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The closing Centennial pro- am featured the versatile and ccomplished Bayview ,Second- School Band under the di- tion of Miss Elizabeth Mat- ews and the melodious singing f the prize-winning St. Matt- ew's United Choir under the di- ection of Mrs. Eileen Robbins. The band's selections featur- Id Gordon Adnams as soloist on the baritone horn in “The Em- ror". This versatile young man who plans next year to These words are engraved on plaque sent to the Town of chmond Hill by the Province lor_ Ontario and signed by Pre- Ruler John Robarts_and Minister phony and sounds the “Ilast er! Tourism and Information James Auld, who served as chairman of the Cabinet Centen- nial Committee. The plaque Was presented to Centennial Committee Chairman Jack Corâ€" bett by Reeve Donald Plaxton It the December 13 concert in Bayview Secondary School which officially brought Cen~ tennial celebrations to a close in Richmond Hill. The plaque will remain in Mr. Corbett’s keeping until the year's end ahen it will be hung in the unicipal building. Post" and “Reveille" for the annual town’s Remembrance Day service. Again the audi- ence showed its appreciation by resounding applause. Brenda Haddock, who is also remembered for her excellent vocal participation in the Gil- bert and Sullivan productions, sang Mel Torme’s “The Christ- mas Song", accompanied at the a-umuuuuuuuummumum\uunmunkm«munumummmm Farmers Kiown as the South Thack- vray Site, the land is a wedge- Ohapcd piece of property bounded on the south by “ln recognition of a disting- enter the music course at the fished contribution by communâ€" University of Toronto, also play- leaders, the Centennial Com- ed an alto saxophone for the mittee and individual citizens band numbers and will be re- the Centennial celebrations membered for his excellent rogram during 1967. The performances in the school‘s agination and enthusiasm Gilbert and Sullivan produc- own by everyone has made tions. That his performance 0 celebration of 100 years of was appreciated by the crowd onfederation in Canada a most of more than 300 was evident by emorable one, and one with a the spontaneous applause. Eating effect on each of us.” Another featured instrument- Few Vaughan Township residents raised objec- tions at a hearing held‘ by the township planning board December 14 at Woodbridge High School to discuss the operation by Metro Toronto of a garbage dump on the Vaughan-Etobicoke border. VOL. 90, NO. 25. m KWKHKMIKKKK‘EKXKWM Vaughan Planning Board Reconsiders Re-Zoning For Metro ’3 Thackeray Dump Traditionally Christmas is a time for making children happy. In keeping with this tradition Victoria Square and District Lions last Saturday afternoon entertained all the children from their area at the community centre. Above, part of the happy throng keep their eyes on that jolly old man, Santa, himself who visited the party and chatted with each youngster. This was a happy climax to a program of cartoon movies, soft drinks, food, treats and gifts which brought happy smiles to all these sobersides. Recognize Christmas Is A Happy Time Another featured instrument- alist was Ronald Robbins who played trumpet solo in the “Evening ‘Breeze”. Ron also plays in the Richmond Hill Sym- phony and sounds the “Last Post" and “Reveille" for the annual town’s Remembrance Day service. Again the audi- ence showed its appreciation by resounding applause. Town Centennial Efforts yuuu: auu auuuua Luv Must. Post" and “Reveille" for the annual town’s Remembrance Day service. Again the audi- ence showed its appreciation by resounding applause. Brenda Haddock, who is also remembered for her excellent vocal participation in the Gil- bert and Sullivan productions, sang Mel Torme‘s “The Christ- mas Song", accompanied at the UCGBLIC, U111]. {lull-II: auu uuau Plume. Their evident love of singing and their melodic presentation of each number brought rapt attention and hearty applause from the audience. Their repu- tation as an excellent choir is indeed well earned was the con- census. Jeff Parisi was the capable master of ceremonies. ‘man Norn Garriock cast the deciding vote to refer the mat- ter back to the board for further discussion. Planning Board Chairman P. A. Deacon did not chair the meeting as he felt that, living on the east side of the Humber not far from the site, he might be considered to have a con- flict of interest in the question. nuucruuu wul Have an office in the Richmond Hill Library Building for the time being. He assumes his new duties January 1. Mrs. Maureen Stephen- son, assistant chief librar- ian. has been appointed acting chief librarian pend- ing the appointment of a replacement for Mr. Rob- ertson. Also included in the A&P’s building plans is a big process- ing and distribution centre 011’ Dundas Street East in Toronto to serve their Ontario market. The 180,000 square foot ware- house housing $2,500,000 worth of mechanical handling devices and employing 250 persons, should be in operation by next fall. I "’éfiii‘ifégiaef'pzl'as Whatever Llle Hiuutuy‘auuca 1 his riding wanted. John MacKay. vice-chairma of TSA 1 Markham, who is ale 3 member of the York Count Consultative Committee 0 Education and a director of th Ontario School Trustees’ Aw ciation urged that no decisio be made until the government (Continued on Page 23) é“Milllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllillllllll“lull““illl\|ll\lllllllllllllllilllllllll‘llllllllllllllill“!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“ll““Illill“llllll\l\\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllll“llllllllmllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllilllllllll“ill““lull“l“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllhlllllllllll'lllllllllllllllllmillIllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\illlll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllilll“ill“lIlllllllllllllllllll\\l\|lllll\l\lllllllllllllll'llllllllllllllllllll1l[llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllullllllllllllllllllflllmlli Public Lit-"raw, 24 um ht at» Rich7“‘1'1 Hill. 1 Jan 3‘2”l"0"9 .â€" Kmuuxmmmumlmmummuumxamuwmmzzmxmmmmx M‘Rlfli“WWWWWMKNWKKMHWWKWWKR MKKKKKWWEKKKKIMRKK “Iii“! mmxxmmmmmmmmxuxu Farmers Treated Same As Others, Vaughan Insists At Tax Exemption Hearing At the completion of a day-long hearing at Vaughan Township Municipal Offices December 11, the Municipal Board reserved decision on an appeal by Vaughan farmer Andrew McClure for relief from taxation for certain municipal services. Chairman of the hearing was R. Maguire who advised that the decision would be handed down as soon as pos- sible. However, as the de- cision could have widespread repercussion throughout the province. it is expected that it may take some months. Assisting Mr. Maguire at the hearing was W. T. Shrives. The hearing was a recon- vening of one held March 30, 1966, conducted by the same By MARGARET McLEAN Metro had originally request- ed this site and some 600 acres to the north for a mammoth waste disposal project but at a lengthy OMB hearing, earlier this year, it was decided that only the south site would be used. Before the site could be used for a dump, however, it was necessary for Vaughan Town- ship to re-zone the land, now zoned open space. The re-zon- ing required notification of surrounding property owners and the December 14 hearing. St. Matthew’s Chair’s contri- bution to the program included a collection of folk songs, a set of negro spirituals and a group of Christmas Carols, which fea- tured the male chorus and solo- ists Bud Renshaw, Barbara Beattie, Cliff Plume and Joan Plume. Their evident love of singing and their melodic presentation of each number brought rapt attention and hearty applause from the audience. Their repu- tation as an excellent choir is indeed well earned was the cou- census. piano by Ingrid Zijp, and Maria Petrowanchuk’s glorious sopra- no voice was heard in A. Adam‘s “O Holy Night”. She was ac- companied by Doug Johnson. Mervyn Pickering sang Mitch Leigh's “The Impossible Dream”, accompanied by Doug Johnson. the past year. two men, and adjourned at that time sine die. It arose out of a request early in 1964 by some 124 township farmers to the township council for the passing of a bylaw exempting farm lands from taxation for fire, police, water, sewer and road main- tenance service, on the grounds that farm_lands do not benefit from such ser- vices to the same extent as other properties in the town- ship. Under Section 37 of the Assessment Act a council is permitted to pass such a by- law. However, Vaughan Township Council refused to pass the bylaw and the farm- ers carried their appeal to the county court. When the appeal was rejected early in RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, Q’@ '95 At the end of 2% hours, the planning board was still not in agreement on the re-zoning question. Finally, acting Chair- man Norn Garriock cast the deciding vote to refer the mat- ter back to the board for further discussion. It is known too that negotia- tions are almost complete be- tween Vaughan and Metro on the terms under which Metro is to operate the dump. One item already agreed upon is that Metro is to pay Vaughan’s $32,000 costs of the OMB hearing. Metro Works Commissioner Ross Clark and Metro’s Solici- tor George Mace were both present at the Woodbridge meeting to answer questions, most of which came from Eto- bicoke residents. One member of the planning board, Warren Bryce, termed the matter a “rubber stamp isâ€" sue” as the township council can override any recommenda- tion made by the planning board. Michael Fearens. who earl- ier presented a petition bearing several hundred names of Eto- bicoke residents protesting the dump asked Mr. Clark if Metro would withdraw its request for the North Thackeray site if the south site is obtained but Mr Clark advised that the North Thackeray Site would be con- sidered together with a site north of Maple at some future date. 1965, a municipal board hearing was sought and took place in March, 1966. Decision at that time was that farm lands did not ben- efit from some services (fire protection and water) as other lands in the township. However, no adjudication was made of the extent of the relief which should be accorded Mr. McClure {in whose name the hearing was called), but this was left to the two parties to agree upon between themselves with the right given to either side to reconvene the hear- ing. Acting for Mr. McClure was John F. Brewin who ac- cused Vaughan Township of failure to negotiate the quesâ€" CHARGE BAD FAITH "In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) Ml Mansbridge explained that some'igesin‘en‘nis fife street have gone into the iul implica- tion of the change and realize it could affect them in costs for change of deeds, wills, etc. Ratepayers on South Taylor Mills Drive are having second thoughts about changing the street name to Tower Road. In response to a request from these ratepayers, presented by Ward I Councillor Ivan Mansbridge, last week council instructed Clerk Russell Lynett to ask for action to be withheld on the judge’s hearing re the change of name, until such time as the ratepay- ers can make further represen- tations. The clerk informed council that all information had been forwarded to the judge on the application but no date had yet been set for the hearing. In asking for: the change of name from South Taylor Mills Drive to Tower Road, council was acceding to a request pre- sented in a petition some weeks ago, at which time it was claim- ed 80% of the affected rate- payers were in favor of the change. It was reported Monday night that it is planned to circulate another petition asking that the street retain its original name. Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst recalled that the dele- gation seeking the change had been warned that it llllllll\lllll\lllllll“ll“Mull“\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“ Change Minds On Change Of Name South Taylor Mills Residents Questioned by Mr. Mag- uire if he meant there had been “bad faith”, Mr. Bre- win replied. “Precisely. The township made no attempt to negotiate. We have had no meetings to discuss the quantum (of relief to be al- lowed)." Mr. Brewin argued that Mr. McClure, by paying full taxes for all services on his residence, farm buildings and 10% of his land had dis- charged his obligations as a taxpayer; that the “back 40" of his property did not bene- fit from fire and police pro- tection and from monies spent on road maintenance and construction, sewers and water. He asked that 90% of the land be exempt from tax- tion at all Richmond Hill Public Library Board, has accept- ed, with regret, the resig- nation of Chief Librarian Colin Robertson. Mr. Robertson has been with the local board for the past 21/2 years, and leaves to assume the posi- tion of co-ordinator of li- brary development for the Central Ontario Regional Library Board. covering the areas of Peel, York and Ontario Counties. He came to Richmond Bill from Vancouver. No definite location for a permanent office has yet been selected, but Mr. Robertson will have an office in the Richmond Hill Library Building for the time being. He assumes his new duties January 1. 4 More Plants Locate In Vaughan At its December 11 meet- ing, council concurred in the sale of four parcels, all on Snidercroft Road which runs west from Keele Street north of the Continental Can Company plant. A five-acre parcel was sold for $16,000 an acre to Alphonso Galluci General Construction Limited. A Colin Robertson Area Librarian Vaughan Township has now sold all but 40 acres of the 100 acre-.plus Snider farm which it acquired on Keele Street, south of High- way 7 just two years ago. The 40 acres is the last in- dustrial land the township now owns in the Keele Street area. Pay $16,000 Per Acre could involve real cost to the town and the individual ratepayer. Mr. Mansbrldge agreed that the cost factor had been stressed, but stat- ed the full implication did not hit home until recently. He noted that some of the dissenting ratepayers might not be able to attend the judicial hearing to present their objec- tions and why they have chang- ed their minds. The mayor pointed out that if they have changed their minds, they should so notify council in writ- mg. New A&P Store Yonge 8. Crosby The total land area, amassed several months ago, is 1% acres and the building will cover 19,- 500 square feet. The A&P will occupy 12,000 square feet of this with 7,000 square feet being divided into smaller stores, ‘The Liberal” was told by a spokes- man of the company this week. Reeve Donald Plaxton, speak- ing as a member of the legal profession; told. council that Excavation has been com- pleted for an A&P Shopping Centre located on Yonge Street just south of the Victoria & Grey Trust Company and build- ing will be continued through the winter months. The architecture will be a radical departure from the preâ€" sent standard A&P store and will feature “Early American" design with mullioned windows and a weathervane. The smaller stores will conform to this style of architecture. There will be room for 80 cars on a paved parking lot and there will be access both from Yonge Street and from Crosby Avenue. A&P are hoping for an early summer occupancy. That the new building will give a lift to that section of Yonge Street and aid in the rehabilitation of the central core of Richmond Hill, is the company's belief. Mr. Brewin dwelled for some time on an item of Fire Chief James David- son, who in 1964 was also the police chief, was called to the stand briefly and identified a copy of the 1964 police report. Mr. Brewin drew attention to the steep increase in police costs from $2,200 in 1949 to $138,000 in 1964 and to Mr. Davidson's statement in the report that the increase in that year had been due to general develop- ment and growth in the township. The only police costs directly attributable to farmers in that year were 10 calls concerning molesting of livestock by dogs. out of 3,500 complaints during the year. he noted. ation for these services A second five acre parcel was sold to Tycos Tool and Die Company Limited, also at $16,000 per acre. A 25,- 000 square foot plant is to be built on this property before December 27, 1968. The township deleted from these two offers a provision that would entitle the own- ers to further partition the properties, advising that council’s policy was to have a clause in each sale agree- ment that the property could not be subdivided building of not less than 30,000 square feet is to be erected before June 30, 1969. Tenant for the build- ing is not yet known. HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 lerl Councillor David Fraser yletaunted Mr. Wainright, saying, l“I had hoped you would have Bo'found a way to hold an election lot before next December.” 3th Asked if he intended to run om for a seat on the commission, Mr. Wainright, who is an em- rly ployee of Ontario Hydro. re- plied, “Not right now, maybe vill in five or six years. That centre of chair looks nice to me," indi- the eating the reeve’s seat. Lou Wainwright of Richvale presented a petition bearing 126 names of those favoring the commission, advising that the signatures were from vari- ous areas in the township and that no one approached had re‘ fused to sign. It asked that a commission to administer the township hydro system be elec- ted in December, 1968 to take office January 1, 1969. Reeve Brian Bailey advised that council had considered having an election for a com- mission last spring (following last December’s vote in favor of a township hydro system) but had to wait a year. ary John LeClaire asked for a moratorium on speeches from southern trustees that any spoke up. It appeared, with one or two exceptions, that members of northern boards felt any dis- .cussion of the possibility of one or two boards for the county ’was premature until more was known about the legislation. “If any communication went to the Prime Minister on this now it would be like signing a contract without reading the fine print," said a representative from Newâ€" market. Aurora District High School Board Chairman J. M. Hunter e Of Name the York South Regional Edu- cation Committee for the speci- ific purpose of finding the feel- deeds do not necessarily have to‘ing of the northern boards to be changed. Passports, drivers‘ithe pending legislation before licences, and insurance policies- any decision was reached by the would require change. The} southern boards to either accept clerk noted that the bylaw‘the legislation or press for a WOUId be registered. separate board of education for (Continued on Page 19) the Southern Six municipali- ‘ The meeting was called by ‘ Councillor Charles Birkett in- dicated that he was in favor of a commission, as did Coun- cillor Dalton McArthur. “We would have held an election last year, but until we had elected to have a hydro system, we couldn’t ask anyone to run,” said Mr. McArthur. Ask Vaughan For Hydro Comm'n A petition asking the setting up of a hydro commission in Vaughan Township was favor- ably received by co ncil a¢ its Decérhber 12/ meetin. Fourth sale was a 10 acre parcel immediately west of Continental Can Company to Everest & Jennings Can- adian Limited. Purchase price is $15,000 per acre and the purchaser has agreed to construct a 40,â€" 000 square foot building within the two years. withoud: council’s permis- sion. Council also accepted an offer for the sale of 8.4 acres to Evermore Invest- ments Limited. This is a construction company and it has covenanted to com- plete a building of not less than 50,000 square feet be- fore March 1, 1970. He further contended that 90% of Mr. McClure’s lands should be relieved of charges for the $12,450 paving of Bathurst Street from the Maple Sideroad to Elgin Mills Road on the grounds that this expenditure, .48 $2,500 in the township bud- get for 1964 which produced an extra tax of .115 mills for the construction of a storm sewer on Steeles Ave- nue, ‘ between Yonge and Bathurst Streets, built jointly with North York. “It is very clear," he said in his summing up, “that Mr. Mc- Clure’s back lands received no direct or indirect benefit from this sewer in any way," and therefore he was entitl- ed to relief from the .115 mill charge. 1 Await White Paper ties. who are also discussing political amalgamation in anti- cipation of largeâ€"scale develop- ment in the area. However, in spite of frequent encouragement from York South Regional Education Com- mittee Chairman Warren Bailie who presided at the meeting, representatives of the more northerly boards appealed reâ€" luctant to express themselves. It was not until YSREC Secret- ary John LeClaire asked for a moratorium on speeches from southern trustees that any spoke up. It appeared, with one or two exceptions, that members of northern boards felt any disâ€" cussion of the possibility of one or two boards for the county was premature until more was known about the legislation. “If any communication went to the Aurora District High School Board Chairman J. M. Hunter agreed. “Any discussion tonight is premature until more in- formation is available,” he said. Rev. William Reid. trustee- elect to King Township School Board objected that the new board there had not even met yet. “We are all sitting around here and we don’t even know each other,” he said. He sug- gested that a later meeting should be held with one repre- sentative of each board, author- ized to speak for their board. A representative of Sutton District High School Board stated that his board had dis- cussed the matter but had reached no conclusion. “We are afraid that in this big board we will get lost in the shuffle," he said, and hoped that two BY MARGARET McLEAN While no consensus was reached at a meeting of York County school trustees at Newmarket High School December 13, it was evident that few school boards in the county look with favor on the estab- lishment of a county board of education for 1969. Out of the 20-odd boards represented, only one, the Richmond Hill Public School Board, took a positive approach. “We favor it and believe it can be done,” said Chairman Mrs. Deena Simpson. In addition, Mr. Brewin asked that if the board found in Mr. McClure’s favor that he be awarded costs but that even if the board found against him, he should be awarded costs of the Decem- ber 11 hearing as it had been made necessary only because of Vaughan’s failure to negotiate. ALL PROPERTIES BENEFIT In rebuttal, S. C. French, acting for the township, pointed out that in referring to Mr. McClure's “back 40", Mr. Brewin was ignoring the fact that the 355essment act deals with “lands" and that it interprets lands to mean “land plus buildings". “We mills, was of no benefit to the grounds. WHY NOT GET THE BEST? R RICHMOND HILL TV 884-7456 Trustees em a in Divided To All Our Readers John MacKay, vice-chairman of TSA 1 Markham, who is also a member of the York County Consultative Committee on Education and a director of the Ontario School Trustees’ Asso- ciation urged that no decision be made until the government’s or even three boards for the county would be considered. He noted however, that if they waited until the first and sec- ond reading had been given to the new legislation. “you have a real battle to change it." He urged that the meeting leave the door open to have three boards in the county. A member of Newmarket District High School Board objected however. to any arbitrary divisions of the county. “I thought we were all one county." he said. “We can’t opt in or out of the county.” He did point out however. that there are 36 counties in the province and the Premier had stated there were to be approxi- mately 100 boards of edu~ cation under the new plan and although there were to be separate boards for met- ropolitan areas there could well be more than one board in some counties. He urged however that a co- ordinating committee should be set up representing all boards to consider long range problems as well as current ones. He pointed out that most of the high school districts in the county and many of the ele- mentary systems also were con- sidering building programs. “These additions will have a marked effect on the debt struc- ture for the next 20 or 30 years,” he noted. Reeve George Richardson, chairman of York County Coun- cil’s education committee warn- ed the meeting to be careful of making motions that would take away from the county as a unit. No recommendation should go to the province, he said, unless it went from county council. He was speaking also for York Centre MLA Donald Dea- con who had had to leave the meeting early but had stated that he was ready to work for whatever the municipalities in his riding wanted. Newly elected MLA for York North, William Hodgson advis- ed that he had come to the meeting for instructions. “I would like to see a committee formed here to study the leg- islation when it is announced.” he said, “so we can go into the caucus or the House and say this is what our ridings want." Mr. French stressed that it Mr. McClure could establish that all of his property did not receive as much benefit as other lands in the town- ship, then lt would be pos- sible to consider what relief he should have from the cost of particular services With respect to the storm sewer on Steeles Avenue, Mr. French stated that it was obvious that the only properties which benefited from it were the few which «Continued on Page i) are not considering the back 40's at all," he stressed. ”We are considering his lands, that is, all his property and this receives as much bene- fit from each of these ser- vices as other lands in the township." 28 Levendale Road PER COPY 10¢