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g6 Yon Richmo ge nd Worker5”0n Local Hospital Scheme Visit Burlington To Add Knowledge The problem has been a bad on» for years, especially on busy weekends. Drivers attempting to turn north during heavy Sunday traffic have found it nearly im- possible to do so wi-bhout an in- ordinatcly long wait. ordinatcly long wait. Possibility of improvement is suggested by action taken by the Lions Club of Oak Ridges recent~ A group of people actively as- Iociated with the projected York (‘entral Hospital, which is expec- ted to be located in Richmond Hill, visited the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital at Burlington recently. Purpose of the visit was to add to knowledge being ac- quired in readiness for the con- struction and opening of the Richmond Hill institution. The thousands and thousands of motorists who have fumed over the difficulty of turning on to Yonge_Street from the King sideroad at Oak Ridges may pos- sibly have some relief in sight. U. of T. Professor Joins Committee In the group were Brig. D, H. Storms of the York Central Hos- pital Commission, Drs. H. Heth- erington. R. C. Laird. James Langstaff. G. Perkins, P. Moore and A. Smith. Also in the group were members of the architectur- al firm of Marani. Morris and Allan. which is preparing plans, as far as is possible at the pres- In a brief discussion of the re- port Mr. Harris said the township finished its 1960 operations with In overall surplus of $9,947.62. Reeve Dean stated the report The long awaited auditor‘s re- port covering Markham Town- lhip’s operations for 1960 finally reached council Monday evening but failed to set off the antici- pated fireworks. Reeve W. R. Dean promised l‘ull public dis- cussion of the report at next Monday's council meeting. Coun- cillor S. Watson objected to any public discussion until the mem- bers have had an opportunity to digest the large volume. The re- port will be discussed at a finâ€" ance committee meeting to be held Wednesday followed by public discussion next Monday. The report was prepared by the township auditors, Wilton Eddis & Co.. hnd presented to council by Mr. Harris of that firm: Just how did Grethe get Into the “Canadian Overseas Volun~ teers" group? Well. the chance of a, lifetime began to 'jell' fairly Road Commission Approves Lights At Junction Of Yonge 8. King Road Next Move Up To Dept. Of Highways In about one month's time Miss Grethe Dahl. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Dali], Richmond Street, Richmond Hill, will be singing. "I know where I‘m going“ . . . but at the present time. as a member of the newly-formed Canadian Peace Corps. she only knows "it will be somewhere in Asia". for Grethe is one of the ten lucky Canadian University graduates chosen from the Uni- versity of Toronto to serve as volunteer technicians in the less developed regions of the world. Comes the month of August and Grethe will be on her way to either India, Ceylon. or Sarawak in North Borneo. Miss Dahl will remain at her foreign post one year and. like fellow students scheduled for oth- er territories in foreign service. will be working under an existing government program. living with the natives, eating their type of food and working with them and for them - all the time promoting good public relations and the feeling of fellowship and inter- national brotherhood in the Com- monwealth. Local Girl Chosen For Peace Corps VOLUME LXXXI, NUMBER 42 Debate Next Monday Report Shows Markham, Finished '60 With Surplus: Libr any 9 :e N I 9 1d GRETHE DAHL On’c D One thing the report did show was that tax collections were down in 1960 compared with the previous year. A total of 85.5% of available taxes was collected in 1960. In 1959 the figure was 88.6%. showed the township is in good financial shape and that there will be no large deficit in the roads department. Mr. Dean stressed that the township has a net debenture debt of only $2,513,498.00 as of the end of 1960. Councillor C. Hooper who has been a strong critic of the 1960 road costs promised he will have several questions to ask once he has had time to study the report. Mr. Harris stated any deficit in the roads department could be covered by surpluses in other departments. Council is counting on $11,000 road sub- sidies yet to be received from the province. ly. That group petitioned King Township to take the matter up with responsible authorities. As a result township officials have re- ceived notification from Mr. D. Bosworth, maintenance engineer of the Toronto and York Roads Commission, that he sees no ob- jection to the installation of lights. The next step, says King Township Clerk Harold Rose, is up to the Ontario Department of Highways. The matter has al- ready been referred to that deâ€" ‘pa‘rtment. ent time, for the new hospital. They were Mr. J. A. Robertson and Mr. W. Smith. The Burlington hospital is a 228-bed organization, standing on a twelve acre site. IL cost $2,985,- 000 to build. Brig. Storms announced this week that Dr. R. C. Laird had been added to the Medical Advis- ory Committee of the proposed Richmond Hill hospital. Dr. Laird is surgeon-in-chief at Western Hospital, Toronto, and is Profes- sor of Surgery at the University of Toronto Medical School. Surveying of sites for the new hospital is still continuing, with other preparatory work parallel~ ing it. recently. but it could only have happened to her and the other nine, because they had the high intellectual and moral calibre pre- requisite to the call. Richmond Hill Graduate Grethe Dahl was born in To- ronto, moved with her parents to Maple. where she attended the old Maple Public School. In 1954, while she was in her third year at Richmond Hill High School, her parents moved to Richmond Hill and she graduated with the class of ’57. That same year she started on a nursing course at the Toronto General Hospital. and after graduation last year began at once to take the Public Health nursing course at the University School of Nursing. Toronto. Then one day, Grethe. and 3 other students. read with interest a notice in “Varsity” which ad- vertised a meeting to acouaint students with a volunteer prog- ram, with classes being held Sat- urdays from 10 am. to 1 pm. From the 40 volunteers. Dr. Key- fits, head of the selection board for the scheme. chose 10 students, one of whom was Miss Dahl. This final selection was made just a week ago at an afternoon tea in the doctor‘s home. where other members of the selection board (mainly university staff members) were present. In the meantime the group has been studying under a program arranged by Keith Spicer. who conceived the plan; and they have been studying languages 0ft various countries. Called the "guinea-pigs" of Canada’s Peace Corps the ten university students chosen will go to different districts in Asia. They will be more or less on their own “it will be 75% learning for us, rather than us teaching the As- ians". The group knows it has a heavy, yet keenly challenging pro- gram ahead. but because of the pioneer spirit embodied in each volunteer‘s heart and mind. they are all looking forward to being the “first group" of Canadian Peace Corps volunteers. - which is to say. they will live as representatives of the Com- monwealth but as Grethe put it “\gm The decision was opposed bygestion was that, in cas Trustee Mrs. Irene Worrall, who,a vice-principal had I maintained that the increaseslnamed in a school, one should be made retroactive toéshould be designated September, 1960. There was azcharge in the event moral obligation, she said. Other'principal was away, an trustees took a different view,!be paid $200 extra. Th pointing out that salaries paid had ‘involve such duties as c been strictly in accordance with‘the school if the princ the contracts between the board left first. for instance, ‘ and the teachers involved. Onlyv‘a meeting at the heart two members of the board, Trus- quarters. The majority tees Williams and Worrall, voted tees were not in favour “In Essentials Unity: in Non-Essentials Liberty: in allthings Charity A survey of village residents and businessmen by ‘The Liberal,’ made last week, elicited conflict- ing opinions as to the practicality of such a move by postal authori- ties. A call to the Post Office Public Relations Department, To- ronto, brought word from one of- ficial that a survey is being made in connection with requests for delivery service. Other than ad- ding that the wishes of the public will be met when all the facts are in, no firm official position was stated. “This is tidying up," said Vice- chairman Harold Sanderson of the Richmond Hill Public School Board as members discussed at some length a carefully detailed salary schedule prepared by Sup- erintendent Gordon McIntyre. Study of the schedule led to a revelation that eight teachers were out of line by comparative- ly small amounts. Trustees decid- ed to bring them into line with other teachers on a similar service basis, effective September 1st, 1961. Postmistress Ethel Wice, who received her appointment 14 years ago and is in charge of the new post office built by her fa- ther, Roy Wice. in 1957 and leas- ed to the Department. could shed no light on the situation. Closing Of Post Office At Thornhill Only Rumour So Far,Survey Discloses By Alex Sjoberg Is the Thornhill post office to be closed? Current rum- ours to the effect that it will be, with deliveries being made from Richmond Hill, are going the rounds. Come On, Reeve! Loosen Up With That Quarter Meanwhile. Reeve Wilf. Dean of Markham Township told ‘The Liberal' that according to a Pos~ Board Will Adjust Eight Salaries To Put All Teachers On Same Base Reeve Floyd Perkins spends many hours during the year wondering wheth- er or not to approve the spending of Richmond Hill taxpayers’ money. On Saturday, as illustrated in the top pic- ture, he spent some time wondering- whether to loosen up with his own “twoâ€" bits”. The grim look on the face of top- hatted and mustachioed Douglas Boyd, one of those at the Spring Fair staged by the Richmond Hill Horticultural Soc- iety who sported costumes of yesterday, seems to be imploring the Reeve to loosen up so that business can be proâ€" ceeded with. The girl with the charm- ing smile (to which the Reeve finally RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961 tal Services supervisor to whom he talked, the move has been under consideration for the past year. It is understood that Mark- ham Township has been asked for general information. Businessmen in the immediate vicinity of the post office express- ed the opinion that they had no complaints relative to getting their mail promptly. One profes- sional man, however, said he was moving to another postal area to insure that his business mail will be delivered promptly. He said: "From my personal point of view. the present setâ€"up is extremely inconvenient. Quite of- ten mail from Woodbridge, for example, takes two days to reach me. This type of delay is murder for one in my line." fimml Repeat Performance A storekeeper admitted that he for the retroactive arrangement Informative Document The new schedule does not change salaries in any way but simply provides a clear listing of the Richmond Hill salary scale at all levels and on all grades of experience. It indicates clearly what increments are given and what any teacher’s salary would be at any given time point. A further effort to change sal- aries was made by Mrs. Worrall when remuneration of vice-prin- cipals was discussed. Her sug- gestion was that, in cases where a vice-principal had not been named in a school, one teacher should be designated to take charge in the event that the principal was away, and should be paid $200 extra. This would involve such duties as closing up the school if the principal had left first. for instance, to attend a meeting at the board's head- quarters. The majority of trus- succumbed) and the pie is Mrs. Jack Rumney. Remaining member of the quartette is Mrs, Douglas Boyd, with her sense-pf h mour making up for her husband’s imness. The “Oh did you hear . . . ?” expressions on the faces of the quintette of attendants in their old-fashioned dresses indicate that a spicy bit of scandal is being passed around. The ladies, seen in the bottom picture, were attendants at the Spring Fair, except Mrs. James Haggart, wife of the Mayor, seen at the left. Others from the left, are Miss Gladys McLat- chy, Mrs. Reginald Williams, Miss Helga Sibold, Mrs. R. MacDonald. - Lagerquist Some residents in the Don- caster area took a tolerant view of unavoidable and infrequent human failure relative to the mail service in general, but sev- eral said that at the same time house to‘house deliveries would not be fought. had heard rumours of impending changes, adding that such ru- mours had been heard before. “They seem to be aired at irreg- ular periods every year or so," he said. “I’m quite satisfied with things as they are.’ Markham Opposes Closing Thornhill Post Office Markham Township Coun- cil went on record Monday as being strongly opposed to any attempt by the Federal Gov- ernment to close the Thorn- hill Post Office. The mem- bers expressed dismay at re- ports Federal authorities plan to close the Thomhill Post Office and serve the exten- sive Thornhill area from Wil- lowdale and Richmond Hill. Sometime ago they closed down the Doncaster Post Of- fice. Copies of Markham's reso- lution will be forwarded to the Postmaster-General in Ottawa and to the two M.P.s serving Markham Township C. A. Cathers, York North and Frank McGee York Scar- boro. Councillor C. Hooper re- ported that Mr. Cathers had assured him the Federal Gov- ernment of which he is a member intended to reverse its decision and not close the Thornhill Post Office. “He told me we have nothing to worry about," stated Mr. Hooper. Daylight Saving will start on Sunday. April 30th. Rich- mond Hill town council at its meeting this week authorized the necessary proclamation. which will see Richmond Hill again following Toronto dates. Clocks will be advanc- ed one hour to comply. Daylight Saving Starts April 30 Council received glowing re- ports of the work done by Mr. Vandermaas. Purchase of a car for the works department will be considered. as much valuable e- quipment has to be carried on the job. Construction inspector J. Van- dermaas will become assistant works commissioner, Richmond Hill Town Council decided this week. His salary range is to be $5 - 6000. with annual increments of $200. His starting salary in his new position is to be adjusted as, when he took the job, it was at $500 per year less than had been anticipated. Céuncil also agreed that works department employees were to be put on a 40-hour week, with no lessening of present pay. Markham Ratepayers Vote On Liquor Beer Sales, Cocktail Lounges, June 2| Vandermaas Promoted In Works Department By F. J. Picking Words just about as pleasant as anyone would want to hear in this part of the world under pres- ent conditions provided the open~ ing of a conversation with a Rich- mond Hill industrialist this week. Dry Since 1906 The scene was the Landers, Frary and Clark Ltd. plant at 254 Centre Street East, Richmond Hill. The industrialist - Mr. M. E. Williamson, manager of the plant. The words - in reply to the standard question of “How's busi- Lenders, Frary, Clark Plant "Very Busy" ness?” - were “We’re very busy. We’ve taken on two men this week and we’re recalling twelve people on Monday who were laid off some time ago." That wasn't the only note of optimism. Mr. Williamson went on to say that customers were calling for everything his com- pany makes. They wanted it in a hurry, too. The orders were coming from all across Canada. His final happy note - “It looks as if we’re going to get busier in- stead of slacker.” Four Years In Hill The local Landers, Frary and Clark plant in Richmond Hill is a branch of the company of the same name operating in Weston, Ont. The Weston plant, which took over the well-known Ever- brvigh't aluminum products com- pany in 1956, manufactures pots, pans and parts. The Richmond Hill plant does the assembly work. Completed articles are trucked back to Weston and go to final destinations across the Dominion from there. The local plant started opera- tions in August. 1957, with eleven people. Mr. 'W-illiamson started with the firm then, having prev- iously had eleven years experi- ence with the Flash Fasteners firm in a wide range of execu- tive and managerial duties. With the stepping-up of the staff this week there will be forty on the payroll. Started With Kettles Rehiring Of 12 Laid-off Employees, Rush Of Orders, Sparks Local Plant Mayor Gets Backing Of Town Council As High School Budget ls Discussed H. S. Chairman Wrong, Councillors Assert Markham Receives Support 0n Discount Store NUMBER TWO OF A SERIES This is another in a week- ly series of “Liberal” articles describing the individual bus- inesse’s which make up Rich- mond Hill’s rapidly expand~ in: industrial pattern. Markham Township Coun- cil received a petition at its meeting Monday supporting its stand on the proposed es- tablishment of the Towers Discount Store on Yonge Street just north of Thornhill proper. The pe- tition containing 23 names approved the rezoning of parts of Lots 32 and 33 Concession 1 from residential to highway commercial. The actual area covered extends from the northern limits of Thomhill to south of Heintz- mans Lane fronting on Yonge Street. The covering letter was signed by G. W. Camp- bell-Smith. Reeve W. R. Dean stated the petition will be used to support council's case at the Municipal Board hearing at which time the proposed re- zoning will be ruled on. Assembling of electric kettles HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE COPY 100 Safe Cars CANADIAN TIRE STORE FRONT END 5 WHEEL ALIGNMENT C AND BALANCING ‘3 FRONT WHEELS On The New Bear Electronic Telaliner Leader of the wet forces, Planning Board Chairman Hugh Brennan. waited on council at its meeting Monday to request a vote before the summer months. The Provincial liquor authorities will not allow a vote to be held during July & August. Mr. Bren- nan made his first request for a vote last August and council at that time referred the matter to the 1961 administration. Markham Township residents will go to the polls on Wednesday, June 21st, to decide if they wish to permit the retail sale of liquor and beer within the municipality and the establishment of dining rooms and cocktail lounges. There will be no vote on beer parlours. Markham has been dry since 1906. On a recorded vote the members all voted in favour of referring the matter to the people for a de- cision. Council decided to call a vote as permitted under Provincial legislation without the benefit of a petition from the ratepayers. Mr. Brennan in his brief to council stated the introduction was the firm's first Richmond Hill activity. The line has expanded to the point where, in addition to kettles. electric frying pans. per- colators, steam and dry irons, toasters, grills and vacuum clean- ers are now assembled. In addi- tion, all the company’s service work is done here. (Memo to housewives: If you want some good second-hand toast you‘ll find boxes of it in the Centre Street plant. The testing of repaired toasters is done with real honest- to-goodness slices of bread.) ing is mutual for, says Mr. Will- liamson, when he wants addition- al staff all he has to do is pass the word and the applicants turn up without further ado. That of course may be hard on newspap- ers which live by advertising but it reflects a happy condition of employee-employer relations. Incidentally, the women who do the repairing and testing are housewives, in practically every ase, themselves. The plant’s (aim emen't thinks they are tops. nd t’s suspected that the feel- Labour Pool Good One of the main reasons for the company locating in the Hill was the availability of the right type of labour. The very first girl who was taken on the staff. Mrs. Brenzell of Sussex Avenue, is still with the firm. and is now serving as Mr. Williamson's as- sistant. Seven men are on the staff, which, at its top point, is usually 90% female. One came from Weston, the others are local. The two men taken on this week are that many less on the unemploy- ment rolls. One of them was laid off in Newmarket last September. The other had also been off work for a long time. “‘The Liberal’ is on the right track,” said Mr. Williamson as the happy occurrence of people being re-employed was discussed. “There should be an employment office in Richmond Hill '50 that those wanting to employ people can get in touch with them,” he asserted. He wasn’t too happy about the National Employment Service and its way of handling people. he declared. giving sev- eral illustrations. He wondered why there should be an office at Newmarket when the Richmond Hill area, with a far greater pop- The letter to which he took ob- jection was one written by board chairman Eric Axelson to mem- bers of the high school board, said Mayor Haggart. He said that Mr. Axelson had stated to other trustees that he did not feel like calling a special meeting to dis- cuss deletion of the $40,000 from the budget unless the trustees wished him to do so. One Paragraph Resented Richmond Hill Town Council’s action in asking the York Central District High School Board to consider delâ€" etion of a contingency fund of $40,000 from its 1961 budget, presented to council a week ago, came up for discussion at this week’s council meeting. Mayor Haggart asked for, and received, the support of town council following his reading of a paragraph of a letter addressed to members of the high school board. The vote supporting the Mayor was unanimous with the exception of Reeve Floyd Perkins. who was not present at the meeting. “For youf guidance no other member of the town council ob- jected to the item after the rea- He resented one paragraph in particular. said Mayor Haggart. It said to trustees. referring to the Mayor's attitude with regard to the dropping of the $40,000 â€" Save Lives sons for it had been explained." That, said the Mayor. he could not think was correct. He felt that council should back him by asserting that its members did want the $40,000 contingency fund subtracted from the budget. Interpretation Wrong of liquor and beer stores. dining rooms and cocktail lounges will halt bootlegging in the township. aid local employment and diseou1‘- age locker room drinking in priâ€" vate clubs. It was brought out during the discussion that it will cost the taxpayers of the township approx‘ imately $5,000.00 for the holding of a liquor vote. One of the big items will be an enumeration of all the eligible voters. ulation, was not given any ser- vice at all. Fortunately, he re- peated, his own staff were the best recruiting agents. Praises Co-operation Mr. Williamson is a resident of Etobicoke, where he built his own home from the ground up. He is an ardent horticultur‘ist. One councillor suggested that members of council “divvy up" the cost of a banquet for the youngsters but found no seconder. Another one was scared that the winning of championships might become a regular Richmond Hill habit and, as such, a costly per- formance. Co-operation of local organiza- tions and civxc employees game ii for praise from _thé Landers, Frary and Clark manager. It had been first class, he asserted. Figuring that very few rate- payers would object to the pay- ing of a tribute to members of the O.M.I-I.A. Pee-Wee champions. who brought top Ontario honours to Richmond Hill on Saturday by their defeat of Wallaceburg, coun- cil members decided to give them a banquet in the near future. What little reluctance was dis- played was not through lack of appreciation of the efforts of the lads but simply fear of creat- ing a precedent. Also, it was pointed out. a sim- ilar proposition had been made last year in connection with a baseball triumph. It had been turned down. Sinking their fears of such a happening, a majority of council- lors decided that the expenditure of the very few dollars which it would take to say “well done" to the new Ontario Champions would not be grudged by taxpay- ers. The banquet will be held at an early date. Council Will Pay HonourTo Champs Councillor White moved and Councillor Broadhurst seconded a motion that all councillors were in accord with removal of the item. Mr. Axelson was complete- 1y wrong in his interpretation of council’s attitude. asserted Coun- cillor Broadhurst. “It wouldn‘t do the high school board any harm to reconsider," said Coun- cillor Mrs. Southwe-ll. COMING EVENTS “Coming Events." the com- munity directory of interest- ing dates to remember in coming weeks, appears on page three of this Issue.