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Wimfiumm(m“n~um“\mumumnmmuuuuu Mayor Opposes Raise In Liquor Prices 1mmmululuuuuuuunuuuuuumunuluuuuulumummmuuv Five Cont‘racts‘ Ready For Tender Council last Monday also ap~ proved hiring a qualified sewer plant operator to manage the new treatment plant when it is opened in September; he will be hired early to act as an in~ spector for the township when the plant and trunk sewers are being constructed this summer. First tender called will be for the West Don Sewage Plant project at an estimated $499,- 000 on February 14 to be open~ ed by council March 2; tenders for the Keele Street water-main from Highway 7 to Langstaff Road will be called February 21 and opened March 9; trunk sewer mains February 21 to be opened March 9: Bowes Road watermain and sewcrmaln Feb« ruary 28 to be opened March 16. Vaughan Township will be calling for five large contracts within the next month. Vol. 86, No. 32 proved hiring a qualified sewer council's ‘regular meeting Tues- .Vaughan Councillor Garnet and Sons Ltd. About‘a 100,000 “There is not much value in was salesman for the firm. plant operator to manage the day night. Williams, 49, who suffered a square foot plant is involved. any of our suggestions coming Proceeds will support “The Hill- aew treatment plant when it is The reeve was attending the heal-t attack at his home Sun- The land, zoned agricultural four weeks late.” Mr. Deeks ag- toppers" trumpet band, which weaned In September; he will Progressive Conservative lead- day Will spend from four to six has yet to be zoned to M2 in- reed. is without a sponsor at present. be hired early to act as an in- ership convention in Ottawa. weeks in Mount Sinai Hospital dustrial. He however refused to give The chief asked councillors iPector for the township when Deputy-reeve Stewart Rumbâ€" in Toronto. The councillor is in More details will be announ- up his weekends and attendance to buy a bar to help in the band '1“! Plant and trunk sewers are 1e was appointed chairman for the second year of his elected‘ced at 4 the end of March, a at an architects’ convention at music, to keep our youth sharp being constructed this summer. the meeting. term. 'company spokesman said. the Royal York. and out of treble. l-“I‘M\lllll“!|\\’tllll\“\“ll|lllllll|llllllllllwillhlllllllllml“llll“Mllmllllhlllllllull“\h“muml\\\\\\\i\l\\\\l\\\\\\\“\l“tilll\\l“I\t\“llllWWW"mm“\l\1l!l““llll\\\\\l\\\\\\\\ll\tumult“l“illtill“l“llllllllllllmlll“\1llllllllllll\\\\\\\\\llllllll1\\ill“lillllll““Ill\“l1llll“till“ullulllllllullllll\“llllll1ll\lll“lll\\llllllllll\\l\\\\lll“Mull““lll\l\“it\l111\\|l\\\\\\llll\l\llllllllm\llllllllmlllmllllll“ll“llll\llllllllllllllllllml“41 “Reading is the most com- plex of human skills. It is not an easy thing to do." said Mr. George Noble an in- spector with the North York Board of Education, addres- sing a meeting of the Pleas- antville Home and School Association ~on January 27. Mr. Noble then announced to his surprised audience. that he was going to teach them to read with a foreign alphabet. This he proceeded to do. and within a surpris- Mayor Thomas Broadhur- at told “The Liberal” this week he took a dim view of the recent aise in liquor prices by he provincial government" “Basically it's a case of taxlng a commod- lty which is already taxed almost 400 per cent," the mayor said. “I don‘t know of any other product which Is so greatly taxed." Liquor prlces in Ontario were incr- eased effective February 1. “Some people may want to watch hockey games, oth- ers may enjoy watching str- ipper shows but the gover- nment does not tax the lat- ter more than the former because they consider it undesirable.” Mayor Broad- hurst continued. "The whole deal is rank hypocrisy," said Mr. Broad- hurst. “If the thing is unde- sirable it should be legisl- ated out of existence. By taxing it the govemment is condoning its desirability. They will keep on until they kill the goose that laid the golden egg." When asked by “The Lib- eral" If the increase in price had had an effect on the business of the local liq- uor store. Manager Bore- ham said he could not divulge the board's busin- ess. “Reading At the Witching hour of midnight Bayview Secondary School students Friday night crowned their 1964 Queen. Miss Virginia Wilson, a grade 13 student, had been chosen by the student body to reign as queen this year. _ Virginia and her court are seen in the above picture (left to right) Sheila Henderson, grade 13; Carol Shelton, grade 12; the Queen, sitting; Sharon Bell, 1963’s Queen, who placed the crown on her successor’s head; Ann Firman, grade 12, and Paddy Maitland, grade 13. Each girl carried a sheaf of redAroses. ‘ _ _ u ‘ . n w A a.-- - w’f‘hi‘é hundred students and guests enjoyed the annual prom in a Mardi Gras atmos~ phere. Dancing was to the music of Grant Cairns orchestra. (Photo by Barbour) Bayview Secondary School Queen Public Library, 56 Yonge N., Richmond Hill, Ont. {Request Added Finance {For Markham Tp. School There are about 40 to 42 members in the group. They met for the first time at the Canadiana Restaurant last <‘week where guest speaker was widely-known criminal law- yer John Robinette. Markham Township Council- lors shuddered visibly Tuesday} night when requested to issue‘ its share of an additional $185,000 in debentures for con- struction on Markham District High School. $185,000 Extra Experiment legal Aid In County Police Courts An experimental project in legal aid in criminal cases has been instituted in both county magistrates’ courts. After some diseussion the matter was laid over for a com- mittee of council meeting. It was at a previous meeting that council some- what reluctantly agreed to On Tuesday, Richmond Hill lawyer John Lawlor offered his services at the discretion of Magistrate 0. S. Hollinrake. The pilot project, instituted by the newly-formed York North Law Association drawn up in November and constitut- ing all lawyers within York County and practising outside Metro, will be discussed at length when the association meets February 17. Markham's Reeve At Conservative Meet In Ottawa If successful, the legal aid program will be a possible precedent-setter in Ontario, one association member said. Markham Township Reeve Charles Hooper was absent for council’s regular meeting Tues- day night. inng short time. the audien- ce found that they were de- riving meaning from a series of arbitrary symbols â€" triangles. circles. squares and other geometrical hierog- lyphics. To achieve this, Mr. Noble had projected on a screen a simple picture of a man reading a newspaper, sitting in an easy chair and wear- ing slippers. Then he start- ed in to ask: Who is the picture about? What is Total cost was set at $1,506,- ‘275 with the federal and pro- vincial governments footing the remainder of the bill. Markham District High School Board Chairman Walter Heaton and a delegation of members informed council that the original estimate had been altered by the federal govern- ment’s decision to only pay grants for 64 percent of the project instead of the original 75 percent. Mr. Heaton explained that grants were only issued to new additions to buildings and not to renovations. Some of the school projects will include re- novations. “We’ve held a number of (Continued On Page 3) father doing? Does he'look comfortable? Does he look happy? Do you think he likes sitting there reading his paper? etc. After eliciting appropriate answers to these and other questions. Mr. Noble drew the audience's attention to the symbols which appeared under the picture. “What do you think the first word is?" he asked. "Father" chorused the aud- lence -â€"â€"- having quickly counâ€" ted that it had six symbols. approve its share of $075,- 000 in debentures with Markham Village to go to- ward an extension to the school. The township‘s share wlll amount to about $325,000. In Hospital GARNET WILLIAMS @MEE RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964 “uummuimiumuiiimuummuuuux\\\m1m1\\uummumumnu Hoover Continues Fight To Lighten Real Estate Tax The resolution will be presented to the Associa- tions of Rural Municipalit- ies and the Ontario Mayors and Reeves Association and thence to the select com- mittee on taxation. lliliiilllilllllllll“lllIllll“llll\llliillllllllill1mm““ll\llli‘llill\\\ll\\llli First of the‘ Vaughan Acres industrial land has been mooted for sale to a major steel fabri- cation company. At Monday's Vaughan Coum province. Deadline for requests} cil meeting, Industrial Commisâ€" is Maren 31- sioner James McDonald announ- Reeve James Haggart said it ced the township was negotiat- Wou‘d Pay the town if any cap- ing 15 acres of the township- ital Projects 138ng planned‘ owned land at Keele Street and mum be deCided by the loan Highway 7 with Hugh Russell deadline. and Sons Ltd. About a 100,000 “There is “0t mllCh Value in square foot plant is involved. any of our suggestions coming The land. zoned agricultural four weeks late." Mr. Deeks ag- has yet to be zoned to M2 in- reed. Industrial Sale . . . and so on, until he had his interested class deciph- ering “Father likes his chair. his slippers and his news- paper. He is happy at home". The next picture showed "Mother" handing the tele- phone to father. who does not look happy at being dis- turbed. and deftly guided by their teacher. the audience very quickly "read" the "Wonderful" answered Mr. Noble. “Now what do you suppose the next word is?" Markham Township Cou- ncillor Charles Hoover adv- anced one step further Tuesday night in his per- sonal bid to ease the tax burden carried by individ- ual property owners. A Hoover-drafted resolu- tion subsequently approved by council will urge the pro- vincial government to re- view the present tax set-up with the idea of spreading the tax rate on a more eq- ualized basis. Mr. Hoover’s contention is that services to property owners should be borne by property owners and serv- ices to the general public by that group. He stated that the pre- sent system fin d s the property owners carrying the entire tax load with the special emphasis on educa- tion the “costs of which are rising all out of proportion.” Mr. Hoover used as his main argument for change a section in the government set-up Second Interim Re- port of the Select Commit- tee which is asking for the same thing. Councillor Cleary Palmer, who seconded Mr. Hoover’s resolution. agreed that “real estate owners are tak- ing to\ much of a burden, We just want them to re- view the sitfiafion as reco- mmended to them." 7‘In Essentials Unity; In Non Essentials Liberty; In All Things Charity” The need for permanent fire- men was again stressed but it was also noted volunteer fire- men will still be needed. Coun~ cil recognizes the impomrnt service given by volunteers in the past. It was reported that H. J. Mills Company have found it impractical to continue to pro- vide volunteers for the brigade, and that town employees are often working in the far corners of the municipality when day- time alarms are received. Per- The finance committee will also consider a recommenda- tion of the fire committee that town property at the corner of Bayview and Elgin Mills be reserved for a fire hall. The recommendation also asked that the town clerk make a capital expenditure forecast for a new fire hall on this site in 1966. Finange Comm. Consider Adding Hired Firemen Richmond Hill Reeve James Haggart is playing his cards close to his vest about county planning. The reeve at Tuesday's plan-ning board meeting was non: committal about how he person- ally would vote when the Jones Report recommendations for a York County four-man planning agency came before council for approval or o'jé approval. _ lie reminded planning board members, his and Deputy-reeve Stan Tinker’s votes at county level were a matter of personal choice. “He and I might not even vote the same way," he said. The agency which would cost Richmond Hill about $3,800 a year if it were organized got short shrift by planning board, however. Harry Sayers: “Do we need an agency when we have the same facilities available from other sources? I look at it from the very narrow viewpoint of at Richmond Hill taxpayer and I say we don’t need it.” Haggart Playing It Cool Chairman Harold Whillans: “I don’t see how they are going to be able to do much planning under their budget. (About $31,000 on the average). I think Chief Robbins Annual Report: He was also asked to complete an industrial report on the town's future in that line before council decides how it will take advantage of the municipal loan assistance fund offered by the province. Deadline for requests is March 31. Deeks Must Rush Board's Budget Industrial Report At Tuesday's Richmond Hill Planning Board meeting Ml‘. Deeks was instructed to prepare a draft budget of the board’s needs to be discussed next Tuesday. Reeve James Haggart said it would pay the town if any cap- ital projects being planned could be decided by the loan deadline. Planning Director Harold Deeks will embark on a "crash" program of budget and report preparing. Recommendation by the fire committee to hire two permanent firemen this year and two additional men in 1965 was referred to the finance committee for consideration at Monday night’s meeting of Richmond Hill Town Council. After the second picture and “story” the class had a review of what they had learned. With the words, written in the "foreign" al- phabet flashed on the screen, Mr. Noble drew the attention of his pupils to words that began and ended with the same letter, similar prefixes and suffixes etc. message "Someone wants to talk to you Father. Do you want to talk?". “Now you may say I am Should Judge Police By Community Peace manent firemen on duty could get the equipment to the fire with a saving of three to five minutes it was claimed. For 35 years or more H. J. Mills Company has provided up to 30% of the volunteers for fire fighting and H. J. Mills Senior served for years as fire chief. Their service to the town in this way has been a very valued con- tribution. Councillor Walter Scudds re~ ported that actual value of property in the town is close to the 100 million dollar mark although -asse$sed value is about one-third that amount. This means that fire hazards are increasing steadily. Per- manent firemen are needed to carry out regular inspections (Continued On Page 3) we should tell council county planning as such is of little benefit to Richmond Hill." Cecil Williams: “The agency may be good for York County but as far as the Hill paying for it, our interests are bound to Metro." The mayor said he Was not in favor of county planning but reminded the board perhaps some thought “should be given to our neighbors." M a y o r T o m Broadhurst: “Council can't direct the vote of our county representatives but, we can make representation of our own." Mr. Haggart told the board he would listen to all their com- ments “but not be bound by them." “We have got to consider whether or not such an agency would be good planning and also whether or not such a group would affect the county tax rate and indirectly benefit us by increasing assessment in other areas,” he said. Archbishop P. Pococldi To Bless New Schoollk Boost "Hilltoppers" Buy Chocolate Bars Police Chief RP. Robbins was spokesman and his son Ron was salesman for the firm. Proceeds will support “The Hill- toppers" trumpet band, which is without a sponsor at present. The firm of Robbins & Rob- bins did a rushing business at Monday night’s council meeting when they sold members of council, press and ratepayers present. quarter pound chocol~ ate bars. Principal Leon Kehoe invites all parents and friends to in- spect the school after the cer- emonies are concluded. The Catholic Women‘s League will serve refreshments. The Richmond Hill Separate School Board extends a cordial invitation to parents and friends to attend this event. His Grace, Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock, co-adjutor arch- bishop of Toronto has consented to bless the new St. Joseph’s Separate School on Roney Ave. in Richmond Hill. The formal opening and bles- sing of the new school is sched- uled for 3 pm. this Sunday. February 9. helping you" said Mr. Nob- le. “and I am. And this is the part you don’t see of your child’s reading lesson". Mr. Noble emphasized that in over twenty years of as- sociation with Ontario schools he had never seen a simple “look and say” meth- od of teaching reading. “I don't think there is such an anima" he stated. “What I have seen is a method which combines some facets of (Continued On Page 15) “HOME PAPER OF THEiDISTRICT SINCE 1878” The chief reported that the rental-lease system for two-way radio is very satisfactory. This radio, he noted. is part of a county-wide system and the chief constables are continua]- ly striving to better the net- work. “A police department should not be measured by the number of prosecutions it enters but rather by the peace that the municipality enjoys," said Chief Constable Robert P. Robbins in his annual report presented to Richmond Hill Town Council Monday evening. He expressed the hope that his department has made progress in this ‘res- pect He pointed out that as the town grows so do our problems; and that we are also affected by the growth in the surround- ing area. Cruisers are rented at the rate of $138 per month each for Chevrolet Bel-Air automatic V- 8‘5 and the chief reported this system entirely satisfactory. Criminal Code N i n e t y-three prosecutions were made during the year with impaired driving heading the list at 18. Break enter and theft was next with 16 and theft ll. Malicious damage ac- counted for six and break and enter (with intent) and danger- ous driving for four eacthriv- ing while licence was suspend- ed led to five prosecutions. Chief Robbins pointed out that each year the list of offences under the Crim- inal Code becomes a little wider. In 1963 possession of a spring knife, posses- sion of a sawed~off rifle, trespass by night and arson were added to the list. # S to P a" I I s er "is A re e “\qum\mmmmmmm\1\muu1n1\mu\\1\m\u\\m\m\\m\\m\\u 1 Plans For New $100,000 Church} Other actions at the annual} business meeting included el- ection of Philip Barth, Joseph Miller and Harvey Dueffert to the church council (board of The new church will be built this year on Bayview Ave. im- mediately north of the second- ary school. Initial construction will provide space for worship, education, fellowship and ad- ministration. Total cost of the project, in- cluding land, will be nearly one hundred thousand dollars. Work is proceeding on construction drawings. St. Paul's Lutheran Church approved preliminary plans for its new church and educational unit at its annual business meet- ing January 26. March of Dimes mothers Mrs. John Wood (left) with her twin boys Blair and David, of Church Street, and Mrs. Lloyd Sanderson (captain) were among more than 250 women in Richmond Hill area Monday night who went on the march to help the handicapped. Although receipts are not final, about $2,700 was donated to the march in one short hour. Mrs. Norman A. Todd, area chairman told “The Liberal” she expects the total will be about $3,000, slightly less than last year. Mothers M ch To Help He'felt that some education had played a part in the re- duction of frauds and an in- crease of the number of minor thefts reported had included a number of complaints about stolen Christmas tree bulbs. Separate School Board Return A" Officers The inaugural meeting of Richmond Hill Separate School Board was held in January. No changes were made in the list of officers from 1963. Gordon Trussler will continue as chairman, John LeClaire as vicewhairman and Mrs. Marj- orie Gleason as secretary-treas- urer. Robbery was up 100 per cent, theft under $50, 25%, posses- sion of stolen goods 66.3%. of- fensive weapons 33.3%. and other criminal code offences 68.4%. However sex offences decreased 55%, assaults 55.8%. break and enter 28%. theft of motor vehicle 27.5%, theft over $50, 28.8%. and frauds 62%. The chief noted that Rich- mond Hill police have not been dealing In large numbers so‘ that any increase or decrease shows up in large percentages. Of these offences 100% of the robberies were cleared by arrest or summons, sex offences 50%, assaults 86%, break and enter 57%. theft of motor veh- icles 38%. theft over $50 20.4%, theft under $50 20.8%. frauds (Continued On Page 15) Other board members are Robert Steele, William Parker and Conrad Thompson. The meeting £0110wed a des- sert hour at 7 pm. in St. Gab- riel’s Anglican Church. Philip Barth, president of the con- gregation, chaired the business session. The congregation observed its second anniversary during the worship service January 26. Young people of the congrega- tion participated in the morn~ ing worship (liturgy) and prea- ched the sermon. St. Paul's Church Women presented a play. “Tell Me Doc- tor", at thé annual meeting. It illustrated varIous attitudes to programming in women’s meet- ings. trustees). Each has served a previous term. MORE HOMES 8: LAND LISTED AND DSOLD m “mullllufllll‘flll‘lllllml“I“!u\lll“ll\l1“lllll“lll1lll\\l\“1l\\\\\“|\\lÂ¥ To date this week, nearly two months after’Ontario licences went on sale, the" Richmond Hill licence bureau reports only 1/4 of the possible 12,000 plates sold. The bureau, at William Neal's Garage, 59 Yonge Street South. will be open from 9 am. to 8 pm. every night (except Sunday) for the convenience of the drivers in the Rid‘hmond Hill, Vaughan and Mark- ham area. Plates vary in price from $15 for four cylinder mod- els; $20 for six and $25 for eight. Any driver who hasn‘t received his new licence from the Depart- ment of Transport may pick up a form at Neal’s. If you like unending lineups of irritable people . . . If you have two or three hours to spare standing still doing nothing . . . By all means. wait until zero hour February 28 to buy your 1964 car licence plates. Every year. there is a great deal of inconvenience at the last moment for all concerned. ’ Truck and trailer licenc- es are not due until after March 1. If a car is found without proper plates after the end of the month, a conviction can carry with it a maxi- mum 350 fine for first of- tenders. If you like standing in the cold . . . If you want to be liable to a maximum $50 fine un- der the Highway Traffic Act . . . The young orator: chosen by their teachers in Rich- mond Hill, Woodbrldge, and Thomhjll will speak follow- ing the Richmond Hill Lion: regular dinner meeting at the Centre Street hall. The winner will go on to the finals February 20 when Markham-Unionville Lions meet at the Unionville Uni- ted Church. Four high school stud- ents will vie for honors in the Zone 18 Lions public speaking finals tonight (Thursday). Tonight In Hill Don't Walrt For licence Zero HO‘llll' PER COPY 10c