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The Aurora Fire Department answered a call to the Vandorf municipal offices at 8.05 am Friday. When they arrived they found the fire had been going for some time and dam- age was estimated at $15,000. The fire appeared to have been started in more than one place. The fire department said very little information could be re- leased because of the investiga- tion ordered by the fire marsh- all. (Continued on Page 3) mum“mummummumunuunumnmuluuuuummummu M ay Bargains Canadian Tire The reeve said it was not true. as previously report- ed. that records were shov- elled out of the vault' and burned in a pile on the floor. The records were burned right in the vault. he said. Township officials were hop- ing to get into the building Monday to 'try and salVage the records and prepare for an evening meeting of township council. Drawers in other parts of the offices were dumped out on the floor. It appeared certain that township records had been heavily damaged. the reeve said. But hhe building ls locked and under police protection. "We can't even go ‘in. The files are locked up and we can't even get copies of the agenda." said the reeve. "The vault was found open. It. was closed the-night before. We don‘t know if there was any tampering with the vault lock." “I can't tell you what we have lost because the building In all locked up." the reeve said this week. “We won't know what we have lost until we can get in.” Records relating to an audit being conducted to try and lo- cate a $900 discrepancy in the 1968 township books probably were heavily damaged. The Criminal Investigation Branch of the Ontario Provin- cial Police has been called to investigate a Friday morning fire which may have been due to arson at the Whitchurch Township offices in Vandorf, lays Reeve Stewart Burnett. VOL. 93, NO. 45. Emphasis is on the out- doors in the May Sale which began this week at Canadian Tire. 70 Yonge Street North. Richmond Hill. and continues to May 18. Whitchurch Tax Record Arson Suspected During Search Fpr Missing $900 Garden supplies and tools. paints, ladders. screening and caulking materials are featured for the benefit of home gard- eners and home improve. ment buffs. Those who are planning for excursions to the great outdoors will flnd a wide selectlon of camping. fish- ing and picnic equipment on display. Sports fans are getting a break on such items as ldck balls, golf sets. base- balls and bats and outdoor lawn dark. For home fun. the spec- lal supplement in this issue of “The Liberal" lists mot- orized barbecues. lawn chairs. patio tables and garden umbrellas. and for everyday use. bowl mixers. electric kettles. blender: and ice crushers. A big feature of the May sale is the speclal on nylon tires. “Still the safest and strongest” at cash discount prices. Shopping for indoors. outdoors. at home or on the road. it is a real bonanza this month at Canadian Pollution Danger The meeting was held to pro- test continued dumping of indus. trial fluid wastes at Lot 14. Con- cession 8. known as the Bremner Dump north of Stouffville. The wastes are coming from all over Southern Ontario and many local residents are frightened and angly. The dump lies over one of Oh- tario‘s biggest underground water reservoirs. This aquifer supplies water for the 4000 residents of the Village of Stouffville. and for many farms and rural homes in the area. By HAROLD BLAINE Question: What ifiue can draw as big a crowd in York County as Robert Stanfield and the White Paper on Taxation. Answer: The dumpmg of mil- lions of gallons of industrial waste near Stouffville in Whitchurch Township. There were close to 1.000 people at the Preserve Our Water IPOW) Committee "public meeting April 28 at the Stouffville District High School. The issue has been simmering for several years. and came to a Public 24 Uri Rich‘ Mkhm, Vaughan Pass Bylaws [Stating Intent T 0 Amalgamate After an hour and a half of discussion. each council gave third reading to and passed a bylaw, which had been given two readings at. regular council meetings held April 20. calling for political amalgamation of the two townships. Each also passed a bylaw calling for amalgamation of the two police forces "whether or not the pol- itical amalgamation is approv- ed". This bylaw was given three readings and passed Mon- day night. Vaughan Township also pass- ed a resolution that the bylaw calling for amalgamation be "forthwith" presented to the Ontario Municipal Board and rescinded a motion passed in March calling for a Southern Six region. Mr. Deacon told the audience that the meeting had not been A scant 100 people turned out at Langstaff Sec- ondary School April 28 to discuss with the councils of the Townships of Markham and Vaughan the proposed political amalgamation. Included in the number were five members of Richmond Hill Council and Trustee James Wilkinson of King City Police Village, who were present as observers and at least 10 members of the news media. Donald Deacon MLA, York Centre. was the moderator of the meeting, which was handicapped by the absence of a public address system. n '1 v Lin-Tar?) The excitement of a dance gains momentum as the time draws near for the announcement of the Prom Queen and this year was no exception at the Richmond Hill High School Prom held recently at the Summit Golf and Country Club. Kathy, a grade 12 student. is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Willock. Tyneview Lane, Richmofid Hill. Rather like the giving of the Oscars, the answer was known only to members of thevstudent council, and as the crowning ceremonies at the Witching hour of midnight approached. everyone waited with bated breath as Diane Mowat, Jersene Sheppard; Brenda Lamoureux and Donna Percival were named as the four princesses and the very attractive girl pictured above, Kathy Willock, was crowned prom queen for 1970 by last year’s Prom Queen Alda Bacci. Richmond Hill High Prom Queen boil in recent months when MerLyn’ Baker and Gordon Ratcljff became members of Whjtchurch Township Council. Mr. Deans promised the support of the NDP in the provincial Leg‘ islature in bringing about action on the question of industria‘bfluid waste dumping. Minister of Energy and Re- sources George Kerr didn‘t accept the POW Committee invitation to attend the meeting. Instead he sent his director of waste manage- ment. John Heaman. The Ontario opposition party leaders were invited. but didn't attend either. The New Democrats sent Hamilton-Wentworth MLA Ian Deans. Whitchurch Township Councillor Ratclijf promised the peeting that the dumping of fluid wastes was going to be stopped by action of the township council May 4. He said the council directed him to be its spokesman at the POW meeting and had directed him to convey this information. He said the council met April 27 with officials of the Ontario Water called to hear assessment prob- lems and only comments and questions on amalgamation would be received. Reeve Stewart Rumble of Markham Township explained that the Department of Munic- ipal Affairs has said there are too many municipalities in Ontario. The department’s pro- posal presented last year for regional government in York County reduced the present 14 municipalities to six. "We have diseussed the various fac- ets of amalgamation with the six southern municipalities of the county on several occasions. We didn't accomplish much. possibly because there were too many of us. Ten days ago we got together with Vaughan Township Council and came to a tentative agreement to (1) amâ€" algamate our police forces and From Industrial Waste Dumping Draws Huge Crowd At Stouffville @ME Eithmw Resources Commission. At this meeting it was decided the coum cil should direct that the dump be closed. he said. It was the opinion from the OWRC that the township bylaw on dumps would be effective in closing the dump. 31. though the bylaw might need some amendment. Former Whitchurch Township Councillor Robert Lewis of Bloom- ington was chairman of the meeting. Waste Management Director Heaman. when questioned. told the meeting the Holland Valley Conservation Authority was invit- ed to observe test drilling at the site as the Whitchurch Township Council recently requested. 1 York North MLA William Hodgc son (Conservative) said he visited the Brenmer Dump site with the council, OWRC, and the Minister and Deputy Minister of Energy and Resources Management. He said Mrs. Bremner suggested building a waste reclamation and neutral- ization plant. But the OWRC was very con- RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970 (2) try for political amalgama-i tion. We feel there are great economies to be realized, since we would have a single police commission looking after an amalgamated force. Both forc- es are practically of the same size and have the same wage scale and both need larger ac- commodation. Vaughan and Markham are sister municipali- ties. very much alike in size and problems," . Reeve Garnet Williams of Vaughan Township stated his council believed there would be substantial econ- omies in police and fire protection and provision of sanitary sewers and water by amalgamation. “The board of education has been set up on a reglonal basis and it is only logical other governments should be on the same basis.” Mr. Williams also noted that amalgamation of planning is al- so essential, “If we don‘t. it Will be dog eat dog" he stated. 7‘In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) POW Committee Shows Real Punch County Lost $3 Million In Grantsâ€"Councillor Hancey \ (1) the town's share of the cost of county reassessment. promised 'by Minister of Mun- icipal Affairs Darcy McKeough last year when it was announced that the province would take over all assessment: (2) the town‘s share of the difference between the existing grant for educational purposes in York County and the averd age grant in Ontario. In 1969 York County Board of Educa- tion received 46% of its budget in provincial grant, which was the provincial average. Council- lor Lois Hancey reported. In 1970 the board of education will receive only 47.6% grant. while the provincial average is 51%, as promised by Education Min- ister William Davis and Provin- cial Treasurer Charles Mac- Naughton. Councillor Lois Hancey re- ported this alone has cost York County ratepayers $1,200,000 in grant loss. Teacher Hiring In York County Is Held Up By Salary Stalemate All York County secondary they were sympathetic to the school principals met on the'principals' position and realiz- afternoon of May 4 with admin- ed that the delay in hiring is isfrative staff of the Yorklgoing to make it more difficult County Board of Education andlto get the best staff in the a delegation of these principals schools in September. met the board in committee 111' Accordingly. the board has the evening- ' asked for a meetlng with the Richmond Hill Town Council, in regular session last week decided to take determined action to counteract the increased burden of taxation on residential property owners as the direct result of provincial government policies. Council will apply to the Department of Municipal Affairs for immediate payment of: The principals expressed deep concern that the hiring of sec- ondary school: teachers had been set back to June 26 fol- lowing a meeting of Ontario School Trustees’ Council Satur- day. The committee requested that the board give serious consider- ation to discussing an earlier date with the trustees‘ council. While the trustees appreciate the need that has existed for the boards to stand together, mummm“\mxmu\lm\m\l\\u\mu\mmnu\1mmu\mm Careless Driving Charge, Schenk Death cerned about this proposal, since the dump was in the recharge area for a large watershed, Mr. Hodgson said. “It seems to me that if this (dumping) continues long enough, there is certain to be pollution in some way Then there would be no use closing the door after- wards,“ he said. The OWRC indicated it would give no support to the proposal to construct a fluid waste reclama- tion plant in that area. “I told Mrs. Bremner to consider the fact that she won’t get OW‘RC support, before she spends any more money on engineering”, the York North MLA said. Also on the platform were Stoufiville Reeve Kenneth Laushâ€" way; Kelvin Symons, director of the OWBC division of water re- sources; and the province’s con- sulting hydro-geologist for the dump, John Noonan. The meeting was opened by a pair of modem folk singers mm a special song about the dump, pollution, and government. Teem (3) and compensation for the Robert Paul Fountain, 18, a student at Bayview Secon- dary School, Richmond Hill. has been charged at Bramp- ton with careless driving. The charge was laid by the Ontario Provincial Police following the April 26 high school car rally ao- cident that killed Hugo Schenk, 18, of 395 South Taylor Mill: Drive, Rich- mond Hill. Paul Fountain was driv- in; a car in the rally and Hugo Schenk was his navi- gator. The head-on collision took place on Concession 3 in Albion Town§hip, near Caledon. Teenager Fountain is still recovering from injuries and no date has yet been set for him to appear in court. Brampton OPP re- port there will be no in- quest held in the case. ’ Mrs. Hancey told council that the overall decrease in com- mercial-industrial assessment in the county was seven percent. Richmond Hill lost only four percent. but this still has an important result on the tax bur- den which will have to be borne by residential property owners, she noted. loss of commercial. and indus- trial tax revenue resulting from reassessment. or that legislation be passed to insure there will be no such loss. This is esti- mated at $1 million in the county. the unanimous support of all council members. Mrs. Hanoey told council that she had spent four long months in collecting in- The motion to seek compensa- and divide by the equalization tion from the provincial govern- factor. This governs all provin- ment for detrimental effects of'cial grants. "Across the prov- its policies on the town's econ-Iince the equalization factor has 0my W85 intrOduced by Mrs. not been altered as drastically Hancey and secondEd by Reeve as it has been in the County of Donald Plaxton. It received York," she stated. “It doesn't Accordingly. the board has asked for a meeting with the boards of education of Metro and the surrounding counties to discuss the advisability of moving the date forward. It was pointed out that. if teachers are going to move they must have their resignations in to the board by May 31 or their contracts are automatically re- newed. Negotiations with secondary school teacher‘s in York County were broken off after more than a dozen meetings when the teachers rejected board offers of increases averaging nine percent. with greater increases at the lower end of the salary scale. The teachers demanded the same percentage increase for all teachers. All board offers to the teach- ers were withdrawn, and the trustee negotiating committee informed the teachers it is ready to resume talks when- ever the teachers wish to do so. Negotiations with elementary school teachers were also sus- pended last month when trus- tee and teacher negotiating committees failed to reach an agreement. York County Roman Catholic School Board is still meeting with its teachers. and both groups have presented propos- als for new contracts for the 1970-71 school year. They are scheduled to meet again on May_ 15. Separate school teachers in Metro have broken off negotia- tions with their board and have threatened mass resignation if their demands are not met by the Metro Roman Catholic School Board. agers carried signs lettered with such words as “retch” and "close the dump". Chairman Lewis opened the business session. He said the meet- ing was called because of public concern= about pollution. and about the present and future dangers to water supplies. The day of the meeting the dump caught fire afid filled the sky with a black column of smoke visible for miles. Mr. Lewis said this fire showed there was also a problem of air pollution. “Common sense told us Liquids should be neutralized before dumps ing. Common sense told us waste liquids shouldn’t be dumped over a major underground water source supplying both the town and the Holland Valley watershed,” he said "We must think about pollution every day. and do what we can to minimize it." said Mr. Lewis. He added that he didn‘t do any- thing about the dump while he was on the Whitchurch Council because he was then like the gen- HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 formation from various sources. She laid the blame for the heavy bur- den on residential taxpay- ers on the reassessment done by the country on guidelines laid down by the province -â€" that is at the 1967 market value. Added to this was a change in the provincial equalization factor. In 1967 this equaliza- tion factor for the town was 38, in 1968 it dropped to 29 and in 1969 to 27. To achieve the equalized assessment, you multi- ply the actual assessment by 100 and divide by the equalization factor. This governs all provin- cial grants. “Across the prov- ince the equalization factor has not been altered as drastically as it has been in the County of seem reasonable to let this inequity carry on. Mississauga in Peel County has also felt the effects of reassessment," she continued. “I don't think our tax- payers should be the only pioneers in this field.” she stated emphatically. “When academics come forth with a theory all sorts of peculiar things can happen. Al- though market value may be a good theory, I don't think we should pay for be- ing the guinea pigs.” "It is very important to Us to get an understanding from ,the province," stated Mrs. Hanâ€" ‘Icey. “We must get the message across loud and clear to Queen's {Park that because of its pol- icies the. ratepayers of this county are going to be heavily overtaxedi“ ] Plans for the mammoth three- ‘day festival include about 20 artists with several speakers, in- Because this area 1: interested. when no a! ment was made on th end. a reporter for “'1 eral" tried Monday to Karma Productions However, it is known that one of the sites being consid- ered by Karma is in Vaughan Township. at the _corner of Highway 7 and 400. Because this area is vitally interested. when no announce- ment was made on the week- end. a reporter for “The Lib- eral" tried Monday to contact Karma Productions at the phone number listed in -the Toronto directory. to be told that the number is no longer in service. Plans for the mammoth three- day festival include about 20 artists with several speakers. in- thefts from parking garages in new Markham Township high rise apartment buildings. A stolen Markham Township car was recovered early Mon- day morning at Richmond Heights Centre by alert town police. One man was charged with car eft by the township police. T car was reported stolen May 3 or May 4 from Supreme Auto Refinishers, 8 Clark Avenue in Thornhill., Another car was reported .stolen from the rear of 38 Lev- endale Road on the evening of May 1, say town police. Vaughan Township Police Mrs. Hancey pointed out that Metro‘s assessment on market (Continued on Page 3) Promoter John Brower of Karma Productions said April 24 that his proposed Peace Festival, scheduled for August 14 - 16. the anniversary of last year’s festival at Woodstock, New York. would have a defin- ite home by the_ end of lasti week. i Mr. Brewer promised an an- nouncement on the site last Friday and the names of about five entertainers who would appear at the summer festival. At that time he refused to name either of the two sites under consideration because, he said, publicity helped to spoil other attempts at obtaining sites. What Happened To The August Peace Festival? era! population and wasn't aware of the magnitude of the dumping goingon. As he began to speak for his allotted seven minutes. Councillor Baker said.“‘I knew the issue was hot. but I didn‘t know it would set the dump on fire.” “Then fluid industrial waste dumping starte¢ and increased drastically a couple of years ago, until now many millions of gallons have been dumped. “When the dump began as a township disposal area eight years ago. there was nothing much wrong with it then. A sanitary disposal site, properly kept and used, can be an asset. Then the dumping of industrial waste start- ed. There was no permission from the township,” Mr. Baker said. "That is the Oak Ridges water- shed. It contains more sand and gravel than anything else. The well drilling records show it. The water from the surface goes vert- ically into the ground. "We heard from the waste mans agement section that the soil is “Tr EHOLLAND PARK 51 KEELE ST. NORTH >1 Open 7 Days a Week “WWWMA\A AA A ,- .1 ‘1 vv‘. vVVV\V&$VVwawwWWWWW, WWWW Open 7 Days a Week Phone 332-2455 w\W\.,WWWWWW A stolen Markham Township They ransacked the place and car was recovered early Mon- escaped with $75. . day morning at Richmond There was a forced ently Heights Centre by alert town May 2 at Bowes Supertest Sta- police. One man Was Charged tion on Highway 7 at Concord, With car 6ft by the ‘LOWHShiplbut nothing was missed. . police. T car was I‘EDOI‘tedE There was some vandalism stolen May 3 01' May 4 fromLMay 1 at the Concord Public Supreme Auto Refinishers, 8 School. Several youths were Clark Avenue in Thomhill., seen running away after 2 Another car was TEPOI‘tEd‘school window was broken .stolen from the rear of 38 Lev-‘with a one-gallon glass jug. endale Road on the evening oijeveral other jugs were found May 1, say town police. lbroken on the concrete near Vaughan Township Police;the school. ' ' eluding Marshall McLuhan. Perry‘s Drug Store, Maple. ex- More emphasis is to be placed pressing objection and disap- on the symposium andvless on proval of the peace festival be- music than in previous festivals, ing held in Vaughan Township. Mr. Brewer claims. Estimated Interested citizens are request- at-tendance varies from 200.000 ed to sign the petition which to 500.000. lwiu then be presented to A petition has been placed initownship council. Several thousand dollars worth of construction tools was the target of two break-ins May 1 in Vaughan Township. Other recent criminal activ- ity reported to Southern York County Police includes several car thefts and a lot of nuisance thefts from parking garages in new Markham Township high rise apartment buildings. Building Shack Burglar Gets $3,500 In Tools The federal government‘s White Paper on Taxation will have to come to a vote in the House of Commons before it can become the law of the land. John Roberts MP. York Simcoe in his column raises the basic demo- cratic issue of “hether his first loyalty is to the govern- ment and this controversial legislation or to his constit- uents. many of whom have raised strong objections to the proposals. 7 i Read Mr For editorial York County has a total of four representatives in the House of' Commons at. Ottawa and the Legislature at Toronto (two federal. two provincial). Three of these representatives are Liberals. John Roberts MP, York Simcoe and Barney Danson MP. York North are the fed- eral representatives while Donald Deacon MLA, York Centre is the provincial Liberal: These three members are holding a public meeting Friday evening beginning at 8 pm at the Maple Masonic Hall. The evening is planned as an open forum and the three top County Liberals will gladly answer any quest- ions from the audience regarding federal and provincial affairs. William Hodgson MLA, York North (Conservative) who is the lone provincial government representative in York County announced this week that the Department of Energy and Resources Management has approved a $16,180 grant to the Metro Conservation Authority for use in further.. capital improvements to the Cold Creek Conservation Area located in King Township. For more news of additional provincial grants to York County see announcement by Cabinet Minister John Yar- emko at opening'of Union Villa on Saturday. Read Story on Page 12 Conservation Grant, King Township Liberal JOHN ROBERTS York Simcoe MP Roberts‘ column on Page 11 of this issue comment see Page 2. Members At Maple Friday nship high .011 May 2 a Keele Street res- iings. idence was entered by thieves. 1 Township They ransacked the place and early Mon- escaped with $75. . Richmond There was a forced entry alert town May 2 at Bowes Supertest Sta- aS Charged tion on Highway 7 at Concord, 6 tOWIIShip‘but nothing was missed. “This liquid dumping ls plan- ned. not because the soil is im- permeable. but because it is perm- eable. Dumping can go on for a long period of time," he said. "Under the Oak Ridges water- shed there is a water reservoir sec- ond to none in Ontario. It is a natural heritage God gave us. The dump exists for the sake of a handful of people who want to make a fast buck. impermeable. But we don’t be« have it. “You’d 'make me clean it up. Then you’d lock me up. And that would be as it should be.” Coun- cillor Baker said. “How would you like me to dump a load of garbage on your front lawn?" he asked the aud- ience of 1.000. “This dump is an insult Second to none and one that will last for generations to come. “In the name of reason. com- mon sense. respect for fellow men. In the name of common decency. it must stop. And it must stop now," concluded Mr. Baker. Continued on Page 24) Another $2,000 worth of tools was removed on the same date in a break-in at a construction shack at the Janin Building on Keele Street in Maple. say $1,400 worth of tools were stolen May 1 in a break-in at a construction shack on River- mede Road. EDGAR BENSON Minister of Finance - MAPLE Phone 832-245 Garden Centre & Greenhouses PER COPY 10c: