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“public Library, 24 Rio Sou W‘I'ifiht ST": hL‘iOnC. Hill: ne 6‘54’5-9‘11-0 "In VOL. 92, NO. 22. RICHMOND HILL. 0N dithered Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" TARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27,1969 Santa Greets Hundreds Of Children 0n Arrival Fresh from his workshop at the North Pole. Santa C1 Centre Saturday to the delight of hundreds of area children. aus arrived at Richmond Heights Jolly Old Saint Nick has completed his supply of toys and games for this Christmas and will be at the Centre weekdays from 1 to 8 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm to hear the wishes of youngsters. led by the Wilkie Ranger, and then stories of “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” next to Santa's (Photo by Stuart‘s Studiol Santa’s arrival was followed by a parade. Workshop. Mansbridge, MacDiarmid, Perkins, Lazenby Vie For Mayoralty, The two candidates for the mayor's seat and the two for the deputy-reeveship presented their platforms at Monday night's Richmond Hill nomina- tion meeting: â€"Police Settle On 1969 Salary At Approximate OPP Level Richmond Hill Police will be a commission offer of a 9 per-gonly slightly removed from the‘ the same cent wage increase. The 1967-68 wage scale foriShip settled for substantially the Richmond Hill Police Of-'the OPP rate. ficers with first year experience iTownship revised its agreement. in various categories was: First Year Cadet. $3.900. sec-. OHd year. $4,300. Pl‘Obational‘y-tween the town‘s commission Constablev $5,000. Third Class and police association were re-T Constable. $6.400. Second ClaSS.sumed and an amicable settle. TlieiConstable. $6.800. First Classlment reached. “It “111 be cost. paid on approximately scale as the Ontario Provincial Police according to an agree- ment reached between the town’s police commission and the police association about two weeks ago. Mayor Thomas Broadhurst a member of the threeâ€"man commission reportedi to council last week. other members of the commis- sion are Judge Garth Moore of Toronto and Judge James But- ler of Richmond Hill. The basic pay will be retro-' active to the first of the year. but fringe benefits in which there are many alterations. will‘ come into effect on the sign- ing of the agreement. the mayori explained. } Details of the agreement‘: were not immediately available but will be presented to town council at a later date. In the spring when negotiaa tions between the commission‘ors and the association were dead-‘without pay locked. the association decided committees. to go to arbitration in June. Reeve Donald Plaxton. Both sides named a representa- mond Hill is in an tive to the arbitration boardiposition. but the third member ,Broadhurst reported Markhamjan overage." Mr. Township had settled with itsstated. ‘police association at a iOPP scale and Vaughan Town- Then Markham .to the same level. ‘. With this in mind talks be-‘ consalble $7300: sergeant-flier. but we were aware at. $8.000. ibudget time that the police1 In the meantime. Mayorfaccount would doubtless have‘ Broadhurst “It‘s a long and com- level'iplicated agreement." Get Town Culllinks For Service Each year. at this time. Rich- mond Hill Town Council hon- the citizens who on Douglas Hitchins, Shaun Beggsi ! chairman was not named. TheiWilhOUt you." police had earlier turned down‘ For A MEHY ChTIStmaSiand Country Shop At Canadian Tirei Do you want to buy a nei‘\r-.Mar\ns OUS breakdown? not. they are for sale. Canadian Tire Store. corner of Wright and Yongei the dozens of items displayed page special insert in an eight1 in this For the outdoor types. there are skis and toboggans and sno-lAllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll' Assrstant Engineer surfers and hockey equipmentl of all sorts â€" all in junior andl senior sizes. as well as snow- mobile boots for men and wo-‘ men. With holiday entertaining al- ready getting underway. the. store has some dandy specials for the hostess â€" fondue sets complete with forks. electric can openers. kettles. mixers. blenders, old-world type cer- amic beer Sirius. and thermo- statically controlled hot trays to keep food at the right tem- peratures for serving The winter driver will be ill- terested in a defroster gun.‘ battery warmer. windshield cov- er and “Infra Ray“ or “Heat Flo" seat designed to take some of the headaches out of De- cember driving. On a one stop Christmas shopping spree. you can also pick up festive candles. color-‘ ed lights for indoors and out- doors. easi-spray decorator paint. rotary color wheel. tree stand. and even a life-like vinyl Christmas tree The sale Is on now and con- tinues to December 8. Shop early and avOId the kind of ner- vous breakdown you don't have to buy. recognized by ~ . cufflinks la week's Issue of "The leeral"- which bear the town's crest.t “Rich-i unusual' It is too small to andlpay you all but too big to do‘ The sixth annual awards "â€" banquet and social evening was held at the Summit Golf‘ Club on Novem- ber 20. Councillor William Lazenby served as emcee and‘ ‘Rev. David McGuire of St. Anglican Church. BGIIGVe ll 01‘.member of the board of direcâ€" Tlle tors of the new Day Care Cen- at The tre. asked the blessing. _ Each year a few individuals Streets has one listed amongwho have made unique contri-. Christmas gift butions to the municipality are presentation of; womenliI pin for Markham Twp. Dalo Keliar. 35. of To- ronto has been appointed as assistant engineer of Markham Township. The promotion of Mr. Reliar was confirmed at the No- vember 17 council meeting. The (‘Lechoslovakian-born civil engineer arrived in Canada just a little over a year ago and has been em- ployed in the township engineering department a little over six months. Mr. Keliar said he and his wife left their home- land 10 days after Soviet bloc troops occupied their country. They fled to Aus- tria, where. with the help of Canadian immigration officials. he obtained a visa to come to Canada. He will be working un- der the direction of Town- ship Engineer Dipen )luk- heriee. Mr. Keliar has had more than 13 years experi- ence in civil engineering in Czechoslovakia. . minimmulunluiuntlimiumnmuulummmmnmumiiummu serve its appointed In the words of; SHAUN BEGGS i ' Receives Town Honor l‘This does not detract from ithe contributions of the others.” the reeve explained. “but is a tangible recognition of the The York County Branch mental health is already thinking about Christmas. and White Cross Volunteers are col- lecting gifts to be distri- buted to the mentally ill in the county. The aim of the volun- teers is to be sure that each patient gets a gift. For many of them. family ties are weak or non-exist- ent and if it were not for the generosity of the pub- lic there would be nothing under the tree for them on Christmas morning. The branch‘s Executive Secretary Mrs. Faye 0’- Callaghan reports there are over 1.000 patients in homes for special care and in two Ontario Hospitals in York County. Last year 1,400 donations were received, wrapped and distributed by volun- teer workers. Men seem to be the most forgotten people says Mrs. O’Callaghan. There The three were quic White Cross Collects Gifts For Mentally Ill association WILLIAM LAZENBY William Lazenby. pharmacist, who announced his candidacy urged his audience to know its for the mayoralty in September, . all-llIlIlllllll!Illlllllllllllll I I o l E The Best on the Block E I g snow BLOWER 5 = From $309.93 â€" See Them N0w at: = I E ENDEAN NURSERES LTD. : : 542 vonge St.Richmond Hill â€"â€" 884-5996: =IIIII.II!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJII‘ HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 PER COPY 10c Dephty-Reeveshipi felt Richmond Hill can hold itsl own in regional government by| negotiating and compromising where necessary. . Questions each ratepayer should answer for himself. he thought are. “What do we 3 have in common with the north- ern municipalities? The minis- ter says they need our leader- ship. Do we need the expense of giving it to them? I think this expense should be under- taken by the province." He program for the town's youth. asm. Mr. Lazenby has served as 1964 to 1969, and has served on a long local representatives, them and “they will create a be proud." ter liaison between the rate- ltives. Mr. are always many beautiful gifts for women. She rugs gests soeks. playing c rds and toiletries as appropri' ate and the men love them. Gifts should not be wrap- ped before they are donat- ed however. as the beauti- ful wrappings have to be removed and the contents examined before they are passed on to the recipients. There will be a gift wrap- ping bee at the public health building in New- market from 10 am to 4 pm on December 9 when the public is invited'to come out and lend a hand. There will also be a party for 150 patients on December 11 complete with Christmas tree and enter- tainment. For more information contact Mrs. Edith Jones, Richmond Hill 884-7686; Mrs. Billye Maver, Thorn- hill 889-2571; Dr. Ramsay Armitage. Maple 832-1195; or House of Wayne. Oak Ridges 773-4071. iThree Charged In Armed Holdup Of Service Station In Gormley The three men who robbed a ceiver from the telephone andl Gormley service station attenâ€" the pair raced to the waiting‘ ‘dant at gunpoint Friday andlcar which then sped off. lfled with about $200 in cashl soon learned that crime doesn‘tilicense PHY- While racing from the holdup jsceiie their car crashed into a body would be with a gun point. iUnionville utility pole. ‘ the the Lea was unable to get number because rear plate was bent upwards. “I guess I was scared. Any- Lea told 1ing in their face." kly ar’i“The Liberal.” rested by Markham Township Police and taken to York Coun-1they had two bullets in the gun. ty Hospital with an array of minor injuries. ‘ He said the men told him They were standing about five .feet away and were not mask- One man received a broken ed. nose and facial cuts. the second a cut eye and sprained ankle worked at the service station The Markham youth. who has e f ' f l ' ‘mak the . . . felts 0 al “ho e and the third contuSlons to his for the past six months. saidthe town tick‘.“ Only two persons the coveted award at this year’s banquet. First to receive the cuffllnks was Douglas Hitchins of Hard- ll‘lE Boulevard. who has ser\ed on the Civic Committee since its inception. . . kn lecened In Richmond Hill Pr0vincial two minutes." threesome; were remanded in custody with- were notified of an accident out bail until December 2. Charged with armed robbery'Unionville. L‘pon and the crash. Of 2453 rested. Court Improvement “""‘_‘- ' David \ent. 99. Tuesday the Moreau. ‘21 20. both Ernest (in introducing .\lr. Hitchlns. 9119?“ 5‘11"“ E35“ Reeve Plaxton compliment- THROW." Thal’fi‘l'. 21. 0f ed him and his committee on SCHI‘DOI‘O Road. Scarboro. the wellâ€"presented and imagin- ative "Operation Facelift" pre- the 1'0 a detectives give this account: sented earlier this year as concept of the desired appear- ;ance of Tonga Street. Mr. Hitchins‘ movies of the street were a feature of this presen- and b0 Three hours later. about 4.15 same man and two and parked tation. The second award went Shaun Beggs. under chairmanship the parks in the past few years and now newly organized parks to am. whose others board their car on the station lot. Two jumped out and entered and the station, One brandished a Piecing together details Toronto and 90 Vent apparently was northbound whole robbery only took “about Markham Township Police In later in investigating the three were ar- rabout minutes Police said a car driven by on Main Street. L‘nionville. and of failed to straighten out after bbery Markham Township negotiating a bend in the road. A slight covering of snow was At about 1.30 am Friday a on the pavement at the time. man entered McQuay‘s Texaco; Service Station. RR 2. Gormley. splitting it in two and wrecking ward 1 ught cigarettes. then left. the vehicle. the returned recreation committee has made .32 calibre revolver. the local most its contribution to scene. Last year‘s brain child of All iConthued on Page 3» t S'W- Lea cessful winter carnival “‘3‘ ill? Markham. to turn over. "all the Regas. N no monov " He ordered attendant Brian Street. of 4.7 Main 17. The car then hit a utility pole A gun believed to be used in the robbery was found at the scene. The men were arrested by Markham Township Constable Robert Burbridge and taken to hospital. They were later trans- ferred to the Don Jail. Police say the Friday robbery was the third armed holdup in the township in the past three One man then ripped the re- years. support municipality of which you will - Stressing the need for bet- . payer and the local representa-: ’ Lazenby stated he‘ l T'- t l l i . t FLOD PEKINS “I have taken my time in an- nouncing my candidacy for the mayor’s chair, in the hope that I might have been able to per- suade Tom Broadhurst to run again. If I am elected to that. office I assure you the town will‘ be run in pretty much the same way." stated Deputyâ€"reeve Floyd Perkins. i “I don't want to turn every-l thing topsy-turvy. I don‘t want' to make enemies at the provin- cial and county levels. I have found those with severe criti-‘ cism of York County as the bas-is for regional government have no alternative to offer that fits in with provincial policy." he continued. “I know most department heads at Queen’s Park and I‘ feel that someone who knows them will get more for Rich-Ii mond Hill.” Mr. Perkins claim- advocated an extended 5' to give them release for their -, energy and for their enthusi- : councillor for Ward 2 froth list of committees dur- ' ing that time, as well as being Vice-chairman of the finance committee for six years. ; _ x “:s our youth problems. I would! be far more interested in see-l ing a solution to the drug‘ problem." he stated. More than 2200 ratepa 19 Candidatds, Only 9 Seats yers P\‘l(‘l€llt'€(l an interest in municipal government and its problems by turn- ing out to the annual Richmond Hill nomination meeting Monday evening and by staying until the last of 19 nominees for the nine seats had had his say. Four acclamations were given to: Reeve Donald Plaxton, Ward 3 Councillor Lois Hancey. and to the two hydro commissioners, William Wagner and Sam Cook. Elections will be held Dec- ember 6 for the offices of may- or. deputy-reeve and councillors in Wards l. 2 and 4, with 15 candidates vying for the five seats. Successful candidates will hold office for two years. . An advance poll will be held December 1. from 2- 10 pm in . the council chamber. JOHN MacDIARMID A candidate for the seat of‘ deputy-reeve. left vacant by Mr. Perkins’ decision to run for the mayoralty. John MacDiar- mid also paid tribute to Mayor Broadhurst. “The council elected on De-j cember 6 will have to make many important decisions. The. next two years will see deci-i sions which will shape our town and county." he claimed. i “We must determine the sys-‘ tem best for our town and speak up. We must determine the size. shape and powers of this municipality in the future by common sense and spell them out to the Minister (of Municipal Affairsl,” he con- tinued. “Four years ago I took over as chairman of council’s indus- trial committee. Since that time we have completed suc- cessful annexation of industrial acreage which is under firm control by planning and subdi-i vision agreement. Services are. there. a road is in. and a major. industrial building is well on its way to completion.“ he re- ported. “The balance of this acreage will be developed in- the same manner," he promis-. ed. He expressed concern OVEl‘i losing the character of the‘ town, “Every time we lose al house to build an apartment.‘ every time we lose a tree to build a bus bay, Richmond Hilll loses some of its character," he' charged. “I believe we shouldi fight to retain this character.1 There is room for both old andl new without destroying the old.‘ ed. Mr. Perkins also favored ac- quiring water and sewage dis- posal facilities from the OWRC.. according to their recently an-. nounced plan for trunk lines to serve this area. “We have to have them. but we must get the price down to a level we can afford." he said. He advocated helping young people to help themselves. Citing his long experience in every aspect of town affairs Mr. Perkins promised to put that experience to work for the ratepayers as mayor. DONALD PLAXTON Reeve Donald Plaxton, who the leadership of Mayor Tom Broadhurst who has given us “the most capable administra- tion of any municipality of the same size and some muchl larger." l He pointed out that council ercised economy but not at the expense of necessary work. ‘ He dealt with regional gov- eument. Yonge Street recon- struction. the arena and park program and cited as future needs a drop-in youth centre and a roof on the swimming pool. “I have yet to be con- vinced that putting money into bricks and mortar will solve. At Richmond Hi Eleven candidates are seek- ing the four seats on the 1970- 71 Richmond Hill Town Coun- cil. ERIC GEORGE A perennial candidate for the Ward 1 council seat. Eric George 15 making another try. A resident of the town for the past 12 years. he has been active in ratepayers groups. home and school. the Legion. the Lions and the reserve army. Stating that taxes on his home have gone tip from $186 to $650 In the 12 years. Mr. .George said. "I want to have Eleven Contest Three Open Seats Let us look ahead.” \\ was returned to the reeveship -by acclamation. paid tribute to * IVAN MANSBRIDGE h Ward I Councillor Ivan Mans- fo t e t t ' ' ..‘ ' r ' ' _ . ‘ r pas “o wars has ex bndge' “ho 15 also seeking the the 27 Liberals in the Legisla- sentation will be made at a deputy-reeveship. stated his in- tentions and plans for the fu- ture of Richmond Hill. . “I would emphasize that no member of council can give a positive statement on regional government as nothing definite has come from the Minister or his staff.“ he said emphatically. “I spent some time compar- tContinued on Page 3i II Council Table some say in new my tax dol- lars are spent." He drew attention to the open ditches in his ward. “The town should have a pro- gram to eliminate these ditches and install storm sewers and gutters. The cost of mainten- ance could have been going into ditch elimination." he averred. He also advocated sidewalks on main streets near schools for the protection of children. imâ€" provement and additions to ex isting street lighting. use of school recreational faculties (Continued on Page T) \\ \\\ ‘\\.\\x\\'\s \ \. ,High Schools. Candidates are: MAYOR William Lazenby. 24 Knollside Drive. f Floyd Perkins. 110 Church Street South. REEVE Donald Plaxton, 381 Sugar Maple Lane. Acclamation DEPUTY-REEVE John MacDiarmid. 80 Trayborn Drive. Ivan Mansbridge. 390 Allgood Street. COUNCILLOR WARD 1 ‘Eric George. 413 North Taylor Mills Drive. Walter Gustar, 280 Axminster Drive. Gerald Gaffney. 438 Alper Street. Andy Chateauvert. 244 Zelda Crescent. COUNCILLOR WARD 2 David Schiller. 51 Markham Road. James Lemoine. 372 Balkan Road. Thomas Murphy. 46 Palmer Avenue. . COUNCILLOR WARD Lois Hancey, 173 Sussex Avenue. Acclamation. COUNCILLOR. WARD 4 Shaun Beggs. 58 Leisure Lane Joseph McKim Langton. 49 Arnold Street. Phyllis Hawkes. 95 Roseview Avenue. lRobert Saunders, 22 Benson ‘ Avenue. HYDRO COMMISSIONER .lVilliam Wagner. 118 Richmond i Street. Sam Cook. 261 Gretel Drive. THOMAS BROADHURST Introduced by Chairman Har- ry Sayers as a man who “has .done his best to make Rich- imond Hill a better place for ‘you and me“ Mayor Thomas ‘Broadhurst in his “swan song" "reviewcd council‘s achievements ,during the. past two years. Reconstruction of Y o n g e iContinued on Page 8) illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllhlllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllll Warden Rumble Recuperating Warden Stewart Rumble of York County. reeve of Markham Township. has been recuperating at his home in Thornhill since his discharge from York Coun- ty Hospital November 13. Mr. Rumble collapsed during a county council session November 6 and was admitted to hospital suffering from what doctors later diagnosed as an ulcer. This Tuesday. Mr. Rum- ble told “The Liberal" he is “feeling pretty good" and ready to get back to work. However. he will be confined to his home for a few more days on doctor's orders. Mr. Rulnble has set De- cember 1 as his target date for once again taking up the burden of his public and private responsibilities. muminnunnm\\illl\liu\ll\llllllllllllllllllllllll\lllll\lllll\ll\\ll\\lll Support Liberals NDP #- Catholic Trustees Urge Pressure Politicians High School Grants Members of York County Roman Catholic Sep- arate School Board were urged November 18 to “keep writing letters” to members of the Ontario Legislature urging support of education grants to Roman Catholic High Schools. Ontario Liberal Leader Robert Nixon recently announced his party favored full public tax support for parochial schools. “The Liberals and the NDP are being hit hard for their recent stand on equality in education. Committee November 18, matter of continuing dis government." “Please write all the letters 'to members of the Legisla- ture) you can. and get others to write." urged Mr. Simpson. Separate schools now receive grants equal to those of public schools up to grade 8 level. and grants at the same elementary 10 although p u bl i c school boards receive higher grants for grades above 8. Ontario Liberal Leader Rob- ert Nixon recently announced that his party favors full public tax support for Roman Catholic adding that if he were elected premier he llltilllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllll Christmas Gifts At The Centre Santa Claus was welcom- ed to Richmond Heights Centre last Saturday by thousands of children and their parents. He brought with him gifts for every person on your shopping list. as you will see when you read the Centre merchants' ads in the fourth section of this issue of “The Liberal". Shop in comfort at Rich- mond Heights Centre, while the children have a visit with Santa and drop their letters to the genial Spirit of Christmas in the mailbox provided. Each letter will be answered. The wide choice of mer- chandise available at the Centre means that you can complete your Christmas shopping locally at your leisure and without the ex- pense and trouble of travel- ling to the city. lll‘i‘lllll[lIllIllllilllllllllllllllllllllll‘lllll Illlilll‘llill!llllliillllllllllllll iam Davis said the matter of extending grants Roman Catholic school boards to grade 13 is “a school level for grades 9 andl support of Catholic high schools,” said East Gwillimbury Trustee Robert Simpson, chairman of the board’s committee for Adroitly fielding questions from opposition members at a meeting of the Legislature’s Education Minister Will- to Education cussion by the provincial ture in granting this tax relief to Roman Catholics. The New Democratic Party caucus came. out last month in support of extending the grants to Roman Catholic Separate .Schools to the grade 13 level. :At. the time. Ontario NDP Leader Donald MacDonald pointed out that this stand is ‘not yet party policy, but that it ‘has the support of NDP memâ€" bers of the Legislature serving on the education committee. At a regular meeting of the county board Tuesday. Mr. Simpson said active support for lthis stand is on the increase. ‘would have the full support of‘and he anticipates strong repre- meeting of the steering com- mittee of the Roman Catholic Separate School Trustees As- sociation to be held shortly. Commenting on the letter writing campaign. Chairman Eugene Jacobs added. “Each letter is. important. bury them Ithe members of the Legisla- ture) under an avalanche of letters.“ NDP leaderfiliauvors R.C. Tax Grants New Democratic Party Lead- er Donald MacDonald said last Friday in Welland his party will support equality of grants to Roman Catholic separate schools to grade 13 if both the public and separate school sys- tems share costly facilities. He said during a tour of the Niagara Peninsula with 10 members of the party's provin- cial caucus: ‘ “I think the separate school system should h a v e equal grants. but to avoid an ex- cessn'e burden in duplication there should be a greater share in common training areas."