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The heaviest downpour wasisaid, “That poor little stream concentrath over the olde1'Ijlxst can't take it any more. part of the town where popula- There used to be fish in the lion density is greatest. and at‘stream, but now there are just the peak of the storm more rats." than three and a half inches NEW TANK FILLED of rain fell in three hours in thel Mr. Amodeo. however, attrib- area between Cairville Road‘utes the flooding to storm run- and Elgin Mills Road i'eportspff. A new holding tank com- Roy Amodeo, chief operator of;p1eted just that morning was the Ontario Water Resources‘tput into use and filled to its Commission’s water pollutionl350,000 gallon capacity. Another control - plant on Markhamlmillion gallons was held back Road. ‘until the rain stopped. By MARGARET LADE 'elling was damaged beyond re- The Town of Richmond Hill'pair. is seeking provincial and fed- In an interview, Mr. O‘Hara ei‘al aid -for residents whose'said he felt that discharge from homes and property were dam-'the OWRC plant a short dis- aged by the flood that came tance upstream had aggravated with nearly six hours of tor- the situation. A resident of rential rain on July 26. {Richmond Hill for 28 years, he Homes along Murphy Creek] Once the rain had stopped, south of Markham Road whichiMr. Amodeo pointed out. the had never had flooding beforeswater disappeared very quickly. had basements filled with waterTHe pointed out that the O’Hara before the storm abated. Water house is on low lying ground. was up to within 18 inches of“‘I can't understand how he got the ceiling in the basement of‘a building permit.” the new $50.000 home of Gor-; A rumor that floodgates at don O‘Hara. 72 Hillsview Driveithe plant had been opened dur- Furniture and clothing belong-ing the storm are false, said lng to Occupants of two base- Mr. Amodeo. On a visit to the mcnt apartments in the house O’Hara home he drew attention Were ruined. Hardwood and to various contributing factors floor tiles warped and wall pan- which could help to explain the Air conditioned prestige space in new building with ample on site parking facilities. 1,120 square feet or more. 3,000 square feet below grade for storage or warehouse. Available from September lst. v v aunuun .nuavuuu. uu. The McAllisters were at work and the O’Hara's at the cottage when the storm broke on July 26 and the basement flooded to within 18 inches of the ceiling. Damage has been estimated at about $10,000. The legality of the apartments may be a complicating factor in claiming for damages. Up to the introduction of regional government last January, Hillsview Drive was in Markham Township which passed a bylaw in 1968 prohibiting multiple occupancy of single family dwellings. Hillsview is now in Richmond Hill which passed a similar bylaw in 1961. Last week’s heavy rainfall spelt disaster for Mr. and Mrs. David McAllister, pictured above with household furnishings ruined‘by muddy water when their basement apartment was flooded. _ The McAllisters moved into the apartment in the home of Gordon O’Hara, 72 Hillsview Drive, in February. A second basement apartment in the house has been occupied since April by Mr. O’Hara’s mother and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Richards. WATCH ARGO HOME GAMES ON CABLE TV* Call Now 884-8111 Norm Black Realty Ltd. Realtor YONGE STREET Call Norm Black, RETAIL OR OFFICE SPACE Town See/(s Federal, Provincial Aid For Flood Victims RICHMOND HILL CABLE TV ‘(IF TELECAST BY THE CBC NETWORK) In an interview, Mr. O’Hara said he felt that discharge from the OWRC plant a short dis- tance upstream had aggravated the situation. A resident of Richmond Hill for 28 years, he said, “That poor little stream just can't take it any more. There used to be fish in the stream, but now there are just rats." Once the rain had stopped, Mr. Amodeo pointed out. the water disappeared very quickly. He pointed out that the O’Hara house is on low lying ground. 09:2 Three other bids were sub- mitted as follows: F. H. Rob- ers and Sons. $50550: S. P. and M. Materials Limited, 554.400: and Miller Paving Limited, ‘ $73,500. He pointed to a hairpin curve in the creek as it passed under a farm fence north of the O‘- Hara property. These, Mr. Am- odeo explained, would dam up the creek as logs and lumber piled up until the force of the water broke the dam. Mr. O'Hara feels. however. that the town could have taken action to prevent such a situa- tion, deepening the channel and clearing debris away from the banks of the creek. flooding of the O’Hara base- ment. ' ‘ Debris from gardens and foot- bridges washed away from the back of a row of attractively landscaped new houses on Ce- dar Avenue was added to other debris from further upstream as the creek pushed south of Markham Road. WORST IN 50 YEARS Ward 3 Councillor Lois Han- cey, who represents the area on council. protested that the creek was cleaned out earlier this year. adding that the pri\'- ate footbridges were not built to withstand such a deluge. The storm was so darned unusual,” said Mrs. Hancey. “I am not trying to minimize the situation â€"- it is a real disaster when your basement is flooded â€"- bfit there hasn’t been a‘ storm like that in 50 years. It would cost a fortune to build for this situation.” More rain fell over Richmond Hill during the storm than fell Region Pays $49,100 25,000 Tons Gravel The low $49,100 tender of Gormley Sand and Gravel Limited for 25,000 tons of crushed gravel was approved at a recent meeting of York Re- gional Council. Fjiday, Aug. 6 - 8:00 PM. SASKATCHEWAN vs. TORONTO The problems of drainage initown. and Mr. O’Hara intends the older parts of town is ag- to organize a public meeting to igravated, said Mr. Schiller. be- bring pressure to bear on the icause the storm sewers flow municipality to take action in To the north of the treatment plant homeowners feel. that their plight is even more ser- ious. In the past month several |basements in Beverley Acres Councillor D 3 vi (1 Schiller, who also represents Ward 3, advised victims of the storm to pick up claims forms at the town office. The town. he said, is applying to the provincial and federal governments for as- sistance, but to date has no assurance that it will be forth- coming. on the day of Hurricane Hazel in October, 1954. It would have been much worse without the new holding tank, said Mrs. Hancey after a visit to the scene. The tank has been designed to improve ef- fluent discharged into the stream, to improve the effic- iency of the plant and to in- crease its capacity. It is standard practice now to less, is pla separate storm from sanitary sewers to sewers. The systems have been on the sa: separated in the reconstruction but it cou of Yonge Street and in new de- fore they ‘ velopments. while the And no matter where it progressiv comes from, he pointed out, the only place it can go is into the streams that flow throughiAURORA: the town. The only way to pre-len 0f the vent flooding would be to re- “:35 taken construct the creek beds and Pltalfimr this is a major job. Cblqlfne A lot of water. he said. by- passed the holding tanks be- cause they were already filled i l 1 into the sanitary sewers and a lot of rain water passes through the sewage treatment plant. to capacity This has been done by the conservation authority in many areas around Metro, said Mr. Schiller, but Richmond Hill creeks do not rate very high on the priority list for flood control. FLOODING 0N BROWNDALE ASK FOR FEDERAL AID I They have lived in the house] He said the OMB in the past for 15 years, She said, and untmhas indicated it doesn't neces- |18 months ago drainage seemed sarlly agree with the formuia, satisfactory. but that this complaint is 3 Both the O’Hara’s and the mafitei‘ which falls within the Mclndless have been advisediJUFlSdlctlon of the politicians .by their insurance companiesim the LGgiSIature. lAURORA: Manager John Wald- en of the local swimming pool, was taken to York County Hos- pital after he received a dose of chlorine gas trying to fix a leak at the swimming pool. Life- guards smelled the gas July 25, cleared the pool, and called the 19~year-old manager. Using a small air pack he entered the‘ small room where the tanks are kept and didn’t realize the mask wasn’t sealed to his face. It is speculated his beard may have prevented the sealing. It is believed that when the tanks were changed the valves were not completely tightened. John spent the night in hospital. have been flooded twice with untreated sewage. Residents of Browndale Crescent have ap- peared before council asking for relief. Mrs. Gloria McIndless of 269‘ Browndale Crescent reports that, following the July 26 storm, they had 12 inches of water containing raw sewage in their basement. Furnishings and clothing in her teenage daughter’s bedroom and in the recreation room were complete- ly ruined and wall panelling in- stalled just six months ago had to be torn out. Both the O’Hara‘s and the McIndless have been advised by their insurance companies that the town should be held responsible. Both are consider- ing legal action against the town. and Mr. O’Hara intends to organize a public meeting to bring pressure to bear on the The town, said Mrs. Mclnd- less, is planning to put in storm sewers to relieve the pressure on the sanitary sewage system, but it could be three years be- fore they are completed. Mean- while the situation is getting progressively worse. improving methods of sewage disposal. A mathematics program that began in a small way eight years ago has mushroomed be- yond the wildest dreams of the original organizers. In 1963 four secondary teach- ers in the old Ontario Second- ary School Teachers’ Federa- tion District 10, which ran from Orangeville to Godei‘ich, set up Thornlea Students Excel In Math Contests A mathematics program that shield. The top three students began in a small way eight were Dave Woodburn, Grant years ago has mushroomed be- Davis and John Kim. Thornlea yond the wildest dreams of the was 60th in Ontario out of 461 original organizers. and 120th in Canada out of 884. In 1963 four secondary teacl‘l- The contest consists of about 30 ers in the old Ontario Second- questions, and students are ary School Teachers’ Federa- given one hour to write it. tion District 10, which ran from| Dave Woodburn's score was Orangeville to Goden‘ch, set up 66th in Canada (out of 19.123) a junior mathematics contest.and 3lst in Ontario out of more which involved 300 studentsjthan 12,000, from 20 schools. 1 ,3. * g. g. In 1971, 19,000 students from‘ 884 schools across Canada‘ wrote the last contest. ‘ One of the original organizers: is Donald Attridge, chairman of‘ mathematics at Thornlea Sec- ondary School in Thornhill. The University of Waterloo agreed to coâ€"operate in setting up the contest. and students from grades 9. 10 and 11 were invited to participate. Papers were marked by hand. their 0MB appeal was futile. Previous rulings indicated the OMB would uphold the equalization factor calculations of the Department of Municipal Affairs. It was apparent the OMB in the past had steadfast- ly refused to consider the fair- !ness and aptness of the actual formula used in the equaliza- tion factor calculations, he said. The University offered a shield to the top school in each OSSTF District â€" there are now 39 of them. The shield is awarded to the top school, tot- aling scores from the best three students in the school. It is a matter of considerable satisfaction to Mr. Attridge that this year Thornlea won the District 11 (York County) York Towns, Townships Drop Tax Factor Appeal (Continued from Page 1) equalization factor. a formula which will provide fairer re- sults. (ContinUEd from Page 1) He tried to get a summer job equalization factor. a formula Where he “Wild be working which will provide fairer 1-9- with computers, but couldn’t sults. find one. He is, however, work- Market value assessment ing on the computer at Thorn- went into effect in York in 1970 lea and has a part-time job in and this considerably upset the a bO‘Vling alley. established pattern of grants Dave also tried the senior and tax responsibility in the competition and admits, “I then county. didn’t do so well, but I will try The tax burden is said to'agaiW' have shifted considerably to the Fom‘ years ago the Commit- shoulders of the northern York tee that sets UP the junior 00n- municipalities when, accordinggtest 56? A1111 a senior PI'OblemS to market value assessment, it was found the southern and ur- banized municipalities were bearing an unfairly large share of the tax load. APPEAL FUTILE A spokesman for the adminis- tration of one local municipality told “The Liberal” last week that an examination of the pre- vious decisions of the OMB on equalization factor appeals con- vinced the York municipalities THE HILL MARKETERIA TENDER RUMP ROAST ROUND STEAK ROAST SIRLOIN TIP ROAST ROUND STEAK SLICES 29 YONGE ST. SOUTH TANG Orange Crystals 3V2 Pkg; 6Pkgsefor99¢ MASON POP HOME GROWN LETTUCE FIELD TOMATOES We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities FREE DELIVERY 3%? GROUND ROUND STEAK 89a. Tender SHOULDER STEAKS 69s.. Red and Blue Brands Only Store Hours: 9 am. In recent years the contest “"99 hour Pl‘OblemS Paper fit; organizers have been offer-ing.and opera“ by the Canadian a week's seminar to the best 40l or so students in the province‘ at the University of Waterloo. where they stay in residence, take lectures. use the computer, and participate in various rec- reational activities, including a visit to Stratford. Dave Woodburn was at Wat- erloo for the third week in June, and he reports. “It was really great. We worked hard but we learned a lot.” It was a pretty challenging week, he says. time for fun. In addition to an evening in Stratford he went bowling. and swimming. and found that there was plenty of activity on campus to keep the visiting students occupied and interested. * a: t 4' Thu”. Ilvlfin flhnl‘ :nln "mud- 1‘) but there wasl Police Accident Report l ‘Stouffville Pair Saved Lives As A young Stouffville couple credit the wearing of seat. belts 'for saving their lives Monday night when their car hit a tree on Markham Concession 10, three miles north of Highway 7 East. The car went out of control and into a deep ditch after they met a car that kept its high beam bright lights on and blinded them, they told “The .Liberal." Dave. who goes into grade 12 in September, had already de- cided that he wanted to go to the U of W after high school. Now he is sure of it. He will be studying mathematics and computer science. Dave also tried the senior competition and admits, “I didn’t do so well, but I will try again." competition for students in grades 12 and 13. This is a two and one-half houl‘ paper, and six students from Thorn- lea participated. Three of them did extremely well. Ray Leivo was fifth in Ontario out of 795 participating. Calvin Harley was 12th, and Dave Watts was in the top 50. Since the Department of Ed- ucation stopped setting papers for grade 13, explains Mr. At- tridge. the éommittee decided to set its own. “We felt that it was a good discipline and top students needed to be chal- lenged and they are not these days." Again Thornlea was top school in the county, and 3151: in Ontario. out of 341 schools. There is another challenge. though. offered by the Actuar- ial Association to senior high school students all over North America. In Ontario this year thousands wrote the actuarial association‘s senior high school mathematics contest. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Aug. 5, 1971 (All Flavours) RICHMOND HILL to 9 pm. Monday to Saturday Members of the team were RayiMathematical Congress which Leivo, Calvin Harley and Tomlannually sponsors the Canadian Vockeroth. All three graduatedplympiad. This paper is by with an overall average of more} invitation only, and a maximum than 80 percent in their top‘of 50 students from any prov- seven papers to qualify as On-Eince is allowed to write. In tario Scholars, and Calvin Harâ€"ithis he placed 13th in Canada ley was top student in the‘and 5th in Ontario. county with an average of 96.1 Bay has been offered and has percent. accepted a $2,800 scholarship Because of his fine showing‘to the U of W. Calvin Harley in the senior competitions. Rayiwill also be going to Waterloo. Because of his fine showing in the senior competitions. Ray Leivo was invited to write a three hour problems paper set and operated by the Canadian Driver Mrs. Joy Smith, 21, oleRP. 356 Main Street East, Stouff- * " ‘ " ville, faces about two weeks Mrs. Dori Stricker, 24, of 30 in Scarboro Centenary Hospital Romfield Circuit, Thornhill, recovering from one broken suffered head cuts and bruises shoulder. Her other shoulder in a 4:40 pm July 26 two-car was cracked. collision at Bayview Avenue Hep husband Ruben smith- and Royal Orchard Boulevard. 7 Her husband Ruben Smith, 26, suffered cuts, including one over the left eye, and bruises. He was treated at the hos- pital and released. Their car was a $1,000 total wreck in the 10:30 pm crash, ac- cording to York Region Pol- ice. Mrs. Smith, a nurse. doesn't expect to be able to go back to work for two or three months. A 14-year-old Richmond Hilll His car had an estimated girl was knocked down by a car $100 damage. as did the other driven by a 16-year-old girl at vehicle driven by Paul Barbour, 9:55 pm Sunday on Yonge 19, of 405 Mill Street, Rich- Street near Centre Street WEDNESDAY WITH DANCING “FRANCIS” TOPLESS A- GO-GO 69 Yonge St. 8., Richmond Hill Large Heads ON ALL ORDERS $5.00 AND OVER WE TAKE TELEPHONE ORDERS All Prices Effective Aug. 5th - 6th FEATURING NIGHTLY IN THE ROUND TABLE ROOM CASE OF 24 CANS $1.69 “Fully Licensed” Ray has been offered and has accepted a $2,800 scholarship to the U of W. Calvin Harley will also be going to Waterloo, but Tom Vockeroth plans to spend a year in travel before he goes on to university. Pedestrian Isobelle Hannah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Hannah. SB Yonge Street South, a student at Don Head Secondary School. had a pos- sible cracked left. arm, sore back and bad bruises. Feel Seat Belts Car Struck Tree She was X-rayed at York Central Hospital and sent home to bed for two days. Driver of the car was Nancy Fawn of 156 Sussex Avenue, Richmond Hill. according to YRP. Charged with failing to yield after stopping at 1:40 pm July 30 in a two-car collision at Wright and Hall Streets was Timothy McKenna, 48, of 396 Bluegrass Boulevard. mond Hill, police said PHONE 884-26" 7th