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VOL. 87, No. 28 Public Libl 24 ‘vlright Richmond Hill. 1 Jan. 8â€"7â€"6-5â€" ‘r’v‘wf ._.L. 9 l , “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; RICHMON'D HILL, ONTARiOTTiiTTRsnAv, .IAN'LlARYâ€"flflos_ ‘- â€"MHOMECPAPERMOF‘TH' Tillie ml 1 in all things Charity" DISTRICT SINCE 1878 MORE HOMES 8. LAND LISTED AND Sflg NORTH YONGE orrrca 8242 YON GE ST. AV. 5-1156 PER COPY 100 MAYOR FORECASTS GHALLENGING ’65 Receives Ist Delegation Discord Mars First Meetl Oi Mkm. Twp. Council Following inaugural ccre« monies held at 11 am. and a district high school board be ap-‘ Buttonville Comâ€"lpointed. Councillor Cleary Pal- Tman ‘ last year‘s councillor from Ward : l luncheon at munity Hall, Markham ship council held a short busi- ness meeting January 4. Although co-operation had been the byword dur- the speech-making in the morning, it was very little in evidence during the af- ternoon session. Proceedings ground com pie-l tely to a halt over the appoint- ment of a new member to the planning board. There was gen- eral agreement with Councillor Alan Sumner's proposal that S. J. Gadsby be reappointed for§ three years. but wh_en it came to the appointment of a newl member, four council members had someone to propose. Deputy-reeve Stewart Rumble proposed Lloyd Doner. empha- sizing that. he would be the only farmer on the board. Coun- cillor Sumner proposed Na'pier Simpson Jr. an architect whom he said was completely familiar with the planning area. Reeve Charles Hooper proposed that Mlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Attendance Guide To Selection 01" Members R. W. Masters. 3 member of the mer nominated Robert Sloane. who was defeated in a bid for the deputy-reeveship for this year. ' As none of the council mem-‘ bers appeared willing to with- draw their nominations. the mat- ter was stalemated. Although Mr. Rumble insisted that they should continue to discuss the matter and settle it, the rest of council voted in favor of Reeve Hooper‘s motion that it be dis cussed at a later meeting. A resolution appointing mem- bers to council committees passed unanimously. however. The roads committee will be chaired by Deputy-reeve Rum- ble and include all members of council ; Councillors Hoover and Sumner will form the fin- ance committee; Palmer and Rumble the police and fire com- mittee; Rumble and all other members of council will sit on the property committee: Sum- ner and Palmer on parks and recreation; Palmer and Rumble on the industrial committee and Councillor Hoover will be council‘s representative on the planning board. Having urged at the 11 mm. inaugural that citizens not hesitate to appear be- A report on the number of meetings attended by council appointees to vari- ous boards and committees in town during 1964, was requested by Councillor Walter Scudds at Monday night‘s Richmond Hill Council meeting. The coun- cillor felt such a report would assist council In making 1965 appointments. Councillor Lois Hanccy ' pointed out that these ap- l pointecs are volunteers who have other interests and 100% attendance is not al- ways possible. Councillor Scudds agreed. ‘ Mayor Thomas Broadâ€" hurst asked councillors to come to the next council “ meeting prepared to noml- ‘ nate representatives to planning board. public. li- brary board, Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. recreation. parks, court of revision. commit- tee. of adjustment, weed tn- fore council at any time. Reeve Hooper was a little taken aback to have a del- egation. consisting of one man. F. R. Baird of Mark- ham Viliage, appear at the l p.m. meeting protesting the use of a township snow grader to remove snow from the‘ race track at Markham Fair Grounds. (Continued On Page 3) Jan. 15 last Entry Date For Stoulfville lions Music Festival The Stouffville Lions Club is holding a music festival again this year. Closing date for entries to the festival is January 15. Ap- plications should be sent to Box 960, Stouffville, Ont. Entry forms or additional in~ l, of Richmond Hill Unit Griffin Resigns lSeek Appointee iMetro Planning It is expected Richmond Hill ,‘will suggest former Reeve iJames Haggart be named as the northeast representative on the Metropolitan Planning Board. The four municipalities which make up the northeast group on ..‘he board. Richmond Hill, Mark- ham Township, Markham Vil- [age and Stouffville, must find a representative for Vern. Grif- - f ' ‘ l Aha: .. . l - ‘ $2.51.. ”“l°"l”1°‘i‘l‘lem 3?: lower-rs: t w d‘ " “biscmm’l‘lg‘s” PMS-“9’ [Vlarkham 'l‘ow " 1mm; thit'v‘ltnc my a 93 tale 0. rmmh” ‘ 'anaJ“ ‘9 i ' “ have-s ch a health-umt-admlnls- was appointedl to athuee year-,8et any ‘srarits-ite continue its iterm in January 1963. Mayor Thomas Broadhurst has been trying to arrange a meeting with the other three municipalities concerned in or- der to agree on an appointee. Metro officials have asked that a replacement be named by January 12. Ever since group representation for the munici- palities bordering on Metro was first set up Markham Town- ship has named the represent- ative. They included former Reeve Alf LeMasurier, former Planning Board Chairman C. J. Laurin and Mr. Griffin. Former Deputy-reeve Robert Kirk of Vaughan Township repâ€" Deputy-reeve Floyd Perkins; Councillor Lois Hancey. fight-$479 Richmond Hills 1965 Council is all set behind the council table for a year of municipal work. inaugural Monday morning the above picture shows (left to l‘lQ‘ht) Councillor Walter Scudds, Ward 1; Councillor William liazenby. Ward 3: Councillor E ed Church. who invoked divine ble ‘ York County Board of Health than just. adequate service. is concerned over the apparent Board member Dr. J. T. Phair lack of community mental of King said he felt the coun- health services since the board ty isn't going to get as good ment facilities last March. At last week’s board meeting night and day to work in the in Newmarket former Richmond community." Hill Deputy-reeve Stanley Tinâ€" He suggested the board of we absolutely forbidden to trists a chance to see what they carry on a mental health proâ€"lean do “and if it's not satis- gr-am?" to fellow member'sif factory, then .We can protest." tered en'tal‘heallh clinic. ro ram dro" ed with the rest - p g pp g With the ’I‘yhurst Report. on nation of psychiatrist Dr. Sven Jensen and indirectly. that no one on the board actually seem- ed to know what was going on in the way of out-patient ser- vice at York County Hospital. The hospital built a 22-bed psychiatric wing addition last spring headed by Dr. W. Hughes on the basis of government grants for its construction. Mr. Tinker said the clinic; which the health unit adminis- tered for the past three years. 000 per bed and subsidy avail- had reached "a very efficient 'stage when it folded although ‘we still weren‘t providing more Henlth Board Concerned Over ~Lock 0f Community Mental Health Service lost jurisdiction over its treat- field service as it had under Dr. Jensen “who drove himself‘Health Association, a GOOâ€"mem- 'the health unit‘s program func- ker raised the question, "Are health give the hospital pychia-lto the clinic and providing com- lsponsorship of meetings ,the association to find out'wl'iat .their plans and programs are. mental health and the govern-l ment grants available of $10, lPhoto by Stuart's Studio) Taken following the : Clerk Russell Lynett. who administered the oath of office: Ward 2; Reeve Donald Plaxton; Mayor Thomas Broadhurst; ric llanclbury. Ward 4; and Rev. C. G. Higginson, ssing on the work of the council during the year. --l a natural move to hospital mention of psychiatric ser- quartcrs. ‘ vices in reports from York The move was endorsed at County Hospital. “There [the time by the York County branch of the Canadian Mental have been no internal oper- tion figures or anything placed before the commis~ sion," he said. In Richmond Hill. Public tioning almost as an auxiliarylSchool Superintendent Gordon S. McIntyre said his schools through were referring disturbed child- andlren to the out-patient clinic al- \ thoughnotvinrprevm'ousv Inca; Board Chairman E. J. No rip “I. .Exlfioti‘t: drill increase bf'Geurgim suggested an ‘ iy~ arose in ’ in-the-riew-year meeting with 3113 We 11 use them." rink C ntral High School Superintendent S. L. G. Chap-‘ her group who had supported education munity seminars for teachers. ' ‘ _,¢n lit-i . Scorpions \are ” there 1’ A challenging brief resume of the work awaiting the 1965 council was given by Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst at the inaugural session Mon- day morning. The mayor reported. in his opinion, the most important project and the one with the most far-reaching implications will be the new official plan which is expected to be ready about the first of March. This plan will govern. he explained, the future size, shape and de- velopment of the town and will require deep consideration by council in conjunction with planning board. He also fore- cast that the public will be con- sulted before the new plan is adopted because, he pointed out, such an important docu- ment requires the backing of everyone in the municipality. Next in importance, the mayor stated, which will follow the official plan. is the drawing up of a capital works program, placing needed works on work‘ able priorities. These public works will in- clude Yonge Street redevelop- ment. the Crosby Avenue force- main, reditching on Beverley Acres roads, reconstruction work on the town sewerage sys- tem and consideration of ad- ditional disposal plant facilities. He feels the town must place increased emphasis on securing industrial and commercial assessment â€" expressing the belief that perhaps more emphasis should be placed on com- mercial assessment without detracting from the ef- forts to secure additional industrial assessment. The mayor felt the great in- dustrial building activity to the south will beget commercial ac- tivity in this area and within the next few years there will be cat: t .1q1y5,on-Kt‘hli‘ ' f man said the five area high school students are being re-l Mr. Tinker also a mem- ber of the York County Hos- able. the county’s clinic madel Stabe Taxes, Progress Pledged fit/“7% ferred to the clinic but not in lContinued On Page 3) pitals Commission said there had never been any ‘ At Markham Twp. Inaugural l Markham Township Solicitor .l. D. Lucas admin- istered the oath of office to members of the 1965 Markham Township council at their inaugural meet- Council. In a special “school for councillors” held 1 Monday’s inaugural by Mayor Thomas Broad ._ A '1. ., new councillor Eric Handbury and “old hands” -. ' assessment just wandering in here but must attract it by care- ful planning,” he stated. Mr. Broadhurst also pointed out that there will be a con- tinuing need for recreational facilities. “We have a large young population which needs more of these facilities than are presently available. First on the list is our swimming pool and council may find it will have to give concrete assist- ance to have this completed." he forecast. The mayor also urged all cit- izens to be “more conscious of and contribute to the beauti- fication of our town, a job of major proportions, but neces- sary to attract the people we want to attract". “The potential is in the 1965 council." the mayor declared. “Council members have much to give and the desire to-give it.“ . Rev. C. G. Higginson of Rich- mond Hill United Church in- voked the Lord’s blessing on the work of the 1965 council. The mayor, Reeve Donald Plaxton and Deputy-reeve Floyd Perkins were nominated as a striking committee to set up the . 1%" 'Â¥*‘;§' Â¥ New Year’s Political Resolutions Increasing the police and volunteer fire u . ~ _- l keeping an eye on the debenture issue and doing so important road and drainage work were all an :-* ions made by department heads to Richmond council committees for the year. Councillors, heads of town departments and guests enjoyed a hot buffet at Legion Court at noon and councillors returned to the municipal building at 2 p.m. for a briefing session. Staff members were present to in- form councillors on matters left over from the previous year. instead of the new incumbents having to wait to learn these piecemeal as the months go by. This briefing session is an in- novation which it is hoped will members of .1 l ' .c‘. 4 I} '1: fly Donald Plaxton and Deputy-reeve Floyd Fe .m5 . were briefed as to past history and future pla .5: .‘ , According to Auditor S. Joscelyn, Richmond 1131;; i. has $5,000,000 in outstanding debentures with $2 0.: "f: 000 about to be retired. He said this leaves about’ $1,000,000 available to borrow on based on the Hill’s $33,000,000 assessment. formation may be obtained by writing to this address or by telephoning 640-3115 or 640- 2016. resents that municipality, Woodâ€" bridge and Toronto Gore on the Metro Board in the area group- ‘ing. ing, held in the council chambers at 11 am. Monday. A devotional address and prayer was given by Rev. Grant 81055 of the United Missionary Church. “You have the impossible task of trying to please everyone.“ he told the members of the five-man council. “You know this is impossible. as we all do. All you can do is do your best and leave the rest to apector. fenceviewcrs and the community centre board. ‘Aurora Driver lllLllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllhllllllllllllllll' A RichmondgHillâ€"Baby Doll "Bad'y '"lmed l l ' An Aurora driver, Harold W. First Born At York Central A real doll of a baby accordâ€"I in: to York Central l'lospitall nurses was first born of the? New Year and the first for a young Richmond Hill couple. Donna Marie. the 7 lbs. 2'2‘ 07.. daughter of Mr. and Mrs: Lloyd Harding of 10a \‘onge Street North entered the world‘ at a sleepy 622-1 am. last Fri- day moruiug complete with dark curly hair and a sweet lit- tle face. Mr. Harding works for Clark's I‘rouuce in Concord. lle born to and his wife were married a year ago at St. Matthew's l‘uit» ed Church and had rcccntly R s t DONNA MARIE moved to their apartment. The baby was named for Mrs.‘ Harding's mother and sister. * The stork had a busy time of Yonge Street ll this year at York Central asing for one of their fellow staff-his wife who suffered fractur-. the next arrival came along at 2:25 pm. a 9 lb. 14 oz. boy for of James Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Stokâ€" es. 48 Laverock Road. Richmond Hill. Twins Too It was a toss~up for the next arrival. one of a pair of twins Mr. and Mrs. Ole Au- uerud. 36 Church Street, 1\1a~ pie. The boy weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. ‘ : out Photo by Stuarts Sluditll AN 1) MOTH ER ’i er ‘ 01, arrived at 2:25 p.m., same time as the Stokes boy and his twin‘ sister at 4 lbs. 145‘»; ms. arrived‘ at 2:35 p.m. . The nursing staff were root- members, Joanne Oliver. wife! of 2â€"1 Goslingl Road. Maple, who gave birth to. her first child at 9:59 p.m.. a 7 lb. 71'.» 07.. baby girl. Mrs. Oil! ver had worked in the recovery room at YCli. The final New Ycar’s bah) was a grand baby son weighing ft lbs. 0' or. burn to Mr. and .\lrs. Donald McCallum. 38 Springhill Road in King City at 10:33 p.m. At York County Hospital. there were two New Year's ba» bies. The first born and the earl- iest arrival in the whole of the enced Januar county was a 1 lb. 6 07. boy born to .\lr; Peter~ Woods of Keswick. He \ arrived at 6'13 am. - The second baby was anoth- buy. born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Long of RRl. Alilliken.‘ born at 10:50 am. an 8 lb. 4 boy. , Aurora merchants this year f offered a truckload of prizes for the first Aurora baby born in either hospital such as din» her for the parents, toys, fur» niture. clothing. a beauty treat- l and “'1‘ 03‘“ night watchman December 16. Nesbitt, 35, suffered fractures to his legs. pelvis and arms, chest and skull following a New Year's eve accident north of Oak Ridges on Yonge Street. ' His car collided with one driâ€" ven by Malcolm Wallace of Oak Ridges. Wallace was ad- mitted to York Central Hospi-l tal with fractures. Nesbitt and ed legs were taken to York County Hospital and he was later rushed to Toronto Gen‘ eral. CHARLES HOOPER of the bulldqu but “A: y 19 for the armed unharmed. he said. as Payne got holdup of 3 Markham Village cash from a register. When the watchman phonch Imiice. Markham Const. William Gunn sitting in a cruiser about ‘400 yards away hurried to the Three area men will he sent- rear Barry Wayne Palneau. 23. and Frank W. Payne. IN. both of Lake Wilcox and Wayne King, 21. of Richmond Hill. all plead-station. he said. ed gum.“ l0 518311119. 554 ill The accuscds' car drme ple cash from Samuel .\lcune. anthe station and the constable 84»j'carâ€"old gas station attend- took chase radioin: ahead to ant at the Markham 81’ on othcr departments. The trail Highway 7. when they appeared was picked up by Siouffwlle before Magistrate 0 S. llolliu- (‘onsl Edward (lrimshaw as it take in court here Tuesday. According to statements taken headed towards lll< \illagc and he chased it into a blind lanc, mom {01. "mm and a car iob Nial‘kliaanillage Chief Fred (‘hicf White said lx'in: find for dad. ‘ “hire and introduced as evi- from the rar and on tout inadc Yum Comm. “MpimI-S Jam deuce lll Tuesday's trial. l’al-hls \\a\ to \larkham wm'rc or “a”. 3 “may a Hm for “:2 mean was carrying a .22 calibre :ot a taxi in takc him in \"cv and MK phmp John “0510”. revolver which he apparentl} Turunlu whc-rc he was HI‘I‘vxir'd “h” arde 3‘ 347 p.m_ hem fired once past hing": car as 24 hours later. york penny,“ Janna”. 3 they drove to the hold-up scene \Vlicn l-xin: ailpcul‘t‘rl in ('~i'.‘l ham-1mm 10 31,1 and M”. Row and again when they were in- Dccembcr 17 his face nun (Ill aid BIL-Me M Johnson Roadside the station demanding cash and scratched from i.;< tl’ll~\- Aurora at 1010 p m. from the elderly watchman, country escape as he tell £t_‘dlll.\'l A1 Bums...) Hospital a'riW-n. Chicf White told court King fences and barbed wire in the hill hairy llladp n; appoaranCP\\as drum: the car when it dark. the chief said at 12:13 pm You Ymr’; (lav astopned at the station: he Cons! (il‘uns‘ l-‘Jl‘l‘ll daucliicr in" .\l'- and 111's.'l‘l1_\5 staxed behind the wheel \\l11lf‘ wbpp he followed llw r-a" mm DeVrlcs. Glcncamcron Street, Paineau and Dame entered, The the lam: Km: fled do<nz‘»‘ She welelied 8 lbs. 11' 1 on. watchman was taken to the warning slim and Palncau leap- s :» of council on their election andhave. ' welcomed those attending the‘ . the holding of the tax line one‘industrial Three Local Men Convicted Tuesday Alter December 16 Armed Robbery the Lord," he said. Reeve Charles Hooper con-‘hesitate to appear before coun- gratulated the other members oil with any problems they may Deputy-Reeve Stewart Rum- mecting. including heads of de-ible also pledged his coâ€"opera- partments of the township audition in holding the tax line and Reeve Alma Walker of Mark- stressed that he would like to ham Village. Mr. Hooper called see more balance between the and residential as-l of council‘s most important sessment. “lf council insists on‘ goals and pledged himself to it. we can bring this to pass." M work toward this end. He urged he stated. Elected again as councillor: for Ward 1 after a year’s ab-, sence. Alan Sumner compli:l merited the staff on how well. they had kept his desk andl chair, which he was pleased to occupy once more. lie stressed‘ that the township urgentlyl needed and could well afford the services of a planning diâ€" rector to correlate townshipi planning. He urged too that; adequate firc protection be pro- citizens of the township not to half- rd from the rat Into a vided in the higth populated crom'h "with something in his section of the township where hand". it was hoped also to attract in- "I told him to art hark industry. the car and close the door and Cleary Palmer, re-elected as a minutc later the gun was councillor for Ward 2 agreed‘ thrown out the window." he that fire protection was of im-l said. mediate concern and urged that The constable mm the the new fire truck for the Un-l pair until reinforcements ionville Brigade be purchased arrived and later found two immediately and that the fire partly-filled boxes of cart- and police committee survey ridges stuffed up the car fire protection needs in the heater. whole township. In their Slfllf'lllf’lll>. all three .\lr. Palmer sires-«id too that admitted drinking heavily in adequate services were neces-1 Richmond Hill and Lake \Vil-sary to encourage industry to cox when Palucnu said the three locate in the township. “1 say dcciciwrl tun») were broke andthis township is a sleeping “should .‘c'. some fast money giant." he said. "awaiting only wmmrm'c." the awakening facilities of more Bull: Payne auu King said consumers. more industry. more l’ulm-au fzrwd a sillil out the car commerce and more people. mi‘itlml an!) Kin: testified l’al- pcuplc with vision." ncau lulu the sun to his lit-ad ('harles Hoover. the Ward and said “We're Join: all the 3 representative. 3 peren- naj " nlal figure on council. pro- Nllue vvl'l'ed aux lesiiumu} claimed himself in favor or m "mr «wn rlofmwr although progress too. but balanced lr~::il :url 'Flll‘ccf‘ll'al‘lv Paul and sensible progress. HP. ’4 \ll'iza' 'Npu'sfrrl two week: ’nr pointed out that in 1.061 I"r‘â€"§Cl‘.‘(‘n((_- irpgrjts, leir‘vll'lllel 0n P329 3‘ Mayor Broadhurst warned the town should keep a reserve to cope with Joscelyn assured him the any emergency and Mr. municipality could safely spend up to $500,000 for municipal purposes. He predicted there would be some public school spending this year although no formal request had been made. Mr. Joscelyn also suggested a special fund or . a plan for evening out capital equipment spending. Police Chief R. P. Robbins warned council he was planning to ask for at least six new men for the force in 1965 and another cruiser. “Under the Police Act, you are charged with providing adequate police coverage and I feel this addition would give it to us, particularly in the in- dustrial area,” he said. The police force stands at 19. There were 4,875 “occurrences” in 1964, the chief said. Works Commissioner Otto Whalen has plans for the widening of Mill Street, Yonge Street recon- struction with storm sewers from Markham to Lev- endale Road. “The pavement was put down in 1928 and many of the storm sewers are undersized,” he said. The works department head said he also planned to include $20,000 in his budget for the extension of sewer and water mains which were now “stub- ended” at Elgin Mills Road “in case of annexation of the land north of there” and another $40,000 for surface treatment of unpaved roads. Fire Chief Alfred Stong. has asked (for the fifth straight year) for four permanent firemen to aug- ment his current 20-man volunteer brigade. He also has requested a third fire. truck which seems a likely prospect. 1964, he said. There were 107 fires of various types in At the first regular meeting of council in the. evening, Reeve Plaxton warned department heads that “just because there are a few changes on coun- cil this year they shouldn't think the purse-strings are about to be loosened, because they aren’t." Mayor Broadhurst asked all department heads, Committee chairmen and chairmen of boards which receive funds from budgets by February 15 present a realistic budget council to submit their 1965 He hoped they would at that time. The mayor declared that the earlier the budget is set and the earlier taxes can be collected, the less money will be h l borrowed with resulting savings in interest. charges. I