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nmnmmmummumuuuunImumumlmmulmmmlmmuuw Richmond Hill will have an election on October 5 for the mayoralty and municipal councillors in Wards 1. 4 and 5. All other municipal council, regional council and school board seats were filled by acclamation. A total of 22 nominations were received for the 15 seats, and 19 nominees qualified. An estimated 200 ratepayerslfrom the new areas. Tow were present when nominations§Clerk Russell Lynett and Tow closed at 8:30. but had thinned:Treasurer Mack Clement \ver to a handful by 10 o'clock when‘in charge of the nominatio: the last candidate had been proceedings and Harry Sayer heard. Many were present was named to chair the candl Candidates’ Night Cancelled Chamber of Commerce President Stuart Casement. in making the announce- ment of cancellation. sug- gests that meetings arrang- ed by ratepayers' groups would be much more. ef- fective in bringing the can- didates 39d the public to- (ether. ln Richmond Hill. the whole town will be voting October 5 in the mayor-ally race and elections for mun- icipal councillors will be held (at the same time and places) in Wards 1. 4 and 5. Because of the large number of acclamations to municipal and regional of- fice in the current election. Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce has decided to cancel its candidates‘ meet- ing. This was scheduled to take place September 30 in Don Head Secondary School. Elections For Mayor And 3 Councillors In Regional Town Of Richmond Hill VOL. 94, NO. 13. MCKEUUGH DEFENDS MARKET Vâ€"AfUâ€"E Special Legislation For York And Peel Local NDP Meet Second Leadership Candidate Walter Pitman, Now Making Choice The York Centre delegates were among the 30 party m.embers who attended a wine and cheese party at the home of Morton Wax-ling, 66 Whitbum Crescent, Willowdale. to get a close look at the young leadership hopeful. Some time ago York Centre BY HAROLD BLAINE York Centre President Roy Clif- ton of Richmond Hill. along with eight other leading members of the local New Democratic Party Riding Association. last week had a per- sonal opportunity to “size up" NDP Ontario leadership candidate Walter Pitman. MLA from Peter- boro and former teacher at Lang- staff Secondary School. A provincial leader will be picked during the Ontario NDP convention October 1 to 4 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto Killed in a head-on car and motorcycle collision September 17 at 8:25 pm was a King Township newcomer and college student Douglas Moore, 21. of CFRB (15th) Sideroad. Conâ€" cession 2. He was the second King Township motorcyclist killed in a crash this summer. The crash took place in a light rain in heavy darkness under very slippery conditions on Duffel-in Street, about 1,!;-mile north of the King Sideroad. Mr. Moore was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moore, formerly of Toronto. He had recently purchased the motorcycle for use in attending classes in Toronto. The driver of the car, Dale O’Brien, 31, of Concession 5 and a long time King resident, was uninjured. The accident took place on a level part of the road just north of a railroad crossing. The motorcycle was travelling north and damage to the 1968 model machine was estimated by police at $900. Damage to the 1964-model car was estimated at $400. Mr. Moore was pronounced dead of multiple injuries on arrival at York Central Hospital. Coroner Dr. Bernard Granton, said there won't be any inquest. King Township Police Constable Alan Tienkamp investigated the accident. "Ptrblic Library) 24 wright St., Richiond Hill. Crash K ills King Motorcyclist Among these accomplish- ments. he listed Yonge Street reconstruction. Neal Drive re- construction with storm sewer and sidewalk. closing in of the swimming pool, addition to the fire hall and a holding tank at the present sewage treatment plant. Current projects he named were rezoning of the Mayor Lazenby presented a comprehensive resume of the work achieved by town council under his leadership in the first nine months of this year. William Lazenby. incumbent}0f tex‘ mayor of Richmond Hill, will‘S’treetv be opposed by John Stifel, who 1(’l'lge gave his address as Pembertonlported Crescent in the Richvale area. He for the mayor's chair in the govern new, enlarged Town of Rich- implen mond Hill for the years 1971 the pl and 1972. This seat also entit-Xsevera] [es the holder to a seat. on the'cause l regional council. lthe ec from the new areas. Town Clerk Russell Lynett and Town Treasurer Mack Clement new in charge of the nomination proceedings and Harry Sayers was named to chair the candi- dates’ public meeting. In his usual efficient manner Mr. Say- ers limited the candidates' speeches so that all might be heard without stretching the meeting to an unreasonable hour. MAYORALTY The New Democratic Party York antre Riding Association execu- tive were also planning to meet The other York Centre New De- mocrats who met and talked \n'th candidate Pitman were: Dr. Robert Price of Markham: Mr. and Mrs. Pat 'I‘irrell of Thornhill; Mrs. Donald George of Maple: Miss Christine George of Maple: Michael Jones of Maple; Allan Mills of Concord: and John Booka- lam of Richmond Hill. Candidate Pitman. 41. a Toronto native and MLA for Peterboro, was accompanied by a supporter. Yorkview MLA Fred Young. Arm- ourdale Riding delegates were also present to meet the leadership candidate. NDP members had a similar meet- ing \n'th leadership candidate Stephen Lewis. Tienkami) iniestigated the accident Early setting of the tax mill rate was an accomplishment in which the mayor took great pride in view of the earlier fin- ancial demands of school ‘ He also reported regional government was fought until its implementation by an act of the provincial legislature for several reasons. particulally be- cause of lack of information on the economics of the region. It was not initiated from the local municipal level and Rich- mond Hill could have lost its identity and the efficiency of services could be reduced dras- tically. The mayor listed the victories in this respect as re- taining our identity and get- ting lhree representatives on the regional council. Council this year has given assistance to the Richmond Hill Drop~ln Centre. the Youth Aid Centre which is run under sup- ervision of the Addiction Re- search Foundation and has been most successful. Richmond Hill and Area Family Counsel- ling Service, Richmond Hill Day Care Centre, introduction of textured sidewalks on Yonge ‘east side of Cedar Avenue to residential. approval of phase lone of the BAIF development project, a second building of senior citizen housing, addition to the parking facilities in the municipal offices area, G0 Transit. traffic lights at Yonge and Wright Streets. Markham Road and Newkirk. Centre and Newkirk, and Crosby and New- kirk. and modernization Bf Street lighting, he re- He said he was everywhere be- ing asked, “What would you do if you were prime minister?" This The leadership candidate said he is impressed by the increased vigor shown in the NDP riding associa- tions he visited during his tour of the province. This was especially apparent in Northern Ontario, he said. At the meeting candidates Pit- man spoke for a while and then answered questions put by the Armourdale and York Centre de- legates. Afterwards the meeting broke up and the delegates talked informally with each other and Mr. Pitman. last week to appoint a campaign committee. A meeting to discuss leadership preferences may also be held before the delegates go to the provincial convention. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1970 | T In 1969 the percentage lnl Mayor Alma Walker of the [M t L I N D Pvi’ork was the provincial aver-Town of Markham, reporting ‘y iage. and the only change hadlthat she had been told that i . V Ibeen the reassessment onglviarkham Township is going Pelel‘borqs bOUtthI membfir‘market value. It is estimated'under the Assessment Act am- of the Legislature and candid-that this cost the York rate-'endment, wanted to know if the at? {of leaderShlP _0f the 0111- payers $1,200.000 this year. burden of the relief granted arm New Democrath Party-f6 Appeals against the equaliz- residential taxpayers would be cently met lork Centre NDPing factor must be made by;charged back to the present Riding Assomtlon representa- the individual municipalities‘ itjtownship or to all ratepayers UVeS at a gatherlng 1n Willow-Mas been discovered and York‘in the new Town of Markham dale. I County Council has recommen-‘which comes into being Janu- L'lberal Staff “’l‘lter HElmldided that they do so. Concem‘ary l, The Minister‘s answer Blame reports on that meetlng is felt about the York {actor'siwas that any surplus or deficit in a feature stony on this pageirelation to that for other areaslwith which a municipality en- of todays editlon of “The le-‘â€" not about the distribution of‘ters regional government will eral . Ieducation costs within York. ibe a charge or a credit to that! Peterboro's youthful member of the Legislature and candid- ate for leadership of the Ont- ario New Democratic Party. re- cently met York Centre NDP Riding Association representa- tives at a gathering in Willow- dale. He touched briefly on Bills 142 and 143 provided by the provincial government to ease the tax burden on hardship cases. He stated his preference (Continued on Page 11) boards WALTER PITMAN M'LA ]mpressed By Former Langstaff School History Teacher In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials No Working Figures For Municipal Offices This was his difference with the other leadership candidate Stephen Lewis, who believed there are a lot of politically angry people in Ontario to whom the NDP should appeal in the next campaign. “Mr. Robarts (Premier) would like the NDP to appear as revolu- tionairies . . . economic “weirdoes” is Mr. Randall‘s term . . . in favor of government control and more showed party members were think- ing in terms of it being more like- ly that the NDP .will form the government. Regarding the controversy be- hxeen party research Professors Wilson and Kaplan. regarding the correct approach for the next cam- paign. Mr. Pitman said he believed most of Ontario was small "c" conservative. Wanting sane. sen- sible and careful government, This equalization factor ian the class. Assessors have set by the Department of Mun-icreated the shifts we now have. icipal Affairs and is used by’In some cases the shifts have the Department of Education been the other way â€" from in determining the percentage residential to industry â€"- of education costs which willlmOStly in company towns." the be assumed by the province, Minister told his audience. “1 Although the average contribu- Start from the Premise the tion over the province was 51% assessment is correct. What I in 1970. York County Board of have to’do now is to devise 3 Education received only 47.6% tax system which will balance - the same percentage paid the the tax load." Metro boards. I a: it t t The provincial equalization factor will be appealed by Rich- mond Hill Town Council, it was decided at the September 14 meeting. People from Aurora. Whitchurch, King, Vaughan and Markham Town-' . ships and the Town of Markham, as well as those from Richmond Hill crowded the auditorium of Don Head Secondary School, September 16, to discuss the inequities of reassessment, relief from undue tax burden and the future with Minister of Municipal Affairs Darcy McKeough. Although Mr. McKeough was e than two and a half hours answering unty Assessment Commissioner Ken William Lazenby, who chaired the meeting. 35 minutes late in arriving, he spent mor . questions with the assistance of York Co l Andrews, and Richmond Hill Mayor l Mayor Lazenby summarizedl “The whole area of taxation ithe problems faced by iratepay-lis complex and confusing. lers and the mumcipalitthas been the subject of a pointing out that the Ontario‘number of studies and of some ;Government had provided twoaction," stated Mr. McKeoughl means of easing the burden oaneform of the municipal struc-‘ - Bill 142Jture and reform of municipal " residential taxpayers. an amendment to the Municipaljfinancing were two areas he Act. permits a municipality to1named in this respect. limit the increase in taxation "In terms of total tax because of reassessment to 10“? dollars. the tax on real es- or $50 in any one year. and; late is a real burden to the the decrease because of reass-1 people," he continued. des- essment to 5% or $50 in any.’ cribing it as a regressive ione year. Bill 143. an amend-‘ tax as opposed to a pro- ment to the Assessment Act} gressive tax. “There are no enables a municipality to limit‘ simple answers. no sweet increases to the same amount. answers. because no one lwith the deficit being charged likes naying taxes." lover the general tax rate in the The Minister claimed he con siders “meetings such as this municipality. he explained. Richmond fiill has been hop- can only be of benefit._ They give me an opportunity to. ing for further assistance from _ I _ n the province, financially, to off-193m What 15 In your mlndS- i Later in answer to a ques- set this deficit. but learned at tion, Mr. McKeough stated la meeting between Mr. Mc- _ ‘ Keough and the heads of mun- that “The aim of tax reform is Enot to impose higher taxes oni icipalities held recently that ‘ none would be forthcoming, the residential taxpayers and to mayor continued. He admitted benefit the industrial taXPHY-i that he had voted against usingfilfi We would like to keep the.I Bill 142 in the town because he1same percentage across the pro-f felt that those who had received!Vince and can do that 'by the: decreases had evidently beenieasiest ways. We can ediust the; paying more than their just split mill rate (industriaI-. share of taxes in the past and commel'Cial taxpayers already were entitled to the decrease. Pay a higher tax rate than T535- Later he stated he was willing idential taxpai'ers‘. and/or in-' to support Bill 143 if council crease the bU51ne§S laX-_ pm-i agreed to use it to provide the bably what we. Will ultimately: necessary tax relief, do is a combination_ of! the councillor Lois Haney} ratwo.” Mr. McKeough indicated! I . . _ I h t i t that this solution is. at least 3255113393; .li‘"§5§eihe°m323 two years m the oftmz- until "d'mm‘es' we“ ‘° “‘49 "er iivifbi§.§kr22~i£si% S3“23i5 i- it ~ -_ - . 5:135:35 53,1, 151213: Egyégmgggket value (the City of Bramp- be ‘advised fel ‘on deaf ton's reassessment is not yet ears. 1t \Las complete) and the assessments explained by . . - - have been stabilized. Assessment Commissmner An- Mn McKeough pointed out first“: t:e:;3§sie'gis‘nilei:tiflzlrif that assessors in 50m? Darts“. icipalities until September 30.|the prohvll‘tce' yonhilgfiiufigggl The UNIVAC programming isior on t 9” ml" “ * e i ito assess at higher value com-- underway now. This program- . . . r r_ ming is different to the onelmercfghegdaigdgfizlagrgagpfm l :3: a re - ' ‘ class." he noted as he DolntEd lllllllllllllltlllilllltllllltlllllillllllllllfllllllllllllmnlllllllllmlllllllll out that in Richmond Hill. re- C .l 4 1 assessment sharply increased 1 l - . . 0 Inc ppea 8 'newer homes were not increased ‘as much. This was an indica-l The provincial equalizationmlasses as well as inequities be-‘ factor will be appealed bv Rich-itween Classes. l 7 assessment on older homes and Equalization .tion of inequities within the? i l ‘sented to general meetings of DARCY McKEOUGH Minister Under Fire area which has incurred it. He went on to explain that. there will be area rates, just as there are now. where rate-. payers in some areas are pay-l ing frontage taxes each year‘ for water and sewage SeI‘VICGS.‘ 1970 Asses Last Appeal The assessment notices on which 1971 taxation will be based are now in the hands of local taxpayers in Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham. Issued oy Assessment Commissioner Ken An- drews of the York County Assessment Office. this is the first notice since the takeover of assessment by the province. LAST DAY FOR AP- PEAL on this assessment is OCTOBER 14. An accompanying note indicates that errors in spelling. address. inaccur- ate description of property and wrong designation of school support can be cor- rected without the necessity for an appeal. Notice of such errors should be giv- en the York County Assess- ment Office at 896-8644 or ZEnith 58-500 before Sep- tember 30. On that date the assess- ment roll will be returned to the municipalities and may be examined in the municipal offices. Prior to that date. information about the assessment and while others are not “Hopen fully we would like to see ev. tContinued on Page 11) Y detailed information at any time may be obtained at the Trustees Make New Offer Teachers'. Salaries Nea At a marathon meeting in’ Aurora last Thursday. negotia- ting committees for York County Board of Education and), the county's secondary school. teachers arrived at agreement on a salary package for the school year 1970-71. Terms of the agreement will not be made public, however” until after they have been prev; l the teachers and the board of1 education. It is expected that the teachers will meet this week, and the board will con“ sider the committees' report ati it regular meeting next Monday. Negotiations between teachers same basic qualifications as secondary school teachers who are classified in categories 1 to 4. according to academic quali- fications. Salaries for elemen- tary school teachers at these levels will be adjusted to the same level as those of collea- gues in the secondary schools ‘Student Populati .Catholic Schools When schools in York County, opened September 8 there were mnrn mum'lc in nukiin an».-- Liberty; in all things Charity” “Court cqses in Toronto and Hespeler have led to decisions that we must have equity with- in the class. Assessors have created the shifts we now have. “The Progressive Conservative government has made municipal government a sham. Queen's Park makes the decisions through its grants stmcture. “People don‘t think the PC gov- ernment is incompetent. People are more concerned about its lack "For example," he said. "there are the regional governments and regionaJ school boards that have been forced on the people with in- sufficient consultation. Leadership Candidate Pitman said he felt government power should be dispersed, rather than concentrated. Mr. Pitman said what the peo- ple of Ontario want is a sane. sen- sible. sensitive government which will take power in order to hand power back to the people. bureaucracy." he said HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Agreement with elementary school teachers at levels 1 to 3 was ratified in May, but teach- ers from level 4 to 7 have the A moratorium on teacher hir- ing imposed by the Metro OSSTF “pink list“ was lifted June 11, and York County tea- chers were hired for September. Salaries were based on the board‘s offer of June 8. Terms of the agreement will not be made public, however. until after they have been pre- sented to general meetings of the teachers and the board of education. It is expected that the teachers will meet this week, and the board will con- lsider the committees’ report at in regular meeting next Monday‘ The teachers objected that the York County offer would give less of an increase to tea- chers with eight or more years of experience than was being offered to their counterpai'ts in Metro. Talks resumEd in June. andischools for trainable retarded the board made a “final” offer and York County Board of Ed- to the teachers, “dth salaries in ucation staff attribute this to most categories on a par withlthe number of children from those offered to secondary tea- outside the county who have chers in Metro. been enrolled in these schools. Negotiations between teachers and trustees began late last fall, but broke down in March when they could not agree on some aspects of the board‘s offer. The teachers maintained that an across-the-board increase would discriminate against experienc- ed teachers. there will be area rates, just as there are now, where rate- payers in some areas are pay- ing frontage taxes each year for water and sewage services, while others are not. "Hope- fully we would like to see ev- (Continued on Page 11) Teachers' Salaries Near Settlemeni “In any case,” he said, “this matter is not important, because I personally don’t set the policy of the party. That is done by the con- vention." Asked why he wanted to be prime minister. Mr. Pitman said he feels the NDP can place the province on the frontiers of de- velopment. He said a prime minis- Mr. Pitman said he therefore agrees with the Waffle on some points and disagrees with them on others. Asked about his stand in rela- tion to the radical NDP Waffle Group Mr. Pitman said this ques- tion couldn't be answered in a single word because the Waffle is on the political left on some issues and on the right on others. of sensitivity to their needs," said the NDP member. outside the county who have! Superintendent J De Hodge been enrolled in these schools.,commented that county popula- ‘ A year ago there were 29,613 tion appears to be fairly static children enrolled in elementary‘at the moment. Many develop« Tschools governed by the board'ments are under way, but are lnot yet occupied. kof education and the forecast for this year Was 30,298. but: Both boards have new schools |only 29,861 showed up on open-land additions under way or in ing day â€" 248 more than in;the planning stages in areas September. 1969. but 437 few-’where development is in pro- er than anticipated. gress, . Enrolment in secondary: A total of 150 children from “schools increased by 771. trombom boards are enrolled in 12.620 to 13,391. but this was schools for the retarded. 187 fewer than the official County Board Assistant Dir- ‘forecast. ‘ector Gordon McIntvre nhaerv. There was a 153 Increase in enrolment in York County Ro- man Catholic Schools. 4.749 on September 8 this year. compar- ed with 4,596 a year ago. The only places where in- creases were higher than had been anticipated were the schools for trainable retarded and York County Board of Ed- ucation staff attribute this to When schools in York County; Staff of opened September 8 there were‘that the 1 more pupils in public elemen-lpeared to tary, Roman Catholic and sec-‘ten level ondary schools than there wereylate enroll a year ago. but not as manylbring the s as trustees and board officials:elementary had anticipated. lticipated ls Student Population Up In Public, Catholic Schools Of York County 1970 Assessments Out [Last Appeal October 14 to the municipalities and may be examined in the municipal offices. Prior to t h a t d a t e. information about the assessment and detailed information at any time may be obtained at the An accompanying note indicates that errors in spelling, address, inaccur- ate description of property and wrong designation of school support can be cor- rected without the necessity for an appeal. Notice of such errors should be giv- en the York County Assess- ment Office at 896-8644 or ZEnith 58-500 before Sep- tember 30. Issued by Assessment Commissioner Ken An- drews of the York County Assessment Office. this is the first notice since the takeover of assessment by the province. The assessment notices on which 1971 taxation will be based are now in the hands of local taxpayers in Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham. SUNNYBROOK MEATS PORK CHOPS Special This Week BUTT Yonge Street - Willowdale Our Neighbors Fill Auditorium “People talk about a just society. but what I would like to see is a compassionate society. “The prime minister of Canada would have to listen to an NDP Ontario premier, because Ontario is the wealthiest province and has “The Roberts govémment is not incompetent or currupt, but it has made Ontario a province of lost opportunities. “In Ontario the range of re- sources is much greater and the degree of development by interests from another country has gone on to a much further extent.” he said. ter in Ontario has more scope than the NDP premier has in Manitoba. or had in past years in Saskatche- wan. because of the relatively limited resources in those Western provinces. Continued on Page 11 County Board Assistant Dir- ector Gordon McIntyre observ- ed that. on the whole, fore< casts had been quite close, with a fairly even distribution of increases and decreases throughout the county. Both boards have new schools and additions under way or in the planning stages in areas where development is in pro- gress. Roman Catholic School Board Assistant Superintendent John Zupanic noted that all class- rooms and portables are full. adding “Perhaps it is a good thing we do not have as many as we expected.” Staff of both boards noted that the greatest decline ap- peared to be at the kindergar- ten level and predicted some late enrolments which might bring the student population of elementary schools to the an- ticipated level. A revised “salary package“ was offered to the teachers on June 22, but a vote of all secon- dary schools teachers in the county rejected the new offer, and talks were again broken off. Teachers and trustees met (Continued on Page 3) with the same qualificanons‘ If you disagree with the amount of your assessment. our advice is to enter an appeal before the deadline â€"and to make certain that the appeal is in the New- market office before Octo- ber 14. If you can then discover that the assess- ment is on a par with your neighbours' and with other similar properties in the municipality. the appeal may be withdrawn. How- ever, if you wait to have all your questions answered, you may miss the deadline and so have no avenue op- en to you for another year. Because of requirements of the new Assessment Act only the total assessed value of the property is contained on the assessment notice and the assessment roll, so examination of it will not answer all ques- tions. assessment office. located in the York County Build- ing in Newmarket. at 64 Bayview Avenue. It is open for this purpose Sep- tember 15 to 30. 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