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A $200.000‘drag siflp park was given the green flag Mon- day night in a 3-2 recorded vote at Markham Township Coun- cil‘s meeting. The collision at 4:10 pm. ocâ€" curred as the Pallas car and one driven by Dolf Tengnagel, 18.nf 228 Neal Drive, were westbound. Damage was $1.- 200. Pallas has been charged with a Highway Traffic Act of- fence, Vaughan Police said. Two To Hospital In Hill Accident Firmly against the granting of a licence to Toronto Drag- ways Limited who want to build a track for hotrodders and drazsters in the Metro Sufl'ering a concussion and bruises was Joan Howard. 34, of Lake Wilcox. a passenger in a car driven by Donald Rob- erts. 26, of RR 3, King. Mr. Roberts had a fractured arm. Bplh are at York Central Hos- pita]. Second drh Cole. 18, of uninjured‘ cars was $450 Taken to hospital were Doug- las Bull, 33. 219 Ashlar Road. who suffered head lacerations; Douglas Nason. 29. 210 Ashlar who had a punctured leg and abrasions and Arthur Rosen- dale. 46. 243 Montiel Road who suffered abrasions. They were passengers in a car driven by Victor Pallas. 49, of 159 Rug- lles Avenue. Richmond Hill. Two area people were sent to hospital last Friday follow- lng an accident at Newkirk Road and Crosby Avenue, Rich- mond Hill. Three Richmond Hill men were injured Monday in an accldent‘ on Maple Sideroad at Jane Street. Illlullll‘llIllIll“Ill“llllllllIllIllIlll|ll|ll|ll|lllll|ll\lllllllll|llllllllllllll‘ Drag Strip Licence Given Green Flag minimi1umumilimfiimmimnnunmuuuInnuquummmm AB RUTHERFORD REEVE BY 88 VOTES Donates Campaign Savings To I’ool LocaI Men Injured VOL. 87, NO. 25 Thanks to the generosity of Councillor William Laz- cnhy the centennial pool committee is $100 richer. Mr. Lazcnhy presented Councillor Walter Scudds with a cheque for $100 for the fund at Monday night's town council meeting. The money was left over lrom Mr. llnzenhy‘s suc- cessful campaign to win a 5900!!!! year term as the Ward 2 representative on council. “Because people came to me and I didn‘t have to go to them my election expenses were not as high as they might have been". stated Mr. Lazenhy in presenting the cheque. Shown hard at work are. facing 02 Bgrridge Mrs. Peter Martin. chairman r gift campaign of the York County Branch iation, Mrs. N, Vincent and Mrs. Bruce M A group of Thornhiil ladies spent a busy r Trinity Anglican Church gift-wrapping Christn patients. driver Leslie Anne of Willowdale was Damage to both rear term as representative “Because pet me and I di an to them expenses were as they might l1 Putative on use people dI didn‘t 0 them my as were not might have lr. Lazenhy Ie cheque. For A Merry Christmas area with a 5.000 seat grand- stand about three miles northâ€" east of Markham Village, were Depul‘y-reeve Stewart Rumble and Councillor Charles Hoover. All for the project. first pro- posed in the summer of 1963, were Reeve Charles Hooper. Councillors Cleary Palmer and Robert Sloane. A motion by Mr. Hoover not to grant the licence was turn- ed down and the second motion by Sloane and Palmer approv- ed. One' of the promoters Ernest Chapman said at the time it would give the young people some place to race their cars other than on the highway. "I can't see how the 1964 council can issue a 1965 licence," queried Mr. Rum- ble in the general uproar over the licence issue com- ing to a head. “If you can get a 1965 car licence in 1964.. we ought to be able to do the same,” retorted the reeve. When the strip was first pro- posed in 1963, there were no objections from the people who had to live with it in their backyards. Public Library, 24 Wright St., Richmond Hill. 1 Jitn. 8‘7“6_5- 4" Fire-Fighting Equipment Will Be Needed 31967 nornm Coflnnl was forced to amend a by-law prohibiting racing any- where in the township to suit the proposal. Next contention was that since the land was zoned "agricultural", the “norâ€" mal” use of land for recrea- tional purposes had to be de- fined. Whether or not drag- ging was "normal" was debatâ€" able, some felt. Around 100.000 pigs go to market out of York County each year. This makes it a major in- dustry, but with present prices the profit picture is tight. re- ports Agricultural Representa- tive A. A. Wall. He finds this a good reason for hearing down on the business of swine breed- When its Immediate neigh- bors discovered what would be involved in drag racing, its size and the numbers in Metro Swine Breeders Need Performance Records Me ung recently presents for ntal Health Photo by Stuart 11‘ zht) M Studio LV RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 19â€"63 resides in Forest Hill He is a former member est Hill Village Council Richmond Hill will have to find a new town solicitor, since J. Ragnar Johnson, QlC., ap- pointed to the post March 16, 1964, has found the work more burdensome than he expected, Mayor Thomas Broadhurst in- formed town council Monday. Mr. Johnson succeeded Solicitor J. D. Lucas. The mayor reported he had met with Mr. Johnson. who said he found Richmond Hill's mun- icipal legal work timeâ€"consum- ing and demanding and wishes to discontinue his association with the town. Mr. Johnson is willing to continue until such time as council has appointed ported. The matter was left 1 1965 council to deal with Mr. Johnson is a we“ Toronto lawyer with off For some reason. Mr. Wall reports, this idea hasn't caught fire in the swine industry. Swine breeders make a good effort but they must wonder sometimes if it's worth it, he says. Leanness and feeding ef- ficiency are highly heritable and this makes achievement (Continued on Page 6) In the IiVestock industry, per- formance testing of breeding stock is more and more the key in making livestock pay. he says. York County dairymen for in- stance, nearly always have a good idea of the production story behind any bull they use. Beef men are catching up quick- ly with rate of gain, now a de- ciding factor in breeding. The poultry industry probably leads the way, with hybrids. crosses and strains selected for high production. Irom 800111 04 1v1arKnam Vll- Councillor [age res'dFMS and another minded council that provision from an adjacent property own- {01. a permanent paid fire de_ er wmmm Burd- {partment is also essential. Mr. Another 100 from UnionvilleiScudds replied, “I haven‘t for- signed a petition in approval. gotten. but I believe once a year The promoters were granted is often enough to bring up the a $500 licence last January 30 subject. I will bring it up at for the year and were seeking budget time.” to renew it, presumably with For the first time in many the intention of building this_years the number of fire calls Lois Ilancey re- one In matches Matches w: of the greate fires â€"- 16:, flames accoun oil burners to line and wi each, applian ors flve and pipes font. '_ eight fires ls year and area currently imrulved in drag racing. the petitions against it began to flow into the township, including one from about 54 Markham Vil- lage residents and another from an adjacent property own- er William Burd. ing Mr. Hunter with the Rhythm Pals. Tommy Common and Gor- die Tapp along with Canadian show business stars will put on two performances at 2 pm. and 8 pm. Country music star Tommy erful things about the enter- Hunler is staging a gala bene- tainment business, that you can fit show this Sunday at King help out when you're needed." City Composite School for the he told “The Liberal" Monday. tragedy-stricken Sparks' fami- Some of the stars are fresh ly whose five children were‘from entertaining Canadian killed in a fire last week. troops on Cyprus and final de~ tails of the sho we b.‘n Mr. Hunter with the Rhythm w re N g worked ut this week, Mr. Hun- Pals. Tommy Common and Gor- ter said." R. Hill's Solicitor Offers Resignation This is one of IE Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty SUCCE urrenlly involved in Fore All-Star Benefit Show For Sparks Family inue until such has appointed the mayor re- the wand SL and Police said the road and Villageflighting conditions were bad at of For-11112 time of the accident and no lcharges have been laid. "or the HOVVII ; at and Two armed men held up a Highway 7 service station early Wednesday morning but es- caped with only $40 in cash. Markham Village Police, in- vestigating the reported 1:10 a.m. robbery said the two men walked into the Markham BP on Highway 7 just east of the village and threw night watch- man Sam McEwen to the floor after demanding the cash. He was not injured. The pair ap- parently fled in a car. Maple Child Struck At Village Corner Armed Robbery At Highway 7 5.5. A Maple two-year-old was treated for abrasions and re- leased from York Central Hos- pital last week after she was struck by a car at the village‘s main intersection. Vaughan Police said Jacque- line Jansen. 2. of Richmond Street, apparently wandered away from her nearby home last Wednesday night to the roadway where she was struek by a car driven by James Jack- son. RR]. Maple. The little girl was taken to hospital in a Largest number of fires in Richmond Hill were in dwell- ings, which accounted for 19 calls â€" oil burners were res- ponsible for five of these and furnaces and pipes for three. Gasoline. appliances and mot- ors, matches and wiring were responsible for two calls each. Fields and grass fires were responsible for 17 calls with seven of these caused by mat- ches, five by open flames and four by cigarettes. Cars and trucks were responsible for 12 calls. four were attributed to gasoline. four to cigarettes and; November building in Mark- ham Township soared up to $702,975 compared to $165,100 a year ago. i In its report. the building fdepariment said there were .permits issued for 42 homes ($505,000); seven additions to homes ($16,000): five accessory buildings ($3.975); three com- mercial buildings ($91,000); one industrial building ($72,000) and one addition ($15,000). For the first time in many years’the number of fire calls answered by Richmond Hill Fire Department in Richmond Hill greatly exceeded those from the Township of Mark- ham. Seventy calls have been received from the town and 39 from the township, so far this year, according to a report sub- mitted by Fire Chief Alf Stong. Chief's Report The five children of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sparks. were trap- ped by a raging fire in their century-old brick farmhouse while their parents with three other children managed to es- cape. The Sparks’ with daughters Maureen and Karen and son Danny have been located in a home in Aurora where Mr. In Nohleton.‘ the local Lions Club with 30 mem- bers has so far cnIIected $3,000 in cash donations to the family In a campaign headed by Donald Bragg. “More would he very we]- come.” he said. An inquest into the fire wouldn't be held until late Jan- uary according {0 King Town- ship Police Chief Leslie Pen- gelly. Next year’s council should consider starting to lay aside money for the purchase of equipment for the fire department, Councillor Walter Scudds, chairman of the police and fire committee, told Richmond Hill Town Council Monday evening. He pointed out: 3 the .“ ew” fire truck is now 10 yea’zrsold‘niidl has “old” truck is- obsolete. .“By 1967 at the latest, mew equipment will be essential,” Mr. Scudds stated. V WEWM Markham's Building Soars Over Nov. '63 Mr. Bragg said the Lions hop- ed to have a permanent home for the family by next week. ‘At, least three housefuls of furniture has been donated sincc last week and there is an abundance of clothing. too." Mr. Bragg said. “We really appreci- ate all the offers that have come in." in all things Charity” Sparks' has been given a job‘ at St. Andrew's College as a stationary engineer through the Workmen’s Compensation Board re-training program. He had been off work for about a year as a result of an injured back before the tragedy. l Matches were the cause of the greatest number of fires â€"- 16; with open flames accounting for eight. oil burners for seven, gaso- line and wiring for six each. appliances and mot- ors five and furnace and pipes four. The cause of eight fires ls listed as un- known. In the photographs at left. taken by a "Liberal" photographer are Terence Champ. a neighbor of the Sparks’ who with his nep- hew Barry Ellison rushed to the blazing house and attempted to raise a ladder to the children trap- ped in an upstairs bed- room. Firemen were unable to remove the bodies of the victims from the complet- ely gutted house until the next day. Ten-year-old Susan Mabee of Oak Ridges had the questionable distinction of being York Central Hospital’s 5,000th patient last week. She is shown here making a valiant attempt to smile after receiving a thoroughly black eye, slight concussion and bruises after running in front of a car on December 7. Susan has since been discharged from hospital but won’t be back at school until the new year. With her are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blayne Mabee. (Continued On Page 3) York Central '5 5,000t/1 Patient HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 I Mr. Bailey, who had almost‘sion Dalton McArthur will be unanimous support from front third as he registered 1.536 end voters in the Thornhill,votes. Richvale. Crestwood. Yonge. Maple farmer R. J_ Darling. burst. Uplands alld Garden AV- ton made a good showing at his enue areas all bordering Yonge first attempt and led the first Street led the early [30115 as returns as third council mem- a crowd which eventually swel- her until Mr. McArthur moved led to 150 packed into the up_ Maple municipal office to watch But it was Mr_ Bryce an the returns on a large screen pro-lway in at least 14 pans who Jentlon' ‘ - !r¢mm~flnfl Han hit-thud hIIh-Iknr n: Most solld of Saturday's victories went to the 31- year-old Thornhill insur- ance manager Warren Bryce whose methodical. well-or- ganized campaign helped him top the poll of council candidates with 1.782 votes. He is a newcomer to pol- ltics. Sam Kaiser. Vaughan Area School Board Chairman for the past five years who decided to It was a landslide victory for Garnet Williams. the councillor from Nashville who swept into the deputy-reeveship with a solid endorsement of 2.664 votes over Bathurst Street farmer Milton Savage. now twice de- feated candidate who polled 972 votes on the final count. By 8.307 Myk Rutherford had pulled away from‘ his fivo op- ponents by a slight margin. He handily took Edgeley. all the Maple polls. Nashville, Pine Grove. Kleinburg, Thorndale, Concord and Elgin Mills as well as his home area of VeIr lore. Deputy-reeves Jesse Bryson, third contestant for the hotly- sought 'reeveship this year was low man on the totem pole pol- ling 1,152 votes to Mr. Bailey’s 1,443 and Mr. Ruthérford‘s l,- 531. Mr. Bryson led the polls in Purpleville, his home district, Elder Mills, Nashville and Tes- ton. Concord East and Thomhill South. The voting, 42.7% compared to 31.5% in 1962 went right down to the wire last Saturday after the 33 polls had closed at 7 pm. with the final one, No. 15 at Arnold Avenue, coming at 10 pm. and giving Mr. Rutherford a narrow 88-vote edge over his strongest contender Brian Bailey of Richvale. BY ANNE SMELLIE Vaughan Township’s municipal election this year lived up to its promise of plenty of action as a cliffhanger decision approved A. H. “Ab” Ruther- ford as reeve for his third straight term. WARREN BRYCE Four tenders submitted for a new fire truck for the Union- lville Fire Department which copes with fires throughout Markham Township have been referred to the firemen for their comments. Bids were received from King Seagrave Ltd.. of Wood- stock ($17,333i, American Marsh Pump (Canada) Ltd of Stratford ($17,124): Le France Fire Engine and Foamite Ltd. of Toronto ($17,277) and C. E. Hickey and Son Ltd. ($15,750 and $15,950). I The rest of the field finished as follows: Donald West. T0- ronto school teacher and Maple resident. 1352; John Neufeld well-known in Maple where he runs a business, 1171 and John Woollacott from Pine Grove 460. Markham Council opened the tenders Monday night. Four Tenders For Twp. Fire Truck contest, a council seat will be the second man on council for the next two years with 1,653 votes in his favor and Maple businessman and former hockey referee who has headed Vaughan‘s Recreation Commis- sion Dalton McArthur will be third as be registered 1.536 votes. But it. was Mr. Bryce all the way in at least 14 polls who recorded the highest number of votes for any council candidate. For the six-man (Continued on (Photo by Stuart's Studio) MORE HOMES 8. LAND LISTED AND SOLD SAM KAISER m Pme Grove!" ‘ , nan contes! for; on Page 22) ‘ Iders For‘ M re Truckl submitted forw .. 1L: M. 756 the l Markham Clerk Harry Crisp will ask the Ontario 'Municipal Board if it could postpone a ‘scheduled hearing into a local :improvement project on Noble 'Street to January 4 since it's the night of the township's in- augural meeting. "After all, this project has lbeen going on for 30 years, an- :other few days won’t matter," said Reeve Charles Hooper, who probably would like to attend his own inaugural as reeve for 1965. Vaughan Pupils Will Partcipate Arrangements are being made for the pupils in the schools of Vaughan Township to again participate in the Ontario Pub- lic Speaking Contest, Superin- tendent D. R. MacDonald told Vaughan Township School Area Board Thursday evening. This contest is sponsored by the On- tario Trustees‘ and Ratepayers' Association and the Ontario Hydro Commission Representatives from the in dividual schools will be sel'ee ed by January 15 and a com mittee appointed by the prin cipai's association will arrangl semi-final and final events to: the township in time to Selec a speaker to represent the tow: Public Speaking ship at the county final ruary. This year, the contest for the district will be held in York County. when a contestant Will be chosen to speak at'the On- tario finals during the Easter meeting of the Ontario Educa- tion Association. This event will be arranged by the educa- tion committee of the county council in co-operation with the council in co-operz inspectors of York Ask 0MB Postpone Hearing Reeve Wants To Attend Inaugural NORTH YONGE OFFICE 8242 YONGE ST. DALTON McABTHUR AV. 5-1156 A. H. RUTHERFORD ARN {ET PER COPY 106 WILLIAMS )unt ) select :9 town- in Feb-