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Council Sad Over Refuse Pick-up, Too Many Sofas, Higher Costs Richmond Hill‘s monthly rel- use pick~up service to local ros- idem-es is coming up with treasures other than garden waste and leaves and it‘s cost- ing too much money. Unwanted treasures such as old chesterl‘ields, washing ma- chines. stoves, ancl in some cases trees. Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst brought the matter up at last week's council meet- ing when a finance report for the first half of the year revealed that 811.000 had already been spent in the pick-up out of the an- nual budget amount of $16000. Richmond Hill was Vaughan 'l‘ou'nship so much per loud and the content of some of the ma~ lerial picked up has meant two trips in a number of cases to clear all the shift "The pickup intended." he : junct to the Both Mr. Bryce and Mr. McArthur felt that council should wait until that time to see just what i: going to happen. They felt that the present rented machine Could be used the rest of this Bear. Councillors Warren Bryce and Dalton McArthur were opposed to the purchase of the equipment since Metro has been made responsible for waste disposal through- out the Metro planning area, which includes Vaughan Township, as of next Jan- uary. committee meeting held last Friday morning to buy a piece of equipment to move refuse at the municipal (lump. Cost could be any- \\'here from $20,000 to $30.- 000. Although there is no mon- ey in the budget for it and two members of council Were opposed. Vaughan Township Council decided at a special Iu“mu\\\\\\\\\\mmmmum““mun“muuununm\umuuuumlm“mum\\mmumummumum\mmuu“l\u1muuuwuuuuuuux\\lu1mllnuuuuuuumuumummunlm\muuuuuummu1mnu\muuuuunulnu\mu\\lu“\llI\11luI\umuummuuum\mummuu-B VOL. 89, NO. 5 Bing Lew, Richmond Hill ’8 Leading Citizen, Died Saturday After 17 Years Service To Community As the business prospered. a few years later Mr. Lew built a fine new restaurant at 30 Yonge Street South on the site of the century-old Rustic Inn and named it the Born in China, Mr. Lew came to Canada as a young boy 57 years ago and grew up in Port Alberni on the west coast of Vancouver 15- land. He lived for a time in Victoria and Vancouver be- fore coming to Ontario, where he worked in Peter- boro and Lindsay before comâ€" ing to Richmond Hill in 1949, when he purchased a local restaurant at 51 Yonge Street South. Plan $30, 000 Machine, Vaughan Dump Friend of little children, generous supporter of all ef- forts to benefit Richmond Hill, successful businessman and a good citizen. This was Bing Lew. proprietor of the Town Inn, who died in York Centralflospital early Satur- day morning. Paul Tulonen and Doug Gardiner of the Loyal True Blue and Orange Home are shewn above inspecting the Bing Lew Swimming Pool recently installed through the efforts of their good fijend, Bing Lew who started a campaign to raise the necessary $5,500 early in July. The late Mr. Lew started the campaign off with a generous donation of $1,500 and a committee organized by him has managed to collect almost enough money to pay the entire cost. However they are slightly short of their target. Anyone wishing to pay tribute to a man who has done much for this community is asked to send a donation ‘to the Bing Lew Pool Fund c/o Ken Brown, Guaranty Trust Company, 44 Yonge send a donation to the Ring Street South. Richmond Hill ickup was originally he said, "as an ad~ the regular garbage Rich 1011C. 5 J unc . Public service and “as designed to take garden trash and various other little odd items. “Already." he said. "we‘ve spent three quarters of the year's budget and it’s only the first half of the year completed. Something has to be done.” Counciilor Lois Hancey noted that town employees having to make continual return trips to residences to get all the refuse are “not available for doing vital road repairs and other town work? Deputy-recve Floyd Perkins pointed out that one reason for the increase was the upping of the price of handling the refuse by Vaughan Township. “ll was $2 per load when we set the budget figures.” he said, “and since then it‘s been upped to $4.50 a load. We knew nothâ€" ing about it. That has affected the cost to a great extent. too.” Mr. Perkins also said he would hate to see dead elm “Town Inn". Later he pur- chased the former Lauder GlaSs property to the south and opened a take out ser- vice for Chinese food, under the management of his son Fon Lew. This spring he con- structed an addition to the Town Inn to house this branch of the business.’ Through the 17 years Mr. Lew has been in Richmond Hill, he has been a most generous contributor to every campaign for funds, he has sponsored teams in minor bail and hockey house lea- gues and in girls’ softball and he has entertained the chil- dren of the Orange Home and the children of Thom- haven School annually at a Christmas party and at a summer picnic. During recent years he has been honored by many or- ganizations for his good citi- zenship â€" by the Lions. the Rotarians, the Jaycees. the However, Councillor Bryce produced a formula used by the Department of Highways and given to him by the On- cario Road Builders’ Associa- tion which produced a cost of $2.324 per month for the use of a $32000 machine. With a life expectancy of 10.000 houi‘x such a machine would cost $3.20 per hour; Noxing that expenses were approximately $2200 per month. Mr. McAlthux pro- duced figures to show that a machine and operator could be rented for $1,850 per month and that a truck to be used in conjunction with the bulldozer would cost another $100 for a total of $1,950 per month. For the first six months of the year, receipts at the dump totalled $16,229 while expenditures totalled 317.796. This included $12,987 for rental of a loader and bull- dozcr. trees left lying on property as “an eye-sore but some resiâ€"jm dences just can‘t afford to do it‘sh themselves. It costs about $100 to have an elm cut up andlby hauled away.” hm The deputy-reeve added an‘ aside stating “I don’t know where all the refrigerators and washing machines come from. Some people have more of them lying around than I’ve had in a. lifetime. It seems some of them might come from other people who leave ‘them there because they know they‘ll be picked up and disposed of. It saves them: doing it. Mr. Perkins said residents could help themselves by regu~ (Continued on Page 15) “I think the service is a very valuable one and therefore 1 hate to see people abuse iL” Councillor Ivan Mansbridge said if there was any suggest- ing of cutting the service “rate- payers should be warned well in advance." insurance, storage. etc. were computed at the basis of 60% of the delivered price and would cast 80c per hour: repairs based on 100% of depreciation cost would amount to $3.20 per hour; fuel oil at 4 gallons per hour, 720; grease. oil. filters. etc. 20c per hour and wages for an experienced operator. $2.50 per hour. This brought the total cest to $11.62 per hour and with an estimated 20? hours work- ing time per month produces the total cost of $2.324 per month. “If your figures are right, how are these contractors making any money?” asked Reeve A. H. Rutherford, re- ferring to contractors who had been doing the work at $10 per hour. trouble hours". That is why we are havin LATE BING LEW they all want replied Mr. I er, Councillo ant more Bryce. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1966 $3,000 Taken In Golf Club Theft A break-in at Richmond Hill Golf and Country Club some- time Sunday night, or early Monday morning. resulted in the theft of more than $3,000 worth of goods, Vaughan Town- ship Police reported. Police said entry was made by breaking a window on the west side of the clubhouse. Once in, the thieves attempted to blow the safe. but succeeded only in damaging the door. Golf baIIS, clubs and articles of clothing were among the articles taken. Police also reported the theft of two cars over the weekend. The first was taken from Pinecrest Speedway July 31. The break-in was discovered at 5.20 am by Police Constable Wayne Gibson. The second. a 1959 Chevrolet, owned by North End Auto Body, Yonge Street North, Richmond Hill, was taken from the lot at Mayes Service Station, RR 1, Richmond Hill. A 1965 Chevrc owned by Claude Welland. Reeve Rutherford and Deputyâ€"reeve Gamet Wil- liams had travelled to Mid~ land the day before and were impressed by the perform~ ance of a rubber-tired ma- chine there. However, it was pointed out that such a machine would be helpless in the winter on an icy slope. It was decided to get more detailed specifications and prices on different machines before reaching a decision. The clerk was requested to get figures and also investi- gate the possibility of a ren- tal purchase scheme where Arthur pointed out that at a previous meeting, it had been decided to buy a ma~ chine and although he per~ sonally did not agree with the step, urged that the de~ vision be made between a rubber tired or caterpilla- type machine. gate the possibility tal purchase sche the machine “011] On that day. a campaign for funds to carry out Mr. Lew’s latest project, a swim- ming pool at the LTB&O Home, was initiated. Mr. Lew made the first contribution of $1,500 to this $5.500 project and service organizations. the town council and his many friends are joining in making this Bing Lew Swimming Pool a reality. a daughter Ram in Hong Kong. and 12 grandchildren, Civilans. by ’l‘hox‘nhaven School and by the Orange Home. Recognizing his con- tribution to the town as a citizen. this summer Rich- mond Hill Town Council de- clared July 7 Bing Lew Day. the only time in the town‘s history that a citizen has been so honored. Surviving are his wife, the former Winnie Chew. sons F011 and Sammy and daugh- ter April‘ all of Richmond Hill. a son Hem in China and 7In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” Chevrolet right m e thi at. it Murray was Decision came off a motion by Councillor Ivan Mansb1idge which got by council by a 3-2 margin. Voting in £3101 we1e ‘Deputy-reeve Perkins and Coun~ 3cillors Mansbridge and Lazenby. Opposed we1e Councillors Mac- Dia1mid and Hancey VIr. Mans- bridge represents Ward 1 which is borde1ed 011 the north side by Elgin Mills Sideroad which lies in Markham Township. Mr. Mansbridge has been plumping for .the completion of .the paving since he ente1ed council at the beginning of the yxeai Richmond Hill’s sha1e of the cost was budgeted for early in the year. The question was first broach- ed Iast December when council’s work committee recommended that the 1966‘ cpuncil be asked to ,approve its request that Markham complete paving on the road at a cost of $25,000 L0 Richmond Hill. Council approved the recom- mendation to have the ’66 counâ€" cil consider it which it did and approved the project by a majority vote. “III I)? 1051- IDI‘(‘\'ET. ()1 a Im‘ee-man 00111111153” . - : : f .l l 2 G‘ ' COUNCII Urges ACthl’l mmmnnuuumuuuumummunnuuuummunuunmmumum Lon‘mmg 0 ”i e a” Paving Elqin Mills RdgAppIiance Repair Depot Gutted Richmond Hill Council will pen a letter to Markham Town- ship urging work to start on the paving of the zravelled portion of Elgin Mills Sideroad East Children 0f the Orange Home attended the service in a body and a choir of their young voices sang ”The Lord's My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want” in tribute to their friend. The funeral service “as held Tuesday aflernoox in St. Mary‘s Anglican Church, with Rev. James O'Neil and Rev. Donald Bone officiating and interment {allowed in Rich- mond Hill Cemetery. foul in China, six Kong and No, in Hill. Pallbearers were Aubrey Dunn. Dr. W. C. Cowan. R. 1’. Robbins, Archie Crosier, Paul O’Brien and W. J. Moore. Richmond Hill citizens from every walk of life gathered to pay their tribute to a highly respected and well lov- ed fellow citizen in an imâ€" pressive ceremony. Mrs. L. M. )lcConaghy celebrated her 1001}: birthday on July 28 and on July 30 was honored at the home of her grandson, Rolph J. )lcConagh) and his wife Jeanne at 26 Centre Street West. where she had made her home for 60 years. For the past five years she has lived at the home of her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Rolph Mc- Conaghy. Thurston Rd.. Toronto. Pictured above during the afternoon are (left to right) front row: Dr. John Brett Langstaff, Mrs. F. Duncan, Mrs. McConaghy, Dr. Lillian Langstaff, Dr. Ralph Langstaff. (Mrs. )IcConaghy's brother, who is in his 98th year); rear row, Councillor Lois Hancey. Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst. Mrs. H. Unger. Mrs. Dorothy Fowler, Roy Plewman, Mrs. Herb- erta Plewman, Alex Campbell. Ralph Langstaff, James Grainger, Dr. James Langstaff and Harold Sanderson. The town’s representatives. Mayor Broadhurst and Councillor Hancey. presented Mrs. McConaghy with a gold pin of the town crest and a large bouquet of roses from Al Rice and Harold Mills. Harold Sanderson represented the Richmond Hill Public School Board and Alex Campbell the Richmond Hill Public Library. A cheque for $50 was presented from the town and a matching donation from the public School board. Mrs. McConagh)‘ received guests in a pioneer country (ing. at the rear of her former home. from 2 to 4 pm. and p many friends and past students who signed her guest book brance of-the occasion. Mrs. )lcConaghy taught public than 40 years. pan of that time in six in Hang in Richmond 1 The brick veneer walls and a‘ports that he passed the build- ,rfew charred timbers are ailiing at 10 minutes before two in ithat remain standing followingithe morning. Although there a fire which broke out at 2 am was no-one around his premises 'Iast Sunday morning at 7315>then, he did notice a young man Yonge Street, Doncaster. jwashing his car at the coin wash The property at the corner of property next door and would Glencameron and Yonge Streets like to contact him if possible. was 0”“qu by Clarke‘s Elec- A neighbor across the road, trical. Repair Servrce and the‘up with a sick baby, reports building: “VhPCh has hand hewn seeing young boys around the timbers 15 ““1 to have sheltered property shortly before the fire fleeing U.S. infantrymen follow- .- t1 ~ t ing the raid on York in 1813. Efflififififif; thromng ungs a writers .um "V1“: 3““ Mr. Clarke has set up a tem-llize they have always been pa Fred Simpson were right porary ofl‘ice in the back of his’higher than neighboring forci there. . . truck and will carry on his they also feel they are one t Read fife" stories about business from there. About the best departments in tl this ”cm“: sporting event 90% of his service involves area. 0“ Page 9 Of this issue. work in customers’ homes, which Mr. Miles further reports mummmmumummmumuuummm«munmummuuuuuv[he W111 still be able to carry om that the apprommately Happy 700th Birthday Mrs. McConag/r y \lll\\ll\l\\\llllll|l\\ll\l\\\\llll\l\“lll\\l\\lll\\\\\\ll\\\“l““\llmulllllullll Ken Clarke who operates the electrical repair business re- {lllll\l\ll\l\\\llllll\l\lll\\\1““lll\\l\\\\l\l\\\\\l\\“Hull“llll\\\\ll\l\\\\ll\\Â¥i f0; Martin Mason Wins Ontario Amateur $20,000 In Contents Destroyed: Wesley Middleton, super- intendent of Richmond Hill Cemetery. reported to “The Liberal" Tuesday that van- dals had tipped over sever~ al headstones in the ceme- tery this weekend. This is not an isolated instance. he says, but has been going on all summer on the week- ends. Although Mr. Mid- dlelon has made several trips to the cemetery at odd hours on the weekend he has not been able to catch the vandals at work. He believes those respon- sible do not realize that their moments of fun cause a great deal of work for him and helpers in set- ting the stones back on their base. Many of these headstones mark the last resting places of pioneers of this district. whose labors in the wilderness made pos- sible the development of this community. They should be treated with re- suect. If damaged they cannot be replaced and a link with our historic past will be. lost forever. The 44th Ontario Ama- teur Golf Tournament was held last week at the Sum- mit Golf and Country Club, Jefferson, and Liberal staff writers Jim Irving and Fred Simpson were right there. Vandals Upset Headstones school in Richmond Hill for more the school on Yonge Street. Which pioneer country garden set- 2 to 4 pm. and present were HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 187g No Settlement In Sight Vaughan Police And Fire Pay Goes To Arbitration f A neighbor across the road, ‘up with a sick baby, reports seeing young boys around the property shortly before the fire broke out, throwing things at the building. As well as tools and equip~ ment, 3 number of articles in for repair were destroyed by the fire. Among these were 20 commercial washing machines “hich had just been rebuilt and lefinished and \\ ere ready to go .back to the owner Since the beginning nf the year,policc business in Vaughan Tmmship has been in the hands of a three-man commission consisting of Judge Garth Because the building was so old, Mr. Clarke. could not afford insurance on it. Contents were valued at about $20,000. Salary negotiations with both police and fire associations in Vaughan Township have been drag- ging‘ on since the beginning of the year with no settlement yet in sight. It has been decided that the police agreement will go to arbitration and the Vaughan Township Police Commission has appointed S. E. Dinsdale, QC to represent it. Brampton solicitor William Mackie will represent the policemen’s assodation and the two appointees will together choose a third member to sit with them. in remem- A family reunion was held from 5 to 8 pm with many relatives, in- cluding her brother. Dr. Ralph Langstaff and his wife, Dr. Lillian Lang- staff and daughter Carol, and son Dr. Jim Langstaff and his wife Bar- bara. Also present were her cousin. the Rev. John Brett Langstaff and his wife Phyllis and their son McVickar from Morristown, New Jersey, Mrs. McConaghy’s sons. Ralph C. McConaghy and his wife Sarah of Toronto and their daughter Mary Patricia Robin and her husband, George, and their three sons. Christopher, Michael and Danny of Whit- by: Frank McConaghy and his wife Veda and daughter Shirley of Rich- mond Hill: C. Alex McConaghy of Richmond, Virginia, his wife Madge and son Hugh and his wife Kay and two children, Jeff and Ruth. also from Richmond: Stanley McConaghy and his wife Annabelle and dau- ghter Ruth; Ida McConaghy. a niece: and Olive and Harry Dawn, and their son Roy from Burlington. The two cheques mentioned above were turned over to Mr. Camp- bell to initiate a teachers‘ reference section in the public library to be- come a perpetual reminder of the services Mrs. McConaghy gave this community during her teaching career. their son Roy from Burlington. By her side through the day was a first cousin. Mrs. A. E. Duncan of Willowdale. the former Anne Bohn. and her daughters Jean and Anne. now bears her name. She retired 26 years ago when she was 74. but was called on to help as a substitute teacher during World War H and actually taught her last class when she was 82. The birthday lady was born in Richmond Hill in 1866. Her hus- band was a doctor in Midland. and she was widowed when young. She returned to Richmond Hill and to teaching and raised a family of four sons and a daughter. -.. â€".v..... u~_uv- ... “Ev-Alb u. afford] Constable Doug Mil/es, W110 15?.haste but also I don’t want to ;were[head 0f the police aSSOCiationJhold the matter up. I would 'reports that while the men rea-‘guggest that council should see I tem- lize they have always been Daid‘the six objectors before con- of his higher than neighboring forcestidering a rezoning bylaw". n his they also feel they are one of Mayor Thomas Broadhurst About the best departments in the said it could be before council volves area. or a committee of the whole. Moore. Magistrate 0. S. l'lol “make and Reeve Albert Rum ex'ford. The commission has tried to standardize con d i t ion 5 in' Vaughan with those in Rich-i mond Hill and Markham Townfi shipi While the commission: has offered the men a raise, it was not as great an increase as that received by the Richmond Hill and Markham Township forces because Vaughan rates of pay were already higher. The salary schedule of~ l fered by the police commis- sion specifies $4.900 for a probationary constable; $5.300 for a third class constable; $5,650 for sec- ond class: $6,100 for first class; $6,300 for an acting sergeant; $6,700 for a serg- eant and $7,000 for a staff sergeant. When the last salary schedule; was negotiated several years ago, the men ag‘eed to a flat' salary with no payment for court attendance and no days off to replace free time spent‘ in court. Now however, the Vaughan! W Township Police Assoeiation hasgre asked for pay for overtime andito attendance in court as well as a salary increase. eh BAKERS 9141 YONGE S'1‘.. l‘HORNHILI ~ JUST SOUTH OF RICHMOND HILL $340 per year increase of- fered by the police com- mission is not even a third of the increase in the cost of living over the past year. Qualifications for Vaughan Township police are the same as for members of Metro To- ronto forces. The Police Act specifies a grade 10 education minimum and force members must be physically fit at all times. either on or off duty. The situation with the town- ship firefighters is much the same. although for the first time negotiations are being car- ried on by the newly formed Vaughan Township Firefighters’ Association. This group was chartered in March of this year and is affiliated with the Pro- vincial Federation of Ontario (Continued on Page 15) Invite Objectors To Meet Council The property is currently occupied by a Woodlane De- velopments Limited structure originally designed for a docâ€" tor's clinic which will now be located in quarters closer to the York Central Hospital. The area is residential and prohib- its business ol’fice usage. Six persons objecting to re- Loning of property at the corn- er of Church Street South and Markham Road to permit office use will be invited to air their vietvs before council. Mrs. Hancey favored a com- mittee meeting. Planning board has already recommended the zoning change to council. Councillor Lois Hancey said sh didn‘t believe in “acting in haste but also I don’t want to hold the matter up. I would suggest that council should see (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) SALES AND SERVICE LTD. FOR [“55 PER COPY 10c