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“Our municipalities are be-‘ coming a melting pot of change In a changing world of subur- bia", Mayor Haggavt stated at bile opening of the two and a half hour session. And he de- clared "a new concept in our political set-up is needed. We can no longer apply a horse and buggy rural administration, in I rocket age." Calling on municipal officials to look beyond their own set boards. not only in adminisra- tion but in planning and educa- tional facilities as well. he pointed out the sheer folly of‘ one municipality installing basic municipal services â€"â€" such as sewers and water â€" on one side of the street or high- way. and the neighbouring municipality undertaking iden- tical work directly opposite. Where Does Future Lie? nlu, Luurnuam Seen abov V auguau, Juan nuqu I Ally-by an». 7 Mayor James Haggart welcomed 300 delegates â€" representing councils, school boards, planning boards, police and fire departments, and public services â€" to the co-ordination meeting held Thursday night of last Week in the auditorium of Bayview High School, Rich- mond Hill. Municipalities of Markham, Vaughan, Woodbridge, Richmond Hill, Markham Village and Stouffville, were present, to hear a panel discussion by Dr. Albert Rose, Professor K. Grant Crawford, D. Ed- ward, G. Pleva and Murray Jones, on co-operatiVe coâ€"or- dination of basic municipal services. No decision was made at this meeting, which was simply one of discus- sion and review. The mayor summed up the purpose of the meeting when he asked, “Do we have the right type of govern- ment, to serve the south of York County ?” 2:, are (left to right) Mayor Hagga rt of Rich- of York County?" { The Hon. Fred, M. Cass, Minister of Municin Affairs, spoke next stating, "If you can- not solve your problems. the government will have to step in and they do not want to do that." He evinced personal plea. sure at the formation of the study group whose aims are to work towards solving problems. which arise through population explosion. and the groups ap- parent interest in planning for the future. ' Formation of Metro Dr. Albert Rose, Chairman of Housing for Metro, and Pro- fessor of Social Work at the University of Toronto, the first "i munrl th- ..... 11:..s 4A annnl' rn Previous to the meeting. the group of panelists had toured the areas concerned in what is now termed “Little Metro" and as a result of this review, Mayor Haggart asked. “Where does the future of this area lie, with Metro? With the county as A panel of municipal experts including the Minister of Municipal Affairs for Ontario were heard at the public meeting held last week to discuss the possible future co-ordination of basic municipal services in the five municipalities of Richmond Hill, Markham, Vaughan, Markham Yillage and Woodhij‘tlg‘e. National Trust has increased its interest rate on savings accounts from 3% % to 4% . . . and you still get our usual free chequing privileges. Interest starts immediately and is calculated on your minimum half-yearly balance. National Trust offices are open longer hours for your convenience. And you can save by mail with postage prepaid. So if you’re not already saving through National Trust, now’s the time to start. 4% on savings accounts + free chequng privileges Panel Of Experts Considers Yours at National '[mst NORTHTOWN SHOPPING CENTRE-Phone BA 5-3509 presently constituted? With a separate form of overnment? Should we turn ov ' more local functions to County govern- ment -- it our future lies with the existing administmtlon at Newma-rket, seat of the County of York?" "K we set up a separate, new form of local government. what form should It take? Should it be complete amalgamation? A Metro or a county style govern- :ment? And what about our lborders, would‘ we leave our boundaries as they are?" Mayor Haggart also point- pointed out if amalgamation with Metro. or a new local government took place. it could upset the future bal- ance of the county, and said. “We cannot leave our present partners (in the County of York govern- ment) In a financial strait- jacket, such as the county experienced through Bill 80. What then is the future "If our future Lies with Metro,_ should we join Metro voluntarily â€"-â€" and under wha¢ terms?" Dr. Albert Rose, Chairman of Housing for Metro, and Pro- fessor of Social Work at the University of Toronto, the first panellist to speak, reviewed the formation of Metro Toronto â€" which underwent exploratory moves as early as 1923 under the late Honorable George S. Henry's government of the province. Dr. Rose then compared pop-‘ ulation figures of the six mum- clpallties in York County, con- cerned with some form of amal- gamation at this time, as fol- lows: ‘ 1948: Vaughan 7,785; Markham Twp. 7,519; Woodbridge 1,260; Richmond Hill 1,750; Markham Village 1,389; Stouffville 870. 1903: Vaughan 16, 376; Mark- ham Twp. 13.294; Woodbr-idge 2.293; Richmond Hill 16.000; Markham Vil-lage 4,300; Stout)"- vllle 3,000. But it was not until 1948 that serious talk of a metro area â€" to include 23 municipalities â€" began, he said. At that time Metro planners sought to in~ elude Peel County. as well as those six municipalities present at dthis meeting tonight. he sai . "In .1953, when Metro was created," Dr. Rose continued, there were serious water, sew- Coâ€"ordination Basic Municipal Services mond Hill, Hon. Fred Cass Minister of Municipal Affairs, Dr. Edward Pleva of Western University, Professor Grant Craw- ford of Queens University, Dr. Albert Rose of the University of Toronto and Metro Planner Murray Jones. age and transportation pro- blems. But these services are now right up to Metro's border- line and planning for exten- sion goes weal beyond. We have a good chance to influence the future shape of development. ‘Tomormw is too In“ -â€" we {must plan now”, he concluded. lSuhurban’s Interests Are Wide Dr. Edwan Pleva, Professor and Head of the Department of Geography at the University of Western Ontario in London and Chairman of the planning board for the Greater London Plan- ning Area, stated in his opening ‘remarks, “Fifty years ago a ‘man could say exactly where he lived . . . a certain lot. a cer- tain township. Today we live in many areas. we shop in one, at- tend church in another, our children often go to school in a third, and we vacation in a fourth. etc." “But the Canadian dream is: a single dwelling in the suburbs. Amd this creates the major dom- estic problem in North Amer- ica today." Citing London, On- tario, as an example, he said. "the growth, overnight almost, has increased from 11 square miles to 66 square miles." “How did we getrunity, des- pite fragmentary areas? The close-in townships acted and amalgamated â€" because sur- rounding counties neglected {the pmblem.” Professor K. Grant Crawford, who was born in Nova Scotia is Director of the Institute of Local Government at Queen's, and a member of Kingston Plan- ning Boa-rd and a former Dep- uty Minister of Municipal Affairs for «he Province of Ont- aria, said. "Owing to our con- servative nature most of us are inclined to keep on doing things the same old way. We would‘ sooner stay in a rutt than make I new road!" v ‘ "Bm if times change. and in- stitution (such as County Gov- ernment) does not, then the in- stit'wtion must go â€" it must not impede progress," Professor Crawford maintained, pointing out iihe municipal institution in Ontario has been basically the same for over 100 years â€"â€" “and there is conscious resistance to any change.” This panelist also emphasized, “Once municipal administration was ‘community centred’, but today’s people are no longer thus, their interests are diverse and wide." And he concluded by saying, “Boundaries are man made, they can be changed at anytime. We may have to dis- regard municipal-area structure through political legislation; for it may be ‘the winds of change’ ‘ane starting to blow." He advised the six municipal- ities in the south of York County to study the “meaning- ful resources" at their disposal in local government -â€" and not lose a single day in dealing with their problems. loo-year 01d Gov’t Beaglegt Murray Jones, director of manning for Metropolitan Tor- onto evinced the idea of an entirely new idea of municipal development emerging in ilhe future, saying. "A kind of in- terdependence is developing. This kind of organization (a lit- hle Metro) mingm be necessary. But we are inclined to draw conclusions to early." Municipal Planning Changes He said there is a need to change municipal planning and that Metro Toronto does have regard to land uses in fringe areas, and plans to arrange for development of the municipal- ities concerned on a balanced lassessmenlt.” Answering a question re- garding development to the north of Metro Mr. Jones said. "We will probably be- come an east-west elong- ated system. Development in the north will be limited to small areas. over a con- siderable period of time." He pointed out the CNR ac- cess line was set deliberat- ely in the lower part of the county and a new east-west highway will take other form of transportation. Dr. Pleva answered a quest- ion regarding taxation after an- nexation by saying, "It is just like a youngster before 'he starts earning money. You have to support him”, he stated. "the system of grants is not up to .date in Ontario." He advised the group to con- sider the county as a whole. “Study whehher services now existing in York County could not be coâ€"ordlnated to greater advantage â€" before breaking the county up,” the stated. “York County ls no longer agricultur- a-l, only 13 per cent of the asses» smem is in this category," he added. A meeting of all members of the councils concerned will take place In the Richmond Hill Mun- icipal offices, at 8 pm., May 315t. (tonight) for. further dis- cussion on the subject. In closing Mayor Haggant paid tribute to James McDonald, clerk of Vaughan Township w‘ho spearheaded the meeting. The other member on the committee was Reeve Mrs. Alma Walker of Markham Villager . P“? 6. Don’t do too much too soon. Treat cuts or scratches promptly. . Use pawer tools with cau- tion. Tetanus germs may lurk in manure. Exercise care re insect sprays and weed killers. Avoid stings from bees, wasps, spiders. CARL E. HILLI M.D., M.O.H. (Photo by Huntley) DEPT. OF HEALTH TWP. OF NORTH YORK Gardening Hazards SEE “TINY” WIN WITH CATHERS 4! Experience 4,: Sound Judgment iWatering Restrictionsé |To Last Until Octobert e I: e Ft (‘4 (t [Markham TWp. Markham Township Council‘ hastily put into effect a water‘ conservation program in the south-west section of Markham Township, known as Water Area No. 1 -â€"-on Ma 19th, due to the Weeks of ry. hot weather which caused a water shortage in the two Thornhlll wells. On May 22nd following the holiday. a delegation of High- land Park Ratepayers appeared before the council to thank them for the emergency meas- ures adopted last Friday â€"- when trucks with amplifiers at- tached toured the areas of Grandvlew Estates, Steele Valley Subdivision, and Highland Park â€" and requested residents to cut out all watering of lawns and gardens. At the same time, council gave three readings to a by-law to prohibit watering of lawns, “Except during the hours of 10 pm. to 7 am. from May lst to October." Remember Severe Shortage Mrs. Eric Axelson, spokesman for the group of ratepayers present which included Mrs. Frank Kenwell. Mrs. Eric Higgs, Mrs. L. Dickenson and Herb MacIntyre, thanked coun~ cil for their quick action over the weekend and said. "We re- member that severe water short- age we had in Highland Park 11 years ago." At that time residents were entirely without water for three days and had to go to friends in Toronto to bring back drinking water. - Following this earlier water shortage Markham Township sank the exist- ing two wells at Thornhill and everything was fineâ€" until the two new subdiv- isions in the valley were opened. Highland Park ratepayers want it perfectly clear that they have no groueh against the new residents â€"- but bemoan the fact no consideration was given to further develop Water Area No. 1. when the subdivisions were planned and approved by plan- ning board and council. North York Needs One year ago the 1961 coun- cil applied to the OMB. to purchase three North York wells and to put a standplpe on Bayvlew Avenue. So far noth- ing has developed along this ; rant. The first alarm went out May 18th, when Highland Park resi- demts discovered â€" 1n the One hundred and thirty one York County 4'1 hamemaklng club girls completed the pro- ject ‘Sepamtes for Smnmer’ on May 12th at their ach-leve- ment day. This was held in the Aurora District High School. Honour District «GirlsF At4-H Achievement Day After a busy morning pro- gramme of judging classes and an activity based on fabric selecflon. the girls and leaders were served lunch by the York Centre District Women's Instit- utes. Provincial Honours, the com- pletion of twelve homemaking club units, were presented to: Margaret Jackson. Edgeley; Margaret Cairns and Nora Jane The afternoon programme began at 1.30 PM. with an fourteen homema-king clubs baking pant. Clubs presermng exhibits were, Bogarttown, Van- donf, Buttonviile. Queensviile, Snow-ball and Noblebon. Demon- strations md skits were pre- sented by: Agincourt, Edgeley, Lask-ay, Punpievvihle, River Drive Park. Schombeng, Souhh Van-g- han and Temperanceville Clubs. High-lights of the programme were the two fashion parades. when each member proudly displayed her new summer sepamtes. Mrs. Rosa Amlta‘ge, New- market. President York Centre District Women's Institute pre- sented county honors to ten homemaking club members who completed six projects. They were: Loulse Walker. Bogart- town Diane Toyne. Buttonvllle; Beverley Hunter, Laskay; Anne Marten, Punpflevllvle: Diane Maw and Joan Miller, South Vaug- han; Diana Jennings. Temperan- eevilvle Florence Calms, Sohom- berg; Jean Armstrong and Shar- on Bean, Noblebon. CATHERS ON CKVR-TV, FRIDAY, JUNE I, 6:15 PM. Respected Voice at Ottawa CATHERS, c. . % e midst of one of uhe earliest heat waves in local history â€" there was not a drop of water in street level taps. People who had basements, with laun- dry tubs were able to get a slight dribble of water. but thm was all. No Air Conditioning or Coffee -AAA-~A‘AAnnn Two blocks north. the Gem Store's air-conditioning failed first (it is necessary to have water for this equipment); then management had to announce that due to lack of water no coffee could be made for the restaurant clientele. Nothing daunted and mindful of the people who had gone to their store from the hot and humid outdoors, the store sliced and sold watermelon to assuage their thirsty customers, includ- ing many from the water-less ‘area around Highland Park. It was then Eouncll step in to the rescue â€" and not led residents not to use hoses for othside watering, etc. The sltuaruon Is now under control - and the only objector was a man who had newly seed- ed h‘ls lawn - and didn't think he should have to stay up until 1070'_c_10ch {At night to water it. Told of this by Mrs. Axeison, Reeve Wilfred Dean said. “People are more important than Lawns." Deputy-reefs Mumhenon said,“The irony of this sit- uation has been, that the Highland Park Ratepayers are the ones responsible for Water Area No. 1. coming into being. They paid for it. and now they have I water shortage after all these years." The Grandview Ratepayers'l Association are sponsoring a public meeting on June 8th at Henderson Ave. Public School at 8 pm. The four Fedenal can. dida-tes in York-Scarborough will each be allowed four min- utes to speak. There will be a question and answer period. The four candidates are Frank Mc- Gee, Conservative; M. Moreau. Liberal; E. Phillips, N.D.P. and S. Bimeil, Social Credit. Grandview Estates Hately, Laskay. Assisting Miss Lois Smith, county home economist. with the day’s programme were Mrs. Marion Smi’ch, home economist for Prince Edward and North- thumberla-nd Counties, and Mrs. Ruth Clarke, of Toronto. Notice To Creditors‘i AND OTHERS In the Estate of Ethel A. 11:11.! All persons having claims ag- ainst the Estate of Ethel A. Hall, l-aIte of Richmond H1111, who died on or about the 3lst day of August, 1961. are hereby noti- fied to sen-d in to the undersign- ed Executors on or before the 14th day of July, 1962. full par- ticuiars of their claims. Immed- iately after the said 14th day of July, 1962, the assets of the de- ceased will'be distributed am- ongst the parties entitled there- to, having regard only to claims of which the Executors shall then have notice. DATED at Richmond Hill this 25th day of May, 1962. THE ROYAL TRUST COMPANY 356 King Street West Toronto, Ontario Mrs. Axelson concluded her appeal by asking council to: "Please look after our future with a little more foresight, when planning subdivisions.” By Norman A. Todd Their Solicitor herein PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, May 31, 1962 Executor $2 RICHMOND HILL RWWVMAAAW R Richmond Hill '- TUrner 4-1312 3 INSURANCE I'I HERBERT R9 BUTT @onsumeIS’CBas 168 YONGE ST. N. RICHMOND HII. 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