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AURORA â€" Ralph Day. Chair- man of the Toronto Parking Au. thority wil be guest speaker at the Board of Trade Dinner to be held on April 5th. He will dis- cuss problems of civic expansion, traffic and planning. NORTH YORK â€" The North York Public Library Board has doubled its budget for 1960; The system at present has one build- ing and three bookmobiles. The 1960 budget makes provision for the operation of a fourth book- mobile and two rented branch libraries. Although still in his early 40's he administers a department that has a budget of $89.000,000 and 10.000 employees. All the men- tal hospitals are his as well as almost a score of other large responsibilities. Matt‘Dymond has come a long way since his immigration to Can- ada from Scotland as a farm boy of 15. Dr. Dymond lives in Port Per- ry, next door to the clinic which houses the large practice he built as a rural family doctor. Considered by many to be one of the brightest young men in the cabinet, Dr. Dymond has held a succession of high posts. He was Minister of Reform In~ stitutions and Minister of Trans- port before succeeding to the top health post. The Honourable M. B. Dy- mond, M. D., Minister of Health in the Frost Government will be the featured speaker. as he was to have been at the previous meeting. York North Progressive Con- servatives will make a second atâ€" tempt to hold their annual meet- ing April 8 at the Newmarket Town Hall. A meeting scheduled for February 19 was snowed un- der by a blizzard that Stopped travel. APRIL 9 â€"- Saturday, Richmond Hill Horticultural Society, Gar- den Fair in the Lions Commun- Ity Hall, Centre St. E., 1 to 6 pm. admission; free‘ t 4:2w40 York North P.C. Annual Meeting Set For April 8 APRIL 5. 6, 7 â€" Toronto Con- ference Branch of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada in Richmond Hill United Church. c1w39 APRIL 6 â€"- Wednesday. Bingo It the Newm-arket Legion Hall, 8 pm. sharp. $75 Jackpot given each night c1w40 APRIL 2 â€"- Saturday 1 pm. sharp. Rummage sale. auspices of L.0.B.A. at North York Com- munity Hall, 5090 Yonge Street, Willowdale. c1w40 APRIL 2 â€" Saturday 2-5 pm. Tea and bake sale at Mrs. John- ston’s apartment. 22 Yohge St. 5., above Fisher‘s Store. All home made baking. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the L.O.B.A. EVERY SATURDAY â€" Dancing 8 pm. to 11.45. Thornhil] Farm- ers' Market, to the Java Jive. “The sounds are the reason the Java’s so pleas’n." *3w29 APRIL 1 â€" Friday. Jefferson School Community Club Easter Party. euchre and square dance. Prizes. refreshments. Admission 50c. Everyone welcome. c1w40 Dancing.Modern and Olde Tyme. At Maple Community Hall. Music by Art Celsie and his Singing Plainsmen â€" stars of TV and Radio. Admission $1.00. Free parking. tfc18 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHTâ€" 9.00 p.m. - 12.00. Dancing to Max Cameron’s Orchestra. at Canad- ian Legion Hall. Camille Road. Richvale. Sponsored by Rich- mond H111 Branch 875, Canadian Legion. 75¢ per person. ucso EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT EVERY IUESDAY â€"-â€"rBingo, 8 pm. at the Legion Hall, Sideroad, Oak Ridges. prizes and jackpot. EVERY MONDAY â€" Monster Bingo, at York Farmerq Market. Thornhill. 8 pm. All regular games $20.00. $500.00 Jackpot, $200.00 Pot of Gold. tfc36 (Continued ‘on page 19‘). Authorized Ford, Falcon, Monarch Dealer HON. DR. DYMOND Willowdale - BA. 5-1151 AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS .. . NIGHT PARTS TILL 10 RM. FINCH MOTORS LTD.- Coming Events c2w39 tfc19 King Cash The reeve summed up for council just what the brief was to be about and the reason for the 13 municipalities‘ co-opera- tion to have a provincial plan- ning body established. He said that none of the municipalities objected to mass planning as such but most of them objected to any one municipality having planning control over others. ‘5 The Reeve then asked council members to vote as to whether the township should participate in this movement to have a Pro- vincial Planning Board set up, at all. Endorsement of this pro- posal would automatically have endorsed the reeve's membership on the drafting committee. Want Provincial Board Mr. Perry read a letter receiv- ed from Mayor William Parish of Ajax on behalf of the 13 munici- palities asking the Reeve of Vaughan Township to act as one of the committee which is to draft the brief to be submitted to the Premier. Vote 01: Participation (by Paul Delmer) The opportunity to decide whether Vaughan Town- Ship should co-operate with twelve other fringe municipal- ities and carry a brief to Premier Leslie Frost demanding that a Provincial Planning Board be set up to be respon- sible for all planning in Ontario and to which all munici- palities would be subject including Metro Toronto. was dropped squarely into the lap‘ of the Township‘s Reeve, John Perry. at Monday’s council meeting. The board at Thursday night’s ‘regular meeting heard the audi- tor's report which will be f0);- Reeve J. Perry Accepts Metro Planning Control In 1959 the grant came to $309,525.77. For 1960 it is cal- culated to come to $297.218.00. Public School Inspector W. J. McLeod last year forecast some decrease in grant due to Rich- mond Hill’s change in assessment category from $100,000 to $115,- 000. The provincial grant toward Richmond Hill's' public school budget is expected to be approx- imately $12,300.00 less this year than last. This despite an increase of 20 per cent in enrollment. Resolves iControversy From Province Down ForYear School Site $30,000. Prov. Grant Only $433. Trustees Will Protest. tyre, at the board’s request, re- ported that school systems com- parable in size to Richmond Hill usually have two persons bearing the administrative load. He cited Belleville, Owen Sound, and Bar- rie boards, all of which have a public school inspector and busi- ness administrator, or superin- tendent and inspector. Chairman L. D. Clement was concerned that the superintend- 4â€" unu- LA..:.... SchoolAttendance Up,Grant Mt School Board To mark Canadian Library Week -â€" April 3rd to 9th â€" the Lib- rary will be open at regular hours and the Library Board is extend- ing a special inVitation to people of the town and district. There will be “Open House” Thursday, April 7th, with a special program and reception afternoon and evening. Shown above is an attractive View of the interior of Richmond Hill Public Library. Built new last year the Library is one of the finest and most modern in Ontario. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1960 VOLUME LXXXI, NUMBER 40 Open House At Richmond Hill library Next Thursday Councillor Anstey, who with Councillor Ralph, has exerted strong pressure on the reeve and on council to stay out of this con- troversy as to whether the prov- incial government or Metro Tor- onto should control planning, re- peated what he has said many times before, that “I cannot quar- rel with Metro". Councillor An- stey went. on to declare his oppo- sition to Vaughan Township's par- ticipation with the other fringe municipalities. He was again sup- ported by Councillor Ralph who said that "I am happy with things as they are. In other words he is content with the principle at Met- (Conunuea on page & the Metro Toronto 20 year plan became law. then Metro Toronto would obtain such control over the fringe municipalities. The 13 fringe municipalities wanted a provincial board established to which Metro Toronto as well as all other municipalities within the Province of Ontario would be subject. Cannot Quarrel With Metro A Business Administrator is foreseen in the not-too-distant future. perhaps by next fall, by the board, as the public- school expenses increase, and are ex- pected to increase for some years to come. warded to the provincial author- ities. In 1959 the public school expenditures came to $676,699.99. From local taxpayers $280,260.96 was received. The province paid $390,525.77, and there was a balance from 1958 of $80,274.93. The town clerk has asked for this year’s budget by April 14th. Foresee Business Administrator Superintendent Gordon McIn- __ -V___-..c,. “In the last few years," said Chairman Clement in a report, “Board members have undertak- en a large part of the planning and supervision of construction of buildings. They have also tak- en part actively in efforts to build a competent staff. To de- pend on having board members with the personal abilities and (Continued on page 3) ing, sorting applicafions. lbng range planging _and purchasing. 1”“ u tyre, at the board’s request, re- ported that school systems com- parable in size to Richmond Hill usually have two persons bearing the administrative load. He cited Belleville, Owen Sound, and Bar- rie boards, all of which have a public school inspector and busi- ness administrator, or superin- tendth and inspector. Chairman L. D. Clement was concerned that the superintend- ent was having to spend too much time on financial and administrat- ive detail when his main activity should be in improving the aca- demic and teaching efficiency of the system. Trustee Cecil Williams felt that a business administrator could be utilized with effect at present. He mentioned the upkeep and maintenance of the schools, in- terviewing architects. Also duties mentioned were budget estimat- Langstaff, Robert Endean and Ralph Wood. The board administers secondary school education in a wide area in- cluding Richmond Hill. Vaughan. Markham and Woodbrtdgo. Council will seek an im- mediate meeting with the board in order to discuss the budget. Richmond Hills rep- resentatives on the Board are Trustees Mrs. Barbara Council expressed grave concern over the soaring cost of education, and its effect on the property owner. Cnm- menting on recent reports in the cut in provincial grants by the Frost Government Councillor Mrs. Margaret Southwell asked if council had received any word on the town's grants for 1960. Clerk R. Lynett reported that he is still awaiting word from the provincial govern- ment. “In any case our peo- ple are faced by substantial increases.” commented May- or Ken Tomlin. Residents of Richmond Hill are faced with a sub- stantial increase in the cost of secondary school educa- tion in the coming year. Town council was informed Monday that Richmond Hill’s share of the million dollar budget of the York Central District High School Board will amount to $264,140.00. This is an increase of 396.- 051.00 over the 1959 figure. It will mean a 2.6 increase in the mill rate. High School Mill Rate Up 2.6 Mills "In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; In all things Charity” A feature of Library Week will be a free draw in which all are invited to participate. There are two prizes‘for adults, and two for children. Everyone is invited and all you need do is fill in your name and address. Entries for the draw will start Saturday, April 2nd and the draw for the lucky winners will be made Thursday evening, April '74- OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE COPY 10c Theme this year for Library Week is “Read for Pleasure, Read for Profit, Read for Progress”. â€"- Photo by Lagerquist 7th. The Library is supported by the residents of the Town. through their taxes. A small grant is contributed by the Province, through the Dept. of Education. During 1959, the Library received $1.49 from Council for each person in the Town. The Library now has a collection covering most subjects of interest and agreeable to most tastes. There are works of fiction, as family stories, detective novels, historical novels, science fiction as well as books on many non-fiction topics as history, biography, travel, natural science, art, hobby books, and technical books. There is, also a collection of periodicals for home use. In the children’s room, there are books for pre-schoolers through to grade eight. Do you have a reference collection? Our reference collection is growing rapidly and now covers a great many subjects. These books, the encyc. lopedias, dictionaries, hand books, collections, etc. are not available for loan, but remain at the Library for the use of all. How is the Library supported? Richmond Hill’s Postmas- ter E. T. Willis announces the opening of a new post of- fice, known as “Sub-Post Of- fice No. 3,” and located in the Allencourt Pharmacy, Allencourt Shopping Centre. Markham Road and Bayview Avenue. The Postmaster at this branch is Mr. E. Nash. and the office will handle all types of postal business in- cluding the issuing of menu orders. For children â€" 1 cent per day per book, to a maxi- mum of 25c. For adults â€" 3 cents per day for seven-day books; 2 cents per day, per book for fourteen-day books. What kind of books do you have? Any adult may have one seven-day book at a time, and as many fourteen-day books as desired. Children may have three books at a time. How long may I keep the books? ' The current fiction is placed on the seven-day shelf until the popularity peak has passed. Other books are loaned for fourteen days. Children’s books are loaned for fourteen days. What are the fines? Our new Library building is located on Wright Street, east of the Municipal Oifice building. What are the hours? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 1-9 pm. Saturday 10 am. - 5 pm. Closed Wednesday. Who can join the Library? Anyone can join the Library. How can I join? You' can become a member of the Richmond Hill Public Library, by giving the Librarian on duty, your name, address, occupation and telephone number. We also ask for the name and address of someone who will act as a reference. How much does it cost to join the Library? There is no charge for a resident of Richmond Hill, Those living outside the boundaries of the Town are charged a yearly fee of $1.00 for adults, and 50c for High School or College students. How many books may I have? The Librarian at Richmond Hill Public Library, Mr. Fred O. Israel, has presented “The Liberal” with a list of the most frequentlyasked questions about the Lib- rary. He has included his answers for those who may have the same questions. Where is the Library located? Allencourt Post Office tbrary Quad {land The high cost of deben- tm‘ing was borne out at Mon- day’s meeting of Ricnmond Hill Town Council. During the discussion of a $319,000. debenture issue it was dis- closed that over the life of the debentures the munici- pality will have to pay out $275,000.00 in interest char- ges. The $319.000.00 in de- bentures will cover the new Bayview High School and the Elmwood sewer project. The debentures will be for 20 years at 6%%. High Cost Of Debenturing n5 werd While agreeing in theory with the proposal both Mayor Ken Tomlin and Reeve James Hag- gaz‘t urged that the proposal be referred to the Finance Commit- tee for study before any final de- In his submission to council, Fire Committee Chairman Depu- ty-reeve S. F. Tinker strongly supported the formation of a per- manent brigade and recommend- ed the hirlng of four permanent firemen. Mr. Tinker stated Chief Alf. Stong had recommend- ed its formation for the past two years in I row. Chief Stong re- ported that several attempts to secure additional volunteer fire- men had proved unsuccessful. The greatest difficulty is secur- ing men to fight any fires that happen to break out during the daytime. Recently the fire truck had to answer a call with only two men aboard. “We have in efiect a department head but no staff.” remarked Deputy-reeve Tinker. The Richmond Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce is holding its annual Safe Driving Cam- paign this week. This is the period from March 28th to April 2nd when the Jay- cees endeaVou-r to promote 365 days of accident free safe driving among Richmond Hill drivers. Safe driving habits are not easily come by. A safe driver must often have the patience and calmness of a saint to withstand the rigours of modern day traf- fic. One would walking down Richmond Hill Town Council in session Monday even- ing approved in principle the establishment of a perman- ent fire brigade for the municipality. At present the town is served by a full time chief and a volunteer brigade. Richmond Hill Jaycees Sponsor Safe Driving Annual Cost $36,333 Finance Committee To ReviewRecommendation Four Full Time Firemen Councillor T. Broadhurst felt to be successful any such plan required the full sup- port of the public. He felt most people were apathetic towards civil defence. “I can’t go along with the pres- ent set-up when there is such a lack of direction from the Federal and Provincial Governments.” remarked De- puty-reeve Tinker. Mayor Ken Tomlin assured coun- cil that the Federal Govern- ment has established a Nat- ional policy in respect to civ- il defence. In order to activities of Reeve Hagga be made resp committee of Richmond Hill Town Coun- cil informed its two represen- tatives on County Council (Reeve J. Haggart and Depu- ty-reeve S. F. Tinker) Mon- day that they agree in prin- ciple with the establishment of a civil defense unit in Richmond Hill. The question was raised by Reeve Haggart who stated the county is con- sidering the appointment of a full time civil defence co- ordinator. (By Jim Sinclair, Jaycee Safe Driving Week Chairman) TRAFFIC SAFETY Agree On Civil Defence R. Hill Keep them alive teach them the rules of co-ordinate council hesitate before a street carrying Safe Driving Week the As to the matter of costs, Dep- uty-reeve Tinker estimated with the addition of four first class firememat a salary of $4,200.00 per annum each, would bring the 1960 fire budget up to $27.933.00. That would be based on the ap- pointments being made effective as of July lst. A full year’s ser- vice would increase the budget to $36,333.00. cision is reached. They question- ed if the town was in a position to absorb the additional expense of a permanent brigade at the present time. “We have a very fine volunteer brigade and I think the matter could safely be held over until we receive the report of the Finance Committee", stat- ed Reeve Haggart. As the muni- cipality is faced with “substan- tial expenditures this year" May- or Tomlin recommended that the fire budget be studied in light of the overall town budget. “If we postpone our decision because of economic conditions we'll be no better off next year," replied Deputy-reeve Tinker. Councill- or Whillans strongly advocated that an immediate decision be made on the question. He was in hearty agreement with the for- mation of a permanent brigade. and opposed any move to refer the matter to the Finance Com. mittee for study. “I m m "I remember when' We used to judge a man by his hon. esty and ambitionvinsteld a! an, aptitude test." a loaded shotgun, others unarm- 9", would hesitate before ap- proaching too closely. Yet accl- dent statistics show that motor vehicles take a heavier toll of lives than the more obvious of the two weapons fa shotgun. The Richmond Hill Jaycees are interested in keeping Rich- mond Hill’s accident statistics at a minimum, a are the Richmond Hill Police. We are hoping that the individual motorists will make this his goal not only here in Richmond Hill but th‘ever he happens to be, Rerflém‘bcz' â€" A Safe Present 13 a Live Future. The Country Parson