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'1 Public Librar 56 Yonge N., y, Richmond Hill, Ont. 1 Jan. 5â€"4â€"3â€"2n VOLUME LX XII, NUMBER 30 digit #2 Liberal “In Essentials Unity: in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1.062 Big TaxRevenue Held Out As Reward 1 Council Approves the road where the property is owned by the University of To- ronto, as it is legally exempt. Redevelopment Group To Visit Georgetown And Examine Project I Chance Of Water Mains For Hillsview Improves “The water problem in this area began four years ago after Richmond Hill developed a well on Essex Avenue,” W. P. Noordvyn of Hillsview Avenue in Markham Township told “The Liberal” recently. He and Mrs. A. J. Kydd, representing district residents. explained the plight of the people in the area who have been affected by a serious water shortage. Some of them have been without water for years, they said. “At that time," said Mr. the road itself. said Mr. Mike- Noordvyn. referring to the de- las. The possibility of making it velopment of the Essex Avenue a 66-foot road was now being well, “the residents of the area investigated. But. said Mark- were told by Markham Town- ham's engineer, the rough part ship Council that the Richmond now is that the people on the Hill well would probably cause north side of the road would a drop in the level of wells in have to pay the full cost of local the area. Shortly after that the improvement in the laying of water level did begin to lower, the main. Nothing can be with some of the neighbour- charged to the south side of hood wells even going dry for periods of time." he asserted. Petition Presented Home owners on the street immediately presented a peti- tion to township council. he said. It was signed by 28 of the 39 -rcsidents and asked for water ‘ services. As a result they were promised that an estimate of the cost of mains would be pre- pared. An estimate of $50,000 STORE OPEN MON. NIGHT CANADIAN TIRE'S ARMOR- GLASS 4 YEAR GUARANTEE :wl'fl‘_ $15.95 liilf',‘ $19.95 rade in trade in HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE COPY 10c Vote On Licences For Hotel 6 T01 Cr. Southwell Opposed As Others Favour Plan A vote on the sale of beer, wine and liquor in dining rooms and lounges was authorized by Rich- mond Hill Town Council on Monday. The decision was made on a recorded vote, with Mayor James Haggart, Reeve Floyd Perkins. Deputy Reeve Tom Broadhurst and Councillors A1 White and Alec Campbell in favour and Mrs. Margaret Southwell opposed. The vote will be paid for, up to the amount of $4,000, by interests which have declared that they will erect a fifty-room hotel on North Yonge Street. The proposition was laid be- fore town council by Toronto lawyer F. Vincent Regan. who said that he represented Mr. Walter Portway and others asso- ciated with him who were in- terested in the erection of a hotel in the municipality. This hotel would be located on ap- proximately six acres opposite the present R. D. Little and Son pointed out that if a petition signed by 25 per cent of the el- ectors was presented to council, asking for a vote, that body would have to comply. Councillor Southwell Opposes Richmond Hill's lady council- lor, only member to vote against the proposal. was critical of the offer. She asked how a hotel with only fifty rooms could ac- commodate conventions. Mr. (Continued on page 3) property. on the Stephenson land. It would have approxi- mately 50 bedrooms with other public rooms. including a din- ing room, restaurant. roof gar- den. lounge and banquet hall. The latter would handle ap- proximately 600 persons for meals and would have full con- vention facilities. Estimated cost of the build- Barbers To Increase Hair Cutting Cost 25 Cents February 1 Haircut prices in Rich- mond Hill are slated to in- crease by 25 cents on Feb- ings and improvements would be approximately one million dol- lars. said Mr. Regan, who de- clared that Assessment Com- missioner Robert Johnston had A discussion on the Potvin reportâ€"the study of conditions in the downtown area of Rich- mond Hillâ€"carried out for the information of town council, for materials only was given but. said the Hillsview com- plainants. this was lowered to $35,000 a year ago. ruary 1. The price increase will occur'in men‘s haircuts and brushcuts only, which will raise the fee to $1.25 Residents had been told that the council would be able to install water mains as soon as the estimated cost had been acknowledged, said Mr. Noord- vyn in his statement to “The Liberal". "However." he con- tinued, “even though we replied to council saying that We were Willing to pay the price quoted to us, we still have not received our water services, nor is there any indication that we will ever get them." Engineer Explains Although he was not the township's engineer at the time, Dusan Mikelas, appointed as Markham’s engineer during the past year, had an explanation for the situation. “The people who have asked for the installa- tion of water services as a local improvement are on the north side of Hillsview," he said. “There is a 33-foot road allow- ance on the registered plan ex- cept at one point. The land on the south side is privately own- ed from Yonge Street to the C.N.R. tracks, and from the tracks to Bayview it is owned by the University of Toronto as part of the Dunlap Observatory property." There were two problems. said Engineer Mikelas. The first was “where do we get water?" There had been a long-continu- ing problem about this with Vaughan Township. he declar- ed. but this was possibly cleared up by the new McKay well in Markham becoming available when Richmond Hill, which owns it under an arrangement with the township, puts it in use. , Greater Cost To Owners The other problem concerned Federal Returning Officer the planning board and the re- development committee last year, featured a recent meeting of the redevelopment commit- tee. It was agreed that the plan would be further discussed at a later date when the town’s new planning director, Harold Decks. had had the opportunity to make a thorough study of it. Arrangements would be made for a visit to Georgetown at an early date to study a downtown redevelopment project carried out there, it was agreed. Mem- bers of the planning board would also make the trip if( possible. I Present at the redevelopment committee meeting were Mayor James Haggart, chairman; F. J. Picking, vice-chairman; mem- bers Douglas Boyd, Harold San- derson. Joseph Parisi, Council- lor Mrs. M. Southwell, and Harold Deeks, planning director. Bayview Paving, Council Subject “What is the situation regard- ing paving of Bayview Avenue?“ Councillor Alec Campbell asked at Richmond Hill Town Council meeting this week. Policy of York County Council was ex- plained by Reeve Floyd Perkins Taking over of the thorough- fare as a county road was re- commended by county council earlier in the year. he said. The county would not take over the road unless the Toronto and York Roads CommiSSion ap- proved. This was on account of the subsidy paid. In a surprise move toward the end of 1961 the T and Y Com- mission turned down all roads which had been recommended by county council. Now the en- tire matter of Bayview being taken over as a county road would have to be reopened. was first held in April 1960 by the St. Paul's Lutheran Church officially organized last Sunday in the Walter Scott Pub- lic School as a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada. 118 adults and children were received into membership by Dr. Albert Lotz, president of the Synod. Pastor of the new church is the Rev. Albert E. Myers, B.A., B.D., S.T.M. The formal organization clim- axed nearly two years of de- velopment of the Lutheran mis- sion. Worship services were Rev. Richard Tubbe of Union- ville. Mayor James Haggart extend- ed the greetings of the town in person during the service. Mr Ewart Stiver of Bethesda Luth- eran Church. Unionville, also expressed greetings on behalf of his congregation. Other greetings in the form of letters from a dozen conâ€" gregations were noted. Among local churches extending greetâ€" ings were St. Mary’s Anglican. St. Gabriel‘s. St. Matthew’s and} Richmond Hill United. During the worship service Dr. Lotz declared the congre- gation officially organized as its members formed a large circle around the walls of the assemâ€" bly room in the school. Follow- Reeve Perkins pointed out that only half the road was ownei. by Richmond Hill. It forms the‘ dividing line between the town and the Township of Markhaml He could not approve of any-v thing else but a fully paved road. Markham Maintains that Markham Township iooks‘ after the maintenance of Bay-‘1 view Avenue from the Markhaml Road to the Elgin Mills Roadi / r ., .mlem/z/j/ (As a saw-off the town looks af- \_ \ ter the section of the Elgin Mills road which runs to Yongc Street. ED.) The Mayor explain- ed that Bayview was an “un- stable” road. Dirt from .he side had been thrown :o the centre. It would cost a lot to put in a new base - something which would be necessary if the road was to be paved. He hoped that the town's representatives on county county could do some- thing constructive about the road being taken over this vmir ‘Bayview. up to the Markham ‘Road in Richmond Hill. wa; i paved county road. Councillor Campbell declared ‘himself satisfied with the ex~ WARREN BAILIE Federal Returning Officer The Federal Government has announced the appointment of a prominent county Conserva- tive as the new Federal Return- ing Officer for the Riding of York North. Mr. Warren Bailic of Concord succeeds Mr. George Sweeny of Richmond Hill who was appointed Returning Offi-‘Eldnatiqn A, 7A CCl‘ following the Conservative. - victory in the 1958 Federal el-‘ Flrst Break Year ection. Mr. Bailic is a former vice-president of the Conscrva- The first broken water-main tive association and at present is the deputy organizer for the county. He will fly to Ottawa Sunday of the year had to be dealt with by Richmond Hill Works De- partment last Wednesday. The break occurred at Rockport and to confer with government offic- Bcavcrton Road in the eastern ials regarding his new duties. section of town at two am. but. Ontario Attorney General in spite of the frost. which was Kelso Roberts recently appointâ€" reported to have been two and ed Mr. Swecny judge of the a half feet deep. and which in- family court thus necessitating creased the difficulties of repair- his resignation as Returning ing the break. water services Officer. lwere restored by 11 um. . ing his declaration the me nbers. sang the Doxology. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Richmond Hill, was officially":. constituted at an impressive Christian service of dedication ’" held last Sunday morning. Leading church and lay officials taking part in the ceremony were (left to right) Rev. Albert E. Myers, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran; Philip Limpert, fin- Lutheran mission board, spoke briefly. The congregation has a build- ing site on Bayview Avenue ad- jacent to the high school. Plan- ning for its church edifice is ex- pected to begin this summer. The congregation‘s program is directed by a nine-man council. Elected January 14, they will be installed in their offices during Sunday’s 11 am. service. This program now includes a Sunday School, Saturday relig- ious class for 7-9 graders, young peoples’ fellowship group, choir, and women’s group. The new congregation will be- come a member of the Hamil- ton Conference of the Evangel- ical Lutheran Synod of Cana- da. It will be affiliated with the Canadian Lutheran Coun- cil and the 50-million member Lutheran World Federation. Of 80 million Lutherans in the world, about 8 million live in North America. There are about 1.100 Lutheran congre- gations in Canada. The congregation will sup- port foreign missionary work in Asia. Africa and South America, and home mission work in the Caribbean. the US. and in all areas of the Dominion. Waterloo Lutheran University and Seminary will be the schools supported by the new church. As a member of the Canada See- In his sermon Dr. Lotz re-‘ minded the congregation that( they are a fellowship constitut-1 ed by Christ. not merely an as-‘ sociation of men. women and‘ children. ‘ Following the sermon. the‘ secretary for the international tion of the Lutheran Church in America the congregation will support the wide benevolent, work of Lutheranism across the continent. ‘ St. Paul‘s Lutheran Churchl joins two elder sisters in bear- Ma-Vor Haggart POImed 0‘“ Rev. Otto F. Reble. Canadian ing the Lutheran witness to our area. Bethesda Church. Union- Steering Committee Ready The founding meeting of the.Picking. chairman; Tom Mills.l I Richmond Hill Chamber of Com-‘ merce will definitely be held‘ early in February. members of the stcci‘ing committee which has been working on organizaâ€" tion reported following a meet- ing last week. The date will be governed by the availability of a special speaker. Notices of the time and place of the meeting will be given through the press and ovcr the air and. in addi- tion. it is likely that letters will be sent to business men and women throughout the town. The steering committee. which was chosen at a general meeting of business men and women last November. covers a cross-section of the municipali- ty‘s business interests. Its mom- bcrs were chosen so that re- prcscntation was given to all parts of the community. The {committee consists of F. J. Chamber Of Commerce Will Meet In February. secretary: George Hill. down- town: Doug. Flatt. Allencour1; Vern Dynes. Richmond Heights: Jack Warner. north industrial : area; M. E. Williamson. New- kirk industrial area; Robert Fountain. Bayview. The committee has produced bylaws. worked out schedules of dues and membership classif- ications. These will be present- cd to the meeting planned for February. The steering commit- tee also named an independent nominating committee to pre- pare a suggested slate. which ada Lutheran Synod. an,,ial secretary; Rev. Otto Reble, secretary for Canada of the Lutheran Mission Board; Harold Melsness, secretary; Ross Percival, treasurer; and Dr. Albert Lotz, president of the Can- (Photo by Chaplin) ville, and Zion Church, (Sherwood), are among the old- century. est Protestant congregations in Richmon Vaughan and Markham town- sion,Lut ships. Vaughan Township was setâ€" tled by German Lutheran immi- ronto for Lutheran worship. grants from New York andl to affiliate with Zion or Bethes- Maple Pennsylvania early in the last ready p Until the opening of pastor d Hill’s Lutheran mis- mond Hill Ministerial Associa- herans in the town had tion’s work, and has expressed articipating through its in the Thornhill-Rich- its intention to co-operate fully da Churches, or travel into T0- with the other Protestant conâ€" gregations of the town in inter- The new congregation is al- church work. Qualified By Record Of Service When the organizational meeting of the hospital auxiliary for the York Central Hospital, scheduled to be erected on Vaughan Road in Richmond Hill this year, is held, the guest speaker will be a lady with a great deal of experience - Mrs. C. W. Sheridan of Ottawa. She is president of the Women’s Hospital Auxiliaries As- sociation of Ontario, which has a membership of 70,422 in 191 auxiliaries representing 172 hospitals throughout the province. The local meeting will be held in the Lions’ Hall on the evening of January 30th and is open to all men and women of the area who are interested in the hosoital. Mrs. Sheridan. a native of Corps and a member of the ex- Washington in Central Ontario. ecutivc of the Ontario Division. has lived in Ottawa since herrCanadian Red Cross Society. At marriage to Dr. C. W. Sheridan.‘prcsent she is honorary vice- D.D.S. They have two cliildren.,prcsident of the Ottawa Branch both married. A graduate of and an honorary member of the Victoria College. University of;Canadian Red Cross Society. Toronto. in Honour Modern1 After the war, Mrs. Sheridan Languages and HISIOYYv §119 “:35 was president of the Ottawa‘ Dre-Sident 0f the women 5 UmV‘ Women‘s Canadian Club and on‘ CYSIIY CIUb 0f Ottawa for two.thc national executive of the; years 30d sewed for 5_1x years 0nlAssociation of Canadian Clubsu the national exewme 00th“ She was sccrctai‘y of Mission‘ Canadian FCderallon 0f UmVCr'ICirclcs for thc Ottawa Presbv-‘ Slty Women- tcry of the United Church of, Red Cross Worker Canada and. in addition. organ-l. Mrs. Sheridan. during th.izcd and was the first president‘ last war. was vice-president andlot the Women's Auxiliary of the also chairman of the Women‘s‘Ottawa Civic Hospital. War Work Commillfi‘e. Ottawa Mrs. Sheridan‘s experience in Leader OI Organization Of 70,000 To Speak On Hospital Auxiliaries. hospital auxiliary work has been broad. She served as 3rd. 2nd and lst vice-president before be- coming president of the Womâ€" en’s Hospital Auxiliaries Assoc- iation of Ontario. and has been chairman of the social, hospital- ity and program committees. Her hobbies are painting (mos- tly oils). colour photography. gardening and figure skating. She was chairman of the ladies’ committee of the Minto Skating Club and chairman of the cos- tume committee and on other committees in connection with the “Minto Follies," Ottawa’s annual skating show. . Connecting Link Hospital auxiliaries such as the one to be formed in connec- tion with the new hospital for the southern part of York Coun- jty serve several different pur- poses. Two of them were indi- cated by Dr. W. Douglas Pier- cey, executive director of the Canadian Hospital Association, at the time of Mrs. Sheridan‘s (Continued on page 7) COMING EVENTS “Coming Events” the community directory of in- teresting dates to remem- ber on Page Three. and Ottawa Valley Branch. Can- adian Red Cross Society. was also an officer of the Red Cross chcn years was altogether too long a time to wait for a decision. even with a body as . pal Board. Reeve Joseph Dales ' of North Gwillimbury told mem- bers of York County Council 3 last week. rcvivin: the contro- lvcrsial "undue financial incorporated Mcti‘o in 1953. » careful as the Ontario _\Iunici-‘ bur- den” clause of Bill 80. which Wait Seven Years - No Settlement "Undue Burden" Decision Delay‘ Criticized At Council Meeting. it was understood that an ad- justment would be made at a later date, with Metro Toronto making an adjustment in the continuing county's favour. This has never been done. York County Council asked the Ontario Municipal Board in 1955 to make an award A hearing was conducted but no decision handed down. County A be added commercial assessment it will report to the February meeting. At lllCll‘ mcctin: last week. members of the steering com- mittee reported considerable public interest in the formation ; of a local Chamber of Com-IL merce. c. MRS. C. “X SHERIDAN Li R solicitor J. D. Lucas said that there was no indication as to when a decision will be made. At that time it was recog- nized that the remaining c0unty,. after the severance of the muni- V cipalities which became part of Deputy Minister Lorne Cum- Mctro. would stiller consider- ming of the department of ablc lo<s a: a rcsult, It was municipal affairs. f o r m c r l y mpossible to establish the ac- chairman of OMB. is still in rial amount at the time andicharge of the case. i and $1.50 respectively. The price increase was a- greed to by the eight barber- shops in the Hill as a result of increased operating costs. Shops entering into the a- greement are the ones in the Bayview Plaza, Allen- court Plaza, Richmond Heights Centre, the Vien- nese Barbershop on LeVen- dale Road, Yonge Street barbers Fred Wilson, Stan Ransom and A. Dunn. Tot- ten’s Barbershop on Lorne Avenue is also increasing its rates. estimated the assessed value of land and buildings at approxi- mately $500,000, to which must of 25 per cent, or another $125.- 000, making a total of $625,000. which would produce taxes of $36,000. Present taxation brought in by the property was $2,500. He declared that to pro- vide proper accommodation din- ing and lounge licences were necessary. His principals, declared Mr. Regan, would pay the cost of taking the vote, although it was Editorial Coordination Is Vital 'I'o Eniire County The five southern municipalities of the County of Yorkâ€"Richmond Hill, the Townships of Vaughan and Markham and the Villages of Woodbridge and Markhamâ€"are, to use an old phrase, between the devil and the deep blue sea, with the balance of the county to the north and Metro to the south. Which is devil and which is sea is a matter for individual decision. Whichever it is, the fact remains that these municipalities are in an unenviable position. It is becoming obvious that only by determined action on their part can a satisfactory solution be achieved. A meeting held at' Maple recently, with the bulk of members of the five municipal councils present, was an important one. It is reported on in this issue of “The Liberal”. Under discussion was the question of the co-ordination of certain municipal activities which, through co-operation, can be carried out more efficiently and economically by joint action than they can by any individual corporation. But the problem runs far deeper than any question of operation, important as that is. ' Fear of being “gobbled up" by Metro is, un- questionably, a live one insofar as the five munici- palities are concerned. To say that the prospect is abhorrent, both to councils and the great majority of citizens, is almost an understatement. Fear of becoming “faceless”. of losing local identity, of losing control of local affairs. of becoming only another I segment of a vast metropolitan population, of greatly increased metro taxation, is increasingâ€"and with reason. In their planning, for instance, these muni- cipalities are already under the thumb of Metro and, as has been pointed out on numerous occasions, haven’t even the privilege of representation on the body which controls their planning destiny â€" the Metro Planning Board. On the other side of these municipalities is the balance of the County of York. It was emphasized . at the Maple meeting that the problems of the five . southern municipalities differ greatly from those of the other nine. 'There again, municipalities are afraid of increasing costs and the loss of local autonomy if too much power is placed in county hands, especially I because of the vast difference in problems already I referred to. They foresee greatly enhanced loads on local taxpayers if projects due to be examined at the county level come into being. From the county point of view also the situation must be regarded as a serious one. If the southern municipalities are swallowed up by Metro the load on the remainder of the county, left to carry on by I itself. would be appalling. The remaining small I county would find its nine municipalities with a dis- ? proportionate cost of administration, with facilities already established for a much greater population almost impossible to carry on. It would appear very strongly that the overall interests of the entire county would be best served by endorsing the idea of co- ordination for the southern five municipalities, at the 1 same time holding existing county services at their present level. Special problems of the south would 1 be best looked after in this way, through coâ€"ordina- tion. and the balance of the county would not suffer. The problems are urgent ones. They must be acted on. They will not disappear by simply being ignored.