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VOL. 97, NO. 50. Award Gives York Teacher York County Board of Edu- cation Trustee, John Hons- berger, said that an arbitra- tion award handed down last week to York’s secondary school teachers, will give many of them more than their Metro counterparts. Mr. Honsberger. who chair- ed the trustees' negotiating committee. said he thought the increase would mean the board would exceed its 1974 provincial spending ceilings. The increases will range from 15 to 24 percent_ over two years, depending on the cost of living and teacher ex- -perience and qualifications. The larger increases will go to lower-paid teachers with little experience. The minimum salary for an inexperienced teacher this September will be $8,100. The maximum will be $19,600, including a cost-of-living (bo- nus of up to $300 and $600 for a Phd. degree. The 284 of York’s 837 secondary teachers already at salary maximums will receive increases of about 15 percent. plus up to $300. depending on the rate of inflation. The award also guarantees that no teacher on permanent contract will be laid off due to declining enrolments or shifts in student course selec- tions. Staff reductions would be made through attrition. A no-discrimination clause guarantees “no prejudice" against participants in last winter’s six-week strike. PROHIBIT STRIKES On the other side of the ledger. where the teachers are concerned, the award in- cludes a prohibition on strikes or lockouts. slowdowns. mass resignations or withdrawals of services during the life of the agreement. Teachers who violate this would be liable to the grievance procedure. The three-man board of( arbitration was headed by" Mr. Justice Lloyd Houlden of the Ontario Supreme Court. It was not bound by the ceilings under Bill 12.1 which ended the teacher; strike earlier in the year. In the highly-controversial matter of pupil-teacher ratio. the award binds the school board to provide a 17.5 to 1 PTR next term, with a two- percent leeway. The provin- cial average is estimated to be 17.4 to 1. Refusal of the board to negotiate the PTR did much to prolong the March walkout. The award guarantees jobs; for all permanent teachers inl the face of declining enrol- ments or unavailability of classes in the teacher's area of main qualification. protect- ing teachers from shifts in courses by students. A teacher would work as a permanent supply teacher at full pay. if necessary. On December 15. a second joint committee of teachers and trustees is to be esta- blished to study all problems arising when teachers must teach outside their areas of highest qualification due to student enrolment patterns. Principals will be paid between $22.700 and $28,000. while vice-principals will get $20,500 to $23.500. Metro Toronto S c h o o 1 Board Chairman Bruce Bone, questioned the statement by Mr. Honsberger that York teachers would make more than those in Metro. He said half of the latter were recev- ing merit pay or special 81-; Tilwral “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” let's .Get Growmg TO. FLORA CARPET HOLLAND PARK GARDEN CENTRE 8. GREENHOUSES SNAP DRAGONS 3 BOXES for $1.00 Reg. 69¢ Box We reserve the right to limit quantities Offer expires Sunday. June 16th “74 10141 KEELE STREET MAPLE MAPLE See Ad on Page 5 York N o r t h Conservative tion campaign. RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1974~ Candidate Stephen Roman (right) has been very active throughout the riding during the current elec- Here Mr. Roman meets Pres- ident Larry Rivait of the Richvale Lions Club \ T op liberal Organizer Supports Roman " A couple of interesting political “straws in the wind” were mentioned in the fed- eral election campaign news during the past week. An important political or- ganizer for the Liberal Party in past years announced a shift in his support to the Progressive Conservatives and said he will be workingl here in the campaign for the party's local.York North candidate Stephen Roman. The switch was by Mel- ville McInnis, 1972 Liberal campaign director for On- tario. formerly an executive assistant to two Liberal Cab- inet ministers and to the present Liberal campaign c0- chairman Senator K e i t h Davey. one - time national party organizer. * arr Also conspicuous in the I Progressive Conservative icamp is Jean Chevrier. PC 1 candidate in the Liberal-held Montreal riding of St. Jac- ques. Chevrier is son of Lionel Chevrier. long time :luminary of the Liberal ,‘Party who was a key Minis- ,‘ter in the King. St. Laurent and Pearson Cabinets before becoming Canadian high ‘commissioner in London. * Three-Day Sports, Auto Show Opens At RichmondHiII Arena It’ll be tantamount to a "Sportsman's" paradise at Richmond Hill Arena starting tomorrow (Thursday) and go- ing through until Saturday. The occasion will be the first annual Sports and Auto: Show which will feature a scattering of 76 exhibitor booths throughout the twin arenas. The showcase will include: Sporting equipment. sail boats. sports cars. camping equipment. a u t o accesso- ries. swimming demonstra- tions. motor bikes, dog obedi- ence trials. swimming pool and accessories, Richmond Hill Youth Concert Band. “Power Puck" demonstra- tions, motorboats. trailers, etc. KAYAK POOL Dominating the whole sce- ne will be the full-sized Ka- yak pool which will be raffled off to some lucky spectator around 9 pm Saturday night. An additional $400 will go to the winner to help with installation costs. Pool tickets will be avail- able for purchasing up to the] time of the draw. That same pool will be used for demonstrations by members of the Richmond the three days. lowances up to $1,200. with, top pay $19,500. . xi-llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ‘ FASHION SHOW Another highlight of the ‘extravaganza will be the pre- sence of the Ida Burns Fa- shion Consultants and the accompanying fashion show which will be held Saturday ‘at 8 pm. The show opens tomorrow ,night (Thursday) at 7 pm (with a “gracious living" de- fmonstration stressing home decorations followed at 8 pm by the Richmond Hill Youth Concert Band. Friday at 7 pm will be a time for “food adventures” followed at 8 pm by members of the Richmond Hill Judo Club who will put on an ex- hibition of the martial arts. DOG SHOW A dog show will kick off things at 3 pm Saturday with another judo demonstration at 5 pm. a fashion show at 8. and the aforementioned pool draw at 9. The twin arenas will be open all three days and nights for spectators to roam around and through the spe- 3 ciai exhibit booths in between lspecial shows. The doors will be open 'Thursday and Friday from 3 ;pm to 10 pm. and Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm. Gene- ;ral admission is $1, children lHill Aquatic Club throughout:50 cents. 1 The twin arenas are located l‘at Lorne and Church Streets, .just east of Yonge Street. (Photo by Susan Samila) while Mrs. Doris Iris the wife of the club’s past president looks on. sponsored by the Lion Park. England. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS The St. Jacques riding is even more interesting in that the New Democratic Party Candidate Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe is married to the former Anne-Marie Pellet- ier, daughter of Liberal Communications M i n i s t e r Gerard Pelletier. .The NDP is said to be making its big- gest Quebec effort in this long established Liberal working class riding. . It ii! It Now a high level PC cam- paign organizer here for Stephen Roman, former Lib- eral McInnis resigned from the office of Multicultural- ism Minister Stanley Haid- asz shortly after publication of a document leaked from a Minister’s office. The The occasion was a fair s and held at Pearson document was involved in reports last summer of Lib- eral fund-raisers soliciting campaign contributions from US. companies with subsid- iaries in Canada. McInnis' name came up in House of Commons debate. LIBERALS INCAPABLE “Under its present ‘leader- ship, the Liberal Party is in- capable of dealing with the critical problems facing Can- ada today," said McInnis last week. He said he‘d known Romnr for a good number of years as a man who came to this country in the (.most modest circum- stances. and who since then has become one of Canada’s outstanding businessmen. Roman is president of Den- ison Mines Limited. leading Canadian producer of uran- ium. HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICTâ€"SINCE 1878 l By FRED Maple Against Dumping concerned. SIMPSON The verdict may be in but the jury is still out as far as Tom Connolly of the 500-strong (M.A.D.) ratepayers are That verdict being the decision by the Ontario Environmental Hearing Board on the weekend to permit Disposal Services Ltd., to dump 185,000 tons of garbage on a 20-acre site located just north of Maple. The jury is Environmental Minister William Newman. “This is strictly a recommendation .from the Environmental Hearing Board.” maintained Con- nolly. “It’s not an official decision until Mr. Newman approves it. And we’ll fight that decis- ion all the way. Connolly told “The Lib- eral” that solicitors for M.A.D. have “already been in touch with Minister News man on the matter. Mr. New- man has always said we would be welcome to talk to him at any time and that’s just what we're doing." The recommendations of the environmental hearing board, chaired by David Caverly. accepts almost in total the evidence submitted by Disposal and rejects most of that by the municipality and its ratepayers. UNHAPPY Connolly is not about this. “We can't buy this at all." he said. “The board is simply treating this 20-acre site as a continuation of what is already going on. This isn't a continuation, it’s a beginning which will turn Maple into the world’s larg- est garbage dump a dump. larger than the vil- lage itself." Connolly was referring to an adjacent 900-acre site. also owned by Disposal Serv- ices, which is earmarked for the handling of 60 million tons of Metro’s garbage over the next 30 years. “This decision simply paves the way for what’s yet to come." said Connolly. M.A.D. POINTS Other points by M.A.D.: happy 'Whether Domed Stadium Or Not Jail Farm Proposal Proceeds A domed stadium for Rich- mond Hill? Very probably not! In a report to Richmond Hill Council Monday evening Mayor William Lazenby pointed out that there had been no evidence of support for such a facility by the sports-minded sector of the town at the public meeting May 21 and that it is doubt- ful the City of Toronto would support such a sta- dium since work is going ahead on improving the CNE facilitY. A representative 0f Pa- marta Holdings. who propos- ed the domed stadium as part of development plans for the Langstaff Jail Farm, owned by the City of Toron- to. agreed and asked council to approve their proposals in principle. with or without the domed stadium, but in- cluding a major amateur sports recreation facility. Council passed this mo- t‘r‘n and agreed to support the development company’s proposals to Toronto. Regional Councillor Lois Hancey fought an unsuc- cessful battle to have the company go directly to the city With its proposals and the support be deferred until the city’s reaction is known. Regional Councillor Gor- don Rowe, who first propos- ed a domed stadium for the site two years ago, stated he could not support any pro- posal unless a domed stadi- um is included. Councillor Andy Chateau- vert warned that council will have to take another look at the density of development in the proposal if the domed stadium is not included. He recalled that when he and the mayor conferred with Toronto Mayor David Crom- bie, the latter had indicated that Toronto was interested in a proposal from Richmond Hill about the property. “There are other alterna- tives which should be consi- dered," Mrs. Hancey said. “It has been suggested an experimental farm. a park. an educational facility, could be established there. We should develop our own pro- posals. The only agency which can salvage this land is the federal government and that is where we should be making our appeal." “This council is not against parkland," stated Mayor La- zenby. “But there is no way we are going to get any un- less that land is developed. The Dunlap Observatory is in a critical situation â€" they are going to have to move eventually because of light pollution. We will do all we can to delay that as long as possible. but something has to be done to make this land revenue producing." (At pre- sent the City of Toronto is not subject to municipal taxation but does pay an an- nual grant to the town of approximately $6.000.) I “This is an excellent op- portunity to get some park- land,” stated Councillor David Stephenson. “I was talking to Mayor Crombie at Winnipeg last week,” reported Mr. Rowe. “and he assured me that the City of Toronto will be coming up with a plan for this property in the very near future." “We simply do not believe that Disposal will be able to, or ever intends to, fulfill all the conditions laid down by the board," said Connolly. “They haven't in the past and we see no reason why they should do so in the future. “Our concerns are ob- viously shared by the envir- onmental board or else why would they urge a public hearing after the present 20- acre site is filled?" In its recommendations. the board suggested that consideration “should be given for a public hearing at the completion of the pro- ject to review if Disposal Services has carried out op- erations in a proper man- ner." Connolly maintains this will be too late. He also argues that “such a risk should not be taken at all. Our concerns remain primarily 'over the incid- ences of heavy truck traffic. noise. social disruptions. and pollution of the water table. “We also feel strongly that Disposal Services will not be able to engineer the site properly to avoid pollution of the water table or will they be prepared to pay restitution for any pollu- tion that does occur," he said. GARBAGE, GARBAGE Disposal Services had told the board's hearings held last March in Maple that it planned to use the site for the dumping of 185,000 tons of garbage collected from Metro. Mississauga, Vaughan. Richmond Hill, Markham and Aurora. - The site would be full within a year â€" and then landscaped, In its report, the environ- mental hearing board gave the following reasons for its recommendations to al- low the dumping on the 20- acre site: 0 From the evidence at the hearing it is possible to engineer the site to minim- ize ground water pollution. o The site would have a very short life span of less than one year. 0 The traffic as a result of the Disposal Services Lim- ited operation is only a por- tion of the total volume of the truck traffic in the Maple area. 0 The treatment and/or disposal of a municipality’s water, sewage and solid waste outside its borders are accepted practices. 0 The landfill site can be made compatible with the industrial development in the area. area would not be signif- icantly impaired by the ad- dition of the proposed 20- acre site to the existing 40â€" acre and the Town of Vaughan sites. 0 The land will likely never be developed for agri- cultural use, and is not being removed from agricultural use. 0 The lawyer for the ap- plicant obliged his client PRICE 15c PER COPY s More Then Ma??? Environment Board A pproves EDump on ZO-Acre Maple Site to carry out all the condi- tions imposed by the Minis- try of the Environment. ALSO CONDITIONS Following are the condi- tions tied to approval of the project as laid out in the hearing board's brief: 0 The hours of operation should be regulated so that Disposal Services Limited trucks do not arrive at the (Continued on page 28) New Town Cemetery Will Be Ready For Use By I977 Richmond Hill's only burial. grounds is the Presbyterian Cemetery. established in the early years of the 19th Cen- tury shortly after the arrival of the first settlers in this area. It is located at the rear of the Presbyterian Church on Yonge Street and is rapid- ly nearing its total capacity. In recent years a proposal to restrict burials there to mem- bers of the congregation was not accepted since it was the only local burying ground. This matter has become of concern to Mayor William Lazenby and other members of Council and the Toronto General Burial Grounds have been approached to advance their plans for the opening of a cemetery on 200 acres in the southeast quadrant of 18th Avenue and Leslie: Street, property they have owned for several years. It is‘ leased to the Gee Brothers at present. Highway 404 is the easterly boundary of the pro- perty. A meeting with Howard Clark of the Toronto Gene: ral Burial Grounds. it was reported to council June 10, revealed that these facilities, could be available by the fall of 1977 â€" following termina- tion of the present lease to the satisfaction of all parties, establishing an adequate wa- ter supply and preparation of the site. etc. The Official Plan (Mar- khaml designates this area as rural and under this de- signation a burial ground is permitted. But the zoning by- law zones the property agri- cultural and a cemetery is not permitted use in an agricul- tural zone. Council agreed to initiate the legislative steps necessary to permit the esta- blishment of a cemetery on this property. David Schiller Runs For Mayor Again This week David Schiller announced his candidacy for mayor and declared that Richmond Hill’s most urgent task is freeing the town from the grip of developers. He also called for safe- guards to ensure councillors remain accountable to the public. for acceptance of grass roots involvement in planning, and for more equitable distribution of services in the community. He warned that developers have taken over the direc- tion of the town. “Almost all planning here is done at the initiative of developers as opposed to the initiative of the community,” he said. The 37â€"year-old engineer. mond Hill council law school graduate and for- in 1969 and served on all its commit- mer town councillor empha- tees. In 1972 he was a can- sized that he is not opposed to growth but wants the rate of growth controlled and geared to the interests of the community as a whole and not to the financial in- terests of a few. A recent graduate of 05- goode Hall Law School, Mr. Schiller is also a profes- sional engineer, a 1960 gra- didate for the mayoralty but was defeated by William La- zenby. the incumbent. He owns a home at 51 Markham Road. where he lives with his wife, Marilyn. and sons, Mark and Trevor. duate of the University of 7 ' Toronto. He lectured at Ryerson Polytechnical Insti- tute from 1961 to 1962, ob- tained practical experience with General Electric from 1962 to 1967 and was in pri- ; vate consulting practice until 1969. At law school he specializâ€" ed in municipal law and un- dertook assignments with the provincial Departments of Justice and Municipal Q When this site is com-; pleted in the approved man-‘ her, the aesthetics of the" Affairs. He trained with the RCAF and was commission- ed as a Pilot Officer in 1959. He was elected to Rich-. illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllul ‘llllllllllllllttillllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllltllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllltillllulltuttilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'P DAVID SCHILLER His Second Try Markham Plans Last T hornhill Segment To Include 7,000 More People, Industry Proposed plans for Thornlea area will be aired at Markham Town Planning Com- mittee public hearing June 24 at 8 pm in Thornlea Secondary School. This area lies north of the Bayview Fairways and Ger- man Mills neighborhoods. Markham councillors phases 3 and 4) on Thursday The town planning committee. afternoon of last week. Planning which includes all members of consultant Geoffrey Fryer of Markham Council. for several Fryer Planning Services, ronto. had to delay it some weeks. Also being delayed are other major planning public hearings Old Markham-Union- vrlle Villages area and the Vilâ€" . [age in the Valley plan. Plan- ning Director William Power ‘told committee work on plans for these hearings appears no.v have made it necessary to delay on the these hearings until fall. Planning Director P o w e r , about 7.000 additional residents and over 100 acres of industry in the review preliminary work on the plans for Thornlea (Thornhill planning To- said he could have his work completed and ready for presentation to the public June 24. Council previously aimed an earlier date for the hearing but however, said the town‘s ciai Plan a the province Official Plans Plan which is required finished this year. OUTLINES PROPOSALS Consultant Fryer outlined a proposed pattern of streets and land Uses for the Thornlea area. preliminary planning the province‘s Belt which joins Parkway Parkway Belt is proposed Power Corridor. on the complete municipal Offi- is on schedule. local towns here are required by to produce new in conjunction with the York Region Official hours studied and criticized the i d e a s . Councillors contributed opinions and discussed the possibilities to give guidance to Planning Direc- tor Power and the consultant The area being planned ad- proposed in area generally follows the pre- sent Highway 7 alignment. The clude the Highway 407 east-west expressway which is to replace Highway 7 for through traffic, plus the proposed controversial Nanticoke to Pickering Hydro work All to be complete the town's Thornhill concept. this is the level which to in- the east side of the ravines. Green Lane In fact. some of the Thornlea land the town hopes to develop is included in the preliminary plan for the Parkway Belt. But Markham Council hopes to get all. or part. of the Thornlea land excluded from the Belt. This is because Thornlea was long ago planned as the final phases of the Thornhill commu- nity in Markham. The additional Thornlea lands are needed to HOUSING AND NOISE Thornlea housing in the pre- liminary plan is to be 750 feet from the proposed superhighway 407. Fryer said such a 90-decibel expressway should have at least a 750-foot setback from homes. even 1.000 feet if possible. to get the traffic noise down to the level of an ordinary office. This is considered acceptable in a residential back yard, 750 feet is a lot more than is usual along this sort of road. Leslie Street is proposed to link up with Concession 3 from will link with Concession 3 northward along the other ravines. to be located at since the province 1.000-foot long as normal fo But there is still Green Lane. over all The plan is for a pie per acre exclusive of open space in Thornlea. are expected to be 1,000 people in the he said He said treatment plant. The residential is proposed all on Avenue side of th with the industrial on the east side ne Avenue (Don Mills Thornlea Fryer said the Thornlea GO Train station is now more likely platform, the GO station could go at GO RAIL STATION age of six units per acre. There will be a need for two or three. possibly even four p u b l i c schools. Two drumlins (glacial hills in the Thornlea area space. along with the ravines. Consultant Fryer said about diately south of Thornlea Se- condary School can be served through the John Street sewage side of the dwellings. Highway 7 is seeking a twice as r a subway. a possibility about 30 units The low den residential development propos- ed would be 43% single family 30% dwellings. 22% townhouses and 5‘? low density apartments are SENIOR CITIZENS area should be set aside as a semi-detached to the acre. sit multi le land y p least 6,000 various types of home units and lot sizes together. some discussion of whether this would be possible. The consultant said this kind of detail was a bit beyond the primary stage of planning. But since there was an area of at There was already to 7,000 people it site for senior citizen apart- 50011” be Possum? in later Plan' ments. said Unionville Ward 3 “mg Stages. t0 {nix the Vanous Councillor Mrs. Carole Bell. typesof umts “'lthoutproblems- ete- bOUt 23 peo‘ She said a proposed apartment This was because there would “We 01‘ an aver- citizens, kept as Open she said. North Thorn area imme- cillor Roy Mul tre at there is a surp development Space there. the Bayview e land area. area to go xt Woodbine Roadl. The Regional of various site behind Thornlea Secondary School would be ideal for senior being near and several major transit routes. The other apartment location proposed at Concession 3 could also be good for senior citizens, residential area should be ori- ented toward the shopping cen- Romfield Circuit since more commercial." he said. Councillor Adams of Thornhill said ghettos residential should be avoided by mixing shopping hill Ward 2 Coun- in dew said the new . he said. lus of commercial “We don't need tion. Robert types have to be a variety of lot stacked maisonettes for families of the kind that have been built neighboring municipalities. These could be condominiums. PLAYING FIELDS Mayor Anthony Roman want- ed to know where the flat land was being reserved for recrea- Fryer said finding flat land for sports fields is a very con- siderable problem in the Thorn- lea area because none of the widths and more single units for playing fields" said the than semi-detached. Mayor. Fryer said for the low den- * * 1* sity multiple it might be a good Consultant Fryer said the idea to consider some types of answer to this sports field need fields. He said area is completely level any- where." Mayor Roman said the town North Thornhill of having little or no flat land for recreation. He said with the new develop- ment there would be as many as 12,000 people in North Thom- hill with little or no ball fields. substantial acreages in this area could lie in the adjacent Park- way Belt where the town and province should be looking for substantial acreages for playing COMMITTEE AGREES “I think the mayor hit upon a very good point there regard- ing park area. Committee mittee felt the consultant should make provision for sports fields and that possibly in the area designated for the Parkway Belt. * 10‘ ill has the mistake in should be looking for Mayor Roman asked about the possibility of including in the plan the redevelopment of the jumbled industrial area on the adjacent Street. “It wouldn’t take very much to blow them out of there," said Roman. suggesting the industrial land owners could be offered some kind of medium density residential de- velopment alternatives. south side of John on John Street Planning Director Power said my said Planning Chairman Adams. it was obvious the com- John Street redevelopment had not been considered with the Thornlea plan. since such rede- velopment would take as much time and work as the whole Thornlea plan and would hold the one part up. MANY TRAINS Consultant Fryer said the rail- way lines through Thornlea are carrying 26 and 23 trains per day respectively and this train traffic will double in 10 years. He said the plan must take this into account. An east-west pe- destrian across Thornlea is also proposed and bicycle corridor