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VOL. 90. NO. 14. “S "In Essentials ninnoyp iiii.i.. ONTARTO. THURSDAY. OCTOBER .3. 1967 MacLaren Report Discredited Errors Several Million Dollars $ A sizeable hole was blown in the side of the MacLaren Report last Wednesday afternoon when Vaughan Township Solicitor James F. McCallum exposed an error of $1,927 ,000 in calculations of the cost of the North Thackeray land fill site. This is the 600 acre parcel 0ft taking place spasmodically since OMB My. Fenneny stated that ‘ I lhe had found the notation the Herbert Fennel‘ty, vice-pl‘CSl-Inight before, that he did not . garbage dump for the next dent of James F‘. MacLal‘en recogniZe the handwriting and 10 years Ol‘o‘O 311d \l'hICh hEIS'Limited, the engineering firm did not know when it had been been the SUbJCCl of the off-again-nvhich made the $175,000 gar- made. ‘ [and just south of Woodbridge which Metro proposes to use for on-again Ontario Municipall Board hearing which has been hrs. 0. smith} Named Chairman. ‘ day. early last spring. bage disposal study for Metro, was on the stand for the fifth ing, nail After much head scratch- bitiiig and use of a made. which a full study was made. all 11 sites on in the Thus it was clear that some- :one in Mr. Fennerty's office was aware of the errors but this fact Iliad not been communicated 'either to Mr. Fennerty or the slide rule. he agreed with .\lr.i McCalluin that the item for de- veloping and finishing the site had been included twice and that the 87.092000 total cost of the site as shown in the report MN Deena gimpson 232(should be‘ reduced by the Church Street South. at iiieiii-,Sl'92“000 fig”?- her of Richmond Hill Publicl 0MB Chairman J. A. School Board for the past five} years, was elected chairman of‘ the board at its regular meet- ing Thursday evening of last Week. Mrs. Simpson, who was the only person nominated for the position, replaces Walter Hutch- inson, who resigned because of} excessive "homework" in his new job. Mr. Hutchinson, a former methods analyst with Prudential Insurance Companyi of America in Toronto. is new teaching high school in Scar- boro. A native of England. Mrs. Simpson has lived in Richmond Hill for the last 10 years. She trustee for three years and as vice-chairman for two. The new chairman has two‘ children attending high school‘ in Richmond Hill. Kennedy who was presiding at the hearing termed the miscalculation "inexcus- able" and admonished Mr. Fennerty that putting fig- ures before the board must: never be treated lightly. Mr. McCallum then brought out that there had been an error of 5226.500 in computing costs of the South Thackeray site. total cost of which was shown as 3689.000: and an error of 31.386.500 in computing total costs of the site desâ€" ignated as \'-10 (also in Vaughan Township) which had been shown at $4,747.- 000. The same sheet bore a unla- tion on the bottom. Mr, McCal- lum pointed out. that “all costs have been left wrong except the‘ Maple site." and that “in tltisl case the development costs \vel'ei adjusted to produce the same, "This report has gone out In total." my name. I should have been “That means something to me‘ .more familiar with all the backâ€"‘mat 1 hope it doesn't mean tot ‘UP l0 11." said Mr. FennertY- him." was Mr. Kennedy‘s wry "1 am quite Prepared to take 3“ comment. while Mr. McCallum. responsibility for it. gone before the board." I deeply said it appeared to him to be a regret that the wrong figure basin plugging entry". Mr. Fennerty‘s interpretation What made the error doublylwas however. that the develop- danming however. was the fact,n1ent costs of the Maple site 'that Mr. McCallum, in examin-iwei'e really only estimates and ing the originals of the \vork‘estimates with the least to go has served on the board as a(sheets used to calculate the cost‘on. so the totals had not been of the sites (he had been furn-ycorrected. ished with copies to study dur-l However. Mr. Fennei'ty had ing the lunch break found alno explanation as to why the pencilled notation to the effect that the same error had been I blatantly wrong figures had} (Continued on Page 17) l attired L'nity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" . If‘lltICl' III the amount of 5100.100 for nine lots on Polish Park has been ac- cepted by town council. Submitting the tenderâ€"â€" the only one received by council was Oshtor Holdings Ltd.. of Toronto, a building firm. The same firm is cur- rently building on six lots at the corner of Alverna Road and Crosby Avenue. It was in September that council decided to tender 100,100 For 9 Polish Park Buyer Is Toronto Firm Lots Rod-(port Crescent at its the land or housing busi- evaluated price. mess.“ The offer was made in Mayor Broadhurst had a different view saying “the council is the trustee of the public's assets and should realize the best price from the sale of the lots for the public‘s benefit. The lB-acre park was originally purchased for $75,000. It was proposed to instal a cul de sac north from Rumble Avenue along with services at a cost of consideration of his work In obtaining and selling an option on the land concern- ed to the municipality. Mayor Thomas Broadâ€" hurst said the change of heart was due “to problems we saw ourselves confront- ed with in disposing of the lots on an individual basis.” It was in June that coun- cil announced that nine of nine of the 10 lots to a the lots would be offered 325.000 bringing the total builder instead of selling to the highest bidder. purchase price to 3100.000. them individually as ori- Only objector was C0un~ The 10 lots were expectâ€" eihally planned. cillor Ivan Mansbridgc who ed to bring in $85,000 plus .\n exception was (he said throwing the lots open at $3.000 provincial parks toth lot already selected to the highest bidder was grant to give the town 13 by Thomas Graham of 18 tantamount to “going into acres for just $10,000. _â€"â€". Illlllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll York Centre Advance Poll York Centre voters who expect to be absent from and unable to vote in their polling subdivisions on De- Richmond Hill Youth Critically Injured In Fall From Tree been playing outside the home and had apparently climbed the tree on a dare. Seven-year-old George Hut- clieon of Richmond Hill â€" who fell 35 feet from a chestnut t "'. l ‘r , .- . , ~ to be held October 12 13 reported still in critical COnCIl-lNIf5_ Hurt-neon said‘ "and he and 14. ' [10" eal‘her this “'eek- was playing in the area of the polling places for the l The child. son of Mr. and 1’0“ Office property 0" Amom riding of York (‘cntre will be located at 14 Parkway Avenue. Markham Village: 121 Yonge Street North, Richmond Hill; and 4 Richmond Street. Maple. They will be open from 8 i ’0 am until 5 pm and from t pm until 10 pm. EST (or from 9 am to 6 pm and from 8 pm to 11 pm. Day- , light Saving Time). l ‘llrs. George I-Iutcheon of 33‘next ‘0 our house‘ Arnold Street. was taken to “My daughter came in and York Central Hospital in Rich-i told me he had climbed a tree mond Hill and later removedtand I told her to go out and .to Toronto‘s Hospital for Sick tell him to get down. She went :‘C-hildren. ‘out and I followed her a ‘ few' seconds later. He was lying on the paved portion of the post office driveway." Mrs. Hutclieon stated he had been warned to stay away from She stated that the boy had trees. Mrs. Hutcheon said her soni ,‘had received a fractured skull, fand collarbone and was still? Iunconscious Tuesday. Bill-WAN .NI'IH I\ly \‘(ll' "THEATRE SIZED" COLOR TV 8116 Yonge Street. Thornhill North Elf Sl\t If '52 25” RCA VICTOR VlS/UN $699.00 With Trade Open Every Evening 889-2624 HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 emester, Credit PER COPY 106 System Non-Graded High School Planned For '68 Opening “This board has decided tonight to lead and not to follow. I hope there are a lot more like it." This was the comment at the September 18 meeting of York Central District High School Board I by Dr. Glen Roberts of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education when the board adopted a far- ( reaching report on a revolutionary new type of education to be provided at Thornlea Secondary School which is to open a year from now. was echoed at \Voodbridge High School: E. representative of Kahnert. associate head of Eng»: This sentiment .b_\ a second (three in social sciences, six in mathematics. science. credits would be selected ac- cording to ence. in 31 and three The remaining individual prefer- For grade 13 graduation, ‘there would be an increase in the ‘jects. number of required sub- PHASE SYSTEM Courses will also be available the institute who attended the‘lish, W. Kierstead, administra- ”' a "home 9f phase.le‘:els in imeeting. Dr. Alan King and the the intern and head of mathe-,“‘"c‘n‘dance “It” “‘1 "lleldual lboard was assured that the in-‘inatics. Miss C. McNamara» student's achievement. back- lstitute (a branch of the Departfidirector of the business depart-:gmuni knowledge and Skills lment of Education) would take‘ment and D. Rawlings, head of' an advisory role and be a source1 the history department. all at of information and suggestions. Bayview Secondary; Mrs. A. “We would not investigate any Taylor. librarian and S. Toth, project we didn't think was consultant for technical sub- lgoing anywhere; we are interâ€" jects, both at Thornhill Second- ested in this." said Dr. King. ary. , Dr. King advised too that the Recommendation of the com- ‘institute would observe andimittee was the provision of a :document what was takinglschool which would provide lplace with respect to both thei“continuous progress in a non- \students and the teachers. (graded structure." INTENSIVE STUDY To do this it is proposed to. l The IOU-page report whichladopt a system of credits, 70l the board decided to implementlof which will be required for} ‘was the result of six weeks of a secondary school graduation intensive study by a committee diploma (grade 12) 90 for an of eight teachers presently onlhonor diploma (grade 13). the York Central staff. They! To provide a “common fund iwere S. Bacsalmasi who last'of knowledge" a secondary 1year was appointed head of thelschool graduation diploma will ,system's research and programirequire a minimum of 12 idevelopment; K. Cluley. headlcredits in English, nine in phyv lot the geography departmentisical education. six in history, in a particular subject. Five phase levels are recom- mended. Phase 1 would consist of remedial work for students needing special assistance in the subject; phase 2 consists of courses for students who need emphasis on the basic skills; phase three would be for those of average background of achievement; phase four for capable students desiring sub- ject matter in depth (an honors course involving additional ini- tiative and work on the part: of the student); and phase five would be courses available to students who are willing to as- sume more responsibliity for their own learning. Certain subjects, e.g. physical education. would not be phased at all, while others, such as (Continued on Page 17) i‘lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'i' York Centre: The Provincial (Photo by Stuart's Studio) LIBERAL DON DEACON AND WIFE, RIGHT, TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC By MARGARET )chEAN Ladies, be prepared! Any one. or all of three good- looking young men is apt to call on you any time from 10 in the morning to nine at night, so don’t be caught DEMOCRAT with a housecoat on and curlers in your hair. The three candidates in the provincial riding of York Centre. which includes all of Markham and Vaughan Townships as well as Wood- bridge, Thornhill. Richmond Hill, Markham Village and Unionville are all concen- trating on door to door can- vassing to get to know their constituents. And surely in no other riding are three \\.§\\\\\s\\\t a \ > ill/l such personable nien asking _\ou to put the ‘ ' ' ' ' after their name. Tall, dark and with sparkl- lng good looks, Donald Deaâ€" con, 47, of Unionville is the Liberal contender. What w \ we \ C l \ ‘ \\\~\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\w by Studio .\:iic l‘hoto NORTON INCLI'DES HIGH St'HOOI. S'I'L'I)E.\"I'S IN t'.\.\'\.\SS “Getting to Know You” is Theme of All Three Campaigns Candidates In Action (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) CONSERVATIVE LORNE WELLS TALKS THINGS OVER WITH THE LADIES , man could keep a group of 20 ladies waiting an hour for him to put in an appearance and yet have them eating out of his hand five minutes af- ter his arrival? This is what Don Deacon did last week when a mix-up in scheduling took him to the wrong house and he arrived at a Thornhill coffee party at 11 instead of 10 am. In no way did he talk down to the ladies. however, or in any way try to "charm" them. He spoke earnestly and forthrightly of his love of Markham Township and the family farm near Union- ville. his concern that water and sewer services be pro» vided to permit orderly de- \clopmcnt of Vaughan and Markham 'l‘own'ships. that the provincial government assume a greater portion of education taxes to ease the burden on small property owners, that commuter trans- portation be hastened in the riding. Although he attends as many coffee parties and can- didate meetings as are ar- ranged, Mr. Deacon is spend- ing the bulk of his time on door-to-door canvassing and right now is putting in about six hours daily at this. “I don't like being a spectacle." he confides. “but I do like getting around and meeting people." .\lr. Deacon vice-presi- dent of F. ll. Deacon and Co Ltd. stock brokers and president of Canadian ll} (troâ€" tarbons Limited a fiint v liicli (‘ll’lpltl‘S 700 people He was formerly a membei of m. i: i the council and deputy-reeve of Markham Township. Although keenly interested in her husband‘s first ven- ture into provincial politics, with six children at home ages 7 to 19 and an 85-year- old father also living with them. Mrs. Deacon finds her- self fully occupied keeping things running smoothly at home and is taking little part in the campaign. TORY CANDIDATE Looking to fill the shoes of the veteran Ontario Tory Lex Mackenzie who represented this area in the provincial legislature for close to 25 years. is Lorne Wells. 3 resi- dent of Maple for 37 of his 48 years. Lorne is well known in Maple and in Vaughan Tow n- ship where he was a memâ€" ber of the township public school board for four years and its chairman when he re- tired from the post last De- cember. He is a past presi- dent and charter member of Maple Lions Club. fOrmer chairman of finance of Maple Community Centre and a past district chairman of the York Central Hospital fund- raising campaign. Lorne has arranged to take his holidays from the Toron- to accounting firm of which he is a member. Tinkham. Wells and Company. to co- mcide with the election cam- paign and is trying to meet as many people in the ridâ€" In”: as possible, attending: coffee parties and spending two or three hours dail} in dnoi'-to-door camassine lie hopes to call on at least 25’ r of Richmond Hill. Actively assisting him in his campaign is his wife. the former Marjorie Bailey of Maple. Mrs. Wells is work- ing in the committee rooms and attends various functions with her husband. The Wells family includes three children and the two eldest, both students at Lang- staff Secondary School may take part in the campaign too. A conservationist. )Ir. Wells has instructed all his campaign workers that no signs are to be nailed on trees and wants to see a program of tree planting along all the newl_\-widencd highways in the riding so that they may be restored to their former beauty NDP IIOPEFL'I. {eliing illlllOsl entirely on (loorâ€"to-(looi' canvassing to contact people in the riding is the earnest and personable young New Democrat Candi- date .liin Norton, He begins knocking on doors by 10 am and keeps it tip until 9 or 9.30 each night and only gets to Visit his Richmond Hill Committee rooms a couple of times a week. “I‘m at this every single minute," he says, “No tea parties. no coffee parties ~ only supponers come to them any way." Mr. Norton admits to thoroughly enjoying this strenuous routine. although he is losing veight on ll. "E‘-€‘.‘l the people notice ll You’d be ainawcd ho“. than: look at in}. card and lleitnt‘ and comment that IKP lml weight." he sag; Hove-tel, this is the least of his wor- ries. "I lost 15 pounds dur- ing the last campaign (in the federal election of 1965) and if I lose another 10 this time I’d be quite happy.” Nominated in September. 1966, the 32â€"year-old Mr. Norton has been in the field since last spring and has al- ready called personally at 2,000 homes in the riding. "I’m getting a great respect for the average voter." he says and expects that there will be as high a percentage of people out to the polls as in the last provincial elec- tion and more than turned out for the federal contest. He feels that a lot of people are against the Ro- barts government but as yet haven‘t come down for any- one else. ‘(Although I can IlOllOalI} say that in Ontario. the ND? is the logical altern- atiie," he insists. BILL 81 IS ISSUE Mr. NortOn feels that the greatest single issue facing the people of the riding is Bill 81 which permits Metro to expropriate land (for gar- bage dumpst outside its own boundaries where the people have no direct control through a vote of the govern- ment that is expropriating them. “I have been involv- ed in this issue since last February.“ .\lr. Norton states and adVises that he has ap- peared before Vaughan Township ('ouncil and the Ontario \Ilinlt‘llliil Board speaking for people iio will be affected by this lie also addressed the select commit tee of the legislature, when he and Mart Kenney were the only persons other than Vaughan Township'ssolicitor to do so, when it was pro- posed to further extend Met- ro's powers under this bill. The committee subsequently turned the amendment down. Not only is Mr. Norton completely organized in his campaign, but he has an army of equally well organ- ized campaign workers. His full time campaign manager is Roy Jackson, 3 Markham Village accountant; his Mark« ham Township manager is Lars Thompson, a high school teacher; in Woodbridge Jack Grant. a btiildei‘\and develop- er of Varley Village is the manager while Jack Knott is in charge of the Richmond llill office. and Art Gould is Richvale area manager. Canvassers have been apâ€" pointed in every poll and urban areas will have three complete canvasses. A full time worker \Hll spend two weeks organizing election day machinery and already scrutineers have been ap pointed to man every poll with an outside scrutineer at most urban polls as well. A resident of Unionville, Mr. Norton is the father of two young children. age two and four, is employed as an economist with the United Steelworkers of America L‘nion and makes studies of industries, He also studies, works on and makes recomâ€" 1w ndations concerning the Ef‘tiliul‘ ‘r ('ouncil of ('anada ienoris beioie “hey are sued. Li’