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MORE HOMES & LAND LISTED AND solp l NORTH tt).\(iE OFFICE 8242 YONGE ST. Public Lib; :"If, g Q 2/; wright or”, Ric‘n‘lcnc‘. Hill. I 5 7â€"6-5- “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” VOL 88, NO. 18. RICHMOND HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBERâ€"E, 1965 PER COPY 10c Town Council Seeks Some More Answers Before flroving Crosby School Cost Agrees With Twp. Witness OMB Rejects King City ‘Bid For Incorporation One day short of a week after applications being brought"? ‘, 'the four-day hearing on the in- (A former application for in- lcorporation of King City as a corporation was turned down by} lvillage. the Ontario Municipal tilt. board in 195%. lBoard handed down a decision. Reasons given for the presentl lllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Wm. S. Shimmin COHStTUCtlon COStS blamelslzoooo Hike Police Chief William S. Shimmln. 40. of Dunnville was appointed by Vaughan Township Richmond Hill Town ('ouncil is still acting ili gun-shy fashion over a $499,217 debenture request for the senior wing to Crosby Heights Public School which is 3120.000 over the original estimate. Council Monday night as its new police chief. Mr. Shiiiimin has had 14 years of police experience and has been chief of the Dunnville force since 1958. Born on the isle of Man. I Passing through in relatively shocked." Mr. Plaxton ‘easy fashion was a $131,000 de-i“We are shocked too.” lbenture by-law for alterations Deputy-reeve Floyd Perkins said. ldenyjng the application, application said the report” he Iliad had a grade 13 edu- ito Richmond Hill High School. asserted that if there was a The board‘s five-page decisionwere that the village has no rep-l callon- lie l5 to commence Cost of the project. will be possibility the architect had Idated October 21 was received his duties “"llll Vaughan lightened by an $87,333 grant made “a 27 percent error he i a t K in g T 0“. n S h i p M u n k. i p a] llllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ‘ Offices on the morning of ()câ€" SEE EDITORIAL . , , tober 22. I I 3 "111010 by Stuarts said”). In direct contradiction of the ON PA“: 2 ‘ Iewdence of John E- BOUSGfield lulnmmmllullunuumii:nmmlulumulllmIluuuumlmllmul Township at the end of November. Starting salary for the position is $8.500 per annum. The township had 43 ap- plicants for the position. These were reviewed by the Ontario Police Commission and winnowed down to seven applicants who were all interviewed by council. The setting up of a police commission for the town- ship is still in the hands of the Ontario Police Commis- ‘under the Municipal Assistance Plan. ‘ But it was the Crosby a additions that continued to cause grave concern with councillors deciding to call a “summit” meeting with shouldn‘t be let off the hook." Council also took a swing at construction firms in general due to their seeming “don‘t care" attitude referring specific- ally to the Crosby addition. Councillor Lois Hancey said Richmond Hill public lthe firms had so many orders . they “just don't care if they School Board. Markham and I ‘handle a job or not. They just Vaughan Township council 1 I I didn’t want the busmess and representatives. Under discussion will be the‘lhemfore the cost..g°es "p and it costs us plenty. .reasoning used by the architect . ' iwhich resulted in the $120,000 It‘laYOT,Br°aflhl“r5§dsg‘d “‘9 ‘ lincrease within a period of fivelen "e mdtter 5w" e spot. who testified on behalf of the. . . ‘ trustees' application. the board resenlatm” 0“ the townsmp attributed King City‘s gm“.thIcounCil.I that there would be no from some 400 about 13 years economic problems and that. acl-X ago to its present almost 2.000‘glgzisfigfiglegfbsilIEZEiZSSSIalS: A Bit Of Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative leader John Diet‘enbaker and Mrs. Diefenbaker admire an oil painting. presented to them by RichvaleI artist Otto Grebze, at the huge Conservative rally at Richmond Hill High School Monday night. population directly to its pros-I A , . imitv to Metro TorontoI dealing With the township. The board also felt that in-i The board “316999 these “33‘ creased servicesI particularlysons however. painting out that the introduction of a proposed‘there was now legislation avail- iel’ Wins Overflow Audience John Diet‘enbaker was 45 minutes late in arriv- it would “insure that educa; ingto- speak to an overflow audience of 1.500 at “on “'35 “3113‘?” to everyone-’3 Richmond Hill High School Monday night, but he The CMSEWMW” would “150‘ was right on time in getting his listeners with him. sewer System would accelerate able which would provide the I_ I. . sion. Latest word is that the . llighted” pointing out that no the rate of growth. The board "mag". “1th the (1951”?! repre‘ township police commission months‘ firm even bothered t ub it ' . , M , . Tl . l O 5 mt did state that if the community sematmn 0“ the twnsmp coun' should be set up by the be- 33 01 lomas Broddhurst a tender on the Crosby job." The school board had to in- vite tenders after receiving nO‘ rosponse on advertising the project and finally received four tenders. “The whole thing is revolt- ing". said Councillor Hancey. .' ."What with the increasing labor “rm just wondering if it is‘costs this town as well as muni- possible" he continued “thatcipalities are being hit very as to how the reply to the board ‘ . I hard." I the increase could be the result Mayor BI.0IIdIIurSt said the should be handled. ‘ - - ' 0f fanny ewmatmg and If so Crosby matter would have to be Councillor Walter Scudds pro-something Should be done. I I I . I Iosed a motion that councill “We don} want any warsI‘deCided qtuckly lithe project ."SllOllld inform York cenll‘alnvith the school board but. [was .10 quaan for some 34.81000 Board our polioV does not go for'think the matter should be in-fgf’l'gl‘t'ene-‘S in?“ ItIIFfiM‘mlcg’a‘ . . ‘ extending sewers beyond thejl.estigated furtherI wé have an 5515 31108 -t‘ W 1“ requ es glfmlnl-Tt‘felgnt‘gm gagsfafiiatigglschool. administrative and doc-iborders of Richmond Hill butqot of sympathy for the “11001211 to be ComplEtEd by MaI‘Ch 31. Ontario Minister of Transport tor's office buildings. and pos- if it has a definite proposal for board-s position but I mink am “I wonder just how much of ' sibly an elementary school one school it could submitit withexplahauon is due from {helit will get done." he said adding ' 3333112323.)iifiiegiiiuih‘ivg‘iiiilhwe swam“ in“ of the engineering data aud "VE'Wodear'chitect." l‘that "l‘ve got a sickly feeling ‘ p osptta], ‘give it consideration". Reeve Yonge Bus L ne fro payment?h lsaid he was still surprised at lthe 27 percent increase in such nulullmilmlllnttmulllmll“mumillmilumllllllullumunlula short time “even though con-l *â€"â€"â€"‘â€"â€"â€"*"‘â€"â€"Istruction costs are up due tolI 0 ' ' ilabor troubles and strikes." Town Opposes Outsrde Servrcingl kept em- iphaslzing he wasn’t blaming Ianyone but was just interested lin finding out the facts. . 'nnin of next year. systeml: that economic prob- m g vide continued ood overn- g g (Continued on Page 3) ment. there would be no prob-. lem. But, it continued “If thel applicants are not thinking of‘ any larger urban growth. as. 'lsuggested, why then are these‘ were to remain Static and pro_icil (the proposed township ward thers of Montreal. The two men bought furniture from the brothers with no down payment. The bro- thers later went bankrupt and fled to the United 0...... g............iyonge 3... Line Maâ€"y’As Hear Vaughan School Proposal these two men would have been‘ out.” said Mr. Diefenbaker. I ' He said the Liberals had critâ€"I Lose Tax Exemption icized him for pegging the dol-‘ lar. “They said it was wrong; they said 1 was the father of an illegal child. llllllllllillllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll l I Radiating vitality and health. by a trio of pipers, first had to Donald Martin’s friends I the 70-year-old opposition lead- lead his party into an adjoin- ‘er cut through the air of rest-ling auditorium so that the 450 :lessness that had preceded hisipeople there and another 400 arrival with a series of quips. in the hall could get a look at quotes, promises and the 0c- “The Chief.” However, when caSlonal dig at some intrepid he did arrive in the main part heckler. Iof the building, he was greeted “1 hope you Continua" lle‘with a standing ovation and a told one voice in the crowdpprolonged cheer. “because when you leave you Among those on hand to will be filled with a wisdom you greet him on the platform were didn’t'have formal!" Senator Wallace McCutcheon Mr. Diefenbaker. who _wa_s and William Curran, president piped into the collegiate gy‘mmr York' North Tory Assbcia- tion. aren’t the only ones who are following his campaign closely these nights. Monday night. while the Progressive Candidate for York North was attending a rally for Conservative Leader John Diefenbakcr at Richmond Hill High I "Now they are rearing the School. thieves broke into r _ I _ I loft‘sprlng in pride." Mr. Dlef- hits Georgina Township I farm home and stole. a tele- ; (Continued on Page 17) vision set. ' " “ ‘â€" belc‘a‘iiIMWDaIsEirbyiiLa campaign |.3 Candidates Richmond Hill Town Council- ..lors are doing some fretting iand frowning at prospects of Vaughan and Markham Town-iser‘d‘m‘lg any bundng proleCts ‘outside its borders. ships and Richmond Hill to-. C II t I I [II IIS 3 lgetlier with a representative of- “"9” bomce 0 p59 I. proposal to locate a vocational who has Donald Plaxton Inot too much. This $120,000 ll Qllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllklllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllll _- . . . . .I , ._ I . y . York Central District High‘ Council defeated that mo-I . ._ also playing hub with other . 1I3110r to the arrival of the ofâ€" tour With his Wife. JoaIn. I .of a public Vehicle seat t a. School Board asked town mum tion m favor of a stronger one, said that school board offi [municipal works that need do. I Advance Polls fielal party, which Included smce Sunday, said he Will l'l'o Run on November 8 A recent letter from A. as espoused by Reeve Donald cials had admitted that the I ,cil via letter “if existing sewer- York North candidate, Donald . , . ,, not. be able to check the frog. It leaves us in a bad spot. G. McNab. deputy-minister l architect had been “shock- Plaxton. . . . M811 and his wife; Mrs. DlEf- house for a while yet. The I Ind Re stray of Motor 1 im““m“ummmmmmm“mul‘mmmumv I - ed" hlmse” at the increase. COUDCII passed a motion This eekend enbakqelr. and former York break-in and theft was dis- l Now it is official! velliclesgoif the Department u“““““$}l:muu l I m Mr. IPlaxton said that l “I think he owes us more by Councillor Hanceytliat Om. readers "8 remmd_ North member C. A. “Tiny” covered by his mother-in- Three candidates will contest of Transport had advised re orieé’rgtpi‘l'l: 00:32:; 3; (Continued on Page 3) Ithan the explanation he is> (continued on Fae 3, ed that the advance no“ Catli-ers and Mrs. Cathers. the law, Mrs. Ross Weller. the federal riding of York North that no further exemption mating of York Central ' for the November 8 elefi Martyn likeness had made it- Tuesday. in the November 8 election, rep- of the tax would be allowed. District High School Board “on Wm be held this week_ self known In the form 0f dal‘tS Several windows in the resenting the Liberal, Progres- At the time the operatic“ of that it had examined an architect’s drawing show- ing' a suggested location of made from his posters and launched from the balcony by the students, who jammed its house had been broken and furniture had been strewn about. sive Conservative and NDP par- ties. Official nomination day was October 25, but all three end â€" Saturday and Mon- day between 8 am and 8 pm. the Yonge Street radial line was discontinued and replaced by bus service, the Department . . . , . a board office building. a You may vote at the ad- several mws' l t d ‘mitritiumlulllllluilluuuimuunnulullmluluuluullluuuluiil0?“d1date,5 116m Slgnw the Offl’lof nghways acqmred the special vocational school "nee no“: a Iggr:di§ehdhdili(b:iiilg eaboliiri‘increase the ceiling on gifts to C181 nommatlon papers long m ground occupiEd by the radial: and a doctor’s building on l r I A ladvance of that date, Returnin in - - a rt of the hi h- . H your name appears on 8.30. half an hour past the of- universities. exempting ‘1 e hacks 5 pa g Don Head Farms' Lot 46’ them'Officer Warren Bailie told “The Liberal" Tuesday. the list of electors for your polling division; and If you have reason to be- lieve that you will be ab- Ient from and unable to vote in your polling divis- ion on the ordinary polling day. and you take and sub- Icribc to an affadavlt to that effect before the dep- uty returning officer at the advance polling station. , Locations of the advance polls in this area are: Richmond Hill Yonge Street North: Vaughan Township -â€" 4 Richmond Street. Maple: way. As part of the negotiations, the department agreed that for five years from 1950, it would forego the seat tax per mile which is chargeable on all bus operations carried out on pro- vincial highways. In 1955. further exemption was granted until 1959 and from 1959 to l1964 the exemption has been granted on an annual basis. Vaughan Reeve A. H. Ruth-‘ erford. Reeve Charles Hooper of Markham Township. and Vaughan Township. on the north side of Maple Side- road and east of Trench Street extended. The board ordered a feasibility study made of this site, just east of York Central Hospital. the Mc- Kay farm and other sites on or near Yonge Street and near the south boundary of Richmond Hill for the spe- cial vocational school and administration building. The office building is re- quired for 1966 and the school in September. 1968. ficial starting time and an hourlfrom income tax. from the time the place was' In speaking to the proposed‘ The Liberal candidate is John first filled. ’youth minister. Mr. Diefen- AddisonI RR 3 King business_ Even Without the handclap-'baker said he had promised to man who represented the rid_ ping. however. Mr. Diefenbakerihave a woman in his cabinet‘- . was read to acknowled e his when he s oke in Richmond “.lg m the laSt house' He was youthful yfollowers and gmade Hill before pin 1957 and had first.elec.ted in 1962 and tepeat' early reference to Proposed finâ€"iwith Mrs Ellen Fairclouch for: El! hls “dam in 1963' HIS Offi' ancial aid for students. culmin-jimer minister of citizenship andigzgvrfizfiiztis Joseph Vale' QC’ atin in h ) ' l‘ ' ‘ . ‘ ' . . niiliigster (if evozilltii0alilf‘fteririi‘asr.‘t 0f allm‘r‘llllgiiiltlmii'ant to do the same The Progresswe conservauve The latter suggestion drew on behalf of voung men and‘candldate ‘5 Dollald 1" Martyn, great applause. as did Mr. Dief- women." he said. RR2 summ' umVeFSity mStruc' enbaker's promise to raise per. Mr. Diefenhaker also made a ml" H‘s OffiCial agent is Norman capita grants from $2 to $5 tolreference to the NDP at about T Berna“!- Newlnal'ket. RlCllmond Hill mayor Thomas" the provinces. which wouldthis point and was greeted with Jim Norton “’1” early tilelBroadllurst met With Fepresefl-l mean an additional 3400003003. smattering of applause NDP standard. He is an econom-itatives of the TTC last week! 47 . available to the universities. "That‘s about the romr- lSl« Wing at RR 1 Uni0n\'ille.‘and the decision was made to Iain-khan: Township and “In 1963I WI Pearson said‘tionI" he quippedI p ' HiSI Official agent is MFSI Patlappeal directly to the Minister IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllitlltltillilllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllI “1"” - ‘ete‘ans “8"- he would provide 10.000 scliol-l Mr. Diefenbaker criti- \l'lmtall of Richmond Hill. "of Transport. age in that area will serve one Markham: I I larships at $1300 93de I I I Nowl oiled Mr. pearson for hold. Each nomination requires thel Since replacing the radial or both of the office buildings. hsto‘limme , “d “lut' he has promised four times thatl ing' onto Postmaster-(;en- Isignatures of 25 or more eligibledine in the fall of 1949, the busland what action would be reâ€"j Hâ€"a'u,‘ “do” com' While student loans are beneâ€"l eral Rene Tremblay and .eleIctors and a deposit of $200.}line has been a marginal opera- quired to provide sewerage for Km‘g To‘;_“smp _ 156 lflClle. they saddle students withl Secretary of State Maurice lThls deposrt lS forfeited if the tion with any small profits or the schools". la.hea\w debt." Mr. Diefenbaker said that. by. Lamontagiie after learn- ing of their furniture deal- candidate does not poll at least deficits divided between the Councillors were agreed that. Patton Shea" ng Cm“ :half the votes polled by the three municipalities who own servicing was a pressing prob llllluulullummmluuuImuuunlltumult“mum“ummmmu.increasing the per capita grant. ings with the Selfkind Bro- ‘leading candidate. it. lem in the town but disagreedI ._ Defer Jud me t Va han Char e A ° D 0 r g n , ug g garnet ump perato .9 Judgment on Vaughan tor and by-law enforcement ing of the township by-law for Mr. Fraser. “It is alimit- been there ahead of them. to burn garbage must be Township‘s second charge officer of the township. and which says “no waste shall ed company and the respon- Following the series of fires shown. against Disposal Services John Fawbert. manager of be destroyed by burning" he sibility is there to see that. in February and March they Mr. Fraser pointed out that Company. Operators of a the township dump adjacent declared that the township garbage is not disposed of by had employed a permanent it was a requirement of the dump on the 'l‘eston Side- to Disposal Services prop- mUSt show evidence of in~ fire." he said. and concluded. watchman and two other township‘s by-law that clean road. was 905030an until erty. tention of the accused to des- "there is evidence to support guards to make sure that noâ€" fill be used to cover garbage November 15 by Mailstrate Both testified that a fire troy garbage by burning and the prosecution.“ one entered the premises at but. that there was no evi- R. G. Pearse on Monday was burning garbage on the in the absence of this proof Mr. Scott then put on the night and had had no fires dence that this had been afternoon. accused's property on the of intention. or even of care- stand James Stewart. super- since that time. done by the accused. “If a Magistrate Pearse wished the opportunity to study a transcript of the evidence before giving his decision and the court reporter ad- vised it would be at least two weeks before this was available. The charge \\ as old against Disposal Services early last spring arising out of a fire on their premises on March 18. Basis of tie charge \\ as that the firm “is disposing of :arha-ze by burning it. contrary to the township by-law After a series of postpone- menls. hearing began on the charge early in September but had to be pul over be- cause of lack of a court reâ€" Porter. On Monday afternoon. Township Solicitor 'l‘. 0. Fraser called to the stand John Derry. building inspec- date in question and the fire was still burning the next morning. “Flames were leap- ing four or five feet in the air and the fire seemed iniâ€" bedded in the garbage". said Mr. Derry. On cross-examination l)_the accused's solicitor. K. W. Scott. Mr. Fawbert admitted that fires did sometimes ocâ€" cur because of spontaneous combustion and that one such fire had occurred at the townshlp dump since he be- came its marialer in May of 1964. \lr. Faullert added howexer that they covered the garbage quickly to avoid this and that this minimized the possibility of spontaneous combustion. After hearing these two witnesses and cross-exalnin» ing each of them. .\lr. Scott moved for dismissal of the vase. Referring to the “0rd- lessness. there was no viola- tion of the by-law. “There must be proof that we light the refuse and dis- pose of it in that way." he said and contended that the fire in question had occurred by spontaneous combustion. in rebuttal. lil'. Fraser denied that it was necessary to establish intent. "When you are conducting an opera- tion of this nature which creates a possible danger to adjacent property. there is a licavx mills on the clflc‘l'zllnl‘ it) illillit‘ :lil't‘ l‘t‘llll.liitlll\ .‘l‘l‘ observed and to ac". pfiiillali) ili quelling a t" 0." he . "The fire was faith; at 2, ill in the afternoon and still burning at 11 am the next morning. There is no doubt garbage was bein: destrusrd ll.“ burning and mat is all i: is necessary to pmve." Magistrate Pearse derided visor of the disposal com- pany‘s dump. Mr. Stewart testified that he had been a supervisor for Disposal Ser- vices since 1954 and during the years 1954 to 1956 in- clusive. the firm had regu~ larly burned refuse at the dump. although they had not done so since. Mr. Stewart stated that they had t\\o bulldozers on the property which they used in cope with fire by separat~ in; the burning refuse and roxerln: it with sand. Someâ€" tmz‘s. 119 aid. the sand dries out the not spot and collapses. all0\\lllE the fire to break out again. Mr. Scott's questioning of ill: Stewart also elicited the \l‘ t‘l‘ information that in some in- stances 7510) had gone to (more "itll a fire and seen l‘ootniarks on the property indicating that someone had Mr. Stewart also testified that hls orders were that no fire was ever to be left burn- ing overnight. When asked by MI. Fraser if he could swear that the March 18 fire was not allowed' to burn overnight. he stated. “I don‘t think the men have ever left with a fire burning." “'hen asked by Mr. Fraser if there was not any method which would cut down on spontaneous combostion. he admitted that it was pos.~i|)lc to another them with clean fill bill it \'.as "pretty hard to do it with sand". Both solicitors then me» selited legal arguments based on their interpretation of pertinent sections of the Municipal Act and the Plan» hing Act to support their case. with Sir. Scott reiterat- ing his contention that intent . fire occurred it would be i stopped by fill." he said. “but ‘ there is no evidence of the covering of garbage with fill to prevent fires." Magistrate Pearse said that the number of points raised made it difficult to draw an i immediate conclusion and asked for time to consider the arguments. He indicated to Mr. Fraser that when the parties come back to court I on .\'member 15 tile toun- ship should be prepared to I present e\idence o". the re- mainder of the oranges it l.as laid against Disposal Sonic-es Company. Mr. Scott was accompanied i in (-171. DIV one Of the prin- l cipals of Disposal Services Company. )lax Qolomon. The o‘rier partner .i 'llP t'lrin. i'.|l'lllE‘Z‘ \'w":l York Rome xtll'illi.“ (lootinmd not present. '.\ as Drive if it To earson Rally In ty/e York North Liberals (lime to the rally for Prime Minister l’ezlrson. \leclnesday night in style: in a 1903 Cadillac tolineau owned by lozer Belfry. Cartier Crescent . Richmond Hill. Setting out for Yorkdale Shopping Plaza are (left to right) Mike Neill. Richmond Hill. Chris Stokes. Richmond Hill. Judy Kurek. Willow- dale and sisters Diane. Heather and Susan Bailev, Richvalt. Susan Bailey thought a costume made entirely of John Addison campaign buttons would lie in order. lll'i'. er Rog er Belfry spent the lust NW years refill-bishill;r the single cylinder .9 horse power car. He plans to drill: it from Halifax to Vancouver as a centennial celebration. if he can find a sponsor for the 50-day trip.