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However. the township has many homes built on 10 acre lots. the minimum acreage al- lowed to be separated without a registered subdivision plan for several years. This minimum acreage was increased a couple of years ago to 25 acres. Assessment on these proper- ties has been increased 10 or 15 times. Vaughan Deputy- reeve Albert Rutherford told "The Liberal". The 1969 Vaughan Twp. coun-‘ed assessment will bring about ty assessment on which taxes a corresponding decrease in the will be levied in 1970 has in- mill rate next year. the deputy- creased 6.6 times approximately, reeve noted that anyone in in most cases. it was learned Vaughan whose assessment in- last week. This applies to resiâ€" crease is in the 6.6 times aver- dences in built-up areas and toiage will be paying only the land which is being used for ag-lsameltaxes as this year for the ricuitural purposes. The assess- same expenditure. Any in- ment is based on 1967 market'crease. if there is one. in the value of land and buildings. amount of taxes to be paid by‘ However, the township hasxthe individual property owner! many homes built on 10 acre will be only the natural incre- lots. the minimum acreage al- ment fer the year. I That's right, Eastern Stand-‘ The timing of the ard Time comes back at 2.00l effect with the introductk am Sunday, so don't forget to turn the‘clock back an hour Councillor James Jongencel when retiring Saturday night. dropped the “bomb” on the It’s also another sign thatlunsuspecting press in the form Old Man Winter is about to armor copy of the minutes of the rive on the scene. Boo! [October 6 meeting which stated: Vaughan Assessment Up 6.6 Times Markham's ls Raised 8.288 Times This Is the weekend sleepy- heads catch up on that hour of sleep lost in April when Day- light Saving Time began. Yeah! Pointing out that the increas- VOL. 92, NO. 17‘ Dream Of Building Oak Ridges And District Arena Fades With Return Of $12, 000 Raised Pledges totalling about 82.700 were lined up by participants. and 128 men. women and children (and the No dogs) completed the route. Several boys had to drop out because they had hockey games scheduled. and two boys who did complete the march had to dash off to tend their paper routes. Youngest to complete the walk was Becky Hurley. 5. who walked with her family. Two particmants. Dana Graham and Roger Woodward. hitch-hiked from New- market. but walked five miles of the way in order to not to Richmond Hill for the start of the walk. “Chances are poor of getting something going. but there is a remote possibility that something “Unless a miracle occurs in the form of service clubs taking over on an investor with all or most of the money coming along, there‘s not much hope of an arena being built. but we will keep our char- ter for a year in case something comes through." said Mr. Achilles. In fact. all but less than $100 of the $12,000 has been returned and one of the reasons for the com- pany retaining its charter is so this outstanding amount can be returned to 15 shareholders who have moved without leaving a for- warding address. Richmond Hill District YWCA realized nlmns! om- quarter of its 1969-70 campaign nhjective of 510.000 on Saturday when 179 walkers and two dogs set out from the YWCA headquarters on Yonge Street for a 20 mile Walkathon. By THOMAS SOMES The dream that might have become reality if it hadn't been for official red tape has faded even more with the return to some 450 shareholders of $12.000 they had invested in the Oak Ridges and District Arena Limited. Gordon Achilles. who still serves as treasurer of the almost defunct company. confirmed last. week that the money of shareholders is being returned. 20 Mile Walk Brings $2, 700 To » YWCA However, Mr. Rutherford de- amalgamati clared that the owners of small Dress table acreages classed as rural resi- After M‘ dential and not as agricultural mg had ad will be penalized. although in Said that ; the past they had been forced motion of to buy much more land than been prep: would have satisfied their discussing needs. . ipal Affair: At the October 7 meeting of‘suggestion (Continued on Page 3) that since a ’Markham ’s Amalgamationfigl )(Is ‘Delayed Fuse Time Bomb’ The delayed fuse was a motion council had passed on October 6 approving proposed amalgamaâ€" tion with the Town of Markham. The step was taken after a motion of adjournment had been introduced and the press had left the council chambers. The timing of the amalgamation is to take effect with the introduction of regional government. Markham Township Council dropped a “delayed fuse time bomb” on press representatives Monday night. Councillor James Jongeneel] "Consideration was given 10 The Oak Ridges and District Arena Limited received a charter allowing it to issue up to 250,000 shares in a limited company with a par value of $1 each. The company entered into a trust agreement with the Guar- anty Trust Company at Richmond Mr. Achilles explained that the Oak Ridges and District Arena Limited had proposed building of an arena on a 10-acre site with a total value of 5150000. The arena was similar in cost and design to community arenas then located in Prescott and Waterdown. “As for soliciting straight out and out donations for the con- struction of an arena. we could never do it. The community is too small and not prosperous enough for us to raise the kind of money that would be needed." he added. Mr. Achilles said the plan for construction of an arena proposed in 1965 by Oak Ridges and Dis- trict Arena Limited was about the only hope residents in the Oak Ridges area had of gaining facil- ities. could come up." he added “0.-..-. u..- “uuv uuur After Monday night’s meet-‘imbury Township would form ing had adjourned, Mr. Romanithe fifth municipality and said that after the October 6 Georgina, North Gwillimbury motion of adjournment hadiand Sutton becoming the sixth. been prepared. council began'municipality in the county, withi discussing Minister of Munic-ithe possible addition of p012! ipal Affairs Darcy McKeough's‘tions of Ontario County to take suggestion and it was decided‘the northern boundary to the that since all members of coun- Trent Canal area. a Mr. Jongeneel said he beâ€" lieved “the press will be inter- ested in the action we have taken" as he passed the copy of the minutes pertaining to the amalgamation proposal to the “That this council does here- by approve of the proposed am- algamation of the Town of Markham and the Township of Markham with the adjusted boundaries as recently present- ed informally by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.” The resolution imously. ‘Molion presented by Deputy- reeve Anthony Roman and sec- onded by Councillor Allan Sum- ner: the matter of proposed amal- gamation within the new reg- ional set-up as recently present- ed informally to heads of mun- icipalities by the Minister of Municipal Affairs. Biggest money makers among the young people were Tam Simmonds and Nora Winje. 11. Adults who had the largest sum in pledges were Rick Soderherg and Mrs. Phyllis Miller, president of the Y. The picture ahoile was taken hnâ€"Newkirk Road as the walkers sfitr off on the first leg' of their 20 mile hike. Check points were set. up along the way and staffed by volunteers. Members of St. John Ambulance Brigade were on hand for emergency treatment. Foot powder was'supplied by local drug stores, other citizens donated food to sustain the walkers along the way. and there were refreshments. hot and cold, at the Y for those who made the full distance. Mrs. Pearl Wilson. a grandmother. and Mrs. Thomas Broadhurst. wife of the mayor. decided they had had enough after ten miles of walking. Check points were set. up along the way and staffed @flw mm “In Essentials Duty; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity carried unan- if a building could be built and then demanded we have guaran- tees from contractors that the arena could be built for the am- "The securities commission stopped us from selling shares because we didn't own any prop- erty and when we obtained an option on a site they asked for an engineering certificate to indicate Bill that shareholder money would be held until the $150,000 objec- tive was reached or if by June 30. 1969, the objective was not reached, the money would be re- turned to the shareholders. Sale of the shares began in 1967 and were quickly purchased by the 450 shareholders who had put up the 312.000 at the rate of $1 per share. but then the company ran into difficulties with the Ontario Securities Commission. ' “The OSC was under stinging attack because of Windfall, the Atlantic Acceptance collapse and Prudential Finance Corporation‘s difficulties and I guess they were being extra cautious because they didn't agree with our trust agree- ment arrangements." said Mr. Achilles. 16' Richmond Hill and most of Vaughan Township would be in one municipality and the south- ern urbanized Concession 1 of Vaughan with Markham Town- ship and the Town of Markham in another municipality. In the centralsection of York County. Aurora and a portion of Whitchurch Township would be added to King Township for a third municipality and Stouffc ville and the remainder of Whit-i church Township would form the fourth municipailty. Newmarket and East Gwill- imbury Township would form the fifth municipality and RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,‘ OCTOBER 23, 1969 This plan proposes six mun- icipalities in the county, with the southern portion forming two of the divisions. The Vaughan-King. Markham-Whit- chui‘ch Townlines would form the northern boundary and the north-south division would start at the townlines and follow the proposed fight-ofavay of High- way 404 south to 16th Avenue and west along Carrville Roadi to Bathurst Street and south to Steeles Avenue. , . He added that the fledgling! [9‘1 “ere, present to reconvene:orgahization also expected to be m? meetmg and pass the l‘eSOI'involved with town beautifica- utmn' tion projects and other underâ€" T h 9 Markham Township takings aimed at the bettermentl Council resolution evolves from of our home community. The a proposed plan for regional promotion of Richmond Hill as boundaries presented to the a place to live. work'and do Inter-Municipal Committee o‘nlbusiness is‘another aim. Regional Government in York‘ Mr. Casement was officially County by staff members of installed in his new position the Municipal Board on Sep- along with Bob Biggin. vice- tember 10. ,â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€" v oil were present to reconvene the meeting and pass the resol- ution. All But $100 Rebated To "This is why our proposal ap- pealed to investors. They knew "There have been several prev- ious projects that have fallen through and people have lost their money. This is particularly true where donations from the public have been solicited and when projects were abandoned no one could discover what had hap- pened to the money they had given in good faith.” he added. “Although we weren't able to go ahead with soliciting shareholders and raise enough money to build the arena. we achieved at least one of our purposes, no one lost any money. In the future. there‘s a chance someone else may be able to succeed Where we have failed. We didn't leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth," said Mr. Achilles. Although disappointed that the company met difficulties with the OSC which could not be overcome. Mr. Achilles is happy that it is now being wound up without leav- ing a bad taste in anyone’s mouth. cunt specified. They would not accept our air-tight trust agree- ment." he said. The office of Dual Hoisting, Pine Crest. was entered on Oc- tober 18 and a typewriter was stolen. Four Astro tires. also valued at $200, were stolen from the Highway 7 and 50 gas station on October 19. Vaughan Township Police re- port oil and antifreeze valued at $200 were stolen from Sina- goga Construction Company lo- cated on the Carl-ville Sideroad on October 17. Also taken were a shift knob. tonneau cover, custom gas cap and tool kit. A Maple man reported to police someone had stolen his steering wheel along with other articles from his sports car. The articles missing from the car owned by John Crevier, Keele Street, Maple, were val- ued at $125. l Richmond Hill Police this week report a bogus $20 bill was included in the pay packet of a local man. His wife attempted to deposit the bill and it was turned over to police. The bill, a good reproduction of a gen: uine bill, bears the serial num-‘ ber S over E2511936. Bogus $20 Found In Pay Envelope ["5elf-help one where, as a unit- ‘ed voice, we ban make repre- lsentation to gave-minents at the ‘municipal, provincial and fedâ€" eral levels. The chamber also makes available a line of com- munication from government to the community‘s largest tax- payers â€"â€" its business and pro- fessional people," Mr. Casement said. The meeting was held at the Richmond Hill Golf and Counâ€" try Club. Mr. Casement. who operates a commercial photography studio in Richmond Hill, de- scribed tlie organization as a A total of 90 persons attended president the inaugural meeting Wednesâ€"{Reeve 1 day night of last week of thelPlaxton ‘ newly formed Richmond Hill Thomas Chamber of Commerce which attending saw Stuart Casement elected as Board m its first president. Anothe Stuart Casement President “as H I”): UH," for Vaughan Township." Reeve Garnet Williams told "The Liberal". “On that rlate not only did we learn about the OWRC proposals to solve our water and sewerage proh- lcms. but, 1 attended official announcements for two imâ€" portant additions to our in- dustrial community. A third large industry has also an- nounced it will be locating in Vaughan.” DOMTAR ARBORITE A new $5.6 million manu- facturing plant for Vaughan Township was announced by UL'I UIDL'I H 2i-illlllllllllllllllllllllllliIilllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllilllilllllllllllilllilllllllll|lIllllllliiillllllllllllllill“Illlllllllllllltllllltllltllllllllllllllllltillllllllllllllltlllllllllilll\lllllittlllllllilllllli“tillilllllllllllllllllillillllltlll 1'. .f .- Ullnllfir \OI'ISH'UCIIOH mater- ials Ltd. to house the com- pany's arborite division. It will employ more than 200 people when it is fully operational. with 140 being new employees in new jobs. It. is expected that con- struction will start early next year and production of decorative plastic laminates should begin early in 1971. The plant and offices will cover a 150.000 square foot area and will have a produc- tion capacity of 25 million to 30 million square feet of these laminates. Present warehousmg and sales faci- lities located at Malton will be incorporated in the Vaug- han plant. It will he located on ap- proximately 10 acres pur- chased from the CNR on the west side of Keele Street just south of the road lead- ing in to the railways ter- minal building. The arborite industrial laminates plant located on Hollinger Road in Toronto will also be integrated into the Vaughan Township plant. It employs 65 people. In making the announce- ment at a news conference attended by officials of the Ontario Government and Reeve Garnet Williams of Vaughan Township. Presiâ€" dent Jack Cochran of Dom- tar Construction Materials Ltd. said: “The market for plastic laminates is growing rapidly and our company wishes not; only to maintain but to increase its leadership in this field in Canada. We will need additional capacity shortly. We cannot expand our only Canadian plant again for physical and eco. nomic reasons. so we decided that a new manufacturing facility should be located near a major market area. In doing so. we will better serve not only the Ontario market. but also Western Canada." Domtar‘s arborite division headquarters are located in the arborite plant at LaSalle. Quebec, and there is another arborite plant at North S h i e l d s, 'Northumberland. England. Arborite as used in kit- (Continued on Page 17) lllllllllilllllltllllllllllllllilliilllllilllilllllllillllllllllllltlilllillllllllllllllllllitlllllllllllllllltlllllltilillIllilltlilllltlllllllillIt“llllllllillllllllllllltl-F Launch Hill Chamber Of Commerce DOMTAR ARBORITE A new $5.6 million manu- facturing plant for Vaughan Township was announced by “October 9' was a big day for Vaughan 'l‘mrnship.“ Reeve Garnet Williams lold "The Liberal": "On that, date not only did we learn about the OWRC proposals to solve our water and sewerage probâ€" lems. bul. I attended official announcements for two imâ€" portant additions to our in- dustrial community. A third large industry has also an- nounced it will be locating in Vaughan.” 450 Shareholders STUART CASEMENT Heads Chamber of Commerce ‘ “The Ontario or Canadian or- ganization does not dictate to you in any form. Each individ- ual chamber of commerce is left to conduct its own affairs, it's autonomous.” ‘ He concluded by saying that every individual member of your “organization must do his part, must get involved with his community. To achieve your goals you need a sound pro- gram, :1 sound membership, and sufficient money to make the first tivo applicable.” Mr. Shaver said the parent bodies did act as liaisons be- tween local bodies in preparing and submitting briefs to the federal and provincial govern ments. Mr. Shaver emphasized that every chamber of commerce body operated independently of the parent provincial organiza- tion. to criticize but to help the municipality get the feeling of the town‘s needs. to be a good sounding board for the citizens of the community." he said. “You should also have a I'e-l presentative attending the] municipaliiy‘s council meetings. He will be there not so much president. by iReeve Donald Plaxton. lPlaxton was subbing for Mayor ‘Thomas Broadhurst who was attending a Metro Planning Board meeting in Toronto. Another special guest was Clair Shaver. assistant Ontario manager for the chamber of organization. Mr. Shaver said it was the job of any chamber of com- merce body “to strive for sound. efficient administration at the three levels of government. "You should also have a re- presentative attending municipality‘s council meetings. He will be there not so much to criticize but to help the Richmond Hill [ Mr.‘ Reeve Plaxton discussed the possible implications of re- gional government on munici- palities in York County stating that “it is fairly well recogniz- ed that some change, some re- structuring is necessary al- though there are pro and con feelings on the form such a change should take.” Mr. Plaxton said "there had been a number of meetings held by the 18 member Inter-Muni- cipal Committee “and the con- sensus of opinion would appear to favor the existing borders the,of York County as the boundary lines for any regional govern- ment." The Committee comprises the heads municipality get the feeling of‘of the 14 municipalities in thel ' . _ _ . the town‘s needs. to be a good‘County of York. the wardens ofiactlvltles as Well as Obtamlng Inter-Municipal; Bayview Secondary School and 2a student at Richmond Hill High ‘to commemorate the name of the late Dr. Cameron Cowan, Richmond Hill physician who died a year ago following the crash of his light plane in Whit- church. The scholarships have been offered by the Richmond Hill Lions Club. Dr. Cowan was for some time an active member and was a past president of the club. Offer of the scholarships was received at a meeting of York ‘County Board of Education on October 14. The scholarship winners will be all-round students who have been active in extra-curricular It is expected that con- struction will start early next year and production of decorative plastic laminates should begin early in 1971. It will employ more than 200 people when it is fully operational. with 140 being new employees in new jobs. He also said that the fact 450 shareholders had made small in- vestments in a relatively short period was an indication that the company‘s share purchase plan would have worked. “We were suggesting that if “Interest in our project was growing and there was some big money waiting on the sidelines about ready to come in when the lnqestors had a better idea of whether we would succeed. The big investors were unwilling to have large sums of money tied up for three years if the project wasn’t going to go ahead,” added Mr. Achilles. “We could have made it if we hadn't been stopped. We had only been selling shares for a few weeks when we were stopped from soliciting the sale of shares in November, 1967," he said. “Interest in our project was Mr. Achilles still believes that If the company had not exper- ienced difficulty with the OSC, the plan would have succeeded. that if the arena project didn't go ahead, their money was protected and would be returned to them,” he said. IEOVME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1875 (Continued on Page 3) numummuumquuuuuuummuu1mumunluuuunumummu the Counties of York. Simcoe and Ontario and the chairman Domtar, Overmyer, CIL When Reeve Donald Plaxton suggested that other candidates for seats at the council table might accuse present office hold- ers of using such a meet- ing or meetings for politi- cal campaigning, it was pointed out by Councillor MacDiarmid that such people “could be our most avid listeners.“ Reeve Plaxlnn discussed the BayView Secnndary School ant possible implications of re.£a student at Richmond Hill Higt gional government on munici-‘tO commemorate the name 0: palities in York County statingithe late Dr. Cameron Cowan Monday evening the same two councillors were the proposers of a motion that public meetings be held to explain regional government to the people of Richmond Hill after the meeting with Mr. Mc- Keough and before the nomination meeting. The motion carried unanim- ously. Last March council agreed to a suggestion by Councillors Lois Hanccy and John MacDiarmid to invite Mr. McKeough and other speakers to discuss regional government with them â€" but on April 1 the minister made his an- nouncement of regional government to York Coun- ty Council, and the meet- lng with him was not held. Richmond Hill Town Council will be meeting Minister of Municipal Af- fairs Darcy McKeough 0c- tober 28, it was announced Monday. This meeting has been arranged to give local councillors an opportunity to express to Mr. Mc- Keough their thoughts on regional government. Meet M cKeough Regional Gov’t. It will be located on ap- proximaler 10 acres pur- chased from the CNR on the west side of Keele Street just south of the road lead- ing in to the railway‘s ter. minal building. warehousing and sales {aci- lities located at Malton will be incorporated in the Vaug- han plant. Although all seven still serve on the executive, Messrs. Laing. Mr. Geary and Carruthers no longer reside in the Oak Ridges area. Mr, Laing is -now working in Sudbury. Mr. Geary has moved to London. Ontario. and Mr. Car- ruthers has moved to Bramalea. President is Norman Taylor, Ron Laing is vice-president. Mr. Achilles. treasurer; Danny Geary. secretary; Fred Carruthers. direc- tor of share sales; Dave Carruth- ers. director of fund raising and Frank Hawken, director of pub- licity. Seven citizens than living in the Oak Ridges area head the exec- utive of the Oak Ridges and Dis- trict Arena Limited. “Had we continued the sale of shares into 1968 and larger in- vestors been attracted, there is no doubt we would have succeeded," he added. “People were just start- ing‘lo become interested when we were prevented from soliciting the sale of shares." 1.000 people subscribed $1 a week for the purchase of shares over three years we could build our arena," said Mr. Achilles. The tender covers clearing and grubbing and installation of storm sewers, curbs. catch basins, etc., from Centre Street East north on Pugsley to Duf- ferin. along Dufferin to Yonge and on Centre. Richmond and Wright Street for the first block west of Yonge. The tender must now be ap- proved by the Ontario Depart- ment of Highways before work is started. APPROVE EXPROPRIATION ' Council agreed at its October 20 meeting to instruct Town Sol- icitor Thomas Fraser to pro- ceed with expropriation of all lands required for North Yonge Street reconstruction where the owners have not agreed to ac-. cept the municipality‘s offer. 'ensation offered in all cases was the market value of the .land plus payment for injurious affection to the remainder of the property. “We haven't made any exceptions. There llshould never be any exceptions for expediency. Payment should be value based on the highest and best use plus a sum tor injurious affection to the remainder. It is a fair comp- ensation and a compensation I am prepared to recommend to council." he said. “I think you're to be compli- mented," stated Councillor Lois Hancey. “The reason you were able to accomplish so much so ireadily is because you dealt on a fair and equitable basis. I, (Continued on Page 15) \Will Expropriate 3 Properties {Contract Let For Storm Sewers The tencler of G. C. Romano, Appraiser Edward Higgins of Construction Limited. RR 1.’Gibson-Willoughby Realtors in- Maple. for road and storm formed council that for the sewer construction in connec- northern section only three tion with Yonge Street recon- properties remained to be ob- struction was accepted by Rich- tained. mond Hill Town Council at a A suggestion by Councillor brief meeting on October 14. Ivan Mansbridge that one of Seven tenders were receixed these be settled by acceding to with the Romano bid being the the demands of the owner for lowest. High tender was $411.- extra compensation for two 781.06. All tenders were eval- trees, rather than pay the costs uated by the works commis- of expropriation, was not enter- sioner and the consulting enntainedt gineers. 1 Mr. Higgins noted that come- The scholarship winners will be allâ€"round students who have been active in extra-curricular activities as well as obtaining reasonably good marks in class. The students selected must be continuing their education at a higher level â€"â€" university. com- munity college, or other institu- tion. In the past. the Lions have awarded $300 in scholarships. The club would like to have a part in selectingthe students who will receive their awards, Offer of the scholarships was received at a meeting of York County Board of Education on October 14. Richmond Hill physician who died a year ago following the crash of his light plane in Whit- church. Scholarships fnr $500 each will be presented to a student, at Bayview Secnndary School and a student at Richmond Hill High to commemorate the name of Dr. C am (0 wan Scholars/rip "It could even be done with small investors if 40 people with about $5,000 to invest got to- gether and took over. but because our executive can‘t proceed on the basis we planned, we‘re pretty much out of the picture,” he added. Mr. Achilles said the company will keep its charter for another year to complete its business, but unless something happens, the idea has fallen flat. “There's still some lntenest in the proposal and if a service club group or some other investor with sufficient capital came along we would gladly turn over our chat- ter." said Mr. Achilles. Although it is dim, there is still a faint glimmer of hope that a miracle will occur and the idea of a private companv being re-t’ormed to revive the arena construction plan will catch on. “If the company was to be re- vived, it is obvious we would need new members to serve on the ex- ecutive,” said Mr. Achilles.‘ Mr. Hawken. although his home is still in Oak Ridges, travels ex- tensively. Mr. Higgins noted that comp- ensation offered in all cases was the market value of the land plus payment for injurious affection to the remainder of the property. “We haven't made any exceptions. There should never be any exceptions Appraiser Edward Higgins of Gibson-Willoughby Realtors in- formed council that for the northern section only three properties remained to be ob- tained. and have asked that two Lions be allowed to meet with school officials to review a list of three or four students recommended by the school guidance counsel- lor. principal or other staff and to help in making the final de- cision. nomic reasons. so we decided that a new manufacturing facility should be located near a major market area. In doing so. we will better serve not only the Ontario market. but also Western Canada." LATE DR. CAM COWAN PER COPY 10c