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2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ont, Thursday, September 13, 1962 More than 100 cities in Pennsylvania. Ohio. Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri lm- pose a tax, usually at 1%. on payroll earnings of persons living or working in the com- munhy. Recently. more and more suburbs. mostly in Ohio and Pennsylvania. have been The attendance of mayors, reeves and councillors and school trustees at conventions has been the subject of considerable discussion throughout the province this year. The depar- ture of a delegation from York Coun- ty on a fact finding trip to Europe has inspired more than usual interest in the question and it would be well if all municipal representatives would tell the taxpayers the whole story of convention expenses and benefits to the municipality. There is some merit in conven- tions. Hard-headed business execu- tives think it worthwhile to spend money to have staff members attend conventions and it is hardly likely they would continue doing it year after year if it did not pay dividends. It is quite conceivable that meetings of,municipal officials and municipal representatives could be beneficial. It is also quite possible the practice has been carried to the extreme and that too many municipal officials and elec- ted representatives are spending tax- payers’ hard-earned money on jaunts and outings which bring little in real value to their municipalities. This at least is the opinion of a growing num- ber of people throughout Ontario jud- ging by reports in newspapers which reach our desk. A Sudbury alderman recently chafgcd that Ontario Municipal As- socxation conventions are nothing but The Glassco report has focussed attention on the inefficiency of the Federal Government. The mammoth operations of our senior government are being swamped in a sea of paper. The Glassco report has suggested that a complete overhaul of the ma- chinery of government and the intro- duction of modern business methods would mean a saving of many millions to the Canadian taxpayer. This newspaper suggests com- parable savings could result from a streamlining of municipal govern- ment throughout this province. This is especially true in the suburban municipalities which have experien- ced such tremendous growth since the end of World War 2. Municipal governments have added many new departments and services that were unheard of a few years ago. Mush- rooming subdivisions have meant a corresponding rapid expansion in the size but not necessarily the efficiency of local government. Town government in Richmond Hill has grown to the point where it has become big business involving the expenditure of many thousands of dollars in public funds each year. The major share of this growth took place in a relatively short time in the fifties. The town now employs a We heartily approve a recent, an- nouncement by Hon. Fred M. Cass, Minister of Municipal Affairs, that the province is to be divided into planning regions. Establishment of regional provincial offices could “pro- vide municipalities with the assist- ance they need more swiftly.” accord- ing to Lorne Cumming.’deputy-min- ister. We hope it will also give them the opportunity to plan for the good of the whole region. We also hope that the plan may light the way for a fundamental re- organization of local government in the province â€" government whose framework was set up 113 years ago and has long been creaking. Region- al provincial offices could promote co-operative effort and legislation on the part of municipalities. The of- fices could also act as co-ordinators of economic planning and development directly with local councils. The need for effective planning on a regional besis is evident in this area where thousands of acres of the best agricultural land has been lost to production to provide space for mushrooming subdivision growth. Other large tracts have been bought up by land speculators and are lying fallow awaiting development. Agri- culture is still of major importance to the economy of this nation. Indis- criminate use of good agricultural 9: , 'An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 cu L Subscription Rater$3.50 per year; to United States $4.50; 10c Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. E. SMITH, Editor and Publisher W. S. COOK, Managing Editor EDWARD MURPHY, News Ed! "Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa" Efficient local Government Municipal Income Tax In The United States Attending Conventions Eh: lihttal levying income tax own. In 12 months ending June 30, 1960. local income taxes totalled $254 million. up neaâ€" rly 10% from the year be- fore. In 1950, such revenue totalled only $70 million in some local governments Pending a statement of munici- pal expenditure for conventions it is reasonable to assume it has been stea- dily increasing in recent years. Dur- ing the same years taxes have con- tinued to increase so it can hardly be argued that great knowledge gained at conventions held from Halifax to Vancouver and now overseas have had a favorable influence on the tax rate. It may be that economy is not one of the items on the agenda of these con. ventions. Members of local municipal counâ€" cils can reassure questioning taxpay- ers by making a frank statement of convention expense so far this year. Taxpayers would welcome a state- ment from Richmond Hill and district municipal councils and from York County Council on the number of conventions attended this year by mayor, reeves. councillors and ofiic- ials, and the amount of money ex- pended. The statement might well be accompanied by an outline of the benefits which would be resulting to the taxpayers as a result of the conâ€" vention visits. - EDWARD MURPHY, News Editor a big party and a waste of taxpayers' money. He was opposing the addition of the mayor’s name to a list of six councillors going to a convention at Niagara Falls. Councillors did not support his demand that one of the councillors stay home if the mayor went. Governments can save the pub- lic money in other ways besides cut- ting taxes. A reduction in govern- ment spending and a streamlining of departmental operations can result in real savings to the taxpayers. staff of over 60 and has eight sepa- rate departments. The Glassco report has shown that our Federal Government is fal- tering under massive incompetence. Before similar charges can be levelled against the municipalities they should begin to study the efficiency of their operations. The fat that accumulated during the lush years of the fifties should be ruthlessly cut away. Mun- icipal councillors should make an ag- onizing reappraisal of their opera- tions, department by department. Councils have been adept at adding more and more departments and high priced department heads. Very few councils have been able to find a way to save on the cost of government. In addition to the basic services during the past decade many councils have added industrial commissioners, plan- ning directors, engineers and massive office staffs. During the trying days this na- tion is passing through every ef- fort must be made to alter the basic management of government. land for suburban development may be bitterly regretted in years to come. .There is no clearer proof of the need for effective planning on a reg- ional basis than in the Niagara fruit belt, which is relentlessly being eaten up by industry and housing. This land is ideally suited for the growing of fruit, because of climatic and soil conditions. It cannot be replaced eas- ily, if at all. Another instance is the way the Lake Ontario shoreline from Oshawa to St. Catherines has been virtually sealed off from public use and pre- empted by factories, private estates and developers. Many municipal problems flow far beyond one municipality's boun- daries. yet cities. towns or townships are severely hampered in trying to cope with them because of these boundaries. No one community can â€"â€" or will â€" by itself save the Niag- ara fruit lands. No single one has responsibility for ensuring that the lakefront is preserved and approp- riately developed. Even in the mat- ter of pollution, how can one city’s bylaw be effective if the neighboring municipality does not have one? Yes, regional planning is most urgently needed, and we sincerely hope that the new plan will do much to arrest and prevent the rav- ages of uncontrolled development. of their the traditional property tax is outstripped by municipal income taxes. They provide 70% of total tax revenue in Columbus. 57% in Toledo. neaer 40% in Philadelphia. From The Wall Street Journal 'ULb‘ 10c single copy A HOBBY TODAY SEEMS TO BE A NECESSITY It wasn’t so very long ago when thc majority of men and women had no time left in their working day for the pursuits of hobbies as we know it. More- over they would have been too exhausted at the end of a day’s work to indulge in a hobby. In the time of our grandfathers and grandmothers nearly all the creative work was performed daily in the home and this was necessary because it could be done no other l way. Their need for self-expression was satisfied although they may not have been aware of it. l What could be more worthwhile than events where adults and youngsters participate. I'd say it was much better than an event put on by one person who anticipates an audience of many people. Fair season will soon be in full swing throughout Ontario, and there’s no place like a 'fair . . . small or large . . . to have a good family outing. There is something of interest, something of fun and some- thing educational for every member of the family. Some people are saying that the day of the small fair is over. Don’t tell that to the people in Wood- bridge and Markham. They won’t believe you. As long as small fairs are owned and operated by people in local farming communities they will provide com- petitions where local individuals can participate. 1 r--.--v._ At more and more events today people are be- coming spectators rather than participants. We have sports events where thousands come to watch and cheer; we have television where millions can watch professional entertainers. But we have fewer and fewer events where the average people can com- pete and show what they can do. But that’s not true of local fairs. It is refreshing to go to them and see how heartily the competitors work and how thorough- ly local breeders enter the contests. As long as the livestock classes are filled and a good percentage of the local farmers both senior and junior are partici- pating the competitions justify themselves. As long as the exhibits of crafts, fruits and vegetables almost overflow the space available to show them, the fair must be considered as successful as any big spectator event. In this day and age the scene has changed for most of us . . . mechanized industry, good transporta- tion, the mediums of radio and television, and the huge chain stores that are strung across the country are at our doors. The private citizen does not have to supply all his daily needs now, as when every housewife baked bread, preserved fruits and vege- tables, cured meat, manufactured soap and candles and spun and wove cloth to make clothes. The women of yesterday also churned cream and made butter as well as looked after chickensV gathered their eggs and tended the vegetable gardens. The men spent their time farming from dawn until suppertime in the summer and engaged in logging and cutting wood in the wintertime. It was a busy life. Modern inventions such as automobiles, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and all sorts of power tools were destined to take the back breaking toil out of most of the work. Factories and other indus- tries lured the farmer away from the farm and they became consumers of goods that they had no hand in producing. The five day week and the shorter daily working hours gave the men of the family a longer evening and a whole weekend and their wives were relieved from baking and making butter and doing endless chores that belong to the farm life of yester- day. The question was how to spend this extra leisure in a profitable manner. The creative aspects of daily living were urged out of the home by mass production which produced varied and cheaper goods but they came back through the window in the form of hobbies, which proves that the human spirit is definitely cre- ative and cannot be denied for long. So the women who made things as part of their daily work are making them again for the sheer joy of it. They make specialized hobbies out of old reliables like making quilts, hooking rugs, dressmaking, weaving, knitting, and Crocheting. They have ventured into the newer handicrafts like shellcraft, ceramics, china painting and have taken a new interest in interior decorating, fancy cooking and baking. More men than ever are interested in making furniture and refinishing old furniture. Others are studying horticulture, land- scape gardening and learn the ins and outs of plumb- ing, heating and electricity. Mass education has advanced us to the point where we do not have to stop with handicrafts for the realm of the mind and the spirit looms largely in our consciousness as never before. Courses of study in many subjects are welcomed by the thoughtful adults who believe in a higher education. New lan- guages are being learned and customs of other people are being appraised for what they are and the best is being assimilated into our own manner of thinking. Art has really come to the fore in our country. Oil painting, music, creative writing, photography and dancing techniques are being explored thoroughly. Our children are encouraged to have hobbies apart from their daily schoolwork, and we ourselves are learning to keep pace with them. The hobby has de- veloped in us the sense of appreciation of fine things and leads us into a world of richer and better living. THE GRACEFUL GARBAGE COLLECTORS â€" THE GULLS The water of the lake is low now and the gulls come in very close. They scan the beach for fish that is washed in by the waves. By cleaning up the dead fish, garbage and other offal they perform a valuable service by preventing pollution of the lakeshore. '1 "v- . .V- ~J r- - . -..---.° r . Gulls are something to watch. The flying sil- houette of a gull against the horizon with a backdrop of green forest is something to remember but they are equally picturesque when they are resting lightly on the water and bobbing on the waves like toy boats. They are long-winged with short necks and legs. Their bodies, heads and tails are white and the wings and back are grey. The gull feels at home on land as in water. His taste runs as far as the local garbage dump. You can find his kind ascending and descend- ing on a place like this almost any hour of the day. The gull also likes to explore the farmer‘s fields in search of grasshoppers and field‘ mice. ml I find ihem yei‘yéociable and good company. They fly in close to the shore many times and their pene- trating cries break the loneliness with their constant calling. 7 i 1 I’ve always been impressed by gulls. It makes me thing of other vivid scenes like the time I made a trip to Nia‘gara Falls in the old Cayuga. The gulls appeared to be following the boat all the way and it seemed to me that their wings were beating in per- fect rhythm with the surging waves. Nothing but boats, waves, sky and flying gulls. Another time I watched them flying in bands around the harbor at Tobermory. To my mind. no lake \VO'lld be complete without a company of gulls. THERE’S N0 PLACE LIKE A COUNTRY FAer M- by Elizabeth Kelson POI/U1 :ligh-ts set at strategic intervals I feel I must complain about the lack of thought and plan-1 ning exhibited by our town's public works department. At long last some work is being1 don-e on Centre St. East. This is! all very good but why are there no signs to let the public know' that Centre St. is impassible? Strely a sign placed west of the. CNR tracks would not be too; expensive. Instead if one wishes} to go from Yonge Street to Bay-: view via Centre Street then after driving over half the dis- tanee. without any warning the road is found to be blocked off. This is typical of the thought- lessness which characterized the installation of the obstacle course down Yonge St. I refer to the absolutely useless traffic from Crosby Avenue to Elgin Mills so as to cause the biggest traffic jams possible. Surely on this stretch of road the biggest problems posed are for south- bound traffic turning east on to Recently, during the very pleasant weather we have been enjoying. I have occasionally taken a walk through the new- er sections of the town on the east side. where I myself also live and have observed with much pleasure the individual efforts of most of the home owners to beautify their prop- erty. Many trees have been plant- ed. fences erected nnd hedges encouraged to grv. Flower beds provide a blaze of colour. Houses have been painted, drives paved and lawns cut and 1‘81de until they look like vel- ve . As I walked along the roads I realized many people had drawn an imaginary line where their property and. they pre- sume. their responsibility ends, at the “town line". Between this line and the edge of the road surface there lay in the hot sun a disgusting waste of weeds and stones with which Crosby and northbound traffic turning west on to Levendale Road. The present traffic lights do not in any way alleviate was intermingled paper wrap- pers. wet torn cardboard ear- tons. old cans and bottles! What sort of people are we? these holdups. Could not an ad- Is it that we do not notice this vaneed greenliight have been eyesore when we are combing installed at these locations. Or our sleek lawns? Do we imagine is it too much to expect from it is “not our job" to clean up our public works department this mess? Where is our pride? that they think and plan before May I, Mr, Editor, with your they act. help. publish this appeal for CRITICIZES LACK OF WARNING SIGNS Dear Mr. Editor. It is said that every barber has a bit of Bach in him. If this is so then this column should already have at least half a dozen readers to start off with. Since Richmond Hill is al- most of city proportion it is more than essential that the culture of our 18,000 people be given some consideration and possible promotion. We are re- fem'invg now to the musical side of the word culture. One should not den-y them- selves bhe simple satisfaction of musical enjoyment or auppre- ciartion and it is towards this end that we undertake to put down a few thoughts. yours and mine, into print. No-one really h-aztes music and almost everyone at one time or another, has wished that they had been fortunate enough to know some little thing or other ahnwt musir in it: varled fonms. How proud is the parent to hear little Joe or Jackie. sing- ing in the school choir or play- ing in the school band. It might sound like the Last Chord or Mutiny in the Brass Section to the critical ear, but to Dad and Mom, it's one great big thTill. Quite often you’ll hear the moved parent say ‘sure never had anything like this when we were kids’. What about the present day} youngsters searching for some- bh-bmg musical just to be up to date? Rock and Roll, The Twist and what else might be around the corner. This is a million dollar business to the record companies and all comes under the dubious label of music. Of the 18,000 plus inlhabi- tan‘ts of Richmond Hill there must be some questions to ask for after all music to Uhe un- initiated can be most confusing. We have personalities to know, expressions to express, son-gs to sing. trumpets to trumple, fiddles to fiddle because after all this music is Big. Just stop to consider the fact that we have TV, nadio, records, choirs,‘ bands. orchestras, schools. churches etc. and so on; we have music for dining. music for dancing, music for sleeping and even music for music sake. So if you blow a bugle. bung a bongo or bow a strad, this will be a column for us. Coming back to ba‘nbers avg-ain-‘w'hy shouldn’-t Bach be around ? After all there was an opera The Barber of Seville, then we Barber shop quartets and Perry Como was a barber. To conclude in a more seri- ous vein music is often refer- red to as the food of love. Life would be very dull to say the least if music were not in ex- istence. so make the most of it and endeavor to enjoy your hobby to its fullest extent. From time to time articles will appear on various subjects from ‘how to improve your son’s tr-umpet playing without selling the instrument’ to pos- sibly ‘Bavroque music and Monti. verdi‘. Markham Township Council Thursday afternoon gave first and second reading to a bylaw which would provide street lighting for the heavily-popul- ated area in the southwestern part of the township. Okay Street Lighting The area is bounded by High- way 7. Bayview Avenue. Steeles Avenue .and Yonge Street. It also includes John Street and Green Lane. According to Clerk H. C. T. Crisp, many streets in the new subdivisions as well as Doncas- ter and Highland Park already have street lighting. A third reading of the by law is necessary before it be comes law. ' â€"“THEâ€" MUSIC BOX 0! Barbers and Bach By RAY STEPHENS D. W. Stainer Centre St. W‘ “Dear Mr. Editor ” May I, Mr. Editor. with your help. publish this appeal for everyone who has a ditch in this condition to go out soon‘ and do something about it. Then perhaps next Spring the effort may be continued so that all the fine work being put in- to the gardens themselves may be complemented by a tidy front border. Many trees have been plant- ed. fences erected and hedges encouraged to gr.\:. Flower beds provide a blaze of colour. Houses have been painted, drives paved and lawns cut and raked until they look like vel- vet. Dear Mr. Editor As I walked along the roads I realized many people had drawn an imaginary line where their property and. they pre- sume. their responsibility ends. at the “town line". Between this line and the edge of the road surface there lay in the hot sun a disgusting waste of weeds and stones with which was intermingled paper wrap- pers. wet torn cardboard car- tons, old cans and bottles! What sort of people are we? Is it that we do not notice this eyesore when we are combing ouvr sleek lawns? Do we imagine it is “not our job" to clean up this mess? Where is our pride? Dear Mr. Editor: ‘ We, at Crothers. are disturb- ed about the combnoversy which is going on in Vaughan Town- ship regarding the dévelopment of a municipal water supply at Ed‘geiley. - 1) Further delay in complet- ing the Edgeley well will in- vol-ve a further delay in con- struction of our needed facili- ties. We cannot go ahead wiflh- out a water supply. Our prop- enty does not have a supply which will even start to mea- sure wp to our requirements. GEO. W. CROTHERS LIMITED COMMENTS ON EDGELEY WATER We are concerned for three reasons: 2) The controversy about the Edgeley well has generated many rumors. The one which requires the most attention is the rumor that Crot’hers has made a special “deal” with council for favoured treatment with regard to Walter. Let's look at we faOtSWflhen we; set ut‘ looking for hand for'Ymr n plant. we looked for a site near‘ a main highway which would have the services that we re: Toronto’s Mayor Phillips announces that he will run again . . . So what else is new? If the Americans hadn’t thought of a similar title first, Canada could have made millions by pub- lishing its “Glassco Report” as: How To Succeed In Government Without Really Trying. Advertising men handling government business say they expect the largest austerity cuts will come in their public relations work . . . And they’ll be lucky if the government doesn’t sue them! Lord Wrattesley, Britain’s naturalist peer, died recently without realizing his life-long ambition to breed a spotted mouse . . . And we'll never know if he’d have called it the Mouse of Lords. In Canada, an RCAF Flight Sergeant succeeded as an Irish peer. So let’s face it. This, coming on top of the Bomarcs, definitely means that the RCAF is no longer peerless. The British army has a practice nuclear bomb which explodes a mushroom cloud of soap flakes . . . Wonder if they call it the X-Bomb? (Brand X, that is.) As a result of a recent order, Metro’s P.C.’s are reported to be feeling naked going on duty without their guns . . . And, as a result of a recent election, Ottawa's P.C.’s are going ON duty with a naked feel- mg. Canada may also have a “soap bomb” in the $1,000,000 campaign to introduce ANOTHER deter- gent. The meaningless backward name would likely have been also readable upside down if they could gave designed a package which poui‘ed from the ottom. Park are accépting Canadian Jollars at par to turn it into a shake] island? One of the Telegram’s reports on the CNE cover- ed its international aspects. The story was written by a John F. Bassett â€" Telegram Staff Reporter . . . Now there‘s a real case of Conservative austerity. This is “Measure Your Mattress Month” accord- ing to the National Association of Bedding Manufac- turers. So take a tape and measure your mattress â€"â€" it will give you an idea of how wide your half SHOULD be. The CBC announces that weatherman Saltzman will be the only regular on 701 when the program re- turns to Toronto. The show will draw upon a "stable" of 25 expert interviewers who by that time, are likely to outnumber the audience. Equip your boat with DOT-approved life preser- vers. Wh'y be half safe? ECO” WANTS BITCHES CLEANED UP by George Maya: 0 Yesterday’s news is not necessarily dead. Resort operators at Georgia’s Jekyll Island Stgte You-m sincerely. "Garden lover" quire. We were not concerned about sewers so much because We have our own plans in re- gamd to that. But we looked at the water problem very care- fully. We found that Vaughan Township had already esta~ blished a well at Edgeley: we were told that the stage of de- velopment at that time was on. 15 part of the already establish» ed program for the full devel- opment of the Ed‘geley supply. When it became clear to us bhat we did not have an ade- quate water supply on our property. we asked township council in open meeting to ap- prove our application for re- zoning along with a resolution it install a water main along the frontage of our property - ‘a matter of less than 3000 feet. Council agreed to recommend 1that the main be installed on ‘a local improvement basis with ithe cost of the main being as- sessed against the frontage. In other words. Crothers is to pay for the main. Hod council not agreed to provide water for us. we could not have considered moving to our location in Vaughan. 3) We are somewhat concern- ed about the reaction of some residents who are opposing the development of the wclli because of the cost of roughly‘ $200,000.00. it is true that the‘ proposal is to add the cost to the municipal debt and retire it through assessment. But what consideration has been given to the well as an investment which will bring dividends in the form of additional assess- ment? This outlay of $200,000.- 00 will probably athnnct many millions of dollars in assess- ment. We. at Crothers, look upon Vaughan Township as the next place where the development of. the Toronto area will spring up. We fully expect that our move to Highways 400 and 7 will be just the first bud In the springtime of Vaughan's devel- opment. But the township can- not attract development unless ‘the basic essential services are Where. Vaughan Township rate- payers, of whom Grothers is one, must be prepared to auth- orize financial commitments. if we expect to attract others to share our tax burden. We hope that this statement of our views has served to clari- fy our position in regard to the Ed‘geley well. We hope now that the matter cam be cleared out of the way. and that we can proceed with construction. Yours very truly, Harry J. 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