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Still looking a trifle dazed, Mrs. Thomas Alker of North Taylor Mills Drive, Beverley Acres, has good reason to be. Here she is shown accepting a cheque for $1,000 and an automatic clothes washer, her prizes as one of six national winners in the Proctor and Gamble Carnival of Values Contest. Presenting her with the washer is Man- Last Friday was certainly a great day for Mrs. Thomas (El- izabeth) Alker of North Taylor Mills Drive. On that day she was presented with a cheque for $1,000 and an automatic Westing- house clothes washer as one of the six national winners in the Proctor and Gamble Carnival of Values contest. “We moved to Richmond Hill from Don Mills last September." she told ‘The Liberal,’ “and the win gave us a real start in Richmond Hill. I‘m just too thrilled for words." So is her husband. a tablet mak- er associated with the Upjohn Company, Don Mills and their five~year-old son David. and White F Manager Fret turned over th er and Mr. Jol veyed the clam half of Proctor pany of Canad. The carnival was sponsored ducts, Zest Bar tergent, Ivory Cleanser. Spi Crisco Shortel was identified mer boy. To Mrs. Alker ha label or code three of the al one oroduct cl‘ Despite the opposition of Works Committee Chairman Councillor Howard Whillans, Richmond Hill Town Council Monday night approved altera~ tions to the municipal offices estimated to cost $435. Councillor Whillans. Works Committee Chairman in intro-‘ ducing the subject presented a plan which he said had beenI handed to him by the Works Commissioner as he came to the council meeting. He said he didn’t like having proposals presented on such short notice and would. like time to consider it. Mayor Haggart stressed the ur--‘ zency of the proposal. ;‘\ddition-; a1 telephone service in the Mun-g“ icipal Building he said has ne-I cessitated the installation of :1 The presentation took place at the Bayvlew Shopping Plaza Red Markham Councillors Back Delegation They. did not. want to see the Langstaf-f Jail Farm turned into a “three million dollar home for drunks,” members of Markham Township Council and a delegation from the Richvale East Residents Association agreed at Monday evening’s council session. Headed by President Fred Gerard, the Richvale delâ€" egation told council members that they were planning a mass meeting in the Thornlea School on January 25th, at which the move would be strongly protested. The old Jail Farm site. they declared, was extremely valuable land and should be used for industrial purposes, leading to reduction in township taxation. Mr. Gerard informed Markham Township councillors that he had been told by the governor of the Don Jail that the institution was overcrowded. Recently 885 ‘ - mates had been squeezed irfilo space only meant for 664. It was proposed, he said. that part of the surplus. represented by Suggested Use Of Jail Farm As “ry-Out" Draws Protest NUMBER LXXXI, NUMBER 80 Works Chairman Opposedâ€" New Switchboard Means More Town Hall Change public L1 56 Yonge Richmond ,Agvxqs nd gjml GAS ATING OIL ALSO STORM DOOR, WIN [)0 WS Home Comfort Sales TU. 4-2892 Is Your Furnace Set To Its Efficiency Point? Library a ;e N- : 16. Hill) .Onj‘.” Beverley Acres Lady, Lucky Winner and White Foodmaster where Manager Fred Page formally turned over the automatic wash- er and Mr. John Hallerman con- veyed the cheque to her on be- half of Proctor and Gamble Com? pany of Canada, Limited. The carnival of values contest was sponsored by six brand pro- ducts, Zest Bar Soap, Oxydol De- tergent, Ivory Liquid, Comet Cleanser. Spick-and-Span and Crisco Shortening. Each brand was identified by a little drum- mer boy. To enter the contest Mrs. Alker had to send in the label or code number from any three of the above products plus one product chosen by the store at which she made her purchases. Then she had to name the drum- “drunks, should be funnelled into the Langstaff jail property for “drying-out” treatment. Re- cent Toronto newspaper stories had confirmed this. Reeve Opposed switchboard. This means there has to be a switchboard opera- tor, and if the operator is to serve as a receptionist as well, there has to be changes in the office. The recommenda- tion of the Works Commissioner was that the work estimated to cost $435. be done by W. A. Stephenson 6; Son contractors who did the work of alterations on the building. He did not like to see the prop- erty being used as‘ an annex for the Don Jail, said Reeve Wilfred Mayor Haggart said it is ur- gently important that the work be done now as telephone men are now on the job. Councillor Whillans suggested that if the work is necessary it should be let by lender and other contractors given an oppor- (Continued on page 13) ager Fred Page, of the Bayview Plaza Red and White Foodmaster just after Mr. John Hallerman (right) tendered the cheque to her on behalf of the world wide known soap manufacturing firm. The presentation took place last Friday at the Red & White store. Dean. He declared that the town- ship had been trying for years to get release of the land. There had been inquiries for it as in- dustrial land, he said. “Their planning (the City of Toronto) has cut down on our planning," declared the reeve. Members of Township Council allied themselves with the reeve in their opposition to the pro- posal. “Council should get behind the ratepayers,” said Councillor Alan Sumner. “All this land is not needed for the proposed pur- pose.” “The land is altogether too, valuable to be used for this purpose," declared Deputy-reeve Lawson Mumberson. He pointed out that there would be no ac- cess to the property from the projected new north-south prov- incial highway, which would take 75 acres off the farm. “We shouldn‘t let Metro walk over us,” declared Councillor Charles Hooper, also registering strong opposition to the proposed use of the jail farm. To Discuss With City The last two lines were dream» ed up by Mrs. Alker and at the going rate of rhymes in the com- mercial and artistic world her $1,000 cash plus the value of the clothes washer, the nine-word Jingle ending was worth about $150 a word! mer who was on the package and complete the last line of a jingle, which went: Upshot of the discussion was a decision to take the matter up with City of Toronto authorities, on a suggestion made by Reeve Dean. “This land is zoned as in- dustrial," he said. “Why do they want to use it for such a purpose as the one proposed?” A resolu- tion to this effect was passed and it. was also decided to ask city representatives to be present at the protest meeting to be held at Thornlea school on Wednesday. Land on which the Jail Farm stands at Langstaff is owned by the City of Toronto. Dollar Day Bargains Dollar Days staged by Yonge Street merchants in the past have proven very popular shopping events. An- other one is cominz up this Albert Rutherford of Vaughan Township on the first ballot. And, at their first session for 1961 held in the county building in Newmarket, they gave New- market‘s Deputy-reeve, Mrs. Carolyn Ion ,the honour of being the first woman commissioner in the county when she contested the second place spot with Reeve Perkins of Richmond Hill. In the three-day meeting held this week county council- lors spent most of their time [naming the people who will oc- 'cupy various offices during 1961. For the important positions of 'Commissioners of the home for Isenior citizens, York Manor, they chose Reeve Wilfred Dean of iMarkham Township; Reeve P. S. *Legge of Newmarket; Reeve Howard Anderson of Georgina and Reeve Clarence Davis of Aurora. Duties of the Commis- sioners “ill be heavy this year, “Sing a song of savings, A pocketful of cash, For tarnival} “of ,rValues to my store I’ll dash. When the door swings open What a sight to see! Favourite brands reduced in :4 â€" Photo‘ by Lagerquist price But not in quality! Dollar Days staged by Yonge Street merchants in the past have proven very popular shopping events. An- other one is coming up this week end. and many attrac- tive bargains are listed in this issue. Many more are waiting for thrifty shoppers at the stores. "In Essentials Unity; in Non~Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961 There might be- something sin- ister in the fact that both the Reeve and the Deputy Reeve of Markham Township had been shot at, members of Township Council suggested at that body’s regular meeting on Monday night. Becoming serious, however, they agreed that it was time that some kind of effective control was placed on hunters in the township. The “leg-pulling” a- bout the shooting of the town- ship’s senior officials took place when Reeve Wilfred Dean said that last year, while he was de- puty-reeve, he had been hit by pellets fired by an irresponsible hunter. The 1960 Reeve, W. L. Clark, had had windows smashed by the same type of “sportsman.” [with the new building which will {give shelter to a large number lot the county‘s aged being slated for its official opening within a few months. The new commis- appeared: GJNTLEMAJN interested in buy- ing or renting Vol. 2 of the Spec- ialized Mennonite Encyclopedia. published 1955-59. TU. 4-4137 or Box No. 4 The Liberal. 02w29 The advertisement had been inserted for two weeks. but on Friday last the ad- vertiser called saying, “We got one just after The Liber- al was on the streets Thurs- day. Please cancel our ad.” Vice-chairman of the finance and general purpose committee, Councillor F. M. Windatt point- ed out that the borrowing by-law did not mean that the township would borrow a million dollars. The borrowing is expected to lag The passing of a million dol- lar borrowing by-law, roads 1n- formation in the amount of $170,000, a record-breaking re- lief statement and the first op~ en-floor meeting with a three- member delegation since coun- cil took over were some features of the Monday meeting of Vaugh- an Township Council at the Mun- icipal Building in Maple. The Province Approves $170,000 Roads Estimate There was ‘a possibility that 3 Markham Township boy might lose an eye, said Councillor Charles Hooper, adding to the Markham Councillors Under Fire- Careless Hunters.Target Of Langstaff Women's Ire Vaughan Townshipâ€" Choosing the two County Com- missioners -â€" aides to the Coun- ty Warden who form the execu- tive committee when county council is not in session â€" rep- resentatives of the municipali- ties who form the council gave the senior position to Stouffville’s Reeve Ken Wagg, who defeated Albert Rutherford of Vaughan County Council Chooses Leaders For 1961 Duties First Woman Commissionerâ€" Liberal Want Ads Speak Volumes Get Fast Results On enquiry The Liberal learned that the advertiser had tried for sometime through other channels to acquire this volume of the Mennonite Encyclopedia. “Even writing to the pub- lisher in Goshen, Indiana. only to have them inform us they couldn't supply one. A search of the Reference Li- brary in Toronto, and many enquiries placed in that city still failed to produce one. Then the day The Liberal came out. we received a ‘phone call from a Mennonite in Richvale and we have now rented the books." Liberal Want Ads scored again for the advertiser. In last week’s Classified A“ section the following | When the old County of York was split up in.1954, with southern municipalities becoming part of Metropoli- ah Toronto. the assessed fiéqalue of the northern mun- ‘ icipalities which remained ) as the continuing County of York was $48,000,000. 1 Town Council Considers New Zoning By-Law Members of the agriculture committee, the education com- mittee, the reforestation commit- tee, the by-laws and legislative committee and the finance com- mittee were named during the council's gathering. Special com- mittees \vere also selected. They include the assets committee, the police committee, the plan- ning committee, the welfare committee, the special roads committee, the property commit- tee, the building committee. A special civil defence committee is to be named at a later date. A !civil defence co-ordinator has [already been appointed for the county and will take over his duties in February. between $500,000 and $600,000 to meet current expenditures of the municipality for 1961 until taxes are collected. The first tax installment falls in June. Roads The township was informed by the District Municipal Engineer of the Ontario Department of Highways that the maximum es- timates that may be approved for normal 1961 road expendi- tures shall not exceed $30,000.00 for construction and $140,000.00 for maintenance. Council accept- ed a committee recommendation that the letter be referred to the ’1»; (Continued on Page {11) story of danger resulting from uncontrolled hunters. Women Complain The complaints were sparked by a letter from the Langstaf-f Young Women‘s Institute, which pointed out the serious risks created by hunters roaming the area. A large part of the trou- ble was caused by indiscriminate issuance of licences, a number going to new Canadians who could not even read English and were therefore unable to read regulations, said Reeve Wilfred Dean. “I’ll go along with any pressure we can bring to bear to clean up this situation,” declared De- puty Reeve Lawson :M-umberson as he and other members of Markham Township’s Council un- animously agreed to emphasize the need for action to the De- partment of Lands and Forests. sioners will have a big job on their hands, buying furniture, fixtures and equipment for the building at the corner of Eagle and Yonge Streets on the out- skirts of Newmarket. Others Named Named to the York County Hospital Board as council rep- resentatives were Reeves Will- iam Hodgson of King Town- ship and Floyd Perkins of Rich- mond Hill. Representatives on the board of directors of the Children’s Aid Society were Reeve Cliff Wallwork, Whitchurch Township; Reeve Albert Ruther- ford, Vaughan Township; Deputy- reeve Frank Willoughby, of N. Gwillimbury Township. County Growth Emphasized By Assessment Figure The present populations of the county is around 110,000, reports given at this week’s session of York County Coun- cil indicated. So great has been the de- velopment in the coun‘y since the split-up that the equalized assessment at the present time is $157,312, 109 - nearly three and a half times what it was in 1954 Expressing the thanks of all mental health workers in York, N/Irs. McTaggart-Cowan said it was a privilege to appear before the council members (this is the third year since the Associaton was formed), to explain what work has been done during the past year and to unfold to them the plans laid for the future. $500 Grant Last Year ‘, Referring to the $500 grant ‘made by County Council to the Mental Health Association last year, Mrs. Mc'l‘aggart-Cowan ex- plained how it was used saying. The proposed amended by law defines and establishes seven residential zones with restrictions peculiar to each. The only one which proved contentious was the newly created residential R. M. zone which permits erection of high rise apartment buildings. Mayor Haggart pointed out that this is a new type of zon- ing for Richmond Hill, ‘but that while the developer ‘had request- ted such zoning no such con- struction could ‘be undertaken without consent of council.' He said any such building was im- possible at present as services are not available. In the R M zone six storey ap- artments are permitted, but the only area so zoned is a small section of undeveloped land west of the Richmond Heights Shop- ping Centre. Richmond Hill Town Council Monday night devoted more than three hours to a discussion of the proposed new zoning by-law. The by-law which defines zones and deter- mines land use in the municipality was submitted to coun- cil by Planning Board last November after having been under consideration and study for many months. The by- law was given first reading by the 1960 council on Novem- ber 15th. Council members have agreed on several changes, and have a divided opinion on some other clauses. The 70 foot set-back in C2 commercial zones proved one of the most contentious clauses. A section of the east side of Yonge Street south from Cities Service garage, a section on the west side of Yonge Street north from Wright St. to Benson, and on the east side north from Bedford Rd., to a point opposite Leven- dale Rd. are zoned C 2, which would require buildings to be set \back 70 feet from the street me. Deputy-reeve Bradstock and Councillor Howard Whillans Spoke in favormf the 70 ft. set back. Mayor James Haggart sta‘ ted definitely he is_opposed to it, and opposition also was ex- pressed by other members of council. The Mayor suggested that council take no action on the clause until the representa- tions are heard at the public meeting. He intimated there will be plenty of opposition to it. High Rise Apts. All Details To Be Discussed At Public Meeting Feb. 2 70 Ft. Yonge St. Set-back Contentious Clauseâ€"High Rise Apartmentsâ€"Mayor Foresees Richmond Hill As Great Railway Cityâ€" Discuss Problem 0f Hidden Populationâ€"May Rezone North Yonge St; A I Mayor James Haggart announced that a public meet- ing will be held in the Municipal Council Chamber Thurs- day evening, February 2, at 5 p.m., when interested citi- zens are invited to express opinions and make suggestions for any changes. The views of the ratepayers as express- ed at this public meeting will have the carefulvconsideration of council, Mayor Haggart stated at Monday’s meeting. Following the public meeting council will further con- sider the by-law and give it second and third readings after which it will require the approval of the Ontario Municipal Board before it becomes effective. Interested citizens will have an opportunity to make representations for or against the by-law at the Municipal Board public hearing. A Preventative Clinic Will Save Thousands $ Reeve Perkins wanted to know why this is the only area so.zon- 444 Cases In York County York Branch Mental Health Presents Its Case To County “Prevention, on a community level, can be the only sensible answer to mental illneSS,” Mrs. P. D. McTaggart- Cowan ,President York County Branch Canadian Mental Health Association, remarked as she sounded a clarion call for help in preventive treatment for the mentally ill, when she and seven members of her committee appeared before York County Council last Thursday afternoon to recommend to the new 1961 council â€"â€" serious and progres- sive thought, regarding a County Mental Health Clinic should be of their immediate concern. HOME PAPER 01“ THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE COPY 100 She paid tribute to the won- derful White Cross Volunteer workers, who number a hundred “made up of progressive, think- ing people who help to bring the convalescents out from the shad- ows and back into society.” And then told just how the County could save money by helping to (Continued on page 3) Mayor James Haggart said with the big development coming to the area as a result of C.N.R. project now under way he could foresee Richmond Hill becoming a great Railway City. We must plan to take care of the people and the industry. “I am most optimistic for the future devel- opment of this whole area and I see it becoming one of the weal- thiest sections of all Canada” said Mayor Haggart. In such a development the Mayor said high rise apartments certainly had a place but by making the new zone, council is not creating them over‘ night. “One third went into education- al literature distributed at public meetings, two thirds were used for home visiting programs in the- seventeen boarding homes in York County." ed. Mayor Haggart said it was a direct request from the devel- oper. Councillor White expressed concern that such development might not be acceptable to peo- ple who had already bought homes in the area. Councillor Broadhurst said 'he had no objection to high rise apartments when we had the services for them, but he ques- tioned the wisdom of zoning for them now, as we didn’t have the services and he understood the developer doesn‘t want to build them now anyway. He moved that all references to high rise apartments be stricken from the by law. The motion received no support, the majority of council taking the view that council has full control of the situation under the proposed ‘by Mayor Haggart emphasized that although the zoning permitted high rise apartments the whole area is under site control. He said he was sure Planning Board would not give approval for such development wivhout the approv- al of the Works Commissioner and Council. Reeve Perkins said he isn’t sure Richmond Hill is ready for high rise apartments. ' Railway City , c A N A D I A N TIRE “HIWAY-BYWAY" ONLY AT â€" (AND “Leftover’ MILEAGE) 670x15 750x14 law. Planning Board secretary J. M. Brown assured council Planning Board would not act in such a matter without consulting council. ~ Town Planning Consultant Far- rell said high rise apartments were a sign the municipality is growing up and would look like a city Councillor White asked if pre- sent fire fighting equipment is adequate to serve 6 storey build- ings. He was assured in th- at- firmative. Deputy-reeve Bradstock said he would be sorry to see the new zone RM removed from the by law even-1f it is not much use at the moment. He said other areas might be rezoneq iri ihe future {0 take care of needed re-development. 70 Ft. Set-back In discussing the proposed 70 foot set-back on Yonge Street the planning Consultant defend- ed the Planning Board recom- mendation. He declared it was good planning for the areas con- cerned with the space needed for parking. Mayor Haggart vigorously op- (Continued on page 9) Roads were discussed when members of the Richvale Resi- dents Association complained about speeding on 30-mile-an- hour roads in their neighbour- hood. Some of the ISO-mile sec- tions were very short, it was pointed out. the controlling fac- tor being the density of the buil- ding-up of the area. Councillors promised the Richvale represen- tatives that the matter would be dealt with by the roads commit- tee. Roads and water occupied a considerable part of the time of Markham Township council mem- bch on Monday evening. The regular meeting was late get- ting under way because, Reeve Wilfred Dean explained, repre- sentatives of the Ontario Water Resources Commission had held a discussion with councillors. It was stated that the Commission would make a survey of water conditions along Yonge St. and this might lead to a decision re- garding water at 16th and Yonge Streets. Also under discussion was part of John Street in Thornhill, where a somewhat similar situ- ation exists, with natural features making it unlikely that a suffic- ient density of building to com- mand the 30-mile limit would ever be likely. Council will also study the matter. Road Hazard Insured Plus 5 yr. Guaranteed Building Density Creates Problems In Speed Control in Vaughan Township with information Monday that dur- ing December 159 persons received a total of $4,796.44 in relief. Remarked Deputy- reeve Jesse Bryson: “The situation is becoming serious. Relief costs are up consider- ably.” In November, 1960 the relief statement stood at a- bout $2,400.00 as compared to $2,000 for October, 1960. It is expected that the Decem- her figure wil be well past the $4,000.00 mark when the January figures have been added up. It is also pointed out that February and March are the worse ‘relief’ months. The bright part of the situation finan- cially for the township is that 80 per cent of relief costs are recoverable from the pro- vince and federal govern- ments. Hence, the Octo- berâ€"November-December reâ€" lief portion levied against Vaughan is some $1500.00 or 20 per cent of $7,800.00. The balance being borne by the public treasury at the provin- cial and federal level. Adverse economic condi- tions general throughout the nation appear to be growing Vaughan Relief Situation Serious $16.95