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VOL. 95, NO. 40. Increases for other depart-if1'0m$19,000t1 ment heads came! in for critic-I Controversy ism from Newmarket Mayor heavy over ca Robert Forhan. The personnel the respective and grants committee headed byuheads. The co Regional Chairman Garfield ward three 0: Wright had recommended an ment heads u: increase from $21,000 to $24,000 automobiles 0 for Engineering Commissioner ness. They c Denne Bosworth and from $18.â€" tailed reports 000 to $21,000 for Regionalforigin, destina‘ Just about everyone on the payroll of the Reg- ion of York gets a raise in pay this year â€" all but the head man, Chief Administrator Jack Rettie. The increases. which average about eight per- cent, were approved by York Regional Council at a meeting in Newmarket Thursday. Noting that Rettie’s salary will remain at $32,500, Markham Councillor James Jongeneel de- clared, “It should be publicly stated that the lack of an increase for" the chief administrator is not an indication of lack of appreciation for his services,” adding that in the face of a tight budget situation, 1 Rettie had said he did not want an increase. ' Increases for other depart-'from $19,000 to 520.000. 3 ment heads came. in for critic- ism from Newmarket Mayor Robert Forhan. The personnel and grants committee headed by Regional Chairman Garfield Wright had recommended an increase from $21,000 to $24,000 for Engineering Commissioner Denne Bosworth and from $18.â€" 000 to $21,000 for Regional Treasurer John Hlynski. l Controversy waged hot and‘ heavy over car allowances for‘ the respective department heads. The committee put for- ward three options for depart- ment heads using their private automobiles on regional busi- ness. They could submit deâ€" tailed reports indicating date, origin. destination. purpose. dis- tance travelled and odometer Increases of $3.000 were toolreading: submit monthly mile- much. said Forhan. for men who had been with the region for only a year. He asked. too. why Regional. Solicitor Edward Oakes got a raise from $25000 to $26000 when he had not asked for it. He moved that each department head be dealt with individually. but the. motion was defeated age accounts not to exceed 800 miles per month without in- dicating details aforementioned. or accept charges in excess of '5115 per month toward cost of leasing and operating a private automobile. Mileage allowance for reg- ional employees using private cars on regional business is 14 seven to three. cents per mile. Increases of $3.000 were too much. said Forhan. for men who had been with the region for only a year. Salary for Commissioner of Health and Social Services Dr. Owen Slingerland goes from 529.500 to 530.500: Planning Commissioner Murray. Pound from $32000 to $24,000. and Regional Clerk Robert Vernon lllllmlllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllillllll“llll“\ll\l\\ll\|llll bouncillors Query Higher ‘ Pay For Region ’3 Top Brass ‘ Automobile arson ls sus- pected in Vaughan Town in the Friday night burning of a vehicle belonging in a woman whose husband is in jail for robbery. according to York Region Police. Gasoline was apparently pom-ed lnside the car and set on fire sometime after midnight Friday and before 3 o‘clock in the morning Saturday. police said. The burnt out shell of the car was found later. Mrs. Cecilia Neal of 11730 Keele Street North parked her car on the road in front of her home be- cause of snow conditions. The Easter Bunny will have some extra special wares to put in children’s baskets this year. as he has had for several years past. Ambitious and artistic members of Holly Trinity ACW Thornhill, have made 600 quarter pound eggs and added attractive decorations. 1n the above picture Sue Robson (left) fills an order and Myrtle Lang puts the finishing touches on the eggs at a recent work meeting. The UCW of St. Paul’s United, Lake Wilcox, also annually make and decorate more than a thousand Easter eggs, which are real works of art, as well as delicious confections. The demand for these very special eggs is great and orders must be placed early in order to be filled. Car Arson In Vaughan Beautiful Eggs For Easter 24 Wri' Rich"! "11 ;w- ‘ Mileage allowance for reg-‘ ional employees using private cars on regional business is 14 cents per mile. Newmarket Mayor Forhan ob- jected that there was no justi- fication for a $115 per month allowance for Clerk Robert Ver- non and Treasurer John Hlyn- ski. _A motion from Georgina Councillor Robert Pollock that the question be sent back to committee for specific recom~ mendations for each depart- ment head found no seconder. Chairman Wright broke a tie vote to defeat a motion from Forhan calling for straight mile- age compensation for these two officials. In defence of the clerk and treasurer. Rettie told the council that numerous trips are made to the post office. hank, police office. engineering (1 e p a r t ment which clock lc§ than a mile on the odometer. “It costs more to start the car than the allowance for the mileage for the distance travelled". The recom- mendations were drawn up by a special committee of council, said Rettie, not. by staff. Nemnarket Counc1llor Ra H111. Councillor Jongeneel said he could u n d e r s t a n d offering choices in methods of charging for mileage, that in the final analysis the cost to the taxpayer would be the same. but their might be tax advantages to the employee. Twinney introduced, then with- drew a motion that the two officials in question be given a straight $75 a month car allow- ance. Since there was controversy, however, said Jongeneel. only 10 of the 16 members of coun- cil were present. the mileage matter should be postponed and dealt with at another meeting. Council did not agree. Councillor Twinney re-intro- duced his motion to provide a $75 allowance for clerk and treasurer and it was passed. councillor Jongeneel re- iterated his objections, say- ing it was disappointing to have to deal with important matters such as salaries ‘ with so few members of council present. With only 10 councillors present. he declared. it was not a rep- resentative vote. The committee recommenda- tions included establishment of a six month probationary period for new employees, payment of '75 percent of costs of group in- surance. hospitalization. medi- ‘cal, extended health. long term :disability and supplementary ‘hospital benefits. Eleven statutory holidays? were listed for regional emJ ployees: New Year's Day. Good Friday. Easter Monday. Queen‘s Birthday. Dominion Day. Civic Holiday. Labor Day, Thanks- giving Day, Christmas Day. Box- ing Day and Remembrance Day when it falls on a working day. When any of these holidays, with the exception of Remem- brance Day fall on a Saturday or Sunday. then the Friday pre- ceding or the Monday following will be designated as the day of observance of the holiday. Employees will be entitled to two weeks’ vacation after one year of employment. three weeks' vacation after five years of service. and four weeks on completion of 15 years‘ service. Grievance procedures, over- time pay. mileage allowance were included in_the committee report. Hourly salaried em- ployees will receive time and one-half for all time worked in excess of the scheduled normal work week. (Photo by Stuart's Studio) @912 Wm WM iNo Increase In Honorarlum For {Education Advisory Committees RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, Vaughan Trustee Morley Kinnee, a member of the board‘s advisory vocational coma mittee and a former chairman of that committee, advised that non-board members of the York County Advisory Vocational Committee are paid $50 per ‘month and there has been no lpressul‘e for an increase. In a letter to Board Chairman. Ross Jolliffe, tr u s t e e for. V a u g h a n. the association's Assistant Executive Director Freeman Farrington said there has been no zone conference for the past two years and asked for Markham Trustee L o u is e Aimone felt that members of advisory committees serve on them out of a sense of com- mitment and generally do not seek other than a token of financial recognition. Trustees also rejected a sug- gestion from the Ontario Public School Trustee Association that a zone conference be held this School Grants Up But No Tax Cut Expected spring a clmsensusr of opinion from trustees of the York Coun_ty Board. -‘" Locations suggested were a school in Oshawa or a lodge in Haliburton. Format would in- clude a "cracker barrel session" with all directors of education from boards in the zone being on the receiving end of trustees’ questions. A drop of $33 million in assessment in the region will probably offset a $4.2 million increase in educa- tion grants. cancelling out anticipated reductions in municipal levies for educa- tion in the Region of York. In a report received at the March 13 meeting. York County Board of Education learned that grants will go up this year by something like $42 million. With a budget increase of between $3 and $4 this should result in a slight drop in educa- tion taxes. The picture is clouded. however. by a drop in assessment of $33 million from farm assessment ap- peals. a reduction of about. 2.3 percent of the total assessment. This means th a t although increased grants will reduce munici- pal levies. there will be fewer taxpayers to pay them, and individuals. par- ticularly home owners in urban areas. may see little or no reduction on their tax bill. UvaL ‘7 8‘11 ‘ ~ 1 . f 9 ‘ ‘ “w-wâ€" . . Hunting29313.12;rfoeilegeitf;1 Cornwall 4-3 and wm 1t 3]]. The final game was ” ‘ ‘ viewed by 2,000 fans and was one of the most m the receiving end of trustees”; ‘Richmond Hill Court . ‘ i Now its up to the judge. ‘ dramatlc of the seven day tournament. u\\u\\mmummw 1uestions. l a-lumuummnml\\lu\\\\\m\\\\\uum\\u“mummuumuuuumluumunml\\\\u1u\muumuu\uluMmm\uuunmuumuuml\\\\\mu\\u\um\mmumuunumumuumuu“nunt\\umummuumm1lmmmuuuuuumuuulmumumummmumuv .mumuummu\llum\mmumuuuumunmummumimun“mumummuuuml“mun\ulu“mmmul1m\uuumuuuuuummuumuu ‘lude a "cracker barrel sesslon vith all directors of education ‘1‘om boards in the zone being}; A _ _.-_ n - “In E More than 50 people from all parts of the region turned out to York Regional Coun- cil Chambers in Newmarket. March 17 to protest proposals to cut Family Service Cen- tres completely from the regional budget for: 1972. and drastically reduce assistance to Youth Aid Centres. They did not hear the sub- ject discussed. how ever. Council, meeting as a finance committee, agreed. after two hours of debate. that it was futile to talk budget when assessment figures and grant structures are not known. Two days had been spent the previous week going over estimates of the vari- ous departments which total- led over $24 million. an inâ€" crease of $6.8 million over It was assumed at the time that the province would have assessments and grants finali- zed within a week. and the various department heads were told to return to the drawing board. to knock 5100.000 off their respective 1971 estimates. Council hoped that the re. Family, Youth Centres Fear WithdrawalOf Tax Support ssentials Unity : in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" Plans for the conference will go ahead if a minimum of 15 member boards see a need for it. As grants are structured to provide greater assist- ance where assessment is lower, reducing assessment rolls by the $33 millions when calculating 1972 grants would have produced an additional $335,000 in grants. This was not the case. however. as grants for 1972 were based on last year's assessment rolls. Trustees were unanimous in their decision to seek an appointment. with Min- isler of Education Thomas Wells to seek some com- pensation for the loss of assessment. Peel. Muskoka, Welland and Lincoln Coun- ties have also been affect- ed by substantial farm assessment reductions. York County Board will receive in provincial grants this year 57.6 percent of elementary and 61.6 of sec- ondary school costs. Prov- ince-wide. grants are 63.5 of ordinary expenses this .Vear. The eight percent over grants received last, year is the largest, increase yet for the regional board. For the first time in its history York County Ro- man Catholic School Board was unable to hold its reg- ular meeting scheduled for March 21 because of lack of a quorum of trustees. There are 14 members of the board and a quorum consist-s of eight. At 8 pm, the scheduled time, only five members were presentâ€"Vice-Chair- man Gaspar Parent of Newmarket. Allan Quesn- elle of King Township, John McDermott of Stouff- ville and Father Francis Robinson and Malcom Peake of Richmond Hill. Peter Van Dyk of King Township arrived a few minutes later. Mr. Parent chaired a dis- cussion of the transporta- tion report by the trustees present. sult would be an acceptable budget which could be whipâ€" ped into shape for presenta- tion to a meeting of council today (Thursday'. In the absence of the essential in- formation regarding revenue, however. council agreed to ask fo'r a meeting with pro- vincial representatives. to present the original estimates along with lists of items that might be cut. One of the hardest hit departments if the reductions are approved would be Health and Social Services. Since many of these services are heavily subsidized by the province, it would be neces- sary to cut 5303.000 from its estimates for the year in order to effect a saving of 5126.000 for the regional taxpayers. In earlier committee dis- cussion of budget estimates. the majority seemed to favor continuing the department‘s program for bringing family services under regional con- trol and expanding the pro- gram to {our centres. There are two at present. one in Markham and one in Rich- 1972 A fan-favorite Cornwall team had sent the arena into con- vulsions when they tied the game at 3-3 with only {our sec- onds remaining in regulation time. Foster Firebirds Win All Midget chkey Togmgx Some 2000 Sunday afternoon Cornwall Knights uUL u w an .uxusu LL) It gave the Toi'ontonians the 1972 Richmond Hill fifth annual Inter- national Midget Hockey Tournament Grand Championship climaxing seven days of drama viewed by 12,000 record-breaking‘spectators. AI 9- A ,.___.L:.__- One of their victories was against a determined Richmond Hill Legion Midget Hockey Team which came within one goal of po§sibly ending up in the finals ‘hemselves. u; new“ "I, J-...u.. new-“ , , U ‘ The score was tied 3-3 with 30 seconds remalnmg 1n the first overtlme when Gary Coates hammered m a rebound endlng one of the most excitmg games of the tournament. But this was the tournament for the Foster Birds who de- feated seven clubs enroute to an undefeated seven days of tournament play. The Legion crew. displaying all kinds of desire and hustle, got by St. Mike's 6-2 in the opener, then Burlington 3â€"1. and North York Rangers 2-1. Then they ran head-on into The Firebirds in the "A" semi- finals and that was as far as they went. The Firebirds had upended Hamilton 3-0. Levack 3-2. and Detroit Ceasars 1-0 before the Richmond Hill game which drew over 2,000 victoryâ€"eager Richmond H111 fans. Richmond Hill‘s underdog midget team gave them plenty to cheer about as they opened the scoring at 16:18 of the first period on a penalty shot. The shot was called when a Firebird fired his stick at Val Steffan as he broke in alone on goal. Steffan then carried in from centre ice, faked as if to pull the goalie out, and‘ then fired a high one into the top corner. mond H111 Estimated cost of operating the two existing centres was $26,000 for the year. Of this it was anticipated $2,600 would be paid by people seeking services. $6.300 would be paid by the com- munity, and another $11,800 in provincial subsidies. This would leave $5,500 to be picked up by the region. Family Service Centres Were not included in last year's regional budget, but it had been the intention of the department to assume responsibility for these serv- ices in 1972. The committee chaired by Dr. George Burrows, Mayor of Georgina, had also includ- ed estimates for six-month operation of centres in Sut- ton and Newmarket. but when the report was present- ed Dr. Burrows withdrew the Sutton Centre. explaining they would not be able to go ahead with it this year. In 1971 the region bud- getted $48,700 for the New- market Crisis Intervention Centre and spent 848.300. It estimated $37,040 would be FRANK MURPHY Best Tourney Yet By FRED SIMPSON spectators saw that truth was more exciting than fiction as Toronto Foster Firebirds scored in overtime to down HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Richmond H111 hung on to Its 1-0 lead in dogged fashion from there on in aided by some brilliant goaltending of John Clement and some sheer lUCh as Toronto did everything but put the puck Into the net It couldn't last and the Fire- birds finally tied it at 1-1 in the third and then won 1t 1n sudden death overtime. The Firebirds then went on to down St. Catharines in the "A" finals by 4-2 for the right luumunmmunu\munuuuumumuuuummnmlumuummuw ll“\\\\\l!\“\\l\“\l\l\ll\\lllll““\l“\“lllll\\\lll“\“\llll\\llll“l\ll|\l\m\ll Sauce For The Goose Is Sauce For Gander “VVhafs sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganderf' as far as York Region Ponce are conâ€" cerned. On Tuesday of last week Robert Deremo, 39. of 369 Browndale Crescent was at Richmond Hill Division Police Station complaining somebody punched him at 3:30 pm at 280 Centre Street East, At 4:10 pm YRP arrested John Plowman, 31, of 258 Elka Drive, Richmond Hill on a charge of common assault. Then Plowman complained Deremo punched him. so at 4:15 pm police arrested the first complainant on a counter charge of common assault. A 15-year-old boy was arrested for attempted mur- der near midnight Saturday night while at the York County Hospital in New- market for treatment of cuts. Also at the hospital re- covering from being stab- bed in the back by 3 1751/2- inch butcher knife was Mai-k Francis, 17. of Wood- bine Avenue (formerly Don Mills Road) RR. 3, New- market. according to York Region Police. The wounding took place at a property in Whit- church - Stouffville T 0 w n where the two boys were working. The arrested juvenile was kept under guard while. a patient at the hospital a,nd.,then mtumerlto the, Ontario Hospital at Peneâ€" tang, police said. Previous- ly a patient at Penetang, the boy was a ward of the St. John‘s Training School at Uxbridge when the in- cident occurred, police said. F ran cis was seriously wounded. He was sleeping in bed when he was awak- ened by an attacker and stabbed in the back, YRP said. needed to operate the centre this year. The Richmond Hill Youth Aid Centre was allotted a budget of $49.400 in 1971 and spent $35,200. This year‘s estimate was for $29.600 for the centre. ' These centres, explained Dr. Burrows. are eligible for a 75 percent subsidy. Arrest Boy 15 Butcher Knife Murder Try Aumra Mayor Richard Illingworth described the youth centres as “A complete and utter waste of money . . . a luxury we cannot afford". The Newmarket . . . a luxury we cannot afford". The Newmarke! Centre, he said. served onb about 60 people in a year. Dr. Burrows explained that the crisis in youth seems to have passed. but there is still a need for the centres. What. they provid: now is more of a counselling service. They are not a haven for drug addicts and do not provide overnight accommodation as they did two years ago. Best service could be given, said Burrows. through integration of the youth cen- tres with the family service centres with both operating under a common board of directors, but with their to meet Cornwall in the Championship. Cornwall. ...Ler losing an 8-3 game to Oshawa. went on to win the “B” championship by whipping Ottawa Canadians 4-2. It was one of the best show- ings for a local Legion team slnce the tournament opened five years agu. The Legion disposed of St. Mikes 6-2 in the opening game of the tournament then defeated Burlington. lt took the Legion Midgets; alnwsti two periods and a half but they finally got a goal to‘ tie their game with Burlington! at 1-1 and go on to win by 3-1.‘ Hero in this outing was Bruce Hipkiss who scored the tying goal at 9:31 of the final period assisted by Kim Mabley and Chuck Lunau. The goal result- \ Acomh got the puck béck tn IWood at the blueline and his just-offâ€"the-ice screen shot found the mark. ‘ “Digger” Dunkley's goal at 19:32 was the final one. He was assisted by Tommy Sanlon. ed from a scramble Prior to this score the Legion team had found the going rough and looked to be on their way to elimination. The Hipkiss score started them on their way and Jeff Wood got the winning goal at 15:04 assisted by'Dennis Apomb Hurry Hurry A jubilant Gary Nicholls hugs the Grand Championship Tournaments Incorporated Trophy Sunday afternoon scarce seconds after the Toronto Foster Firebirds had scored an ovgrtirqe goal to down separate staff and in‘ differ- ent locations. The store- front image should be mainâ€" tained. he said. Many ygpng people need of counselling would be reluctant to go to a centre that also served the larger community. Richmond Hill Councillor Donald Plaxton agreed that a tight lid must be kept on a tight lid must be kept on spending. but warned that councillors were kidding themselves if they tried to eliminate the family and youth counselling services. y..-" In two years of operation, he said. the need for such a service has been so firmly established in the Richmond Hill area, that if the reg- ion does not support it. the council of Richmond Hill will be forced to take it over. Bill 102 setting up the reg- ional form of government, said Plaxton, provided for financing of all welfare and social services at regional level. Ithe- r-ééionl can afford it.‘ Plaxton said. “but local pres. sure may force the mum- ONLY 3 I971 DEMOS. LEFT have doubts that wg Hey, We Won! Grand "A" scouts attended the tourn- le ament and awarded most valu- lg :able player awards to Douglas Nowles. Detroit â€" goalkeeper. IJamie Master. Don Mills Flyers md‘â€"defenceman. Greg Craig. St. ‘Catharinesâ€"forward and Diso- 8â€"3 tellâ€"most gentlemanly player. to The R. P. Robbins Award by Went to Halifax Lions for show- 4-2.ling the most gentlemanly deâ€" aw-lportment both on and off the lamlice during the tournament. ed President Murphy also paid effltribute to the Royal Mrlitary auCollege Band which played be- lb tween periods Sunday attribut- tn‘ing it's appeal toward helping to nisiattract a record crowd. 355 YONGE STREET N. 889-5435 Phone 727-9453 RICHMOND HILL niblett CHEV- OLDS They then edged North York Rangers 2-1 on the strength of goals by Hugh Cutler and Mike Graydon. More than 20 National Hoc- key League and OHA Junior T o u '1‘ n a ment Incorporated President Frank Murphy said it was “the best tournament we've had in the past five years". Other highlights included the introduction Saturday night, of members of the Richmond Hill World Softball Champion Dynes Jewellers. Marsh Amos of Tournaments Incorporated presented Man- ager Russell “Casey” Cripps with a cheque to help defray costs of making the trip. Where Cars Cost Less! Also present at the tourna- ment was Chris "Mouse" Amos who presented one of the in- dividual awards: Amos was a member of past Legion tourn- ament teams and is now a stud- ent at Royal Military College. The 1972 tournament closed out with a grand dinner at the Legion Hall Sunday evening atâ€" tended by tournament officials and special guests. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY cipnlities back into the field if we do not provide the service“. Mayor Illingworth continu- ed to protest that family life centres and youth centres operating in the same com- munity were a duplication of services. “We can't have both nu...“ Dr. Burrows stood firm. “It is important to keep separ- ate fronts." nu, .. v"-.. However Health and Social Services Commissioner Dr. Owen Slingerland had pre- pared a proposed budget for integrated family and youth services to operate in Mark- ham, Richmond Hill and Newmarket. Personnel-cost would be shared fifty-fifty by the region and the prov- ince. The community would foot the bill for rent. office expenses and programs op- erating from the centres. The budget estimate was $20,962.35 cost to the region, an equal sum to the province and $8,700 to the tommunity for each centre. “hfâ€"trim? “c o m m u n i t y”, Slingerland explained. he re- (Continued on Page 3) (Photo by Photique Studio)