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Questioned by committee members, Mr. Gordon could The introduction of a long-awaited railway com- muter service for the out- lying suburban areas was dealt a cruel blow last week by C.N.R. President Donald Gordon. In his annual report to the special House of Commons Committee. the outspoken head of the go- vernment-owned C. N. R. stated. “the solution in Montreal and Toronto is a rapid-transit service. quite different to the service the railways can provide. Rapid- transit is not our business." Mr. Gordon said. He went on to say it is not planned to extend commuter services as they are currently cons- tituted. ru mruuwn uw vt‘ars. w-e burgery objected to a proposed: "‘"W' """" "“ “'““ ' Next step‘for the village will round-up of the year's act- ,. was the first atient admitted to hone thM "‘W w“ ran- sewage plant in their area and1 “1301" Remember the best be to approach the Ontario ivlties and the first look at the neyriiofiuabgfiifiaff Ciggfeoftzfififs3:;StMgilovlggazgcxefs a long_time regident of Richmond ‘ ‘ ‘a osp . . nun 9n ~iv-e "w MW» the asked if another site could be: Christma‘: present is your Municipal Board with their the new year‘s news and r ' “m, “vamp”. "WM, m iflbtained further from housing:I nvreseme‘ "w Chief said' icase. County Solicitor J. D.. views in our area commun- Hi1] Where She and her hlleaIld Were the Popular owners Of Reamans varieghstforfi. 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Cober. w emm“ll“lllI“llllllllllllllllllllllll“I\lml“IIIllIlllmill“I““llllllllllllll“ll“llll“mull“Illlll“!ill“llI“!l“Illmm“!llIlllIIllll“llllllllllllll"lllllll“l“lll11lml“llll“lllNlllmllWm“lllll“lllml)llmm"llllllIll)llllllill“illl1l)llll)l“Illlllll““lllllmmml“llllllllllllllllllWW“ll“ill11111111“ll“lllmlllllllllmull“lllllllllllllllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllIllmlm)llmmmlmlllllmal[mammalm\m1mm)mum“)111mm“)“munmmmumm“mumm1l1|1111lmnmmmmlmmlIllll\llllllllllll“\lllll“llllmmmlmmmmm‘m““mmmmmmuuu“mmmmÂ¥I _ _ _ _ A _ For the first time in the his! tory of Richmond Hill members serving without remuneration on the library board. parks board. recreation committee. arena association. and the town’s representatives on the York Central District High School Board were entertained by town council at a banquet Wednesday evening of last week at the.’l‘own Inn Restaur- ant. Purpose of this event. which it is hoped will become an‘ annual'one. was to express council‘s appreciation for the many‘ hours of volunteer serv- ice given the town in various phases of activities by these groups. Councillor Alan White pre- sided and introduced the head table guests, chairmen of com- mittees. who in turn introduced the other members of their groups. The chairmen were Ray Gem- mill. recreation: Al Smyth, parks; Mrs. P. Townsend. lib- rary, Harold Jones. arena; and Lew Clement. only represent~ ative of the high school board. ti\lllllllillllllllllllill\llllllll“\“l‘tllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllll\llll\llVolunteers .4 re i Mayor William Neal express- ed council's gratitude for the wealth of accomplishment of these volunteer workers. and asked forgiveness for any cri- ticism of their effort which might have been made. William Ruttle. who ser- ved for six years on the i recreation committee. the last three years as chair- man. was presented with a framed illuminated scroll which recorded council‘s i appreciation of his services. ' The scroll read: ’ Presented to William Ruttle 0n the occasion of your re- tirement from the Recreation Board. we the undersigned. on behalf of the citizens of Rich- mond Hill. take pleasure in ask- ing you to accept this token of our appreciation. As a member of both the recreation board and the parks board. your keen and active interest on behalf of these community endeavours. will long be remembered by young and old alike. We feel we have indeed been’ fortunate in having the benefit of your services as a member ‘on the above boards. and we al- so wish to express our gratitude to you for the time and effort. you have devoted as chairman of the recreation board. 1 The scroll was signed by‘ Mayor William Neal and Town. Clerk Russell Lynett. ‘ Two Seek (chit; Cabinet iPostsl Stoufiville Reeve Winfred Timbers and North Gwillimbury Reeve J. O. Dales announced their intention of running for! York County Commissioners} Tuesday night following the; county‘s December meeting. ‘ Current commissioners are Vaughan Reeve A. H. Ruther- ford Iwho is seeking the'ward- enship of the county next year) and Reeve Ken Rogers of East Gwillimbury who was defeated in his municipality‘s recent el~ ection. No other names to date have been put forward for the coun- ty's cabinet. Wednesday night was the final meeting for year for the 1963 season. ‘ Itut-IuInmmmmmmminnuuuuiuIwhimtuninuitfiihnuw Councillor Alan White pre- sided and introduced the head table guests, chairmen of com- mitlees. who in turn introduced the other members of their groups. The chairmen were Ray Gem- mill. recreation; Al Smyth, parks; Mrs. P. Townsend. lib- rary, Harold Jones. arena: and Lew Clemenl. only represent~ atlve of the high school board. Town Honours Volunteer Boards Vol.36, No. 25 "The Liberal“ regrets any embara'ss'ment caused the very efficient volunteers by this ovnisfion. We hold our lnval volunteer firefight- ers in him regard and are mnst apnrcciative of the services (“or have renrlor- Ml lhrnl'fl! "w \‘earc. “'8 hang lhpO "u" \r‘“ I‘nnfi. nun 0n "lro- the 0mm: "‘9 gamn A\rrl|nnt :orvirc In the fufurv. In our resume of lhe re- port which appeared in our last issue. the word “not” was inadvertently omitted [mm the srntoncr “such appointments would NOT clinxinate volunteers“ so that it read "such appoint- mr-nts would I‘llmivwlo vo- luntoers." Volunteer firemen will still be most necessary in Richmond Hill even if {our permanent men are hired. Firs Chief Alf Slang sers- sec! in his year-end report to council lasl week. Volunteers Are Still Necessary Says Fire Chief Senior Citizens Welcome Christmas LNR. President Donald Gordon Doesn’t Favour Commuter Service Public Library, 56 Yonge N., Richmond Hill, Ont Any hope of Metro or the province subsidizing such a service seems rether remote at this time. With Premier John Robarts forecasting an increase in provincial taxes and demanding a greater share of federal revenues the province certainly isn't in a position to subsidize offer no hope for an early solution to Metro's commu- ter problems. He said the view of the railways was that commuter services ha- sically are a losing proposi- tion. The only ray of hope offered by Mr. Gordon was the suggestion that the C. N R. might be able to work out a joint scheme with Metro "if they will guarantee some urt of minimum return". Also applying were Arch Con- struction Ltd.. Don Mills. $89,256.50: Crosstown Paving, $81,125.98; Mel Rnn Constl. $79,609.21: A. E. Rule. $86.036: Dagmar Const. $78,468.25: Armstrong: Bros.. $70271: Goff- ney. 587.554: and Quist $78.- 995.80. Council awarded the job of conStructing a sewer project in the Thornhill area to Ruscica Bros. which submitted the low tender bid of 536.854.50. High- est bid was from Leaside Con- tracting Co.. 389.000. In other business Shouldice Surgery objected to a proposed sewage plant in their area and asked if another site could be obtained further from housing developments. Markham Awa‘yrdis Estimates for the bridge var- ied widely among nine con- tractors who competed for the job. Tender to construct the Flaska bridge on the 5th Con- cession of Markham Township was awarded to Inverleigh Con- struction of Milton which en- tered the lowest tender price of $59,304. ‘ Members of the band are (left to right) front row: Mrs. E. Mas- ters and Mrs. Ethel Costof’f. mouth organs; Mrs. A. Marsden, cymbals; Mrs. Audrey Sykes, guitar; Mrs. Grace Sayers. kazoo and bells. Back row (same order) : Fred Rose. Dan Baker and A. Marsden, mouth organs: Mrs. V. Lomax, triangle and kazoo; and Mrs. Elsie Burnie, tambourine and leader of the band. Christmas carols were the order of the day at the annual Christ~ mas party of Richmond Hill Senior Citizens. Carols were played by the proficient rhythm band shown above, and then the band led the entire group in the singing of carols. The party was held December 11 in the Richmond Hill United Church Education Building. 77 _ __ Stouffville Reeve Winfred Timbers and North Gwillimbury ReeVe J. O, Dales announced their intention of running for York County Commissioners Tuesday night following the county‘s December meeting. It had been suggested earlier that completion of the $87,00(L000 new Vaugâ€" han marshalling yards in 1965 would release present facilities in and around Metro for use in a commu- ter service. Mr. Gordon said it was an expensive propo- sition to provide a service particularly when it appear- ed that the outlying suburbs. the towns and villages were getting all the advantages while the main burden was carried by the city. Mr. Gordon‘s statements before the House of-Com- mons Committee followed commuter services. T h e same applies to Metro which is facing many major capital costs including an ambitious educational program. so wish to express our gratitude: In accepting this permanent to you for the time and effort record of the town’s apprecia- you have devoted as chairman tion Mr. Ruttle said that his re- of the recreation board. signation had been made with The scroll was signed by deep regret but hoped to be Mayor William Neal and Town available in the future to serve Clerk Russell Lynett. lon boards in the municipality. Current commissioners are Vaughan Reeve A. H. Ruther- ford (who is seeking the ward- enship of the county next year) and Reeve Ken Rogers of East Gwillimbury who was defeated in his municipality's recent el- ection. No other names to date have Richmond Hill Police Chief R. P. Robbins this week called the phrase "If you drink. don't drive" good advice but the sameI old record. ‘ “When it comes time to present them. be there in Person. Remember the best Christmas present is your presence." thn chief said. “Let‘s have a look at what Christmas has in store for us... a chance to gather with our families, our friends . a chance to re- new the joy and faith of a close. family . the chance to give. your loved ones a gift. “To suggest all people who go out during the holi- day season will or should refrain from drinking while possibly the best advice is asking more than we can possibly expect. Chief’s Message Best Present Your Presence RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1963 Existing facilities. or addi- tional facilities on existing rights-obway, could carry 1,200-passenger commuter or transit trains, taking 45.000 In tabling the report Mr. MacNaughton said it was physically possible to operate rapid-transit and commuter service on the 15 rail lines which fan out from central Toronto. closely a 50â€"page report made public by a special committee set up by Premier Robarts last December to study the whole question of an over~all transportation plan for Metro. The com- mittee was under the joint chairmanship of Highways Minister Charles MacNaugh- ton and Transport Minister Irwin Haskett. \umunmummithllu\1nmu\nm\umum“mumunmumumm Councillor Walter Scudds rounded out the evening's en- tertainment with a display of leEerdemain which proved that the quickness of the hand will déceive the eye. Will Not Referee For Annexation Nobleton's Bid nulnumlmuummn1mumImmmnmmummmumummmlmn The decision came at the county's Tuesday night meet- ing when Nobleton Village Trustees Chairman H a 1' old Long asked for county support. King Township Reeve Ray Jennings from whose territory the land would be taken said. “It would have been nice for the village trustees to have discussed this with township council." * There are about 276 acres in the village with 1.000 populaâ€" tion. Mr. Long said the village was allowed to have 500 acres for every 500 population and 20 acres per 100 people after that. Next stepfor the village will be to approach the Ontario Municipal Board with their case. County Solicitor J. D. Lucas said. York County Council voted not to act as referee in a Noble- ton Village request to annex land for boundary extension. Mr. Long claim e d the trustees had three times asked for a hearing with the senior group without success. John Crawford, who has served as clerk of Whit- church Township for more than 30 years died sudden- ly Tuesday evening at his home. Mr. Crawford, who succeeded his father as township clerk. was born In Whitchurch Tawnship. John Crawford Dies Suddenly “In Essentials Unity; In Non Es tCall For Tenders ;By January 3lst ‘ForBevAcres P.S. “Further studies are re- quired to establish the de- mand for these services and supply essential information on the economics of opera- tion." the report said. Mr. MacNaughton said the report completes the first stage of the study. The second stage, to be launched immediately will include a general survey of the area to determine the over-all advantages of an improved railway system. and the feasibility of putting one or more lines into operation on a trial basis. This would determine ac- ceptance and effect of this form of commuter transpor- passengers into or out of the downtown area during peak hours. Woodbridge Reeve Nom Garriock, who ~at first fav- oured the assegsment on a broader basis. reversed his stand when the Bryson-Hoo- per resolution was put for- ward with the comment, "Perhaps the 1964 commit- tee would approach the municipalities to see what is bothering them about the county system." He said he could sense the dissension among members. Reeve Hooper called for a more detailed report. “ I don't feel we should jump forward into this until we know,where numuuummum\mmmnmmum\uuuummuuuummmmuml In a resolution put to council Tuesday night a by Vaughan Deputy-reeve Jesse Bryson and Markham Reeve [Charles Hoopâ€" er, appointment of a county as- sessment commissioner was de- ferred “and that in 1964 the county assessment committee acquire detailed information respecting the application of county assessment clearly est- ablishing the effect of the im- plementation of the new prov- incial assessment manual and presenting such for study by council." ' Richmond Hill Public School Board will call for tenders Ja- nuary 31 for its eight room ad- dition to Beverley, Acres School. Luau.va u: 1.9.uvl-l. Aw,7,z:_\ll vu 9â€"..vvu -n The bc‘f-Txrd h budgeted $175,000 for the construction. The department of education has approved grants on $140,- 000 for the classrooms and $20.- 000 for the library section. Addition is expected to be open for next September‘s school term. The Ontario Fire Marshal's office has approved the addition plans subject to the conditions that a fire wall be constructed between new and existing parts of the school, that a supervised electric fire alarm system be in- stalled throughout the school and that construction is plann- ed so that additional fire walls will not be needed when the second storey on the school is built. The fire marshal also re- commended sufficient space he left for properly designed exit stair doors which would be needed for future development. County-Wide asseSSmPnt. cur- rent York County Council hot potato was neafly dropped in the laps of the ‘1964 members. :Should Debate Principle" Garriock County - Wide Assessment I964 Council Problem Edition Monday Liberal Offices Closed Dec. 25 - 26 Our Yonge Street South offices will be open Mon- day and Tuesday and clos- ed Christmas Day and Box- ing Day to give our staff an opportunity to enjoy the Christmas season with their families and friends. We will re-open next Friday with our New Year’s edition brought to you on January 3 including a round-up of the year's act- ivities and the first look at the new year‘s news and views in our area commun- lty. “The Liberal’s” 1 9 6 3 Christmas edition will be published next Monday, December 23 to bring greet- ings from the staff and ad- vertisers to our many read- ers. sentials Liberty; In The report said most of the lines could handle one or two trains during rush hours. with minor improve~ meats in the existing facili- ties. Services of this nature The new Canadian Natio~ nal Railways assembly lines in Vaughan. and the new Canadian Pacific Railway yards in the Agincourt area are scheduled for completion in 1965. making possible the creation of commuter and rapid transit services over the network of railsfanning out from the downtown core. tation. Mr. MacNaughton said. “These lines would ‘be carefully selected on the basis of volume of use and relationship to existing transportation." he said. Request for the grant came from Woodbridge Reeve Norn Garriock who said all patients in his community used the ser- vices of the Brampton Hospital rather than those of York Coun- ty, either at Newmarket or Richmond Hill. Opposing the grant Stouff- ville Reeve Win Timbers said support of it was asking other municipalities to do the same. “Now we are providing hospi- tals, it is another story.” he said. North Gwillimbury Reeve J. O. Dales called the Woodbridge move “a form of secession from the county system of the pro- viding and paying for serv- ices." “This is not the council to pass such an important re- solution at the eleventh hour,” he said. Okay Woo‘dbridge Plea Might Not Have Money Reeve Garriock pointed nut $150000 over 15 years was com- ing into the York hospital sys- tem from Simcoe County to pay After a well-heated debate Tuesday night, York County Council by a bare majority ap- proved a $4.565 grant for Peel Memorial Haspital but later found it may not have money in this year’s budget to pay it. we're at. This step would be very costly at this time." Deputy-reeve Bryson called county wide assessment “quite a handicap to planning." The amount of the grant equals the county‘s levy a g a in s t Woodbridge for York hospitals. Reeve Garridck tola fellow All Things Charity” “HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878" First Patient At Hospital The report said that for the most part. separate fa- cilities would be required for rapid transit service. This type of service is de- fined as “grade separated, private “This is the case on approximately 80 route miles which include the lines along the lakeshote and to Malton and Stoufiville,” the report said. “The require- ment for more frequent service on other lines varies, considerably," could be accommodated on 250 miles of railway. On some of these lines, a more frequent service also could be handled without extensi- ve construction of new facilities. Iummmuu“mmnum\m\um1m\“mumumuumuumuumuu Christmas Mail Heavy munumnunulmmumuummmuumuulummuuumnmmmm County Clerk Jack Smith said the county had a $140,000 sur~ plus in September but there were still many accounts to settle. “I could amend the resolu- tion. I wouldn't want to embar- rass the county," Reeve Garri- ock said amid the flurry that followed this announcement. for patients using York hospi- tals. councillors they should 'ce de- bating the principle not the mechanics of county wide as- sessment. “It is the county versus the municipal system that is the issue,” he said. So far this Christmas sea- son the volume of outgoing mail is up considerably from last year. but the in- coming mail is much lightâ€" er. This will doubtless mean a heavy load of work for postal employees in the four days remaining before Chri- stmas. The staff of Richmond Hill Post Office is one group who are happy that Christmas comes once a year. The regular staff has been augmented by 40 ad- ditional workers-in under to handle the _large seasonal volume of mail. rig ght-of-way trans- portation for metropolitan areas." The committee said its investigation showed that rapid-transit service could be provided over about 60 miles of line which cover the areas along the Lake~ shore between Oakville and Dunbarton. and along the lines to Markham and to Malton. “Special problems occur at Union Station and at other junction points where several lines meet," the re- port continued. “These can be overcome. To relieve possible congestion in the Union Station area, it would be feasible to use the North Toronto station near Sum- merhill as a terminal point for some of the commuter services." mumuunu\nmmmmummunmmmmmmumumumnumnul No Support For Lottery Request Richmond Hill's resolution asking the government to ease restrictions in the criminal code to allow service club lotteries has received yet another re- buff. Stoufiville Municipal Council last week declined to support the motion by a vote of three to two. Councillbr Pat‘sons said he thought the service clubs, which he agreed did fine work, were being used as a lever to legal- ize gambling. Deputy-reeve Ken Laushway led the discussion in support of the Richmond Hill resolution and was supported by Council- lor Ken Betz. Opposed were Councillors William Parsons, Bud Spang and Reeve Timbers. Reeve Timbers said the law was there and should be follow- ed. Councillor Spang commented he was afraid of what “we might gef into by legalizing lucky draws]? York Central District High School Board heard a letter at Monday night‘s meeting from Dr. G. Kravls a Woodbridge dentist. The letter stated that the health of teeth of a great many young people is being Jeo- pardized by the consump- tion of an excess of sweets. Business Administrator D. J. Ashworth noted that the last four items are not and have not been available in this cafeteria. and ques- tioned whether the board would eliminate ice cream from their children's home menus. He also stated that some dentists did not con- sider chocolate milk a den- tal hazard. The secretary was in- structed to write Dr. Kra- vis thanking him for his interest. He asked the board to re- move chocolate milk, ice cream. dried fruits. soft drinks, gum and candy h-om the cafeteria at the Wood- bridge High School. Dentist Claims School Sweets Tooth Hazard MORE HOMES 8. LAND LISTED AND fiSOLD Vaughan Township Police last weekend spot-checked’fio cars. Check 60 Cars Only I Violation Over Weekend Swan Songs For Seven Councillors At York County ‘ Tuesday night was “swan lsong" night for seven York lcounty councillors. i Richmond Hill Reeve Floyd Perkins said he felt like an old 1hand at swan songs since it was :his third time to say good-bye. The spot check is a usual practice in area police districts. Chief Davidson said a group of officers were deployed through- out the township for a few hours last Friday and Satur- “People checked are very co-operative", he said. Police Chief James Davidson said only one liquor violation was turned up. day. Warnings are usually issued if the car is found to have some minor mechanical fault. Sutton Reeve Marian Gillan, ousted in her village’s clean sweep election a few weeks ago said she had enjoyed her two years on council. Sutton Depu- tyâ€"reeve Sam Nasello termed his stay on council “a short one” but he hoped to be back. N e w m a r k e t Deputyâ€"reeve Carolyn Ion who is leav- ing the county after 12 years service at'-Y‘ork.Cnunty as. ham reporter and later elected rep- resentative thanked council for its friendship. Markham Deputy-reevc Allan Sumner also made his farewells as did Commissioner Ken Rog- ers, both defeated in their local elections. Cheque For $500 Give To - TDRCA The defeated reeve said ho was going to miss the inspi- ration and fellowship of his cohorts but "if you solve Bay- view. I‘ll be back.” Warden Clarence Davis steps down from his post next year and expressed his thanks .and regret at leaving. Mr. Davis was m-elected in Aurora. President. of ’l‘hornhill and District Retarded Children's Association Wentworth Dowell of Richmond Hill was recently presented with a cheque for $500 from the York North Po- lice Association. Mr. Dowel! said the money had been given for recreation equipment but Thomhaven School is already fully equip- ped and the gift would be used for other supplies. Occasion was the annual 'lad- ies night ball held by the assoc- lation In Newmarket. NORTH YONGE OFFICE 8242 YONGE ST. AV. 5-1156 PER COPY'fic