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Th meeting is a result of a povition paper from the Ministry of Education, en- titled "Cyclic Review: The Intermediate Years", which was presented to the board last November, and which outlined the Ministry's attempt to organize “com- mon” and “elective” studies for students in grades 7 to 10, so that they might have a wider range of subjects to balance their learning needs. The first bylaw passed by the 1873 council appointed Mr. 'Deefy clerk and treas- urer of Richmond Hill at a salary of $100 per annum, in lieu of percentages or allowances â€"â€" but not to cover travelling expenses, postage or disbursements of any kind on account of the corporation. Reeve Law noted that since, teachers’ salaries in the area were $360 and. $410 per year and since Mr. Teefy was also Curriculum Is Topic February I At Open School Board Session Area parents concerned about their children spend- ing too much time on candle making, archery and poetry in the fiuture, will get a chance to air their views on these matters at a meeting at Aurora High School, Februâ€" ary 1, it was decided at a meeting of York County School Board January 15. And if they can't make it to Aurora, they‘ll get a chance to express them- selvekg at three area meetings to by announced at a later date The report stressed that educational programs should be based upon the needs of the individual students. In distinguishing between com- mon and elective studies, the report said that ’the former represented “stability” and The 1873 council was portrayed by members of the 1973 council in authentic costumes of the period. It included Jacob Brillinger (Ward 6 Councillor Louis Wainwright), Wil- liam Powell (Ward 2 Councillor Graeme Bales), Reeve Abra- ham Law (Mayor William Lazenby), William S. Warren (Regional Councillor Gordon Rowe) and David Hopkins (Ward The clock rolled back 100 years in Richmond Hill Blonday evening as rnernbers of the 1973 councfl re-enacted the first meeting of the Richmond Hill Village Council in January 1873. n.- VOL. 96, NO. 30. Statements made at Oshawa December 18 by Cabinet repre- sentatives during the announce- ment also make it clear the gov- ernment is convinced the old municipal regimes established 425 years ago in the province are completely unsuitable for late 20th Century conditions. A 70-page East of Toronto Re- gion proposal was simultane- ously released by the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and With its recent proposal for an East of Metro Toronto (Ajax to Cobourg) regional municipal corporation of 1,168 square miles and 236,693 people, the provincial government has made it clear that municipal re-organ- ization in Ontario is very defin- itely continuing. By HAL BLAINE “Ilhe fragmented and un- cordinated system of local gov- ernment throughout much of Ontario isn't capable of effici- ently meeting the challenges of a changing society." This key statement was contained in a recent official Ontario Govern- ment announcement. Determined Province Proposes Regional Municipality 0n East Side Of Ours I873 Came Alive At Historic Council Meeting Hick L111 and Reeve Law also presented the village seal, which is still in existence and still in working order 100 years lat- er. In spontaneous com- ments, Councillor Brillinger commented that it looked rather cheap and fragile and Councillor Hopkins thought that the blacksmith at Vic- toria Square could have done a better job. The reeve Common studies would consist of further develop- ment of mathematical and language communication skills, while elective studies would include poetry, music appreciation, archery, photo- graphy, candle making, Gregg shorthand. astronomy and film making. On a motion of former Trustee Jack Hadfield of Newmanket. it was then These would take in one quarter to one third of total program time in grade 7 at the outset. and then rise to two thirds or three quarters in the next three years. The paper expressed the hope of the Ministry that “a variety of local and regional committees will be formed to ensure that the views of students, educators, parents and the public generally, and of any concerned individual or group. will be solicited. collated and ultimately made available to the ministerial cyclic review committee." At the November meeting. board members expressed concern over the govern- ment’s paper and suggested a meeting with home and school associations. the latter “variety” postmaster, he felt the salâ€" ary was adequate for part Lime work. It's quite a while since the second tier Metro system grew out of the troubled Toronto area situation here in Ontario. More recently this experiment in double level municipal gov- ernment has been followed with a whole series of Ontario re- gional systems. here and at Ottawa, Niagara, Kitchener. Muskoka, Thunder Bay. Sud- bury. Intergovernmental Affairs. It even more clearly establishes the Progressive Conservative Government’s determined pol- icy on municipal reform. And it is apparent this re- form is going to continue to take the form of second tier municipal governments like that established two years ago here in former York County. The re- form isn't going to come about as enlarged and strengthened single tier municipal arrange- ments as has been the case, for example. around the Alberta cities of Edmonton and Calgary or around the Nova Scotia cities of Halifax and Dartmouth. Establishment of double-tier Trustee Craig Cribar of Newmarket said he was conâ€" cerned there would be “a drag somewhere in be- tween," and would like to see dates set for the area meetings. Council then passed by- law 2, appointing George Barnard, merchant (Ward 1 Councillor Andy Chateau- vert) and Robert Law, drug- gist son of the reeve (Ward 2 Councillor Charles Stewâ€" art) as auditors, for which to the proposal of Trustee John MacKay of Markham to have four meetings altogether with the February Aurora meet being the first. He said that the' chairman should make it mandatory to get four people in his area to come. agreed to hold a public meeting instead. At last week's meeting, the board expanded the idea even further when it agreed Disagreeing with the idea was Trustee Ross Jolliflfe of Vaughan, who said that the purpose of the meeting was to get “quality and not quantity.” reported the seal had cost $3.50 and another source h'a-d‘ quoted $4.50. “I like it a lot better now,” said Mr. Hopkins and “We got value for our money." said Counâ€" cillor Powell. The other three will be held in the various school areas. “We won’t get the support of the public if we only have a meeting in one location,” Mr. MacKay said. His motion was seconded by Trustee Donald Sim, also of Markham. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1973 (Photo by Stuart’s studio) 5 Councillor William Corcoran). These men are shown at the council table left to right as the oath of office was administered by a judge (portrayed by Judge James Butler) partially hidden on the left. Beside him was Matthew Teefy, the village’s first clerk, portrayed by Town Clerk Russell Lynett. Mr. Teefy (also the village’s postmaster from 1850 to 1909) served as village clerk from 1873 to 1904, a span of 31 years. Mr. Lynett, who will be retiring later this year, will also have served as clerk of the municipality for 31 years. The provincial government‘s latest regional proposal borders on our own infant York Region and changes York's composition a great deal. The Oshawa anâ€" nouncement contains major statements of proposed govern- Municipal re-organization in Ontario obviously is going to continue to take the form of double level municipal systems for the foreseeable future. Only time now will determine whe- ther second tier Metro-regional systems are going to endure as the best solution for modern day community operation or whether in the long run there will be a return to single tier municipalities. municipal government is hap- pening here also in spite of the strong swell of opinion favoring the elimination of the Metro Toronto second tier. And there has also recently been the actual elimination of the Metro experi- ment at Winnipeg by a Maniâ€" toba government opting for a return to an enlarged and strengthened single tier urban municipality. “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” Also appointed was Denis C. O'Brien, farmer, (Treas~ urer Mack Clement), as as- sessor and collector. His salâ€" ary was to be $16. John Brown, grocer (As- sistant Treasurer Bill Rice) was appointed inspector of licenses, with a $2 payment for services. John Vetie, 'hotelkeeper (Lionel H‘ancey) was ap- pointed poundkeeper, at the fee schedule adopted by the Township of Markham, until a scale of fees was estab- lished by bylaw for the vil- lage. they were to be paid the sum of 25¢ each. Mayor William Lazenby pointed out that the home of Councillor Powell still stands at the end of Wright Street. the only residence of 'a member of the 1873 council to survive the cen- tury. The last item of business recorded in 1873 was a mo- tion to pay $8 per annum to Mr. Vetie for the use of a room, supplied with fires and lights, as a meeting place for council. The room was known as the Division Court Room. The council Chambers were filled with former councillors and honored guests, who thoroughly en- joyed the 'historic re-enact- ment, enlivened 'by the ex- temperaneous utterances of the actors, some of whom had apparently missed their calling and should be ap- pearing regularly on the stage or on TV. It was a solemn occasion, conducted decorously, but spiced with humor to the delight of the audience. Carpenter Benjamin Dav- idson (Ward 4 Councillor Dave Stephenson) was ap- pointed overseer of high- WAYS. The long-term planning con- tained in the government’s also recently announced Toronto- Centred Region Plan is cited as a major new factor in determin- ing provincial decisions on mu- nicipal reform and boundary changes here and in the propos- ed East of Toronto Region. There is confusion in the gov- ernment's use of the word “re- gion". In the Toronto-Centred Region Plan the word refers to a geographical region with no connection to municipal gov- ernment, while the new second The original Ministry state- ment contained a major statis- tical error relating to our York Region. This has since been corrected. York Region is to have its population increased by 9,729 instead of 18,676, to a total of 171,101. The land area is to increase 172 square miles to 817 square miles, according to the Ministry. ment policy for our municipali- ties. both first and second tier. Most affected are first tier Markham Town and the York Region corporation itself. nmmuuuummmuluuuumumllllm\lmmumummmum During the evening Mayor Lazenby introduced Ivan Man-sbridge. who had served on council five years. Wes Middleton 20 years, William Neal 12 years, Robert Little four years, Allan Bales (fath- er of Graeme) four years, Tom Taylor 11' years, Floyd Perkins 17 years. James Haggart seven years, Joe Patterson two years, John Bradlstock three years, Rob- ert Ross one year, Margaret Southwell three years, How- ard Whillans two years, Alan White three years. John Mc- Diarmid five years, Alex Campbell two years, Walter Scudd's (now of Hastings) four years, Tom Murphy two years. Robert Saunders two of Commerce, Yonge Street Branch, ‘whose manager is Ken Rintoul. An autopsy showed that she died of multiple skull fractures and brain lacera- tions. She had also been sexually assaulted. Miss Leroux’s battered and semi-nude body was found about 8:30 am Nov- ember 30, on 16 Sideroad, 3/10 of a mile east of Jane Street in King Township, lying in the centre of the road. A reward of $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of the person or per- sons responsiblc for the death of Yvonne Leroux, 16 of Weston, was auth- orized Tuesday night by York County Board of Police Commissioners. Offer Reward Leroux Murder (Continued on Page 3) Provincial appointees Judge William Lyon, chair- man, Gordon Cook and Stew- art Rumble, are starting the final year of their three- year terms. The two regional appoint- ments did not go uncha1~ lenged. Mayor Margaret Britnell of King, argued that there would be no elected representatives from the southern end of" the region. Also, there should have been two new officers and both should have been elected. Outdoors the youngster sang “Happy Birthday, Rich- mond Hill” and “O Canada" with great enthusiasm, con- cluding with three cheers for the 100-year-old munici- pality. The flag was presented by Mayor Lazenby to Trevor Schiller and Richard Kreck- er, who received it on be- half of their fellow students. The flag will be raised and lowered each day by another pupil, Gary Bell. Despite a recommendation by York Regional Council last year that elected offic- ials form the majority on the regional police commis- sion, Council last week nam- ed Chairman Garfield Wright as one of its two members on the commission. Mr. Wright was appointed to his post as chairman of council by the provincial government. The other member of coun- cil named was Councillor Ray Twinney of Newmarket. who was also a member last year. The two will serve for the next two years. One method of achieving this is the presentation of a Centennial Flag‘ which car- ries a replica of the town‘s crest, featuring the lion gar- dante and red roses of Rich- mond, to each school within the municipality. January 15. Mayor Wil- liam Lazenby and Centennial Committee members Floyd Perkins and Pat Hart and Chairman Bob Warner. visit- ed McConaghy and McKillop Public Schools. These are the two oldest schoolsâ€"the core of McConaghy School dating back to 1915 and Mac- Killop School being built in the fifties. At McConaghy School the entire student body, gather- ed in the auditorium, sang Gord Fleming‘s Salute to Richmond Hill’s Centennial set to the meter of the old English song, “The Lass of Richmond Hill”. which was sung by the children of the settlement’s first school in 1816. This first school was situated on the same site as McConaghy. She said she was making her objection to the meeting because she had been absent during the caucus meeting when the appointments were debated. She said she couldn’t un- derstand why there hadn't been any objection from Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham. Schools Flying Centennial Flag Involvement of the chil- dren of Richmond Hill from the south to the north and from the east to the west, is one of the main objectives of the committee planning this year’s celebration of the town’s 100th birthday. NoSouthAppointees Police Commission Britnell Opposed The major thrust of the pro- vincial statements at Oshawa applying to our York Region seems to involve the placing of further emphasis on a future of limited urban development plus preservation of open space and rural character. Ontario’s major future population growth, prob- ably until the turn of the cen- tury at least, is to be channelled to the new East of Toronto Re- gion along with the filling up of the Toronto-Hamilton corri- dor. It isn’t going to come here in York Region. It appears the development and fast population growth im- mediately in prospect for the 'I'hornhill. Richmond Hill, Aur- ora. Newmarket corridor will take place and that will be the end of fast growing here. The populations of Thomhill, Richmond Hill and Unionville urban areas will about double tier reform municipalities out- side metropolitan areas are termed regional municipal cor- porations. in the next 10 years and that will be about it. Only a relative- HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Former Deputy-Reeve Stan Tinker Died Suddenly Monday On Visit To The Hill Mr. and Mrs. Tinker and family moved to Richmond Hill in 1948 and lived here until 1967 when they moved to Nova Scotia. During that period. Mr. Tinker was ac- tive in community affairs, serving in 1957 and 1958 as councillor and in 1959, 1960, 1963 and 1964 as deputy- re‘eve. He «also served Rich- mond Masonic Lodge in many offices, including that of ‘worshipful master, was a trustee and chairman of the Richmond Hill Public School Board and served for sev- eral years as Akela of a Cub pack. The funeral service was held Wednesday morning at 11 am in St. Mary’s Angli- can Church, of which Mr. Tinker was a valued member Born in Toronto, Mr. Tin- ker was employed by To- ronto Hydro for 43 years until his retirement in 1967. He is survived by his wife, the former Patricia Jerred; a daughter, Delia (Mrs. M. B u r g e s s) of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia; three sons, David of Victoria Square, Brian of Toronto and Donald of Annapolis Royal; five grandchildren and a brother, Fred. A visit to Richmond Hill to participate in the special historic council meeting and civic dinner Monday even- ing, brought sorrow to the family and friends of Stan- ley Francis Tinker, a former councillor and deputy-reeve of the town. Mr. Tinker and his wife arrived in Rich- mond Hill from their home in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Sunday. and in the early hours of Monday morn- ing Mr. Tinker» died sud- denly. A judicial review was held Monday, January 22, in the courthouse on Un- iversity Avenue, Toronto, to reconsider the applica- tion of Milton Savage for a recount in the recent Town of Vaughan election. Mr. Savage requested the recount December 19 and it was scheduled to take place January 24 at 10 am in the Town of Vaughan offices at Maple, under the supervision of Judge Ray Stortini. Mr. Savage in the original count December 4, placed‘ only six votes behind James Cameron. The division court under the direction of Chief Jus- tice Wells ruled that no recount should be held on the basis that Mr. Savage had not shown any grounds for his request. There- fore the town council elected for Vaughan re- mains as originally pro- claimed, namely: David Fraser, Fred Armstrong, Albert Hollingshead, Mike Bevan and James Camer- N0 Recount In Vaughan The December 18 Oshawa re- gional government announce- ment included statements by Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton and his Parliam- entry Assistant Donald Irvine MLA, Grenville Dundas. These statements were backed up by the 70-page Ministry proposal. The Oshawa documents indicate the major flow of provincial policy on municipal reform, plus the policies outlined for 1y small additional population growth and development appears to be intended here from 1980 to the year 2000. as far ahead as the Toronto- Centred Region Plan seems to foretell. a matter of about three decades. York Region seems now to be about evenly dividend politically between the urban and rural representatives. with a slight edge for the rural orientation. The changes in boundaries and the addition of three northern rural townships now in Ontario County will give our region a pronounced rural political tilt that will be permanent at least Take a tax break. Call Doug Hinchcliffe at 884-8181 and ask about a Mutual Life RRSP Booklet. October Date Local Elections The recipient shall also have the highest mark in grade 13 English of any candidate for the award, and must be continuing in some recognized form of post- secondary education. To qualify for the new scholarship, the recipient must be a graduate of grade 13, who has taken the drama course. or has been a mem- ber of the drama club, both for two consecutive years. and has made a substantial contribution to the club. Region Councillor Hancey Wants In view of municipal gov- ernment becoming more and more important to the citi- zens of Ontario and to en- Last June, the board ac- cepted a bequest of $2,100 from her estate to endow two scholarships. one in memory of Miss Izzard’s mother, and one in memory of Donald Leno, a former top student of Miss Izzard‘s. during the years he lived in Richmond Hill. Conducting the service was Rev. Bernard Barrett. Interment followed in Richmond Hill Presbyter- ian Cemetery, with the pall- bearers being: Russell Lyn- ett. John Bradstock, Otto Whalen. Selby O‘Brien, Ern- est Jerred (brother-inâ€"law) and Barrie Hamilton (neph- The scholarship is in memory of Edna Izzard, a former English and history teacher at Richmond Hill High School, who died in 1971. A group of interested citi- zens in Richmond Hill have been collecting money to en- dow a $1,400 scholarship in Miss Izzard’s memory. the board was told. The a c t u a 1 individual scholarships will be in the amount of about $100. The Edna Izzard Memorial Scholarship will be awarded annually to a student at Rich- mond Hill High School in accordance with terms of the endowment, it was disclosed at a meeting of York County Board of Education January 15. RHHS Regional Councillor Lois Hancey proposed to Richmond Hill Council January 15 that it respect- fully request the provincial government to amend the Municipal Elections Act to permit local elec- tions in October. Edna Izzard Scholarship Mrs. Hancey suggested that the first Monday in October be declared election day and that the newly elected council be given the same privilege accorded to the councils in York elected in 1970 (the advent of Regional government) of being an advisory committee, with the existing business until the end of the year. She requested support be sought from the Region of York and municipal associations. "’ The Mutual Life of Canada 0“A multiplicity of local gov- ernments in one area, acting in- dependently of each other, can- not provide the nceessary co- hesiveness for effective public policies. Small municipalities cannot afford to exist separate- ly. It has become apparent to the provincial government, and also to many local leaders. tha’ tContinued on' Page 11) O“Whatever the system of local government, it must be able to provide rational, area- wide planning in order to en- sure a good quality of life for the area residents and to con- trol urban pressures. The pres- sure is clearly on local govern- ments to provide a high level of services in a coordinated manner at a reasonable dollar cost. and at the same time to conserve the quality of the nat- ural environment. changes in our York Region. The reform policy is stated as follows: O “A strong and responsive system of local government is an essential element in the democratic process as it oper- ates in Ontario. “It was true that the coun- cil-elect committee worked well in Richmond Hill, be- cause the majority of mem- bers were returning to office,” stated Mayor Wll- liam Lazenby. “But in other places there were problems." courage them to take more interest in elections and in participation, Mrs. Hiance'y explained her belief that an October election date is pre- ferable. The weather in late November and early' Decem- ber is more inclement, inter- fering with electioneering and voting, s‘he maintained. “And another thing," add- ed Councillor Wainwright. “We couldn’t ask these new persons to serve three months without pm). In 1970 the provincial government paid them.” She also believes that her suggestions would rbe of help to the provincial authorities in that budgets would be ready earlier. that the new council members would be better prepared to attend to their duties. and that better planning and results would be forthcoming. LAME DUCK COUNCIL In reply, Mrs. Hancey re- ferred to IBill 102 by which the council-elect in 1970 was by statute allowed to make decisions. “It worked well in Richmond Hill. I agree with a nominating meeting. We met this lack in Richmond Hill with a public meeting sponsored by the Civic Im- provement Committee. Dur- ing consideration of the re- forms in the Elections Act by the Select Committee of the Legislature there was very great discussion on the method of nomination and the one we now have was deemed to be the rbest. How- ever. there was very little discussion on the date of the election. I have no objection to this going to committee." Councillor Lou Wainwright disagreed. “We would be faced with a lame duck coun- cil from August on." He sug- gested that the motion be sent to committee of thr: whole for further study. PRkCE 15¢ PER COPY “I have other suggestions," said Mr. Wainwright. “I be- lieve the new form of nomi- nations tis wrong. I much pre- fer the nomination meeting where a candidate goes on record as seeking office with an opportunity to speak pub- licly in 'a public place. I also strongly believe that candi- dates should be required to place a deposit with their nomination papers. so that we won't see 12 candidates seeking one office, as oc- curred last year in a neigh- boring municipality.” . “I agree with Lou,” said Councillor David Stephenson. Fonz Hinchcliffe