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VOL. 96, NO. 11. Pepin Defends Trudeau Record The candidate. who was elect- ed to the House of Commons in 1968 for the. first time, at-, tributed Canada's strength to its bountiful resources. to the strength of its people and to the strength of its government and its Prime Minister. "They have had the strength and courage to recognize the issues. to face the problems and chal- lenge and deal with them bold- 15’." ‘he said. Liberals Nominate Barney Danson 15’." ‘he said. iof the country and the disparate “The land is strong because‘segments of the population are the People ha\'e been givenibeing brought into the main- more Opportunity than 9"91‘ be" stream of our national life fore to participate in decisions. without being made to feel like The Liberal Government's PO“- strangers in their own country". 03’ 0f submitting White papershie continued. “The government and draft legiSIHiion i'01‘ Pliblic‘has strengthened the economy input results in policies andiby keeping money in circula- legislation more closely attuned‘tion which allows our free to the mood of the Country." commerce and industry to func- he claimEd. :tion at its best." according to i the candidate. _ : masses mom) “We have come through a worldwide economic recession. “We have overcome an international monetary Crisis and contained inflation more effectively than all other western nations, but one. “We have squarer faced and decisively resolved an internal threat to our national security. “We have responded to the immense changes in our society and the land is strong.” ‘These statements were emphasized by Barney Danson as he accepted the nomination to seek re- election in York North Riding for the Liberal Party in the federal election called for October 30. Mr. Danson's name was the only one placed before the meeting attended by about 350 supporters. His nominator was Mrs. William Champion of Unionville and his seconder was Betty Ann Hawke of Thornhill. SIX Foot Sunflower Has 750 Blooms Area gardeners must be getting great pleasure from their flower beds at this season. In spite of a late spring. an early drought and a cool. wet summer, the flowers appear to be doing, their best to outgrow and outbloom all previous recqrds: _ n .1 11 , 1\Ir_ -“J vuuvnvvnlA u -v..-..... -v---~_- Proud owners of the bloomingest plant of them all, are Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bone, 22 Uplands Avenue, Thornhill, in whose garden stands a majestic sunflower with more than 150 blomns. It is seen abm‘e as nine- year-old Susan Bone measures one of the magnificent flowers. The self-seeded plant is almost six feet tall. BARNEY DANSOS )IP Seek: Second Term 1 Jan I “It was feared that the Com- monwealth would break up on 'color lines over the sale of arms to South Africa by Great Britain. It was the respect Can< lada and her Prime Minister have gained that made his in- terventions particularly effec- He added that Parliament! has been more broadly democra-i tized by changes which give the’ opposition parties more oppor-i tunity to challenge government; policies and by extending the; committee system to permit more detailed and intelligent study of legislation. "Real efforts have been made to provide opportunity in the economically less favored parts of the country and the disparate segments of the population are being brought into the main- stream of our national life without being made to feel like strangers in their own country". he continued. “The government has strengthened the economy In Parliament he has served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Trudeau since October 1970 and on the com- mittee on finance. trade and economic affairs. He accompa- nied the Prime Minister to Russia and to the Common- wealth Conference in Singa- pore. Public Litrgry, 24 Wri ht St R ichm nd Hiii, Ont. n. 8~7~6~5~4~3 (Photo. by Stuart's Studlo) mc-. In the evening one of the ' ; to new buses was brought to the7uou ,5 :parking lot of the board's ad- 1ministration building on Duf- ' Of‘ierin Street. Richmond Hill. for The oversue Slgn on the hadlmspecuon by board member? Black Hawk Motor Inn. sub- sat-land the Press- ; ject of much debate in Rich- wasl During the Past year board; mond Hill Council recently. tive. He pulled it together and as a result this valuable volun- tary body which straddles all geographic. racial and political barriers survives,“ Mr. Danson reported. bvvbtur v-v- â€"-- r~ r are barriers survives,“ Mr. Danson reported. “I'm not afraid of my rec- ord." the candidate assured his audience. “I think I have ac- complished many things and would like to have the oppor- tunity to accomplish more. I have been able to do many things for my people. Although they may seem small to some people they were not small to the people concerned. Securing several grants which have en- abled the building of a resi- dence for retardates in Mark- ham: 3 new arena in Richmond (Continued on Page 3) Catholic Boa‘rd Adds 3, 72-Passenger Buses i Three 72-passenger Interna- itional buses, heavy duty mod- lels, have been added to the bus ifleet by York County Roman iCatholic Board at a cost of! $12,590 per unit. bringing the number of board-owned buses Ito 10. These new buses were 'in use for the first time on Mr. Bailey points out that new legislation will allow Brit- ish subjects. who have already voted in federal elections to continue to do so. In fact, the legislation states that only Canadian citizens will have the franchise after June 15. 1975. so that this is probably the last election in which British sub- jects will be eligible to vote. Up to now British subjects. who have resided in this country for one year. have been privileged to vote. The returning officer said the reasons advanced for the change in legislation is that other countries. including Great Britain and Australia. are no longer honoring this traditional right. The legislation passed unanimously in committee and in the House of Commons. RICHMOND HILL OFFICE Following the enumeration and return of complete lists to the returning officer. any elig- ible voters who may have been missed can contact the return- ing officer's office or any poli< tical party and have their names included in the revised lists. ‘Mr. Bailey‘s office is located at Three 72-passenger Interna- tional buses. heavy duty mod- els. have been added to the bus fleet by York County Roman Catholic Board at a cost of $12,590 per unit. bringing the number of board-owned buses to 10. These new buses were in use for the first time on September 5 to transport chil- dren to and from Roman Cath- olic Schools in the region. The board also uses 40 privately operated buses on a contract basis. Duringithe PaSt Year board} inondifiillCouncil recently. members .have on more than, gained a two-year lease on one occasmn expressed concern! life by a 5-4 council decision about the safety of children} Monday night, riding school buses with inade-l On motion of Councillor quate safeguards- The new bUS' Stewart Bell and Regional es 501%" many Of “7185? Pl‘Ob'l Councillor Gordon Rowe the lems Wlth pads COVEI‘IDE thel Black Hawk Motor Inn was 4 metal at the top 0f “19 seats granted relief from size pro- and the stanchions at the front‘l visions contained in the of the bus. A buzzer sounds| town's Sign bylaw until the when the emergency exit is date when all signs “ill have tampered with and a large mir- to conform to the bylaw, ror fixed to the left front fen- which is July 1974. The rea- der gives the driver a View of son given for this exemption the front of the bus so that no was that the legal noncon- child crossing in front of the} forming signs surrounding vehicle is hidden from View. the Black Hawk property And the seats are quite com-t constitute sufficient interfer- fortable. l ence to make a conforming The red and amber signal sign a hardship of unfair lights are extra large and veryi degree. noticeable. i In presenting the motion Not Everyone Agrees 0n Building Addition RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1972 E’Double Size Black Hawk Inn Sign Has Tum Years To Live ‘Vaughan Works Dept. Vaughan Town Council last week approved final plans for a $60,000 extension to its works building at Maple but not everyone was in agreement. The expansion. which “ill al- low transfer of the works de- partment and storage from an- other building. has been the subject of some debate in coun- cil for the past two weeks. Most vocal have been Coun- cillors John Gilbert and Dalton McArthur. who 'haVe felt the expenditure was too great at this time. Mr. Gilbert said he had sup- portvd the project initially, but at that time costs were being based on $20,000 and not $60.- 000. To combat the crippling dis- abilities of arthritis through ed- ucation, research and treatment in Richmond Hill and area the York Central Committee Branch of the Arthritis and Rheuma- tism Society will hold a local citizen canvass September 18 to 29 to mark Arthritis Month. Much work in research and patient care must be done to combat this disease and the 10- cal committee is asking resi- dents to dig deep when the can- vasser calls. The committee chairman is Miss Elizabeth Flood of 48 Lavemck Drive. head therapist at York Central He reports that 676 enumera- tors, two for each polling divi- sion. started work Monday morning throughout the riding. one of the largest in area and numbers of electors in Canada. These enumerators should not be confused with the municipal enumerators who are also call- ing at all residences at this time. LAST BRITISH VOTE .c..g ............ W.” ..__...V..s.. right. The legislation passed} unanimously in committee and in the House of Commons. ‘ RICHMOND HILL OFFICE Following the enumeration and return of complete lists to; the returning officer. any elig-I‘ ible voters who may have been missed can contact the return- ing officer's office or any poli‘! tical party and have their names‘ included in the revised lists: Mr. Bailey‘s office is located at! 70 Newkirk Road and the tele-i phone number is 884-1054. i Another change in \‘oting' :i'“llllllitlll“lllll“\l\lllllllllllllllllllill\lllllllllm“ill“!\lllllllll“illlllllllllillllllllltllllllllllI“ll“lllill““itllllllllllllilltll“littltllilllllll“llhill“lllllllllllllmfilltlllillllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllalllllllll\l\\\\lllll\\\lNil!lllllll|\\\llllllll\l\lt|ll UCUullCu ‘1"le lslp attempted to pass the car just as it was about to make a left turn. The Saturday afternoon prior to the collision. Paul had been announcing the events at the Junior Inter- national Horse Show which was being held at his mother‘s farm. Besides his mother, he is survived by llis sister. Christina. 20. and two .y unis; brothers. Richard. 17. and John 16.. His father died last You. LCI use shall, of course. matter again." A letter from Edward Barrie.‘ maintenance engineer of the same department referred to‘ the request of Richvale resi-; ’dents for removal of the high: ‘banks of snow. particularly at} ‘intersections of Highway 11 and‘ roads in the area. Mr. Barriel said, “As far as the removal oft snow is concerned. we can only; advise that the prime function: of this Ministry is to keep the highuays open. We do not have1 the capability of removing thei look into the‘ Establishment of such a board was recommended by the Minister’s Inquiry into Hospital Privileges. which reported last January. It. was established by an am- endment to the Public Hos- pitals Act passed early this summer. The inquiry was held after Dr. Claude Mac- donald. a surgeon, and Dr. J. E. Sheriton. an obstetric- ian. complained they were unfairly denied hospitrl privileges by North York General Hospital. projected. Secondary school enrolment was up by 250. Kindergarten figures showed an enrolment of 2,583. compar- ed with 2,712 last year and a predicted enrolment of 2,514 this year. Secondary school enrolment this year is 14.320. Board Chairman Ross Jol- liffe said the teachers had done an “outstanding job of projec- tion. It speaks very highly of our people and their dedica- tion." ccncs O‘vavv ,. v . _ _ _ _ . . . The trustees’ honorarium: is based on the number of schools under the board’s jurisdiction. The board also has the authority to dock trustees “a reasonable amount” for meetings missed. Roman Catholic School Trustees. who are paid on the number of students in the elementary system under the board’s jurisdic- tion. receive $1,800 an- nually. llIt\lllllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllltllllhllllllllhllull“\lllllllttilllllllltil“llllllll“llllllll‘\“llllllllllllllllll“illlll“till“llllill“llIll“ill{llllllllllll“\“llllltlllllllllllill“\llllllllllllllllillllil“'3 __ '- ".0 _,v tical party and have their names‘ Besides his mother, he is included in the revised lists” survived by his sister. Mr. Bailey‘s office is located at' Christina. 20. and two 70 Newkirk Road and ihe tele-l brothers. Richard. 17, and phone number is 884-1054. John 16“ His father died Another change in voting last year. gained a two-year lease on life by a 5-4 council decision Monday night. On motion of Councillor Stewart Bell and Regional Councillor Gordon Rowe the Black Hawk Motor Inn was granted relief from size pro- visions contained in the town's Sign bylaw until the date when all signs “ill have to conform to the bylaw, which is July 1974. The rea- son given for this exemption was that the legal noncon- forming signs surrounding the Black Hawk property constitute sufficient interfer- In Essentials Unity; in Non-E Councillor McArthur said he concurred with his fel- low council_lor's thoughts in the matter; "I'm not so sure we‘re’doing the right thing here." he said. He added. however. that he didn't dispute the fact that new quarters were needed. Said Councillor David Fraser: "How come we jumped from $20.000 to $60,000?“ Councillor lGilhert said the addition of Iunchrooms. extra washrooms and a separate room for women employees shot up the costs. The proposed building con- sists of a 20-foot. two-storey ex- tension to the west of the present building. for its full width. The office would be 10- c_ated on the, first floor with lunchroom and lockers on the second. There is also a propos- ed one-storey extension on the north side for the full length of the building to be used by the water and roads depart- ments. 3, Tenders for the extension are expected to he submitted to committee September 18. Voting against it in a recorded vote asked for by Councillor McArthur. were McArthur and Gilbert. Vot- ing in favor were Mayor Williams and Councillors Fraser. Risk, Armstrong and Kirk. For others who expect to be away from home on polling day advance polls will be held on the Saturday and Monday pre- ceding the electionâ€"October 21 and 23. muuuu“mummm\uuuummnu“mumull111muuu\mnmuu\u better served If we rented one (building). I can't sup- port it," Gilbert said. Paul Mikucki, 19, of Am- hercroft Farms, Richmond Hill, who was injured in a motorcycle - c a r accident September 2, died Saturday in Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto from injuries re- ceived in the accident. Paul. who was the son of Mrs. Betty Mikucki, received late Lou Mikucki. received head injuries when the ma- chine he was riding was in collision with a car driven by Mrs. Mary Leek. RR 2, Gormley, at 16th and Bay- view Avenues. Mr, Bell said that he had been under no pressure to change things. “It‘s a matter of principle. The extenuat- ing circumstances were suf- ficient to grant this relief. I ask you to consider this fair- ly in that light. This motion According to York Re- gional Police. the accident occurred when the youth attempted to pass the car just as it was about to make a left turn. The Saturday afternoon prior to the collision. Paul had been announcing the events at the Junior Inter- national Horse Show which was being held at his mother's farm. i_s the result of three or four consultations with Solicitor Tom Fraser. "I have indicated my posi- tion very clearly," stated Councillor Andy Chateau- vert. "This sign was erected illegally. with no permit, and is in contravention of the bylaw. I don‘t believe in two sets of law. There must be only one. Others have been made to conform to our by- law ant oversize “We are charged with the responsibility of upholding Local Crash Victim Dies and this sign is 100% ssentials Liberty; in all things Charity” fic ' and ' difficulty in In respect to traffic signals. the letter states: “Apart from the intersection with Carrville Road. where they are already in existence. traffic signals are not warranted at any of the in- tersections between Highway ‘7 and the Markham - Vaughan Road. at the present time. “For your information. the intersection of Highway 11 and Roosevelt Drive was recently considered for the installation of traffic signals. and it was found that the warrants were not even close to being met." The letter also states that. "As far as crosswalks are con- cerned. this pessibility is ruled out because of the speed limit." A ray of hope is contained in the final paragraph which reads, “should further develop- ‘ment adjacent to the highway alter the circumstances. we shall‘ of course. look into the matter again.” Vaughan Councillor Dal- ton McArthur said last week that council is hope- ful that purchase of 94% acres of land at Jam3 Street and Highway 7 will start off another industrial boom in the toun. At a special meeting Sep- tember 5. council approved purchase of the land from the estate of Albertha Mc- Leary at a cost of $1,228.- 500. ' Councillor McArthur said council hoped to rezone the land which is adjacent to the ONE yards. from agri- cultural to spur industrial growth. He said he felt the mil- lion dollars paid for the land was “money well- spent". and that. with the proper sewage. the area would create another indus- trial boom. such as sprang up about 10 years ago. At that time. the CNR built its marshalling yards and the town provided sewers and water. offering the surrounding land to in- dustry at cost. the laws of this municipal- ity,“ Councillor Lois Hancey reminded councillors. “This sign is in contravention of the bylaw and even of the leeway added to the bylaw by the majority of council '3 pr0vision that council could approve minor varia- tionsl. According to Counc1110r David Schiller. "This com- pany had full knowledge of the contents of this bylaw. The addition to the bylaw was to accommodate varia- tions of up to 15%, but these people proceeded to erect a sign which is 100% larger. I dont see how any citizen can be forced to observe any of our bylaws if we let this flagrant violation go. The by- law was painfully under- taken and processed. and recommended by a consult- Vaughan Looks For New Business Boom HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 trial section west of Lang- staff Road is now consider- ed the prestige area and contains every type of in- dustry from Parker Bro- thers Games to Pasquale Brothers Foods to various manufacturing concerns. “If we split the land into zoning. the profit will be nice to look at. although we're not really looking at profit," said Councillor Mc- Arthur. said “get area By having the land. coun- cil could also be choosy about the kind of industry it wanted to bring in. said Councillor John Gilbert. Said Councillor Da vid Fraser: “I feel the position of the municipality is to lead rather than compete in industrial expansion. I feel this is the key piece and that this is one of the better things council has done." The town will pay $400.- 000 down and take out a mortgage for the rest. Former Resident Appeal Board Peter Tobias. a former Thornhill boy and a grad- uate of Richmond Hill High School has been named to the five-member Ontario Hospital Appeal Board. This tribunal will hear ap- peals from physicians who have been denied hospital privileges or whose privil- eges have been restricted. Mr. Tobias is now a Hunts- ville lawyer and is on the board of governors of Hunts- ville and District Memorial Hospital and chairman of its management committee. Mayor ant who told us the only way to make it work was to en- force it. Now. in the first in- stance that comes up we are allowing a business to com- pletely flout the law." other board members are Dr. Gerald Blanchet of Etobicoke, Dr. Campbell MacArthur of H o r n b y, Glenn Phelps of Orillia and Murray Cole of Willowdale. Mayor William Lazenby reported that application for a building permit for the sign had been made, “but I understand was held in hmbo." "The Sign bylaw is far from a perfect document, we are aware,“ noted Regional Councillor Donald Plaxton. "It was pigeonholed for four years before it was passed. If it were offensive to the retail community of this municipality they had lots of time and many opportunities to let us know, I believe we adopted it in desperation to ‘y'or Garnet Williams the town needed to started again in this us Deficit Rises Again Seek $30,650 Despite a slight increase in the number of pas- sengers and in gross revenue. the TTC-operated Yonge Street Bus Line to Toronto. showed a deficit of $6,143.39 in the second quarter of 1972. This deficit is more than twice as. much as the $3,055.88 recorded for the same period in 1971. Operating expenses rose to $40,074.43 from $35,862.16 for the same three month period. Per mile the increase was from 84.68c to 95.31c. _6fiépman said it only took the hiring of a few teach- ers who shouldn‘t be hirgd t9 York County school principals were praised by Sam Chapman. director of education. for their “reliable and responsible ap- proach to staffing“ at a meet- ing of York County Board of Education September 11, Mr. Chapman made his reâ€"‘ marks following presentation of a report on school openings and enrolments, which showed that diligent research and study by the principals had resulted in student enrolment estimates and subsequent teacher needs being kept well within bounds. 34 YONGE ST. S. -= 884-1955 This meant that four less teachers were hired. even though under’ the teacher-pupil ratio. the board would be with- in its rights to hire them. They will, however. keep the teach- ers in reserve if needed. “runvgvary with thousands of dollars." vierVeréaid it was just such care- ful planning that made it pos- sible for the board to stay wi_th- in its heilings when other boards were having trouble. Mr. Chapman said that enrol- ment in the elementary schools was down about 400 from last year, with a total of 29.676 pu- pils enrolled, 136 fewer than projected. Kindergarten figures showed an enrolment of 2,583. compar- ed with 2,712 last year and a predicted enrolment of 2,514 this year. control to some extent the aesthetic values on Yonge Street." “I feel this is only a tem- porary arrangement." stated Councillor Lou Wainwright, "The sign will have to con- form in two years." "The owners made an ap- plication and “ere put off." added Councillor R o w e. "They have a big investment and are completely boxed in. The new building is a credit to the town. It's a matter of commonsense to let them carry on until all signs have to conform." “Has any member asked if he will sign an agreement to remove the sign in two years?“ asked Mrs. Hancey. “I daresay we will have the same problem then." “I daresay you will have Gordon S. Wood Fitted to your Eye Doctor’s Prescription” GLASSES PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS RICHMOND HILL SENIOR. CITIZENS Another recommendation that the extension of the local bus line to serve the senior citizens buildings be discontinued be- cause of lack of patronage. was challenged by Councillor David Schiller. who pointed out that the seniors were particularly concerned about the winter months. The committee agreed to continue to run the bus on Dufferin Street to the two apartment buildings until the end of the year and evaluate the patronage at that time. FARE SCHEDULE Council approved a recom- mendation that an agreement ‘be signed with Trailways of Canada to operate the local bus service during 1972 at a cost lof $9 an hour. The provincial government now pays a subsidy on trans- portation deficits, according to ‘a formula, which in the case of ‘Richmond Hill amounts to 50%. iCouncll approved application ‘for _a subsidy of $30,650. which imeans that the projected defi- lcit for this year in this munic- ipality-including the local bus ‘service and the Yonge Street ‘serviceâ€"will be double that The new fare schedule was included in the agreement as: adults 25c. children under 12 15c and senior citizens 15c. According to the agreement the buses will operate 10 hours a day. six days a week (except Sundays) including holidays. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY York C o u n t y School Trustees may find April 30 a less ominous day on their calendars now. Last week York County Board of Education approv- ed a recommendation allow- ing trustees to declare one- third of their annual honor- arium as a general expense allowance. T h e recommendation. which makes this portion exempt from income tax. resulted from a change in the Federal Income Tax Act, effective January 1. of this year. Municipal councillors have this exemption, but this is the first time for the school trustees. the same problem then frprr} This will allow the pub- lic school trustees, who are paid $250 a month. or $3,000 a year. a deduction of a lot of people." suggested Councillor Shaun Beggs‘ “I think the man is boxed in, absolutely shut off at both ends.“ The board chairman re- calves 54,000 per annum. The trustees’ honorarium 13 based on the number of schools under the board's jurisdiction. - AL- 51.000 Egg-vgggéd also has the authority to dock trustees “a reasonable amount” for meetings missed. 7 "I told him that when the existing interference is re- moved and other signs con- form. his sign would also have to conform.” reported EBuhcmor Bell. “He indi- cated he would be willing to conform when others do." On the recorded vote. C o u n cillors Chateauvert, Schiller, Hancey and Region- al Councillor Plaxton voted in the negative and Regional Councillor Rowe. and Coun- cillors Beggs. Bell and Wain- wright voted in favor with Mayor Lazenby breaking the Lie by voting in favor.