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VOLUME LXXXII, NUMBER 33 "Battling Broadhurst" G_¢ts TKO In Fight For Better Road County Fails To Provide For Bayview Ayehlnn19n67'. Expenditures Approached Million Due to an unusual situation affecting government grants, the board started the year with a surplus of approximately $34.- 000. Keeping well within its budget, it finished the year Public School Board Has Surplus‘ Was Well Within Budget For l961 Toronto Commends Local Men "I would like to bring to your Convictions of three youngi attention the exceptional co-op- men were secured. two from eration and police work exhib- the Richmond Hill area and one] ited by Chief Constable R. P. from Scarborough. One was, Robbins. Sergeant Joe Rainey. given suspended sentence and‘ P. C. Ted McBrien and P. C. placed on probation for two Edward Green of the Richmond years; another was given ten Hill Police Department. in con- months, plus two other senten- nection with the recent entry to‘ces of six months each. to run the North American Arms Com- concurrently: the third youth pany. 1480 Birchmount Road, was fined $25. Fifteen rifles Scarborough. were recovered. valued at $508. “Information was obtained by' “Will you please convey our these officers concerning a num~ sincere thanks and appreciation ber of rifles being sold in theifor' their assistance to Chief Richmond Hill area. causingRobbins and his men." the let» suspicion on their part. and rc-fter, signed by Deputy Chief of lulting in a notification to our.Police George Elliott. asked. Richmond Hill Public School Board came out on the right side of the ledger on 1961 operations, it was revealed last week when the provisional statement for the year was tabled. Police Praise Police $51Tgp Prize Also their baby is. pl‘ovic' cheque at Doubie Ten Baby Bonus Cheques amount. In add W111 be 6 will be drawn from 3e tgp ten dollars \\'111_ and that person will recelve, inlbruary 24th Public Library, 56 Yonge N., Richmond Hill, Qnfi. Ten lucky mothers who the Richmond He on 0C and 3.30 9: will double Hei 5 Jne at the cen-U‘e. To the amount of the cheque. r it may be, the Rich- eights Centre Merchants ion will add a similar :lin nu 3.!“ the Febrln an Febru; 2 amount quue - t ylerchantsk The drawing to decide the a similarjten who will double their bonus ‘cheques and the one of them one nameavho “ill receive an extra fifty 16: tqp ten‘ldollars will take place on Feb- Jary t of that the the with a surplus of approximately $27,000, giving taxpayers a “leg up" on next year‘s taxes. Because of the Hill’s unusual growth in a short span. special government grants have been re- No. 4 District Detective Unit. Detective-Sergeant John Stand- ing. Detective Neville Little and P. C. Bernard Bellamy were despa'tched to Richmond H!“ and, after an all-night investi- gation in which Richmond Hill Police played a major part, re- sults were obtained. the letter declared. addition to the doubling of her baby bonus cheque. an addi- tional prize of $50 cash. The ten who will receive the additional amount equal to the face value of their cheque will do so through coupons. These will be filled in at the time the baby bonus cheque is cashed. In) JUI III“) et For I96] and then. in one year. ‘ttees compromised, ion” for the future. Nearing Million ues were $793,457. ceived. Last year the board was faced with the problem of mak- ing a heavy reduction in the mill rate in one year, or stag- gering the benefits over a per- iod. Adopting the position that it would be better to spread benefits over a period, rather than to take rates away down take them up with a big swoop, trus- lowering the mill rate slightly and at the same time providing a “cush- Total operating expenditures for 1961 were $766,415. Revenâ€" In front of their product are members of Supreme Steel’s staff. From the left are seen L. Balaton, a welder; V. Lukkarin- en and V. Turminen., also weld- ers; Paul A110 and W. Webber, fitters; Joe Pichler, shop super- intendent, and Eric Clark. works manager. Fourteen men are now em- ployed in Supreme’s shop â€"â€" a number which will be expand- ed as development proeeeds. The machines they build are manufactured under licence from the Blawâ€"Knox equipment firm. The cement mixer is one of twenty being built at the moment, says Mr. Clark, pro- duction of a hundred a year is visualized. Fifty pavers, it is the year, with production start- estimated, will be built during paver, alsoithe first of its line to be constructed locally. be added to the line. At the present none of the men being employed in Sup- reme’s big shop are local men. And thereby hangs a tale. He would prefer to employ local men, said Mr. Clark, but how did he know where to find them? He said that he found the lack of a local employment office, (for which Mayor James Haggart and members of coun- cil fought vigorously last year), .a disadvantage. Having to go through a Toronto employment office gave a peculiar twist, which .he revealed. Workers liked to travel to work through a car pool. When men were re- quired to work overtime it cre- ated a handicap as they natur- ally did not like to travel sing- ly. It was alright if the whole creating a gang was required but a real disadvantage if only one or two men were required, declared Mr. Clark. (Photo by Lagerquistfi William James Johnson Ear|y Vaughan Resident ing in March. Later on, it is 'expected that base paving ma- chines, road wideners and con- crete finishing equipment will surplus of $27,041. Revenue was derived from the ~ carry-over of 334.365 from 1960, ‘ grants of $447,048 from the pro- livincial government. $298,928; 3(from local taxpayers. $61341“ I,from Vaughan Township and ‘ $2.175 from Markham Town-L ljship, $4,100 from miscellaneous: El In addition debenture pay-t ’ments amounting to $147,498 ,‘were made. A “mun Hm imam: m-m-irlnd fnr‘. While the board provided for} contingencies of $7.316, no part‘ of this amount was spent. But warned Chairman Harold San- derson. he felt that it would be wise to consider increasing the contingency fund to allow for failure to receive taxes on lempty stores and houses. Dur- ring 1961 the board had to write {off taxes of $11,325. he pointed ‘out, advising the finance com- !mittee to study the situation lwhen preparing the current [year's budget‘ Vaughan Twp. Lists Five Year Spending Vaughan Township will spend $4,612,844 in the next five years on capital assets, including schools, waterworks projects. sewer and road projects, town- ship council was told at its meeting this week. The estim-1 ate was prepared at the request ‘of the Ontario Municipal Board. Similar reports are being call- ed for by most municipalities. the object being to give the |OMB an opportunity to police expenditures which will be de- Ibentured and, in addition. to Eensure that municipalities pro- izin-g where they are ancially. 'SupremeuSwteel Workers“Build Heavy Equipment! @ME mm RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1962 .-.r.._‘V V7. give the On June 13, 1906, he married! to police Ada Powley of Galt who was‘ ill be de- teaching school at Concord. She; dition. to preâ€"deceased him in 1933. They lities pro-Ehad three children. William. asis, real-with whom he made his home going fin-‘in Maple, Grace (Mrs. E. Mc- Cumber) of Toronto and Mary. Machines now being built in Richmond Hill, and the men who help build them are illustrated above. The large picture shows a cement mixer â€" the first built here â€" which was manufactured at the plant of Supreme Steel and Engineering Company Ltd. on In- dustrial Road. The .smaller picture shows an asphalt paver, also the first of its line to be constructed locally. In front of their product are be added to the line. members of Supreme Steel’s At the Present none 0f “he staff. From the left are seen L. men being employed in Swp' _ ’ ' h 1 . Balaton, a welder; V. Lukkarm- 1:11;? Sh:ng flgngealfifie'ma 8n and V- Turminenu also WEId' would nrpfpr tn emmlov local “In Essentials Unity: in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” Having retained all his facul- (Mrs. K. Shore) of Brampton. ties to the end, William James He had 13 grandchildren and Johnson. died suddenly at his four great-grandchildren. son’s home, Maple Road, Maple, As one of Maple's oldest resi- on February 4, in his 88th year. dents, he had always been most Born at Potter Newton, in active in public life, serving on‘ Leeds, Yorkshire. April 24, Vaughan Township Council for‘ 1874, and the fifth generation'four years in the late twenties to be named William James. heand as Maple Village trustee came to Toronto at the age of‘for several years. 5, with his parents, Jane David-1 He was very “five 1,, the son (of Glasgow) and Williamlnewlv formed fire department James Jomson 0f Yorksmre- He in 1928 and acted as treasurer and his three 515493» Mary; Ma!“ until his retirement from busi- EBI‘Et and Jenmev were Jomedgness in 1950. He also was treas- by bl‘Mher Frank. b°m tW‘fiurer and active in the starting weeks after his mother arrivedtof what is now the Maple Com- m Canada. 7 ‘ _A _ jmunity Hall. The family moved to Fisher- ville (S'teeles & Finch Streets (on Dufferin) where his father worked as a meat purveyor for William Davies Co. â€" later am- algamated with Canada Packers. Working with his father, he later drove his ‘peddling wagon’ of meats from Finch to Maple. This proved he had many poten- tial customers. so on March 1, 1906, he bought the local store in Maple from William Woods. As one of Maple's oldest resi- dents, he had always been mast active in public life, serving on Vaughan Township Council for four years in the late twenties and as Maple Village trustee He Was a Presbyterian. Fol-‘ lowing his retirement when his son William took over the store in 1950, he always remained most actively interested in ‘wholesale meats and retail' and still put in parts of his day at the store. His family never remember his having spent a day in hospital. The funeral service was con- ducted by the Rev. B. F. Andrew on February 7, from St. An- drew’s Presbyterian Church, Maple. The pall bearers were Alec Hands, Frank Hands, Don- ald Allan. Kalvin Shore, Ed. Mercer and Grant Johnston. Interment followed in Maple Cemetery. The Department of Transport was willing to pay for a survey of traffic and allied conditions, Councillor A1. White told mem- bers of Richmond Hill Town Council this week. as parking matters were discussed. No de- cision was reached. But, said Stewart Coxford, member of the parking authority who repres- ented his group for a discussion on traffic affairs. the whole mat- ter of parking down-town had undergone a remarkable change in recent months. Members of council were in- clined to believe that the new situation was due to falling off of down-town business but it was also pointed out that park- ing space had been consider- ably increased by the authority. On the suggestion of Mayor Haggart, parking will be dis- cussed by the authority and the town’s planning director. Parking Problem i Is Council Topic? Councillor A1. White pointed out that cars were parking all day at the municipal lot at the corner of Yonge and Richmond Streets, which is not metered. Discussion of parking meters ‘in other parts of the tow: in- dicated that the municipality still owes a considerable a- mount on them, this being re- tired by half of the meter col-t lections. mount on them, tms bemg rein . um O tired by half of the meter co k F R I {as cow lections. e one 0: The whole parkingldpattern, . which meters and all, wou be re-S h I G matte viewed. said Mr. Coxford. ‘ C S Ivemend 0 sign Tell Public Truth @Coolish Welcomemg Councillor Mrs. M. Southwell wondered whether a recent council discussion_ on deter- ioration of down-town proper- ty, as reported in the press, wasn’t harmful to the munici- pality. A business man had told her, she said. that a deal he. had might fall through as a re- sult of the publicity. “We cannot afford to bury our heads in the sand any long- er," added the mayor. "We have soft-pedalled long enough. The only Way we can clean up is to _ bring this into the open. I con- sider it a very desperate situa- i blon." “We don‘t need to advertise - you can see it,” declared Mayor Haggart at Richmond Hill Town Council meeting this _wee_k aԤ About Conditions Deputy Reeve Broadhurst a- greed. “There is a real ad- vantage in telling the public the truth,” he declared, “so ihét we cah alert them." Redevelopment Again Discussed Planners, Council, Note Urgency an official plan was declared to be essential. The Potvin and Culhvam surveys made last year were brought into the discus- sion on several occasions, with the planning director acknowl- edging that the information which had been securedwas of considerable value. Ambitious Program Richmond Hill’s new planning director, Harold. Deeks, made it quite plain to town council this week‘ that, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, without the tools he couldn’t finish the job. He and Chairman Ross Scrimger, with other members of the planning board, discussed the board’s budget for 1962. Impact of planning on possible annexation and deterioration of certain parts of the municipality, particularly the down-town area, was strongly emphasized by both planners and members of town council. A comprehensive report by other equipment and maps cost- ‘Mr. Decksâ€"for which he was ing approximately $7,000. Ex- complimented by members of penditures in 1963 would drop councilâ€"covered work which to $17,460. By that time less had to be done. Completion oflstafl would be needed, accord- Deputy Reeve Broadhurst‘ V questioned as to whether the'AS planning board program was too ambitious for one year. But. . _ with the shadow of urgency be- Wlth all busmess mer cause of the increasing deter-' whether engaged in retailin ioravtion of certain areas hang- activities, invited to atte ling over the discussion. council . members were inclined to speed Chamber Of commerce W11 things up. “How long before ganizational meeting to be you can come Up with a Deeks Richmond Hill High Schoo report?” asked Councillor John MacDiarmid. Mr. Deeks esti- on wedneSday’ February 2 mated three monthsâ€"1f he “’35 Guest speaker for the occasion elven the help he. would need- will be J. T. A. Wilson, Director Matters in connection w1th plan-10f Sales and Marketing for Da_ ning should have priority. Coun-Wis and Henderson Ltd. man“, cillor MacDiarmid declared at‘facturing Stationers, of rim-onto” 3n0th91‘ Pomt- Wilson is a director of the Paying full CI‘Bdi’t to the Work‘Ontario Chamber of Commerce ‘of past planning boards. Mayor‘and will present the new Rich- Haggart pointed out that the‘mond Hill Chamber with its ‘, job was a highly technical one. certificates of affiliation with “We now have professional the Ontario and National Cham- help." he asserted. bers. ,,,~n 1.- n- _-.r..:.....l Lb. nAnn-afinn in Paying full credit to the work of past planning boards, Mayor Haggart pointed out that the job was a highly technical one. The budget, which will be; He received his education in Ontario bnamuer 01 UVuuuch, examined by the council’s finâ€" Toronto, which included lndus- leaving there to take up his ‘ance committee and also by theitrial organization and business present important position. !personnel committee becauselpsychology, and is a graduate Besides being a director of ’ employment of individuals is in-gof the Canadian Institute atnthe Ontario Chamber of Com-é .volved, was unusual in that ithcMaster University. merce, Mr. Wilson is a director projected expenditures into two;Wide Experience of Davis and Henderson Limited years ahead. The special speaker has had‘and the Dahvender Invest- 1Board Approves a wealth of business experiencelment Company. He is a member ; Expenditures for 1962 “*ere‘lHe started with the accounting'of the Toronto Board of Trade, suggested at 525.760. If ap-jdepartment of Ontario Hydro,lhhe Canadian Manufacturing proved this would include the where he remained until theiAssociation and the Riverdale services of a draughtsman and 1939-1945 war. Joining the Can- Kiwanis Club. {swam-y. with secretarial andladian Army. he attended the A varied program has been aanarkeflmLEmercm 1931‘ An Ontario government regu- lation forbids municipalities to request relief recipients to work for the assistance they receive. The town council of Penetang- uishene believes that this should be changed and has adopted a resolution to that effect, which has been sent to other munici- palities for their endorsation. Richmond Hill Town Council considered its attitude and de- cided to send the northern town’s request to the personnel and welfare committee for con- sideration. 1 Councillors failed to show‘ :mv great enthusiasm for the for the improvement of the road, source of bitter Richmond Hill and Markham complaints, will be continued. But, unless some kind of saw-off can. be madeâ€"and that doesn't appear to be too likelyâ€"Richmond Hill residents can resign themselves to at least another year of Bay- view in its present condition. “Driving to Metro” Reeve Dean warned that fail- ure of the county to consider the problems of the southern municipalities, with their heavy contributions to the county, were likely to “drive us into the arms of Metro." “Don’t Listen, Ladies”, Curtain Club En'try Councillors fiailed to show’ any great enthusiasm for the suggestion. It was pointed out that at the present time the province pays 80 per cent of re- lief costs. If relief recipients were put on the town’s payroll, it was pointed out, the munici- pality would have to bear the full load. The local Curtain Club has again demonstrated the high standard of its pro- ductions with the acceptâ€" ance of its entry for the Central Ontario Drama Fes- tival to be held at Hart House in March. “Don’t Listen, Ladies," a French comedy of wit and ele- gance, Aby Sacha Guitry. 'VThis resolution is far too broad in its present form," Dep- wty Reeve Broadhurst declared. comedy of wit and ele- gance, by Sacha Guitry, and under the directorship of Stephen Appleby. was screened in rehearsal last Week by Mr. Murray Ed- wards, of the CBC Drama Department. Addressing the cast afterwards. Mr. Ed- wards commented that in order to raise the standard of the festival this year, screening would be more stringent than ever and competition ‘keener since only six plays from the 16 entries were being chosen, instead of the customary seven. “Don't Listen, Ladies" is being presented in Rich- mond Hill at the Curtain Club Theatre March 7 - 10, and March 14 - 17. and may be seen at Hart House on March 30. 1 With all business men and women of the town, I whether engaged in retailing, industrial or professional activities, invited to attend, Richmond Hill’s new Chamber of Commerce will get under way at an or- ganizational meeting to be held in the auditorium of Richmond Hill High School, Wright Street, at 8 pm. on Wednesday, February let. Leading Business Man To Be Heard As Chamber Of Commerce ls Begun He received his education in Toronto, which included indus- trial organization and business psychology, and is a graduate of the Canadian Institute at McMaster University. Wide Experience I The special speaker has had a wealth of business experience. HOME PAPER OFVTHE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 A'Lmnwhnllb .v. -.. . 7"“, ierson Ltd, manu- After the war he joined R. B. tioners, of Toronto. Rice and Sons, realtors, as of- s a director of the fice manager. later becoming nber of Commerce office manager and purchasing sent the new Rich- agent for National Adhesives‘ Chamber with its‘ILtd. He then became assistant of afiiliation withpntario manager of the Canad- and National Cham- ian Chamber of Commerce and, in 1957, became manager of the rd his education in Ontario Chamber of Commerce, ich included indus-Ileaving there to take up his ation and businessyresent important position. , ,L,A ‘- {IMarkhamReeveDeputy Give Aid In Road Scrap Richmond Hill's Deputy Reeve Tom Broadlhurst, former critic of the failure of York County and the Toronto and York Roads Commission to provide for Bay- view Avenue. put up a sturdy fight for its inclusion in this year's program. He was backed by Reeve Floyd Perkins and Reeve Wilf Dean and Deputy Reeve Lawson Mumberson of Markham. Broadhurst admit- ted. early in the four-day coun- cil session. that he was the vic- tim of a "technical knock-out” as councillors again engaged in one of the procedural arguments which have featured county road matters for years. Until the end of the session there was no sign that the TKO was why- needed for the widening or di- verting of roads. found approval from the north and strong dis- approval from the south. It was finally referred back to the spec- cial roads committee for fur- ther study; “This is a move to place the load on the south." declared Reeve Dean of Mark- ham Township. Weli over 50 per cent of the assessment of the county came from the sou- thern municipalities, he said. and Metro was making over- tures to that end of the county. Even the Post Office Depart- ment, by extending Toronto's local rate to take in a con- siderable part of Markham ter- ritory, was helping. he said. “Just be careful you‘don’t Unless there is a change of heart in York County Council or the considerable sum of money needed can be found from some other source, residents of the east end of Richmond Hill and other users of Bayview Avenue can look forward to at least one more year with the road in its present condition. York County Councillors and the Toronto and York Roads Commis~ sion failed to include taking over the road in the 1962 budget last week. Only one of the five roads turned down by the T and Y Commission last November, which will be taken into the 1962 picture. is a two- and-a-half mile stretch of Bathurst Street from Lang- stafi‘ Road to Maple (Vaughan) Road. $350,000 will be spent on grading, gravelling and culverts for it this year. sign that the TKO was any- thing but a temporary affair, with indications that the battle for the improvement of the road, source of bitter Richmond Hill and Markham complaints, will be continued. But, unless some kind of saw-off can be madeâ€"and that doesn’t appear to be too likelyâ€"Richmond Hill residents can resign themselves to at least another year of Bayâ€" view in its present condition. “Driving to Metro” Reeve Dean warned that fail- ure of the county to consider the problems of the southern “Just be careful you don’t swing that sledge too hard. You may break the line. This goes a lot deeper than you think," he warned. ’l‘ and Y Report At a session of County Coun- cil in November. 1961, a clash between Toronfoo and York Roads Commission and several members of council developed when the T and Y group, in an. unheralded and unexpected ac- tion. refused to take over any of the five roads recommended by county council’s special roads committee. Evidently aware of Rural municipalities in the north of the county were ob- viously not in line with the larger urban and semi-urban ones to the south in the earlier part of the county council’s four- day session. At that time a proposal that municipalities in which additions to the county roads system were planned, must themselves acquire land ing to Mr. Deeks' plan. and equipment would have been paid for Chairman Ross Scrimger of the planning board said that his ‘board had gone over the sug- ‘gested plans thoroughly and agreed with them. Planner Deeks admitted that the plans for the current year could be thinned down, but pointed out that if council wanted results as quickly as possible. then the program as suggested would have to be followed. "We have a hard row to hoe," he asserted. To recover, he asserted. would take the joint efforts of the Royal Military College at King- ston, later becoming an officer with Army lntelliggnoe. Home Paper of the District Since 1878 5t CIRCULATION , ADVERTISING m and NEWS “THE lIBERAL" crimger of aid that his er the sug- >ughly and t. Planner t the plans lr could be pointed out lted results le. then the sted Would . "We have he asserted. arted, would arts of the A twenty year plan of re- development was a practical one, said Mr. Deeks in reply to a question by Deputy Reeve Broadhm‘st. He said that it allowed for capitalization costs and the many changes which would take place in comdng years. “Some of these plans sound far-reaching," he de- clared, “but they are not.” He referred to the possible treat- ment of sewage by electricity as one of the marvels which would influence planning and develop- ment in the future. Richmond Hill Police Depart- ment is to be asked to adjust a considerable number of school signs throughout Richmond Hill, in the interest of the safety of students. the public school board decided last‘wee-lf: uw'i‘vrâ€"tistge MrsiRuvth Castle will interview the police chief reâ€" garding location‘s. whole community Twenty Year Plan Safety Signs Sought arranged by the steering com- mittee named last November to get the Chamber of Commerce under way. It will include sing- ing by a York County group â€" the York Choraliers â€"-' under the direction of Richard Ed- munds of Richmond Hill. (Continued on page 3) SII‘ NGLE COPY 10c J. T. A. WILSON