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CANDIDATE FOR DEPUTY-REEVE Town and County business make considerable demands: and in making your decision I suggest ratepayers keep in‘ mind, that County Council sessions account for about fivel full weeks in the year and committee work could well take an additional two weeks. I have had the experience which I believe can be of real service to this community now. In the eleven years I served three as Councillor one as Deputy-reeve and sevenI as Reeve. During one of 'those years I was Warden of York County. My health is good again. I have the time and the willingness to serve again. And if you choose to elect me I will serve on the basis of saying “yes” when I believe it to be in your best interests and “no” when it is not. When I was Reeve I instituted the move to make Markham Road a part of our County Roads system, and it is gratifying today to see this fine modern thoroughfare as a real improvement in our town. If elected again as one of your County representatives I will strive for still fur- ther improvements along this line, and look forward to the day when many more of our streets will be paved highways. ' My record is well known to older residents of the Town, but for the benefit of the newer residents to whom we ex- tend a warm and cordial welcome I would like to point out that through the years I have stood for a policy of prog- ress, but with strict economy and careful business admin- istration. I was an early advocate of our sewer system and fought its battles through several years. I am happy that as a result of those efforts the unsatisfactory septic tanks have disappeared and we have a modern sanitary sewer system. That may be a harsh doctrine. It is the only one which, under our present conditions, this town can afford. The man who tells you that taxes can be cut is dream- ing dreams. They cannot be this year. There is a grave danger that they may go even higher. It is going to be a real job to hold the line. It can only be done by the stric- test supervision and the utmost care in every detail. This may not sound like pretty talk from a man who hopes to be elected. But it is cold, hard fact. I am not making any fancy promises which cannot be carried out. I have not done so during the eleven years I served on TOWn Council. I do not propose to start now. It should be the job of the council you elect for 1961 to approach each and every expenditure on the same basis that the individual member would, if the property or mon- ey concerned, was his or her own. There should be a “Yes” where the expenditure represents an absolutely necessary service to citizens or the protection of property. There should be an emphatic “no” to frills and to those things which, nice as they might be, can wait without injury to people or property. There are many expenditures which, like schools, your council cannot control in the slightest degree. But there are others which it can. There’s no such thing as “no” to everything, regardless. But until we have got over the headaches which have been caused by over-commitments and our explosive growth, there should be an emphatic “no” to all frills. That need cause no hardship to anybody. You know, it has always been a popular thing to criticize our school boards for going in for unnecessary frills. I wonder if councils of the past two years, which have been ready enough to blame increasing taxation on to the school boards, should not, at least in part, criticize themselves for the same failing. 7 Some years ago ‘I ‘sat on council when we had, one year, what was a terrific tax increase for. those days, some- thing like two and a half mills. I remember our Reeve then, Percy Hill, telling council that they were reaping the harvest. of supposed economies in previous years. Necessary work had not been done. Consequently the rate had to be raised to take care of deterioration which should never have been permitted to occur. .; Carried to its logical conclusion it would mean that your council should say no to everything. That would mean that all progress would stop. It would mean that both the good and the bad would suffer. That would not be qommon-sense. Neither would it be sound economy. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE ILLUSTRATION. " You have heard it said often â€" and no doubt you will hear it said many times during the present election cam- fiaign â€" that the time has come when your town council must learn to say no.‘ With that idea I disagree complete- ly, and I’ll tell you why. 28 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, December 8, 1960 RE-ELE'CT at 1 RM. Farm on Bathurst St. One Mile North of No. 7 Hwy. Guns and Shells Supplied THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH COUNCIL EXPERIENCE (SEE ADVERTISEMENT PAGE NO. 26) FOR MAYOR. VO'I'E: TURKEY SHOOT ’ SATURDAY, DEC. 10th and 17th TO THE ELECTORS OF RICHMOND HILL . ’5. =34“ . :3 'V ~ g 3 ,ga' " 1"}: L a. l . ' .' x". 3" ’“' with], «2:; ‘1» K; a: ‘ 3 ‘ ’ ‘ , L - 1r 57‘ ' , 3,1 ‘1 1, M ~ " =' M .. ‘2: , _ 3' 'V. . '. . ‘V J. 5;! 1 F, SCHOOL TRUSTEE, DEC. 10th The next Home and School gen- eral meeting will be December 14, and not the 17th as published in last week’s column. Sorry. es and Mr. Gordon is always so good to the Thornlea school on these occasions. Our grateful thanks, Mr. Gordon, and my ap- ologies. Birthday greetings are extend~ ed to Gay Lepkey who celebrates his 13th birthday December 5. Home & School News I would like to offer Mr. Gor- don, Bayview Ave., my sincere apologies. for not commenting on the beautiful roses he don- ated to the graduation banquet held on November 24 for Thorn- lea graduates. The tables looked very lovely because of those ros- es and Mr. Gordon is always so good to the Thornlea school on these occasions. Our grateful The S-couters felt that it was most desirable that meetmgs ro- tate between the various Groups in the District, and in keeping with this, the next meeting will be hosted by the 3rd Richmond Hill Group at their Troop Head- guarters located in the basement of St. Gabriel Church( at the intersection of Bayview and Crosby Avenues, just south of the Bayview Shopping Plaza) on Thursday, December 8th, at 8 A very warm welcome is exten- ded to all Scouters and others interested in the Scout pro- gramme. Fifteen Scouters representing 9 Groups in the York Summit District attended and hearty dis- cussion took place during which the governing format of the club was established. The pilot meeting of the York Summit ScouterS'Club was held on Thursday, November 17th at the lst Langstaff Scout Den with the host group in the chair. Form York Summit Scouters Club For several years Nels Gage has been a purchaser of prize winning beef at the Royal Winter Fair. He is shown above right, with choice 250 lb. side from the Reserve Champion of 1960, which was on display at the Gage stand at North York Farmers Market last Saturday and was the subject of much interest. On the left is Murray Campbell, assistant to Mr. Gage. The choice beef is from an Angus Steer, raised by Paul Webb, Don Mills, Reserve” Champion at the‘show, which brought a top price at the annual meat auction. The ribbon on the poster above is from last year’s THORNLEA Champion Beef At Gage Market 7 Correspondent: Mrs. B. Lepkey Phone AV. 5-3489 .-e extend celebrate: ember 5. II- An active member of the community -I- With 5 children, a vital stake in Vaughan Township -l- Experienced in public service 1- Ready and willing to see that council gets the plans into action! “Give Women the Vote on Council" Vote For MLTON SAVAGE JR. - FOR COUNCIL - 14 years experience on Patterson School Board One year on T.S.A. Vaughan For Cars and Information â€" Atpine 7-2584 â€" Alpine 7-2365 VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP ELECTION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1960 SAVAGE, MILTON JR. Mr. Nels Gage is well known throughout the dis- trict for his high quality meats. He has for many years operated the butcher stand at the Thornhill Farmers’ Market and more than a year ago opened the Nels Gage Meat Market in the Bayview Shopping Plaza. Previous to going into business for himself he was for many years a valued meat manager with the I.G.A. Mr. Campbell shown with Mr. Gage recently took up resi- dence in Beverley Acres. 'â€" Photo by Barbour champion beef animal. AURORA â€" Deputy-reeve Keith Nisbet says he expects to run against the present mayor, James Murray in the forthcoming mun- icipal elections. This year Brian Gee, son of Mr.’ and Mrs. Douglas Gee, Gorm- Iey, was a member of the Judg- ing team in the Calf Club which brought the cup back to York County. The members of the win- ning team were banquet guests, and during their introduction mention was made that 30 years ago, when York County last won the cup, Brian’s father was a member of the team. Brian’s team mates were Walter Jackson of Downsview and Donald Walker of Sharon. - Buttonville W. I. members ca- tered for the turkey dinner. During the evening Warden W. L. (Reeve of Markham Town- ship) Clark was presented" with an illuminated “Agricultural Ser- vice Diploma" awarded by the Fair Board for distinguished ser- vice. On Tuesday evening of last week approximately 145 guests attended the annual Markham Fair Board dinner held at But- tonville W. I. Hall. Present were representatives of the Provin- cial and Federal Departments of Agriculture - Messrs. Lashly and McMullen, as well as officials of the Markhakm Fair Board, 4H club members and Junior Farm- ers’ representatives. Warden W.|..C|ari( Receives Diploma Fair Board Dinner On 80th Birthday “Queen For A Day” A lovely buffet supper was served, at which Mrs. Beatty cut the cake. Out of town guests included’ Mrs. Arlie Johnson (sister, from Toron- to), Mr. & Mrs. Frank Dale of' Kitchener, Mr. Milton Reid from‘Lefroy, and Mr. and Mrs. Haughton Reid and family from Dorset, Ontario. Highlight of the afternoon was when Mrs. Beatty's daughter Elaine, (Mrs. Wil- liam Trussell) formerly of Richmond Hill, telephoned from Vancouver, 3.0. This helped complete the happy day for Mrs. Beatty. Mrs. Beatty waS‘ presented with a gift of money and a foot- stool by the family. Sunday, November 27th was a day of celebration for Mrs. R. J. Beatty, when her immediate family gathered at her home on the 3rd Conces- sion, Markham to celebrate her 80th birthday. As flash- light bulbs popped, Mrs. Beatty, wearing a black and white dress, with a lovely corsage, and surrounded by baskets of roses and ‘mums. looked far younger than her 80 years. DON'T GIVE IN...PUT JOHN IN Elect MacDiarmid PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE RICHMOND HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD 5 YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE - ELECT - PATRICK TO TOWN COUNCIL ‘ JOSEPH RABINOWITCH- Re-ELE CT Trustee School