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Tories Take Polls; York North Area: The altar flowers, bronze and gold Chrysanthemums, were taken to Rev. and Mrs. Edward Morley who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Monday. Mr. Morley was rector of Emmanuel Church from 1959 to 1960. The church itself was attract- Deputy-rt ively decorated with flowerS, tained that fruit and vegetables by the from the n women's auxiliary who later against the entertained at a buffet lunch- maintenanu eon in the church hall. ed their us Since then, each year at harvest time, as many of the Islanders as possible come to worship again in familiar sur- roundings and renew old ‘ friendships. The visitors this year learned there were high hopes of building a new church before next year and that a rectory had been purchased in Rich- vale for Rev. Kenneth Thatcher and his family. During the service the origâ€" inal bell in its newly erected steeple from the Island. was rung for the first time by a member of the old Hanlan's congregations t Georgina Sutton North Gwillimbury East {Gwillimbury Newmarket. King Whitchurch Aurora Richmond Hill Stouffville Markham Village Markham Twp. Vaughan Woodbridge The church originally was at Hanlan’s Point. Toronto Island and when the land there was expropriated several years ago, the new Emmanuel Church was formed on Mackay Drive in Richvale and the Island con-‘ gregation donated their church furnishings, pews, pulpit, font. organ, etc. to it; . Last Sunday‘s harvest festiv- num I] at Richvale's Emmanuel An- men glican Church was a special they one. Isidel York North in keeping with the trend across the province stayed in the Conservative ranks in last weeks general election as Major Lex Mackenzie swept to his sixth consecutive term in the provin- cial Legislature. A resident of Woodbridge, he has represented York North at Queen’s Park since 1945. In the final returns Major Mackenzie received 18,225 votes. Donald Plaxton, Liberal, came second with 11,992 votes. The N DP nominee Robert McVey ran a poor third with 5,983. Independent William Fuller was last with 851 votes. In spite of ideal weather conditions the turn- out of voters was light with only 58% of those eligible bothering to cast ballots. A total of 64,880 county residents were eligible to vote. A breakdown of the voting by municipalities is as follows: Fuller Mackenzie McVey Plaxton Georgina 19 541 13] 413 Sutton 12 359 40 170 North Gwillimbury 23 860 315 525 East Gwillimbury 67 1294 557 1120 Newmarket 47 1436 371 947 Old Bell Rings In New Steeple Acceptance of the planning board‘s report on downtown parking, will mean the remov- Parking Meter Removal Lost On Council Motion Vol. 86 No. 14 moon 9 0 0|. swan F0 3 T0 Shaffer Windshield By RON CRAINE An act a! stupid. wanton vandalism was committed in Richmond Hill last Sat- urday night. The St. Cath- lrines Chiefs had chartered : bus to travel to Richmond Hill for their 0.A.S.A. game with Dynes Jewel- lers. The bus was parked opposite the arena and the bus driver discovered his windshield smashed by stones prior to the end of the game. The damage done to the bus made it impossible to take the bus on the highway trip to St. Catharines. Trailways Limited came through handsomely for the St. Catharines group by Public Library, 56 Yonge N., Richmond Hill, Ont. 851 18225 180 115 year high new year 31 Reeve Floyd Perkins moved that all meters on Yonge Street be removed, and the motion was seconded by Deputy-reeve Tinker. I Mayor William Neal expres- sed a desire to have all meters removed from Yonge Street, re- calling that in the spring a pe- tition signed by 32 business- men had been reoeived asking for their removal. He said this number represented all the merchants concerned. "I think} tained that when the revenue from the meters was balanced against the cost of repairs and maintenance. they had outliv- ed their usefulness. On a recorded vote May- or Neal. Deputy-reeve Tinker and Reeve Perk- ins voted for the motion, and Counciflors Murphy. Campbell. White and Scudds voted against it. i they should be given some con- sideration," he stated. al of some of'the parking met- ers from Yonge Street and of those on the Sunoco lot. The motion was lBsL Speaking to the motion Councillor Walter Scudds stated that the report re- commended retaining these meters as they discouraged long-time parking, reduced policing and double park- ing aided the merchants and the flow of traffic. De- puty-reeve Tinker asked that the paragraph in the report dealing with the disadvantages of meters also be read. In this sec- tion it was claimed that meters aroused resentment, encouraged overtime park- ing by feeding the meters at regular intervals, may prevent elimination of curb parking when it is deemed necessary, and create problems during rush hours. Deputy-reeve Tinker main- We sincerely hope that it was a very young child or children who were respon~ sible for this act of sheer stupidity. Just what satis~ faction anyone could take from such an inexcusable act is almost beyond hu- man ken. It is unlikely that the guilty party will ever be apprehended, but we sincerely hope that they become as thoroughly dis- gusted with their stupid act as everyone else is. If they are apprehended, they de- serve anything that the law sees fit to mete out as punishment. We hope that they are caught! lending them I bus for the return trip. 94 172 gm 123 318 808 I 289 500 903 551 893 2050 404 440 1423 1704 947 1140 (a) The history of bad surâ€" tlon in this area is deemed face drainage conditions in the vital and necessary as it central and south portions of will stabilize and improve the area is a matter of record. business conditions through (b) The original report was the medium of increased requested in 1956 to alleviate consumer demand. those conditions by storm sewer (f) Storm sewer construction construction. ' ;\vill enable all roads in the area (cl A major portion of areaito be constructed to permanent I immediately west of the standard requirements, to ade- Yonge Street business establish-.quately cope with the antici- ‘ments is zoned for apartinent‘pated increase in traffic due to iconstruction. lapartment development. 'Prlme Requirements ,| (e) Apartment construc- Douglas Allen has announced the official opening of his new architect ofiice at 70 Yonge Street. construction. {apartment development. (d) Applications for apartment} (g) Storm sewer facilities are construction have been held ingrequired to correct existing bad abeyance due to the lack oflconditions now a source of com- adequate storm sewer facilities.lplaint by property owners‘abuty New Architect's Office Opens In Richmond Hill (a) The history of bad sur- face drainage conditions in the central and south portions of the area is a matter of record. Postpone Storm Sewer Approval To Thursday, More Study Needed It was reported that the committee cdnsidered as prime requirements to enable them to justify and determine the extent of the initial construc- tion: Two of these meetings were spent in considera- tion of recommendations by Proctor and Redfern, consulting engineers, in connection with storm sewers in central Richmond Hill. “The work was deemed necessary in a report submitted in 1956,” said Reeve Floyd Perkins, “and conditions are even worse now. Considerable work has been necessary to up-date the 1956 report.” The works committee reported to Richmond Hill Town Council Monday night that it had held three meetingsâ€"on September 20, 23 and 27th. DOUGLAS ALLEN Mrs. Herbert Joslin and Charles Robson are shown drawing lucky prizes at the “Herb Joslin Night" in Richmond Hill last weekend. With the pair is Ted Jackman (left) treasurer of the fund, opened to finance a three-bed ward in the York Central Hospital as a memorial to the late Mr. Joslin. Mr. Joslin died of injuries as he tried in vain to stop escaping gas when an explosion ripped through Maple in August 1962. Committee members report the draw and dance received full support of the citizens of the township and district. Boost Joslin Fund The philosophy of Mr. A]- len's firm will be built around providing progressive “thought to all building types and to in- vestigate what may be previous basic design assumptions.” His previous experience in the architectural field has been extensive and includes the de- signing of elementary. second- ary, separate and university schools as well as office build- ings, swimming pools. churches and houses. He is a graduate of the Univ- Committee of Whole ersity of Toronto and has work- At the request of Councillors ed previously with Shore and Walter Scudds and Alex Camp- Moffat Architects and Pent- bell for more time to study land and Baker Architects. ,these recommendations, 3 meet- He has travelled and worked‘ing of council as a committee in the south-western United of the whole was called for States as well as western Can- Thursday night. ada- E Works Commissioner Otto The office, which will go un- der his name. will be managed by Cecil R. Williams. Mr. Wil- liams is also well known in his capacity as chairman of the Richmond Hill Planning Board. Mr. Allen has a well-qualif- ied background for his position. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 1963 “In Essentials Unity; In Non-Essentials Liberty; In All Things Charity” Although an actual estimate of the cost of the proposed work \will not be available until the engineers complete the specifi- cations, the works commissioner estimated that taking advantage of all government aid Richmondw (Continued on page 18) 1 Works Commissioner Otto Whalen pointed out that there was some urgency in imple- menting these recommendations so that all possible assistance from grants from senior levels fi government mmm be secured. 4. The works‘commissioner be authorized to complete negotia- tions with the Federal Depart- ment of Public Works relative to the cost of sewer installations to service the post-office parking lot. ‘ 5. The works committee re- quirements as established for prior apartment construction applications shall remain effec- tive and form the basis of re- quirements for apartment con-i struction within these sewer‘ areas. l Committee of Whole 1 At the request of Councillors} 3. To ensure an economical and orderly method of pave- ;ment reconstruction, the en- ‘gineers be authorized to prepare the necessary design, plans, estimates, etc., for pavement construction on the streets designated for sewer installa- tions, and that these costs be included for all eligible sub- sidies to permit pavement re- construction in the year follow- ing sewer installations. 1. Storm sewers be con- structed in phases A and B .of both areas 1 and 2. (Ed. note: This was later described as all of Centre and Richmond Sts.) 2. Proetor and Redfern be authorized to complete the design and preparation of tenders for storm sewer con- struction in the same areas. ting the north limits of the post ,oifice parking lot. Recommendations (h) The planning director supports the need for storm sewer construction in these areas. The committee recom- mended that with the in- crease in subsidies from the Department of High- ways and the advantages in including any proposals for eligibility under the Municipal Development and Loan Act, the committee recommends to council that: -ug blood but let's not meant: age the use of it,” he said. . Willllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ‘i Dr. Wachna gave a special thank you to the 50 volunteers from Richmond Hill Women’s Institute. I.O.D.E.. York Cent- ral Hospital Auxiliary, Cathol- ‘ic Women’s League, Bayview Red Cross high school group, St. Mary’s Anglican Women’s Guild, St. Andrew’s Presbyter- ian and St. Stephen‘s Anglican church women both in Maple who assisted in registration, bed care and serving of re- freshments. He also thanked Rev. C. G. Higginson for the use of Richmond Hill United Church. Biggest rush at the clinic was about 6:30 p.m., he said. Before her marriage she was occupied in dress-making and carried on with it on a part- time basis after her marriage until the time of her death. Surviving is a son, William John Leslie, and a sister. Ethel Annie (Mrs. J. Tilley) both of Willowdale. ‘ Service was held today (Thursday) at the Pipher Funâ€" eral Home, 126 Yonge Street North. Richmond Hill. Burial was in Richmond Hill Cemet- iery. NEWMARKET : Former airmen) and airwomen who served at? No. 6 S.F.T.S.. RCAF. will hold“, their 18th annual reunion atj the Dunnville Golf and Coun-i try Club and the Victoria Hotel tomorrow and Saturday. {Clinic Collects £216 Pints Out Of 1300 Objective muuuuuunummnun\uumummumu\Il1mmummmuumm There was a sidenote at the clinic. “We're getting there," was the comment of Dr. John Wachna Tuesday after the Richmond Hill Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic collected 216 pints Monday. Aim for the branch was 300 pints. Dr. Wachna, chairman of the clinic, said that at the last clinic only 175 pints were don- ated. Next clinic will be held in January or February. ll“ll|lllllllll\ll“llll\\llll\ll\“lliillllllll‘lli“llll““llllIlllllu“WWII Headlining the guest-list will be District Governor Dr. Hugh MacKay of Richmond Hill. Regular meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesdays of every month in the renovat- ed community hall in Richvale. Members of the Lions club are presently "cleaning up the hall" after its bout with a fire recently. mummmm1munmumumumuuummuummummmmmnm Maple. Victoria ton, King City. Unionville. The Richvale club, under its president John Bailey, held its organizational meeting in June. aRichvale Lions; ’Charter Night; Tomorrow 7 P.M.§ Representatives will attend from the Richmond Hill and Thornhill clubs, co-sponsors of the Richvale group, along with A good attendance is expect- ed tomorrow night when the newly formed Richvale Lions Club holds its charter night at the local Lions hall on Centre Street .at 7 pm. Police Chief R. P. Rob- bins said there was noth- ing that could be done ab- out the tickets because the cars were illegally parked. “It’s all right to give blood but let‘s not encour- age the use of it." he said. She said there were ab- out five other cars parked in front of Richmond Hill United Church when she stopped about 8:30. She admitted it was a “no park- ing zone". Mrs. Loren Gordon. Church Street, felt it was “a darn shame" that she got a ticket after spend- ing the day canvassing for the V.0.N. and then stop- ping to give blood. At least. two and possib- ly more donors were tick- eted for parking at the Yonge Street clinic. She said good weather and the co-operation of Richmond Hill citizens contributed to its success. The figure is a higher total than the blitz last year. “I would like to thank the canvassers: without their work, we would never have had such a re- wardipg campaign!“ she said. . Victorian Order of Nurs- es’ Blitz Chairman Mrs. Arthur Dixon commended the efforts of the 300 can- vassers Monday night. Although figures won’t b‘e final for a week, totals from the two hour can- vass in Richmond Hill brought in $2,974. Close to $3,000 Praise Efforts Square, Noble- and Markham- Service was held today (Thursday) at the Pipher Fun- eral Home, 126 Yonge Street North. Richmond Hill. Burial was in Richmond Hill Cemet- ery. Surviving John Leslie Annie f Mrs Willowdale. Mrs. Steele was the wife of the late John Oscar Steele. She was an active member of the Thornhill Presbyterian Church and had been a resident of Don- caster for 19 years. Doncaster‘s oldest citizen, Mrs. Sarah Catharine’ Steele, of 23 Morgan Avenue. died at Branson Hospital Monday. Sep- tember 30. She was in her 93- rd year. Senior Citizen Dies, Aged 93 Surviving are his wife, ‘Flor- ence; a son ,John, and a daughter, Shirley, all of Thorn- hill; sisters Muriel. Reta, Lor- etta and Lucille (Mrs. E. T. Pherrill) and brother Ross. Rev. A. I. Higgins of Thorn- hill United Church conducted the funeral service on Monday at the Pipher Funeral Home, Richmond Hill. Interment was in Thornhill Cemetery. Pall- bearers were Charles Hooper, Victor Grainger, Harold Echlin, Neil McDonald, William Rum- ble and Basil Kidd. Mr. Dean was a life member of Patterson Lodge No. 265, AF & AM and a member of the In- ternational Order of Foresters, and of Northcrest IOOF Lodge in Thornhill. He served the In- dependent Order of Oddfel- lows as grand master of Ont- ario for a term. Mr. Dean operated a feed business on Yonge Street in Thornhill from 1930 until 1962. Before that his father and grandfather had operated a wholesale butcher's and drov- er’s business in Thornhill since the 1880’s. Pirior to his election to counvistating that his group was a‘ské cil Reeve Dean had served for ing for a plebiscite on the six years as trustee of Thorn- question. Several other mem- hill Police Village, and eight bers of the public expressed years on the York Centralgdisapproval of the plebiscite and District High School Board. He I o o I ‘ BI I‘llnfl served as secretary of the Thornhill Fieldx Day Associa- tion for five years when Thorn- hill Park was established. [ In January of this year, Reeve Dean was appointed one of York County’s Commission- ers. He was a member of the county’s assessment, emergen~ cy measures, administration of justice, police, welfare and assets committees, and was a delegate to the Association of‘ Ontario Counties. ‘ In his five years on council Reeve Dean has constantlyworked for the orderly devel- opment of the township withthe least burden possible on the ratcipayers. \this area, Reeve Wilfred Dean died in Lindsay Hospital Thurs- day of last week as the re- isult of a heart attack suffered ‘on the week-end while visiting in that vicinity. First elected to Markham Township Council in 1958 as deputy-reeve, he has been reeve of the township since 1960. Markham Reeve Buried Monday “HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878" veteran political figure in area, Reeve Wilfred Dean in Lindsay Hospital Thurs- of last week as the re- of a heart attack suffered WILFRED DEAN is a son, William and a sister. Ethel J. Tilley) both of Lions Volunteer Lead By Pledges, Not Taxes St. Mary’s Expansion All monies contributed will be returned to the donors, he re- ported. if after a concerted effort it is found that sufficient money will not be raised. “I feel that the people in outside com- munities who will use the pool will be glad to contribute," he continued. Grants available for such a project include $1 per person from the federal government for a centen- nial project. $5,000 from the Ontario Department of Agriculture for a com- munity centre, and a grant under the winter works pro- . gramme, it was revealed. Mrs. John Vernon of Gretel Drive, a former resident of Milton, told of the successful campaign for a $50,000 outdoor pool in that town. Population of Milton is only 6,000. Mr. L. P. Hancey, expressed doubt that the money can be raised by public subscriptions, stating that his group was a'sk- Mr. Bennett stated, “After aof raising the necessary funds 101: of work and thought we feelfby taxation. we can help ralse’the money' Councillor Tom Murphy said We'll all have to work together he was in favour of accepting to accomplish this end. It will the Lions. offer. average about $50 to $60 per . home, and no one organization Counc'nor Alex camphe“ - " pointed out that the deben- can.do it alone. He suggested tum debt per “pm was a nine man central committee approaching the border representing all in t e r e st e d . groups. L‘i‘fi' .51.". ‘2"51 ‘31-? Rents in the new apart- ment which will be mod- em with broadloomed floors, balconies, will run from $92.50 to $132.50 for three bedrooms and will be larger than usual in size with outdoor and under- ground paved parking. The committees have worked hard and long for this day, and it is the hope of the Rector, James O‘Neil and his wardens H. C. Mont- gomery and W. Kedwell The building of a new St. Mary’s Church has been dreamed of for a number of years. Now it remains for the parishioners attending these meetings to put their final stamp of approval on the project. Building 130 Apis. “We feel this type of ac- commodation is warranted in Richmond Hill.” he said. The two brothers-in-law known to most of their tenants as “Sam” and “Ben”. have built the Lan- et, Wenmar, Markridge, Markview and Richmond Towers Apartments with a total of 191 bachelor. two and three bedroom suites. St. Mary’s Anglican Church hopes to add an- other page to its 91 year his- tory of progress, October 8th and 0 ct o b e r 9th, when they hold two special meet- ings to plan the financial ar- rangements for their new church on the Hill. Mr. Lazarof told “The Liberal”: “The building, scheduled to start in the late fall will likely be in two blocks, six storeys each and will have a swimming pool.” in the short space of 15 months this week announc- ed construction of their largest project, a 130-suite building on property re- cently purchased in the Trayborn Cresc.-Levendale Road area. Ben Freedman and Sam Lazar-of, partners in a Richmond Hill develop- ment company that has built 191 apartment suites Richmond Hill's two young men in the hard hats are at it again. Displaying confidence and enthusiasm. which was contagious, Lion President Craig Bowden and Lion Cliff Bennett were the spokesmen. The Lions plan, they reported, to organize interested groups and citizens in an all~out drive for donations from groups and private citizens, augmented by grants available. to reach this objective. Monday night town council accepted Richmond Hill Lions Club’s offer to spearhead a. drive to raise $150,000 for construction of an indoor swimming pool. MORE HOMES & LAND LISTED AND SOLD Nickels, pennies and dimes for a total of $62 and a lot of fun highlighted Tuesday's hos~ pita! benefit game between CFGM radio staff and Wood- bine Race Track Jockey’s ball club in the town park. Benefit Baseball 2562 For Hospital A crowd of 250 to 300, ac- cording to Ken Foss. watched the jocks and disc jockeys romp to a tie game. The jockeys paid all their own expenses and con- tributed as well to the collection which will be turned over to the York County Hospital Fund. Mr. Bennett in accepting the challenge closed the discussion with the words, “With the sup- port of all the people I am certain we will succeed.” Reeve Perkins stated, “I will carry my share of the load in .la canvass but. I certainly don't ' want to see it on taxes.” Mayor Neal lauded the Lions for giving freely of time and money to the community in the past. He pointed out the large ex- penses for necessities in the fields of educétion and 3 works programme which are facing the town in the near future, and which will have to be added to the debenture debt. These latter include storm sewers in parts of the town, and the relief of sewage back- up through Beverley Acres. “I admire these people who have offered to raise the money by public subscrip- tion. From the enthusiasm with which they approach the task I know it can be done," he concluded. When he was the sole sup- ‘porter of his motion to hold a plebiscite on the question, Councillor Walter Scudds im- mediately moved that the Lions be asked to form a committee to raise the money for the swimming pool. Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker said "I would hate to have the pool become a political football. I could not vote for a pool from taxes but I will pledge my sup- port whole-heartedly to the Lions‘ plan." Councillor Tom Murphy said he was in favour of accepting the Lions' offer. Councillor Alex Campbell pointed out that the deben- ture debt per capita was approaching the border- line. He reported that a mill levy had been consi- dered by council’s pool committee only as a last resort when no leadership for a public canvass had been forthcoming. He voiced his appreciation for the Lions' offer and pro- mised his full support. Councillor Allan White re- called 1953 when doubt was expressed that sufficient funds could be raised to install artifi- cial ice in the arena. Richmond Hill then had less than 4,000 population. but the sum of $50,~ 000 was raised by public sub- scription and private debentures which have all been redeemed. NORTH YONGE OFFICE 8242 YONGE ST. AV. 5-1156 Speakers will be Mr. H. C. Montgomery. Mr. M Kedwell, andRev. J. F. 0‘- Neil. With the growth of St. Mary's Church from 50 fam- ilies in 1872, when the first Church was built, to 600 families today, the commit- tee decided that the job of visiting everyone with slides and brochures would be too difficult and expensive. In order for everyone to be completely familiar with all the plans, it was felt that two meetings such as'these. October 8th and 9th, would be much more fruitful for all. that the meetings on the 8th and 9th will be the larg- est ever held in Wrixon Hall. PER COPY 10c