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VOLUME 93, NO. 52. Board May Lose 13 Schoos, 4,5 82 Pupils Teachers Vote This Week On Contract Question Hiring For Secondary Schools Almost Completed Within hours the York Coun- ty Board was advertising for teachers on the basis of its lat- est offer to the local teachers, and meetings with teacher-neg- otiators and the teachers of the county are scheduled for Wed- nesday and Thursday of this week. At a regular meeting of the board on June 22. Education Director Sam Chapman report- ed that about 13 teachers are still needed, particularly in mathematics and girls' physi~ cal education. He advised the‘ board that it might be necessary to advertise outside the prov. ince for teachers in these areas. and received tacit approval from the trustees to advertise as he sees fit to ensure that all schools are fully staffed for! September. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmmflklllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfl Teacher negotiators were presented with a “final contract offer" on Monday. and all secondary school teachers in the county will be asked to vote on the question on Tuesday and Wednesday. Final results should be known late Wed- nesday, June 24. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll For sflary purposes and teaching status. there are four un'tegoq divisions, ranging from ” 'begiphing teacher with has- “qualifications: pass arts de- . plus one year of teacher Trustees Will Protest Proposed Changes In Southern Boundaries BY MARGARET LADE Nearly three months after the usual date for hiring. York County Board of Education signed up 72 secondary school teachers in marathon sessions at the Royal York Hotel and the Ontario College of Education June 12 and 13. Although‘ no contract has yet been signed be- tween board and county representatives of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, the board got word June 11 that the Ontario School Teachers Council had lifted its moratorium on teacher hiring and the OSSTF had removed Metro from its “pink list" of boards not in good standing with“ the teachers’ federation. The 35 pupils of Miss Judy Davenport‘s grade 6 class at Walter Scott School presented a cheque for $320 they had earned in a walkathon. The youngsters had walked 12 miles from the school to Don Mills Road. north to the Gormley Sideroad and ‘back to lhe school. Two groups of students have recently made sub- stantial donations to York Central Hospital which sews; Southern York County. Public Spirited Students Aid York Central Hospital The money was used by the hospital to buy an electronic type thermometer which works on a computer principle and enables members of the nursing staff to take a patient's temperature in seven seconds, instead of the conventional 10 minutes. This results in a saving of nursing time and money spent on washing. steriliz- ing and replacement. The probe of the new thermometer is covered with an individual sterile disposable plastic cover {or each patient. In the above photo RNA Mrs. Jean Lavender is shown taking the temperature of David Woodhead 12. with Cathy Robinson 12, next in line. .York Central‘s Assistant Administrator Frank Bagatto watches and other pupils wait their turn to have their temperature taken as they learned at first hand about their gifts, (All temperatures were normal). June .[Eefl lES moratorium on "" """""“'" ""‘" T'i " $12,000) Cate or 3: Minimum had_ removed LIEFI'O 58‘400. maxixgun); $14,100 ($8,_‘ Lards not In good standlng 000 - $13,500) Category 4; Miniâ€" Ion. lmum $8,900. maximum $15,100 . . , ‘ ($8.500 - $14,400). mfmmg 0" equwalent‘ to tho??? Teacher hiring usually takes \Vllh. doctorates and spec1alp1ace in March, and deadline qualifications in various subject for resignations is May 31' areas. When Metro teachers and school The board offer would givelboards became deadlocked in increases ranging from $300 to their negotiations, and mass $600. depending on the cate-‘resignations were threatened, gory and years of experienceuiteachers and trustees across the It also provides an automatic[province closed ranks and both The board offer would givelboards became deadlocked in Quesuoneu "y "1"” “1'” in attandance on another My: Begg listed $500 for the townships to obtain all in- increases ranging from $300 toitheir negotiations, and mass "31’ the “lump” of ‘ narcotics case. They were base plan. $3.500 for the master formation available con- $600. depending on the cate-‘resignations were threatened, large lork C9umy second‘ then remanded until July p1an_ $500 for the necessary ceming those lands pro- gory and years of experience.‘teachers and trustees across the. 3” S°h°°l “Id emphatical' 14 when they appeared legal survey, and $31,500 for posed to become a part of It also provides an automatiprrovince closed ranks and both! (Continued on Page 18) Tuesday morning. actual deveIOpment. Richmond Hill. d-llmlllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllll\l\llllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllIll“lllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliliilllll\llll.llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll[Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll‘ll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Whitchurch Township Council’s New Minority Rips Into Old Guard Majority The running battle be- tween Whitchurch Town- ship Council‘s new minority and the old guard majority continued June 15. First year Councillors Gordon Ratcliff and Merlyn Baker at the June 15 council meeting introduced notices of motion clearly aimed at long-term council members Reeve Stewart Burnett. Dep- uty-reeve Norman Barnard and Councillor Mrs. Betty van Nostrand. This time it was mainly Councillor Gordon Ratcliff and Deputy-reeve Barnard who were using the heavy artillery. but Councillor van Nostrand and Reeve Burnett also took their turns on the firing line. The meeting and the jous- ting ended with Councillor Ratcliff introducing a sur- By HAROLD BLAINE annual increase of $400 for each:groups agreed not to accept year of teaching up to the maxi-positions nor to hire teachers mum allowance for the cate- from areas where new contracts gory. had not been approved. Category 1: Minimum $7,200 maximum $11,800 ($6,800 - $11“ 200) Category 2: Minimum $7,- 600, maximum $12,500 ($7,200 - 7 The latest offers are as fol- lows, with the salaries for the 1969-70 school year in brackets: prise notice of motion in which he showed a vote of nonâ€"confidence in Deputy- reeve Barnard and proposed that the council remove Mr. Barnard from an important appointment that has prov- ince-wide significance. Mr. Barnard last Febru- ary was appointed Whit- church Township represent- ative to the Ontario Assoc- iation of Municipalities. In that capacity Mr. Barnard was named to a provincial committee on pits and quar- ries, and was elected chair- man of this provincial com- mittee. A provincial con- troversy is presently raging over pits and quarry legisla- tion proposed by the govern- ment. Mr. Ratcliff proposes in his notice of motion that Mr. Barnard's appointment be rescinded. However, nobody The second gift was made by students of Langstaff Secondary School. Their spokesmen. Karen Rutherford of the student council and Judy Trueman. askedIt-hat their donation of $1,055.77 be earmarked for‘tha mxpansion program of the hospital in the pediatric department. This money was also raised in a walkathon, from the school grounds on Garden Avenue to Toronto City Hall, a distance of 15 miles. Between 150 and 175 students participated. It was at student-conceived and organized event. the two girls mentioned above being the sparkplugs. There were no organized checkpoints or free refreshment stops. The. young people just set out. with a plentiful supply of foot powder. bought their own refreshments, and plodded on till they reached the city hall. After a rest on the. pavement of the Nathan Phillips Square and some re- freshments they made their own way home. Judy True- man raised the largest amount from sponsors â€" $63. It was a real community effort with sponsors and participants coming from Pine Grove, Woodbridge, Maple. Richmond Hill, Richvale, Langstaff and Thornhill. Hospital Board Chairman John Griffin announced last week his father’s estate is donating $2,000 to furnish a semi-private room in the new wing in his memory. Lihmml H‘ “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity (Photo by Stuart‘s Studio) It was announced last June 11, h0wever, that the date for resignations has been put ahead to June 30 for this year only, and that resignations will be accepted from teachers who have accepted positions else- lwhere in Ontario. I “Does this mean that some Ontario boards have been hir- ing teachers during the morator- ium?" asked Vaughan Town- ship Trustee Morley Kinnee. “I would rather not answer that question,“ replied Mr. Chapman. Questioned by “The Lib- eral” the principal of a large York County Second- ary School said emphatical- probably realizes more than Mr. Ratcliff that there is little likelihood the old guard majority will let this motion pass when it comes up at the next regular meet- ing of council. Another matter embarrass- ing to the long-term mem~ bers of council came up at the June 15 meeting. And it. too. relates to the pits and quarries issue. The township recently lost a court battle in an unsuc- cessful prosecution and high court appeal involving a pit operator. known as the Sab- iston case. At the council meeting the report of this unsuccessful appeal was tabled. The ap- peal cost the township $2,- 800 in addition to the am- ounts expended earlier on the prosecution. bringing the RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1970 In announcing the boundaries of the Region of York, Munici- pal Affairs Minister Darcy Mc- Keough on May 6 told an audi- ence in Richmond Hill that “At some time in the future. after the incorporation of a regional government in York. lands south of the parkan cor- ridor (the proposed Highway 407) will be brought under the full municipal jurisdiction of Metropolitan Toronto." This area includes. (in addi- tion to the; two secondary schoolsi. Baythorn. Bayview Glen. C on c o r d. Henderson. Langstafi. M a r k l e e. Powell Road, Royal Orchard. Thornhill and Sand junior schools and Woodlands Senior School. A staff report showed that this would mean that 3,072 ele- mentary school children and 1.510 attending these schools in September, 1969, would probab- ly be living in the Borough of North York. and an additional 1,194 students living north of the proposed Highway 407 would have to transfer to other county schools or pay tuition to North York to continue attend- ing their present schools. ‘ The report showed that there are an additional 615 students now living south of the pro- posed highway who attend schools north of it â€" for in- stance Thornhill students at- tending Roselawn Senior School on the Carrville Sideroad. There would be some spaces available in Markham and ‘Woodbridge schools. the board was told, but virtually none in the Yonge Street corridor where most of the students likelyvto be affected are located.‘ v By MARGARET LADE Changes in the southern boundaries of York County as proposed by the Department of Municipal Affairs would remove more than 4,500 students from the jurisdiction of York County Board of Education and result in the loss of 13 schools, including Thornhill Secondary School and the new experimental Thorn- lea Secondary School. At a meeting of the board on June 8. trustees strongly urged that the board act immediately to inform the Departments of Education and of Mun- icipal Affairs that it would emphatically oppose such_a move. _Egucation ‘. E; tor ' ba-m Cha-bnian estimgefihe cost of providing spaces foiI the “stu- dents at about $1.25 million, and a total of 1,809 students who would have to be trans- ferred one way or the other north or south of the line. Markham Township Trustee Lo‘uise Aimone urged the board to consider supporting the stand being taken by York County Council in opposing the pro- ;posed change in boundaries. 1 “We should work with York County Council, Vaughan Town- mmuumunuumummul“ummu\lmuuuumuuumnuuuuum Remand Three 0n Drug Charges total close to $6,000 in costs in this one case. Two Richmond Hill youths and one from To- ronto Monday morning in Richmond Hill Provincial Court were charged with possession of marijuana. "It was very stupid to go into it in the first place. It‘s a disgrace to put this cost on the taxpayers. In my op- inion the municipality should have more strict cost ac- counting," said Councillor Ratcliff. Councillor Ratcliff was critical of the old council's decisions in the Sabiston case. They were arrested the evening of June 20 by town police in the Mill Pond area. Three other youths were questioned in the same area the same even,- ing, but police said it ap- peared one of the three managed to swallow the evidence. Reeve Burnett said Coun- cillor Ratcliff should watch what he said in this case, because there was another case coming up upon which the council might not agree with Councillor Ratcliff. He didn't specify what the case would be. This criticism brought an Immediate rebuttal from the reeve, and another one later by Deputy-reeve Barnard. The three charged were David Cormier, 17. of 40 Pengarth Court, Toronto; Steven Bird. 16, of 260 Ruggles Avenue: and Scott Ogden, 16, of 47 Markham Road. All three were remanded to appear in court the next day, when a federal prose- cutor was scheduled to be in attandance on another narcotics case. They were then remanded until July 14 when they appeared Tuesday morning, Can't I talk. Can‘t I mctof ’ 53m say ship Council. Markham Town- ship Council and the Council of the Town of Richmond Hill.“ “This board should take its own stand,” declared Vaughan Township Trustee Ross Jolliffe. “We will either go along with it, or fight it to ensure that the education of the children in that part of the county will not be interfered with.” The change would mean not only a loss of students and buildings. he pointed out. but also a loss of some of the best teachers and principals in the county. "It is a big enough issue for us to form a committee to work with the municipalities involved and prepare a brief. We should be prepared with the best guns we've got to fight this. to make sure our position is known to all, to let everyone know what side of the fence we are on." Trustee Merna Colbourne of the Town of Markham sug- gested that school board boun- daries do not necessarily co-in- cide with municipal boundaries. The Board Superintendent of Planning and Development Stephen Bacsalmasi added. “We may have two school authorities according to a statement from the Minister (of Education). It has not come up in the Legisla- ture yet." (At a meeting in Thornhil! May 5. the day before Mr. Mc- Keough announced the plan fior regional government, Education Gain Extra $18,000 For Mill Pond Park An additional $18,000 will be available this year to spend on development of the Mill Pond Park because of a recommenda- tion of Richmond Hill's parks and recreation committee adop- ted by town council June 15 A bylaw was passed changing the Mill Pond area to an ap- proved park, which will bring a provincial government grant of dollar for dollar spent by the town in developing this natural beauty spot as a public park. The grant is available under the Ontario Government Parks \Assistance Act passed in 1960. Provincial Grant. “The water is what makes it‘ eligible as a natural beach ap~i proved parkff explained Coun- cillor Shaun Beggs who is also chairman of the parks and reâ€" creation committee. “It will re- main as a town park with no loss control. It is our intent to utilize the natural amenities in the development." Mr. Beggs reported that the firm of Canadian Mitchell Asso- ciates Ltd.', of Malton, consult- ing engineers and town plan- ners, to draw up a plan of de- velopment. A meeting with a representative of the Depart- ment of Energy and Resources Management had confirmed the fact that the park will be eligi- ble. Earlier this year town council had approved an entry of $18.- 000 in the parks and recreation committee‘s budget for Mill Pond Park. The government grants will bring the total amount available for this work to $36,000. Mr. Begg listed $500 for the base plan. $3.500 for the master plan. $500 for the necessary legal survey. and $31,500 for actual development. NORMAN BARNARD Fights Off Attack Minister William Davis told a questioner that it was too early to tell what would happen to education in York County under the regional form of govern~ ment. The Region of Niagara and Welland. said Mr. DaVis, has two boards of education in one region, and his department has recommended the continuing of two boards when the counties of Peel and Halton become a united region. "I cannbt, tell you what will happen in York.“ Newmarket Trustee Jack Had-I field and Sutton Trustee Les Burrows added their voices to those opposing the prospect of boundary changes. “Shotgun marriages are not what they are cracked up to be. We should fight it to the best of our ability, and get cracking now!" de- clared Mr. Burrows. Chairman Jack MacKay point- ed out that no date has been set for the boundary change “It is a very loose and un- certain plan. It could be ten years from now. It is like tell- ing a man he is going to be hanged but not setting the date," protested Vaughan Township Trustee Morley Kin- nee. “Meanwhile we have to maintain these schools. but for how long? It is very poor plan- ning." “We should not wait for the municipalites to act. We should get on with it on our own." urged North Gwillimbury Trus- tee Tom Johnston. "Ii omrglad to see the people to the north supporting us,” (Continued on Page 3) mmuuumuuIl‘mmuunmxrm\ul1n1\m\mlxlumuumummmu “We have to make a strong case on 0111' own.” agreed Au- rora Trustee Keith Nisbet. “We have to do more than just cp- poSe it. We have to make our own case." “Mr. Ratcliff said some- thing to me that was very foolish and improper for him to say as a councillor. A councillor must see that the township bylaws are en- forced.” said Mr. Barnard. Mr. Ratcliff replied that he hadn’t sold the land, it was his brother. The Sab- iston sand pit property lies opposite the location of Mr. Bamard's estate home. Later on. when a pause In the meeting gave him an op- portunity. Mr. Barnard wad- ed in again. Deputy - reeve Barnard then waded in. noting that Mr. Sabiston had recently purchased additional Ratcliff land at his quarry site. what 1' think?“ queried Councillor Ratcliff. “Yes, but you better re- member in the next. event," replied Reeve Burnett. Richmond Bill will ask the councils of Vaughan, Markham, King- and Whit- church Townships to name two representatives each to a committee to set up a ward system in the new Town of Richmond Hill which comes into being January 1. The new town will contain a portion of each of the four townships, since its boundaries will be Highway 7 on the south. the CFRB Sideroad on the north. the proposed High- way 404 on the east and Bat-burst Street on the west. The township councils will be asked to delegate their representatives to speak with the voice of council and other inter- ested individuals (if they are not named by their council) will be invited to attend and participate in the committee meetings. An invitation will also be extended to the York Coun- ty Board of Education to send representatives, since elections to that body will be affected by the ward system. The present town‘s de- partment heads were also authorized to consult with their counterparts in the townships to obtain all in- formation available con- cerning those lands pro- posed to become a part of Richmond Hill. It had been the council‘s To Prepare Ward System HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 a; Kin- Vaughan Township Council is lave to concerned at. the prospect of but for loosing some of York County‘s )r plan- newest and largest schools to Metro should Metro's boundary for the be moved north as proposed by should Minister for Municipal Affairs - own," Darcy McKeough. At a meeting on June 1. the council approved a recom- mendation that York County Board of Education and York County Roman Catholic School Board analyze and report on the effect of "classroom loss" should the proposed Highway 407 become the boundary be- tween the new Regional Munici- pality of York and Metro as ,compared with the loss if the present Canadian National Rail- way access line becomes the boundary between the two municipalities. Asks Report On "Classroom Loss" Due To Regional Boundary Changes A committee report presented to council pointed out that a considerable number of class- rooms, both elementary and secondary, would be lost to the boroughs of North York and Scarboro should the northerly boundary of Metro be moved to the proposed Highway 407. Schools involved, the report stated, included Baythom, Bay- view Glen, Henderson, Royal Orchard, Woodland Junior. Woodland Senior, Langstaff and Thornhill Public Schools as well as Thornhill and Thornlea Sec- ondary Schools. “The classroom loss would be far in excess of student enrol- ment in the area since a great number of students are being bused to the aforementioned schools from other areas.” Councillor Gordon Risk point- ed out one of the big consider- ations is the amount of capital in buildings and property that will be lost to the school boards if the boundaries of York Coun- 1mu\ullmmnuuuummmmuunuuuuummmumunummmuuumuulmlummn\mu|u\umummummun“muuwmummum4* Library Extends Service To All Future Residents Then Councillor Baker put in a word. He said he was in favor of prosecuting where the bylaws of the township were contravened. But the judge said he (Sabiston) didn‘t contravene the bylaw. He was smart enough to keep ahead of it, said Mr. Baker. opinion that the township's pit and quarry bylaw was flagrantly violated in the Sabiston case, said Mr. Bar- nard. Many people were up in arms about the pit. and the council had no choice but to prosecute. “As a councillor I have the job of representing the electors. even if Mr. Ratcliff doesn’t," concluded Mr. Bar- nard. "I was elected by the people of this township." re- plied Mr. Ratcliff. “And I‘m not a dictator, I‘m a public servant? he gaid. Richmond Hill Public Library Board extended free membership privileges to all residents of the new Town of Richmond Hill which will come into being at the beginning of 1971 under regional government. A resource centre. the 10- cal library has a large stock of excellent reading matter for all ages and reading tastes on its shelves. There is also a well-equipped ref- erence centre and a child- ren‘s reference library. Films records and large print books for those with sight problems are also available. Children‘s story hours are held during the winter and other programs are in existence or well ad- vanced in planning. The library offers the service of its copying ma- chine and a micro-film reader to the public. It is in close contact by Tele- printer with regional lib- raries in Mississauga. Brampton. Chincuacousy and Oshawa. and by Telex with libraries throughout the world, so that if the in- formation or book you need is not immediately avail- able it can be secured with a minimum of delay. The staff welcomes In- quiries for information 889‘ CHEV‘ 355 5435 5 YONGE STREET RICHMOND HILL PHONE OLDS 9453 {y and Metro are shltted as proposed by Mr. McKeough.‘ "Regional government has been set up without adequate planning." Mr. Risk declared. “They are doing us a tremen- dous dissewice.“ mumuuummmmuuummunmmmnmnuunu\\m\m\umu\m either by phone or in per- son and will do all in their power to obtain it for you. Exhibits are featured every month and art dis- plays are frequent events and there is an auditorium which may be rented for meetings. m1mnuuum\ummmmmmummmumummlmumnnmmnm Under the direction of Chief Librarian Mrs. Pat- ricia Hart, the. library is compiling pictures and In- formation about buildings which were in existence when Richmond Hill was incorporated as a village in 1873 and would welcome any information of this kind you may have. If you have not yet vlslt- ed Richmond Hill Library‘ you are invited to do so at your earliest convenience and learn firsthand about the many services offered. The library is located on the south side of Wright Street. west of Yonge Street. The corner is eas- ily identified. as Wright Street runs west be- tween the town's municipal building and the Canadian Tire Store. The library ls Open from 9 am to 9 pm Tuesday to Friday and from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday. It is clos- ed Sundays. Mondays and public holidays. Reeve Burnett then said Councillor Baker was entit- led to this information, and had only to ask for it. “If I get it. I will with- draw my motion at the next meeting." replied Mr. Baker. But she is likely to hear of it again. since Councillor Baker gave a notice of mo- tion that he was going to ask for an itemized three- year accounting of all the township’s costs arising out of court proceedings. She said the old council decided to appeal the Sab- iston judgment and had a right to do so. "It is now a dead issue. I choose not to hear of it again," Mrs. van Nostrand said. Councillor Mrs. van Nos- trand then added her de- fence of the old council’s de- cisions in the Sabiston case. Councillor Shaun Beggq. chairman of the town‘s parks and recreation com- mittee, continued the re- ports reachlng this office. He reports that representa- tives of the OWRC and of the games and fisheries branch of the Department of Lands and Forests have been here to investigate the pond and the dead fish. but so far have not come up with the cause of death. How. ever last week indications were that the problem was abating. Residents of the Mill Pond area in Richmond Hill are deeply concerned about the large number of dead suckers floating on the water. Reports are that more than 600 suckers have died in the pond in the last few weeks. (See Letters To Editors. Page 2.) It is also reported that the bass in the pond seem to be unaffected by what- ever is killing off the sucâ€" kers. "The Liberal" has been promised that as soon as cause of the suckers‘ deaths is known. it will be reâ€" leased for publication. Hundreds Of Suckers Die Mill Pond