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Richmond Hill's 1964 per- centage was 23.2% indust- rial-commercial and 76.8% residential. reflecting recent industrial development, with the forecast of a better ratio in 1965 with at least three aizeable plants added. Mark- ham Township’s 1964 ratio was 21.62% industrial-com- mercial, 53.40297: residential and 20.339% farms, part of which might well be consid- ered industrial, and Vaugh- an‘s ratio had improved to a 1964 ratio of 18.4% com~ mercial - industrial, 20.5% farm and 60.9% residential. This ratio will be much im- proved this year with greater industrial development ar- ound the new CNR Marshal- ling Yards. By MARY DAWSON An assessment ratio of 40% industrial-commercial to 60% residential has been held for some years to be a magic formula guaranteed to cure all financial ills in I municipality. It is doubtful if any other municipality in this county cm thaw a better picture A new and laudable approach to the problem of the drinking driver is being used by the Sarnia Police De- partment. That Western Ontario city has brought into effect an en- lightened program in dealing with persons convicted of offences involv- ing alcohol. Under the direction of Chief J. S. Torrance each offender receives a packet containing a letter from the police department and two publica- tions of the Alcoholism and Drug Ad- diction Research Foundation of On- tario, “When To Say When”, and “It’s Best To Know About Alcohol.” To date about 250 of these have been distributed to habitual and non- habitual inebriates, those convicted under other liquor offences and those convicted of drinking under age. According to Chief Torrance, the Sarnia Police have in the past wield- ed a heavy hand in dealing with “drunks” and others charged with liquor offences. Now the chief and his department. look on chronic drunkenness as a serious human dis- order and reaction to the offender is much more positive. Chief Torrance expresses concern for offenders but does not resolve them of the respons- ibility of getting the necessary help for recovery. He is a strong ally of AA and urges abnormal drinkers to seek that group’s help. His program has the approval of local magistrates and AA and he has gained respect in the community for his consistent, frank and positive approach toward alcoholics who come in conflict with the law. This is in keeping with the Once again North York is the villain in this latest move. Reeve James Service and Controller Irving Paisley are quick to proclaim North York’s eagerness to annex the in- dustrial areas of Vaughan and now they are willing to turn the remainder of the township into one huge gar- New Police Approach To The Drinking Driver Not only have the ratepayers had to contend with their own council, they are now faced with the Ontario Water Resources Commission, an agency of the provincial government, which is aiding the cause of these despoilers. The OWRC has approved lites for two future dumps which Will serve the large Metro townships of North York and Etobicoke. But the really startling development is council’s decision. as recommended by its planning and building com- mittee, to allow Etobicoke to operate this 19-acre dump on the east part of Lot 1 Concession 8. In fact council is even willing to amend its official plan and zoning by-law to permit its operation. The residents of Vaughan Town- ship are deeply disturbed over the dumping situation that still exists in their township in spite of their many protests. Hardly an issue of this newspaper goes by without the publication of several letters from residents protesting the invasion of their municipality by waves of huge garbage trucks from the Metro area. Messrs. Morley Kinnee, Andrew Sni- der, Walter Field, Dr. Ramsay Arm- itage and Rev. B. F. Andrew are among the many responsible citizens who have been spearheading a drive to bring a quick end to this unwel- come invasion. Subscription Rate $4.50 per year; to United States $5.50; 10c single copy Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher "Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa" THE LIBERAL Richmond Hill, Onfario. Thursaay, Sept. 30, 1965 Georgian Bay Area Creates Climate Attractive T 0 Industry S'I'ILI. More Garbage An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 flihe liberal than Vaughan. But up in the Georgian Bay area at least two mun- icipalities» have a better raâ€" tio than this: Midland has 15.5% industrial and 36.8% commercial for a 42.3% toâ€" tal. and Collingwood has 12.7% industrial, 28.14% commercial for a total of 40.84%. Two other commun- ities are approaching the ideal formula with Barrie having 14.91% industrial as~ sessment and 23.62% com- mercial for a total of 38.53%; and Allislon having 11% in- dustrial and 22% commercâ€" ial for a total of 33%. What has brought about this enviable state of af- fairs? The Georgian Bay area. which includes Simcoe and parts of Grey Counties, was quick to realize its possibil- itiesâ€"cheap land, abundant water and power. good com- munications; and an adequate SUDPIY 0f laborâ€"and it set out. to, create a climate in which industry could thrive. Its success has been re- markable. The letter, signed by Chief Tor- rance, sent to every offender, reads: Unfortunately it has been necesâ€" sary for a member of this depart. ment to charge you with an offence related to the use of alcohol. disease concept of alcoholism which is becoming an increasingly import- ant factor in the policies of. the med- ical and legal professions, social ag- encies, clergy, schools, law enforce- ment agencies, industry and com- munity. This may be the first time the use of alcohol has caused you any trou- ble or it may be one of a series of difficulties caused by drinking. What you do with your future is up to you. We are not saying you are an alcoholic, or that you have a drink- ing problem, but we do suggest that you take an honest look at your drinking habits. Does liquor make youâ€"0r let youâ€"do things you would frown upon if you were sober? Like thinking it is quitealright to drive when you are drinking? We suggest that you read the em closed folder. Perhaps this does not apply to you, but in any event it will give you some awareness of the disease of alcoholism. If you are concerned about your drinking pat- tern and would like to talk to some- one about it feel free to visit me or contact some member of Alcoholics Anonymous. We will be glad to discuss your problem with you. Your call will be confidential. The choice is entirely your own. It may even save a life, and it could be your own. The ratepayers are becoming in~ creasingly restless .at what they feel is council’s failure to come to grips with the problem. Council must not allow the matter to become bogged down in the courts. Any promises by the dump operators to co-operate and help control the mess should be viewed by council with a jaundiced eye. They should explore every legal means open to them and, if need be, bring the whole matter in the strong- est terms possible to the attention of the provincial cabinet at Queen’s Park. If the municipalities and the courts are powerless to act. then it is the duty of the Legislature to enact the necessary legislation granting the municipalities the authority to halt this massive invasion of Vaughan Township by dumping in- terests. The citizens of Vaughan have told their elected representatives in no uncertain terms of their complete op- position to any outside dumping. They have found the dump operated by former North York Reeve Norman Goodhead particularly offensive. Now they are faced with two more Metro dumps. It should be obvious to every member of Vaughan Township Council that the people they were elected to represent for a two-year term last December are very un- happy with the present situation. In the light of all this opposition it is difficult to understand council’s thinking in approving the Etobicoke application. bage pile. Ever since the closing of the Metro dumps in May the fringe municipalities have been under steady pressure to accept more and more Metro waste. Low land costs: Land can be bought in Barrie Indus- trial Park No. 4 for $4,700 an acre compared to upwards of $15,000 in Toronto. Fully serviced industrial land in Midland sells for $1.000- $2.000 per acre and in Al- lislon from $100 - $1.000. Promotion has been the key to success, coupled with an ability to anticipate the needs of industry and create a climate for it that is pro- gressive and sympathetic. Credit for this lies with pro- gressive local councils, in- dustrial commissioners and the Georgian Bay Develop- ment Association with its offices in Midland. They have given publicity to the advantages of their region: Cheaper labor: Wage rates are lower in the unskilled or semi~skilled group. How- ever many industries are un- ionized and skilled helpâ€"- often difficult to findâ€"de- mands. and gets, comparable rates to those paid in the Toronto area. In this day and age. when everything that goes to make up our emancipated society is calling to young women everywhere to get out of the home and into the highways and byways of life, it is rather refreshing to know a young woman who stubbornly resists this clarion call toiconformity and maintains her right to an existance that she admires and likes. She is a true daughter of the land, a staunch member of a farm family, one of the last strongholds of individuality. The young woman in question is the delightful third. daughter of Amos and Edna Baker whose beautiful secluded farm is situated on the Langstaff Sideroad between Bathurst and Dufferin. She is Elizabeth, 19, sister of Paul Baker, who assists his father on the farm; Martha, who is now Mrs. Leslie Eugene Cover. residing in California, and Mary Anne Baker who teaches at the Thornhaven School for Retarded Children. . . . and when the sap is boiling all right, she stays until 8 am or 8.30 am until relieved. She helps entertain the many visitors who come to visit the farm, famous all over the vyorld for its maple syrup industry, and this includes bus loads of children who arrive daily from 9.30 to 3.30 in the afternoon. Her job is to give out samples of maple syrup and sugar to the admiringr visitors. (Continued on Page 12) Several factors disposed Elizabeth favorably toward her home base. She was needed. She enjoys homemaking chores and is never happier than when she is making something. Sewing, cooking and cleaning have always been an essential part of her life and she likes it that way. “There is nothing so satisfactory to me,” she says smilinglvy, “as looking at a floor after I’ve swept it clean.” She is willing to admit however, that there one flaw in the ointment of domesticity and that tasks are never ending. Seasonal work at the Baker farm plus her daily chores take most of Elizabeth’s time and energy. A typical day in her life sees Elizabeth rising at 7.30 am to get the breakfast for Mr. Baker and Paul ‘who have been doing the chores since five. She serves breakfast to the family at 7.45. After the dishes are done, she goes to help her grand- mother Mrs. Reamon who lives just across the road. In the spring wheh the safi is running. espec- ially if it is a good year, Elizabeth gets up at 5 am and, goes out to the sugar house to do the firing Looking after the truck garden, cutting grass and working at the flower beds is her choicest sumâ€" mer interest. She also helps her mother, Mrs. Baker, with the canning and preserving. - Collingwood has fully serv- iced land available from $100 - $1.000 per acre and Orillia has sites from $600 - $2,000 per acre. Transportation: The area is well served by highways, particularly Highway 400, excellent port facilities and the Canadian National Rail- ways which operates freight, express, piggyback and pas- senger services. Cost of living: Housing is cheaper. most houses falling into the $12,000 to $18,000 range and apartments $10 to Taxes and assessments lower: Approximate basis of local assessment for new in- dustrial buildings and land in Orillia is 40%, in Barrie 30% of cost. Power and water costs lower: There is a plentiful supply of hydro power, nat- ural gas. fuel oil. coal and water at competitive rates. Building costs lower: Con- struction costs are slightly lower, but cost of heating and maintenance may be somewhat higher than in the Toronto area. Rambling around Life On A Farm 13 A Good One According To Elizabeth Baker Pictured above are Pat VTearne (left) and Mdviéfiréafveggfight) 'in old-fashioned costumes ayd‘the {happy of antique dolls andrtoys. Also featured, on the table to the left. is a collection of dolls in Vthé national“ costumes of many countries Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church basement hall was a heaven for girls of all ages September 18 when the Martha and Mary Guild sponsored a display of antique dolls and toys with afplg of_dol_ls, doll clothing. beds and accessories, and a tea court. $15 a month less than Metro. Food costs are approximately the same hilt in some cases may be higher than in Metro. The most serious problem faced in the area is the shortage of skills. Skilled labor inevitably favors the bigger cities and as a result many companies in the area are forced to make recruitâ€" ing drives in Britain and Europe for skilled personnel. Others, however, notably Ernst Leitz (Canada) Ltd.. and Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., at Midland, have brought only key personnel with them and trained work- ers selected from the local labor pool to meet their own specific requirements. The approach to the prob- lem of shortage of skilled lax her is typical of the region. It is being faced as a hazard to further growth and is being tackled immediately. Fifteen companies in the Barrie â€" Orillia area have formed the nucleus of a manufacturer's association. primary objective of which by Elizabeth Kelson Hello Dollies! is I would like to think of the five members of our school board leading this line forward towards a better education for our children. Sadly, however, at times I feel they are drag- ging their feet while some par- ents in the township are pulling them forward Edgeley School is, in some re- spects, one of the worst fixed in the township. Although the building itself is modern, only eight years old. its two class- rooms still handle eight grades. This makes it difficult to re- tain good teachers at the school. Because of outstanding debentures on the building, the school board cannot abandon it. Because the area has been zoned industrial, there will be> no more residential develop- ment there and the school population will not increase. So, proLbably for years to come. the school board will be ablo‘jo say to Concord parents Concord parents should take a broader view and think town- ship-wise. (Of course they should be thinking Ontario-wise‘ and Canada-wise. but it appears that this may take them several generations.) The schools of Vaughan Township are all tied together. in one line. so to speak. and where one section is held back, the whole line is held back. I would like to think of the My contention is that by not fighting for Edgeley children as well as their own, they are holding back a better educa- tional system in the whole of the township as well as in Con- cord. rl‘hey were told at the meet- ing (and a delegation to the school board the previous week was told the same thing) that little had been done to improve Concord School in the last six years because there were other schools which were in a worse position and these had to be brought up to standard first. â€" “Your problems are hot the worst. We can’t attend to them yet”. When they were reminded (more than once) that the first solution offered. that of com~ binlng forces with Edgeley School, would not only elimin- ate double classes at Concord, but would also help children at Edgeley (where eight grades are now taught in two class- roomsl someone objected, “We're not here to fight for Edgeley Children". In choosing the solution they did last week to overcrowding problems at their school, Con- cord parents lost an invaluable opportunity to bring improve- ment to the educational system of Vaughan Township as a whole. TOWARDS A BETTER VAUGHAN SCHOOL SYSTEM Dear Mr. Editor is to start a training scheme to raise the level of skills in their plants. A brief has been submitted to the Ontario Department of Education, also, request- ing a technological institute of the calibre of Ryerson in Barrie. Business leaders are convinced that such an in- stitute would cause an ex- plosion of new industry in the area. According to a government spokesman. the request is being given “very serious consideration”, and is’ a possibility within the next three or four years. Such a seat of training would cost the province in the neighborhood of $4 million and provide places initially for 800 students. Another serious lack in the area is rental plant space. But here is another example of a region progres‘ sive enough to help itself. A group of 27 local business men (small manufacturers, contractors. retailers. etc.) got together and formed a chartered company. The group pledged $50,000 and Dear Mr. Editor MARKHAM VILLAGE: The oldl fire truck will take part in the‘ daily parade at the Internation- al Plowing Match, bearing signs promgting Markham Village, Permission has also been grantâ€"i ed the Jaycees to use the truck] in the Grey Cup Parade and to| help in the get-out-to-vote cam- paign on Novemer 8. providing it is driven by its curator John Lunau and is floated on its tripl'; to Toronto. f The school board members should have been the. ones to make the declalon here; a de- cision which would have aided two schools. both of which need- ed help. They evidently didn't even think of it. Instead they were content to let intolerable conditions continue at Edleley and solve the overcrowding at Concord with a shabby, makeâ€" shift basement classroom. Dear Mr. Editor: " The editorial you published} on August 19 concerning the‘ Vaughan Township garbage dis?l posal situation was most sin-i cerer appreciated by the 300 persons who signed the first'uigv fi petition and the 516 who signed 4: MATT unupn m SIN hm eerely appreciated by the 300 persons who signed the first petition and the 516 who signed the second petition which has been placed before our muni- cipal council. It has also been most gratifying to the members of the committee who are at- tempting to work on behalf of these citizens on the number of letters which have been ad- dressed to you and which you have published. Believing this garbage dump- ing is dangerous. unsanitary and highly detrimental to the reputation and welfare of the whole township, we earnestly solicit your continued support to a campaign that will arouse the seriousness of this condition. To borrow an idea expressed ' V by Geoffrey Pierpoint, chain-JR“ HMOND HILL’ ON'l' man’of King Township Schoollphone 884-1212 Board when he was explaining‘ the quiet revolution his board has wrought in King Township in the last eight months, Vaug- p han Township School Board and I Concord parents should remem- . her that the children we are Enjoy Sun educating today, not only at Concord or at Edgeley, but in all Thls Sunday an of Canada, are the ones who will be paying us our old agel contlnuous pensmns tom°”°“" \â€" Many thanks to “The Liberal" for furthering this and other good causes which you have given leadership to in the past. Sincerely. VAUGHAN DUMPS Dear Mr. Editor: Without a good education they won’t be able to do it. Yours sincerely, MRS. R. M. McLEAN Add to all this an aggres- sive interest by every mem- ber of the community in securing industries. Although Barrie City Council offers no phony Inducements to in- dustry, it will exert every ef- fort to comply with a reason- able request from industry. Everyone takes pride in the community, is aware of the benefits to be derived from increased industrial assess- ment and sells the city to every visitor and throughout the world when travelling. Barbers, local retailers, mo- tel operators. waitresses and people in all walks of life phone in leads to the indust- rial commissioner. who fol- lows up every one. the first project. to cost $100,000 will be a 19,000 square foot. plant for mult- iple tenancy in units of ap- proximately 2,400 square feet. Rental costs will be 85c per square foot. Share units at $200 will be sold in the county up to the author- ized capitalization of $250,- 000. (Photo by Sluart's'Studio) MORLEY KINNEE 109 Keele Street 5., Maple. Concord ’FLASHBACK tween the ‘red men and the whites in the Kingstbn area about a boundary line, which resulted in the death of a 501- dier. When an Indian was brought to trial for the murder, Mr. Stegman was called as a qualified witness to testify about the boundary of the Indian re- serve. n; Richmond Mark up for the Liberals another promise kept. It isn’t quite what we expected back in '63, but the announcement on September 8 of an election on November 8 IS giving us, finally, that “60 Days of Decision”. “Diefenbuker’s Dozen" coming haul pro's showcase seems to be putting the “5 into the Progressive Conservative party One good thing about elections (and what else is news?) is that we keep getting more and more (Continued on Page 12’ giant! Mung/It: Besides his surveying work in this area, John Ste:- man also did some work in the Kingston district. He used Indians as helpers and carriers in his work, and between jobs these lived on Mr. Stczman‘s farm. just north of the Elgin Mills Sideroad and were a familiar sight in the young settlement of Richmond Hill. In 1804 a dispute arose be He boarded the "Speedy .JECHNICOLORLJECHNISCOPE' Thurs., Fri., Sat, Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2 O Yesterday's news is not necessarily dead SAVAGE. .. Hud- m hunters and AIR CONDITIONED FOR YOUR COMFORT Enjoy Sunday Movies This Sunday and Every Sunday Continuous from 5 pm. In Year: GoneBy Mon., Tues., 'Wed., Oct. 3-4-5 Sunday, Oct. 3, continuoua from 5 Mon., Tues., Wed., lst show 7 1 Last complete show 9.10 pm WILD... Tom". SCIHG" Recommended Adult Entertainment OPEN SUNDAYS Continuous from 5 pm A Film by JACOPEUI Ind PROSPERI TWICE AS SHOCKING... TWICE AS DARIIIEI ma; «men-mm Please Note SUNDAY H Dozen coming: back sailing vessel, on October 7. 1804 for the trip to Kingston. The following report appeared in the November 3 issue of the York Gazette: “The Speedy left this port 1Yorkl on Sunday, October 7. with a moderate breeze from the north. [or Presque Isle. It v.as seen Ofl‘ that, island Monday before dark and preparations were begun for its landing. The Saturday Matinee 2 pm. only Sat. cont. from 6 pm. Thurs., Fri., lst show Go Go Mania" AN ALLIED ARTISTS RELEASE Last complete show 9 pm. a begun for Its landing. The Continued On Page 12) BY GEORGE MAYES Last complete show 8.30 pm. PLEASE NOTE PLUS k to the 01d staff of life"