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VOL. 95. NO. 25 lull““l“WW|l\l\\l\\\\\lll\\ll\l\lI“l\\\l\l\\ll\lll|\\ll\ll\ll\\\lll\ll\liilGormley Phones Go Toll Free Into Toronto ”-m-.. n-.. Irv “vuVVAVu -v 337 customers next March. Also hard hit will be the in- ln the meantime customers dustrialists who consume large can get a current Toronto Iquantities of \l'ater. "It is our phone book on request hope that the mcreased cos! of water “'1” spur them to estab- mm\muuumlmmuummmmmmmummuluummuuuum U511 water reclalmers to rec) c- Bell Telephone users ln the 887 (Gm-Inlay) exchange on and after next Sunday (December 19) will be able to call numbers in Toronto's core area and Wlllowdale- Don Mills wlthout toll charge. Because the service is two-way. persons ln these areas will be able to make local calls to persons in the Gormley area. 011 calls to the Toronto core area. to the Willow- dale-Don Mills exchanges and to Agincourt area num- bers beginlng with 438 and 499 â€"â€" persons in the 887 exchange must dial the digit 5 before the seven-dig- it number. Basic monthly rates for customers in the 887 ex- change will go up because rates are based on the num- ber of phones you can reach with a local call. ac- cording to Fred De La Planle. Bell Canada‘s manager in the Gormlo." area. The expansion of the local calling area on Sun- day will make it possible for residents of Gormley area to call 854.000 addition- al phones wllhout toll charge. New 1972 phone books containing the Toronto core and Willowdale - Don Mills listings will be delivered to 887 customers next March. In the meantime customers can get a current Toronto phone book on request. This Sunday evening. “The Christmas Story” according to the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke, will be presented in St. John‘s Anglican Church. Jefferson, at 8 pm. Setting for this beloved, old but ever-new story of the Birth of Christ will be the chancel of the charming old church on Yonge Street. The program will be enhanced by period costumes and appropriate theatrical lighting and lasts about an hour. Mrs. Joy Harnden, the church’s organist and choir leader, is the producer and director of the pageant. She has presented it for several years at Lake Wilcox. Oak Ridges and at Jefferson, until it has become a tradition of the season. It is five years since it was last presented at St. John‘s “Nucleus of the cast of characters is the the parish. The total cast numbers about 30. '1 and the church‘s young singing group, “The M carols. but U15. There is no admission charge but an offering will be received. Rehearsals have been going on for a month and the above picture was taken during the most recent one, showing Paul Harn- den (left) as Joseph. Mary (right) is played by Dorothy Wilson. The Christmas Story Sunday At St. John '5 Anglican To Start In January One Water Rate For Whole Town A step toward uniformity in the new and old parts of the en-1 larged Town of Richmond Hill} was the adoption of one water rate for the whole town by town council Manda)r evening. The new rates will be 8-1 per 1,000 gallons consumed for the first 9,000 gallons. 50c from 9.000 - 500,000 gallons. and 40c for consumption over 500,000 on a quarterly basis. The minimum [bill each three months will be is9. It was reported average us- age is between 14.000 and 15,- i000 gallons per quarter. The town has three water areas at present â€"â€" the old town. the area south of the town ser- ved by the Vaughan system, plus 'the area of Oak Rid- ges and a portion Qf Lake Wil- cox served by the Oak Ridges system. Hardest hit will be consumers invthe old town. where the a\'- erage bill has been between $7 and $8 per quarter. it was re- ported. The present rate has been $2 plus 45c per 1.000 gallons of consumption each quarter. HITS APART MENT DEWELLERS Multiple users on one meter 'apartments. etc.) are classi- fied at present as one consumer. Under the new rate system each user will be classified as a consumer and subject to the minimum billing. By MARY DAWSON s is the church’s choir. augmented by other members of It 30. The narrator will be Mrs. Les Eliot of Oak Ridges “The Mixed Blessings" will be featured in choruses and [e the water.“ said Mayor Wil- The new rates are to be in liam Lazenby. effect for the next five years. An increase in water rates It is forecast that they will re- in the old town was due two'sult in a surplus for the first years ago, but because the sy- two years, reaching a break- ‘stem had a surplus and regional even point in the third year. lgovernment was imminent. a Then there will be a slight def- nsurplus was used up to balance‘icit for the fourth and fifth ‘lthe books at the old rate. Hear. This deficit will be offset. AREA BATES GO lby the surpluses from the first In the other areas. the area‘two years. An increase in water rates in the old town was due twm years ago. but because the sy~ stem had a surplus and regional‘ government was imminent. a surplus was used up to balance the books at the old rate. AREA BATES GO In the other areas. the area mill rate (a law on the tax bill! will be eliminated. ‘Fromage charges will remain. however. Salary Contract For he books at the old, rate. lvear. This deficit will be offset.‘ meeting of council. Those ltorms. lue lULdl (UDL u. www‘ w...“ "aw , .,..___-_ AREA RATES GO iby the surpluses from the firstf on Yonge Street â€" at the will come under the pr0\'inCial portunity to write the ex- I In support of the oil com- In the other areaS- the area'two years. 1 Arnold - Lorne and Wright- allocation. ; ams a third time if they ipany application. Hitch called nill rate la levy on the tax bill): The new rates will come intoi Dufferin intersections â€" i It is expected most M the fail in February and get 1on John Sepejak of the firm. Kill be eliminated. ~Frontageeffect in January throughout; will be completed by Janu- Tprnjects will continue for the. permission from the chief Town Planners of Canada. Both :hal‘ges will remain. howeVer. Ithe whole town. ary 31. ‘ ‘full 21 week period covered by; to write again. iBayview and Steeles Avenue are 3'iiii“iiiiiiiiiiiiliii“mil“\imm“\iiiiliiii““\mlmiimiiiim“iliiiiiiiimim“iiiiliiiiliiii“\i““im\“iiiililiiiiiililiiiii“liiiiiiiiiililiiiiiiiii“lliiiiiiiiiiiiiiliililililiii“iiiiiililiiiiiililili““WW iii“\iiiliiimii““\“iiiliiiililliiliiiiiiimmull“llliliiliilllilmiiiii“iliiiiliillil“iiiliiliiiiiiiiiliiliii“illilliii‘illililiiiiiilllii‘ililllliiiiiiilllliiillill““\lilliiiilliliilimilliiiiliilli“iiml“\lili“iiiiilliiii“iin“iiil“milWilli““\“iiiliiiimim 'F ,!_ .. h n “l 'l n n n 1 1 At a meeting November 30. York County Roman Cathol- ic School Board ratified a salary agreement with its teachers for the current school year. The new contract will give continuing teachers an av- erage increase of about 7.4 percent. There is no change for pre-level teachers, that is the teachers with second class or temporary certifica- tes. Their starting salary re- mains at $4,800 with annual increases to a maximum of $6.500 after five years. There are a few teachers of oral French in this category. Nor will there be a change for Level 1 teachers -â€" those with a standard certificate plus some university credits. Salaries for this group range from $5,400 to a maximum of $7.400 after six years. For the rest. the new conâ€" tract offers increases of from $100 to $500 a year. depend- RICHMOND HILL. Park Use First Choice Of Planners (Photo by Stuart‘s StudiO) ing on level of qualification and years of experience. At Level 2 the starting salary has been increased from $5,800 to $6.100 with a maxi- mum of $9.300 after eight years. Maximum in the 1970- 71 contract was $9,000. As teachers improve their qualifications with university and Department of Education courses and in-service train- ing they graduate to higher levels up to Level 6. Each step up is generally equi- valent to one year of prof- essional training. For most teachers this means several years of night school and summer courses. At Level 3 minimum is $6,500 and maximum after 11 years teaching $10,900 un- der the new contract. Last year minimum was $6,400 and maximum $10,700. Level 4 goes from $7.500 minimum to $12,400 maximum after 12 years teaching. Under the Essentials U ONTARIO. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1971 nity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; Vafl\ghan Rd. Sidewalk Gets Priority School Board Plans Winter Works Under Provincial Plan To Relieve Unemployment ipvuu uLv On November 22 the b been allocated $51,300 f2 lluv -..v.~....vw But the allocation lapses if it is not taken up before December 31. At a meeting December 13.; trustees engraved staff recom-' mendations for work to a total of 5549.990. Of this the province is expected to pay 548.215. Cost‘ to the board will be $1.775 for materials, as the province as- sumes just 25 percent of the cost of? materials and supervis-' ion for the special winter work‘ projects. ‘ NOBODY AVAILABLE Calls to the Manpower office in Newmarket revealed they have no file on unemployed teachers. ‘ There are no school aides. librarians or library tech: uicians registered. But the school board staff is sure there“ oard received notice it has , 'om the provinCIal fund. l eight school aides to assist reg- ular classroom teachers in pre- paring and organizing matera ials. keeping records and work-l ing with pupils. Cost for this} part of the program will be; $10,800. NEED LIBRARY WORKERS Three librarian/libranr techâ€" nicians will be hired at a total cost of $6.000 to relieve regular teacher librarians. This will en- able them to begin work on materials for library centres to be opened in the Bayview Fair- ‘ways and Stornaway Crescent Schools now under construction and to help place the board‘s professional library on a firmer footing. There are no school aides. librarians or 1i b r a r y tech- nicians registered. But the school board staff is, sure there must be some looking for work in York. It therefore proposes hiring‘ of five teachers to relieve reg- ular classroom teachers to work with small groups of students in special help programs. Cost from January 1 to May 31 when the provincial aid program ends ‘is estimated at $13,500. York County Board of Education plans to hire teachers, school aides, library technicians. painters and laborers and have their salaries paid by the province under the winter works program. This year school boards and municipalities have been given allocations for projects that will provide employment for unemployed persons. These pro- jects are not included in the budget for the year. :A. 1...... lmuummumunuuuuummuuumuuumuuummumuuuuum A sidewalk on the north side of Vaughan Road from Yonge StrEet to York Cen- tral Hospital has been con- ditionally _ approved by Richmond. Hill Council. The council decided Mona day to recommend to York Region Roads Department that the engineering for a sidewalk be done when plans for the reconstruction of this regional road are being prepared. No estimate of ihe cost of providing the sidewalk ‘had been made, but Coun- cillor David Schiller, chairr man of council's works committee, noted that, 3.300 linear feet of sidewalk cons structed this year on the King Sidemad had cost The board also plans to hire old contract the minimum was $7,300 and maximum $11,900 At long last council has received a schedule for the installation of traffic lights at locations on Newkirk and Yonge Street. The lights were approved earl- ier this year. Traffic Signals Get Green Light At Level 5 starting salary is $7,800 with increases to $12,900 after 13 years. Last year the starting salary was $7.600 and maximum $12,900. The maximum for Level 6 also remains unchanged â€" 314.000 after 14 years. but the starting salary has been increased from $8.100 to $8.400. Those on Newkirk Road at Crosby and Centre Streets will be installed by December 17. it was re- ported at the December 13 meeting of council. Those As in the P teachers ‘nuns‘ 15 percent 1e teachers. There are increases for principals. too, with an- nual increments of $500 a year up to the maximum. A principal of a “C” school (up to 199 pupils‘ starts at $13.- 000 and may work up to $15.- 500. Last. year‘s range was from 512.500 to $15,000. In school (200 to 399 pu- mV1|lllIIHHlHIlIHHI‘II‘H'muuuuuuumunuuuuuuuuu\uumumum-mm.-v...y....,.m.......w. . . nally Settled past. religious n will be paid .ess than lay in all things Charity $11,200. Although Mr. Schiller did not agree with the estimate of the length of the proposed sidewalk on Vaughan Road, at from half to threeâ€"quarters of a mile, council members felt the cost would be similar. The busineSS division plans to hire two men to paint port- ables inside and out at a cost of $8,050 including materials and equipment. The board‘s share for materials will be $1,- 050. Another two men will be hired to remove dead trees and brush from school properties. including the ravine at the rear of Thornhill Secondary School and the driveways at Woodland Senior School. In addition to Mayor William Lazenby said. "The need for this sidewalk has been a thorn in the side of this council for years. It is a priority item." The mayor noted the hospital and Don Head Secondary School are ser- ved by the local bus from Richmond and Trench Streets. “But there is still a large number of people who walk from Yonge along Vaughan Road and who are in constant danger from the traffic." waées for the men. cost will in-‘ clude equipment and truck renâ€" tal to a total of 54.600. The board will be responsible for $725 of this. I SURVEY OF SCHOOLS The business division also plans to hire three men to com- pile data on school buildings and sites to aid in preparation of budgets and provision of maintenance service. The team ,will measure. log data and tran- ispose drawings and record iforms. The total cost of $7,040 will come under the provincial allocation. pils) the principal now has a salary range of from 314.500 to $17,500 compared with $14.000 to $16.500 last year. Principals of “A” schools (over 400 pupils! now range from 515500 to $18,500. Under the former contract the range was from $15,000 to $18,000. Salaries of vice-principals, co â€" ol‘dinators. consultants and supervisors are tied in with the basic grid. The salaries over grid remain the same for these people: $1.500 minimum for a vice-prin- cipal and $2.500 maximum; for a co-ordinator $3,200 min- imum, $4,200 maximum; con- sultants and supervisors $1.- 200 minimum and $2.400 maximum. For special educa- tion teachers salaries above grid go from $300 to a maxi- mum of S700 based on qual- ifications. There were other minor changes involving fringe HOD ME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 The federal plan provides funds to a maximum of $500,000 for projects completed between November of this year and the end of May. Each project must provide at least 30 man months of work and must pro- vide employment over and the plan.- The tree removal pl‘ojecti however, is scheduled for completion in 13 weeks. Councillor Louis Wain- wright said “There isn‘t a bus every minute of the day." Councillor Stewart Bell said “It should be con- sidered extremely high priority." above that which would norm ally take place this winter. Projects must be submitted [or approval prior to the end of January. As yet the board has not come up with plans to take advantage of this program. uumuuunmnumuuuulnmuuumuununuuuuumumuummu Councillor Lois Hancey said “We have no choice but to consider this a high priority item. but I want to know what other factors will have to be considered when the time comes that the region decides to go ahead with the road recon- struction." Regional Councillor Don- ald Plaxton agreed that the sidewalk should be high priority but did not want council to commit itself to construction at this time. York Region Police Chief Bruce Crawford and mem- bers of the York Region Police Commission at press time were still keeping silence about published re- ports that members of the new ZOO-man police force had a failure rate as high as 80 percent in recent promotional examinations. A spokesman for the police commission late Tuesday told “The Liberal" no statement on the report is being made. The police chief is reported to have met Sunday with the region police association execu- tive to discuss how the story was leaked to the press. The examination mat- ter wasn‘t on Monday‘s po- lice commission meeting agenda at press time. benefits. Travel allowance for consultants and itinerant teachers will be 15 cents a mile for the first 5.000 miles and 10 cents a mile there- after. Under the old con- tract the allowance was $200 a year or 12 cents a mile. whichever was greater. Also. under the new con- It is said 61 officers tried the exam and only 11 or 12 passed. A usually rel- iable source indicates the failing officers will have a new opportunity to write a promotion exam February 25. Refusal to write or a further failure could affect the rank of pay of officers who held higher ranks in the former police depart- ments now part of the re- gional force. It is indicated officers could have a further op- portunity to write the ex- ams a third time if they fail in February and get permission from the chief to write again. Also, under the new con- tract teachers' salaries not fixed by the definitions of levels are to be negotiated with the salary committees and approved by the board before such positions are ad- vertised and/or persons hir- ed. Total Silence 0n YRP Exam Salaries for all the teach‘ ing positions of responsib- ility not fixed by the terms of the agreement are to be negotiated by the salary com- mittees of the board and the teachers are approved by the board. There were 218 teachers and approximately 4.936 chil- dren in the schools operated provides $500,000 between and the Municipal Board Defers Decision On Town Plan Brigham ' R&H ° Peterson ° Medico, Etc. By MARGARET LADE Metro Conservation Authority came up the vil- lain in a two-day Municipal Board hearing in Buttons ville last week. , All day Wednesday and on into Thursday morn- ing lawyers, town planners and citizens presented arguments for and against an application of Gulf Oil Canada to build a service station on the northeast corner of Bayview and Steeles Avenues. Conducting the hearing were Member Gordon Blake and Vice-Chairman Harold Roberts of the Municipal Board. Gulf was represented by Metro Lawyer Ross Hitch. Appearing in opposition on behalf of the Town of Markham was Lawyer James Wallace. Residents of the area were represented by Thornhill Lawyer Michael McQuaid. ' The 1.5 acres in question were acquired by a. B-A Oil Company in 1966. The company has since been absorbed by Gulf. _ The land was valley land. but the company got permission fro‘ the conservation authority to con- struct a gabion wall and to fill the site. (A gabion is a wire mesh basket filled with stones and earth to form an artificial embankment. At this site the gabion has been re-enforced by a wall of cinder blocks up to the level of the roadway.) The Gulf land is one of two parcels in the Mark- ham North Bayview Secondary Plan that have not; yet been approved by the OMB. The town and neigh- boring residents are vehemently opposed to any commercial development in the area. Gulf argues that it is an ideal location for a service station. DECISION NEXT YEAR major urban thoroughfares. said The adversaries will have to Sepejak. and traffic counts in wait. however. until 1972 to 1970 showed that an average of find out who won the battle. 15.000 vehicles pass the corner At the end of the hearing each day. iChairman Blake told the_assem- With development in Marl;- n:_|.........A 11:11 In: Stop ’N Shop .DISCOUNT M bled selicitors. town planners and citizens that the question was much too complex for them to give an immediate decision. They will give their decision in writing in January. Ore of THE LARGEST SELECTIONS in the Metro area First to address the board? was John Conlin who repres-! ented the Metro and Region Conservation Authority. The authority has an interest in the land in the general area for‘ major open space. he said. but at present is not in a position to buy it. 1 "You cannot designate pri-! vate property open space for-1~ ever without purchasing it"; isaid Coniin. “The authority‘ iwants to buy it but can‘t now." His purpose in appearing be-‘ fore the board. he said, was to ask that the low density desâ€"E ignation shown on the map of] the North Bayview Plan be main- tained as single family residenw tial. This is not spelled out in the text of the Markham Official Plan amendment 20, ‘ ZONING T00 LOOSE ‘ “An official plan is not only ‘maps, but also text. With the ltext as it is. it is impossible to ‘get a chance in zoning without lamendment to the Official tPlan.” said Conlin. "We are merely asking that it be tight~ lened up." Two branches of the Don Riv-l To minimize the impau ox er converge at the Steeles andithe station 011 the communitY. Bayview Avenue intersection.itlle Gulf Sign WOUId not be an passing under Steeles Avenue overhead Sign. SePEjak Said. It and flowing south into North would be set in low frame sim- York. ilar to the Markham Town sign The property owners have no at the northwest corner of the objection to this. McQuaid intersection. The company plans said. They are anxious only totto demolish the frame house maintain the status quo withtnow standing at the east side single family homes south of}0f the site and to DTOVide Park‘ 'n‘m Chem ting space at the rear. The property owners have no objection to this. McQuaid said. They are anxious only to maintain the status quo with single family homes south of John Street. by the board‘ Salaries for teaching staff for the con- tract year 1970-71 came to $1,748,080. chan, physical education con- sultant for the board and chairman of the local teacher association's economic policy committee. Richmond Heights Centre 884-6423 Mon. to S |._.a -r “V , “The impact on the neighbors com. will be minimal." he assured the caned board. "All structures. including firmjthe storage tanks. will be 25 ,Both feet or more from the street in: are line." Mon. to Sat. 9 am. to 10 pm Sundays 9 am. to 6 pm g-..” _.._, . With development in Mark- ham and Richmond I-llllI he said, traffic is bound to in- crease. Steeles Avenue is a four lane highway and the municip- alities bordering it have the right, of way for a widening to six lanes. Bayview is four lanes south of Steeles Avenue and will be widened to four lanps north of Sleeles in the near t The site relates to transporta- ltion rather than to residential use. and it is large enough to ‘provide space between the pro- [posed building and existing lbuildings. Entrance and exit ramps were approved by the iToronto and York Roads Com- mission in 1968. Sepejak said. He produced a site plan showing an in-and-out ramp.on Steeles \Avenue and an in-and-out :ramp on Bayview Avenue. future The oil company land. said Sepejak. is in a valley with two roads going up hill to the north. south. east and west. The four corners are heavily wooded and :‘gfiéktwtirâ€"ey’building on the land would be virtually invisible from neighboring homes‘ He also produced an artists model of a four-bay service station with pumps on the Steeles Avenue frontage and on the Bayview Avenue frontage. PRICE 15c PER COPY When Markham Lawyer Wall- ace questioned the plan_ Chair- man Blake said the site plan would have to be submitted for approval if the land use is ap- proved. “This is not the time to deal with it." he said. n "(Continued on Page 8) Mlllllllllllllill\lllllllllllllllllll\l\lll\lllllllllmllll“!\\lll\“\l\llm\llll autumnummmmmumuuum1u\mumummnmuumuuum To minimiZe the lmpact_of VIRTUAL” INVISIBLE Richmond Hill citizens who attend council meet- ings no longer will have to strain to hear what is going on at the council table. A public address system has been installed and was used for the first time Mon- day evening. A microphone for each member of council was in operation and it was ludic- ated that one will be instal- led at the press-staff table for use of delegations who wish to address council. Members of the audience Indicated they could hear every word spoken by coun- cil members. Public Now Hears Council I NT MARTS Richmond Hill