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“A: uvnau uuuuu In 1803, . The official plan is out. so Mr_ Reme concludes Stating far as Etobicoke Township_ is that “it’s 0m. understanding concerned, rend 1t_ Would hke that Riéhmond Hill proposes to;M.ark!,‘am lownsmp to agree reconstruct Yonge Streetlmm 1L through the town and although! In a letter to council Monday our engineering has not beenafternoon, the township said it; The letter also states thafl “according to the York County Roads Needs Study, plans are to acquire lands for the wider ing of the Maple Sideroad from Keele Street. to Highway 11 during the 1968 construction' season and actually carry out the construction in 1969". x ChieLLQggineer A. J. Kellie wrote that “a; the present time pre-engineerix has not been carried out on is project and we have no actual plans out- lining the nature of the work”. Richmond Hill’s alarms over possible widening to the north side of Maple Sideroad were allayed Monday night via a let- ter from the Toronto and York Road: Commission. Mr. Barton said Mr. Hollow~ acz’s services weren’t costing the township anything at the moment. as the developer was still paying until the township took over the operation of the plants at Unionville and John Street. However. he felt the matter should be broughtto council‘s attention. because Mr. Hollowacz had asked to come on the. township payroll for fringe benefits and it was creating a “dangerous precedent" when other members of the staff weren‘t receiving overtime pay. have to hire a fourth operator. Councillor Allan Sumner said he felt council should look into the matter early in the year to see if there were “greater merit to keep a stand- by, or hire another one." Mr. Barton said he thought that hiring a third man would (have eliminated the overtime. lbut‘ Mr. Hollon'acz had been paid $300 in August and Sep- tember in overtime, and $250 in October when the new man ihad come on. Council agreed to look into Engineer Dusan Miklas saidl‘the matter. Maple Sideroad No Definite Plans Re Road Widening Mr. Barton said that, u‘hatv‘were 0“ can 24 hours a (la-‘3 with his regular aalary. over~ Ml“ Miklas Said- time and car allowance, William; "How come there's as much Hollowacz was making as muchl‘0ve1'time when you have three. as $853 a month. A typicalas when you had one?" asked month showed him being paid'Reeve Stewart Rumble. $450 salary’ $280 overtime and Mr. Miklas said that, if they $123 car allowance- didn't have overtime, they would Mr. Barton said Mr. Hollow- have to hire a fourth operator. A Markham Township sew- age plant operator is on a $5,500 salary, but is being paid more in line with the township engineer, Treasurer Alex Bar- ton told a meeting of council Monday afternoon. Overtime, Car Allowance Nearly Match Wage For Mkm Twp Worker VOL. 89, N0. 24 Meunesi Mun Takes Dog, Seeks Ransom “The meanest man alive" might well designate a dog- napper active in Richmond Hill. On the evening of Decem- ber 6, at 10 pm, as was her nightly custom. Mrs. Lynn Prince, 513 Lynelvt Cresâ€" cent. let her boxer dog out for a run in his own yard. When she called him at 10:20 there was no response and no trace of the family pet could be found. At 10:30 am Wednesday she received a call from a man who told her he had her dog, and to prove it asked her to listen. She heard her dog cry out as if it were being beaten. "Unless you give me far more than I can get from a laboratory. I’ll sell your pet to a lab." he threaten- ed Mrs. Prince. In hysterical anger Mrs. Prince berated the man. That’s right! One corpulent U.S. ounce equals 1.04082 Canadian ounces. If we translate this to the metric system, which the rest of the cixilized world seems to By MARGARET McLEAN Ladies of Richmond Hill â€" of Ontario â€" of Canada â€" put down your rolling pins, relax! You are not beingr cheated. Those 2-quart jugs of milk do hold 80 fluid ounces: the 3-quart jug does hold 120 ounces. Do you mix your baby‘s milk using a powdered formula and find that you never have quite as many ounces of finished formula as the can says you will? It‘s all right. it‘s all right. The cans of pmrdered milk give the result in Canadian ounces. Your nursing bottles are calibrated in LS. ounces. You grew up knowing that the Imperial quart is larger than the US. quart. as is the Imperial gal- lon. What has quite definitely escaped my notice until now is that the Imperial ounce. in all its regal dignity, is smaller than the portly U.S. ounce. Difference In Canadian And U.S. Ounce Causes lmpe 28.41 flu Public Li‘-r“.ry 24 Wri ‘ht 51'... Rich-"mud 3111:. 7U! d ounce Etobicoke Asks Markham Township T0 Assist It In Dumping Official Plan Reeve Donald Plaxton pOSed he was only interested in pro- the road-widening question at a‘tecting the interests of the previous meeting stating he had'town‘s property owners. heard reports to the effect that He agreed along with Maser the widening of Maple SideroadiThomas Broad‘hurs-t that there would all take place on the,was no immediate concern but north side. ‘lthat council would “keep its “There is only empty farm-ieyes open” and discuss any land on the south side”, he had,planned moves with the TYRC. completed we would be pleased said, “where on the north side to discuss this area with you at you have the property of town the earliest convenient mom- residents to contend with”. ent”. Jr Mr. Plaxton said Monday night Councillor A I 1 a n Sumner said he felt council should look into the matter early in the year to see if there were “greater merit to keep a stand- by, or hire another one." “How come there's as much overtime when you have three. as when you had one?” asked The overtime was now split among the three of them. who Were on call 24 hours a day. Mr. Miklas said. Many purebred dogs have completely vanished in Richmond Hill later without leaving a trace, and Canine Control Officer James Ryan feels there could be a connection beâ€" tween them and this “char- acter” who phoned Mrs. Prince. It is hard to think clearly when one's emotions are upset over a beloved pet, but Mr. Ryan feels that if Mrs. Prince had been able to go along with her caller and make an appointment with him, police would have stood a good chance of apprehending the dog- napper and potential ex- tortioner. in the township, but when Mr. Hollowacz had been hired, he was the only one they had and had started up the two plants. hung up and immediately called the police. As the police officer who answered the call to get the details was leaving the house, the boxer returned home. there were now three operators @3171? Emil All this fascinating information is brought to you because of the curiosity of 8 Richmond Hill house- wife. Mrs. Karin Lumsden, 66 Car- tier Crescent and the inquisitive- ness of this indefatigable reporter. With the current interest regard- ing high prices. Mrs. Lumsden won- dered whether or not she was not only paying more but getting less and set up a makeshift laboratory in her kitchen. To her horror she found that using a 32 oz. measure manufactured by Corning Glass Works of Canada Ltd. the 2-quarx jug of milk contained only 78 in- Considering this rather shabby treatment of the consumer (al- though she did find that 5:1 011- tario beer bottle contains as stated, 12 oz.) she communicated the re- sults of her experiments to the public by means of a letter to a Toronto daily. Although there was little or no reaction from the public, Mrs. Lumsden was immediately contact- ed by a knowledgeable representa- tive of the Weights and Measures Standards Division of the Departâ€" ment of Trade and Commerce. stead of 800‘ had 116 oz. ade and ly genllu z. and the instead of Mr. Hoover said he hadn’t '00., for underground storage of The report included 52 new‘gasoline on Lot 9, Concession 3. single family detached d\\'el~, Buuding Inspector Fred FUdge Hugs, totalling $760500, withlsaid that no formal application 13,474,990 in public buildings and-{01' a blinding had been received additions. and 5192.500 in comâ€"Ias the company wanted 10 get ' “Have you anything to say about it before we review it?” «building report) Reeve Stewart Rumble asked Finance Chair- man Charles Hoover, frequent critic of township residential development. Building continues to move along at a good pace in the township, with $1,452,690 be- ing reported for the month of November. “For this reason, council is petitioning to have such legisla- tion amended. If your council is of a similar View, we would appreciate your support”, the letter said. The township said it had approved its own official plan in 1946 and had had 200 amendments to it since. However, it had not had any corresponding benefits by being able to enforce it against private individuals. A petition would now go to the Legislature to amend the‘ Planning Act in such a way‘ necessary as to remove thej “legal significance of an officialJ plan." 1 Council agreed to turn the let- ter over to the planning direcâ€" tor. mercial buildings and additions felt the legal aspects of am Building permits and septic olficial play, as provided for ipltank fees totalled $2,571. the Planning {391% \\’§1‘8 deu'l'f Total building for November mental t0 mummpalltles- _ Has-c year totalled $443,920. «n.1,.» u:.. _. A\utmnmmuumuuuumummnua\mummmuumummuumw u1luml“\mumuumuuuumuummumunl\uuuumuuummmu As the only way the town- ship can set up its own hydro system Is by borrow- ing the money necessary to do it. to be consistent. voters should have voted the same way on both questions. However. the vote was overwhelmingly in favor and the township hydro sys- tem is expected to be in operation by 1968. The new system is expected to give residents slightly lower rates. However. it would appear that not all of those wish- ing to see the township set up its own system were in favor of borrowing the money to do it with as only 2,559 voted for the issu- ance of the necessary de- bentures while 740 were op- posed. Vaughan Township voters gave the nod to the town- ship’s setting up its own hydro system in last Sat- urday’s voting. approving the township’s buying of power from Ontario Hydro by a vote of 2,727 to 630. ' However. it would appear Say “Yes” T0 Vaughan H ydro 3-quart ju 120. nin the children were still scurrying around after stray hats and mitts) and using an imposing array of measures, scales and what-have-you proceeded to demonstrate to Mrs. Lumsden the error of her ways. After imparting that veritable gem of information about the US. fluid ounce equalling 1.04082 Can- adian ounces. he turned his high- powered magnifying glass on the bottom of the hapless Mrs. Lums- den's family measuring cup. While it boldly proclaimed the name Corning Glass Works of Canada it boldly proclaimed the name Corning Glass Works of Canada Ltd.. it bore in smaller letters on the bottom. "Made in USA." The fault was all therefore due to the smugly superior [5.8. ounce. Another delectable item of in‘ formation produced for Mrs. Lums- den's amazement was that it is im- possible to buy a measuring cup calibrated in Canadian fluid ounces. Being just as intrigued as Mrs. Lumsden, your doughty reporter decided to find out just what safe- guards there are for the consumer along this line. While the brave gentlemen in Ottawa continue to beleaguer the defensive manufac- turers about the cost of their packâ€" ages, she would find out whether or not they put in them all they RICHMOND HUI, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER-1.5, 1966 Failed to find a seconder for 5a motion to approve an applica- tion from International Truck Co., for underground storage of 'i A breakdown of some of the \commercial buildings showed :Parkway Department Stores, (Yonge Street, Richvale, addition $15,000; Knob Hill Farms Limi- te 1, Highway 7 and Don Mills Road, renovations, $7,500, Sheri- dan Nurseries Limited, Hwy, 7, east of Concession 5, nursery sale- station, $150,000; James G. Andrews, movers, Highway 7.‘ east of Kennedy Road, office and furniture storage building, $20,000. Public building included CRCSS Markham-Vaughan No. 2, Highway 7, Concession 3, school building, $303,000; TSA 2, Varley Village, addition to Park- view School, $174,990. Council also: Awarded a con- tract for a trunk sewer in the Don Mills industrial area in the amount of $15,439.70 to Donegal Construction 00., Toronto. Other bids were: Yearly and Reed Ltd., $18,460; Dagmar Construction Ltd., $19,283.73; Craftwood Construction Ltd., $17,877.25: Decker Construc- tion 00., $25,208.49. 7 Vote Lead Ousts Vaughan Reeve Only 2 Of Present Council Remain Continued on Page 3 In Essentials W e Intense interest in Vaughan Township election results is indicated by the crowd which crammed into the municipal offices at Maple last Saturday night to watch returns flashed on a screen. Seated in the foreground two township employees, John Plunkett and Gerald Vanderfleet are seen as they kept track of the voting and answered the many telephoned enquiries received during; the course of the evening. ‘ At the extreme left of the picture is Mrs. Marjorie Black who fell heir to the Vacant seat on the township school board while at the extreme right is Maurice Windatt, who finished last in the race for a council seat. and Mea Imperial Quart Larger But Ounce Smaller Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" ures branch was not so much il- luminating as inundating, and she came away from that establishment staggering under a load of facts, figures and impressions but cling- ing to the central lifeline â€" the Canadian consumer is being pro- tected. And how! Of course it should be explained at the outset that the Weights and Measures Division does not con- cern itself with how much the manufacturer DOES put in his package of foodstuffs. 1t contents itself, with respect to foods. in seeing that the container used will Whether it does actually hold this amount is the concern of another department altogether â€"â€"- although I was pleased to find out the nex-t day that they are on speaking terms, The‘ Food and Drug Directorate and its army of inspectors (60 in Toronto) makes regular inspections at the manufacturing level and as in fact hold the amount the label says it does. And its scales are so sensitive they can weigh the writ- ing on a bottle. well puts special invéstigations into operations on the complaint of a consumer. Watching The Polls 60 B y! lmnnmmumnmmnmmunmmuumunmmmumnnmmmnw uultluuuuu1\uu\muummmmmmmu\\mmumuummmmum M ansbridge Gains Pipeline Meeting ho “As far as I’m concerned", he said, “the commission is not fulfilling its original function when it was set up 12 years ago”. He castigated the OWRC for not providing interim reports to council on its needs study “apparently now being undertaken in the area.” Mr. Mansbridge com~ mented that letters to the OWRC â€" without the per- sonal contact -â€" would achieve little except a con- venient pigeon hole. He felt the commission was concentrating on water and air pollution â€" as nec- essary as they were â€" to the detriment of other also vital needs â€" such as a pipeline to Richmond Hill. “And I mean a meeting of senior Richmond Hill ofiicials”, he added, “not just oifice boys". Councillor Ivau Mans- bl'idge is still insisting upon action instead of words re- garding his campaign for a direct water pipeline to Richmond Hill. On Monday night he re- ceived council‘s unanimous support in calling for a per- sonal mveting as soon as possible with the OWRC regarding the matter. t only pled eg 113 adies “It’s quite late in the year for this type of work,” com- mented Reeve Donald Plaxton. Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst agreed some arrange- ment could be I made by council to enable the opera- tor to carry on through the winter with a time limit set for completing the work in the new year. ‘ Depu-ty-reeve Floyd Perkins then moved a unanimously passed motion stating the lie- ence could be granted on con- dition the landscaping and pav- ing Would be completed by June 30. 1967. “While originally opposed to it," he said, “I don’t feel it was necessary to close it once he was in operation.” Mr. Lazenby sug- gested some arrangement could be made to give allowance to the operator regarding the pav- ing and landscaping. Mr. Lazenby noted the car wash had been closed because of its failure to pave the drive- way and landscape the property. Richmond Hill’s much talked about coin operated car wash next to Allencourt Plaza was talked about some more at town council Monday night. Once opened, its now closed again. The controversial coin oper- ated car wash was the subject of much council discussion dur- ing the past year. Council finally gave its bless- ings to it last August after in- corporating in its site plan re- Reason; It opened mthout alconnnendations following an On- licence. Councillor William Lazenby, who opposed the car wash in the first place along with other area residents in his Ward 2, broached the subject. Mr. Lazenby noted the car wash had been closed because of its failure to pave the drive- way and landscape the property. “While originally opposed to 'tario Municipal Board hearing, ‘ llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\l\ll\llllllll\\llllllllll“\lllllllllllllllll\lll NEW Housing Means NEW High Schools In response to requests about zoning and proposed housing projects, York Last poll to report was No. 16, Thorndale (voting at Lang- staff Public School) and here Bailey picked up one more Vote, gaining 17 to Rutherford’s 16, while Bryce walked away here with 73. In the last election, this poll gave Rutherford a ma- jority of eight \ otes over Bailey. However. at 10.35 pm, before ithe results of the final poll were announced. Reeve Rutherford} who had been in the hall for} the past 10 minutes, announced that the figures were known and that Mr. Bailey had been elected by seven votes. He thanked his supporters for their assistance and mentioned the possibility of a recount. He was given a good band by the crowd. Richmond Hill’s much talked about coin operated car wash next to Allencourt Plaza was talked about some more at town council Monday night. Car Wash Closed Temporarily“: Lack Of Paving And Landscaping: Confusion, But Consumer Protected On the complaint of any indi- vidual or firm (although the name of such person is never revealed! the inspector will examine a batch of from 10 to 20 bottles of milk, ketchup or whatever is complaint- ed about. While the inspector will accept one bottle with skimped measure. there must be jUSt as many above the line as below or the bottler is in trouble. However, some slight tolerance must be al- lowed because of bottling techni- qu_es. ‘ . -.. yu‘; Some products which are bottled hot, such as peanut butter. salad dressing, honey etc., will not fill their containers as they shrink when cooled, but they must con- tain the amount stated on the label. They are also helped in their policing by manufacturers who are quick to notify them when they suspect a competitor of cheating in this way. with the knowledge that officials of this department consider the Canadian housewife very alert in this respect and they always follow up her suspicions promptly. ‘eemg that the cans can cc he stated amount of food. no But to get back to the Weig d Measures Division: their \th food containers is confinec HOME PAPER OF THE DIS'fRâ€"ICT SINCE 1878 The controversial coin oper-‘ ated car wash was the subject of much council discussion dur- ing the past year. kllll\\\\\\lll\llll\\\[\l“llllll\l\\“\\\lll\l\lm“l\“m\l\\\\l\l\l\\1ll\1\\\N1“ The Township of Mark- ham has been advised that the development provided under its Bylaw 2237, a zon- ing bylaw providing for the development proposed {or the southeast corner of the township from John Street south to Steeles Avenue, will increase the population by about 6,000 and can be expected to produce an exâ€" tra 375 secondary school students. In response to requests about zoning and proposed housing projects, York Central District High School Board has advised the Town of Richmond Hill that the 94-suite apartment building proposed for Centre Street would result in about 10 additional high school students, represent- ing a capital outlay of from $25,000 to $30,000 for nec- essary pupil places. Ol‘K (Photo by Stuart’s As an example of how careful manufacturers are of this, milk bottles become infinitesimally larger each time they are washed |because of the scouring actionI and manufacturers have argued that they should therefore be able to start out with a smaller bottle to make up this difference. In Contrast. if a housewife uses a 32 oz. measure to portion out 1 07.. of liquid, she may leave almost a quarter of an ounce on the sides of the jug. Now, let that be a lesson to you! The Weights and Measures Di- vision maintains a staff of 30 in- spectors in the Toronto area who spend all their time checking weighing machines. Every scale is tested at least once a year. Not only that, in true Man from UNCLE style, these people are not above sending a beauteous female into your neighborhood butcher store. disguised as a simple house- \\ife of course. to buv a pound of they do. But they point out that in doing this, they may use forced air to remove every last molecule of liquid from a container. Un- less the housewife empties her container completely, she may be throwing away more than they save her! The lead see-saued between lthe tuo top contenders all even- lling, and at 9.35, with 24 out of 38 polls heard from. Bailey was ' heading by 14 votes: at 9.45 Studio) Rutherford was ahead by 42; at 10 pm, with 30 out of 38 polls heard from, Bailey was ahead by 25 but with one more poll reporting, Rutherford was ahead by one vote. However. Bailey pulled ahead as returns from polls in the "front end”l came in and with six polls yet to hear from had a 76 vote lead.‘ The next two polls re- porting cut this down how- ever. and with returns from 34 out of 38‘ his lead was only 22 and Rutherford supporters were tense with expectancy. Not waiting for returns to be added to the sheet to be pro- V jected, a member of the townâ€" ship staff announced that with only one poll yet to report, Bailey was ahead by six votes. ting DR. CHAIl First in While intel ship was kee as much tens cil seats, as wavered betu ers to the po ald Mitchell Fraser won 1 margin, witr Mitchell’s 1,61 Heading apparently over it thal was Dr. Cl Maple. Hi: well ahead winner I): Salary for the position is $18,- month for 12 m 500 to $20,000 and the success- year, whether or m ful applicant is required to have meetings. In addit the qualifications of a secondarylcez‘ve a mileage all school inspector. (An inspectorlon school business Total enrolment in five schools now in operation is 3,- 947 and the Department of Edu- cation requires that either an inspector or an assistant super- intendent be hired. It is expect- ed that school enrolment will double in the next 10 years. York Central District High School Board agreed at its Nov- ember meeting that an assistant superintendent should be engag- ed for its burgeoning system. Assis't Superintendent Required For York Central High Schools Interest in the election was relatively high and 43.8% of the township's 10,430 voters turned out to cast their ballots in spite of wet and icy roads. [n 1964 â€"- when Rutherford won by an 88-vote margin over Bailey -â€"- 42.7% of the elector- ate exercised their franchise. as compared to the 1962 election when only 31.5% turned out. Close to 200 people jammed the council chambers and foyer of the municipal offices to “etch election returns flashed on a screen from an overhead projector while two phones were kept busy answering inquiries. By MARGARET MCLEAN It was a photo finish Saturday in Vaughan Township and a recount is in the offing as Brian Bailey of Ricln'ale edged out sitting Reeve Albert Rutherford by seven votes. Bailey rang up 1,509 votes to Rutherford‘s 1,502. Third contestant, Councillor Warren Bryce trailed by 225 with a 1,277 vote total. 48 Yonge N. KENZIE PHARMACY MOTORIZED DELIVERY 884-4403 this daring female sneaks her bun- dle into the hands of a confederate in the back seat of her car who checks its Weight on a small scale he keeps at hand for the purpose. So that's why the butcher gets that bemused expression on his face as he squints at the scale. "Is she or isn’t she?" he’s asking himself. Along with testing supermarket scales and such, this division checks yearly, and seals after each inspection. the measuring devices on gasoline pumps and fuel oil delivery trucks. They have what they call “provers”, both mobile and stationary, which prove that “hen the gas pump registers five gallons it actually delivers fire gallons. 1n the same manner, they check scales that measure how much an earth moving mach- ine moves when the operator is being paid by the ton, how much grain a freight car actually holds Qâ€" 7and in “tact, checks that all weights and measures are as they are represented to the puplig. “ So rest easy in your beds ladies. Be not disturbed. A conglomeration of silent watchdogs is bounding the steps land thumbs) of all who sell to the public. 884-1017 PRESCRIPTIONS An Board members are presently paid at the rate of $60 per month for 12 months of the ’year, whether or not they attend meetings. In addition, they re- Eceive a mileage allowance when This is in accordance with a recent amendment to the Schools Administration Act which makes such an increase permissible but not mandatory. i While interest in the reeve- ship was keen, there was just ‘as much tension over the coun- cil seats, as the third place ‘wavered between two newcom- ers to the political scene. Ron~ ald Mitchell and David Fraser. Fraser won out by a 13 vote margin, with 1,700 votes to Mitchell’s 1,687. Heading the polls -â€" and apparently more surprised over it than anyone else â€"- was Dr. Charles Blrkett of Maple. His total was 2,494, well ahead of second place winner Dalton McArthur who however scored a healthy 1.929. Sitting Councillor Sam Kaiser stayed in fifth place most of lthe evening and ended up with [1,428 votes while Maurice Wind- 'att, a member of council in 1961-62 ended up in last place Iwith 960. must have been a successful high school principal). The board also decided at its last meeting that, effective Jan- uary, 1967 it will increase hon- orarium of its chairman by 25%. When asked how he felt about his big win, Dr. Birkett replied “Ilabbergasted”. While he was hoping to be elected he didn't expect such a victory, he told “The Liberal” and expressed the hope that he would be worthy of the confidence the electors had placed in him. While there were seven ca-n- (Continued on Page 19) DR. CHARLES BIRKETT First in Council Race Richmond Hill PER COPY 100