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VOL. 90, NO. 39. A comprehensive brief pre- students at the board‘s planned sented by 10 members of the Don Head Vocational School. Richmond Hill and Area Bl'anch:\\‘hich will provide a \ariety or at the Ontario Association for vocational courses for children Children with Learning Disa-junable to cope with the usual bilities received a sympathetic-academic curriculum, might hearing from York Central Dis-‘l1ave a stigma attached to them trict High School Board March by reason of the term “voca- 25 ~- and virtually instant ac-ltional school". It “'35 suggest- tion on one request. ‘ed that the name be changed to The group had suggested that‘fi‘Don Head Secondary School”. ‘ After the delegation left the Imammmmumummummmmluunmnuummmumumnw‘ board room‘ on motion of Board Member Morley Kinee. it was Press Evoluded agreed unanimously to make 'I‘ ‘l I O A A the change requested. l n mmuuuuuuumummuuuuuumuuuumuumnMummmm Press Excluded Budget Discussion, In justification. it was xlated that in the past the board has been criticized when budget figures have appeared in the press be- fore members of the var- ious municipal councils had been advised of them. York Central District High School Board went into committee of the whole with members or the press excluded. for con- sideration of its 1968 17ndâ€" got at Monday night's meet- inz. Budget figures were to be delivered to the munici- pal offices of Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham 'I‘owmhim and the Village «f Woodbridge Tuesday morning with a envering letta' offering to meet the councils either jointly or individually to discuss the budget and its impact on municipal finances. Indications are that the budget will cause modest increases of from one to four mills in the four munâ€" icipalities which constitute the high school district. Flexible Program At Don Head School Includes Complete Reading Laboratory Richmond Hill's latest law firm has opened Yonge Street South, under the firm name or and Ashton. fi-lnéifials are Robert H. Blackburn 1". Ashton, LLB. who were called to the sitting of the Supreme Court VlafisAt Frida; â€",_._..g .. “.7 _ Mr. Blackburn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Blackâ€" burn, Ruggles Avenue, Richmond Hill. He graduated from Thornhill Secondary School and attended York University before entering Osgoode Hall Law School in 1963. He graduated from law school in 1966 with the degree of Learned Law Bachelor and subsequently articled with a Toronto firm before returning to Osgoode Hall for the bar admission course. Mr. Blackburn and his wife. the former Gail Hardy of Markham have taken up residence in \\'illoudsle. Mr. Ashton is the son of Rev. and Mrs. G. Ewritt Ashton, Thornbur)’. He graduated from Victoria College. University of Toronto with his Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1966 with his LLB. While attending law school. Mr. Ashton worked at the Surrogate Court of the County of York and with the la\firm of Hollingworth and Stanbury of Toronto He subâ€" sequently articled with Fraser. Beatty. Tucker. McIntosh and.S_tewart of Toronto and then completed the bar admissmn course at Osgoode Hall. Mr. Ashton and hfs wife Karin have now taken up residence in Richmond Hill. Mrs. Ashton is presentl} legal secretary at Osler, Hoskln and Harcourt in Toronto and will shortly be the full time secretary of the new firm of Blackburn and Ashton. Begin Practice Of law R. H. BLACKBL‘ RN A proposed amendment to Vaughan Township‘s official plan which will permit rural residential developmem on one acre lots “as received with only minor objec- tions at a special meeting of the township planning board March 21. Previously, rural residential de- velopment has been permitted only on land unsuitable for agri- culture by reason of topograph- ical defects and soil conditions. “This meant.” explained Plan- ning Director John Dewar. “that if you could grow anything on the land. you couldn't build a house “ih en( develnpn on rollin V a u 8" 1a n T 0 P e r m it R m 'a l R 9 Sid e nt ia l D e velop m e n t R e qu ir in g N 0 M u n is ip a l S e r v ic e s B)’ MARGARET McLEAN (‘01) 911001 proposed an Town: and Instead of merely supplying remedial reading instruction. as requested, the school will con- lain a complete reading labora- tory where reading problems can be diagnosed and remedial work carried out. 7 One réquest made by the group had already been antici- pated by the board»h0\\'e\‘er. Contained within a standard classroom space, the lab will be divided into four areas. In one section. diagnostic work will be carried out, graphs of eye move- ments made for instance, so that each student‘s individual difficulty may be ascertained; another section will contain in- dividual work carrels. wired for use of tapes. controlled speed reading screens. etc; in another section chairs will be grouped in a centre for recrea- tional reading with material geared down in vocabulary but not in content; another group area will be centred on a teach- er and equipped “1th a screen for group instruction. 1‘8 The parents were also conâ€" cerned that the program at the school be flexible and that children with specific disabili- ties would not be required to take subjects or shop programs {or which they were unsuited. m A. F. ASHTON ",‘Pu'blic Library, 24 Wright Stu Rich;:ond Hill, 5 June 6~5~4~3~ LLB and Alan bar at a special type deve borc Lots must be of one acre. alter dedication for road allowances, homes are to have a minimum of 2,200 square feet and to be valued in the neighborhood of 540.000. .7. ._- v , exclusive of land value and each Property must have its own water and sewage disposal system. A communal water system to serve a subdivision of this type could be operated at the discretion of the an the a ‘e of 1 up at 38A Blackburn lermg u lcularly elopment io Water R ml of pr: Hu ited 1. ~3-â€"-2-l~O-9-8. {esource Callum, director of psy- chological services for the York South Regional Etluâ€" cation Committee. “There will be enough variety in the curriculum that not every child will have to go through every program." he said and stressed that there would also be a variety of skill subjects with a re- medial potential. One such skill “as that of uping. he said, “The skill it- self and the learning of it is an important remedial technique which can be tranferred to other things." Dr. McCallum was also able to reassure the parents that the students would be individually assessed before placement in the school. “The big job for us next year is the identification of these children.” he said. The plan will now go back ‘to the Minister of Municipal Aiâ€" mu; and .Agounci indirech ,ihai immedialeiy his approval is re- ceived staff should begin prep- Vaughan 'L'mmship Council March 19 gave approval to the first residential subdivision of any size in the township for close to 10 years. Council agreed unanimously to advise the Community Planâ€" ning Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs that it was in favor of the development of 29 lots on the north side of Uplands Avenue, opposite Riv- erside Boulevard. part of Up- lands Golf Course. Vaughan Township Planning Board held a public hearing to obtain the feeling of area resi- dents on the proposed plan and has since given its approval. Before the delegation retired Board Member John Honsberg- Vaughan Approves Sabdivision Of 29 Lots 0n Uplands Golf Course El\ll\|l1\ll“WWIIlull“Nlll“lll\Nlllllllllll\l\llllll\\l\l\lllllumlm‘ .ll“Hull“WNW“\lllllullllllllllllllllll\llll\\l\llll\ll‘ Reassurance on this point was given by Dr. Jason Mc- Despite prohibitions and dire prophecies, 100 resi- dents of York County last Saturday took part in an uneventful tag day spon- sored by the York Com- mittee to End the “ar in Vietnam. Taggers worked from 9 am to 5 pm in bitter wea- ther and collected a total of $777.81, selling tags in Richmond Hill. Thornhill. Stouffville. Aurora, New- market. King, Nobleton and Schomberg. Six boxes still remain to be collected from churches and restaurants. Cheques were received from a num- ber of Women's Institutes throughout the c o u n t y. Tom ’l‘ayler of Taylor and Taylor. Newmarket. do- nated his services to audit the receipts. A cheque. for the total will be sent to the Canadian Friends Ser- vice Committee lQuakersl to he used for medical sup- plies for wounded of both North and South Vietnam. Mrs. Kathleen Hertzberg. chairman of ihe Canadian Friends Service Committee and Frank Dingman. head of the Friends medical aid to Vietnam came from 'l'ov ronto and helped lag in Newmarkct. The York Committee has chartered a bus to join the Toronto bus cavalcade to Ottawa April 6. Anti-war Group Holds Tag Day “What are you mung to BCIHEVB “it‘u this condition?” enquired Ronald Mitchell. a consulting en- gineer who lost out on a seat on the township council by a narrow margin at the last election. Flaming Board Member Lorne Wells explained that such a devel- opment on an unpaved road would cause problems in the spring and winter. Councillor David Fraser pointed out, “We have 700 miles of un- paved roads. We hope to paVe Ht ECHMOND HILL. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1968 lll‘ er complimented them on the preparation of their excellent brief. He suggested that they should continue their good work by preparing a brief for the new county board of education which will shortly be formed. Local teachers Were already preparing papers on a wide var- iety of problems which the new board would have to face. he advised. Mr. Honsberger suggested that the association should con- tact Vice-Principal R. P. Mc- Donald of Richmond Hill High School who is collecting the teachers’ briefs for presentation to the interim committee before the end of June. “You have spacial knowledge of what is going on in this field all achSs the continent.” he noted. Mrsi Chris McMonagle. presiâ€" dent of the Ontario Association for Children with Learning Dis- abilities who had presented the brief, stated that the local branch would be very happy to act on the suggestion. aration of the SlelelSlon agree- ment. C. D. Milani, an officer of Bond St. Investments Limited, the firm developing the prop- erty, anticipates that the ap- proval and preparation of the agreement should not take more than 30 days and expects that houses will be available by mid- summer. Construction uill be done by Bond St. Investments and by independent builders but the firm will retain subdivision control and approve all site and house plans to ensure that the entire. development is up to the high standards of the surâ€" rounding properties “Last sizeable residential de; veiopn‘ient permitted in Vaughan “as the Kleinbui‘g Es- tates Subdivision which was negotiated in 1958 and the plan registered in 1960. Due to malfunctioning septic tanks, the subdivision was not completed. A sewage plant is now nearing completion to serve the area, however, and 23 houses have been constructed and are ready to hook up to it. In 1960, Vaughan Township Council passed a resolution that only industrial development would be sought in the town- ship and residential developâ€" ment would be discouraged. Since that time, the only resi- dential area developed was a 10-lot subdivision of two acre lots at Concession 7 and the Maple Sideroad. designated "rural residential". Planning board and council are now considering an am- endment to the official plan which would permit further “'i'ui‘al residential” development. 2 Maple Men Charged In Riding Club Theft Markham Township Police arâ€"lwhich occurred March 23. Some rested Morris Oaks, 18, and,$40 worth of gasoline was William Buchanan, 20, both of stolen from the Concord Fina RR2 Maple, March 22, and Service Station at Highway 7. charged them with the break-{The gasoline was siphoned entry and theft of the Sunny-Tfi'om two trucks parked in the brook Riding Club, Richvale. A small amount of cash “as re- covered. Markham Police are also inâ€" vestigating six break and enter reports from homes in the Uniom'ille-Don Mills Road area. Little damage was done to the homes and only a small amount of cash has taken but police be- lie\e that these six thefts may be connected. service station lot. Thieves also broke into the skate-shop at tile Doublei’ink Arenas, Jane Street and Highâ€" way '7. and took some $47 in small bills and silver. * x a * Whitchui'ch Township Police are investigating a theft at the Mohawk Construction Company on Don Mills Road. south of Vandorf, March 19. Thieves took Vaughan Township Police are also investigating two thefts deralim no such new mitted to abu or sideroads. ‘r‘ln Essentials Unity; in Nonâ€"Essentials Liberty; in all thmgs Charity ‘ou trying to ac! HS be on ll [1 Homes ‘In $40,000 And Up Class Former Reeve A. H. Rutherford remained unsatisfied with this. “I am a little disturbed," he said. "You are allowing subdivisions that are paved inland but come out onto gravel roads. I don't. think that is right." already paved Mr. Demu‘ concession rc Mr. Dewar explained \no that concession roads ‘aml sidel'oads were expected to become major arterial roads of 120 feet and “we want to protect that right of way." Development should feed out of internal roads to collector roads and then come out onto the arter- ial roads, he said. Richmond Hill ratepayers re- ceived a bonanza Monday night when council accepted, with al- acrity, a bid for two lots on South Taylor Mills Drive, near Pll‘l\lLt\. t l VL ll UAJAANVV “v .v -\‘ .. .4” 7 7 7 , A _ west: Allenuourt Merchant: ASSOClaUOU. a @112 3lzmufzu'turers' Llfe City MaJors Team, an en- graved Irophy: Richmond Hill Town Council, a tie «lip heal'mg‘ the town crest. Town Sell; Two Lots; Accepts $33,50‘00lf‘él Whilchui'ch Township Police "Hugguagih‘gtions Had been re- are investigating a theft at the ceived on the properties and Mohawk Construction Conlpanthayor Thomas Bi'oadhurst reâ€" on Don Mills Road. south of ported that the sale price was Vandorf,.\1arch 19. Thieves took considerably above the average oxygen tanks, Welding equip-‘of the two. He also reported ment and tires valued at a‘P-tthat a suggestion had been proximately $1,000. ‘made to set aside any money M Talented and knoMedxz- able Joan Harold will com- ment on the. cultural and artistic scene in Richmond Hill and area. Her first column afipears on Page 2 of this iSUe. After attending the King» ston School of Art in Stun rey, Englhnd. Mrs. Harold worked as a commercia! artist on Fleet Street. After coming to Canada. she was employed by the Walker Press in Paris, On- tario, While residing In Paris, Mrs. Harold wrote a With this issue "The Liberal" introduces mo new columnists [or your reading enjoyment. ect New Columnists For Liberal Readers Presented to Mr. Rodgers were the following: From plaque; York-Simcoe Bowlers’ Association, a special merit pin crest; 'Allencourt Merchants Association. a gift; Manufacturers graved trophy; Richmond Hill Town Council. a tie clip bearing To the victor go the spoils and 84-year-old Vic Rodgers (left foreground) is certainly col- lecting spoils these days. Vic, bowling in the senior citizen league at Allencourt Lanes March 15 rolled a three-game total of 906 which may well be a world record for senior citizens. Watching to see if he can do it again are (left to right) Art Higgins, Lloyd Hardy, Bob Weeks, Mr. Rodgers, Mrs. Kelk, Mrs. Costoi’f, Councillor William Lazenby, Mrs. White and Mr. H udson ad ‘ conceded that this created considerab!e the staff level. He he re roads are 84- Y earsO/d Bowling Whiz Bayview. for $33,500. The bid (on buildel's‘ lerms? was ac- companied by certified cheques for 10% as an earnest of the buyer’s intention. Purchaser is Fred Salb Construction Co. Ltd. of Willowdale. One lot is 75’ x 100’ for which the bid was $17,000 and the other is 70’ x 100’ for which the bid was $16,500. The sale is contingent on the purchaser re-1 ceiving permission to build two dwelling units tseIniâ€"detachedt on each lot. Deputy-Clerk Mac Clement reported that zoning in the area permits semi-detachâ€" ed dwellings on lots 75' x 100‘. in the case of the undersized lot. application for a minor varâ€" iance will haue to be made to the committee of adjustment. Two evaluations had been reâ€" ceived on the properties and Mayor Thomas Broadhurst reâ€" ported that the sale price was weekly column. "Theatre News” for the Paris Star. If you are working on an artistic project, 01' if you belong to a group with in- terestng plans for the fu- ture, Mrs. Hamid would like to hear from you. Ken Hamilton, a grade 12 student at Baniew Sec- ondary School begins a weekly column on high school sports, A leading track star in his own right Ken will nol only describe games and events but also comment on the personali- ties dominating the high school sports scene. Read his initial column on Page 20. 323-8692 board that from his experience in other municipalities. a bad situa- tion is created where a green belt is not specified between such de- velopment and arterial roads. Plan- ning Board Chairman Norn Gar- i‘iock replied that this “01111:! be extra work on tl' be overcome. bu have to put on While he complimented the planning board on taking “a pos- itive attitude towards a growth en- vironment" Dr. Charles Magee, a consulting economist, warned the traffic and application object .\l HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 the Claims Police Retaliated % By Tagging Parked Cars Mr. Mansbridge went on to note that, during the past, many events have been held in the park and arenas which have caused an overflow of the parking facilities onto adjac- ent streets. without bringingv At Arena Opening received from sale of these lots! for park development. (Coun- oil had been advised by its parks board that the balance of‘I the Prokopetz property. which} \\ ould complete Crosby Park, is for sale. This matter has been‘ referred to the finance commit-i te e l . llllllllllllllllllllllllllllullllllllllllll“ll“m1llllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllll ‘ Ward 4 Councillor John MacDiarmid returned to his council duties Monday night after surgery and a lengthy convalescence. .llllllllllllllllllmllllll\l\\1\\\l\lll\\\\\\\1\\\\llllllll\\l\\i\\\l\\\l\\\\lll\\\\\The two lots were acquired by the town more than a decade ago as part of the settlement of litigation with John Bailey, de- veloper of Beverley Acres. They have been offered for sale on several Occasions, but bids reâ€" ceived had been “ridiculous” according to council members. The construction firm had submitted its bid with a dead- line of March 26, with the pro- viso that if council decided not “It is a great pity that on such a significant occasion as the opening of our new arena March 15 our police department undertook a mass ‘par '- ing tag drive’.” Ward I Councillor Ivan Mansbridge charged at Monday night’s meeting of Richmond Hill Council. rom Allencourt Lanes, an engraved Din. 325 single crest and 900 triple when would come next door to him. "It may be someone keeping pigs or goals," he said. Mr. Miller was also critical that the amendment specified lots of a minimum of “approximately an acre”. Individual applications would come before the committee of adjustment rather than the planning board, he said. and it could easily be said that three quarters of an acre is “approxim- ately” an acre. aug lo; in merry co ould con Milan bo‘ forth a similar tickets. “From this, I can only as- sume that the March 15 park- ing tag drive was brought about by criticism levelled by council at the police department for to accept it, the amount would not be revealed. Councillor Lois Hancey re- minded council a motion had been passed at the November 15 meeting that the lots be adver- tised for sale by tender, subject to a reserVe bid, after evalua- tions had been received. However, council decided to have the deputyâ€"clerk open the evaluations. which were then‘ examined by all members of council. Then on motion of Reeve Donald Plaxton. seconded by Councillor Ivan Mansbridge, it was agreed to follow the may- or‘s suggestion to have the deputyâ€"clerk open the bid. 11' it equalled or exceeded the aver- age of the evaluations, it was then to be circulated among council members. If it was unâ€" der the evaluation. it was to_ be i‘élllfllcd to the envelope and to the bidder as quickly as pos- sible. 7 When council unanimously accepted the offer, the amount was revealed by the mayor. p developer, 5 a "step in mt stressed Photo by Stuart‘s Studio pointed al promlne re kno d9! “1‘9” Pf‘“" The councillor also noted that 1“L311_1Sbl'ldg"3 when it was requested that poâ€" ‘f Rlchmond lice make periodic visits to the arena to control this rowdyism. I he was told the police force did l‘aSh (ivf Dal'kmg not have sufficient men to do so. However, at the arena op- I can only 35- ening there were one sergeant Mal'Ch 15 Park-and two constables on the ls brought aboqtipremises and evidently there Elled by mum“ were enough officers left to tag department 7 ff? the parked cars, he pointed out. that the township was badly in need of park lands and enquired if individuals building on rural resâ€" idential lots would be required to make the 5""; dedication for parks that is demanded of subâ€" dividers. Mr. Miller replied that this was covered by the planning act and that the committee of adjustment required a contribution of 5% of the value of the land for each individual severance. Planning Board Chairman Nom Garriock thanked the capacity audience for their interest and gave assurance that all comments would be noted and studied. He advised too that the board \‘Lould be glad to have comments and suggestions on the amendmeni in m-itinz and would receive these failure to control rowdiness on Saturday nights at the arenas," he stated. “It was suggested to me by the chief of police that the tagging ‘possibly’ took place be- cause of his concern over pos- sible need for a fire truck or ambulance to reach the arenas." Mr. Mansbridge continued. “Why has there been no con. cern for this in the past? And how could tagging the can: solve the situation, anyway? 1! this “as the concern ‘emerg- ency no parking’ signs could have been posted or an officer stationed to direct traffic else- where.” Mayor Thomas Broadhurst who. by virtue of his office, is a member of the three-man po- lice . commission (Magistrate James Butler and Judge Barth Moore are the other members) took Mansbridge to task for his charges, labelling them injudicious and unjudicial. “One week you complain be- cause there are no police there. the next week you complain that there are too many. You will have to make up your mind ‘w do you want them or don't hvou want them?" the mayor He also claimed that action such as this will not create good public relations or change the public’s attitude of indifference to civic affairs and local events. "You as a council enact the bylaws and are the quickest to complain if the bylaws are en- forced. When you have a bylaw. it is the duty of the police to enforce it. You are not making good relations by making charges such as these. Make your mind up what you want â€"< you either want the police there or you don’t?” the mayor chal~ lenged â€"~- do you you want stated. W‘V‘Ean I assume then that we are going to have the police at (Continued on Page 3) l\llll“lululllllllllllIll“!l\lllllll\\ll“lllll“111!lllNll‘llllllllllm“lllW "Winner’s name will be announced In "The Liberal" April 18. a1\nmuuuuummuuumumuuumumuuunummumnmmm' The lucky winner of the Easter Shopping Spree draw at Richmond Heights Cen- tre, April 13, will have the chance to find out. Just clip the coupon from the yellow Richmond Heights Shopper inserted in this issue of “The Lib- eral” and deposit it at any Richmond Heights Centre Association store not later than 2 pm, April 13. Or get a free coupon at any of Want a 3500 Shopping Spree." Think you could spend $500 in five hours? the stores The draw will take place at 4 pm April '33. The win- ner, who must. be 16 years or age or over, will be given a $500 credit which must be spent in at least five member stores be- tween 10 am and 3 pm the following Wednesday, April ;hip was badly in nds and enquired if [ding on rural resâ€" vould be required 5% dedication for demanded of subâ€" Ma PER COPY 10c next plannin m