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dip Lthrrat “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" R KENZIE PHARMACY is Yonge N. â€" Richmond Hill Open Only 364 Days Of The Year STORE HOL‘RS MOTORIZED DELIVER 884-1017 Mon. - Sat. â€"- 9 am. - 9 pm. Sun. & Holidays â€"- 12 noon - 6 pm. Y PRESCRIPTIONS 884-4403 RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO. THURSDAY. JANuARv 11, 19B8 HOME mm orig: Disraim‘ Staten 187s Symbol 0f Ma yor's Authority The placing of the chain of office around the neck of Mayor Thomas , Broadhurst by Clerk Russell Lynett. at Monday’s inaugural, was symbolic of his authority. The chain, Richmond Hill Lions’ Centennial gift to the town. was designed and crafted by Lion Doug Boyd. local Silversmith. Its individual links recall the nationalities of the founders of the town, and the town's crest makes it a distinctly Richmond Hill emblem. York County Council will meet for its first iconimittees. session of 1968 on January 16 and at the moment it appears that there will be three contenders for the warden’s chair. Last year‘s warden was Richâ€"sand will presumably withdraw mond Hill Deputyâ€"reeve Floydlin favor of Mr. Wright with a Perkins. East Gwillimbury,similar strong hint that he will Reeve Garfield Wright wasfactively seek the position next nominated for the post at that'year. time but stepped down in favor he warned council that he wouldn’t step down for anyone in 1968. Subsequently elected commis- was very active in his duties throughout 1967 and it is expected that he, will win the spot this year with-l of Mr. Perkins although sioner, Mr. Wright out any trouble. Markham Township Reeve‘ Stewart Rumble, second comâ€"‘ admits however that he will allow his. name to stand for warden al- not doing any active “politicking” for the post; missioner last year, though he is Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1 Plan For Day Care Centre Preliminary steps towards the setting up of a day care centre for children of working mothers are to be discussed this afternoon (Thursday) at a meeting in the board room of York Central District High School Board. Reeve Donald Plaxtou and members of Richmond Hill Council's Welfare Com- mittee William Lazcnby and Ivan Mansbridge are to be present at the meet- ing, as were York Central Hospital Administrator Gary Chatfleld and High School Board Superintend- ent S. L. G. Chapman. A representative of the Day Nurseries Branch of the Department of Welfare is also to be in attend- ance to interpret the Day Nurseries Act. which pro- vides for an 80 percent adâ€" ministration and capital costs grant to a munici~ pality setting up a day nursery. The meeting has been called by the Social Plan- ning Council of Richmond Hill and District. The council investigated the need of a day care centre in the area at the request of York Central Hospital which felt such a centre would assist in holding nursing and other staff. The suggestion has been made that the centre could be set up either in the new wing to be added to the hospital shortly. or in the new vocational school to at county council. commissioner ris. Vaughan vises that he will not stand. At next Tuesday‘s colors of the Queen's main will then be set up to A third possible contender this year is Mrs. Alma Walker, reeve of Markham Village, a Committee. veteran of many years’ servic session, the colorful ceremony will take place of the presenting of the York Rangers and the colors will re- in the council chamber. until the end of the session. The new warden will be inâ€". stalled and a presentation will? be made to retiring Warden' Perkins. A striking committee» name. lsittings, January 17. ‘icommissioners will be installedi l :pointing 4 various bodies. On the third and final day lot.‘ the session, the 1967 warden. land commissioners will make their final report and a report will be made by the striking. mem- e bers of the various committees of council. There will only be one newâ€" i 1 King Township Reeve Ger-i don Cook has announced tliatlcomer to county council this he will seek election as first while the posi- tion as second commissioner is expected to be filled by Georg- place Harry Bulens as deputyâ€" ina Township Reeve E. J. Nor-lreeve of Sutton but Mr. Lyons has been a member of county Township Deputyâ€"1couiicil twice previously. reeve Garnet Williams has also. been mentioned as second com- missioner, but Mr. Williams ad-l. l l . . = council members to standing, . REEVE S. RL‘MBLE To Seek “'ardenship‘.‘ .4, Take advantage of the mam- moth Januar} Sales at Richâ€" mond Heights Centre. advertised on Faces 3 and 9 of this issue lilt‘ be built Immediately east M)“ [an ‘3‘? “mum and We”? of the hospital. mm. {Mm}, h. mow.“ m It‘lllllllltllllllllllllllillltllllllllblllnlnluuullulnuuImlluhuullll \ 00“ 9- year, Deputy-reeve nessey. Hugh E. Lyons will re- On the second day of the councils. WOOd the two‘Township and Stouffville. Markham Council, in a split vote has recommend-ireeve repeatedly interrupting (1 Councillor Anthony Roman‘other Planning Boardlfloor, that Reeve Rumble turned IMember William Masters as the;to him at one point with a sharp:three years _ although the‘ the.“Will you shut up?” ° and bylaws will be passed apâ€"» county residents announcing Whitchurch Lawrence ‘- lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll‘llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllll\lllllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllhllllllll .llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllilllllllll T hornhill Librarian Retires After 17 Years; Se By MARGARET McLEAN Will Thornhill Public Lib- rary ever be quite the same again? There are some who doubt it, since the retirement January 1 of its Chief Lib- rarian Jane McLaren, after 17 years’ service. During this period, Miss McLaren. with her happy smile. cheerful disposition and friendly nature. has seen the library more than double in size and housed at four different locations. When she first joined the staff in 1950 as a volunteer worker for a few hours a week. the library was on the second floor of the Mac- Neil Building, over the rest- aurant. Next it went to 18 Centre Street. now the inedi- cal offices of Doctors Morse, Pamenter and Magee: then to a Yonge Street location in the old Masonic Hall north of Centre Street and finally to its present location on Colborne Street. With each move the lib» rary expanded. and with it the library hours. ln 1954. Miss McLarcn was named chief librarian and became the first paid worker and library hours were extend- ed although she still did not work a full week. The year 1967 saw the greatest change in the lib- rary however. In January the library service was taken over by Markham Township and became part of the town- ship library system â€"- or half of it rather. with the other half. the Unionville Public Library. officially opened in October U :2 ::c takemci h). the iii lls‘ilfl l‘nlllt‘ illt‘lt‘iiSCO revenue. the ‘ouslv the lib- (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) Three Seek Top County Post At Opening Session On Jan. 16 Township Hen- lllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll‘ l New Year Baby i A Day Late There was no New Year‘s 1 Day baby born in Richmond v Hill this year. reports York Central Hospital. Closest to gaining the ’ honor was a lusty 7 pound. 153; ounce boy born at 5.41 am. January 2. the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Cliff. 133 Sherwood Forest Drive, Markham. Mrs. Cliff. the former Ruth Windle of Toronto, advises that the baby has been called Jonathan And- rew. In contrast to the quiet New Year‘s Day on the maternity floor. two Christ- mas babies put in an apâ€" pearance â€"â€" both at 3.30 am. An 8 pound, ll: ounce boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Williams of 298 Axminster Drive, Rich- mond Hill. Named Scott Richard. he is their third child. The other lively Christ- mas bundle was a 7 pound 3L2 ounce girl. Deborah Leoma. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook. 3908 Bathurst Street, North York. Other than this flurry of activity. maternity was quite quiet during the holl- days. the hospital reports. .lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll - » 'New Conservation Authority Hot Words On Mkhm Appointments Discussion became more than a little heated at 1 PER COPY 10c ouncil Takes Initial Step To Encourage Regional Change He also reported that a gi‘cat,7:30 pin and council and guests seeking to annex land from our A major task for 1968 for Richmond Hill 'l‘own ‘ t'ouncil, which has been returned to office for a ‘ two-year term, will be attempting to maintain a tolerable tax rate, stated Mayor Thomas Broadhurst ‘ in his address at the inaugural meeting held at .11 r ‘leave the nature. timing and, am Monday.- “To this end. I rate the adoption of a financial policy, as recently proposed by the Chairman of Finance Reeve Donald Plaxton. as having high priâ€" ority. In my opinion we must co-operate with higher levels of government and attempt to combat inflationary trends which have existed for too long ‘by rigorously restricting every capital expenditure 1 to which we are not already committed beyond the point of no return. and which is not of immediate and vital necessity.” Mayor Broadhurst also pomt- As part of its responsibilities ed out that the whole of this he urged council to “exert the area is "teetering on the verge of significant changes" and ex- that the present council will have to de- cide “whether it wants to motiâ€" *vate and participate in these‘ will ing of municipal maps. pressed the opinion changes. or whether it most careful. most thoughtful and most to changes which must. mean. at the least. major shifts in re- sponsibility for certain services and, more likely, the reâ€"dravv- “The time is near when dis- :degree of such changes to be‘cussions must begin to bear ‘imposed by external sources or fruit.” be challenged his fellow to be dictated by events and members by sheer necessity.“ Markham Township Council‘s last meeting of the year. The Southern Six municipalix jties are allowed two members on the Metro board one of. whom is to be an elected rep-; :resentative and in the past. after‘ an informal meeting. the vari- ous councils have agreed on the .names and all passed resolu- tions naming the same petople.‘R th th. 1d 1 v Last year’s re resenaives.i oman at is won stow . _ - , . . .y, .Richmond Hill ngor Thomaslhat “Markham ‘wishcs consid-‘l'ou can run thmgs 50m “3% December 27, over Planning Board and Metro appointments to Metro Conservation Authority. rest with the other munici- palities. the two names from Markham should stand. “Let the chips fall where they may.” he said. Deputy-reeve S. J. Gadsby seconded Mr. Roman’s motion that he and Mr. Masters be ap- with Mr. pointed, agreeing ’Broadhurst and Nero Garriockpraticn.” lof Woodbridge have i tole y been nominated by However, and Markham two representatives of already} several} discussion over bridge. Vaughan‘pointee to the Metro Conserva- Things became‘. with the deputyâ€" l Southern Six on the Metro} Board. v Councillor Allan Sumner dis-i agreed with the motion. “If both names we present are from} s) municipalities, he remarked. Councillor Roman point- ed out that in the last year Markham Township has had no representative on the Metro Planning Board and he thought this most un- just. In any event. he felt that since the decision will rary had been supported only by residents of the Police Village of Thornhill and small grants. “It was really wonderful this past year. having so much money to spend. being able to go out and buy books and whatever else was needed." Miss Me- Laren told “The Liberal”, “Before that we had to think twice before we even bought a pencil." With the new books. the library now contains sonic- thing like 9.000 volumes and by the middle of December. 680 new members had been added to the rolls during 1967, most of them from the new North Thornhill devel- opment. During the last year also, a second paid worker was added. Mrs. Betty Boyden who works about quarter- time and is staying on with the new Head Librarian, Mrs. Betty Sumner. The lib- rary is now open 18 hours per week. “although of course you work lots of hours when it's closed." Miss Mc- Laren hastens to add, For sew eral years Miss Mc- Laren also visited local schools in Thornhill. Mark« ham and Vaughan Townships. giving talks to the children and introducing them to some of her favorite books. and she has also spoken at many home and school meet- ings. # i i it Although born in Toronto. Miss McLaren has lived in the family farm home on German Mills Road since 1922 and the historic little German Mills School. SS ‘1 Markham is her alma mater. \t 12 hovevcr. she was enâ€" iolled at Ovenden a private .Markham Township, it will bei shot down in a hurry by other Even more acrimonious was council’s ap- tion Authority. so chaotic, members Mr. Gadsby had moved that council’s present ap- pointee to the authority, Everett Harper of Union- ville be replaced by Charles Peacock, RR 2 Gormley and this was seconded by Coun- cillor Roman. Councillor Sumner, council’stchool Board of R. W. Perkin: the Unionville, while appointments other representative on authority. objected, however, "I believe Mr. Harper should not be replaced.” he insisted. Councillor Charles was agreeable to either pointee, boarding school for girls at Barrie where she completed her secondary schooling. From all accounts. the 100â€" acre McLaren farm must have been a busy place. The family moved there because of the health of Miss McLarâ€" en‘s father. Col. George Mc- Laren. commanding officer of the 48th Highlanders whose lungs were damaged by gas in World War 1. It was first a thriving chicken farm. To this Mrs. McLaren added chinchillas and even pro- duced fur slippers. coats, etc. The 140-year-old farmhouse was enlarged â€"-â€" the McLar- ens were the third owners of the property which was a grant from the Crown in 1818. However. with World War II, activity was much dimi- nished at the MeLaren home- stead. In England studying voice when the war broke out. Miss McLaren immedi- ately joined the Red Cross and worked at the Maple Leaf Club. a servicemen's residential club in London. However. within a few months of each other in 1944 her only brother was killed in action in Italy and a sister. also in the services. was kil- led in a traffic accident so Miss McLaren returned home in April of 1945. Her stay overlapped by just two weeks with that of her younger sis- ter who reached England with the Canadian Red Cross just as Jane was about to leave. x i $ It Along with her work at the library. Miss McLaren has long cultivated a host of other absorbing occupations and with her retirement. hopes to mm more time To tnem. An active member of Representative who had the but refused to vote “Events to overtake us." begin even when a recorded vote was .demanded by Councillor Roman. l With the reeve and Councilâ€" ylor Roman in favor. Mr. Hoover .still would not cast a vote. in ‘spite of the chiding of others {for his lack of decision. , In the tradition that no vote iis an affirmative one. Reeve Rumble declared the motion %carried. Councillor Roman felt the motion should be withdrawn and declared the recorded vote a “complete farce". “Well. when you are lthe subject closed. Council also made several ap- pointments to school boards and vious appointments. John Honsberger. John Street. Thornhill was reappointed to his seat on York Central Dis- trict High board will ipear with ;county school boards in 1969. lTrustee H. S. Leybourne had his‘ appointment confirmed to the end of 1969 and Norman Tyn-‘ idall to the end of 1968. E A three year appointment was .made to Markham District High‘ were confirmed of H. Maynard. iand Nelson Smith. RR 2 Mark- Hooverham. to the end of 1969. BrueeiDouglas Wolfers. zipâ€"Davidson was confirmed in hislof school-age children. l (Continued on Page 3) Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Thornhill, she sings in the choir and is a member of the Altar Guild there and of the Footlights Club. hav- ing appeared in many of its productions over the years. She studied pottery at Centâ€" ral Technical School and tries to keep her hand in with that. knits. hooks rugs, gardens and bird watches. For several years Miss Mc- Laren has been an enthusi- astic member of the Petron- ella Club which meets Fri- day evenings at Henderson Avenue Public School to do Scottish country dancing. “Maybe I'll be able to get there on time now." she laughed. However. Miss McLaren is not deserting her library career entirely and plans to spend one day per week at the new Unionville Public Library. i- v x * Miss McLaren paid particu- lar tribute to the man} volâ€" unteer workers who have given their time to Thornâ€" hill Librar) free of charge over the years, "There were usually seven or eight \olun- teers most of the time.“ she said. "working one day each week.” Recently the library has had high school students as volunteers and Miss McLai‘en is full of praise for these young people who asked to work in the library with no hope or expectation of pay- ment. “It has been a very amicable arrangement." she said. "and two of them are staying on." And it's even money too that Miss McLaren be popping in from time to time to see how 1mm: ale getting on. will iizst immediate attention reeve‘ 1replied. Mr. Rumble, declaring other bodies and confirmed preâ€" School Board for presumably disap- the formation of deal of the preparatory work on the reconstruction of Tonge Street has already been done. but a great amount of more .detailed work will have to be expended on this project. Re- ferring to the vlriual "freeze" on further sewage treatment ifacilities by the OWRC in this larea. Mayor Broadhurst noted lthat another problem is the staging of development of the; 300 acres north of the Elgin Mills Sidcroad. which became :a part of Richmond Hill on Jan-"\vmagcs of Markham Woody vuary 1. .\lagistrate James Butler pre- sided over the inauguration and administered the oath of office.l Rev. James O‘Neil of St. Mary's Anglican Church read the sage advice of St. Peter and asked divine guidance for the delib- erations of council. Presenting the mayor‘s chain of office. Clerk Russell Lynett recalled that gift of the loeal Lions at the; mayor's levee. the opening ev- ent in Richmond Hill for Cenâ€"‘ tennial year. and that it had been designed and crafted by local Lion Doug Boyd. The gavel. symbol of authority. ‘vvhich was made from Rich- llllOl’ld liill walnut by Hydro the admonition it use it “never ‘of Solomon." Mayor Broadhurst then made the symbolic presentation of a white rose to each member of council. He noted that the white rose is the emblem of‘ the House of York. of the County of York and of this municipality. He drew the atâ€" tention of the audience to the recent gift from Otto Grebze of an oil painting of roses, with the Richmond Hill Lion skilfully hiding in shadows. Council then adjourned until We are not in the position of. it had been the. was presented to the mayor by: Police Chief R. P. Robbins. with‘ ‘osophies in anger. but with the wisdom‘ whitei cannot journeyed to Thornhill Golf and Country Club for a buffet luncheon, Take Initiative Richmond Hill Council has taken the initiative in recog- nizing the need for change in the existing municipal structure in the southern half of York County by passing a resolution‘ at Monday night‘s meeting. The resolution is to be circ- ulated to the Townships of Vaughan and Markham. the bridge and Stouffvillc. Donald Deacon MLA and the Minister of Municipal Affairs. Each municipality will be asked to subscribe to the res- olution indicating those who recognize that change of some sort is both necessary and (le- sirable and those who do not. The Town of Richmond Hill will seek a meeting with those municipalities who indicate they recognize the need for change, and the Minister pal Affairs to inform him of the information and reports available on the subject; to dis- cuss the various alternatives with him: and to ascertain the attitude of the provincial govâ€" ernment to these propOSals and. Commissioner William Wagner,‘how. if at all, any of them. would accommodate themselves to any overall provincial phil- this area and for the province. The resolution was presented by Reeve Donald Plaxton and seconded by Councillor Mansbridge. Speaking to his motion. the reeve stated, “There is no other‘ body but a municipal one which can take the initiative in seek- ing a solution for the need for change. The Southern Six pan investigative body. only, and initiate. This is the first of a series of steps. which, the if followed, will see eventual} lreform of municipal structure, Supt. G. S. McIntyre Many principals as well as parents,second panel which will include. ' _ and home and school associa-gArthur Murch. former principal PhillipS. tion members will be attending‘of Langstaff Secondary SchoollNaylor, W. an ambitious leadership confer- ‘ence at Aurora Highlands Golf Club January 13. Sponsored by the York-Sim- coe Council of the Ontario Fed- eration of Home and School As- sociations. the seminar will have as its theme the expectaj tions of teachers and parents. Richmond Hill Public School Superintendent G. S. McIntyre. BA. B. Paed. will be moderator of the panel in the morning ses- sion which will discuss parents' expectations of teachers. Panel lmembers will include Unionville. to the end of 1968 Township School Board Mem-i Dolina Paterson and both parents ‘ ber Mrs. Teachers' expectations of Orchids Absorb Moderator 0t Panel who has recently been appoint- ed principal of Thornlea. the new ungraded secondary school: and Stephen Bacsalmasi, direc- tor of program development for .York Central District High School Board. l l ‘of both panels. . Following luncheon. of Muniei-i of development for‘ Ivan‘ isi ‘ Members of the audience will be invited to question members neighbors. In fact. if the nec- essary changes are made. this ‘.municipality may well disap- pear or be altered so much that any resemblance to the present community will be pretty ten- uous.“ . Councillor Lois Hancey warn- ed that any plans for this area '\\'ill have to fit in with the ,overall plan the province is de- veloping. ‘ Earlier in the meeting Counâ€" lcillor John MacDiarmid had challenged council to take the initiative when it considered a request from Markham Town- t ‘ship. The township was seeking support for a resolution which ‘read. “That the Ontario Police ‘Commicsion be requested to make a survey of the Southern .Six municipalities to ascertain the feasibility of a joint police force and that the other five .municipalities be asked to sup- lport this request." A meeting of the heads of government of the Southern Six had been held to discuss t h i s resolution informally. Mayor Broadhurst informed council. His opinion was that it was inadvisable to treat one (Continued on Page 15) Town Names Members ‘Boards 8- Committees The following appointments to boards and committees were made at Monday night’s meet- ing of Richmond Hill Town Council when it accepted the striking committee's recom- mendations. The striking coin- ‘mittee. composed of the mayor. :i‘eeve and deputy-reeve, met at :3 pm to consider these appoint- merits. Committee of Adjustment: William Ruttle and W. J. Tay- lor for a three-year term of office. Parks Board: Harold Jones, lHenry Wunderlick, Russell Tilt, district teachers andiparents will be discussed by a Beggs- 1E. W. Hopkins and Shawn Recreation Committee: A. A. Chateauvert, W. S. Cook, Russell iCripps. l Civic Improvement Commit- tee: S. D. Hall, D. Hitchins, D. Allen. J. Bradstock and W. J. ‘Ankenman. Planning Board: Howard .Whillans for a three-year term. Library Board: John Ander~ son for a threeâ€"year term. i Arena Board: Elgin Barrow, .Bryden Ellis, Jack Hollow/ell, therenric Charity, William McVean, will be workshops on building‘Tom Graham David Harvey. effective home and school as-, sociations and executive skills. bitt. 1 Many local home and school associations are paying the reg- istration fee for their delegates ‘and teachers at their schools. ing Retirement Hobby for Fence Viewers: Norm Steph- enson, Andy Chateauvert and King Course leader is Donald Nes-‘Herb smith '. Weed Inspector: Fred Bo- gvaird. ‘- York Central District High School Board: Lewis Clement, reappointed. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlltlllllllllll .llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllltlllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllllll'l" es Service Doubled Stuart's Studio. l’iimr) l)_ Jane .\lr|.aren