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“As everyone is aware I have a thing about snow shovelling,” Councillor Lois Hancey told Richmond Hill Council Monday evening as she intro- duced a motion. seconded by Councillor William Lazenby, that the works commissioner estimate the cost and consider the possibility of the town clear- ing all sidewalks of snow and report to the works committee for the consideration of council. “I believe a pedestrian is en- mercial area be considered titled to the same considera- as a starter. “I‘m afraid of {ion as a motorist," Mrs. Han- setting a precedent," he cey stated, noting that “A lot said. of people have tried to co-opâ€" Councillor Eric Handbury crate with my suggestion of commended Councillor Hancey clearing the snow from side- for her stand for the old and walks. Then along came the infirm people but went on to road snowplow and piled snowlask if the municipality could on the freshly cleaned walks. [limit the snow plowing to a few don’t think it's fair to ask them areas. “I have a feeling it will to do the job over and over cost more than a small boy again. [charges to get rid of the snow" _1‘We have equipment avail-lhe said. He said parents unable to be A motion by Trustees home during the noon hour, David Stephenson and Jack could get help in this matter if Knott that the board up- they wanted. 1 (Continued On Page 3! "We have equipment avail- able now which will do the job and the works commissioner is the best person to learn if such a plan is feasible," she report- ed. Deputy-reeve Floyd Perkins asked why a person should be required to shovel the public sidewalk which everyone for blocks around uses. Reeve Donald Plaxton felt that to do all sidewalks might be too expensive and suggested that snowplow- In; of streets in the com- . Hancey also requested that the Toronto and York Roads Commission be contact- ed about the reason for timing 1on the traffic lights at Mark- :ham Road and Bayview Ave- Inue. “I go snooping around." she reported. "and the green light is much shorter on the north-south crossing where the bulk of traffic is." Councillor Walter Scudds commented that traffic counts had been taken before the lights were installed. Deputyâ€"reeve Floyd Perkins asked why a person should be required to shovel the public sidewalk which everyone for blocks around uses. Reeve Donald Plaxton felt that to do all sidewalks might be too expensive and suggested that snowplow- in: of streets in the com- "Is there no responsibility for able. the boy at home." asked Trus- tee A. Hutchcson. Mr. McIntyre said that was not the board's con- cern, so he was unable to answer the question. He said i! the schools allowed the children to bring their lunches. there would be up to 3.900 students staying at M001 during the noon hour. "Then we'd need programs {or them and supervisors," Mr. McIntyre said. He said parents unable to be i l A recommendation by Busi- ness Administrator K e n n e t h Turton that the board hold only one regular meeting each month in an effort to avoid duplica- tion in office accounts for the meetings, was rejected by the board. The board agreed. however, to adopt the procedure of ap- proving accounts for payment only at the first meeting of each month. and suggested that the matter of one board meeting be considered again in June. A motion by Trustees Councillor Hancey Suggests All Sidewalks Plowevd By Works Dept. He said the boy had already been sent home on a previous occasion. The father, however, had not'W. Jones, 76 Beaverton Avenue answered the letter nor did he;to have her niece. who resides appear at the meeting. {in Toronto. attend grade 2 of “We‘ll just have to send the Walter Scott School for the boy home again if the situation month of March on a tuition persists," said Superintendentifee basis, while she is visiting Gordon McIntyre. |in Richmond Hill. Mr. Newman said the boy had' Mr. Newman's letter was re- persisted in bringing his lunch‘ferred to the personnel com- to school, even though regula- mittee for further study. tions forbade anyone living In another letter, the board within a 34-miie radius to do so. approved a request from Mrs Town Public School Bd. Schoolboy's Place Is A Home For lunch Time VOL. 87, NO. 32 The board made its comments at its regular meeting Thursday night of last week following receipt of a copy of a letter written by R. L. New- man, principal of MacKillop School, to the father of one of the school’s pupils. In his letter, Mr. New- man had asked the father to attend a school board meeting to explain why he objected to having his son go home for lunch. The schoolroom and the lunchroom are defin- itely not compatible, Richmond Hill Public School Board decided last week. Vaughan Township‘s in- dustrial boom moved into high gear this week with the announcement at Mon- day's council meeting that two more parcels of the townshipâ€"owned industrial land have been sold and a third optioned. Prestolite Limited have purchased an 11.33 acre site on Keele Street for the er- ection of a 40,000 square foot plant. Construction will start in the spring and it is expected that the plant will be in operation by next fall. Containers will be manufactured initially but it is planned to build an addition in two or three years when other opera- tions carried on at the lirm's present Dupont Street plant will he add- ed. Final plant will prob- aby containi100,000 square feet. Council also agreed to a two-week option on a 16 acre site on Keele Street. Prospective purchaser was unnamed but it was indi- cated that it was an Am- erican firm, well known in Canada, connected with the automotive industry. A 40.- Prestalite latest Vaughan Industry A recommendation by Busi- ness Administrator Kenneth Turton that the board hold only one regular meeting each month in an effort to avoid duplica- tion in office accounts for the meetings, was rejected by the board. The board agreed. however. to adopt the procedure of ap- proving accounts for payment only at the first meeting of each month, and suggested that N. Davison, principal of Wal- ter Scott. advised the board that accommodation would be avail- able. mercial area be considered as a starter. “I‘m afraid of setting a precedent," he said. Councillor Eric Handbury commended Councillor Hancey for her stand for the old and infirm people but went on to ask if the municipality could Mr. Newman's letter was re- ferred to the personnel com- mittee for further study. In another letter, the board Selling price for the Keefe \Street sites is $8,500 per acre. A smaller parcel. 2.67 acres lying to the rear of the township land and backing on the CN line. has been sold to an unnamed food processing concern. A 16,000 square foot plant is planned for the site in- itially. Selling price for this parcel was $7,500 per acre. 000 sq. ft. plant is plan- ned for this site also. Councillor Warren Bryce stated that Industrial Com- missioner Jim McDonald should be commended on the type of industry that has been acquired for the township. “It speaks well for the future of our in- dustrial area." he said. The township acquired 46 acres of land for indus- rial purposes in November of 1963, all of which has been sold. Two weeks ago. they acquired a further 40 acres, the expropriation of which was only approved by the Department of Mu- nicipal Affairs on January 29 and all but 20 acres of this has already been sold. Public LibriI‘B’» 24.Wright 512., Richmond Hill: Scudds ic counts the lights lTIreatre Owner Seeks Vote Mr. Allen said he would be willing to underwrite such a vote if council could stage it in the Township before his theatre opened. July 1‘. He said that the theatre, which he was building near Steeles Avenue and Don Mills Road. was a “very ex- pensive operation." “Toronto has four good drive- ins and two mediocre ones.” Mr. Allen said. “My competitive |position here is greatly hind- ered if I fail to get Sunday movies." Said Councillor Alan Sumner: “Why wasn't a vote held dur- ing the municipal elections in ‘December‘?’ A plea by a drive-in theatrel Mr. Rumble asked Mr. owner to Markham Townshipl Allen. ' Council to consider a vote onI Mr. Allen said if it had been Sunday movies has been setiup to him, he wouldn’t bother aside by council for consider-iwith Sunday showings, but that ation at another date. ‘he was under the pressure of Monday night, council t01d‘the suppliers to have the mov- Bal‘l‘y Allen, of Brampton thatlies on those days, or else he it would ask the township clerklwouldn’t get any good pictures. Monday night, council told Barry Allen, of Brampton that it would ask the township clerk to find out just how much a vote would cost, as well as to ascertain the poll locations. Deputyâ€"reeve Stewart Rum- ble said the idea of a plebiscite had been turned down by coun- cil at that time as nobody ask- ed for such a thing. Mr. Rumble, however. objec- ted to Mr Allen's suggextion that he pay for a vote if it were forthcoming. “Did you ever consider (when he was building the theatre) that you might not get Sunday movies here?" Sunday Movies For Markham Twp.-? “luluIilllllnllllml‘||mm“Illllml\lll‘lllmfllllllllllllllllullllllllllllllllll\\lll\\ll\llllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllfllllflmullllllllIll“lllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllll\lll“lll“lllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllll'ullIllllllullllll\lllllllll\lllllllll\\ll|lllll\lllllll“\llllllulllllllflllllll“llllllllIllllllll‘llllllllllllllllllllll “Our children are going to go down in history as hav- ing many problems â€" fall- outs. dropouts. I'd like to A proposal by Councillor Cleary Palmer that Markham Township Council look into the possibility of establishing a university in the area, was given short shrift last week by Reeve Charles Hooper. The reeve stopped discus- sion of Councillor Palmer's suggestion. which came after the regular meeting of coun- cil was finished, with a sug- gestion of his own that there were “greater men than us, who can handle these univer- sity things." Councillor Palmer said that he had been very concerned with land development and taxation in the area, and felt that land should now be purchased and set aside for educational needs. Palmer Suggests Markham University Mrs. Norman Todd, who heads the local committee, told “The Liberal” that the devoted work of captains and canvassers had made this encouraging increase in returns possible. As the annual March of Dimes got underway Mrs. W. Donald Paton (right above), 190 Driscoll Road. welcomes Marching Mother Mrs. G. D. McCarthey, who lives across the road at 191. Throughout the area the canvassers were welcomed warmly Monday evening and results of the march, not yet complete, indicate a substantial increase in donations from last year. Mothers Marc/red Monday Night RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965 In offering to pay for the plebiscite Mr. Allen said he would be glad to include in it any other issue council might An unemployed Richmond Hill man, who has been charg’ ed with a series of robberies and thefts in Richmond Hill, apâ€" peared in magistrate‘s court Tuesday morning and was re- manded for one week. Appearing before Magistrate 0. S. Hollinrake, was Douglas Brock, 25, of 48 Laverock Ave- nue, who was arrested January 29. following “round the clock" activity by Richmond Hill Pol- ice. Police Chief R. P. Robbins said his men had been working steadily since the first of 11 Weekend robberies was report- ed to police, January 22. When asked by Councillor Alan Sumner if such a uni- versity would conflict with Toronto’s York University in geographical proximity. Mr. Palmer said he didn't think it would as it would be a long range plan â€" possibly 10 years from now â€" and there would he need for both by then. see a university for drop-ins He said that good students were being kept out of uni- versity because of the high entrance requirements. “Nowadays a student has to be a genius to get in," he said. Councillor Palmer, sug- gested council approach the Minister of Education with a view to seeing if a “univer- sity of Markham“. giving degrees in arts, economics and agriculture, could be es- tablished. E Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" We must put our oar in Police Crack Weekend Thefts (Photo by Stuart‘s Studio) be considering Township Clerk. H. C.. T Crisp, when asked how much such a question mi ht cost, es- timated it to be h tween $500 and $600. Businesses included were: Scotty’s Variety, 79 Yonge Street South; Quality Utilities. 157 Crosby Avenue; Becker’s Milk, 192 Yonge Street North; Mac’s Milk, 26 Levendale Road: Reitman's tOnt.) Ltd., Richmond Heights Centre; Butler and Baird Lumber Co., Yonge St., North; W&P Service Station, 178 Yonge Street North; Bur- roughes Furniture Co. Ltd.. Ri- chmond Heights Centre; and R. D. Little Ford Sales, 168 Yonge Street North. Brock is charged with break- ing, entering and theft in all of the cases. except Burroughes, where he has been charged with breaking and entering. only. Deputy-reeve Stewart Ru- mble said he didn’t see the matter in the same light as Mr. Palmer. It was hard enough to raise money for high schools in Markham, and a university required a different type of support, with grants being required by the provincial and federal governments, as well as in- dividual sources. “I can‘t agree either that you have to be a genius to get into university," said the deputy-reeve. "I have three said Mr. Palmer. "11' we had an agricultural college here, it would have to do good." “How much good would it do?" asked Reeve Hooper “Why didn't you speak about this when the minister iEd- ucation Minister William Davies) was here last year? I think there are greater men than us. who can han- dle these university' things." A motion that the mat- ter be postponed until the clerk could supply more de- finite figures, was approved 3-1, with only Deputy- r e e v e Rumble voting against it. \ll\\ll“lIll\l“\llllml“l“l“11ml“1ml1“ll\“l\lll\l\llll““\llllllllllllllll At least most of them did. Councillor Charles Hoover. who said he preferred to be more down to earth when the offer to get airborne was made to council earlier this week, stay- ed where he was. llllullllllmum“ll“lll“ll\llllllllllllll\lll“lmm“!Il\lll\llll\lll\lll\llll At that time, Fraser Smith, sales manager of Dominion Road Machinery Co. Ltd., God- erioh, Ont., offered council a trip in the company’s airplane to inspect its Goderich plant and see how such things as road graders are made. Mr. Goderich extended the invitation after council had opâ€" ened tenders for a road grad- er. submitted by five comp‘an- ies, including the Goderich one. No action was taken on the tenders, however, Township En-- gineer Dusan Miklas wanting time to consider the various lines. as well as the estimates. llll\lllllllllll“\“lllfllmllullllllll“lullllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll STOUFFVILLE: Roman Catho- Markham Council? Up In The Air1 With the exception of Coun- cillor Hoover, and Councillor Alan Sumner, who was unable to attend, the rest of the mem- bers took to the air. No More Markham Gravel Pits Markham Township literally got its feet ground this morning day). Mr. Hoover said. however, that he might make the trip by car. lic ratepayers met in the Vet- erans’ Hall, January 26 to con- sider formation of a separate school board. Highway frontage property was purchased several years ago for a separate school site. “\lllflllllllllllllllllm“lllllllllllllllllllll“\llllllllllll\lll“lllllllmlm’ He said also. that it shouldn‘t be brought up with one of the councillors absent. Councillor Charles Hoover had retired after the regu- lar meeting. School Trustee LeMoine Resigns It. was at this point that Reeve Hooper cut him off, ruling him out of order. “You should make a not- ice of motion first and dis- cuss it in committee." said the reeve. “This is something out of a blue sky." “That's right reeve. “You mean I can't talk anymore about this." said Councillor Palmer. children in university now. . . . It‘s possible they’re gen- iuses. but I don’t think so." Councillor Palmer said he may have misled council; that he had only intended the Education Minister be approached about the possi- bility of getting a university. Mr LeMoine’s resigna- tion. which he said was due to personal reasons. was contained in a letter to the board. and was presented at a meeting earlier in the week. Trustee Jim LeMoine. a member of Richmond Hill Public School Board since 1964, has resigned, it was announced at the board‘s regular meeting last week. The retiring trustee said he regretted having to step out at this time, and wish- ed the board continued suc- cess in its work. A member of Ward 2. Mr. LeMoine joined the board in January. 1964. and still had a year to run in his two- year term. Chairman Walter Hut- chinson said the board ac- cepted Mr. LeMoine‘s res- ignation with regret, and would consider several nam- es before deciding on some- one to complete the rest of his term. The order was made Monday morning at a hear- ing before the OMB, in which Township Solicitor J. D. Lucas submitted a by- law forbidding the opening of any new gravel pits in the township. During his tenure with the board. he served on the finance and purchasing committee, and was chair- man of the public relations and publicity committee. The opening of new gra- vel pits has been ruled out in Markham Township. A previous hy-law, advo- cating this. had been ruled out by the OMB, which stated that it discrimin- ated because it contained two exceptions to the rule. The board approved the new hy-law. which elimin- ated the exceptions. It is not retroactive and doesn’t affect any present operation. said the Council off the (Thurs- HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Richmond Hill Has 2 Alternatives For Eliminating Blind Road Intersections Under the Highway Improve-‘ . ment Act the municipality I B f would have to acquire owner- e ship of portions of intersecting lands. The solicitor noted that Parking at the Royal Cana- this method would necessarily dian Legion Branch 375 Yonge mean expropriation of the Street property was discussed lands. _ |at a meeting of Richmond Hill Reeve Donald phxton Town Council of the whole held noted that if the town ac, January 25, it was reported at quires title to me property Monday night‘s regular meeting it urnulfl moan nnnuirina 0f conned- Markham Township Council Solicitors for the golf club, will begin negotiations soon on whose property part of the with Thornhill‘ _La_{lies Golf five-acre development will be Under section 467 of the Municipal Act. Clerk Russell Lynett noted the municipality may make a deal with owners of property to have the corners cleared without acquiring title to any property. If this cannot be accomplished by mutual agv reement, the matter can go before a judge for arbitration, he reported. Club with regard to the amount to be paid for easements ex- propriated for the North Thorn-- hill Development, which has been hanging fire for the past seven years. The development. which only received approval last fall. is between Yonge Street and Bayview Ave- nue. south of Holy Cross Cemetery in Thornhill. At its Monday meeting, coun- cil approved a recommendation of the general committee to be- gin negotiations as soon_as a commitment is obtained from the developers that they will assume all costs involved, in addition to the cost of land ease- ments. Crash At Parking lot Causes $175 Damage A two-car collision on Col- borne Street resulted in $175 damage. Richmond Hill Police reported. The accidént occurred Jan- uary 30 about 8:10 pm. when a car driven by Bruce Taylor. 22, of 150 Colborne Street, collid- ed with a northbound car, driv- en by Elinor MacLean, 45, after coming out of a parking lot on Colborne. The town has two alternatives in remedying blind intersections and creating daylight corners, its Solicitor J. Ragnar Johnson informed council by letter Monday evening. Reeve Donald Piaxton noted that if the town ac- quires title to the property it would mean acquiring property for the eventual width of thg1 street. an ex- tensive strip along‘ both roads. “What I am prim- Markham To Negotiate North Thornhill Easement Honour Chairman 0n Retirement *â€"***“"D However, council did approve representatives were J. S. Gads- an additional recommendation by and Harry Maynard, Reeve that provision be made this Charles Hooper, Deputy-reeve year for payment of the taxes Stewart Rumble and Council- in three instalments, and that lor Cleary Palmer will also be every effort be made to deal on the committee. built. recently wrote to coun- cil requesting that it take ac- tion in the matter as soon as possible. Tax Discount A proposal that residents of Markham Township be allowed a discount for prepayment of. or payment of the first and sec- ond instalments of their taxes together. was turned down by council. The proposal was contained in a report of general commit- tee. (a) Sign an agreement for the leasing of the Sunoco Parking lot as agreed to in their letter of October 10, 1963 or Legion Parking Still A Problem Solution Before Tax Discussion (b) Make application to the committee of adjustment for de- finition of the number of park- ing spaces required by the usage of their property. Senior Citizens The council will lease accom-. modation for the senior citizens at 45 Yonge Street North from the Legion for the sum of $100 per month. Recommendations of the January meeting which were implemented Monday evenng were that the Royal Canadian Legion be advised that taxation will be discussed after they have followed one or other of the fol- lowing: arily concerned with is the elimination of blind corn- ers. We went into the problem from the safety angle and you don‘t have to buy land to legislate on safetyâ€"all you need is MORE HOMES; 8. LAND LISTED AND SOLD golf club,|with the 1965 rating by-law by March 1. To do this. it. authorized the clerk to request all budgets be submitted as soon as possible, with the school boards getting theirs in by February 20. Council also agreed to a request from the industrial committee to look into a proposed industrial land purchase in the Don Mills area if the committee is not successful in obtaining it. Location of the proposed site was not given. NORTH 8242 en information that if an ap plication is made by county 1 lwill be given consideration.’ Councillor Scudds reported. “ don‘t believe the county 11 looked into this matter thor oughly." he said. “and if the turned down. “I have been giv en information that If an ap Appointed to the industrial committee as planning board representatives were J. S. Gads- by and Harry Maynard. Reeve Charles Hooper. Deputy-reeve Mayor Tom Broadhurst com- mented that the works ‘ com- mittee is looking into the ques‘ tion. “It will be up to their to come up with a recommend! atlon" the mayor reported. A recommendation that all monies paid into the Apensiox plan on behalf of H. Cable b5 the town be paid to him. as he is now employed by the county was deleted from the minute: of the council as a whole meet ing on motion of Councillm Walter Scudds. Retirement Fund Mr. 'Scudds recalled tha1 council had been informed that it would be impossible for Mr? Cable to buy into the municipal employees retirement pension which covers county employees} The councillor reported he had been in contact with the office of this plan and found that al though buying in has not bee done before it also has not heed do’they might find it can b done." visibility. At least you will have people living with the conditions and less apt to be upset when future im- provements are advocated." (Continued On Page 3) (Photo by Stuart’s Studio] YONGE¢ YONGE 5-1156 PER COPY 10d OFFICE : ST. ' /?/ /