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The Liberal, 30 Sep 1965, p. 1

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About 300 supporters cheered and clapped as Mr. Addison was named candidate by accla- mation. The nomination meet-l ond: “We did not know from one day to the next what the whims of the opposition would bring upon us. A defeat by chance was always facing us. The common sense of the Canadian people will be enough to re- ject Mr. Diefenbaker.” Mr. Ad- dison said. “To rule a country effectively we need a mandate for five years not five months." The Canadian flag, he said, has been a “unifying influence on our country and something we can all respect as a mark of Canada's nationhood.“ ' The speaker spoke glowineg of the accomplishments of a Liberal Government which in- herited the financial mess left by the Conservatives. millllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Speaking of his family background Mr. Laing said his father had immigrated to British Columbia in 1882. When he left England he was a Tory and an Anglican but after settling in Canada he became a Liberal and a Presbyterian. .llllll“lllllllllllllllllillllllllllillllllllllilllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllll “The Conservative adminis- tration borrowed $750 million to prevent the country from going broke,” Mr. Laing said, "and eight months ago the Lib- Northern Affairs and National Resources Minister Arthur Laing was against adoption of a new Can- ‘ adian flag when Prime Minister Pearson first ad- vanced his proposal in the House of Commons. “I could have taken it or left it alone," he ad- mitted. “I felt the division and controversy it would cause in the country wasn’t worth a flag. ‘ “But now I admit I was in error. It. was one of the best things any government could do.” Minister Laing was address- erals paid off the last dollar ing 300 Liberal supporters at‘of that debt." the nomination meeting of in-l Mr. Laing. who represents cumbent John Addison in the Vancouver South in Ottawa said auditorium of the G. W. Wil-_Canada's prospects were liams Secondary School. Aurâ€" the highest in history. “We ora. Wednesday night of last have the lowest unemployment week. ,for the past eight years. Less The Canadian flag, he said,:than three percent are unem- has been a "unifying influencelployed." Mr. Addison also took Diefâ€" enbaker and the Conservatives to task for their lack of support for the United States in the Cuban crisis. "The Conservatives wav- ered in their support of President Kennedy while the other allied countries were committing themsel- ves to the task at hand.~ It took Diefenbaker until two laing Now Fa vars New Map/e leaf Flag VOL. 88 With this statement John Addison launched his bid Wednesday night of last week to win York North riding for the Liberals in the November 8 federal elections for the third successive time. ~ Electing John Diefenbaker as Prime Minister of Canada would be tantamount to committing “national suicide.” HON. ARTHUR LAING CONGRATULATES JOHN ADDISON No. 14. Addison See/(s T bird Term He concludedwbly emphasizing l l set as the minimum wage level. a 40 hour week and eight paid the importance of educating holidays. the youth of the country in 0 Increased employment byiorder to build a basis for the creating 548.000 new jobs (we'future: promised 250.000 per year”).l “It is vital.” he said, “that Unemployment “now at record every Canadian youth should low of 2.8 percent compared to have the opportunity for a free 7.2 percent under the Conserv- education.” wars New Map/e leaf Flag ’ational Resources Minister l“ (“land-Lu. 1‘, egion of Russia. "Thu" “Inn... an I... ll... “seat... I r .B .. .4 _._. ondary school level is eligible. The prize will be increased by $50 if the winner is a child of a war veteran. ,‘ The other prize is in the lamount of $50 to the student with the highest aggregate marks in modern languages other than English. Again no mark under 66 will be counted and no student with more than five years at the secondary school level is eligible. This prize also will be increased by $50 if the winner is a child of la war veteran. l numuuumlmmuuumuI1ummmummmuumunuuuummum after November 8 with a ma- jority government. You can‘t operate a democratic system that way." Mr. Laing referred to his re- cent 13-day trip to Siberia noting the tremendous amount of natural resources in that The present government, he said, introduced the $500 bonus on winter housing, increased municipal loan funds, exported $400 million dollars of export credit to foreign countries "and haven't lost a single penny of it." Pointing out the minority position of the government Mr. Laing called for a clear man- date to enable the Liberals to carry out their intended legis lation. 0 Increased employment by creating 548,000 new jobs (we promised 250.000 per year"). Unemployment “now at record low of 2.8 percent compared to 7.2 percent under the Conserv- “Not one of the opposition arties has the slightest hope," a said, “of presenting itself :‘ter November 8 with a ma- urity government. You can‘t aerate a democratic system Long active in municipal politics he is a former reeve of Whitchurch Township. Morgan Baker the last York North provincial member elected by the Lib- erals was an honored guest at the convention. A resi- dent of King Township Mr. Baker represented York North in the Legislature during the .Hepburn era from 1934 to 1943. Rica K Rm .191, Juno. ‘Ilk. O Secured agreement leading to free trade in automobiles and established the Canada Devel- opment Corporation. , 0 Provided youth allowances of $10 a month to students 16 to 18. ‘ O Raised Old Age Security pensions to $75 to be available; from age 65. { Mr. Addison touched on the new Canadian flag not- ing that he had initiated the debate on a “distinctive national flag”. He described it as a great unifying factor and a tribute to the Liberal Leader Lester Pearson. The candidate also felt the Parliament sessions â€" which tend to drag on interminably at timesâ€"Tshould be limited to ‘eight months. “It is vital.” he said, “that every Canadian youth should have the opportunity for a free education.” ups-u»: “LDIUI Acct-aun- The candidate also felt the Parliament sessions which tend to drag on interminably at timesâ€"Tshould be limited to eight months. “I cannot over~emphasize," he said, “the vacuum of public opinion which develops if a member of parliament does not have an opportunity to spend enough time in his own riding." Mr. Addison also paid tribute to Prime Minister Pearson as a great leader in foreign affairs and credited him with helping to build unparalleled prestige and national unity for Canada. He concluded by emphasizing the importance of educating Two new prizes are available to honor graduates of Bayview Secondary School this year. York Central District High School Board has accepted, with thanks, the offer of Branch 375 Royal Canadian Legion to don- ate these prizes. The first one is in the amount of $150 to the student with the highest aggregate marks in grade 13, increased by 50% of the marks obtained in a grade 13 subject during the previous year. .No mark under 66 is to be counted and no student with more than five years at the sec- ondary school level is eligible. The prize will be increased by Mr. Addison also paid tribute to Prime Minister Pearson as a great leader in foreign affairs and credited him with helping to build unparalleled prestige and national unity for Canada. He concluded by emphasizing region of Russia. “They claim to be the nation with the highest natural re- sources. If that is so,” he said, mumunummmunuunuunmuuuuuuuuuumlmummunum Mr. Laing forecast this election will see the demise of the Social Credit Party. He sees a return to the two-party system in Can- ada. Mr. Laing said even Sacred Leader Robert Thompson will suffer per- sonal defeat in his Red Deer riding in Alberta. (lllllmllllllll\llllll111l111\lll\\llll|lllllillll\l\mll“lllllllll\\11\l\lllllllu “then Canada is a close second. The Canadian north is simply exploding with wealth." ative Party Mr. Laing tabbed water as the greatest Canadian asset stating “we have one third of the fresh water supply in the world. We're living next to the great land which is running short of water.” He warned that Canadians must see to it that they pro- tect this great natural resource and distribute it with aware- ness of the vital role it will play in the development of world industries. Mr. Laing lashed the present “so-called united" front of the former Con- servative rebels stating there was every indication they would not allow “Dief- enbaker to form a govern- ment himself even if his party won. What sort of business is this?” he asked. “It's a pretty sad business" he concluded. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIOiiTfiURSDiAY, SEPTEMEER 30, 1965 mfl Contractors tendering for the new addition to Crosby Heights Public School will have a couple of other things to con- sider in theinbids. Tenders for the additions will be opened at a special meeting of Richmond Hill Public School Board, 0c- ~tober 4. Meeting last week the board agreed to a motion by Trustee Dave Stephenson, which would put further commitments on the contractors. Under the clause, liquidating damages, Mr. Stephenson’s mo- tion called for the contractor to be resnonsible for anv exnenses School permission to distribute hotices of its annual special film program to pupils in grade four and eight, but vetoed a re- quest to sell tickets at the schools the nights of the films. Approved payment of the dif- ference between the cost of the audio-visual winter course in‘ Richmond Hill,“ and the regular fee of $40 for the summer course for up to 10 teachers, on condition they teach in Rich- mond Hill for two years after completion of the course, and reimburse the board if unable to meet the attendance require- ments. ' Under the clause, liquidating completion of the course, and damages, Mr. Stephenson’s mo- reimburse the board if unable tlon called for the contractor to to meet the attendance TeqUiI‘e- be responsible for any expenses ments- ' incurred by the board if con- Granted permission to two struction of the wing is not new teachers, A. E. Boston and completed by March 31, 1966; Mrs. J. Wales to attend the and to state extra expenses in- course. volved to meet the completion date. Mr. Stephenson said that the board would gain more than $50.000 if the project, which is being done as a winter works scheme were finished on time. If not completed by then, it would be paid on a pro rata basis. A second motion by Mr. Ste- phenson asking the Town of Richmond Hill to check as to the possibility of an extension to the deadline of the Munici- pal Assistance Works Loan, was also approved. ‘ ‘ The board also approved sev- eral other recommendations of the building committee calling for the removal of internal hos- Last week the board also; Agreed to a request from York Central District High School Board for permission to send notices to parents, regarding its night classes for adults, through students in grades seven and eight, and five and six in Bev- erley Acres. es and stand pipes from the Crosby addition. and the instal- lation of sufficient fire exting- uishers in the 1962 addition, as approved by the fire chief. Public School Board Asks Extra[ Commitments Ffom Building Firms‘1 legion Donates Prizes For Bayview Secondary A three-man delegation left Vaughan Township council meeting Monday night quite “down in the dumps” that it would be un- ablevto report any progress in dealing with the town- ship's garbage dump prob- lem. Spokesman for the group was Morley Kinnee of Maple. He reminded council that he was speaking for the 516 people who had signed the petition asking that the dumps be cleaned up or clos- ed and said he would have to make a negative report to the people. that his com- mittee hadn't been able to accomplish anything. This statement was contra- dicted by Councillor Dalton McArthur who said, "You have accomplished some- thing. The dump operation has been cleaned up, there have been no complaints and no fires during the last month". Mr. McArthur admitted however that the situation with respect to the trucks had not been bettered and that uncovered garbage trucks were still travelling the township roads. spilling garbage as they went. Granted Richmond Hill High Photos Indicate Vaughan Garbage T racks Still Uncovered “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” This was confirmed by a Dr. Bowers is the secretary for the Ontario Federation of Chapters of the Council for Ex- ceptional Children and is the membership convenor for the Ontario Psychological Associa- tion. In October, she will attend the Inter-American Workshop on Mental Retardation in Puerto Rico as the representative of Canadian educators to the first meeting sponsored by the United States Government for workers of Latin-American countries with special concern for retarded children. School permission to distribute 'notices of its annual special film program to pupils in grade four and eight, but vetoed a re- quest to sell tickets at the schools the nights of the films. The appointment of Dr. Joan E. BOWers as public school in- spector became effective Sep- tember 1 when she moved to the Richmond .ill office of the Department ct Edhcation.‘ Before coming here Dr. Bowers was psychologist with the Board of Education of the Township of Toronto and direct- ed the work of that department in the forty public and second- ary schools there. She has given summer lectures at the Uni- versities of Alberta, Saskatche- wan and Toronto and has taught at the summer schools run by the Nova Scotia and Ontario Departments of Edu- cation on educational and psy- chological topics. She has writ- ten several books and many articles for professional journals on children who have special educational needs. New Inspector She will be working in the inspectorate of York 3 and 4 assisting the present inspectors, Maynard S. Hallman and W. J. McLeod with their growing school areas. series of pictures handed to council by Andrew Snider, of llllllllllllllllllllllmmlllniullllllllllllllllltill“lllllllllllluulllll York Township Coun- cil will ask the provin- cial government to re- fuse an application by Metro for authority to es- tablish dumps in any Metro municipality with- out the approval of the municipality concerned. mum“uuuuuummmmmmmquuuuumunuuunun Maple. another member of the delegation. They had been taken during September and showed uncovered gar- bage trucks on township roads. . Reeve Jack Mould de- clared Tuesday approv- al would give Metro au- thority to establish a sanitary land fill opera- tions in any area of any municipality. Deputy-reeve Florence Gell said the township should make a strong submission to the prov- ince, and the committee agreed. He told the general council committee that Metro should not have such carte blanche au- thority. The municipali- ties should have a say, too. DR. JOAN BOWERS WWII The Storybook Players, a group of experienced actors and artists, who plan to open their own permanent theatre in Thornhill later in the year, are now in rehearsal for their first play. While their premises are in‘ the process of renovation, they will remedy the lack of theatre for children in this area, by performing in the Legion Hall and touring the province. Plan November Start For Children's Theatre Immumnmmmmumu:|mmmmlmuulm\mumunmmunmu Their choice “The Coral King". a play with great fresh- ness and appeal, will delight children, and their parents tom [it will be directed by Ronald Chudley who also directed it in England, where it enjoyed an eight month run. The performances will be on Saturday and Sunday after- noons, starting early in Novem- ber. The season will include a pantomime, which will be the first production in the new theatre, and two more plays after Christmas. The group hopes to keep the price of ad- mission in a range that will ap- peal to families who like their children to see as many plays as possible. The ultimate aim of the Storybook Players is not only u1nuluuuuumuumuummmmuuummumnwuIumuuuuuw New A d d ress For Licence I 38 uer Two-Year'l'erm Issue Mkhm. 'I'wp. Cnumil1 However, Mr. Rutherford pointed out that the town- ship has no legal control over the covering of garbage trucks. The Department of Transport insists only that loads are safe and can fine trucks so loaded that mater- ial can fly off and hurt either persons or property. Reeve A. H. Rutherford suggested that council could write a letter to Norman Goodhead, owner of the Dis- posal Services Dump whose trucks are causing the trouble, asking him why he has not kept his commit- ment to accept garbage only from covered trucks at his dump. This can only he done how- ever, when someone sees the offence and will lay a charge, he pointed out. All township employees are alert to this situation and are keeping a close watch. Recently a town- ship employee spent an en- tire day with a truck picking up garbage that had been dropped along the roads. This is carefully searched, Mr. Rutherford stated, to find any name which would give an indication of the origin of the material so that the owners of it could be charged. William Neal. local issuer of motor vehicle licences, announced this week that on and after September 30. his office will be located at 42 Industrial Road, Rich- mond Hill. Mr. Neal has secured comfortable quarters for his new office and assures the motoring public there is plenty of parking space for their vehicles at this new location. Mr. Sumner said he felt it would put council “in step” with neighboring communities like Vaughan Township and Richmond Hill,‘ which were either operating under a two-year Markham Township Council was criticized for not having “any guts" by Councillor Cleary Palmer after a suggestion for a two-year term of office for councillors was turned down. The suggestion was con- tained in a report of the general committee and was presented at council’s regu- lar meeting Monday night. Mr. Palmer made his re- marks after the recommen- dation that the clerk pre- pare a byâ€"law for a plebiscite on the matter was lost, and Councillor Allan Sumner had moved that the matter be re-in- troduced at the next meet- ing. I HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1% to widen a child’s theatrical horizon by offering drama courses, but to provide an in- troduction to many of the arts. Mr. Rumble chaired the meeting in the absence of Reeve Charles Hooper, who was in Saskatoon attending the Canadian Good Roads Association convention as a member of York County Deputy - reeve Stewart Rumble, who voted against the first proposal, did not vote on the second motion. Mr. Sumner’s motion to discuss the matter again next week was approved, with only Mr. Hoover ab- staining. Council “I don‘t think this coun- cil has any guts." Mr. Palmer said. “You all be- lieve there should be a two-year term " Mr. Palmer then dropped his criticism when Council- lor Charles Hoover. who had voted against the ple- biscite, objected that he hadn’t spoken in favor of an extended term. system or would be next year. It was reported that fol- lowing the passing of the township by-iaw prohibiting the dumping of liquid wastes in township dumps, Walter Norris, waterworks superin- tendent. had come upon trucks dumping such wastes up on Dufierin Street, not in the pit and a charge had been laid. “If there was provincial legislation that all trucks should be covered, we would have no trouble in enforcing it”, he said. “The act only requires that all material must be secure at all times“. Members of the delegation were concerned about the dumping of liquid wastes in the two dumps, which the OWRC had warned could pollute the Maple water stip- ply, and insisted that in spite of the by-law they still saw dripping trucks obviously carrying liquid wastes up to the dump. Councillor McArthur point- ed out however, that the OWRC had not forbidden all liquid wastes from going into the dumps but only liquid industrial wastes that might Include oils. acids and par- ticularly phenol compounds which could infiltrate into the Maple aquifer. Win C up Second Time In 29 Years The Hon. E. J. Davis Cup for open lawn bowling was won at New; market September 15 by the above trebles rink from Richmond Hill: (left to righfl _A1 Whi_te, ekip, Ted Mansbridge, Fred Thomas. Skip A1 White was a member of the winning rink in 1943, when he lived in Newmarket. When the cup was first donated in 1924 it was for rink competition, but was cut down to trebles during World War II. It has been won by rinks from a large area, including Balmy Beach which won it the first year. This was the firsttime since 1936'that the cup has come to repres- entatives of the Richmond Hill Lawn Bowling Club. In that year, Ted Mansbridge’s father, Frank Mansbridge was a member of the foursome which captured the trophy. Others were J. E. Smith, W. Wellman with Art Eden as skip. Spokesman for the developers was P. A. Monaghan of MarJ shall, Macklin and Monaghan, consulting engineers in Don Mills. While plans for the area are necessarily tentative, Mr. Monaghan stated that Baif As- sociates envisage a development complete with sidewalks, street lights, sanitary and storm sew- ers, municipal water, parks, churches, schools and shopping facilities for some 10,000 to 12,000 people, a density of 25 to 30 persons per acre. It was stated that the develop- ers hope to “break ground" for the project in about two years. Housing in the area is to be varied, with a small con- centration of multiple fami- ly dwellings (although the exact Interpretation of this The land involved is part of Lots 41 and 42, Concession 1, the northwest corner of Yonge Street and the Carrville Road, variously known as the Stephens Farm or the Roselawn Dairy Farm. It was reported at Monday’s term was not explained) meeting of Vaughan Township! and the majority single Council that seven representa- family dwellings. tives of a firm called Bait As- The planning committee 1-. sociates Limited had met with port gave no indication of hot council and members of the council had reacted to the prc planmng department staff posal other than that it we to hear the Normal OUtIiHEd suggested to the developer the September 23- it might hp :nmnwhnf nrnmi Seek Vaughan Approval 380 Acre Subdivision By MARGARET McLEAN From out of the fog of rumor and speculation that has surrounded the subject of development in the so-called “Vaughan corridor” for some time past, a plan for development of 380 acres of it appeared, if somewhat vaguely, Monday evening. ‘The OWRC had permitted 'the dumping of sewage sludge, wet and dry and sep- tic tank liquid as contamin- ants from these would be filtered out before reaching the aquifer, he said. With respect to the polic- ing of the dumping of for- bidden liquids, Mr. McArthur advised that the township employee at the dump watch- es for this and if he sees any liquids going in, calls the municipal office. “What good does that do?" asked one ratepayer. “By the time someone gets up there the material would be dump- ed". Another ratepayer wonder- ed how anyone but a chemist could tell what sort of liquids were being dumped at any time. Mr. Kinnee also asked why council‘s proposed by-law to prohibit dumping in the township had not been con- sidered. He was advised that no such by-law had ever been prepared but had only been discussed. Council was ad- vised by its solicitor, how- ever, that there would be very little possibility of hav- ing such a by-law passed. MORE HOMES & LAND LISTED AND SOLD Mr. Kinnee asked if there NORTH YONGE OFFICE 8242 YONGE ST. term was not explained) and the majority single family dwellings. The planning committee re- port gave no indication of how council had reacted to the pro- posal other than that it was suggested to the developer that it might be somewhat prema- ture in light of the availability of services and the impact of the development on the sur- rounding area. No indication was given that the developers are planning to provide a sewage plant them- selves. Planning department head J. D. Hall reports that while the area is zoned residential with some com- mercial on the township’s ofiicial plan, there has been no detailed plan worked out for the area. Planning department stall in however working on a second- ary plan for the general area. intended as an amendment to the official plan, and which will detail such things a. major ar- (ContinUed on Page 3) was no possibility of stopping dumping until the township’s action- against Mr. Good- head’s firm has been com- pleted and stated that many people in the township were dissatisfied with the perform- ance of the solicitor. “He is certainly not in the same class as Mr. Goodhead‘s soli- citor", he complained. “We seem to be outwitted all the time". The reeve however defend- ed the township's solicitor and noted that he had of his own accord asked advice on the problems from senior counsel. The most recent postponement (until October 12) of the township’s case against the dump operators had come about when the solicitor asked that it be held up for an hour until he completed another case. In his absence, it was put over until October. “We are not sitting down doing nothing, we are pro- gressing”, the reeve insisted. It was arranged that the citizens committee would meet again with the commit- tee appointed by council for a complete and final report. “Don‘t call it final", warn- ed Mr. Kinnee. “Call it an interim report only". (Photo by Stuart's Studio) 889-1156 PER COPY 10’.

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