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“We might be doing the township police and residents a favour by taking the boys off the road. Again. we might be harming them, I don't know." The reeve noted it would be the first strip in York County and required careful scrutiny. unavailable for his comm He was there Monday night The owner of the lot must agree to sub-leasing to the Leg- ion. it was pointed out. A ques- tion by Councillor Tom Mur- phy as to whether the town would retain control of the lot, was answered in the nega- tive. Councillor Scudds stated that the police would have the same control of the parking lot as they have of plazas. He said the chief of police was satis- fied with the arrangement. The committee's report also pointed out that other business- es could apply for a similar let- ter to suit their parking needs. CouncillOr Alex Campbell had commented that the Three Coins Markham Council Going To Races To See How Drag-Strippers Work strip races. that is. Or is drag-stripping really racing? This and other items pertain- ing to drag-stripping popped their heads up at Monday’s council meeting as councillors wrestled with the do‘s and don‘ts of allowing such a strip in the township. The question, was deferred at last council meeting because Councillor Stewart Rumble was Markham Township Reeve Councillor Rumble wondered leave the~Li0ns Plan, Charles Hooper and his three- if a strip-okaying “is not out of Street East, Richmond Hill. at man council will be taking in our jurisdiction. Sunday sports half hour intervals. starting at the races this Sundayâ€"drag- have not been passed in the 7 p_m_ They will return when strip races, that is. township," he said. filled. A report of the parking and transportation committee held October 8. which recommend- ed the issuing of a letter of tolerance to the Legion. was ac- cepted by council Monday night. Frank Barrott, president of the Royal Canadian Legion. Richmond Hill Branch 375. pre- sented town council with a deed for 15 feet behind its building across from the municipal building on Yonge Street. This land will be used to provide a laneway. In exchange the town will waive the remaining five‘ parking spaces needed by the Legion under Bylaw 1000. Legion Presents Town With Deed For laneway Vol. 86, No. 177 The report said the Leg- lon would like to rent the Sunoco ‘lot from the town. to provide parking needs for evenings and Saturdays. The town some years ago acquiredrthe Snnooo lot to provide off-street parking for downtown merchants. but Chairman Walter Scudds said the whole en- terprise had been a colos- sal flop. The parking lot is not paying for itself and has a lease running until 1969. Because of this the parking committee is looking for a way to get the town off the hook and utilize the lot for the purpose for which it was leased. Of particular interest was a 1961 account for 346 North Taylor Mills Drlve. The notation read tenant moved, left tap running, owner lost house. This ac- count was for $63.84. Councillor Alex Camp- bell remarked that consid- ering the waterworks de- That $367.04 in overdue uncollectable water ac- counts be written off. One of the 1'! accounts dated back to 1955. Notations of reasons the amounts are uncollectable specify bank- rupt, lost house, or no trace. Two accounts for repairs included were the town’s responsibility. Monday evening, Rich- mond Hill Town Council in session implemented the following recommendations of the finance department. Running 'I'up Bill Uncolleclable his comment Public Library, 56 Yonge N-v fiichrfiofid Hill; 50 i “5 mmnuuuuun\mmmmnlmum\mmnuummunnummnmm Three-Car Crash Markham - Yonge Injured Woman Reeve Hooper said he wasn't sure if “drag-stripping was a sport or testing operation." (Continued On Page 3) One passenger was injured in a three-car collision early Sunâ€" day morning at Richmond Hill's “calamity corner". Damage totalled $1.200, when cars driven by Larry Vaillan- court, Keele Street, Maple; Wil- liam C. Jones of Toronto. and Robert C. Pollard of Uxbridge. collided at Markham Road and Yonge Street. Richmond Hill Police said Vaillancourt. who has been charged with failing to stop at a red flashing light, was ap- proaching the intersection. the Jones car was coming south on Yonge Street. and the Pollard car stopped on Maple Sideroad. when it was struck in the en- suing crash. Taken to Branson Hospital with injured wrist and bruises to her elbow was Linda Gayle Rose of Maple. nuummmumuuuuuuummmuumumummmumlmnnuuunu Home and School Protests Board Closed Meeting Sixty-three parking spaces are required under Bylaw 1000 by the Legion. Parking in front of the building and on the Sun- oco lot will provide space for 58 cars. could do the same thing with the parking lot across Yonge St. Councillor Campbell also pointed out that only $85.- 000 in debenture debt was being added by the town this year. This sum is be- ing debentured for a 10- year period at 5% per cent interest, $55,000 is for roads and $30,000 for the arena extension which is self-liquidating. The coun- cillor also said that $250,- 000 of the debenture debt was paid off during the year. making $175,000 less debt this year. Ten dollars was granted to the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. partment had an increase of $200,000 a year, it had a wonderful collection rec- ord. Many businessmen, he stated, would be very happy if their record of collections was as good. Deep concern about the decision of the York Central District High School Board to hold a meeting with municipal councils in camera on October 24. was expressed by the Ontario Federation of Heine and School As- sociations in a statement issued this week. The supper meeting scheduled for tonight was called for the purpose of allowing board members and repre- sentatives of councils in the Town of Richmond Hill, the Village of Woodbridge and the Townships of Vaughan and Markham to discuss the problems of concern to all bodies. In issuing the invitation to the Richmond Hill Town Council some weeks ago, Chairman Robert P. Ross said, “The press is not being invited so you will be able to speak freely.” The statement said: “The Ontario Home and School Federation are appalled that any school board would close its meetings to par- ents and the press, who might be interested in at- tending." The statement was signed by George G. Gray, public relations ofiicer of the federation who resides at 292 Axminster Drive. Bev- erley Acres. U. All-Qniario Champions! Mayor William Neal of Rich- mond Hill confirmed at Mon- day night’s council meeting that he will be a candidate in De- cember for election to a second term of office. Mayor Neal last year defeated former Mayor James Haggart by 234 votes. OECTA Meeting All Day Today day night’s council meeting that Unconfirmed rumours indi- he will be a candidate in De- cate that Mayor Neal may be cember for election to a second opposed by Thomas Broadhurst, term of office. Mayor Neal last a former councillor and deputy- year defeated former Mayor reeve. Last December Mr. James Haggart by 234 votes. Broadhurst lost out by three The only other council mem- votes to Floyd Perkins in a her to make his intentions close race for the reeveship. known was Walter Scudds who John McDiarmid, who served announced that he would again as councillor during 1962, has Lions' Annual Treasure Night At Mart Kenney's, November 7 The fourth annual Richmond evening, contact any Lion or Hill Lions Treasure Night is phone Bennett’s Trophies, scheduled for November 7 at Toronto 363-7275. The Lions Mart Kenney's Ranch Wood- invite you to gather up a group bridge. The evening will feature - roar and enjoy yourself with a draw for 60 prizes which your friends at Mart Kenney’s starts at 7:15 pm. dancing from Ranch. 10.15 pm. till closing, and a snack of chicken, cole slaw,1 If pickles. rolls and coffee. As last year, free buses will The club's annual commit- ment of $4,000 to the York Central Hospital will be the first call on the proceeds of the evening. Admission is $25.00 per couple, which entitles the holder to participate in the ex- citing elimination draw. Ticket holders may bring along friends for the~ small charge of $1.00 for admission and an extra charge for food. Last year the major prize of $5,000 was split five ways by holders of the final five tickets in the drum. speakers W111 and physical ec break at noon : the church hall If you icipating INDUSTRIAL PARK PLANNED Mayor William Neal Seeks December Re-Election are interested in part- in this fun filled iuc for uncheon in be a candidate for the Ward 1 seat. Offers Accepted Improve Dufferin mum1quumuuuumuuuuumuuuum11mumm\umuuuuuum Offers to sell parcels of land to Vaughan for the im- provement of Dufferin Street were accepted by council. The land needed totals 9,911 square feet at a total cost of $3,316. of which $2.793 is land value and $643 is damages, etc. mmunmnnummmnunnuunmmiunmmmmuuummummb Making the offers were Mrs W. E. Lapping, K. Sharp, G and A. Hansen, Adeline Moore D. T. Sackfield, J. G. and S. K Fitzgerald. An agreement of pur- chase for approximately 11‘: acres of industrial land on Newkirk Road has been sent to Airflow Develop- ments Canada Ltd., Coun- cillor Alex Campbell, new- ly appointed chairman of the industrial committee. reported to Richmond Hill Town Council Monday night. The firm plans to erect a factory on the site for the manufacture of airâ€"con- ditioning equipment. other prospective buyers have shown interest in in- dustrial land in the same area. acmrding to Mayor William Neal. In Essentials Unity; In Non Essentials Liberty; In All Things Charity” RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1963 Land Sold For Factory . Richmond‘H‘ilI’sT‘ljvné‘s Jewellers, winners of the 1963 All Ontario Intermediate “A” Softball and Metro Majors Fastball champio ships line up for the final inning . . their team photograph. From left bottom row are Jim Gregdi‘y, Skip DeGee’r, Bill Robson, Chico Fernandez, Ken Coultes, Neb Gayman. (Back row from left) Vern Dynes (sponsor), Tony Centa, Mattv’Kinnari, Sil Steffan, Stan Thornington, Moe Williamson, Ray Judd, Frank Hughes, Gary Smith and Russ ‘Casey’ Cripps (coach). Missing, Brent Selvage. Councillors Alex Campbell of Ward 2 and Thomas Murphy of Ward 3 both indicated to “The Liberal” this week that they are still undecided about seek- ing re-election. Should Mr. Murphy run again, he might have opposition from Mrs. L. been mentioned as a possible contender for the Ward 1 seat against present Councillor Wal- ter Scudds. Illullllllllllllllmllflll[ulilliilllllllll\\\lll\\lll\llll\\llll“lll\\\lllllllluli Shouldn’t Allow Cars Stored ’Til They’re Antiques lull““lHull“lll“\lllllllllllllllllllll‘lll“llllllllllllll‘lllllulllllllllllll“ 600 Canvassers Needed For November 18 Town Pool Blitz “We shouldn’t allow stor- age of cars until they be- come antiques,” was the general comment at Vau- ghan's council meeting Monday. Council, through its plan- ning committee recommen- dations, will direct solici- tors to prepare a bylaw for licensing and regulating of all service stations, public garages and storing, park- ing. etc., of all vehicles. Basis of the bylaw is complaints about casual storing of old vehicles. in particular on property on the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Spruce Avenue in Richvale. "This type of operation generally is creating the majority of complaints re- ceived by the township," a committee report indicated. First plan of attack, he said, centres on splitting areas of the town up via the ward system. Mr. Sale explained this approach was being used to ensure “the entire town is Forces are currently be- ing marshalled for a swim- ming pool blitz in Richmond Hill with “D” for invasion day set for November 18. “We‘re still busy organ- izing ourselves,” cemented Peter Sale of Beverley Acres who is chairman of the can- vassing committee. ..“Each of the four wards will have a canvass chair- man," he explained. “Under the chairman will be 10 or 15 captains and under them will be 10 persons who will do the actual canvassing." If Councillor A1 White deâ€" cides to stand again in Ward 4 he will be opposed by Mr. Rob- ert Saunders of 22 Benson Ave. Mr. Saunders, first candidate in the field last year, was defeated by Mr. White in a three-way race. P. Hancey, 173 Sussex Ave., who is seriously considering seeking the Ward 3 seat. Ward 1 takes in residents living north of Crosby Avenue, east of Yonge Street; Ward 2 comprises the area between Markham Road and Crosby Avenue, east of Yonge Street; residents residing south of Markham Road and east of Mr. Craig said Ontario Water Resources Commission has been looking for the source of the trouble for two months and now believe it is a bacteria, working in the water during warm weather when iron content is high," he sald. New Machine To Freshen Water Markham Township has ord- ered a $3,000 chlorinating machine which will eliminate a “fungus growth” and take the smell out of the water from parts of its water system. Water Commissioner Walter Craig stated the water may contain an odour and look like sewage but it tests “grade A." Many residents in the south- west section are boiling it be- fore drinking or cooking. completely covered The present setup applies only to home canvassing with plans for industrial and com- mercial properties to be worked out at a later date, he said. The pool has been official- ly named the Richmond Hill and Community Centennial Pool. If built in conjunction with Canada's Centennial celebrations in 1967 it will be eligible for a special fed- eral grant of $20,000. A further provincial grant of $5,000 is also expected. The estimated cost of the pool will be $200,000. Plans are for an indoor pool junior ol- ympic size. A suggested “We expect the home campaign to go about a week," he stated. Markham Figures Show Increases I963 Assessment Yonge Street are in Ward 3, while all residents living west of Yonge Street are in Ward 4. Township Assessment Com- missioner Robert Thomson re- ported necently that total asse- ssment for the year amounts to an increase of $945,274.43 over 1962. Residential increase totals $879,030 and commercial and industrial $137,219. Mr. Thomson noted popula- tion figures total 14,800 which isn’t a “jump in accordance with the assessment.” Over 100 persons. he said, were “lost” to the township due to annexa- tion by Stouffville. Residential assessment is up 1.9 percent in Markham Town- ship this year while farm asse- ssment has taken a 2.19 percent decrease. Total asséssment in Thornhill amounts to $716,490.74 and in Unionville $610,985.84. Assessments for public scho- ols totalled $20.014.022.86; and for separate schools. $882,000. The farm decrease is due to annexation of lands by the Vil- lage of Stouffville. “HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878” model of an indoor pool prepared by Mr. P. F. Kel- lean is now on display in the window of the British Mortgage and Trust Co. Yonge St. S. Chairman of the project is Cliff Bennett of the local Lions Club. Members of the pool pro- ject along with Chairman Bennett are urging the pub- lic to get behind the current drive “to get it going and keep it going.” Anyone requiring further information or desiring to aid in the canvassing is ask- ed to phone either Mr. Ben- nett at TU. 443113 or Mrs. John Vernon. secretary, at TU. 4-7366. At a meeting called Tues- day night, Mr. Sale said the VaughanToBuy7lAcres In Price Control Bid IRWINlllll“mm“llllllllllll\llllll\\lul\11l“11llll\lllllll\ll“ll“llllllllll Welfare Costs Down In 1963 Sale of about 22-23 acres in the parcel, formerly owned by Nelson Bowes, is currently be- ing discussed with a potential buyer. Reeve A. H. Rutherford said. Re-sold by 1964 ‘3|.oca| Planning Director Versus rMetro Board In Sparring Match H foHows on the heeb of a recent announcement Vaughan le hmtau a $60Q000 sewage plant to service the industrial land bounded by the raflway yard. The land is to be re-sold by the end of 1964 and no deben- tures will be issued because the mum“llllllll“\llll\\lllll\ll\lll\\\ll\lllllll“1‘\llllllllllllllllllll“mill“) An exchange of letters bet- ween Richmond Hill Planning Director Harold Deeks and Metro Planning Board offic- ials regarding the latter’s pro- posed official plan indicates fur on both sides has been rub- bed the wrong way. The létiérsw wére produced at Tuesday night's local plan- ning board me_eting. Member Ross Scrimger said he felt there had been a mis- understanding. “I feel concerned,” he said, “that we might have gotten off on the wrong foot which could have been avoided by replying to Metro's letter in a di- Vaughan Council, in an attempt to control in- dustrial land prices, will purchase about 71 acres for a proposed industrial park adjacent to the C.N.R. marshalling area. First two readings of a bylaw authorizing the purchase at $3,000 an acre were read at Monday’s council meeting. The moveiis another step in Vaug‘han’s aim for $4,000,000 worth of assessment by 1965. Monday evening a report from Welfare Officer N. Lewis covering the first six months of 1963 was refer- red by Richmond Hill coun- cil to to the personnel and welfare committee for study. The report indicates somewhat less need for welfare assistance than in the same peribd in 1962. For the first six months of 1963 recipients of wel- fare included 54 heads of families with 147 depend- ents, and 11 single persons, for a total of 212 persons. In 1962 comparative fig- ures were: 57 heads of fam- ilies with 189 dependents and 47 singles for a total of 293 persons. Eight males and two fe- males were found unem- ployed in the first six months of 1963, and one male and two females were admitted to York Manor. Net cost to the munici- pality was $4,417.71. Total expenses were $8,534.01, with payments from the provincial government and other municipalities amounting to $4,116.30. idea behind the canvass is to demonstrate the community really wants a pool. In addition to actual cash donations, a pledge system will be used. Working on the figure of 10,000 homes, it works out to about $1 a month per family over a year which may be in the form of bank or payroll de- ductions when this is ar- ranged with local bankers. The land for: the pool has not yet been made firm but will be donated by the town, as will all the promotion work by the Richmond Hill Lions Club. MORE HOMES & LAND LISTED AND SOLD “In other words, for every dollar 25 bricks will be add- ed to the pool and not used to defray expenses of the The council hopes to attract larger factories and other in- dustrial users to the tract which will eventually be ser- ved by highways, railways, hy- dro, water. gas and the new sewage system. Vaughan as de- velopers will lay out the streets and watermains. Deputy-reeve Jesse Bryson said the proposal “is one way of getting an industrial settle- ment started and will keep prices for industrial land at a reasonable level". The land will be sold at about cost, he said. vendor will accept a small down payment and payments on the mortgage will be made as the land is sold by Vaughan. Asked if the council was con- sidering purchase of any other industrial land to tie in with the development, Reeve Ruth- erford said, “We will see how this works." The parcel involved is part of township lot 10, Concession 3. lying West of the Newmarket C.N.R. line. By-law for its pur- chase will be forwarded to the Department of Municipal Af- fairs for approval, prior to the third reading. ‘0.M.B. Approval 1 Councillor Ruth McConkey, {chairman of the waterworks committee, also announced at ithe meeting Vaughan's request to the Ontario Municipal Board for capital budget revision to allow construction of the sew- age plant was approved. The verbal okay came from the 0. MB. three days after it was forwarded by Vaughan, Mrs. McConkey said. The plan must now be approv- ed by the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission and the Metropolitan Toronto and Re- gion Conservation Authority. The work. anticipated to be completed by the summer of 1964 may or may not be a win- ter months project but will qualify for winter works finan- cing. councillors sald. NORTH YONGE OFFICE 8242 YONGE ST. AV. 5-1156 At one point the letter states "from the minutes of your meeting we have received the, impression there are major dif- ferences between the views and plans of the two boards." ferent tone.” Metro's letter to Mr. Decks complained he had “incorrect- ly represented the text of the proposed official plan" as re- gards several points. In reply, Mr. Deeks wrote that Metro’s official plan is in conformity with Richmond Hill's existing plan but it will be changing in the future and (Continued On Page 8) campaign," Mr. Sale sajfl When the pool will be built depends on the com- munity canvass he said; it is hoped by next summer. Compensations for dona- tions will be made in the form of free admission and/ or free swimming lessons once the pool is solidly in operation, Mr. Sale pointed out. Mr. Bennett expressed his thanks to the town of Milton who spent six months pre- paring plans and canvass procedures for their outdoor pool canvass and whose ma- terial Richmond Hill is mak- ing use of. All the service clubs will be contributing and. as a kick-off Tuesday, Chamber of Commerce pledged $50. PER COPY 10c