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VOL. 84, NUMBER 34 Imnummmnmmumun\umnumnn\lm1nu\\\\\m\m\\\u\\\m Mr. Patterson will be the associate minister. is a large and historic congregation in Eastern Ontario. The Patterson's have five chil- dren. Before coming to Richmond Hill he was the minister at Fenelon Falls United Church. iuuuuc nu. .l lllllvsun, u... lowell asserts. Mr. Pinnegar claimed he is qualified under the bylaw. Mayor William Neal told Mr. Pinnegar that he must have been aware of the bylaw when he signed a one-year lease. “If we deviate from the bylaw once, we must always deviate Lav. mumuuuuumuumumumummmumuuunuuummmuumu from it." he Said. Announce Boost In Pay Schedule Councillor Walter Scudds told council the police commit- tee is studying the bylaw. “Do- zens of people are breaking this bylaw by operating TV repair shops and beauty salons in their basements". Mr. Scudds said. Superintendent Gordon Mc- Intyre reported Thursday night that he, Business Administrator Ken Turton. Planning Director Harold Decks and Vice-chair- man W. H. “Dick” Hutchinson had met with a representative of International Business Ma- chines to discuss the possibility of using a punch card system. Previous enrolment estimates prepared by Mr. Turton have usually fallen below the actual figure. Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. McIn- tyre and Mr. Turton are to meet with Assessment Com- missioner Robert Johnston and Announce Boost In Pay Schedule For All Workers Pay increase for all workers in the April 8 election were announced this week by War- ren Bailie. returning officer for York North. Enumerators received a $7 hike in their basic wage from $25 to $32. Rural enumerators receive an additional 11 cents per name recorded and urban nose counters receive 10 cents. The Rev. William Patter- son of St. Matthew's United Church announced Sunday that he had been favored by a call from Trinity Church, Smiths Falls. He will be leaving Richmond Hill In early summer to take up his new work. He came to St. Matthew‘s in February. 1958. Mr. Patterson is the first resident minister at St. Matthew's and has guided the destiny of the congre- gation through its early growth and its building program. Trinity Church. where Mr. Patterson will he the associate minister, is a large and historic congregation in Eastern Ontario. The Patterson‘s have five chil- dren. Before coming to Richmond Hill he was the minister at Fcnelon Falls United Church. Rev. Patterson Accepts Call To Smiths Falls The Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada has made a presentation of $10,000 to the County of York United Hospitals campaign. Mr. D. C. Barrett (centre), Toronto branch manager, makes the presentation to Chairman Douglas Storms of the York Central Hospital who received the cheque on behalf of Mr. Ray Marshall, chairman of the campaign. Dr. Hager Hetherington chairman of the York Central Hospital Medi- cal Advisory Committee and senior medical examiner of the Sun Life com- pany is seen at right. (Photo by Barbour) Plans for a new church to serve St. Mary’s Anglican parish were announced recently. The new building is to be located near the present church on Yonge Street. north of Markham Road. A mod- el shqavgs what the property will look like looking west from Yonge Street when the new build- ing is completed ' Public Library; 56 Yonge N., Richmond Hill, Hospital Drive Gains $10,000 A recently opened chiroprac- tic office faces bankruptcy be- cause of Richmond Hill’s zoning bylaw, council was told Mon- day night. T. L. Pinnegar informed council that Bylaw Enforce- ment Officer Jack Hollowell ivisited his office only three days after it had opened and ordered him to close by Febâ€" ruary 28. Grant Extension While Bylaw Being Reviewedi Medical practitioner does not include Mr. Pinnegar, Mr. Hol- lowell asserts. Mr. Pinnegar claimed he is qualified under the bylaw. Mr. Hollowell's order to close hinges on his interpretation of the bylaw, which permits “me- dical practitioners" to operate in the area. A six month extension was given to Mr. Pinnegar by coun- Defer Merger Decision 0n 2 School Sections Markham Township Council Monday night deferred action m a proposal to merge two tchool sections in the rural :outheastem part of the town- :hip into a school area. Donald McClennan, speaking on behalf of the trustees. told council “3 larger unit of ad- ministration is a practical and economical method of supply- ing a sound education to ele- mentary school children." “Cedar Grove and Locust Hill are the first all-rural school sections to ask for a Trustees of School Sections 20 and 21, Cedar Grove and Locust Hill, appeared before :ouncil to ask for the merger. ASSESSMENT INGREASE ILLION MARK Z "In Essentials Unity; In Non-Es May Start Cards Io Tally Pupils cil. Only opposition to the ex- tension came from Councillor A1 White and Deputy-reeve Stan Tinker. Richmond Hill Public School Board is considering introduc- ing automation to increase the accuracy _ of enrolment fore- casls' at the town's six public schools. Previous enrolment estimates prepared by Mr. Turton have usually fallen below the actual figure. Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. McIn- tyre and Mr. Turton are to meet with Assessment Com- missioner Robert Johnston and Mr. Deeks to discuss the mat- ter further. school area," Mr. McClennan said. Council had invited trus- tees to merge into school areas. Reeve Wilfred Dean suggesâ€" ted two‘more school sections should be included in the pro- posed school area in order to obtain better grants. “This township isn‘t A ready for a townshipLWide school area yet," Mr. Dean stated. “We should keep the rural and urban areas separate." Council deferred action, pen- ding a meeting with Public School Inspector Maynard Hall- man. Deadline for formation of an area, to become effective Jan- uary 1, 1964, would be June 30 of this year. __’__,_____â€"__â€"i RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1963 The nearly million dollar in- crease was up $123,773 over 1960 and total assessment was 24 million higher than six years ago. Mr. Johnston said that on January 31 an additional $136.- 945 was z.dded to the assess- ment roll, with $103,420 of it in commercial and industrial. The report was for 1962 only. A further hike of $350,000 will be added by the end of March, Mr. Johnston said. An increase of $853,860 in taxable assessment over 1961 brought Richmond Hill’s total assessment to $31,169,795 in 1962, Assessment Commissioner R. W. Johnston told council Monday night. Slight jumps in professional and commercial, as well as manufacturing and industrial were reported, although residential still accounted for the bulk of the assessment with 79 per cent of the total. Another jump in the popula- tion for the tenth consecutive year was reported. It is now 18,193, up 950 over 1961. During 1962 professional and commercial accounted for 16 per cent of the total; manu- facturing and industrial hit $1,546,260 for five per cent, with residential and vacant land accounting for $24,628,485 for 79 per cent. The report stated that all land in the commercial and in- dustrial area, including land and buildings of greenhouses as Well as commercial structures on which business assessment had not been applied, is includ- ed in the residential figures. , The ratio- between} commer'a cial-industrial and residential has narrowed slightly each year since 1957. Last year commercial-indus- trial amounted to 21 per cent of the assessment, while in 1957 it was just slightly over 14 per cent. » ' Non-Essentials Liberty; Grants in lieu of taxes were received from the federal gov- ernment for the post office and forestry buildings, and from the provincial government for the liquor store and hydro proper- ty. {Show Good Increase lln Drive Over 1962 7 As well, a grant was paid by the Richmond Hill Hydro for its warehouse and relay station. Assessment has climbed each year since 1956. In 1956 it was $7,378,533; 1957 - $20,890,007; 1958 â€" $24,161,477; 1959 - $27,- 568,352; 1960 - $29,585,848; 1961 â€" $30,315,935, and last‘ year it reached $31,169,795. Richmond Hill March of Dimes raised about $450 more in its annual blitz January 28 than last year, according to fi- nal figures released by Mrs. Norman Todd, general chair- man of the March of Dimes Committee. 0f the 60 appeals to the court of'revision, about 50 per cent were for minor corrections. Seven appeals were carried to county court. A bowling Sunday sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Price of ABC Bowling and a hockey night being arranged by Jack Seaton are expected to boost the $3,500 already raised. Last year, the committee raised a total of $3,600, includ- ing $3,150 in the anpuat btitz. befinite plans for the hockey night will be published as soon as they are finalized. He predicted an increase this year of a million and a quarter dollars with com- mercial and industrial growth up 60 per cent over residential. ; In All Things Charity" Still Fighting! To Get Ba‘yview Paved This Year York County Council will de- cide this week whether or not the section pf Bayview Avenue between the'Markham Road and Elgin Mills Sideroad will be paved and widened to four lanes in 1963. Mayor William Neal reported on a meeting with Engineer E. J. Rettie of the Toronto and York Roads Commission to dis- cuss proposed widening of the street, at Monday night's meet- ing of Richmond Hill Council. Half of the total cost of $222,- 000 for the project would be paid by the province. Remain- der of the expense would be shared by York County and Metropolitan Toronto. Cost of installing the sewers and gutters would be shared by Richmond Hill and Markham Township with Richmond Hill responsible for 70 per cent. Mayor Neal set a deadline of March 1 for a decision on the proposal. “We have two strikes against us," .,-he explained, “It would ~havdv men done. last year if the county ‘had given its ap- proval." Reeve Floyd Perkins assured council that he and Deputy- reeve Stan Tinker were fighting for paving of Bayview at county ‘council. “It looks favorable,” he said. TTC Line Shows A Slight Profit In Last Quarter Richmond Hill came out on top for the last quarter of 1962 on the TTC Yonge Street bus line with their share of the ex- cess revenue amounting to $216.08. An increase of 14,765 pas- sengers over the correspond- ing three month period in 1961 was reported for a jump of al- most $1,000 in passenger fares. Revenue miles hit 43,904, up from 43,805 in 1961, and pas- sengers per mile worked out to 8.08 compared to 7.71 last year. Markham and Vaughan Townships share with Rich- mond Hill in any loss or pro- fit on the service. The town pays 50 per cent and the two ‘townships 25 per cent each. Gross, revenue for the three months was $25,675.38. up from $24,717.16 in 1961. Total operating expenses climbed from $19,585.08 in 1961 to $25,243.22 in 1962. Mayor Kent is in York County Hospital after suffer- ing a heart attack Monday. His condition is reported to be fair. Suffers Heart Attack Newmarket council was forced to conduct its regular business Monday night with- out Mayor Bert Kent. John Addison, Liberal M. P. for York North riding in the last parliament, has been busy fulfilling speaking en- gagements in Western Can- ada and parts of Ontario. Last Thursday he addressed a nominating convention in Red Deer, Alberta, one on Friday- at Wetaskiwin and another in Medicine Hat on Saturday. In his speech to Red Deer Liberals. Mr. Addison said that Canada should accept nuclear weapons. “The ques- tion is whether we as Canad- ians are prepared to defend ourselves. If five are, then two il11mm“lllullllllllllllllllllllllullll“ll\llll\llll“llll“llll\lll\\llll\lll\\\ll umuuuuunmnmmummumummumn1\mmlmmummmuum ‘ Take N 0 Action ‘ 0n Board’s Bid For School Jump iStudy Commissions Lln 3 Other Centres At a closed meeting of the Whitchurct personnel committee of Rich- by Mrs. I mond Hill Council Monday Aurora an night, Councillors Alex Camp- George 0' bell and Walter Scudds were dart instructed to look into the op- A “We eration of other. industrial com- echoed t1“ missions throughout Ontario, the result “The Liberal" has learned. was made The two councillors will stu- majority 1 dy the commissions in Barrie. Blue was 1 Orillia and Oakville and report Mr. Hoc their findings back to the com- children mittee. They were Markham Township Council Monday night held up approval of an increase in the cost of the new Lang- staff High School from $1,108,000 to $1,194,000. Council refused to take any action on the increase until a member of York Central District High School Board attended a council meeting to answer questions. The high school board had hoped to present the increase to York County Council this week. Increase in cost resulted from the board’s decision to increase floor area of the building from 10,020 square feet to 13,310 square feet. Total cost of the build- ing will he $1,575,700, with the federal government paying for $381,700. Mark- ham Township would pay 20.861 per cent of the in- creased cost of $86,000. He went on to outline the Liberal four year plan for Canada. A Liberal Govern- ment. he said, would end unemployment by encourag- ing construction in commun- ities across the nation. The Liberals would also bring in a planned series of measures to spur production as well as offer“tax incentives. more plentiful credit, adjustment grants and the assistance of public capital where necess- aw." we must accept nuclear wea- pons. This is an obligation we must accept if we are to defend this country of ours." In observance of Boy Scout Week the lst Jefferson Troop gave a demonstration of winter survival last weekend. The hardy lads set up their tents and equipment on the lot beside the Hi-Way Market, Elgin Mills. Getting camp organized for the outdoor demonstration are (left to right) Fred Waters, pat- rol leader, Douglas Hannah, John McFee, troop leader, James Haslam scoutmaster, David Laven- der, seconder, and Wayne Bowdery, patrol leader. I (Ph-oto’by Barbour) Jefferson Scouts Spend Weekend Outdoors “HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878” Charles Hooper, Buttonville farmer and deputy-reeve in the Township‘ of Markham, will carry the Progressive Conser- vative banner in the York North federal election, April 8th. Mr. Hooper was nominated by Councillor Mrs. Jean Mofâ€" fat of Aurora at a meeting held in Newmarket on Saturday. It was seconded by former reeve and warden William Hodgson, of King Township. Is Markham Official Mr. Hooper’s only opponent. Richard C. “Dick” Blue was de- feated in a ballot vote. Council- lor William Curran of King Township and Mayor Keith Nesbitt were both nominated but declined to stand. Mr. Hooper, a life-long resi- dent of York County, was born on the Buttonville farm where he now Iesides. His long exper- 1ence in municipal affairs cov- ers a period of more than 30 years. He is a past warden of the county. Mr. Blue, a retired business- man, owns a 350 acre farm in Whitchurch. He was nominated by Mrs. Harold Matthews of Aurora and seconded by Mr. George C. Richardson of Van- dorf. A “We want Hooper" chant echoed through the hall when Mr. Hooper’s wife and five children were all present. They were each introduced by the result of the ballot vote was made known. Mr. Hooper‘s majority over his rival. Mr. Blue was not revealed. Mr. Addison said a new de- partment of industry will be established by a federal Lib- eral government to carry these policies out and to pro- vide practical understanding and help to businessmen. On the family farm, Mr. Addison said. “we do not plan subsidies and handouts and half measures. What we mean is help to farmers in< dividually and working to- gether in cwperatives. We will make programs for land use, for farm credit, crop in- surance, water conservation and long-term credit for crops." Hooper Snags Tory Bid In Fight For York North the successful candidate. He urged that the Conservative cause should always be kept to the forefront of one's thoughts. He charged that Liberal Leader Pearson had made some state- ments that he now regretted. “Let the Americans run the United States and leave the management of Canada to Mr. Diefenbaker,” he said. ‘1Senior Principals’ Pay [Increased Up To $1,000 8242 YONGE STREET THORNHILL AV. 5-1156 An estimated 300 persons were in attendance at the nom- Maximum salaries of veteran principals in the Richmond Hill Public School system were boosted Thursday night by the board from $10,300 to $11,300. The increése means school heads on staff in March, 1961, will earn the maximum in 1966. “In the matter of health,” said Mr. Addison, "the Lib- eral Party wants every Can- adian family to be relieved of the fear of ,crippling - health bills." “The Liberals will provide a comprehensive plan for medical care, a moderate, responsible, practical plan to ensure no more personal pay- ment of doctors' bills be- yond the reasonable mini- mum a person can afford." Doctor bills would be paid by the government for children, persons over 65 and those out of work or on relief. Principals hired after March. 1961, heading schools with under 15 rooms will receive incre- ments of $400 a year up to a maximum of $10,300. In schools with more than 15 rooms. maximum will be $11,300. The board also adopted a H. KEITH LTD. Advertising This is to be worked out MORE MORE Results See page 6, Col. 9 for Keith “Homes For Sale” ination gathering, represent- ing all areas within the riding. Mr. Donald Findlay. associa- tion president chaired the meeting. Guest speakers incluâ€" ded Mr. A. A. "Lex" MacKen- zie, M.P.P. and Mr. Frank» McGee of Scarboro. "The gang-A ing up on John Dlefenbaker in proving a sort of boomerang," said Mr. MacKenzie, “many woters will not stand for such treatment.” sabbatical leave plan for teach- ers on its staff. Adoption of the plan means any teacher who has been with the board for over seven years may take off one year to improve his or her teaching technique or general education. Teachers on leave will re- ceive 50 per cent of their nor- mal salary and must agree to remain with the board for three years after returning from the leave. Also approved was an in- crease from $300 to $500 in the car allowances of the superin- tendent and business admini- strator‘ with the doctors and provin- ces so as not to interfere with doctors’ rights and will allow any province that wishes a different plan to have it if they desire one with more services." A plan for fully portable pensions would also be im- plemented, Mr. Addison told the meeting. Liberal plans to expand the economy would provide the revenue for the programs, he said. AV.5-ll 6 Mr. Addison spoke at a nomination meeting in High Park Monday evening and will be special speaker It another in London. SOLD PER COPY 10c