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nlehmond H111 Public Library 24 Wright Street. Rfighgloixd H111, Ontario. % Dec? 0-9-8-7-6-5-u-3 A Year Of Celebration ‘/ The study. which brought about these changes. was carried out this summer for the town by John Cottrill, a local university student, who had done the same type of work last year for Vau- ghan. 20 NAME DUPLICATIONS Individual letters of noti- fication to owners and te- nants will be sent out in the near future, it was re- ported. and a list of the new numbers will be sent to the Assessment Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs in Newmarket, the Bell Telephone Company, Consumers‘ Gas Company, local postmasters, the town’s building department, clerk's department. treasury depart- ment, waterworks depart- ment. fire department. hyd- ro and the York Regional Police. The Vaughan system of numbering. (vhich ties in with the Metro system will be used. with one number allotted for every 20 feet of frontage. Properties on Yonge Streets between High- way 7 and the old town li- mits will retain their pre- sent numbers. since they al- ready follow the system used in Vaughan. Top numbers in the north will be in the 12.250 range. LETTERS. NEW NUMBERS CENTENNIAL EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK 2 September 21â€"Richmond Hill Firefighters’ Smoker September 22â€"Juvenile Girls’ Ball Touma- ; ment ,MWVWWWWWW" WM VVVVV v cially to give businesses time to use up present stocks of stationery. so set the later date. Planning committee had recommended the starting date for use of the new num- bers as January 1, 1974, but council decided that more notice was necessary, espe- 800 Hill Properties To Be Renumbered The men came from the They i State of Antigua, formerly four pm a British colony, in the West pm, afte Indies and were Selwyn firm’s p. Waller, Minister of Trade, an order A Richmond Hill indust- ry. Centaur Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 57 Newkirk Road, received three important vi- sitors September 13. About 800 residents and businessmen in Richmond Hill will acquire new addresses March 1, without having to move, as Richmond Hill Council agreed September 10 to take the first step toward elimination of confusion in street numbering in the new town. This first step will include the renumbering of premises on Bathurst, Yonge and Leslie Streets and Bayview Avenue, starting at Highway 7 the town’s southern boundary and ending at the Gormley Sideroad. About 500 of those affected are on Yonge Street. NAME DUPLICATIONS His study also revealed VOL. 97; NO. 12. (Left to right) Director Walter Arm- strong of Antigua-Bermuda Information Of- fice in Toronto, Selwyn Walter, Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce, Antigua; fight) Director Walter Arm- Centaur General Manager DonaldV Hamilton; gua-Bermuda Information Of- Economic Adviser to the Minister Ralph , Selwyn Walter, Minister of Francis examine product of local manufactur- y and Commerce, Antigua; ing firm. local Product Goes To Antigua Because of these problems the committee agreed to de- lay the renumbering of the streets involved until the duplication of street names. has been eliminated. The work will be continued next summer, with the hope thatI it can be completed then. UNIQUE SYSTEM Old Richmond Hill's street numbering. a renumbering lcarried out more than two. decades ago, is rather: .unique, with the even num-‘ 'bers on east-west streets on 'the south side and on north- ;south streets on the west 'side. Centre Street was cho- 'sen as the dividing line with numbers running north and south of that point, and Yonge Street was the other dividing line with east-west numbering starting at that point. I Residents were not happy pl‘lSUlHllEIlL ll quuu guuty. Both the BC. Association and BC. school board ob- tained legal opinions on the matter, and these were also sent to the Ontario Associ- ation. The first one was of the opinion that a principal “who merely designates a smoking area for students could be said to have aided, abetted or connived at the commission of a delinquen- Cy... However. in a senior high school. where signs have been posted making the de- signated area off limits to students under 16, with a teacher on hand to enforce the rule. it was not felt the principal could be held li- able. lll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllll\llllllllllllllllll Municipalities at the time with this dupli- cation in numbers on both sides of the dividing lines, which created confusion then and still does. but have had to live with the situ- ation. that there are 20 street name duplications in Rich- mond Hill and that there is a lack of adequate mapping for the Oak Ridges area, where, particularly on the east side of Yonge. lack of street numbers creates problems in deliveries, and for the fire and police de- partments. A further prob- lem was found in the names of major arterial roads east and west of Yonge Street â€"â€" for instance Carrville Road on the west and 16th Ave« nue on the east. Vaughan Road on the west and Mar- kham Road on the east. They arrived shortly after four pm and left after seven pm, after looking at the firm’s products and placing Industry and Commerce; Walter Armstrong, director of the information office and Ralph Francis, econo- mic advisor to the Minister. Found 7 dntifig However. in a senior high school. where signs have been posted making the de- signated area off limits to students under 16, with a teacher on hand to enforce the rule. it was not felt the principal could be held li- able. The first one was of the opinion that a principal “who merely designates a smoking area for students could be said to have aided, abetted or connived at the commission of a delinquen- Both the BC. Association and BC. school board ob- tained legal opinions on the matter, and these were also sent to the Ontario Associ- ation. Although not elaborating on the incident, the BC. School Teachers‘ Associ- ation. as a result, advised its members of the federal sta- tute covering the matter, which holds principals liable and subject to a fine or im- prisonment if found guilty. The information, in the form of a warning, was sub- mitted by the Ontario School Trustees Council, apropos of a recent incident in British Columbia. School principals who al- low smoking by students un- der 16 in areas under their control, may be contributing to juvenile delinquency, York County Board of Edu- cation was informed last week. An important report on administration standards and effectiveness in On- tario municipalities was recently completed by Paul Hickey, a long time assistant deputy minister in the Department of Mu- nicipal Affairs. Hickey finds much room for im- provement at the local go- vernment level in the proâ€" vince. An extensive story on the report as it applies to the municipalities here in York Region has .been prepared by this newspa- per. It appears this week on Page 12. Student Smoking May Be Bad For Teachers This was their main ob- jective in visiting Canada and Canadian manufactu- ring firms to look for pro- Centaur manufactures a capacitive discharge electro- nic ignition system (an elec- tronic package for cars and trucks which will give 50,- 000 miles of service without a tuneup) and a little elecâ€" tronic ignition computer. The visitors were particular- ly interested in the former, believing that it will prove very popular in the West Indies and Caribbean is- lands. On receipt of this ini- tial order, they will conduct a market and technical sur- vey and if the results of this are favorable will take out a manufacturing license. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1973 The new policy was ag- reed to September 10 by York County Board of Edu- cation following a motion by Trustee Norman Weller of Aurora. Mr. Weller asked that se- nior citizens of 65 and over be allowed to attend conti- nuing education classes in the board‘s adult education program for $3, without any further charge for the cour- ses themselves. Registration dates are September 24 and 25, bet- ween 7 pm and 9 pm at the two schools. In,Richmond Hill, courses are held at Bayview and Don Head Secondary Schools. “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" Mr. Weller also suggested that a course might even- tually be set up that was geared especially for senior citizens. The first term begins Oc- tober 1. with the second term starting January 7. At present, neither North York or Simcoe County charges a fee to senior citi- zens, Ron Hall, acting di- rector of education, told the board. The majority of courses cost $6, plus fee. At present, students can pay from a low of $4, plus registration fee, to study English for new Canadians, to $55, plus registration fee, for a driver education course. Senior citizens in York Region will now be able to take night classes for only a $3 registration fee. Waive Study Fees Senior Citizens The York Board will dis- cuss the matter at its next meeting September 24. The second opinion stated that a school principal “should not allow any area under his control to be used as a smoking area, which persons under the age of 16 are permited to use.” It added that the principal should.use strong measures to see that the area was not used. Centaur General Manager Donald Hamilton has been a stamp collector for years and has in his possession se- veral Antigua stamps dating back to 1860. He had them at the plant to show to his guests, who were quite in- trigued, particularly since it was the first time they had seen the very early postage stamps. They were particu- larly interested in the Nel- son commemorative stamps, since that British naval hero was stationed on their island for some years in the early part of his career. bean ducts which might be manu- factured in Antigua for marketing throughout the West Indies and the Carib- (Photo by Susan Samila) Regional Councillor Adams interjected that it was too bad the former council hadn’t assumed the respon- sibility for making future land need provisions. MAYOR. IN FAVOR Mayor Anthony Roman favored Moran's intention but sald he opposed putting any figures in the park land purchase motion. “I'd' be a lot happier if there was no figure on it now,” the mayor said. Regional Councillor Harry Crisp threw his support be- hind the Moran motion. Former 'town clerk Crisp said the idea of buying a big chunk of land was tried out as a Centennial project. but there was too much op- position to spending money on it at that time. MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE Adams said he was quite prepared to see the town be poor because of spending on land “because they're not making it any more." He suggested the town should have a long term plan for a public land bank and should consider the idea of developing a municipal golf course. Regional Councillor Ro- bert Adams of Thomhill said he was prepared to sup- port Moran’s motion. Adams, chairman of the council's town planning committee. said it was quite refreshing to hear the kind of propo- sal being brought forward by Moran. QUALIFIED SUPPORT A council representative on the town recreation com- mittee. Councillor Muldrew wanted Moran's suggestion referred to the committee. Muldrew pointed out the large amounts of money re- cently spent on land in the built up southern parts of the tovm were for building sites and not for parks, something which should be taken into account when Moran listed the large sums being spent and criticized the lack of pal’ks in Ward Moran in his bulletin to ratepayers appealed for pro- perty owners who would donate or offer for sale land sites of 50 acres or more for public ownership. He told council he already has two offers from interested land- owners. North Thornhill Council- lor R’oy Muldrew of Ward 2 revealed the study was being contemplated when he was stating his position on Councillor Moran’s park land purchase motion. The council backed away from passing Moran’s mo- tion but got the Dickson Hill councillor to agree to introduce a more general motion calling for pur- chase of park land wher- ever practical and fea- sible. This motion passed by unanimous vote with all members of council present. Questioned Thursday. the new Director of Park and Recreation Danny Costea said terms of reference for an overall study are being discussed with Brad Johnson of the planning consultant firm Johnson, Sustronk, Weinstein and Associates Limited, 819 Yonge Street, Metro. BY YEAR’S END Castea says if council ap- roves the study there is hope of having a report be- fore the end of the year, providing the right personâ€" n‘el are immediately avai- lable. Markham Town Council, however, is awakening al- ready to the park, recreation and public land need prob- lem. There is hope a con- sultant’s study of town pub- lic land needs may be com- pleted before year’s end . Debate on Moran's motion in council Tuesday of last week revealed the town is “setting the wheels in mo- tion” for a comprehensive look at public land policy. At the last town council meeting Moran noted the town's growing public land shortage, particularly in the Thornhill area. He intro- duced a motion calling for approval in principle of the 50 to 60-acre park idea and asked his fellow councillors to take a position on the is- sue in a recorded vote. LAND BANK STUDY _-_v-.‘y, Councillor Moran recently int’i'oo‘taicoauthe park land acquisition idea in a bulletin to Ward 6 rate- payers. “Where, oh where, are our dreamers today?” says Markham’s Victoria Square-Dickson Hill Ward 6 Councillor Ron Moran who has started pushing for a 50 to 60 acre municipal park in his northern part of the town. Listing outstanding examples of long term planning accomplishments over 50 years or more at the. ‘mun‘igipal level in_ Winnipeg and Toronto, Asks 50-Acre Ward 6 Park Says Nobody Is Planning Century Ahead I All suites in the new buil- lding will be one-bedroom. living room, kitchen and bath units. whether occupied _by a couple or by a single [tenant Rents will be geared :to income with the OHC in charge of selecting the te- nants. Applicants with the greatest need will have the i nreference. R. Reusse Construction is the firm which built the 6'7- suite senior citizens building at 76 Dufferin Street. The new building will be a dup- licate of this and connected to it by a one-storey wing which will house common facilities. Cost of the new building will be around $635,000. Richmond Hill taxpayers will pick, up 7% of any de- ficit in the operation of the building. which will, how- ever. pay full municipal taxes. This is the same ag- reement in force with the other two buildings. Wednesday evening of lasthill. just north of (Old) week in a hastily called Markham. This is used by special meeting of Richmond many Metro people and the Hill Council approval wassauthorities don't allow any given for the OHC to award organized sports there," said the contract to R. Reusse Councillor Moran. Construction Limited, Eglin-' MORAN PROPOSAL ton Avenue East, Toronto. ' “What I propose is that An early start can be ex- pected on the new senior ci- tizens apartment building to be erected next to the exis- ting apartments on the south side of Dufferin Street. Sr. Building Starts Soon mmmmu\mlmumummuulumtumumunummmmmw “Once upon a time a man had a dream. Happily this dream came true. It was in 1892 when Winnipeg had fllllllllllll“lllllllilllllilliillllllllllillllilllllllllillllilllliillllllllll No Steam Engme So No Color Tour Northern Markham Coun- cillor Moran presented the park land issue to his cons- tituents as follows: Councillor Moran rep- lied, “With an (Ward 6) area of 40 square miles with one five-acre park, there is obviously a need. I‘m looking for a major park, not some 15 acres.” Questioned on what would be a major park, Parks and Recreation Director Costea replied that anything over 50 acres could be conside- red a major park. ASKS REPORT FIRST “We’re doing it back- wards. We should have a re- port of professional staff and consultants before vo- ting. We have the powers (to take land). I want to look and make sure we‘re getting the best piece of land before I do anything," said Councillor Muldrew. “I’m sure we‘re all in fa- vor. We should study it first, though.” said South Thorn' hill Ward 1 Councillor- Gary Kay. Area and Supervisor Pas- senger‘ Sales Fred Rowell in attempting to provid’e the steam locomotive. He also publicly thanked Dr. Bernard Granton and Shirley Gurney who com- posed a sub-committee to arrange the tour. Norman Stephenson of the Rich- mond Hill Senior Citizens Club and Chairman Ro- bert Warner of the Cen- tennial Committee for personal involvement in the project. In a statement released Friday, Richmond Hill Mayor William Lazenby announced, with regret, that the Centennial ’73 Train Color Tour sche- duled for the weekend of October 13-14, has had to be cancelled. The major purpose and theme of the railway trip was to revive the nostalgia of steam locomotive buffs of aâ€" nearly extinct method of transportation. Coupled with this was to be an op- portunity for Richmond Hill residents to view the glorious fall colors in the areas to the north. How- ever. no steam locomotive was available for the trip. The mayor paid tribute to the efforts and co~ope- ration of CNR Manager Robert Doty of Toronto HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT ‘SINCE 1878 “A member of council told me that farmers and estate residents have open space. I replied that a field of corn isn‘t park. And if residents 'of Ward 6 are paying their share for parks. they too can expect to enjoy a park with- out having to drive for mi- les." said Moran. In a memo distributed to council before the mee- ting. Moran pointed out the town is spending ’ about $1,375,000 on the - Bullock Drive arena and I about $3,500,000 on the Thornhill community cen- tre. John and Bayview Avenue. The 1973 parks budget is around 8260.000 and the recreation budget “What I propose is’that council should acquire 50 to 60 acres in Ward 6 right now. Farm land prices are as low as they will likely ever be again. The provin- cial government has indica- ted our area as a green belt. What better way is there? "Victoria Square (our on- ly Ward 6 park) has a hoc- key pad, a ball diamond, picnic area, slide, etc. But 4,300 people living in . . . say Unionville . . . would ne- ver settle for one park! Yes I know there is a 270-acre conservation park at Bruce's Mill. just north of (Old) Markham. This is used by “As of January 1973 there were 42,861 residents in the Town of Markham. That there are about 4,300 resi- dents in Ward 6 (10% of the population occupying half the town’s areal. That there is about 22,800 acres in Ward 6 (the area north of 16th Avenue). That Ward 6 has only one park. five ac- res at Victoria Square. That the rest of Markham has 267 acres of park land and still is short of it. That Ward 6 should have another 262 acres just to be 1 equal (based on area). is the Prince Edward Viaâ€" duct. In 1912 engineer Tho- mas Taylor did some real dreaming and designed the bridge to carry subway trains under the road sur- face. This did cost money. But today Toronto has saved millions because of this fore- sight. Where, oh where. are our dreamers today?” asked Councillor Moran in his ra- tepayer bulletin. The Markham councillor went on to ask his consti- tuents if they were aware of the following facts: “What has this got to do with Ward 6. or Mar-- kham? Plenty. Because no long plans were made for the Thornhill area of Mar- kham, council recently had to pay $900,000 for less than 15 acres. Of course, we all have to pay our share of this in our taxes!” said Moran. “Another example of the value of long range planning “Later a zoo was added, then a pavilion, formal gar- dens, cricket grounds, band- shell, picnic grounds, eating shelter, palm house. And fi- nally further land was do- nated and purchased to bring the park up to its pre- sent 375 acres! “Today it is worth $51/2 million! Originally it was miles from tOWn. But today it is in the very heart of a city with a population of 517,000. Yet when it was first proposed critics cried, "We don’t need it. It’s a waste of money. Who will use it? Our population doesn’t warrant it.” Well fortunately a man had a dream. SUI‘PORTING EVIDENCE a population of 29,411 that George Carruthers as a member of council recom- mended that a large tract of land be bought for a city park. In 1903 Parks Board Chairman H. Sandison again took up the issue and in 1904 the City of Winnipeg purchased 283 acres of woodland and prairie along the south side of the Assi‘ niboine River for $39,963. COUNCILLOR MORAN Wants Park Planning NOW 375 ACRES served the whole city the last horse-drawn car removed from service. His ties with transpor- tation in Toronto date back to 1892, when as a lad of 15 he began to work with the Toronto Railway Company on the day the first electri- cally-driven cars went into :ervice on Church Street. Two years later these cars Mr. Plewman served Rich- mond Hill United Church in many capacities, being the Sunday school superinten- dent for a decade, and also serving as elder and recor- ding steward for many years. He was the first pre- sident of the Richmond Hill Senior Citizens and the con- tinued growth and interest of this group is a tribute to the firm basis established under his leadership. A resident of Richmond Hill since 1920, who made many contributions to life in this community, Albert Ed- ward Plewman, died Sep- tember 15 just 10 days be- fore he would have celebra- ted his 96th birthday. He was born in Bristol, Engâ€" land. is approximately $166,000. Added to this is the ba- lance of the capital bud- get of $118,000, for a to- tal for the year of $533,- 000. In contrast to this town total, Markham isn't spen- ding the 10% or $133,000 in Ward 6. Rather all Ward 6 is getting this year is $1,330 for work and equipment at the Victoria Square park LACK BIG PARK Moran says Markham doesn‘t have a major town park and should have one. A 50 to 60 acre park would provide adequate grounds for large picnics of,church, community or service orga- nizations. At the same time it would provide more ade- quately for local residents. Control of the park would Under the newr legislation and new formula the tax will be computed on the number of telephones in ser- vice in a municipality at each year's end, multi- plying this by 5% of the company’s gross receipts in Ontario, and then dividing by the total number of Bell phones in Ontario. It is expected that‘ 825 municipalities will receive tax increases this year and 22 municipalities will be af- fected adversely under the new formula. New Bell Formula Brings Hill $78,099 Under the old system Bell paid the tax to each munici- pality in which it operated by applying the local mill rate to the gross receipts taken in that municipality, up to a maximum Of 5% of gross receipts. The gross receipts tax is a unique form of municipal tax paid only by telephone and telegraph companies in Ontario municipalities; It is paid to cover the value of poles and lines and outside plant and is levied in ad- dition to normal real estate and business taxes. A substantial $78,099 in- crease in municipal taxes will be paid to Richmond Hill by Bell Canada this year as a result of a change legislated by the Ontario Government. Bell Canada will be paying the town $116344 In 1973 taxes, according to the new formula. “Fitted to your Eye Doctor’s Prescription” 34 YONGE ST. S. â€" 884-1955 RICHMOND HILL Dies In 96 I]? Year Gordon S. Wood GLASSES ALBERT EDWARD PLEWMAN PRESCRIPTION OPTICXANS and was Surviving to mourn his loss are his three daughters: Lillian (Mrs. Eric Warring- ton) of England. Margaret (Mrs. William Hill) of Mani- toba and Mrs. May Metcalfe of Richmond Hill: one son, Roy of Willowdale; eight grandchildren and six great- grandchildren. The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon in Richmond Hill United Church with Rev. Robert Smith officiating. Interment followed in Mt. Pleas-ant Ce- metery. Toronto. Pallbearers were three grandsons, Herbie and David Plewman and Michael Metcalfe and three nephews. Dayton, George and Gordon Plewman. The seal of the Toronto Railway Company was af- fixed to the document that brought to termination the franchiSe of the TRC after 32 years of operation on August 31, 1921, as the To- ronto Transit Commission came into being. He had completed 55 years of ser- vice with transit in Toron- to at the time of his retire- ment in 1947. The northern Markham councillor urged in his me- mo that now is the tlme for the town to act. when the land is zoned agricultural. while the minister‘s order freezing the land is in ef- fect in the airport vicinity, while the provincial govern- ment looks upon the area as green belt, and while land prices are still low. lilllllllllllllmllililllililllllll\llllllll“mulllull“llllllllllllllllll Port Credit Couple Killed be in Markham‘s hands. It wouldn't be controlled by the conservation authority or private owners. All Markham residents could enjoy nature trails, flower gardens, pie- nie areas and tree-covered landscape, he said. Moran points out the town has paid $60,000 and $10,000 an acre recently for arena sites in Thornhill and Old Markham-Unionville areas. Land bought now in Ward 6 shouldn’t cost any more than $3,000 to $7,000 an acre when nearby land ex- propriated recently for the new international airport sold for as low as $2,000 an acre. At the same time. land sites will soar in Ward 6 af- ter the airport is built, he maintains. This intersection is at present the subject of public controversy. Citi- zens have complained af- ter a number of fatal and personal property acci- dents since it was recently rebuilt. York Region Council has asked the province to reconsider the design. (See story Page 5). According to Provincial Police at Oak Ridges. the Partridge vehicle had been proceeding south on No. 11 and was making a left turn onto Stoufi'ville Road when it was struck by a northbound vehicle. driven by a Michele Pat- runo. No other details were available. A Port Credit couple was killed when their car was involved in a collision with another vehicle at Highway 11 and Gormley Stouffville Road, Monday night about 6:50 pm. Dead are Jack Partridge, 52, and his wife, Evelyn, 49, of Oakwood Avenue North. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY TIME TO ACT