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Drive south were closed 0H and eight pumps immediately went into action, with the crew work- ing “right around the clock“. Pumping through the man- holes, the head pressure in the sewer mains was reduced to pre- vent any recurrence of flooded basements. The 25 check valves installed by the Works Depart- ment, in homes in that area. proved very efficient in prevent- ing storm water backing up. Fol- lowing Sunday’s rain the big ten- 1nch pump went into action, oper- ating all night. pumping directly into the run-off on Crosby Ave. Even during the zero weather periods â€" "preventive service" was rendered by the Commissionâ€" er and all members of the Works Department â€" work crews were out with trucks. with portable steamers clearing out the culâ€" verts, iceâ€"covered manholes, etc., all in readiness for the spring thaw and rains. This preparatory work paid off. as. at the first in- dication of floodingâ€"the low LV- in‘g section of Beverley Acres â€" Neal Drive and Taylor Mills Drive south were closed off and eight pumps immediater went ._‘--av- .vvy. "- .uuuuLJ. Though Nature has been kinder than expected â€" as only light recent rains have fallen â€"- the main credit for these improved conditions is due to the foresight of our Town Council in providing the necessary funds to enable Works Commissioner Otto Whalen to hire and purchase the necessary equipment to combat the situation. So much was that the case .that even the erection of a new illuminated sign on a store front was considered worthy of men- tion in the .columns of "The L‘beral." The Hills, father and son. who operated the Richmond Hill Hardware. had installed the firsg overhanging Neon light to Richmond Hill residents may consider themselves for- tunate to have escaped danger and discomfort of excessive flooding, due to the annual spring thaw and the melting snow, following what has been termed a “mean winter". However, nearby localities have not been so fortunate, and, right now in the United States, the Mississippi River has reached its highest danger level in history. Back in 1949 Yonge Street. in Richmond Hill was a fairly dingy sort of a place after the sun went down. Street lights of that day left a lot to be desired. Mer- chants hadn’t got into the hab- it of leaving SLUI‘O window lights or. for the benefit of nocturnal window-shoppers. Lights on pub- lic buildings had yet to make their appearance. The adjective “gloomy” was no exaggeration when applied to the Street’s af- ter-dark appearance. Works Dept. Controls Or Prevents Flooding MAY 7 â€" Saturday 1 11.111. Rum- mage Sale in the Richmond Hill United Church Hall. clw-ll APRIL 25 -â€" Monday at Button- ville W.I. Hall at 2 pm. Benefit. Euchre in aid of the Society for Crippled Children. Good prizes, good food. c3w4l Turn APRIL 23 â€"â€" Saturday 10 am. to 5 pm. Rummage sale. 5th Rich- mond Hill Girl Guides Company. Lady of Fatima School portable. c3w41 U...“ u-IIJ- Rummage sale Lég’iéfifiian. Carr- vllle Road. Toronto Vegetarian Society. 03w41 APRIL 23 â€"_ Saturday 10.30 a.m APRIL 9 - Saturday 2 pm. Bring your friends and enjoy a social half hour over a delicious home made tea at the “Daffodil Tea" being held in conjunction with the “Hat Sale" at Wrixon Hall. Tea. Adults 35 cents, Children 10 cents.- clw41 APRIL 9 â€"â€" Saturday, Richmond Hill Horticultural Society, Gar- den Fair in the Lions Commun- ity Hall. Centre .St. E., 1 to 6 pm. Admission free. c2w40 EVERY SATURDAY â€" Dancing 8 pm. to 11.45. Thornhill Farm- ers’ Market, to the Java Jive. “The sounds are the reason the Java’s so pleas‘n.” *3w20 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT â€" 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 Me; Cameron's Orchestra. at Canad- inn Legion Hall, Carrville Road, Richvale. Sponsored by Rich- mond Hill Branch 375, Canadian Legion. 75c Rel person. tic36 EVERY TUESDAY â€" 1 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 VOLUME LXXXI. NUMBER 40 THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1960 Authorized Ford, Falcon, Monarch ' ' Dealer Willowdale - BA. 5-1151 PARTS & SERVICE 8 AM. 'till IO PM. FINCH MOTORS LTD. c â€" work crews were trucks. with portable clearing out the cul- overed manholes, etc., liness for the spring ains. This preparatory L‘om mg Events- Lights Brighten Yonge Bingo, 8 1, 'King Cash tfc19 that will ever be? remembered by the residents of Richmond Hill. Special credit is also due to another of the Town of Richmond Hill‘s public service departments. When the blizzards and worst sleet storm of the century hit this area with ice laden branches bringing down the cables â€" plunging parts of the town into darkness and disrupting electric- al service. the commissioners of the Richmond Hill Hydro Com- mission. Superintendent Verne S-nider and his noble staff of maintenance men performed ser- vices under dangerous conditions Road potholes, regarded as public enemy number one and termed the “multi-million dollar headache" by the City of Toronto â€" were certainly the object of much concern to local residents and the municipality. However. even ’ during the inclement weather the town trucks and work crews could be observed filling in and tamping the pot- holes before further freezing and pounding of heavy trucks could enlarge them. Both signs add a nightâ€"time touch of life and colour to a street which. although far from being the “Great White Way" yet. displays a remarkable change from the gloomy Yonge Street of as little as twelve years ago. The fact was recalled this week when, on a hew store vastly different from the premises where they carried on business then, father George and son A1 turned on the juice on a big new sign which dwarfed their 1949 pride. The sign is the second to make its appearance in the im- mediate area in recent weeks, Harry Simpson of Simpson’s Drv Goods - who has also given his store front a face-lifting in re- cent days -'having erected one recently. make its appearance in town, the paper disclosed. Deputy reeve W. Dean asked. “How much of the costs of the Bayview-Markham High School are incorporated in this budget?” and was told'$49,000, enough to Trustee Mrs. James said, "You are forgetting one thing â€"â€" the Department says a child must go to school until he is 16; also. the main impact in increases in tea- chers‘ salaries will be felt this year." The gross cost of educating a high school student in this dis- trict is $3.63. but-through grants it has a net cost of $1.18 per day, he said. After figuring out the cost for 200 days of school for 1,800 pupils the reeve said it takes a lot of money â€"â€" “but there is nothing we can do about tiat”. “" Reeve William Clark asked, “How does this year's grant comâ€" pare to last year’s?” and was in- formed by Mr. Rumble it is $3,000. larger than last year, but owing to superannuation funds for teachers the board would re- ceive $5,000 less. In his opening remarks Mr. Rumble said, “We are do- ing a big job in this high school district, with 83 teachers, 1,800 pupils at present (we expect to have 2,000 pupils by September), and three high schools to look after, with a fourth to be opened this Fall. It takes a lot of money to operate these schools”,' he continued as he discussed the $1,155,755. budget, “but I can assure you, we are making every cent count.” By request of Markham Township Council. Chairman Stewart Rumble of the York Central DistrictHigh School Board, presented the 1960 budget in person to council last Monday afternoon. Accompanying Mr. Rumble were Trus- tee Eric Axelson, Chairman of Management; Trustee Mrs. Kathleen James, and Business Administrator D. J. Ash- worth. All four delegates joined in a lengthy and inter- esting debate on high school affairs with the reeve and council members, following the official presentation -â€" a copy of which had been received in council last week. Aim To Equal Industrial And Residential Building Reeve Clarifies Statement Re. Township School Board Markham 'I'Wp. Council VOLUME LXXXI_ NUMBER 41 “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" Reeve. Clark asked that repres- entatives of the York Central Board attend a County Council committee meeting April 12. when school problems would be aired. And in closing, led by Dep- uty-reeve W. Dean, Markham Township council members com- plimented the Board on its pres- entation of the 1960 budget. Mr. Rumble said the board has an option on a new high school site in Vaughan Township and will probably have to build an addition to Thornhill High School next year. “So I don’t think we will lack for industrial assessment”, he in formed the school board repres- entatives. Further pointing up Markham Township's plan to keep the assessment equalized, the reeve said that in 1959 residen- tial building permits were 59.5 per cent of the assessment, with commercialâ€"industrial 40.5 per cent. and from those figures he didn’t think anyone could say Council is losing sight of the im- pact on residential by industrial. To Study H.S. District Board The board members then asked the reeve to clarify his inaugural remarks regarding withdrawal from the high school district. Reeve Clark said this was his own personal idea and, “until this present meeting it has never been discussed in these council chambers." He said it was not something for the immediate present but would probably be- come necessary someday in the future. “when the board gets too large and unwieldy". Mr. Rum- ble said that it was getting lar- ger and better all the time and that if anyone wanted out now was the time to do so. Reeve Clark said the time for township high school boards, like the newly formed township pub- lic school boards in Markham and Vaughan. “would be after there is a high school built in Vaughan Township and one in Unionville. I think the only thing this school board can do is to go ahead as they have been doing." “We have two industrial plants going in at Green Lane and John St., and one at Bayview Avenue; we have the Dominion Stores $200,000 building which will bring in an assessment of $40,- 000 at least: we have a nursing home valued at $350,000 being built on Steeles. We also know the former jail farm is zoned for industry -â€" and we hope before this year is out to see something done about it."- Continuing across the township the reeve revealed there will be industrial develop- ment on Highway 48 as well as a modern motel in the township. Mr. Rumble made an earnest plea to the reeve and council members saying,-“l,£eel,if the council could see in their wisdom that industrial and residential de- velopment go hand in hand â€" it will not be a‘ burden on the taxpayers â€" we have to spend money to educate children.” When he asked that council in- sist on industry to balance the assessment the reeve said, “Coun- cil is aware of this and is doing all in its power to make the in- dustrial-residential assessment equal.” Increased Industry “All children attending the new high school will live within walk- ing distance of it", Mr. Rumble informed the board. In order to keep down expenses the board has resolved that no buses will be going to the Bayview School, therefore any students now be- ing transported to Richmond Hill High School outside the Bayview area, will continue at the present school. 787 children are presently being transported by bus to the district high schools. Mr. Ashworth informed Coun- cil, “In reality, as far as general maintenance items go, the bud- get is down from last year. In creases come from teachers’ sal- aries, a commercial course for the new high school and landsca- ping for the new school." operate the school for the four months it would be open this year. . Keeping Budget Down RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO,THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1960 Out of 1,000 culverts in the township. only 10 were frozen up Mr. Canning stated. and the graders are busy pushing the snow back from the ditches to keep water from running over the maps. “There is still about two feet of frost in the road shoulders.” he said. “let’s hope the weather stays cold â€" for if it gets too warm the frost will go out too fast and then we will have boggy roads all over the township." Cool, windy weather would dry things up. Despite the snow, this is one of the better years for Markham Township Road Department, Traynor Canning, Roads Super- intendent said when asked by “The Liberal" how the flooding situation was In Markham. Surviving besides his wife are two sons. William Raymond of London and Gary of Richmond Hill; one granddaughter, Terry Sue of London; one brother, Harold of Parkhill; and two sis- ters, Eva and Ethel. “The Liber- al" joins their many friends in expressing sincere sympathy to the bereaved family. Later he transferred to the Windsor area office of the HE. RC. and three years ago came to the Richmond Hill area office. Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at Murdy’s Funeral Home, LuCan, where the Reverend Mr. Prest of Holy Trin- ity Anglican Church was the officâ€" iating minister. Pallbearers were friends and former neighbours from the Lucan and Parkhill dis- tricts. Interment was in Lucan cemetery. Markham Twp. Roads Not Bad He was a “key” member of the Lucan Lions Club and wasflac- tively engaged in their boys’ and girls’ work which included Scouts and Cubs and minor hockey. He served seven and a half years on the Lucan Public School Board and was also a Warden of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Lu- can. A Mason. he was a Past Master of Irving Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 154. Lucan. Receiving his discharge in 1946 he entered the service of the H.E.P.C. and was stationed in Lucan, Ontario, where he took a very active part in the village. During World War II he serv- ed 6% years with the R.C.A.F.. both in Canada and overseas. Mr. Raymond Thomas Elson. of the Consumers’ Service Divis- ion of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission, Richmond Hill, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 1960, in Toronto Gert- eral Hospital, after a six weeks illness. He had been a resident of Richmond Hill for the past three years. Born in Marsden. Saskatchew- an, he spent three years during his boyhood in England, return- ing to Canada with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E1- son to settle in McGillivray Township near Parkhill, Ontario. Here he reached young manhood and married Miss Catherine Mor- gan, also of McGillivray Town- ship. . H.E.P.C. Employee Buried At Lucan Vaughan Will Only Co-operate At Council Level “It’s unfortunate that one municipality can wantonl‘v imperil the case of the other 12 fringe municipalities,” re- marked Reeve James Hag- garh Mayor Tomlin felt if the surrounding municipalities couldn’t learn to co-operate on a volunteer basis then they might force the provin- cial government to take sim- ilar action as they did when they set up Metro in 1954 Mayor Ken Tomlin rmd Councillor T. Broadhurst agreed that there was a “de- gree of inconsistency" in their attitude. “They’ve got what they want so they don’t need the help of the fringe municipalities," commented Councillor Mrs. M. South- well. “If their council repres- entative lost his seat on the Metro Planning Board they wouldn't be so brave," added Councillor H. Whillans. Richmond Hill Towh Coun- cil expressed dismay Mon- day at a further refusal 0y Vaughan Township Council to co-operate in the matter of the Municipal Co-Ordina- ting Committee. A letter was tabled from Vaughan Coun- cil stating that in special cases they would co-operate but only at the council level. an additional expenditure of 512500000 in salaries.° In reply to questions Mr. Rumble stated the minimums for the various Categories is $4.500, $5,100 and $ ,400. Vice-principal salaries Reeve James Haggart took strong exception to the size of salaries being paid members of the teaching staff. Chairman Rumble admitted that promo- tions in the category system and the need for new staff for the BaYVIew School have resulted in In reply to questions by Mayor Tomlin regarding. the size of this year’s provincial grants Chair- man Rumble stated it is expect- ed the gross grants will be up $3000.00 but the net figure will be down $5,000.00 from 1959. Mayor Tomlin stated the Min- ister of Education has promised in the Legislature that no board will receive less in grants than they did last year. The province paid 78% of the approved costs in 1959. however, due to the fact Richmond Hill is now over 13.- 000 in population the provincial grants will drop accordingly in 1960. It is expected the province will only pay 63% of the approv- ed costs in Richmond Hill and 72% in Markham, Vaughan and Woodbridge the other members of the high school district. Teachers’ Salaries Grants Down In his submission to council Trustee Wood stated the significant feature of the budget is the relation between the budget and the increased enrollment. The overall bud- get is up 16 per cent and there is a corresponding increase in the student population. “The budget has been carefully pared and nothing is being met beyond the minimum needs of the various schools,” stated Mr. Wood. In the matter of teachers’ salaries which is the largest expenditure in any budget, Mr. Wood stated the teachers received no increases this year beyond the annual increments which are part of their contract. A great deal of the increased budget is in connection With the new Bayview High School which is planned to be open by September 151:. Four representatives of the York Central District High School Board met with Richmond Hill Council Monday ev- ening to discuss theirrecord high 1960 budget. This year’s budget has been set at $1,155,755.00 with Richmond Hill’s share .set at $264,140.00. The local mill rate for second- ary school education is up 2.6 mills. The delegation attend- ing the meeting included Board Chairman S. Rumble and Richmond Hill representatives Mrs. Barbara Langstafl“, R. Wood, R. Ross and R_ Endean. No Change In H. Schoo Budget Town Council Meeting Only Six People Acres I" Siil Need Approval Municipal Bd. i-r‘oid‘iqamexjas will be given free, one to the person whose names appears on the coup- on drawn, and one to the merchant at whose store the entry is made. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Bell, 4 Elizabeth St. Richmond Hill are the owners of the home shown last week in “The Liberal” Polaroid Home of the Week special advertisement, and were the winners of a $5.00 merchan- dise order. Each week the photo of some home in the North Yonge district appears in this advertisement, and the lucky winner receives a $5.00 order from any of the participating merchants. â€". Six itimesi during the next 24 weeks there will be a draw and each time two pol- “Home of Wéek” Winners The United Lutheran Church Mission of Richmond Hill had an auspicious beginning at its first service last Sunday. Shown above are the over 100 people who attend- ed. Dr. A. G. Jacobi, president of the Evangelical Luth- eran Synod of Canada was the guest preacher. The First Service United Lutheran Church Mission are over $10,000 per annum and principals over $11,000. Cpuncillor Whlllans felt. a county planning board would be of more value to the n o r t h e r n municipalities which are still rural in char- acter. Richmond Hill’s exten- sive urban development makes interest in the Metro authority imperative. Richmond Hill Town Coun- cil has gone on record as not favouring the establishment of a county planning board. In reporting to council, Councillor Howard Whillans stated the planning board had recommended against town participation in any such board on the grounds that Richmond Hill is includ- ed in the Metro planning area. - Don’t Favour County Planning Board HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE COPY 10c sentations to make or any infor- mation likely to be helpful to the committee. From a meeting which had been called to assist the committee it developed into a bureau of information by which those members of the It was quickly established that no one present had any repre- The six members of the public present were Mr. Ernest Harris, Mr. Harvey Head, Mrs. Patricia Fraser. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Strother and Mr. William Mc- Carthy. No Applications Councillor Whillans advising that no applications had been re- ceived from persons wishing to appear before the committee. only two letters on the subject from the same person; said that the committee nonetheless had decided to attend to hear anyone who should turn up at the meet- mg. Purposes Reversed Representing the committee at the meeting were Councillor Howard Whillans, and Reeve James Haggart, a member. Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker at- tending without his wheel chair but with the aid of crutches, was present, “just as an observer” he told the meeting. Mr. Otto Whalen the Works Commis- sioner, appeared in an advisory capacity. Only Six People Attend Response to the committee’s appeal was very disappointing. Only one person wrote the com- mittee. He wrote two letters. They were not read out at the meeting which itself was attend- ed by only six members of the public in addition to members of the committee and the press. A meeting was called by the committee for last Thursday to hear submissions from members of the public or anyone interest- ed, which might assist the com- mittee in its enquiries. Those wishing to make representations to the committee were asked to notify the committee in advance. Disappointing Attendance The probe committee to allo- cate responsibility is still engag- ed in its task. It is headed by Councillor Howard Whillansâ€" another new personality on the political scene this year. Pubilc Meeting A new personality on the poli- tical scene this year is Council- lor Tom Broadhurst who claims that the cost should be a charge on the town as a whole. He has pointed out that the corrections in the system required are no fault of the people of Beverley Acres who have already paid five hundred dollars a lot. Bylaws have since been passed by this year’s council approving the work to be done and the propos- ed financmg. They were oppos- ed by Councillor Broadhurst who wanted the town as a whole to share cost. Results of the survey 'have shown that it will cost the rate- payers of Beverley Acres ap- proximately half a million dol- lars for installation of storm sewers, being the only method likely to effect the corrections required in the drainage system of the area. fl‘own Should Payâ€"Broadhurst Attend Beverley Public Meeting Forecast 6 Months BefOre Work Started Faults in the drainage system were discovered many months ago and a probe committee was set up to allocate responsibility while at the same time a survey was made to discover how the faults could be corrected. Beverley Acres drainage, the contentious issue on which the then Councillor James Haggart broke with F. R. Perkins, Reeve of Richmond Hill in 1959, continues to prove the subject of heart searching and debate. Lutheran Mission is meeting in the auditorium of the Walter Scott School on Markham Road. The Mission holds services every Sunday at 11 am. Sunday School classes will begin on Sunday, April 24th, at 9:45 am. â€" photo by Lagerquist MORE RESULTS MORE READERS Liberal “Want Ads” TU. 4-1105 On the subject of payment for cost. in reply to questions, Reeve Haggart said the levy would be on those who directly benefit. that is those who directly abut the storm sewers. These will pay five dollars a foot, for the storm sewers. Those who do not abut but whose properties drain into the storm sewers will pay two dollars a foot. When these other properties get their own storm sewers later, they will pay a further three dollars a foot. Petitions For Storm Sewers Reeve Haggart said a petition (Continued on page 3) Deputy-reeve T i n k e 1' com- mented that it could take six months to get started after sur- veys were completed. Mr. Har- ris suggested the work would not get started this year. Reeve Haggart replied. “We are not telling anyone it willâ€"nor are we saying it won't.” He added, “But we are ready to go to Premier Frost if there is undue delay.” The Works Commis- sioner said his department was ready to go as soon as they were authorized to proceed. Reeve Explains Levy Councillor Whillans then ask- ed Reeve Haggart. “well, how close are we to starting?” The reeve indicated that it was not possible to say until permission to proceed was received. Works Commissioner Whalen told the meeting that surveys were not yet completed. Further Delay Expected Reeve Haggart said he thought that was too optimistic. Ap- proval had not yet been received from the Municipal Board. Councillor Whillans said that a quarter million is to be spent to correct the drainage situation. He added that he thought “it is ready to go.” Reeve Haggart reported that much flooding in the town area was being experienced that very day. He said several basements were flooded, in Pleasantville as well as in Beverley Acres. “We hold memorial services for lots of folks who can’t see anything w r o n g" with speeding if the highway pa- trol doesn't catch them at it." public who did attendâ€" were able to obtain a fuller picture of the faults and the action proposed to correct them. Town Flooding The Country Parson Mean