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It was felt the federal govern-i ment had waited long enough for the Soberman Report and it was time to test the practicality: of rail transit and consumer re-l sponse, Roberts said. There would probably be two trains morning and night for com- muters. The much-publicized experi- mental run of a proposed north- south railway commuter service for this area “has not progress- ed past the press conference when the scheme was first an- nounced." Sinclair Stevens. Pro- gressive Conservative Candidate for the federal riding of York Simcoe. said last week. He was referring to the pro- posed demonstration p u b l i c transportation service by rail- road for Richmond Hill. Aurora and New-market area commut- ers, which John Roberts MP. York Simcoe. told a June press conference. would be in service by this fall. Mr. Roberts said the federal government had set aside $100.- 000 to make it possible for the CN Railway and the Depart- ment of Transport research section to conduct the rail com- muter experiment. He said it was up to the public to "use or lose" the service. Mr. Roberts also quoted Tran- sport Minister Donald Jamieson as saying: “I am satisfied there is a long-term market for com- muter service linking commun- ities north of Tornnto to down- town destinations" "The fact is. the Lrain won't be running this month. will like- ly. not be running next month. and at the rate they're going, it will probably not be running in six to 12 months. if ever." Mr. Stevens said. VOL. 96, NO. 9. He said the service should run two or three months "at the very minimum." Mr. Roberts said also that an interim report was expected in July from the federalâ€"mun- icipal task force set up about 15 months ago to study rail transit potential from Metro northward. Heading up the task force was Dr. Richard Sober- man of the University of Toron- to. a transport economics ex- pert. The new run was not. expect- ed to bring aboui any reduction in the province's GO Transit bus service from Barrie through Richmond Hill. Newmarket. Aurora to Metro when the rail service starts. Last week. Mr. Stevens said that when he asked Dr. Sober- man about the experimental run recently. the latter told him that the announcement concern- inz it came as a surprise to him, His own report would not be available for two months. Eon't Rush To Catch New Commuter Trains _, Stevens Mr. Stevens said also that he was told by W. D. Pig- gott, CNR regional vice- president, that there had been no meetings between interested parties since the June conference. However. Mr. Roberts has since stated that he met with federal transport officials to discuss the matter last week. So far as the starting date for the service was concerned. he said the government had not made any commitment on either that or the route for the exper- imental train. The seryice initially proposed by Mr. Roberts was from Rich- mond Hill to Vandorf. Mount Albert and Pefferlaw. Buses would carry passengers from Newmarket and Aurora to this latter route. Northern terminal for the service would probably be at Wesley Corners, adjacent to Vandorf. “The Trudeau Govern- ment‘s actions with respect to commuter train service is a cruel way to deal with the wishes and needs of our residents.“ Mr. scevens said. The time had come for citizens to demand to know when a permanent service would commence. "We need action and I intend to press for it." Mr Stevens said. SINCLAIR STEVENS Action Needed of York! John Medcof. of Mount Al- Ibert. a leading proponent of in won't rail transit in the area and an Nilllike- officer of the GO North Citi- , month. zens Committee. has criticized going‘ itlthe federal government's recent nning in action in announcing the clos- er." Mr. mg of Aurora‘s CNR station as of September 5. ‘n _-r_, pro- In a letter to “The Liberal.” l-ciMr. Medcof said: “The applica- rail-mo" to close the Aurora station 1,ma‘lin the midst of a commuter nut_‘demonstration project. has al- MP ready demonstrated the position il'ess‘ of the CNR, but the Canadian ‘vi e Transport Commission should c insist that it remain open un- 1til after the test run is com- .‘f‘rf‘ ‘pleteJ’ Public LiLr-ry, 24 Wrig ht R 1chmondH $11, Ont. 1 Jan. 8~7~6~5~4~3 Condemns Aurora Station Closing The announcement came on the heels of the government's announcement of a $100.000 grant for its commuter experi- ment for the Aurora. Richmond Hill. Newmarket area. “The railways want to get rid of passengers and have applied for‘ penmission to discontinue almost every passenger run in the country. To get permission to discontinue. the railroads try to reduce passenger use. mmmuulmumuInu“1111qunu\quuumuuuuununuummmr Two New Trustees York County Rd. Following is the rest of Mr Medcof 5 letter: "Of all these lines, with these tactics. the railways reduced passengers and got permission to discontinue. "On the Markham run. CN ran an evening-only service. for nine long years and proâ€"i vided no morning senice in a‘ transpaient effort that discour-i aged business. f “'On the Owen Sound line. DP ran service out of Toronto on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and into Toronto on Tuesday and Thursday. On the Palmerston service. CN left Toâ€" ronto at 6 pm and arrived at 11:05 am, useless for commut- ing. On the Galt line, trains left Toronto at 5:30 pm. but ar- rived in the morning at 11:10. mond Hill I . . ‘. areas. rented apartment m Downsvlew 1n and arrested both men. 3 to snatch it. arounu me nayucw Mm: uuvy Vu'uu-J Vr ~~~~~~ ~77, \uuuuumuuuuuuumummummamuumuuu“mumuuuummmu\uuun\uummmmuu\\um\u“umu\\\n\\umumllmmumnnumuulm\umuuumuumm1\I1luumumumuu“m1u.\uumuuumlmuummfl fl‘11“““M“m““1“““l“!\\“mu“l“\1“ll\1\\\\\\\\\“\\1\\l“l\l“ll\\\\“llll“““1l“l“\\\\l\\\lllll\\\ll\ll\1\\l\l\\\\\1““1111“l“\lmm““M““l“\1‘l\l\\ll\“\l\\lll\\\\\l\ll\\\ll\\\\\\\\l\\l\\“\\\“\lll\\\\ |lull\1lllll\l\l\\\\1\\\m“mumlll\1lll\l\\u\\\\lllll11M“\ulllll1!“\\\\\l\“1“\1111“““l“lmullm“\ll\llllll“I\l“l\\lllllllll\l\\\llll\l“\\l\llll\ll\\\\\l\lllll\ll There will be two extra trustees on the York County Board of Education. follow- in; the election December 4 this year. Announcement, of the in- crease from 18 to 20 was made at the regular month- ly meeting of the board Monday night. There will be one extra trustee elected in the Town of Markham. giving it five. with the other one elected by the Roman Catholic School supporters in the joint area of Markham and Richmond Hill. This will give Roman Catholic voters two repre- sentatives on the board. Following is a breakdown of the municipalities and the‘ number of representa- tires on each one. as they will be after December 4: Aurora. 1: Markham. 5: Richmond Hill. 3: Vaughan. 2: Whitchurch - Stouffville. 1: East Gwillimbury, 1: Georgina. 2: Newmarkei. 1: King. 2: Roman Catholic Schools. 2. By HAL BLAINE Big expansion things are happening at York Region's Richmond Hill radio station CFGM as it organizes to link up with a just-acquired New Country Music twin station in Montreal. Richmond Hill Radio Head Allan Slaight Acquires To come is a new mix for chM that will provide a combination of York Region. Metro and national news with a new unique news source in Quebec. The aim is to provide a less flam- boyant image of events on the Quebec scene that will correct what is considered to he often an overly-sensation- alized picture of the French- Canadian scene in the To- ronto press. The number of trustees to be elected is in accord- ance with the Secondary Schools and Boards of Edu- cation Act. This provides for additional members where both the population and assessment have in. creased. as it has In both the Markham and Rich- mond I-lill areas. 50 Richmond Hill radio's Allan Slaight told “The Lib- eral" the other day as he explained his early planning after just acquiring Mont- real‘s fumbling Top 40 radio station CFOX and turning it almost. overnight into Michael Nixon. 20, of Wood- bridge and Steven Ireland, 22. of Kleinburg were charged with narcotics importing which car- ries a seven years to life sen- tence upon conviction. How- ever. they were allowed to plead guilty to the lesser of- fence of possession for traffick- mg. Two Vaughan Town youths in York .County Court last week were sentenced to four years in jail for possession of a woodâ€" en head full of marijuana im- ported from'Jamaica in March. 2 Vaughan Youths Jailed 4 Years “Pot Head" Mailed From Jamaica At a closed bail hearing in Richmond Hill Provincial Court March 30 Judge Russell Pearse refused to set any bail for re- lease of the pair when York Region Police sought to hold them in jail during the investi- gation. Proceedings of that bail hearing couldn't be published until now because of a judge's order prohibiting publication until after trial. At that time the federal prosecutor told the court 3 Richmond Hill resident was arrested at a post office in Jamaica for shipping marijuana filled statues to Nixon and he- land. The name of the Rich- mond Hill resident wasn‘t given. The prosecutor said several‘ 10 pound lots had already gone into the community and police hoped to intercept more. YRP Staff Inspector Wally Harkness testified that Nixon was a heavy user of narcotics showing need- le marks in both arms. worn out with drugs and showing considerable weight loss. left Toronto March 3 and re- turned March 10. His father was a YRP constable and had asked him to leave the house. the court was told. DOWNSVIEW APARTMENT ; Nixon and Ireland had a ‘rented apartment in Downsview He‘d picked up the package. removame {Op dark green ye inside. The RCMP allowed the pack- age to be delivered to a Downs» view residence. then directed an as yet unnamed recipient to telephone Nixon and Ireland. Nixon came to the house and but threw it in the rear of a park- ed truck when he suspected a trap. County Court was told. POLICE MADE ARREST After throwing away the head. Nixon got in a car driV- en by Ireland and RCMP moved in and arrested both men. anu SHUHEU [116‘ getable substance} Worst Metro Crash Kills Two Local Youths A 21-year-old former Richmond Hill woman is lying immobilized in Wel- lesly Hospital in Metro this week 'recovering from a broken neck after an early Saturday crash that killed at Richmond Hill couple and Miss Burns was a passen- ger in a high-powered Met- ro car which Metro Police said John Wood. 29, of Edgewood Avenue was driving erratically at about 80 mph in a 40 mph zone when it hit a hump in Mount Pleasant Road north of Bloor Street and flew 15 feet through the air. 5 Metro man. She is Debbie Burns of Edgewood Ave- nue, Metro. The Woods Mustang car crashed head-on into a car driven by an old friend of Miss Burns, Stephen Dunk- ley. 22. of Bridgeford Street. Killed were. both drivers. Woods and Dunk- ley. plus Dunkley's com- panion Judith Williams. 21, of 365 Tyneview Lane. Richmond Hill. what looks hke it‘s going to be a smashing New Coun- try Music success. Slaight is the “go go” early 4:05 Ontario-Western Canadian, son of a Galt and Moose Jaw newspaperman. who rose to the top line job at Toronto‘s leading Rock and Roll station CHUM and then headed up a group that paid $2.300,000 in midâ€"Jan- uary 1971 for Rlchmond The crash was descrlbed by police as the worst this year in Metro. Both cars were demolished and all the victims had to be pried from the wreckage. Woods and Miss Williams died al- Hill's CFGM His Richmond Hill ownerâ€" ship group includes Canada's most famous New Country Music composer and per- former Gordon Lightfoot. along with Mrs. Eva Mc- Cutcheon, widow of the late Canadian Finance Minister Senator Wallace McCutcheon of Gormley. Slaight‘s new Montreal company is Radio CFOX Incorporated. Its for- mer owner and still general manager Gordon Sinclair Jr. has another well known HILL MAN ARRESTED RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST Federal Prosecutor Steve Sherriff in County Court last Week agreed to drop the charge of importing marijuana and the pair admitted having the sub- stance for trafficking purposes. County Court Judge Edward Wren said a four-year sentence was proper in the circumstances and he would recommend they ‘serVE their sentences in a mini- mum security prison where they would be eligible for pa- role in 16 months. SCHOOL DROPOUTS Both young men were high school dropouts without steady jobs. with previous fines for marijuana possession, the court ;was told. The two were arrested after they returned from Jamaica and after RCMP were alerted to watch for a package mailed from Jamaica. The package was checked at Toronto Internation- al Airport and was found to contain a foot-high wooden head filled with marijuana. It was later shown to the judge in Richmond Hill Court where a federal prosecutor opened its \removable top and showed the dark green vegetable substance .inside. furnished with a minimal amount of rented furniture. the court was told. Nixon had made many trips to the USA and Ja- maica. according to Harkness. most instantly. Dunkley died about 412 hours after the post-midnight crash‘ “We weren‘t in a hurry to go anywhere. I don't know why we were going fast," Miss Burns said from her hospital bed where a brace doctors call a halo keeps her from moving her broken neck. Funerals were held Mon- day from Marshall Fun- eral Home, 125 Yonge St. North, Richmond Hill, for both the Richmond Hill victims. Miss Williams is survived by her parents Mr. and Mgs. Guy Williams of Rich- mond Hill and a brother Paul. She was buried at Richmond Hill Presbyter- ian Church Cemetery. Stephen Dunkley is sur- vived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Dunkley of Richmond Hill. and three brothers. John, David and James. Cremation fol- lowed the funeral. Coroner Dr. Kemlo Bax- ter of Metro says an in- quest will be held because a multiple death motor ve- icle accident is involved. He said a date won't be set for the inquest until he can determine when Miss Burns can leave hospital to testify. broadcasting name and stlll keeps a minority 10 percent share of ownership. Since Slaight left the job of program director and gen- eral manager at CHUM to take over at CFGM in Rich- mond Hill with his firm of Slaight Broadcasting Limit- ed. the station here has ex- perienced an aggressive ex- pansion. And it finds the market is there. says Slaight. and the market is liking CFGM's package. The station bills itself now as number two among all English language radio stations in the nation. second only to Toronto‘s CFRB in the 25-49 age group and tied for number two spot just behind CHUM in the 18-34 audience. This ac- cording to the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement in March 1972. “Our total audi- ence has gone up nicely in the last couple of years,” “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” ‘ A youth group was conspicu- lously busy around the new Bay- view Lanes Shopping Centre in Thornhill last week in a very constructive way on a matter of great public concern. This kind of youth activity was a pleasant and striking change from the ltroublemaking and illicit drug t_\ pe of incidents that commonly ‘come to mind “hen the topic ‘of young peo‘file comes up now- Ladays During the summer this year a youth group set up headquar- te1s in the Thornhill area with a "$74,665 Opportunities for Youth grant from the federal lull“llllll\ll“11“l“!ll\llll\lll“\\\\l\\l\ll\\l\llllllll|\“l\l\\lllll\\\\l\1W1 says Slaight Richmond Hill radio has increased its ne\vs budget in 18 months by 120 percent. says Slaight. The total staff is up from 30 people 112' years ago to 40 now. He is planning to add two more to the news staff this month. They will operate a news di- vision from a downtown of- fice. covering Queen's Park and major central Metro news stories with tape reâ€" corders and Voice reports. York Region's flag fan- cier is at it again. Two weeks ago police re- ported the theft of four flags from the area. Last week. there were three tak- en. and all about the same time. At the new Bayview Lane Shopping Centre opposite Thornlea Secondary School on Bayview Avenue in Thornhill a federal government Opportunities For Youth project group called TIME is shown at work Thursday collecting bottles, cans and paper from the Romfield Circuit area for recycling. On the pavement lifting items into the truck provided courtesy of Markham Town are (from left to right): Bill Trotter'of Keele Street. Maple; Bettyann Hawke of 83 Bab- Two of the flags. one Canadian and one Ameri- can, were part of the loot taken in a $1,000 haul at Provincial Family Court. 55 Doncaster Avenue. Thorn- hill, sometime August 24 or 25. There are se\'en men working on news in the Richmond Hill station. The Toronto sales office is lo- cated at the Thomcliffe Market Place on Overlea Boulevard in Leaside. The CFGM transmitters are in Mississauga, which Sleight says is pretty well accepted The third one. 3 Cam!- dian Maple Leaf, was tak- en from in front of Vaugh- an Muncipal Office. where someone climbed the pole to snatch it. 55' the Best location in the Toronto area. The new Montreal tm‘n station now has a staff of Flag Fancier At It Again 1e new Bayview Lane Shopping Centre opposite condary School on Bayview Avenue in Thornhill vernment Opportunities For Youth project group I is shown at work Thursday collecting bottles, per from the Romfield Circuit area for recycling. 1e pavement lifting items into the truck provided Markham Town are (from left to right): Bill {eeie Street. Maple; Bettyann Hawke of 83 Bab- combe Drive, Thornhill; Nancy Coulter of 14 Deanbank Drive, Thornhill; Dagrun Helbert of 14 Deanbank Drive, Thornhill; Group Chairman Mardi Tyndall of 14 Deanbank Drive, Thorn- hill and RR 2. Gormley. Stowing reclaimed material aboard the truck are Doug Tindal of 206 Duncan Road, Thornhill; Linda Crane of 23 Rothsay Road. Thornhill; and Art Laing of Concord. Watching operations is Markham Town truck driver Doug Brown of Unionville. Youth Opportunities Group Fights Thom/rill Pollution“ 31, 1972 government. The 11 - member group operated out of Markham Town's North Thornhill Com- munity Centre at Heintzman House on Royal Orchard Bou- levard and was headed by Mardi Tyndall of RR 2. Gormley. Calling itself This Is My En- vironment «TIME for short) the group received its grant for the purpose of operating a program in parks in Victoria Square. Markham, Unionville Thornhill on a half-day basis in conjunction with the play- ground activities there. They were to attempt to develop awareness of the environment through arts. crafts and play- ‘ground activities. primarily among elementary school chil- dren. last week to COIIECL tin cans, bottles and newspapers. * it * * Withv considerable inventive- ness the TIME group brought andttogether the services of other privately and provincial gov- ernment sponsored youth pro- jects to make their recycling project more successful. They enlisted the help of Littercheck Patrol. 3 21-mem- ber Metro area youth group sponsored by the Metal Con- tainer Manufacturers Advisory J ,_,.._L:_‘ I..-“ F.â€" ulCIL. * It It In stressing its aim of care and awareness of the environ- ment. TIME organized such acti- vities as crafts. field trips and outdoor experiments pollution tests for playground children. TIME hoped the chil- dren‘s enlightened attitude to- ward the environment would ‘spread to the rest of the com- ‘munity â€" to adults. Therefore. to further influence the older community as well as the younger. they decided to extend their services to community or- iented activities. They felt a recycling drive would help to do this. $1.“..- TIRTF‘. anthiuciacfin such as- Council and operating from Con- tinental Can Company facilities. Littercheck Patrol provided two drivers and two vans for TIME members to use on Thursday for their door to door recycling. drive. Also brought into the actioni .was Glass Probe. a project by' ‘two Metro youths with a $6.000 Ministry of the Environment grant to collect bottles 'from taverns. apartments and homes.’ Glass Probe has been operating out of the Win-Dor Lumber Company building. 1902 High- .way 7 West. in the Concord area of Vaughan Town. Glass Probe 1provided TIME with a depot for in“ ulna: hnttle: collected. Jalna Stars May Two of the stars of "Jalna."i the CBCâ€"TV Series based on Mazo LaRoche's famed White-E oaks‘ Family. are expected to be; among the celebritiesattending the Richmond Hill Curtain Club‘s theatrical garden party and art show September 16 at 2 pm. Officials of the event. which is to raise money for the club‘s new theatre. said that Kate Reid and Paul Harding are tentatively scheduled to attend. barring any unforseen change in present commitments. 24. The news staff went from one to three when Sleight took over on July 31. “It will grow from there very quickly to four or five. Then from there we‘ll see how things go," said Slaight. "We have a lot of faith in the future of Quebec in Canada,“ he said. pointing out that his group has in- vested $1.000.000 in its pur- chase of CFOX, $800,000 for the shares and $200,000 to cover outstanding debts. It's the first time in 12 years that any broadcaster has been authorized to serve markets in both Toronto and Montreal. Toronto's CFRB tied in with Montreal‘s CJAD with a 1960 purchase. CFRB-CJAD now have their own news network affiliated with the National Broadcast- ing Corporation in the Unit,- ed States through their Ot- vested 51.000.000 chase of CFOX. S the shares and 5 cover outstanding tawa bu: Broadcast {hfough their 0t- eau Sta n d a r d N ews HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 ping Centre. 8190 Bayview Av- enue. at Romfield Circuit op- posite Thornlea Secondary School The leaflets were a notice to all homeowners in that area of a TIME recycling drive to be held on Thursday of last week to collect tin cans, bottles and newspapers. They enlisted the help of‘ Littercheck Patrol. 3 21-mem- ber Metro area youth group sponsored by the Metal Con- tainer Manufacturers Advisory It is something like t.-is news mix that Slaight talks about for the new Richmond H.111â€" Montreal West Island twins. CFGM now has the services of Broadcast News. which is the Canadian Press radio service that is asso- ciated with ABC in the USA. He sees Richmond Hill‘s CFGM exchanging news reports. commentary and voice recordings with CFOX in Pointe Claire. just as CFRB now mirrors the Quebec scene with the com- mentary of well - known Montreal journalist Leslie Roberts. CFOX has its local re- sponsibility at Pointe Claire just as CFGM fulfills its 10- cal responsibility by broad- casting a York Region item at least once an hour, and often more frequently. said Slaight. Although CFGM and CFOX will gh CFGM and be operated by Twin Montreal Station petition to collect signatures from all those visited who telephone 297-3388. The cans would be willing to support es- collected were taken to the pri- tablishment of recycling depots vate depot operated by Crownfim the Thornhill area or of a Cork and Seal Company. 7900 further door-to-door pickup Keele Street, Vaughan Townnservice. This petition is to be Markham Town supplied a largegpresented to Markham Town truck and a driver. iCouncil at its next meeting. an... mun-I rnnvnlina arerp‘ Members of TIME told “The Recycling Depot at Daynard's. 31 Jeremy Drive, Unionville. The TIME recycling drixe yielded 0\ er a ton of paper and‘L 10 barrels of cans and bottles. ‘9" The young people hope their efforts to preserve the environ- ment and fight pollution won’t die as they wrap up their organ- izations next week. QUALITY 3 CARS 8 While gathering up goods for recycling last week the mem- bers of TIME also circulated a Jalna Stars May Attend Hill Show tuo autonomous companies and will serve different local communities and interests. they will also expand to serve the two largest radio market areas in Canada. “We will now have a full-fledged news staff able to exchange Quebec and Ontario stories and information." Slaight told "The Liberal”. In prospect for the Rich- % mond Hill station can be // ., // such things as a hook-upé/ telephone program between £57 the Montreal and Toronto / metropolitan areas, with CFGM‘s Ken Foss on Phone Forum combining with Gor-' don Sinclair Jr. and a Mont- real telephone participation program. On big occasions like Montreal Mayor Jean Dra- peau‘s Olympics, there can be a hook-up of telephone broadcast lines between the Dinhmnnr‘ Hm and Pointe HOUSE Richmond Hill and Pointe Claire stations. The Rich- THE ulna.“,artists and craftsmen will be d on exhibiting their works at the lhite-Eparty. which will take place at to be;a farm at Elgin Mills Road and nding,Dufierin Street near Richmond irtain‘Hill‘ A percentage of the works partytsold will be donated to the club 16 at‘for the new theatre. now under lconstruction. niblett cFuav-OLDS petition to collect signatures from all those visited who would be willing to support es- tablishment of recycling depots in the Thornhill area or of a further door-to-door pickup service. This petition is to be nresented to Markham Town Liberal" they wished to publicly extend their thanks to Markham Ward 2 (Thornhill) Councillor Roy Muldrew of Romfield Cir- cuit for the great support he gave them and also to those residents in Thornhill in the vicinity of Bayview Lane Shop‘ ping Centre who showed inter- est in their environment by ‘setting their goods out to be recycled Other attractions at the party include various bands. a baked goods sale. dancing, theatrical costume displays. white ele‘ phant stall. refreshments. side- shows and many additional features. The House of Quality 55 YONGE STREET N. »89- 5435 Phone 727- 9453 RICHMOND HILL Where Cars Cost Less! Tickets are $1.50 and can be obtained by calling the ticket convenor at 884-3595. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY mond Hill radlo newsroom will have a complete inform- ation source in Montreal to (Continued nn Page 3) (Photo by Stuart’s Studio) ALLAN SLAIGHT