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on the council's Councillor Scudds said that last year‘s council felt that not sufficient time had been allowed for thorough discussion of the question and had withdrawn it from the 1963 ballot. He claimed that councillors should not be put into a position of approving or disapproving the question. their only function being to allow the citizens to express their opinion on the subject. Mayor Thomas ...... Juwuwu, u»; nu: majority speak." dency t Following the meeting Mrs. whateve Phyllis Hawkes. candidate for over," councillor in Ward 2 in the school 1963 election. and one of the ofiendel citizens who took exception to He n the inclusion of this question areas v on the ballot last year. said that not be she has already started work on‘more preparation of anti-fluoridationfachieve material which will be madeitrustees available to the public. It is herMown i hope that before the 1964ldiscuss election. every voter will have! Mr‘ Broadhurst had plenty of opportunity tolCentrai agreed that if the question goes study both sides of the question taking : ballot that‘s involvement where and arrive at an intelligent de-ition b} should cision on fluoridation of the with C( end. He said he felt the public town's water supply. lstriking | At this week‘s meeting of Richmond Hill Town Council Councillor Walter Scudds pro- posed that the following ques- tion be placed on the ballot for the 1964 election: “Are you in favour of the fluoridation of the public water supply of this community?" Councillor Wil- liam Lazenby seconded the motion. Fluoridation Vote Planned For I964 Richmond Hill Election Councillor Saunders, Council- lor Lazenby and Councillor Hancey. - Industrial The first named member will be chairman and the second will be vice-chairman and sec~ rotary of each committee. Councillor Walter Scudds, Councillor Mrs. Lois Hancey and Deputy-reeve Stanley Tin- ker. Works and Property Reeve James Haggart, Depu- ty-reeve Tinker and Councillor Scudds. Finance and Administration Deputy-reeve Tinker, Reeve Haggart and Councillor William Lazenby. Procedure. Welfare and Person- nel Councillor Hancey, Council- lor Scudds and Councillor Rob- ert Saunders. Transportation and Parking Councillor Lazenby. Council- lor Saunders and Reeve Hag- gart. Members were appointed to the following boards: Monday night Richmond Hill Town Council set up the fol- lowing committees. Police and Fire Library~C6uncillor R o b e rt Saunders Egople To Decide In the only address of the inaugural session, Mayor Broadhurst outlined the ob- jectIVes of his council which is to select most needed pro- jects which can be carried out on a short term basis, with others planned for long term development. He noted that “Money does not grow on trees and the people who supply it earn it hardly." He stated that the council would have to steel itself to turn down many worthy but less urgent projects. He also promised study of problems which may arise so that they will be understood before decisions become inevit- able. Richmond Hill Council Names ‘64 Committees Following adjournment of the short morning session council and town staff memb- ers enjoyed a luncheon at Mr. Broadhurst's home. The last verse of Solomon’s prayer on becoming King “Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern be- tween good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?" and the Lord’s response, was the scriptural passage from I Kings chosen by'Rev. Albert Myers of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church for the inaugural meeting of Richmond Hill Town Council Monday morning. Mr. Myers also offered ;prayer for the success of the 1964 council. Clerk Russell Lynett admi- He promised that action would nistered the declaration of be taken to eliminate undesir- office to the new council, and able conditions in the neigh- following the inaugural address bourhood of the sewage dis- of Mayor Thomas Broadhurst, posal plant. Rev. F. C. Robinson, parish The complete text of Mayor priest of Our Lady Queen of Broadhurst‘s address follows: the World Roman Catholic “My principal hope for this Church which the mayor council is that it will quickly attends, asked the Lord’s bless- acquire a sense of corporate ing on the council. purpose and that any need for The council chamber was personal fulfillment that its crowded with members of members seek will be sub- families of council memb- ordinated to, and submerged era. and friends. for the beneath, a desire for common brief ceremony. Proudth achievement, in what we shall person present was Mrs. Alice Broadhurst, York- shire, England, who saw her son receive the highest honour which his fellow collectively consider to be for the best interests of the citizens of this town. “To this end one or more committees of the whole will townsfolk have to offer. be held very shortly in which The mayor, reeve and deputy- every member will be encour- reeve were named a striking aged to throw into the pot committee to draw up the 1964 every project, large or small, council committees for presenâ€" which they hope to foster, tation at the 7:30 session of whether during the coming council. year or in the more distant Vol. 86, No. 28 Mayor Calls For Short-Term Projects This Year Libl‘ airy , Hill: has no more right to ask a member of council how he will vote on such a question than they have to ask him how he will vote on any other ballot in the election. Councillor Mrs. Lois Hancey agreed one hundred percent that it's an individual’s own choice, and Councillor William Lazenby interjected, “Let the majority speak." Community Centre (Arena Board)â€"Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker and Councillor William Lazenby. V.O.N.â€"â€"Councillor Mrs. Lois Hancey. Hospital Boardâ€"Mayor Tho- mas Broadhurst. Mayor Broadhurst noted the (hplication of appointment to the recreation board and to the parks board. explaining that amalgamation of the two boards had been suggested, and coun- cil did not wish to prejudice amalgamation of these boards. If there is no amalgamation, he felt the two councillors might find the dual appointment too heavy a load. Council will then reconsider these appointments. The mayor announced that a meeting of council would be held to-night (Thursday) with the recrea- tion and parks boards to discuss amalgamation. Recreationâ€"Councillors Wal- ter Scudds and Robert Saund- ers. P a r k s Boardâ€"Councillors Scudds and Saunders. Planning Board-Mayor Thom- as Broadhurst, Reeve James Haggart and Deputy-reeve Stan Tinker. "Once the year's projects have been decided upon, council will (Continued On Page 3) “The staff were instructed at the beginning of the year to prepare very rough 1964 budget approximations for their depart- ments, so that when council considers what it should or should not do, it will know roughly what money will be available to do it. Money does not grow on trees and the people who supply it earn it: hardly. l “To this end one or more committees of the whole will be held very shortly in which every member will be encour- aged to throw into the pot every project, large or small, ‘which they hope to foster, whether during the coming year or in the more distant future. From these will be selected those which are within our resources to perform and on which the largest measure of agreement can be reached and action will be initiated promptly to put them into practical effect. These will be- come our principal short term objectives for this year. “My principal hope for this council is that it will quickly acquire a sense of corporate purpose and that any need for personal fulfillment that its members seek will be sub-‘ ordinated to. and submerged beneath, a desire for common achievement. in what we shall collectively consider to be for the best interests of the citizens of this town. He promised that action would be taken to eliminate undesir- able conditions in the neigh- bourhood of the sewage dis- posal plant. (Continued On Page 3) Opt 0 Making their debut were Wards 1 and 2 Councillors Robert J. Sloane and Cleary Palmer. Returning were Reeve Hooper, Ward 3 Councillor Charles Hoover and Stewart Rumble in his first term as deputy-reeve of the township. “This is the year," said Reeve Hooper, “that we must start looking to the undue tax burden which is resting on the shoulders of the township ratepayers. ; “We‘ve got to give the rate-l payers and home owners some assurance that this can’t and won't go on." he stated. “I don’t know how much further we can go. People are getting fearful and its time we took a look at the total tax hill." ' Reeve Hooper pointed speci- fically to the township‘s 1964‘ budget terming it the “big thing to start the levelling ofl’f process on. I would like to consider this not as an austeri- ty budget but a minimum bud-l get.“ He urged all municipal com- mittee chairmen and school boards to “live within the bud- get in 1964. mittee chairmen and school' Reeve Hooper also assured boards to “live within the bud-’council that as a member of get in 1964. IYork County Council he was "There seems to be a ten-{pledged to work toward keep- dency to just go out and spend ing the county taxes down as whatever little money is left much as humanly possible. over." he continued. “Thel He added that he hoped school boards are the biggest} that 1964 would see the ofienders," » the instituting of the three- He noted there were many! instalment paying of taxes areas where high costs could; which would help the town- not be avoided but added that} ship pay its bills easier as more co-operation could be‘ well as lighten the load on achieved between the school the ratepuen. i trustees and council if "we siti‘ “As for our 1964 budget,” down with one another andghe concluded. “I‘m not suggest- “There seems to be a ten- dency to just go out and spend whatever little money is left over." he continued. “The school boards are the biggest ofienders." discuss the situation". Mr. Hooper stated York Central High School Board was taking a step in the right direc- tion by agreeing to sit down with council this year before striking the budget “Hold Budget" This was the warning issued Monday by Reeve Charles Hooper in his inaugural address to council at the initial meeting of the new year in Buttonville Municipal Offices. Markham Township will have to tighten its financial budget belt in 1964 and, like the average housewife, become more economy conscious. Richmond Hill Town Council at its first meeting of the year Monday night tabled reports from J. L. Hollowell, safety inspector, byâ€"law enforcement officer, and building inspector, for the year 1963 for considera- tion at the next Vcouncil meeting. As safety inspector Mr. Hollowell recorded 82 in- spections made and noted that since the construction safety act is being enforced there has been a great de- crease In the number of ac- cidents. He reported he had I 963 Building Permits Total $2, 182, 570 Richmond Hiil's I964 Council @IQME fill/EWEWM RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 ing we cut it severely but just to watch it very closely. If we can‘t lower taxes we can at least hold the front line." l 1time in seeking out new industry. “We spent some money last year," he said, “for the first in an effort to encour- age industries to settle here. We have to spend more and at the same time protect in- dustries already here. “They can only stand so much taxes and we have to bid with other areas for their ser- vices. And, of course, I hope the industrial committee does not go spending around the town- ship in such a manner as to waste the money.” Reeve Hooper also assured council that as a member of York County Council he was pledged to work toward keep- ing the county taxes down as much as humanly possible. He added that he hoped that 1964 would see the the instituting of the three- instalment paying of taxes which would help the town- ship pay its bills easier as well as lighten the load on the ratepuers. “As for our 1964 budget," he concluded. “I'm not suggest- ing we cut it severely but just to watch it very closely. If we can't lower taxes we can at least hold the front line.“ Deputy-reeve Stewart Rum- “Since bowling, curling, etc., are permitted to open Sundays. I feel it is only fair 1 should also be permitted to do so." he stated, and said that among those enjoying the facilities of his place of business were Earl Cameron and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Whittall, a scout- master and his 12-year-old son. Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker agreed that Mr. Raulick’s description of his premises was quite 'accurate, and asked if there was a provincial statute . which prohibited those under 16 years of age from visiting such premises. Mr. Raulick replied that the statutes did make such pro- hibition unless such person is accompanied by parent or legal guardian. Mr. Rau- lick claimed he felt billi- ards was a good family pastime. i Councillor Mrs. Lois Hanceyl isaid she felt\ the bylaw was dis-‘ ‘criminatory. and Reeve James‘ Haggart agreed, saying "The municipality has a measure of control with its licence bylaw. If proprietors are not living up to their obligations we can sus- pend their licence." Deputy-reeve Stewart ble echoed the reeve‘s (Continued On Page The reeve also emphasized the need to spend more time in seeking out new industry. “We want no repeat," he stressed, “of the 20 mill increase we had in one school area. We have bad Ontario’s education minis- ter here and he’s heard our objections. The rising school cost is probably not the school board's fault or council's but it points up the increasing necessity of working together." ficer, he reported he had looked into 35 complaints in the year. These complaints dealt with trucks and wreck- ed cars parked at service stations; in private drive- ways and in front of resid- ential property; businesses being operated in private homes; people keeping ani- mals in residential areas; fences; refuse; trailers and burning garbage. issued one stop] work order and 38 notices to comply with safety regulations. As by-law enforcement of< Five new faces appear in this picture of Richmond Hill’s 1964 Council at their inaugural meeting Monday morning. Seated are Mayor Thomas Broadhurst on the left and Clerk Russell Lynett on the right. Standing (left to right), are Councillor Walter Scudds, Councillor William Lazenby, Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinker, Reeve James Haggart, Council- lor Mrs. Lois Hancey and Councillor Robert Saunders. "In Essentials Unity; In ,jNon Essentials Liberty; In All Things Charity” Rum senti- Billiards To Be Added To Sunday Sports List Billiards will be added to the list of sports which may be played on Sunday in Richmond Hill, as the results of a deci- sion of Richmond Hill Town Council Monday evening. The reeve then proposed that a bylaw be prepared amending John Raulick appeared before council representing the Double Blue Billiard Club at 43 Yonge Street North, asking that bil- liards be included in the list of permissible sports in the town’s Sunday sports bylaw. He stated that his club was a clean. sup- ervised and healthy place of recreation. open to inspection by anyone interested. Hollnwell issued 194 build- ing perirdtsvduring the year. These incifided three for apartment buildings which included 125 units at an es- timated cost of $697,000; two four-plex buildings, creating eight units, at a cost of $60,000; 56 single family units cost $779,000; nine new industrial build- Numerous phone calls had been received and 154 let- ters had been sent out re enquiries regarding zoning bylaw 1,000. As building inspector, Mr. Chairman of management will % be John Honsberger with Trus- tees Allan Peck. E. W. Snider, Norman Tyndall and Dr. L. T. White; chairman of property, Manley Clingersmith with Rob- ert Endean, William Masters. George Yates, and Robert Ross; Planning Chairman L. D. ' Clement with Morley Kinnee »and chairmen of management, ‘ property and the board and the "advisory vocational committee 'will include Chairman Redel- .imeier and Trustees Yates, Kin- nee and Clement. ;High School Bd. ! ‘ ‘Names 64 Comm. Representatives l York Central District High School Board chose its commit- tees and chairmen at its inaug- ural meeting Monday. the Sunday sports bylaw to in- clude billiards. This motion was seconded by Councillor Hancey. Councillor Walter Scudds moved an amendment that the matter be referred to the pol- ice committee for consultation with the police chief to determ- ine his views before proceeding Deputy-reeve Stan Tinker sec- onded this amendment saying he would like to be assured of approval of all authorities con- cerned before amending the by- law. The amendment was de- clared lost when council voted 4-2 against it. The motion of Haggart and Hancey carried 4- The Double Blue Billiards Club had made similiar ne- presentations to the 1963 council without success. ings $412,000; nine indust- rial alterations $56.500; 11 commercial alterations $38,800; 26 residential alter- ations $43,800; 61 private garages $31,970; two swim- ming pools $5,500; 13 signs $7.500; one public building $50,090; and one demolition $500; ‘ ' Total estimated cost of building in 1963 was $2,182,570, down slightly from the 1962 total of $2,656,020, but up consider- ably from the 1961 total of $1,655,640 “HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878” Maple Baby First Of New Year Construction will include eight classrooms, a lecture room, library, secretarial science room, typing room, draughting room, industrial physics lab, electronics and machine shops, vocational arts and home econ- omics rooms, cafeteria ’and boiler room extension, guidance centre and a 45’x70’ gymna- sium. Capacity at Bayview will be 1,490 students, in academic and vocational courses. The board also voted to re- tain Page and Steele, architects of the original school to plan the extension despite Trustee Lew Clement’s comment that perhaps a fresh approach might Remainder of the financing will be through federal govern- ment grants, Superintendent S. L. G. Chapman told the board. With council approval, the proposal will then go before the Ontario Municipal Board for ratification. The government approval was announced at Monday's board inaugural. Next step? To ask Richmond Hill, Woodbridge, Markham and Vaughan councils for $375,000 in debentures as their share in the building scheduled for opening in 1965 at a cost of about $850,000. York Central District High School Board has been given Department of Education go-ahead for a 490 student addition to Bayview Secondary School. Red 61 White Store May Close Up The letter claimed the main tenant the Red and White Food Store has ser- ved the owners with an ul- timatum that unless they are assured immediately that these road conditions would be corrected forth- The letter reported that due to poor accessibility on account of present road conditions leading to the Shopping centre vacancies are continuously increas- ing in the plaza in spite of endeavours to improve and maintain the property. A number of tenants are be- ing permitted to stay free of rent hoping that road conditions would be re- medied so that business conditions would be impro- ved to help the struggling tenants. Monday night Richmond Hill Town Council referred a letter from Ben Walker Jewelry Ltd., owners of Bayview Shopping Plaza, to Mayor Thomas Broadhnrst to be answered. The first baby of the new year born at York Central Hospital at 6:35 am. was eight pound, eight ounces Cindy Aspden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Aspden, Teston Sideroad north of Maple. Mrs. Aspden returned home from hospital Monday with a new Sister for Gerry. 81/2; Audrey, 71/12; Brian, 6; Brenda, 4, and Karen, 20 months. Mr. Aspden picked the baby’s name Tuesday as he has chosen the names for the other children. The board will advise Vaugh- an that in 1964, the board will spend $850,000 (on Bayview ex- tension) with a $475,000 feder- al, provincial grant; in 1966 $2,100,000 with $1,000,000 in grants for another school (site undetermined as yet) and the same amount in 1968 for a high school in Markham. Mr. Chapman also hinted at the possibility York County boards may be con- sidering building a junior college to serve the area. Some inkling of future needs for the area was revealed when estimates of board capital ex- penditures from now until 1968 were given by Mr. Chapman. come from putting the work up for bid. He and Trustee George Yates were the two dissenters when it was put to a vote on the basis of urgency’ to meet the September, 1965 deadline Future Needs The figures were on request of Vaughan Council who has asked for a five year educated guess on school costs. Mayor Thomas Broadhur- st, although expressing sy- mpathy for the plaza owner and tenants and concern for potential loss of tax re- venue to the municipality, expressed the opinion that council was not competent to give the assurance re- quested in the letter. It has been noted that Pollock’s Shoe Store pulled out of the plaza more than a year ago, and more re- cently Scanlon‘s Bakery and Fountain’s Hardware have closed their doors. In its fall session county council promised to include Bayview Avenue in its de- velopment programme for 1964. The letter writer deman- ded absolute assurance that road conditions on Bayview Avenue would be corrected forthwith. with they will vacate the premises at once. The re- maining portion of their lease will obligate them only to pay the rent. MORE HOMES 8. LAND LISTED AND S_0|_D ' High School Board Elect Redelmeier il964 Chairman He has served for three year! as Richmond Hill Public School Board representative and succe- eds Robert P. Ross of Richmond Hill, chairman for the past two years. Both nominations and elect- ion were by secret ballot. Mr. Redelmeier, Mr. Ross and John Honsberger of Thorâ€"nhill were nominated for the chairman: Mr. Ross and Mr. Honsberger as vice-chairman, a post that went to Mr. Honsberger. Mr. Redelmeier congratulated Mr. Ross for "an active and har- monious year. He had the happy knack of cutting a lot of red tape and got the job done." The former chairman was pre- sented with an engraved silver sewing tray. Superintendent S.L.G. Chap- man suggested the board he prepared to tell the various municipalities in v o l v e d the board’s data on assessment ver- sus enrolment was available for use in any briefs to the Gold- enberg Commission. Ernest Redelmeier was elec- ted chairman of York Central District High School Board at its Monday inaugural meeting. It was pointed out Richmond Hill (and the other areas) comes within the Metro Planning Area and, said Trustee George Yates, “They dictate to us." Chairman Ernest Redelmeler said he felt the board had neither the time nor the staff to prepare such a brief “be< sides, I feel it 1: outside our responsibility.” Board trustee Lew Clement of Richmond Hill told memb- ers, "We suffer from a distinct lack of assessment behind each pupil. We better find out whether or not we should make representation to the commis- sion." Data Is Available For Area Councils In Metro Brief York Central District High School Board Monday voted not to contribute to the Golden- berg Royal Commission on Metro but to assist any munici- pality doing so. NORTH YONGE OFFICE 8242 YONGE ST. AV. 5-1156 PER COPYTOc