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Maple Sideroad Soon To Be Four Lanes Wide BY HAL BLAINE 1 Chief Stong joined the de- Three veteran Richmond Hilllpartment when he went to work Firemen with a total of lUZlat the H. J. Mills Limited years service. have been award-greenhouses. His employer. Harâ€" ed 30-year long service medals old Mills. was fine chief from by the province. {about 1923 to 1938i The medal is a new award' recently established. The men‘ receiving this medal also have their names published in the Ontario Gazette. the official publication of the Legislature. Fire Chief Stong has been a member of the Richmond Hill Fire Department for 40 years and fire chief for 20 years. He has been a full time fireman for 13 years. Yonge Street Intersection To .Be, Five Lanes A major paving job on the Maple Sideroad (Region Road 25) from Highway 400 to Isling- ton Avenue is due to start al- most immediately, says Region- a1 Commissioner of Engineer- ing Denne Bosworth. This Maple Sideroad paving is one of three major contracts recently awarded by the York Region Council and totalling $358,000. The approved low lender was submitted by Advance Paving Company Limited for 3101.764 for the paving of Maple Sideâ€" road from Highway 400 to Is- lington. The other tenders submitted were as follows: Beamish Con- struction Company Limited. 5102.537: Kjlmer VanNostrand Company Limited. 5103.402; Miller Paving Limited, 5108.184; Warren Bitumhic Limited. Itlll“lltfllllllllllllllllllll{\ltlltltllltlllllllllllll\lltllttllll\llllllttlllllllll 1 muml1uuluuumuumuummu11l1mmu1utumuummmumuuu VOL. 95, NO. 6 The Maple Sideroad, also known as Vaughan Road and York Region Road 25, will probably be a sweeping four-lane traffic way from Highway 11 (Yonge Street) in Richmond Hill to Maple in a couple of years. This main Richmond Hill corner will have two through lanes from each direction, plus a left turn lane next to the median strip. V In a matter of months the Yonge Street inter- section with Region Road 25 (Vaughan and Mark- ham Roads) will be five lanes wide in all directions. Mix Keenan is free on $1.000 personal bail with: out any cash deposit or other surety on the JuLy 2 hashish charge. She was remanded to ap- pear back in court August 19 so she will have time to apply for legal aid. Asked by the judge if she didn't think it would be a good idea to coMact her parents for help. the girl said no. She said she wasn‘t. living with any other young people. when questioned about this by Judge Gra: ham. FIREFIGHTER CECIL TUCK 3 0- Year M edals For 702 Years Of Fire Fighting In Richmond Hill 31 Years Service drublig 99:13:31" Y I Wright Stu Rich-non“. Hill! 5 June 6~5-4‘5"”U'3{“ “There was no pay in those days. There were 18 men in the department. It was a thrill to get. away from work and it pro- vided a bit of excitement,” says Chief Stong. 1! $111,528; and Armstrong Broth- ers Company Limited. $128,001. Property at Maple is being acquired for elimination of the level railroad crossing on Re- gion Road 25 (Richmond Street) in Maple. ' Purchase of several proper- ties and demolition of former dwellings has been approved to allow for a. railroad overpass at Maple. At a recent meeting of region council authoriza- tion was given for the wid- ening of Region Road 25 in Richmond Hill between Yonge and Church Streets to a basic width of 80 feet. Grading. gravelling and paving of this section of road to four lanes. plus a left turn lane. was also authorized. Estimated cost to the region {01‘ this work. and the related A 12-year-old boy on a day trip to the country with a North York recreation group. drowned at about 12:40 pm Tuesdayâ€"in a quarry at Weston- way Farms on the west side of Vaughan Concesion 6. just north of the Maple Sideroad. The boy apparently jumped into about. 10 or 15 feet of water and disappeared. accord- ing to a York Region Police spokesman. r Police speculate the boy may have been used to lakes and failed to realize the sudden cold depth of water in a quarry. Members of the Vaughan Town Fire Department in a rowboat dragged the quarry for 2%: hours before recovering the Coroner is Dr. Jack Saunders of King City. An inquest is ex- pegted, police said. 212 hours before boy‘s body. Vaughan Fire Chief James Davidson expressed apprecia- tion to Skyline Marina Limited, Highway 400 and Maple Side- road. for quickly supplying the department with a boat in the emergency. The fire department has, Fire Chief smug says ’the =g‘1'0Wn from the 13 V01ul1teer5 worst accident he can remember 0f the early days to a. 10ml 0f for these three veterans was 14 permanent full time men and when they were on the 01d 40 V01unteer5- Mason fire truck with nine * * * * others about 26 years ago. In the early days the local telephone operator called each of the firemen. and a bell was rung on top of the L. M. Mc- Conaghy School. He is a member of the town works department staff. Chief Stong‘s worst injury in those 40 years was a muscle separation in the uni of his leg when he stepped in a hole. John Stong, a brother of the chief. has been a volunteer member of the department for 31 years. land acquisition, was $25,000 It was reported to region council that a settlement may not be reached in the near fu~ ture with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stewart. owners of land on the southwest corner of Church Street and Markham Road. for the required 1+foot widening Council was told approval of a proposed apartment building on this property has run out. and that dedication of the land needed could be required in any new approval for construc- tion. I“ the meantimev all the 1‘9‘ Streets) from snowball to Dav15 gion would require is a smaller strip for sidewalk, two feet wide at one end and eight feet wide at the other. along with an easement over the rest of the 14 feet ultimately needed. It in t I Corners, and about 3/4-mile be- the yond along Lloydtown Road. Four other bids were submit- ted for this contract as follows: {Miller Paving Limited. $138.- [061: Advance Paving Company Miller Paving Limited sub-‘Limited. $141. 380; Kilmer Van- mitted the $119,342 low tenderyNostrand Company Limited‘ approved for paving of York;$143.689; and Warren Bitulithici Region Road 15 (Aurora Side-‘Limited, $148,948. Seneca College to locate at Eaton Hall. The delay was requested so that the town could make a presentation of the merits of an alter- native site at Bond Lake, which is located in Rich- mond Hill. The Minister‘s said. “I understand Board of Governors of letter the tile IICCUD U]. of the County of York who liva north of the boundary of Metro. At the July 2'7 meeting of the Richmond Hill plan- ning committee, it was deci- ded to go ahead with prepar- ation of the report on Bond Lake to be presented to the Minister. au. 1. CB1UCLIL§ __________I ship Municipal Building, King Sideroad. The Ontario Water Rea sources Commission is con- sidering the plans Sen'eca has submitted for sewage and water works on the site. Any objectors can be heard at this OWRC hear- ing which is scheduled to start at 10 am. "1” “an iissuance of the building per- Mr. Rimon also reported thatfmit. the number 0f PaÂ¥king Spaces The owner is required‘to pay exceéds that requ’reg by th,e;to the town on application for towns bylaws by‘.15;o hand. is‘a Wilding permit $341200 as a m fopfoyimtty ,Ffitht ‘e‘lu‘gf' contibution to mugigbraall ser- men s in e ro. e owns Evices. A bond of $ ' 5 re. ‘law requires '1.1 parking. spaces‘lqu-“ed to insure proper com. 1°" 93"“ 5m“? and this Plan'pletion of all works mentioned [provides 1.25 spaces per sunte. 1above and a bond of $7300 {3 At the suggestion of Coun-,insure proper completion an cillor Lois Hancey. chairman ofrmaintenance of landscaping. g-lilillllllllliii“\lllllllllllllllllllllllll“\“llllllllli“ll!lllllll“illlllll‘llllllllllllllllllllllllllill“llli““lullllllillllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllilll“lllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllIiillllilli lllllllllllillllllllllllillll“llI“illlilllllllllllllllllll“illill““llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiilillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 'lllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllltill“lllllllllllllillllilllllllllllilllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllilllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllll“I\lllllllllllillllllllllllllll“g the scene with what was probably Harkness asked "The Liberal” not the largest number of detectives the to make public the name of the riding seven-month-old regional force has school lessee who discovered the yet mustered together at one time. hashish, since the man suffers from The hashish in solid cake form in heart trouble, has to take nitroglyc- plastic bags lay at the station in a erine capsules. and might be upset pile measuring about four feet wide, too much by the publicity. :1-1mu1mmuuuumuummmummumuuummumullummnmuIuumummmmm1111ququnummmaumummmmuuumumuuummummuuumnmunmmunummmmnmmm l““““l“Iflmflfllflll“! The other Richmond Hm The largest ever Canadian seizure of the illicit narcotic hashish â€"â€" 350 pounds of the marijuana resin â€"â€" was made between 9 and 10 o’clock Mon- day night by York Region Police. At press time Detective Inspector Wally Harkness of the YRP told “The Liberal" there had been no arrests, but that an intensive invest- igation is continuingr with the co-op- eration of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Detective Inspector Harkness said the hashish would be worth about $300,000 on the underground whole- sale market and would have a retail value aproaching $2,000,000. It was found buried under several feet of earth on the Donway Boys Riding School property on the west side of Highway 48. just north of the Gormley-Stouffville Sideroad in- tersection known as Ringwood. The spot is just outside the former Vil- lage of Stouffville. in What is now the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. On Tuesday after the seizure. the Markham Town Station of York Region Police was a hive of activity. Detective Inspector Harkness was on the scene with what was probably the largest number of detectives the seven-month-old regional force has yet mustered together at one time. Canada ’3 Largest Hashish Seizure Ever FIRE CHIEF ALF STONG 40 Years Service RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1971 Mason fife truck with nine others about 26 years ago. The truck was wheeling out of the hall to go to a grass fire and had only gdne a short dis- tance when it was hit on the back wheel by a car at Yonge and Wright Streets. medal winner Volunteer Fire- fighter Tuck. is also a 31-year member of the department. Both he and John Stong joined when Bert Cook of Rose- view Avenue was chief. Tuck is employed at the H. J. Mills Limited greenhouses. road) from Woodbine Avenue Iformerly Don Mins Road) west to the old Aurora Town limits. The three other bids sub- mitted for this contract were as follows: Kilmer VanNostrand Company Limited. $125,009: Beamish Construction Company Limited. $125,890; and Warren Bitulithic Limited, $131,851. Beamish Construction Com- pany Limited submitted the successful low tender of $137,- 272 for paving of Region Road 6 and 16 (Keele and Dufferin Streets) from Snowball to Davis Corners. and about 3/4-mile be- yond along the Lloydtown The truck rolled over and the In Es entials Unity; in Non~Essentia1 four feet high and eight feet long. Harkness described it as about as much as could be put in an average car trunk. The cache of “hash” was discov- ered by the riding school lessee. He noticed some men fooling around a backhoe digging machine that was parked on the property near the highway. said Harkness. Suspicious of having someone prowling around, he went and invest- igated. Finding fresh earth, he dug down and found the strange buried material. He didn‘t know what the stuff was, but called York Region Police at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Station in Vandorf. Detective Bruce Findlay went to investigate, and found the biggest surprise of his police career: Inspector Harkness said several men are believed to have left in a car after burying the hashish. He said the investigation wasn't yet complete. and it won't be known for some time exactly how much is known about the men and car seen in the area. three were spilled out on the The second biggest fire of the pavement. last 40 years for the Richmond Although they weren‘t serâ€"’Hill Fire DEPaftment was pro- iously hurt. acid spilled fromibably the $551300 blflle in April the fire truck's chemical tank 1953 at Arnold and Yonge burned their pants off. Street. About the biggest fire during Chief Stong's 40 years was the January 25, 1950, early morning blaze that destroyed the 150- year. Thornhill Hotel on Yonge Street. At that time the Iowa floor of the big building housed Hal'- ley's Drug Store, Answell Appli- ances Limited, Finlay's Barber Shop. and the Petro’lane Cor- poration showroom and offices. - Fire apparatus and men from fér Willowdale and several other ren departments fought that. fire. (his Wéléli Gives Approval Eaton Hall Purchase Seneca College of Appli- ed Arts and Technology has received authorization from the Department of Education to make an offer to purchase the Eaton Hall property in King Township. subject to certain condit- ions being met, Minister of Education Robert Welch informed Richmond Hill Mayor William Lazenby by letter dated July 23. He was replying to a telegram from the mayor sent July 19 asking him to delay signing approval for Seneca College to locate at Eaton Hall. The delay was requested so that the town could make a presentation of the merits of an alter- native site at Bond Lake. which is located in Rich- mond Hill. FIREFIGHTER JOHN STONG 31 Years Service hti s Liberty; in all things Charity” [\IWMM‘MM It was this fire that sparked the establishment of a full time fire chief in the town. and the beginning of full time fire safety inspection. Another major fire was that at the Dunlap residence on Dufâ€" ferin Street. when Chief Stong remembers coming home with his long underware frozen stiff. This also involved a hotel. the 100-year-old House. The building then housed Dalleyfs Variety Store and sev- eral apartments. Seneca College considered the merits of a campus on the Bond Lake site in some detail. In comparing the relative advantages and dis- advantages of the two sites. the board of governors recommended the Eaton Hall site as an optimum match for the criteria for development of a York County Campus." It also pointed out that the college has a respon- sibility for developing a campus that will best serve the needs of all residents of the County of York who live north of the boundary of Metro. At the July 27 meeting of the Richmond Hill plan- ning committee. it was deci- ded to go ahead with prepar- ation of the report on Bond Lake to be presented to the Minister. qqmpxmmmmum YRP Detectives Bruce Findlay (left) and Robert Burbidge Examine Seized Hashish wmmummmmmmmmwummummmum former Palmer HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 York Towns, Townships Drop Tax Factor Appeal Before Municipal Board Abandonment of the appeal'York municipalities weren't' clears away one of the road-ljust blowing hot and cold on blocks still preventing the issu- the equalization fa ctor issue. ance of 1971 preperty tax bills They are very serious about it. in York Region. he said. There had been some hope He said the municipalities the appeal might improve the want their complaint dealt with financial situation of the munic- on the basis of a comparison ipalities and help alleviate the with the factor established for property tax levy. other municipalities in a rele- l SCHOOLS ISSUE vant area. SCHOOLS ISSUE The appeal was primarily re- lated to the question of school grants. The region's complaint about this was considerably re- lieved about two months ago by some increase in the school grants. The school board had been unable to appeal directly. since only the municipalities can ap- peal their individual equaliza- tion factors. Appearing before the Mun- icipal Board. Lawyer Stephen French of Toronto, said all the appealing municipalities had agreed the night before in Rich- mond Hill to withdraw their OMB appeal. resented the municipalities of Vaughan. Markham and Rich-i mond Hill. while being author- ized to speak for the other northern York municipalities by their lawyer. Joseph til, .of Newmafk’ét'." ' Lawyei' French said he rep-l The municipalities of York Region at a Mun- icipal Board hearing July 23 in Toronto \x'ithdrew an appeal they launched last year against the prov- ince‘s method of handing out grants of money for school and library purposes. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\‘ OWRC Hearing Seneca College Eaton Hall Plan The OMB allowed the appeal to be withdrawn without costs. In this the board had the agree- ment of the legal representa- tive from the Department of Municipal Affairs. school and library purposes. Hé"”t01d the OMB that The appeal was launched by almost all the mun- Vaughan. Markham and Rich- icipalities of the then York County. It protested mond Hill are intenf‘ling *0 Pm- what is called the equalization factor as it was calc- “ed “M “ppmpmm “Pres‘ . -~ ., . entations to the Minister of plated by the Department of Munic1pal Affans £01 Municipal Affairs with regard 1970 The only York municipality which didn't join in_ the appeal was the Village of Stouffville. The question of whether or not a Seneca College northwestern campus goes on the Eaton Farm prop- erty on Dufferin Street in King may be decided on Friday of this week during a hearing at the King Town- ship Municipal Building, King Sideroad. The Ontario Water Re- sources Commission is con- sidering the plans Sen'eca has submitted for sewage and water works on the site. Fren'ch told the OMB the Any objectors can be heard at this OWRC hear- ing which is scheduled to start at 10 am. Mystery Men Buried Trunk Full Of Narcotic Beside Highway 48 In Whitchurch-Stouffville mmnmuuummm‘!m111mmmum11111mm\wuuuumumnmmnmunmm1muuuluu l A site plan agreement with‘ Essex Construction Company for construction of a four- storey. 114 - suite apartment building on Essex Avenue, was approved by Richmond Hill Council July 26. subject to the rapprOVal of Town Solicitor “Tom Fraser. REAL COMPLAINT He said the real complaint isn't so much with the factor. but with the formula by which the factor is determined. After obtaining expert advice. and after studying the available avenue of appeal, the munici- Apartments On Essex Avenue To Have 4 Storeys, H4 Suites I it :building at four storeys had been approved last year. but that the owner had returned this year with a plan to decrease the llot coverage and extend the height to seven storeys. How- ever, opposition in the neigh» box-hood to the “highâ€"rise" fear ture of this change led to the company voluntarily returning to its original plan. Planning Director Hessle Rimon explains that the building will be U-shaped. with entrance off Essex Av- enue. One-third of the ‘ parking will be under- ground, extensive land- ' scaping and a chain link fence on three sides will ‘ be included and an as- phalted play area with lawns will be situated at the rear. l Mr. Rimon also reported that the number of parking spaces lexceeds that required by the, town's bylaws by 15% and is‘ in conformity with require-‘ ments in Metro. The town‘s by: was reported that they-construct au- sewers; Jaw requires 1.1 parking spaces ifor each suite and this plan. provides 1.25 spaces per suite. ; mums. paving. concrete curbs, con- crete sidewalks, service con- nections, fencing and land‘ scaping as shown on the plan to the satisfaction of the works commissioner, and be respon- sible for services within the lot limits. The owner is also requir- ed to assume permanent res- ponsibility for any inconvenien- ce to the CN property or any abutting properties resulting from discharge of storm or sur- face water runoff from their . property. Occupancy of the building will not be permitted until ser- vices, grading and paving have been completed. Fencing and landscaping must be finished as soon as possible after comple- tion of the building, as much as possible before occupancy, and not later than 18 months after issuance of the building per- .mit. The owner is required to pay to the town on application for a building permit $34,200 as a contibution to municipal ser- vices. A bond of $6,000 is re- quired to insure proper com- pletion of all works mentioned above and a bond of $7,300 to SUMMER Wilson SHOWING m'blett OF NEW CARS ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY mew itor‘ The agreemeent requires the iowner. at his own expense. to thy-construct all sewers; gmding. hadlpaving. concrete curbs. con- butcrete sidewalks, service con- thisinections, fencing and lando the,scaping as shown on the plan the'to the satisfaction of the works D‘s--fcommissioner. and be respon- ‘lgh_;sible for services within the lot fea_}limits. The owner is also requir- meled to assume permanent res- CHEV-OLDS 355 YONGE STREET N. 889-5435 Phone 727-9453 panties found the nature of their appeal seemed beyond the jurisdiction of the OMB. So they decided to withdraw, said French. anumnuul!xuuuummuuuunuummmummmmmui Mr. French told "The Libexu 31" after the hearing that it appears the Department of Municipal Affairs is trying hard for uniformity in its mun- icipal grants formula. CRAZY FORMULA "But they’re nowhere near it." he said. "The formula is just crazy and just doesn’t wvork.“ to their complaints He said the formula produce: different results for municipal- ities with different assessments and with different ratios of rural farm and industrial prop- ez'ty. i Occupancy 0! the building iii-ill not be permitted until ser- wices, grading and paving have [been completed. Fencing and landscaping must be finished as soon as possible after comple- tion of the building, as much as possible before occupancy, and not later than 18 months after issuance of the building per- : . .mit. French added that the York municipalities feel they have arrived at a suggesiion for a new formula for calculating the (Continued from Page 3) Where Cars Cost Less! council's planning committee. steps will be .taken to restrict roadside parking on Essex Av- enue in the vicinity of the apartment building to one side only. in keeping with establish- ed town policy. The owner is required to pay to the town on application for a building permit $34,200 as a contibution to municipal ser- vices. A bond of $6,000 is re- quired to insure proper com- pletion of all works mentioned above and a bond of $7,300 to insure proper completion and maintenance of landscaping. hoto by Photique Studio) RICHMOND HILL PRICE 15c PER COPY