 -â€" Thursday 8 pm. at the Lions Community Hall. An- nual Delphinium Show. Judge, Mrs. A. Dolan; convenor, Mrs. J. Grainger and Mrs. W. McLeod. No admission fee. Everyone wel- come. c1w52 JULY 1 â€" Wednesday. King City Lions Field Day, King City Mem- orial Park. Men's and Ladies' Softball Tournament, $25 first. $15 second in each class. Entries to John Dew, King City. Phone 161. on or before June 27. Also horseshoe pitching contest, run- ning and novelty races for young and old. Lucky number draw prizes. Old time dance in even- ing and draw for pony. c4w49 JULY 23 DAILY â€" Dufferin Fairways Golf Range and 18 hole Reg. Mi- niature Golf Course open 10 am. to 11 pm. 4th Annual Toronto 8; District Miniature Golf Champ- lonship Tournament, September 8, 1959. Open to all men and wo- men over 16 years. Fun for all. Enter qualifying play now. Reg- istration and information at Duf- fel-in St. at No. 7 Highway. Phone AV. 5-0032. c1w52 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT - 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 BINGO every Thursday. 8 [2.111. in Orange Hall. lst house north If Loblaws ¢£c27 BINGO every Wednesday even- ing a. 7.45 pm. at the Canadian Legion Branch 375. Carrville Rd., West. Richâ€"ale. tfc48 EVERY TUESDAY, Bingo 3 pm. at the Legion Hall, King Side Road, Oak Ridges. Cash prizes and jackpot. tfc3l Coming Events The Kinsmen Club la two hour lunch break. The af- ‘ ternoon period will run from 1:30 to 3:30. Although forms were sent iout through the public and sep- arate schools -for registration through illness or absence some children may not have registered so Miss Stocks has arranged for additional registration to be held at each playground on Monday of each week. Generally the playgrounds were planned to be held in school grounds. but Walter Scott School *with one of the largest registra- tions of 226 is not able to be used because of work being done on the grounds. The Glenbrae Parkette is considered not large enough for this number of child- ren so arrangements are not com- plete for this area. Alterations to the Beverley Acres School have made using those grounds im- practical this year and the Sep- arate School has made available Miss Nancy Stocks of Aurora will take charge of all five areas, each of which'wlll be under the care of a young leader who will have taken a training course in North York. There will also be volunteers to give the leaders fulltime help, andpart time vol- unteers also, Miss Stocks plans to visit each playground daily. Working with her in the organiz- ational phase are Mrs. Malcolm Thomson and Mr. William Ruttle of the Recreation Committee. From a Wild West.Week to a Kindness M’eek. Miss Stocks has planned an imaginative series of themes on which to centre each week’s programs. As well as ac- tive games. story times and craft work will make up an all-round program for the youngsters. The playground day will start at 9:30 am. and at 11:30 there will be Without the co-operation of the Public School Board, the Separate School Board and the Parks Com- mittee. the playgrounds could not have been organized, for not only has permission been given for the Recreation Committee to use the school grounds after 6 pin. and during holidays. but care of‘the grounds and the purchase of two heavy pieces of equipment, a ten foot slide and a climber for each playground has been made by the Parks Committee. as well as a ten foot sandbox for each area. The joint Vacation School Com~ mittee of St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church, and St. Matthew's United Church, serving Richmond Hill East. announce that plans are underway for a modified Vacat- ion School program this year which wi“ be planned to accom- modate playground activity be- ing sponsored by the Recreation Committee of the town. In or near the same centres as the playground program, it is hoped to provide an early morning class at 9.00 am. to teach the lessons which might otherwise be taught in Vacation School - Bible study and hymns, as in other years. This is planned for the five weeks of the playground program, and will be held in three centres in the eastern part of town. Boys and girls five to eleven years of age will, be welcomed at the class; es. Watch for further announce-i ment next week. Eight hundred and ninety-five children between the ages of five and ten have registered for the July 6-August 7 program of supervised playgrounds being introduced this year in Richmond Hill by the Recreation Committee. Extensive Program Many Register In Richmond Hil For Summer Activities Vacation School Modified Program New Metro Move To Control All Fringe Municipalities ’ ‘ " New Iron Curtain! May Take In Town“ Mark'm&Vaughan VOLUME LXXX, NUMBER 52 ACTING MAYOR PERKINS "I’m one hundred per cent opposed." C.N.R. is In Complete Command - Federal Gov’t. Purchase of the hundreds of small items of equipment ranging from balls, bats and gloves, through pipe cleaners. crayons. skipping ropes to old wallpaper books has been done by Mr. Rut- tle. who has also arranged for the rental of tables and benches which will be set up in shady ar- eas for craft work. their adjoining playground. The McConaghy School grounds also are not being used, the children from that area will be going to the arena park, where there is more shade as well as softball facilities. “Metro .has no justification whatsoever to threaten annexa- tion of Markham Township.”. Reeve W. L. Clark told "Pile Liberal." “In the past we have adhered to a strict policy of con- (mllaawdexelopmena 2 Markham his not permitted mass develop- Floyd R. Perkins, Acting Mayor of Richmond Hill during the ab- sence of Mayor Tomlin declared “I am one hundred per cent op- posed to any extension of Metro authority to include Richmond Hill. If the province allows Metro to gobble up the southern part of the County of York. we might as well fold up and give what's left to“ Simcoe and Ontario Counties. There is still 75,000 acres undeveloped land in Metro and it's absolutely ridiculous of them to talk of taking over the fringe municipalities.” The Actâ€" ing Mayor was very definite in expressing the opinion that the fringe municipalities can manage their own affairs without any in- terference from “big daddy." Whatever action is taken by Metro it is assured there will be a determined fight by fringe mu~ nicipalities against being gobbled up by the big Metropolitan auth- ority. Despite assurances of the Minister of Municipal Affairs that the extension of Metropolitan Toronto has not been given any consideration by the Ontario Government there are definite indications of a move in this direction, and this week on Inotion of North Yorkfs Reeve N. Goodhead, Metro ,-_.., _._--_ Council will consider a proposal to take in tlicfitiiiuelve neith bouring municipalities including Markham, Vaughan, Woodbridge and Richmond Hill. Last week a delegation of ratepayers and Reeve W. L. Clark flew to Ottawa in an endeavor to 'have Mr. Hees and the Federal Government make a recommendation re- garding the route of the new line. All Mr. Hees promised to do was to bring the dele« gations brief to the attention of C.N.R. President Donald Gordon. In a non-committal letter to Markham Township Coun~ oil and the Markham-Vaugh- an United Ratepayers, re« ceived Monday, Federal Transport Minister Geo. Hees stated the management of the C.N.R. has complete control over the operation of the publically owned railway. Mr. Hees was replying to earlier requests from Markham Council and the ratepayers that the C.N.R. consider the northern (Langstaf’f) route for its new rail line rather than the southern (Thornhill) route. FATALITIES I ACCIDENTS l INJURIES 71 i 9 RICHMOND HILL ACCIDENT RECORD 1959 in Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things' Charity; RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1959 "Why should we be spending capital money in providing them services when Metro hasn't the money to provide such services to its own syburban mambers?" he asked. / by servicing these lands before all of Metm proper was fully de- veloped and serviced. “We should keep the door closed until it is time to develop these areas in an orderly manner, continued Mr. Goodhead in char- ging the Metro chairman “was putting the cart before the horse” Reeve N. Goodhead of North York Township, one of the main supporters of the annexation plan has introduced a notice of a motion calling for the incorpo- ration of the fringe municipali- ties into the Metro set-up. Reeve Goodhead is strongly opposed to any extension of Metro services into the fringe municipalities. ‘All this will mean will be to push the value of real estate sky high in these areas. If Metro is going to develop these fringe areas, they should be brought into Metros sphere." said Reeve Good- head. The proposed development would result in "an extremely difficult financial situation," for Woodbridge, he said. There is no conclusive evidence Wood- brldge will have enough water to support its population. Metro Planning Director Mur- ray Jones told Metro while Wood- bridge, which now has a popula- tion of 2,000, foresees a popula- tion of 40,000 by the end of the century, ultimate population would be closer to 60.000. “This area could stand the financial strain of providing serv- ices for large populations further north." "For five years we've stood it off but now it’s getting closer," he said. "We'll have to do some- thing about it.” Mr. Gardiner said no Water lines. no sewage trunks should be laid beyond the Iron Curtain laid 10 miles from the lakeshore. ‘Thls is one of the most im- portant questions ever to come before this council,” said Metro Chairman Fred Gardiner. “We must put up an Iron Curtain and tell them "You shall not pass.” “If Woodbridge's application goes through, other applications for large-scale developments out- side Metro will follow,” he said. "And then we’ll have all these people sitting on Metro’s should- ers crying for help. The postponement is needed to enable Metro to prepare its ease opposing the application and back it with the Metro master plan now being prepared by the Metro Planning Department, the board will be told. The council voted to ask the Ontario Municipal Board to post- pone hearings into an application to annex 4,000 acres of Vaughan Township lands for a 4,000 hous- ing unit development until Sep- tember. The hearings are sched- uled today (Thursday). This extension of Metro from its present area of 240 square 'miles to a possible total of 940 square miles is prompted by the thygfit of unqontrollfg ban ge‘ vemfiment‘dfltmfi‘fi “iii-mer boundaries of Metro. . The whole Humber river water- shed is in danger of pollution through lack of adequate water and sewer facilities if uncontroll- ed development is permitted in the Woodbridge area. Metro coun- cil was told. The proposal before Metro council will consider the addition of the municipalities of Picker- ing Twp., Town of Ajax, Mark- ham Twp., Markham Village. Stoufi’ville Village, Vaughan Township, Town of Richmond Hill, Village of Woodbridge, To- ronto Twp., Port Credit, Streets- ville and Toronto Gore Twp. The proposed additional territory in- cludes 700 square miles and a population of 158,000 people. ment along the lines of North York Township. Our plans call for an orderly development," stated Reeve Clark. Referring to past promises made by Metro, Mr. Clark said they had promised to supply Markham with water and sewage services over three years ago but their promises had failed to materialize. Reeve John Perry of Vaughan Township when quizzed by “The Liberal" stated he had “no com- ment” on the latest extension move by metro. Tlgere were many questions and opimons from ratepayers con- Trustee Skinner expressed the opinion teachers liked the area because they didn’t have the fear of being sent from one school to another some distance away, as he gave as an example, they are in North York. Trustee Taylor told of the for- ming of the area in 1950. when there were only 23 classrooms. Today there are approximately 68 classrooms. Eighteen of these are on the Markham side. It was estimated an eight room school and perhaps two to three more rooms would be required to house present Markham pupils crossing Yonge Street to attend area schools in Vaughan, unless ar- rangements on a nonâ€"resident fee basis were made for school ac- commodation as long as available, if dissolution took place. Chairman R. Bick and Trustees Alan Parker, Jackson Taylor and Harold Skinner all spoke express- ing the opinion the move could be to the detriment of the education- al set-up in the area. Chairman Bick stated. “We are biased. We weren’t given any concrete evi- dence in favor of the move at last Monday night's meeting." Vice-chairman Parker added, “This meeting tonight was called to tell you what we think. You can go to council." He pointed out if the ratepayers had objec- tions to the dissolution, any ac- tion was up to them, and not the board. Over 60 persons, representative of home and school associations and ratepayer groups in the area were present at last Wednesday night’s gathering to hear first- hand reports from the board of trustees. of their Monday meet- ing with Vaughan Township Council to hear of the proposed dissolution. Ratepayers of School Area No. 1 Markham-Vaughan may launch an appeal to the York County Council and the provincial government to halt dissolution of the school area at this time. The decision will be made this week following committees attending the Monday Markham and Vaughan Council sessions and reporting back to another ratepayers’ meeting Wednesday night. Such an appeal must be made before June 28, the group was told, and can be made by any five ratepayers. Ratepayers May Appeal To County 8. Province Halt Dissolution It was a very happy occasion last Friday morning at the Annual FieldDay held in Maple Community Park, when Reeve John Perry and Police Chief James Davidson presented bicycles to the Winners of the Vaughan Town- ship safety essay contest. Seen above are .Vickie Clarke of Jefferson school and John Storey of School Section Thank you: in anticipation of your co-operation. Advertisers, contributors and correspondents are asked to co-operate by having all copy in 6111' office as early in the week as possible. Next week â€" all deadlines will be advanced 24 ‘hours as “The Liberal” will be pub- lished a day early due to Dominion Day Holiday. Early Issue Next Week area fee ac- Local Police Chief Robbins re- ports a rapid rate of increase in the number of bicycles stolen in the Richmond Hill area. with a disturbing sequence, that the stolen bicycles are now being “wrecked” and the parts sold. Several youths were arrested dur- ing the week for this offence, and will appear to: trial in Newton- ket Court. Mr. Griffith was named chair- man and Mrs. Wright secretary. It was agreed to appoint a com- mittee to attend the Markham and Vaughan Council meetings on Monday to hear "the other side" of the question. A meeting will be held Wednesday evening at Thornhill Public School to de- cide whether or not to appeal the dissolution by June 28. Reiterating their stand the ‘dis- solving of the area might lower the quality of education, but stressing it was up to the rate- payers whether or not they want- ed to appeal the dissolution the trustees left the meeting. Attending Markham Council meeting Monday were Mr. Hicks. Mr. Melman and Mr. Zinkan. Go- ing to Vaughan meeting will be Mr. Dowker, Mr. Jo'lliffe and Mrs. Pollock. cerning "why" the move had been made by Vaughan Township Council and encouraged by the provincial government. All, in- cluding the trustees. seemed to feel there was a dearth of in- formation either for or against the move. Concern for a better education for all Vaughan Town- ship’s youngsters was expressed, but the feasibility of destroying a working system for. a nebulous plan was uppermost in the minds of many ratepayers. Another Milestone Passed As Town Library Opened Angus Mona} Officiuies Bicycle Thefts Vaughan Township Safety Winners HOME PAPER op: "THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE iCOPY 10¢ Rev. F. McGinn of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, than pro- guests and the Mayor said. “Hav- ing been associated with what I assume is one of the fastest grow- ing communities in eastern Can- ada, I feel we are passing another milestone in the progress of Rich- mond Hill with the opening of this new library." The mayor said that 50 per cent of the building costs had been provided for from the Number 2 account. the sum charged on subdivision lots. “I congratulate the library board and the citizens of Richmond Hill on this building which is one of the finest town libraries in the prov- ince of Ontario," the mayor con- eluded. Mr. MacLaren also paid tribute to Mayor Ken Tomlin, Sid Ashby. Les Sergeant “master mason, re- sponsible for the glazed tile front of the building. that lookS‘like tapestry.” the Richmond Hill Horticultural Society. “who look- ed after the lawn and planted flower beds and the tree plant- ing.” Town Engineer Fred Bo- vaird and his assistants also met with praise for the support they had given‘to Building Chairman Miss Kay Ball, and the architect and designer of the magnificent edifice. Mr. Phillip Brooks. “Twenty-seven years ago", Mr. MacLaren told the audience. “the Richmond Hill Women’s Insti- tute decided a larger building was needed, and to this end they sav- ed $1,700. In 1949 the library (in municipal hall) was opened ,and they furnished the rooms which have been used until now with the expanding. growth of Rich-V mond Hill the Council realized the library needed ‘a new building of its own, which it now‘has,‘ through the co-operation of pres- ent and pat municipal councils. Mr. MacLaren ’then called on Mayor Ken Tomlin to address the After drawing attention to the many new features in- corporated in the town library about to be opened, Mr. Mac- Laren said a vote of thanks for the York Summit Cubs and Scouts was in order. 100 cubs and scouts spent last Thurs- day evening carrying armloads of books from the old lib- rary to the new building where they were carefully placed on special book shelves (imported from Denmark). Gordon MacLaren, past chairman of the library board and master of ceremonies for the opening, which was at- tended by 150 dignitaries and guests, commenced the im- pressive proceedings by listing, “three items of great im- portance on this 20th day of June, 1959. First, the visit in Canada of our beloved Queen; secondly the arrival of a daughter to the Bob Johnston’s (Mrs. Johnston is the pres- ent chair-man of the library board) ; and three. the opening of the new library building for the Town of Richmond Hill.” “God bless you in your usage of this library”, Mr. An- gus Mowat, Director of Provincial Library Services for Ontario'said, as he unlocked the door of the beautiful new Richmond Hill Public Library last Saturday afternoon and officially declared the building open. No. 18 Vaughan, front row. Rear (Ieft to right): Reeve Perry, Chief Davidson, safety director, P. C. Jim Nugent and RC. Frank Belcher. Elmer “The Safety Elephant" is happy about the whole affair, too. ’ TURN TO "THE UBERAI." EVERY THURSDAY - - . Throughout the district Alert Men and Women -Who want all the facts â€" and I think this is the best luck I have ever had â€" to be opening a library in my own home town.” He then went on to say that in the twenty years he had been a lib- rarian he had seen many changes in libraries and that a pattern had been set up throughout Canada â€" which is the same in Richmond Hill â€" and that is a new library is part of the development of an ideal, and a design in the way of living today. Mr. Mowat told his listeners that neither television, nor other interests had caused a fall-off in. library membership, which is growing at an amazing rate year by year. "People read more than ever today." he said, "and make a more discriminating selection." Since 1946 ten and a half million dollars have been spent in Can- ada on new and remodelled lib- rary buildings the speaker said. and in applauding this literary development in our nation he re- marked, “Progress that is only material is not real progress.” Paying tribute to Mr. MacLar- en, Mr. Mowat said, "It is my (Continued on page 3) “I have been trying for ten years to get a tree like that â€" how did you do it?" It was a very happy and rewarding occasion for Mr. Mowat’c to officially open the town library and he said. “All my life I have been dogged by good luck Guest Speaker Mr. Mowatt In his opening remarks. Mr. Angus Mowatt drew attention to the tree which had been planted in the centre of the tiled piazza. with its lacy branches stretching upward through a carefully de- signed opening in the roof, saying “all those connected with its planning: for adding to the cul- tural life of the town of Richmond Hill." nounced the prayer of invocation after personally congratulating -â€" Photo by Lagerquist