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On Saturday night a possible break-in was made at Parker Games. Keele Street. A win- dow was found broken and the door insecure. A quantity of silver and a Minolta 35 mm camera were stolen on Friday morning, No- vember 8 from Keystone Fenc- ing on Rivermede Road, Vaugh- an Police report. A private residence on Keele Street was broken into on Sat- urday and a "Century" Mark IV tape recorder stolen, The cul- prits broke the front window, then reached through to un- lock the door, Vaughan Police say. Two young adults and one juvenile have been charged with glue sniffing by Vaughan Township Police following an investigation by Constable Ken Smith in the Pine Grove area on Saturday, November 9. Vaughan Police Lay Glue Sniffing Charge Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst pointed out that al- though Richmond Hill re- alizes I profit from the Yonge Street Line. it loses considerably more in sub- sidlzing the local bus ser- vice. The town will con- tinue to fight for exemp- tion of seat tax. fllllllllllllulllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllll|\\1\\lll\llllllllll\llllllllllllllll“ VOL. 91, NO. 20. nunuuI\umuunmunnumumunuuuihmuummnmi Recommend Unified Police ForceFor York County Total profit for these nine months has been 58.67841. with Richmond Hill getting 50% or 84.338.- 21. Markham and Vaughan Townships each 25% or $2,169.10. Although the number of passengers In the same period has risen from 976.915 to 1.024.709, oper- Iting expense has increased from $86,803.21 to $93,731.- 95 and is now using up 91.53% of operating rev- enue. Richmond Hill has re- eeived a cheque for 51.290.- 23 as its share of the pro- fits of the Yonge Street Bus Line for the third quarter of 1968. The TTC is holding $1,708.40 for payment of seat tax on the buses to the Ontario Gov- ernment for the first nine months of this year. Bus Profit Brings $1,290.23 In spite of cloudy skies and a distinct chill in the air a fair representation of Richmond Hill citizens were present for the annual Remembrance Day observance at the town’s cenotaph, Sunday afternoon. A large number of children, more than usual, Were part of the ordeal} '* ' Major G. M. Kessler, CD, Canadian Armed Forces was guest speaker. bringing a chal- {en ing message. ‘ *The York Choraliers provided a prelude in song and assisted Wesley Middleton 1n éamriythe-alnglng or tradmonal hyulns. They were accompanied by Jerry and Deurn Smgolam, accordiomsts. The town’s cenotaph; located inV front of McConaghy Public School records those young men from this community who made the supreme sacrifice in two World Wars. Reeve Donald Plaxton, seen above in the central arch of the cenotaph, presided over the depositing of wreaths â€"â€" more than in previous years. Victor Buckingham (right above) has just deposited the wreath provided by St. Matthew’s United Church. Richmond Hill Remembers Its War Dead '24 wright a '« Richmnd- H111 5 June 5"‘5‘4 In Vaughan Township, nomi-l nations will be held on two dif-' ferent eVening, Nov. 18 for‘ the two school boards and Now ember 20 for council. Both will UIE. dy-‘ "" ~‘r'uu‘v V V ‘ ‘ v V ‘ “lUl‘e Luall [111.89 are HUHllnaLEU, cation and three on the York 0 r ' the election Will take Place D8- County separate school Board. Nominations will be held in cember 9. In Vaughan Township, nomi- the council chambers of the ~ ' nations will be held on two air-,municipal offices. 56 YongelMggle tfifimiié’iiiis \Xlililabiehei); ferent evening. Nov. 18 for‘Street North» from 7-30 t0 8-30 at Maple Public Library Mer- the two school boards and Now Pm- lino Road and Goodman, Cres- ember 20 for council. Both will Election day in all municipal-lcent on Tuesdav, November it) be held at the Maple Commun- ities is December 2. Polls will‘from 7.30 to 8.30 pm. Election lty Centre Hall, Keele Street be open from 10 in the morn-iof the three trustees will take north, from 7.30 to 8.30 pm. ing to 8 pm. iplace the same day as township Taxpayers of Vaughan Town- An advance poll will be heldlelections, December 2. velopment at Yonge and Cari-ville Road. The works committee. in turn, enquired What Vaug- han’s attitude would be to annexation. It was Mr. McDonald‘s reply to this letter which apparently sparked the rumor that a resolution had been filed recommend- ing the annexation. In concluding his announce-f ment, Mr. Bailey stated. “We can and will develop in an orderly and economic manner and with the removal of the bureaucratic obstacles impased by the provincial government and the tremendous potential to attract industrial and commerc- ial assessment, true growth will not create a financial burden to the residents of the area." DEPUTY-REEVE G. WILLIAMS‘gr-am,” he said. dustrlal commerc1a1 assessmentfOff which at that time was less than Tm six percent. am “As of today." he said. “we a ‘ have 40 percent industrial comâ€" Tm mercial as against 60 percent con residential and I would like to’thr‘ see this balance maintained. tak “We are now in a position to!mu develop both residential and‘Six industrial on a planned pro-‘Ym Sch 4: i the 3‘m““ill“““““““l“““““‘“lll“ll“lllll\llll“WWl\“““\“1“““““‘lll“‘“lllll“W“\“lmllll‘lllll‘“lull!l\1\\\\“1l\\\1\ulll““mlllmllllllmll“I“lllllllllllllllull\\muuummuuulumuiluuuuummulmuumumu1m1uunmmunummmum1lmuuummumuuumnuuulmmmummmmmu\immuuuuuuumuuuummummuiummuuul1muuuil1uluuilum\uuuuuummumuuuuuumnliili\unrumumuuumilmumummumuumuummmmummmmmmumu I. 1 l n In Markham Township, nomi- nations for council, including reeve, deputy-reeve and three councillors will take place Nov- ember 18 from 7 to 8 pm at Buttonville Womén‘s Institute Hall. immediately north of the township offices on Don Mills Road in Buttonville. At the same time. nominations will be held for three seats on the York Coug‘fy Board of Edu- cation and tfiree on the York County Separate School Board. Municipal elections are scheduled for both Vaughan and Markham Townships De- cember 2. Members of Rich- mond Hill Council are not up for election again until next year, however. Churches Should Be Willing T 0 ‘Pay Their Way’ In Taxes: Deacon Council, School Bd. Candidates Unfurl Their Colors-Next Week He was joined by two other members of the Legis- lature. Arthur Meen, Con- servative MLA for York East. and Pat Lawlor. NDP MLA for Lakeshore. All three were members of the Select Committee on Taxa- tion which was named by Premier John Roberts to study the Smith Report on Taxation. The committee was headed by Ontario‘s new Revenue Minister John White of London. This was the controversial viewpoint propounded Wed- nesday night of last week by Liberal MLA for York Cen- tre Donald Deacon before 100 persons representing various religious denomina- tions at Brown‘s Corners United Church, in Mark- ham Township. By FRED SIMPSON The church as a member of the community should be required to “payr its way” like any other citizen. Mr. Deacon. a regular Hill. 3â€"24â€"04â€" Nominations-will be held in will 3 Richmond Hill November 18 for the two seats to which the will b town is entitled on the York of vi] County Board of Education and borne two on the separate school more board. the el Nominations will be held in cembe the council chambers of the In municipal offices, 56 Yonge‘Maple Street North, from 7.30 to 8.30jat ME Pm- iino B ‘The November 20 council nominations will be for reeve, deputy-reeve and five council- lors. All those elected to both council and school board will sit for a two year term. ship and the Village of Wood- bridge are entitled to elect three members to the York County Board of Education and two to the York County Roman Catholic Separate School Board. DONALD DEACON MLA churchgoer himself. said it was only fair and logical that churches be required to pay Wants to Tax Churches FS Of the In the Police Village of 55 YongelMaple, nominations will be held ~30 to 8-301at Maple Public Library, Mer- ino Road and Goodman Cres- municipal- cent on Tuesday, November 19 Polls will from 7.30 to 8.30 pm. Election the morn- of the three trustees will take place the same day as township RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,\NOVEMBER 14, 1968 ME 2% “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Libel in Vaughan Township. Those expecting to be absent or un- able to vote December 2 may cast their ballots November 30 at the municipal offices, Rich- mond Street, Maple from 10 am to 8 pm. In Thornhill, nominations will be held for the three posts of village trustee at 15 Col- borne Street, November 25. If more than three are nominated, the election will take place De~ cember 9. There is no advance poll in Markham Township or in Rich~ mond Hill. Nominations in Vaugnah Township’s two police villages will also take place this month. He stressed that in any community there are only a relative few who go to church regularly and felt that therefore a large num- ber of people were in effect subsidizing an organization they received no benefit from \vhatsover. taxes for police. fire pro- tection and road mainten- ance to their property. He stressed that in any community there are only a relative few who go to church regularly and felt churches and drew a parallel with state-supported churches in Sweden as compared to ones in Russia where “peo- ple are strictly paying for their belief in God them~ selves." “I realize and am apprec- iative of the effective work done by a church in the community," he said. “in its volunteer efforts for various organizations. Mr. Deacon said he was basically opposed to any type of state-supported “But all this is done ona voluntary basis by the church which isn't being asked or required to do it. And since it is done volun- tarily why obligate the rest of the community to pay for your police, fire and road maintenance. We should carry this tax ourselves.“ (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) Announcing that he will seek re-election as Reeve of Vaughan Township on December 2 this year, Brian Bailey is advocating amalgamation of the “Southern Six”, the municipalities on the northern fringe of Metro. He Bailey Proposes Southern Six, mmmuluuuuuuumuunmumumumuu\m\\\u\\u\\\\uum\u\w Richmond Hill Prefers Political Amalgamation “In Sweden the churches are fully supported by the state and the ineffectiveness of this situation can be borne out by the large num- ber of empty seats.“ The opposite situation prevailed in Russia, he said, where the church received no assistance at all but had built up tremendous spirit and fellowship by the fact it had to pay its own way. Mr. Deacon concluded by saying he had received a number of letters regarding church taxation "with most running five~to-one against it. “Of course.“ he said, “the whole matter is now an aca- demic one because Premier Robarts has stated his gov- A rumor in circulation early this week that a re- solution had been placed on the order paper of Metro Council recommend- ing the annexation by Metro of Vaughan Town- ship was revealed as with- out foundation Tuesday’ Metro‘s Assistant Clerk Arthur Hall advised that a letter from Vaughan Town- ship Administrator J. M. McDonald on the subject has been referred to the November 19 meeting of the Metro Executive Com- mittee. Mr. Hall expects that the letter will be passed from there to the committee of heads of departments for comment. Mr. McDonald’s letter to Metro, dated October 29, had asked for comment on the feasibility and possible merits of Vaughan becom- ing part of Metro. Some weeks ago, Vaug- han had enquired of the Metro Works Department whether it would be pos- sible to buy water from the Keele Street reservoir to serve the proposed 15,000 person BAIF de- velopment at Yonge and Carrville Road. The works committee. in turn, enquired What Vaug- han’s attitude would be to annexation. Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” You might be able to still do it in the woollier parts of the West, but you can‘t do it in Richmond Hill. You can’t Tide your horse into a local saloon and get treated like just another customer. Two young men found this out on Friday evening when they tried to ride their horses into the “pub” of the Richmond Inn. They rode up in the spirit of the old west but found that spirit distinctly lacking at the saloon of their choice. A horrified management barricaded the doors and summoned the police. A posse of three Rich- mond Hill police officers leapt into a cruiser and sped up to the inn to re- store law and order. There they found one of the horsemen most dis- gruntled with manage- ment’s discriminatory stand against man’s best friend. Horseplay At Tavern Brings Police Charge was only with difficulty Metro Annexaiion WWI Vaughan Annex Assure Services believes that this major step must he proceeded with as quickly as possible and indi- cated at a press conference last Friday that his council will take the first step in this di- rection next week. Reeve Bailey claims delay of this important decision has cre- ated an impossible situation in obtaining _ essential ~ser"ices (water and sewers) as we as the establishment of a board of education in the southern part of York County. He re- ported that the municipalities are being individually subjected to the pressures of Metro and a single voice must be attained to deal with these develop- ments. He also claims that provision of essential services and a schedule of their installation must be clearly established. Mr. Bailey stated his position is that Vaughan Township should file for annexation of all the Southern Six Munici« palities. (Amalgamation would require unanimous approval.) This should not be consid- ered as a territorial grab, the reeve stated, but as a method to achieve municipal consolida- tion. He suggests the name “Don Head” for the new city, ‘jWhich we can make into the best city in Canada, with proper planning." “Residents of Vaughan de- serve the right to have essent- ial services.” he continued, “and to this end Ontario Water Re- sources Commission must es- tablish a priority and either provide the services or allow the township to provide them". He calls for a firm schedule of dates as to when these services will be available. that the lawmen managed to persuade him to give up his bid to get into the hotel on horseback. Leblanc. whose face was cut and bruised. was taken to York Central Hospital for treatment, but still true to the hardy spirit of the old west, he refused any. Back at the caboose they charged Maxine Leblanc, 23. with causing a “ruckus”, or as it was put in Rich- mond Hill -Magistrate’s Court Tuesday, with “creat- ing a disturbance in pub- lic." His compgnion horseman was not charged by police, and was allowed to lead the horses off. In court on Tuesday, Le- blanc. who lives on Arnold Street, Richmond Hill, was remanded to November 25. He was Wearing cowboy boots. Police explain the inci- dent by saying “there was liquor involved.” Mr. Meen said it was sim- ply a case of “requiring ev- ery organization or person to bear his fair share of the cost of providing for us in our homes.” He said that there was "a thread of sentiment in all the briefs from the churches to the taxation committee that the churches want to carry their fair share of the tax load. "We in the committee did attempt to give recognition to contributions made by the churches to the community and tried to Whittle the tax share down so that the share would be fair." ernment will not be taxing churches.” The committee has sug- gested that church proper- ties and buildings be re- assessed at actual value and taxed on 5 percent of this the first year, 10 percent the second year with a further 5 HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Richmond Hill was not pres- ent at the meeting, since its council has expressed its be- lief that total and not piece- meal amalgamation of the Southern Six in pi‘oviding serv- ices is eSSential to survival. Messrs. Taylor and Davies had been assigned by the Ontario Police Commission to carry out a study on the feasibility of the amalgamation of the police forces of the six municipalities at the request of the Township of Markham. This request was supported by the Township of Vaughan and the Villages of Woodbridge, Stouffville and Markham. The advisers found that the geographic location of the mu- nicipalities lends to the feasiâ€" bility of unification. The dis- tance west to east is approxi- mately 25 miles and south to north approximately nine miles. This includes a total acreage of 142,272 or 222 square miles_ Vaughan Deputy- Reeve Williams Challenges Reeve Bailey's Record At least a two-way battle has been assured for the position of reeve in Vaughan Township in the December 2 municipal elections. ' It is largely rural in charac- ter and the total population is 74,195 with approximately 75% living in the central core (High- way 400 in thewest and the Deputy-reeve'x Garnet Williams rlnade! it‘officiafi this-week as he announced his intention of op- posing incumbent Reeve Brian Bailey. Mr. Williams' move was probably the non-shocker of the year as he has locked horns on numerous occasions with the reeve and other members of, council on policy issues. His most vigorous opposition involved the question of rais- ing the reeve‘s salary. States Mr. Williams: “The 200 percent raise in the reeve’s salary from $5,000 to $15,000 per year could reach $18,500 when other board sal- aries are added.” change in order to ensure equal representation across the town- ship.” Mr. Williams has consistently opposed any setting up of gar- bage dispOSal areas by Metro Toronto in the township. Deputy-reeve Williams was first elected to Vaughan Town- ship Council in 1962. He served one term (two years) on coun- cil and two terms as Deputy- reeve having received an ac- clamation in 1966. He has served as chairman of He has also objected stren- uously to the bylaw “creating a seven-man council passed at an eight o’clock in the morning meeting, and in the dying hours of a November 1 deadline, giv» Amalgamation of police forces of the Township of Markham, the Village of Markham, the Township of Vaughan, the Village of Stouffville, the Village of Woodbridge and the Town of Richmond Hill is not only possible but necessary in order to provide a complete and more efficient police service for the six communities, F. J. Taylor and Fred Davies, advisers to the Ontario Police Commission, reported to representatives of five of these municipalities November 6. “lamentable that a sincere effort to assess a situation should receive such abuse from churches themselves who are normally supposed to be expounding the spirit of charity to mankind." He thought it was a “valid argument that we are now living in a pluralistic society which is becoming more secularized. Everyone should participate and not receive special privilege.” Reaction of the audience to the speakers was polite but restrained with a few members asking questions and others offering argu- ments against taxation. percent‘increase each year until the level of 35 percent of actual value is reached. Mr. Lawlor was less dip- Iomatic stating he found it One comment v effect that the g shouldn‘t “crucify the Cross of Gold was to the government Christ on Don Mills Road in the east). The report suggests the posi- Metro Planning Board has cal- tion of chief be advertised and culated a 70% increase in popu- the existing chiefs and deputy lation by 1980, brmging the be given the opportunity to total to 125.000. The merger would elimi- nate duplication and im~ prove criminal investiga- tion methods under a cen- tral detective unit. the re- port claimed. Traffic con- trol and planning would be centralized â€" so would rec- ords, communications. serv- ing of summonses and war- rants and other court pap- ers. Training would be standardized and available to all members of the force. with more men freed for active police work. The present force of 83 now employed by the six police de- partments giving a ratio of one policeman to each 893 resi- dents. was considered sufficient .to serve the amalgamated area. apply. Under the plan, the exâ€" isting chiefs would become in- ,spectors or hold other senior ranks in the new department. No policeman would lose pay through amalgamation. Salary schedules in the six forces are almost identical. with first class constables receiving $7,300. Fringe benefits vary slightly from municipality to municipality. Total annual cost of policing the six municipalities at the present rates is estimated at $864,625. 1 Ontario Police Commis‘ sion Chairman Percy Milli- gan pointed out that the cost to Richmond Hill would be from $45,000 to (Continued on Page 15) The report emphasized the need for a central police. tele- phone number for the area to eliminate the confusion of visi- tors and residents when police are needed ing the taxpayers no notice or opportunity to appe_a}."fl Mr. Williams said that “we are over-governed now. This move amounts to having two more hands in the public till as well as more confusion. “It would make some sense,” he said, “if a ward system had been incorporated with the change in order to ensure equal representation across the town- ship.” Mr. Williams has consistently opposed any setting up of gar- bage disposal areas by Metro Toronto in the township. He has served as chairman of the fire, police. roads and fi- nance. This year he was ap- pointed to the newly formed Vaughan Township Hydro Com- mittee. ' Artificrounty council he served as secretary on welfare, bylaws and legislative icqmmitteps; and $15 chairman of the agriculture and reforestation committees. He has also served on the York Central Hospital Board and the York County Hospital Commission. He is presently commissioner for York Manor Home for the Aged and is chairman of the board. Mr. Williams pointed out that when he first entered munic- ipal politics it was his desire to “create an even balance of in- dustrial commercial assessment which at that time was less than six percent. “As of today." he said. “we have 40 percent industrial com- mercial as against 60 percent residential and I would like to see this balance maintained. “We are now in a position to develop both residential and industrial on a planned pro- gram," he said. Another thought the church would have “to sharpen up and face its re- sponsibilities. Maybe this tax would jar us enough and wake us up." The evening's moderator. Keith Carson, thanked the guest speakers and the aud- ience for expressing their feelings on the matter of church taxation. Mr. Deacon was the only one of the three Liberals on the provincial tax committee who favored taxing the churches. The other two Liberal members of the Select Com- mittee, James Breithaupt, Kitchener and James Trot- ter, Toronto-Parkdale, both opposed the taxing of churches. A dedicated churchman, Mr. Deacon has been active at Central United Church, Unionville for many years and an executive member of York Presbytery. It suggests the present Rich- mond Hill Police offices be used as administrative headquarters for the new force and that oper- ational stations be maintained in the present Markham Town- ship and Vaughan Township offices in phase one. Phase two calls for construction of a new central police headquarters on or near Yonge Street south of Richmond Hill. Salary schedules in the six forces are almost identical. with first class constables receiving $7,300. Fringe benefits vary slightly from municipality to municipality. Total annual cost of policing the six municipalities at the present rates is estimated at $864,625. 1 ,_ A, Ontario Police Commis- sion Chairman Percy Milli- gan pointed out that the cost to Richmond Hill would be from $45,000 to (Continued on Page 15) uuuunumuumuuummmmmuummmmmuulmummummu Lou Wainwright, a resident of the Richvale area of Vaughan Township for the past 18 years announced this week hg will_ be a candidate for the Vaughan Township Council in the forthâ€" coming election. Married with three children he has always taken a keen interest in com- munity affairs. He served for six years as a trustee on the York Central District High School Board and was active in If elected Mr. Wainwright promises to introduce some economies into government and use a common sense ap- proach in the solution of town- ship problems, He strongly op- poses the reeve’s salary of $15,000 and the way in which the matter of the seven mem- ber council was rushed through without any prior thought given to the introduction of a ward system if the size of the present council was going to be increased. [fiéqfidnie and school movement in the Richvale area. Mr. Wainwright feels the township must maintain a proper balance between its in- dustrial and residential assess~ ment if Vaughan’s finances are to remain in a healthy state. Mr. Wainwright advocates that future development be carried out in a planned, orderly fash- ion. He strongly opposes the intrusion of Metro ‘into Vaughan’s affairs. Mr. Wainwright is a past vet- eran of St. Mary’s Anglican Church and is the past master of the Masonic Order. In privâ€" ate life he is associated with Ontario Hydro where he is president of the largest credit union in Canada. Canadian Tire at 70 Yonge Street North in Richmond Hill urges you to hurry to get your limited quantity specials for per- sonal shopping. Sale ends November 25, «\umnullmmummm“mnummmnmuumlnmmmmmum LOU WAINWRIGHT Vaughan Candidate ~ MARE 'us The annual Canadian Tire "early bird" Christ- mas sale is now underway. Check the special supple- ment in this week’s Liberal for bargain buys for the kiddies ranging from toy Tommy Guns. baby doll out-fits, and a wide range of toy sales. A special “early bird" offer for father includes heavy duty dry cell batter- ies for flashlights, transist- or radios. re-power toys at a price of 33 cents for six. Canadian Tire Christmas Sale PER COPY 10¢