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The Liberal, 5 Sep 1968, p. 1

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Y'ri a. w. cm» ta 4! l V. . ‘Nblic Li 21+ Wml hJ, “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; .VOL. 91, NO. 10. tlr’hoto by Stuart‘s Silldlol "Meet In Friendship '5 Circle Bright " One of Canada's greatest gifts to the world has been the Associated Country Women of the World. offspring of the Women's Institute, founded at Stoney Creek by Adelaide Hoodles‘s early in this century to teach women how to give the best possible care to their families. This year the ACWW world-wide conference is being held in Lansing. Michigan, this week. Ontario by delegates from many parts of the globe spent two days in the Toronto area. A pie-conference tour of ithe total borrowing $1,420,000 for all purposes in any given year â€"- and then ;only if the excess over $710,000 It was pointed out that the forecast for educational deben- tures during the next five years Thornlea Secondary School Opens Embodies New Teaching Concepts outdoor barbecue at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Snider, corner of Kirby Sideroad and Jane Street. Vaughan Township. Mrs. B. Snider, Maple; Mrs. J. Trimple, Belfountain, bus co-hostess: Mrs. Van Der Laan-Koppius, Holland; Mrs. C. Smith, King; At Richmond Inn I.ot ' , , , _ Sets lelt 0n De benturmg For 5 Yrs. Street South was broken into‘ at $100 were stolen, Richmond of the provincially equalized assessment, which is The 50% reserved for edu'lmlo’ooo plus $200’000’ or $910" time, a 25_year.°1d iron worker financial structure, was adopted at a brief meeting ,elementary schools â€"â€" allow-ltha-t the total to be debentured back seato his car, a 1961 Ford”, Council’s finance ,committeeancing had... to be set to ensuremy schools account for 28.19%" ' "r" * gained entry through an in- cillors William Lazenby and works. They began their stud- for 27.51%.) Hm visiting relatives at the ficio member, realized thatlcoming up with the guidelines,a single essential project, eitherlreduction in total borrowing in which council will adhere pro-[allocated to be approved in one fh'e years. AHOWing for an- cated for a three year period, Last Thursday. after a tour of Toronto and a visit to Black Creek Pioneer Village, the visitors were entertained at an With their Canadian hostesses, some of the group are seen above: (left to right) Mrs. W. G. M. Sutherland, Scotland; Mrs. W. Drew, Concord; Mrs. A. B. MacKay, Scotland; Mrs. A. Kenipson, England: Mrs. D. Payne, Thornhill, bus co-hostess; Mrs. A. Hugo, Kroostaad, Orange Free State, Africa: Mrs. A. Train, Kleinburg. . Theft From Car Parked Richmond Hill’s New F i ' “ ' nancra icy A car parked in the Rich- mond lnn parking lot off Yonge . . . A capital financial policv degi Tied to leg live year periodl for all other in 1968 tli alnountt l d - Friday night, August 30, and . . -" fig. ‘ . i ' ‘ -e 0 we 9 various items of clothing vaiuedl Richmond Hill’s debenture debt within the 25% fmummpal Purposes bemure‘l 1" 1959 “Wm be Hm Police re oft. . . . lcational purposes is split‘OOO. Or it may be increased The victim lives William Bap deemed to be the maxnnum compatible With a sound equally between secondary andby up to $150,000 providing from Cleveland, Ohio. He said of town council held July 23. ‘ing each to borrow up to $213,- in the following year is reduced the clothin was stolen from the 1000 in any one year. (Element-by a corresponding amount. composed of Reeve Donald'an equitable distribution among<of current ' d't f t ' between 9.30 m and 11.15 m. -. ‘ - - ehpen l “res 0 ax The car was lgcked but thiegles Plaxton as chanman and Coun- the various necessary capitalldollars and secondary schools . Ivan Mansbridge with Mayor ies last year and have consid- Th 1' ' - - Iecure Window. ’ . , . fie p°1cy.ls ‘5‘“?de fle’.‘ Mr. Baptiste was in Richmond Thomas Broadhurst as ex 015- eied many formulae before ible in that it prov1des that If is accompanied by an equivalent . some yardstick for capital fin-twhich have been adopted 'educational ‘ ‘ ' 1 - - - tune. A .. ‘ ' 01 munic1pa, re Either . b th h a The debenturlng policy to‘quires more than the amountlor succeoelding yeatr: precedm" vides for further borrowing ofiyear, it shall be permitted as up to $3,550,000 during the next‘long as the total amount alloâ€" lnual retirements of debt, the‘to either group is not exceeded,stands at $3,444,000. This would amount of indebtedness at theywithin the balance of that three‘consume almOSt the “me am“ lend of the current five year years, lount Of 33550900 £01“ 311 Pur- efiod Should not exceed r - .1poses that is deemed prudent The spanking new, ultra~lStandard classrooms are squai'e,iiz)21,«2% of the provincial“!willinglgfognCEEEZimfl gaito dEhentUI‘e during that Per- modern Tliornlea Secondary:windowless and air-conditioned.fequalized assessment, the pol-livayS. For example- the in-ii°d and continue 10 have a School, on Bayview Avenue just} Another unique aspect of tlieficy states, :crease may be by th'e amountisound financial structure. sohth 01’ Highway 7, Opened school 15 Its cafeteria, which; This permits the amount ofiby which total debenturesl this week With about 500 stu- has a small stage at one end, $710,000 to be borrowed each‘raised the previous year werel“The Liberal" that it is Still dehts- allowmg 1t to be used as a‘year. However, if a larger amâ€"Iless than the maximum â€" if‘not known “'hat impad the The new school. which \vaSjsmau élldltm‘ihm- The Stageiount is borrowed in one year, only $510,000 was debenturedinew County board 0f education: built at a cost of about $2.4 area will be used as a teleâ€"lthe amount to be debenturedi which will come into being million, can accommodate uplvismn production room as,the following year shall be re-l January 1, will have on future to 860 students. It is the first'“'e“- educational needs. Discover Stolen Bus . i: p o 5 June 66â€"46â€"244 RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1968 l Under no‘ circumstances shall' exceed] However, Reeve Plaxton told- in all things Charity" HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 PER COPY 100 Only 3 Teams Remaining Dynes Are Still In Battle For Title By FRED SIMPSON St. ('atharines «â€" “Awwwh. l was only throwing at half-speed.” was the comment last week of 21-year-old Pete Landers a t'e Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers‘ Men’s Softball Championship. , The lanky, irrepressible Landers â€"â€" who normally toils the mound for ‘ Oshawa Tony’s â€"â€" had just finished battling St. Catharines Teepees and hurler The game was called in the ‘Wally Dick to a brilliant 16-inning scoreless tie. 16th inning due to a downpour of rain which had be the latter stages of the game. Richmond Hill and St. Catltâ€"lwln against Edmonton, and ,arines will battle it out all over.2-0 loss to Gatineau. lagain this Saturday at 2 pm Big Bob Domik also pitched lfor the right to challenge the well as he set Saskatchewan undefeated Gatineau team from down with two hits while La Belle Province. ‘striking out 18 of the 25 men Both the Jewellers and the he, faced. ‘ llc was tagged for 'l‘eepees have won two games the loss against Gatineau on a and lost one. The winner of two-run liomerun in the top of their suddenâ€"death match will the sixth despite allowing only he faced with the tough task of four hits and striking out 13. .having to knock over Gatineau tin two straight back-to-backi lgames if they want to repi‘eâ€"l sent Canada in the United] States World Championship in, ' 114” ,Hawaii next year. .j ifl if i was‘ a" " . For Landers who picked up for the tournament by Dynes along with First: Baseman Jack Sncddon from the Tony's -â€"- it was perhaps ./."/ his most impressive and mosti §important performance to date! 1‘ He made his debut in a l l I It was anybody's game Mon- ‘day night between the Teepees and the Jewellers as Landers land Dick refused to give an Dynes uniform Saturday night against the Edmonton team from Alberta and sent i it reeling with a thl'ee'hit inch. Dick set Dynes down. 1 2-0 Victory. He struck out with five hits. 14 0f the 24 me“ he faced St. Catliarines made their “"9" the Seven‘im‘ing game biggest threat against Landers and walked “one- in the second inning as a hit Then he came back Monday pitcher, an error, and a field- {night to hurl 16 innings :iigainstlervs choice which saw Dynes ‘St. Catharines allowing no'gecond Baseman Bob Kennedy runs, three hits. He struck outlet the runner get to first in 26 men. ‘ order to protect home plate, Overall he has pitched 23 loaded the bases with only one innings of shutout ball. allowch ouL 0m." “"9 hits, and Whlffe‘i 40‘ But Landers kept his cool ibauers- ‘and struck out the next two ' ibatters. l hopes still alive here in the Canadian Senior! ’l I 'l‘lien the rains came 7-" for about the sixth time in the hour . , ~‘ and the officials decided to w minutes after he kept .cali the game‘ en threatening throughout Dynes made their initial 1tlireat in the fourth inning as ,Lcs Downing led off with a single, went to second on Neb Gayman‘s ground out to tlieimem off Saturday in ea“. plume“ ltasliion by walloping an out- ‘ Al Mugl‘ord struck out buticlassed Saskatchewan team d9- then Kennedy lined a blisteringl‘spite the fact the latter opened Shlgle {0 left “910- Downing the scoring in the first inning tried 10 5901‘? 0D the plate butlwith two runs off a hit and an was out by 10 feet after it llad;err0r_ ‘HPPPaI‘Pd “lat Sh Kilt-9 Third} Richmond Hill scored one in .Basemen Glen Hodgkins hadithe second on a single by Gay- ‘interfered with him as he made'man' a walk by Dickey' and a vine turn for home. isingle by Domik. They moved LBft Fielder M NetIdOI‘f'Sdn front by 3-1 in the fourth on rifle-like toss cut him down a single by Dickey followed by eaSily from there on in- Dynesja towering homerun off the bat protested but to no avail. ,of Bill “Skip” DeGeer over the Dynes threatened again in‘i-ight field fence, ‘lhe Sixth 8* Sncddon led off" They added two more in the with a ringing double but gotirinn as Gayman walked and no farther as Downing. Gayâ€" then rode home on Downing‘s fiman, and Mugford went downtime shot over the rightfield ‘SWinging- fence. A run in the sixth on , St. Catharines never threat- singles by Mickey Hancock rened after the second inning as and Sneddon and another run iganders just kept mowing them in the ninth ended the scoring. own. Then came the bottom of the 16th as the Jewellers appeared on their way to a win. Again it was Sneddon start- ing them off as he cracked anâ€" iother double to centre field. 1Downing then slashed a sinking ,liner to centrefield which, looked like it was in the hole? , But Centrefielder Ron Shep-i v/ix” ‘ pard raced over and made a‘ \2' diving catch to save the game“l before some 2.000 limp St“, .Catharines fans. l Dynes started the tourna- The Edmonton game was a (Continued on Pagg 13) l l A plaque honoring Rev. Ed- win Arthur Pearson, father of Monday‘s sudden death on Canada‘s former Prime Minâ€" ;counter with St. Catharines lladlistel“ will be unveiled by his lto be the thriller of the tourn- greatâ€"grandchildren at Klein- ament. Richmond Hill welit‘bui‘g, September 7. into it With a 7-1 ViCtOI‘y to, The unveiling ceremony will ltheir record over Saskatche~ be part of the Kleinburg Bin- “‘3n, the afOI‘ementiOHEd 2-0‘der Twine Festival, modelled on a turn-ofâ€"the-century party held each fall by Shaw‘s Hard- ware Store when the fall supply ;of binder twine came in. ' . ‘ The ceremony will feature ii PaCk Clad, ettes 12-yearâ€"old Barbara Hannah, , . ., 'daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wal- “fillrlgzflnensty sufspniguigf Iter Hannah of Toronto {son-in- : ‘ ‘ :law aiid daughter of. the Right I headdcfiilslce‘?’ R}: 1' RIC]: Honorable Lester B. Pearson mo“ 1 ’“ “m eopene and Mrs. Pearsonl. Assisting ' llllllllllllllllIIllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllImmllIllIll\lllllllllllllllllllll I l Finds $10,000 a package of Peter Jackson hinder Twine Festival . lKleinburg Honors Pearson's Father (Reeve Brian Bailey and Dep- Morrison’s orchestra and a iuty-reeve Garnet Williams and teen-age rock group with prizes ilong-time former York Northifor the best old-fashioned cos- ‘MLA Lex Mackenzie whose‘tumes. ‘ mother was raised in Klein- Admission is 50c with child- !burg. Plaque unveiling will.ren under 12 admitted free. fbegin at 3.30 pm. The main,All concession booths will be ,street of Kleinburg will be manned by villagers and pro- :festival and the program will'the rural atmosphere of Klein- lfeature contests for decorated;burg and to aid youth activ1tles‘. ‘pet parade. an apple pie baking contest and a horseshoe pitch- . 0 ‘ton trophy. ‘F H S l hung oni OI' IS EI‘VICES ‘poles on the main street will ,be judged by Mrs. Nina Mar- .blocked off at noon for the ceeds will be used to maintain idoll carriages and bicycles, 3T T P Iing contest for the Pierre Ber-. i Hanging baskets Provision for paying town j.shall, past president of the rose treasurer and Deputy-Clerk Mack Clement for services per- _ 3duced by the amount exceed-i “continuous progress" second-1 Fac‘l‘tles are superloh ‘ Reeve Plaxton described andiing $710,000 in the previouSi any school in the York Centralnn general of unusual designuyear. District High School systemlhlel‘e are “'ell-eqmpped phys-l (second in the Men-o area) 50:105. Chemistry and blology labsuon the need for current funds. The debenture policy, based Abandoned In Pit A school bus stolen August the policy as an attempt on the part of the municipal- ity to indicate financial re- “We cannot cigarettes he had had for six months and found that will be the other Hannah child-’society, Mrs. Ernest Redelmeier ‘ren, Paul 14, Robin 8, David 6, and Mrs. Roy Colville, presi- Vaughan Pearson,ldent of the Garden Club. Other contest judges will in- Prime Minister will attend, to-lclude Marian Adams, editor of formed for the municipality as a justice of the peace was made by Richmond Hill Counctl Aug- ust 26. - the performance of its studha geography room. a spaciousii'ecognizes the fact that educay ems “m be watched with jn_gIlOllle economics room with Sixltion costs account for almost wrest. Ikitchen centres, an outSIZe gym-56% of municipal taxation, setâ€" There are no grades at theinasmm, an insulated music;ting aside 60% $425,000 per school, and students will be al-lmom apd “nous. tevdlmcalrvear or 32130000 over a fiveivaughan. lowed to progress at their O“,nfliops with glassed-in instruc- year periodl for [educational The bus had been driven 01. rate. Separate work centres are,I [Qilthatfis'l I b l, d pmjpovs‘im and 40% '5284-000pushed into the sandpit and was provided for students wishingscribedscasthlflsk eceélmalgtlbme- pet bear or 31.420.000 over a extensively damaged. Vaughan to pursue projects independ-' . . 5' mmmmmmmm 1 ‘Township Police report. ital financing policy we . . v _ lllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1 ‘ . 9mm , Itilgltll Segool 1‘31an dsoglil 1 ullulululllluuilululuuua The bus ls owned by Langdont have adopted.» 1 0 ‘9 ema" 01 “ 1 New lCoach Lines of King City. l "The town is limited in the ‘ Tax . D . A truck was stolen from City amOlmt 0f mom“.V it can b01‘- .‘l rlUPl'S Seven applicants for taxI 31 from the BP service station SponSibility~ lot in Maple was found abanâ€" jdoned in a sandpit at Connor’s iPits on Elders Mills Road, continually go out to bor- row money for every pro- ject which is suggested. Each project will have to be assessed as to priority before it is accepted for debenturing under the cap- One .of the features at thememury education}: Singinfiufefoiggwithe dsmdyi Emelmom at .the 59““ 1Paving Companv, Pinecrest POW.” he explaiHEd- "It may other that hoésestzil’lslgi} 1316.5‘1‘0015 0f .lhe \ork Central September 2. V'aughan Police; appear we can’t afford to bor- com “tel. 5 .Stem .I ~ _] i ,1! b .B‘jard 1.5 antIS‘lpatEd to be 3130‘“ . . . are still looking for the truck _ row money. but it is also true alaji) 1,1 5t 1‘21"“ “1 . 914300 “5 a "‘5 3” enmlmeut 0f duvets hcences were “1" a 1960 GMC model blue and that in many cases we can‘t cine: Ygrk genial; 1:313: “1231” 4.250 last .V'eal‘. Superintendent. proved by column at a brief lyellow in color , afford not to .borrow the monev s. . . l ' .7 v . . 1 . ‘ . . ‘ Sdm Chapman 8315- l "199"": Jun 29- The} are- l Chapman Sand and Gravel which will make needed works as well . " ' ~ Twenty-three more teachers 510k Tomal'eulv Thomas lliav r ' ’ Classroom space is partiallyithan last year will be working, McDermott. John Callflg- 1coniiey'ciiimiiiieitti fibfintlitegt pgiveii‘ 512251102135: Iii) :hlftseiive'icenoctgii open,‘ although folding doorsat the seven schools. There: han. Mario Russo, David plant at its pits in Kleinburg be developed in isolation from permit the space to be parti-lare 260 on staff, including 651 Procunier. Gabriel Brodie The theft occurred between the rest of the communityis booed off into enclosed rooms. new teachers. l and Lionel Drew. ,August 23 and 27. ineeds " V he was eligible for a and Jelm 2' ' ‘ brother of the former 310.000 cash prize. mung“ The Haleys moved . to gether with some cousins, such Muirhead Crescent Just as T. Roy McCartney of Cale- don East. Unfortunately, L. B. Pearson will be unable to at- tend. Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Pearson came to Kleinburg in 1892 as bride and groom right after his ordination. Their first son, jMarmaduke. was born there in .1894 and their second, L. B., at .tlieii' next charge in Newton- brook, The third and young- lest son. Vaughan. was born in bacco firm and was pre- lDavisville (Torontol. Mr. Pear- Sented With a Cheque from <son preached in the old Meth- Imperial Tobacco Company, iodist Church on the hill and l eight months ago, and when packing for the move was underway someone tossed a spare pack of fags into one of the family's bags. It came to light just two months ago and contained much more than an ordin- ary pack of cigarettes. Mr. Haley was able to answer the skill testing questions asked by the to- l l‘ manufacturers of P918? the plaque will be placed in the I Jackson cigarettes, at a restored cemetery next to it. reception at the Inn-on-tlie Officiating at the ceremony I will be York Simcoe MP John [Roberts Vaughan Township Park August 28. The $10,- 000 is tax free. i Canadian Anti ues Collector. For preparing information on lJohn Bradshaw? lionicuiturist‘infractions of munlcmal bylaws land broadcaster, Betty Ken- the JP Will be paid at the rat; nedy of TV and radio fame, of $1 each. A further charge 0 ‘and TV personality Fred Davis, 35c will be paid. for typing. I I There will also be an An- It was explained that since tique Flea Market, a display ofithe province took over respon- handmade Indian 'bility of the administration of ware fromifl I I] Calcutta. spinning and weavingJUStlce from the county’ he demonstrations and a quilt auc-‘town has received all fines and tion. The Bell Telephone Com-icosts for bylaw infractions. ln panv will display old teIe-‘the past the. costs were paid phones along with listings fromlbefore the fines were turned the first phone books of thelovel‘ to the municipality. 1 district. 1 Clerk Russell Lynett assured To all this will be added'council the town is receivmg bingo, games of chance, pony;far in excess of any cost the rides, antiuue cars, a clown‘new provision will create. He band. a fife and drum band, also pointed out that the JP 1! ventriloquist. magician and aientitled to $1.80 for preparing Punch and Judy Show. information on each infraction 5 Dancing will be to Murraylcharge. u-illuullllluluminimumluluiuumlumuuutuuuu\uuuumlnuuuuuntruuuumluluumum“mumuuunmmurmlmmiuimuuuuuuumummuuuuuum“mlumuuuuumuuuuiiiuuiilrutiuuuuuuumiuuuuumununuuumuiuiiiiiliiiumuuuuuumuuuuuuuuuuiumuuuumuuuuuuuumuiuiiuuuluuilnuuuiuuuiuuumuuuuuuuuuumiuiuuiuuuuuuiuuuuuumumuurmuuiummuuuumuuimunnu\iuluuuuuimminimriiiuiiuuuuuuuimiiuliiiiuummtmimuiumlumumuuuuiniumumiuiiliuiiuiuuillulunui“\umiliiuiuuu4! Planning Board Feels Richmond Hill And Area Given ‘Cold Shoulder’ By MTART S Plan B! FRED SIMPSON Richmond Hill has been our particular area." C o u n c i] representative Richmond Hill and area. This, plus the fact the sug- jor business. cultural and government centre with ad- alternaiives were looked on in a more favorable light al- left .out'in the cold by the Ivan Mansbridge agreed that gestions are sketchy in dc- iacent high densitv developâ€" though \11' Bacon noted that Pl'OVmceS Metropolitan To- "we have more or less been tail. loll most planning incur all serving tributarv “in each plan the status 01' room and Region Transpor- ignored. I'm rather sur- hoard members in a "Doubt- population of several IlllIld‘; Richmond Hill appears to tailon Study. prised." in: Thomas“ mood. red thousand. be virtually the same" it . This was the general feel- '1‘ i a * Looked on most unl'a\- He felt that Richmond Hill Tth <li“”eSl basical‘v a ing expressed last week by The 3:) million M'l‘AR'l‘S orany was the “Trends would tend to lose its identâ€" I1021\\‘i Liiiligdized concentra- members .of the Richmond study was begun in Dccem- Plan" suggestion it) and blur into the am tioli‘on the lakesliore and Hill Platining'Boai‘c-l. ber of 1962 and completed It foresliadows an urbanâ€" expanding metropolis in a parallel to it Under constderation was a June 13 of this year. Its ined area in the southern lormless, patchwork manner. \Ir Bacon said it appeared report by Planning Consult- ultimate purpose is to decide halves of Markham and * "" * " that urbanization would con- ant Max Bacon dealing with the implications for Rich- mond Hill of MTARTS. The study outlines several methods by which a trans- portation pattern could be established in the Metro area whether vast numbers of On- tario residents will be dest- ined in the future to live in a megalopolous along the shores of Lake Ontario or be dispersed in a series of sat- ellite cities close to the Vaughan Townships extend- ing north to Oak Ridges in a band some seven miles wide from west of Bathurst Street to east of Highway 404. Richmond Hill‘s role â€" according to Mr. Bacon‘s re- “It has a formlessness that stems from its being a patchwork quilt of plans rather than a conscious ef< fort guided by one design. A large urban area does not have to be formless and can tinue northward but not with any likely density beyond the area which includes part but not all of Markham and Vaughan Townships. a: II * =3 Hampering the urbanized to assure an orderly growth shores of Georgian Bay com- port â€"- would be as a “sub- have smaller communities advance would be the limit- of population and general muting to Metro by high regional centre“ serving as with a satisfying identity ations placed on development del'EIOPment 111 the flltul‘e- speed express trains. "something of a core for within the larger community. by the provision of water “It seems to have ignored It throws out five sug- major businesses.“ He adds "Problems of economy. sdpplv and disposal of sewâ€" the Richmond Hill area al- gested methods by which that the "Trends Plan” does regional lzmd use. and low afie i together." commented Chair» such future development not reallv define Richmond (lcrisifv sprawl are also e\l- t"‘I'l‘lie study." he said. man Harry Sayers. "I had could take place Hill's role. den! so that it is more deâ€" "doe: not entertain any in- hOPE‘d “91l hP lllOUEhI lm- .\II the methods tended 1:: status as a sub-regional «table to search for an at» n0\ali0ns for these SGthe‘ porlant enough to be con- to ignore any general or par- centre lung tovai'ds the edge tername than the "Trends so that am weeping (lovel- sidered. The stud) seems to llcular plans of maior Manse of the urban area vould he Plau'. moment: northerly are m:- be lacking any proposals lor porlatlon improvements lor essentially similar as a muâ€" three of the other tour counted becath m the probâ€" l lems and expenses of serv- icing them.“ Referring to the creation of a reaional plan of any nature for the area. Mr. Bacon said adequate admin» islration could only be achâ€" ieved through a regional agency with sufficient polit- ical power. “This will mean a reduw tion or even more likely an elimination of the local gov- ernment units that are known at present. As a reg- ional sub-centre some form of government administra- tion is likely to be present but this cannot be taken to imply any autonomous pol- itical power. The present town as a political entity will almost certainly disappear or evolve into something radâ€" ically different" .\ll'. Bacon said that in the llllel'e>l of preserving the name Richmond Hill as a inure regional centre the "Trends Plan" mus: be (in- l recommendation that the town give its strong support to the three basic recom- mendations of developing a regional plan. integrating a transportation plan with this counted. “The reasons for this are obvious . . . its formlessness and lack of direction for the goals advocated.” .\ll‘. Bacon rcterred to one of the lit-<1 three alicl‘na- and organizing the necessary tives which "implies some- administration, what more emphasis in a “Only after this has been carried out can a truly reg- ional plan be formulated and cndorsment of any other plans such as those liypothee sized here would be pre- mature.” Mr. Bacon emphasized that a provincial plan must come first into which the regional plans must fit. “To do it the other way round. which is the present approach. is to ensure a con- tinuing conflict from the lower echelons of plans," northerly direction with the proposed extension of Barrie "An improved rail service is postulated in this direc- tion although it utilizes the line through Maple. The feasibility of using the line through Richmond Hill and a new link across to the other line at Newmarket is not discussed. "One point that does not seem to be emphasized is the possibility of extending the Yonge Street subway in a northerly direction. Perhaps this suould be made a par: of councillor \1 a n s bridge an} continuing program :nat :imiiub adxocalod that emerges from the slum ' nri-lmmv (l llill \auahan and \leinlwi's of the D'Ell-nlil’.‘ \l2:".,‘i..in 'lwnn-‘iips would hum-(l appi-rnl’d .\Il‘. Baron's V~.l>l’l\ Ingelilc'l I0 ('Ollle up 5 A with a plan. “If we let ourselves be ig- nored," he said, “we'll never get anywhere." Th board was also luke- warm to the fifth suggestion of MTARTS regarding the setting up of satellite cities such as Barrie to the north of Metro. Mr. Mansbridge felt Rich~ mond Hill might end up in a “vacuum” between Metro and Barrie and be “left out in the cold regarding any major transportation or im- provements in water and sewage services.” The board adopted Mr. Bacon's report and also asked him to enlarge on it in order to present more de- tailed feelings regarding Richmond Hill’s viewpoints of MTAHTS. The report will be pre- sented to the CORDC meet» mg September 26 in Rich. mond Hill and also to tho Robarls Gove‘rnment.

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