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VOL. 98, N0. 3. Richmond Hill Horticultural Society celebrated its 60th birthday with a garden party and flower show at the White House, Don Head Farms, Major Mackenzie Drive, home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Redelmeier. An estimated 700 to 800 people enjoyed the sunshine in the beautiful garden setting Satur- day, with entertainment by the Thornhill barbershop chorus, Saboe accordion ensemble, refreshments and lucky draw. In the picture above some of the many visitors are being entertained by a group of Scottish country dancers led by Mrs. Doris Hofmann of Arnold Avenue, Thornhill, a qualified Close-quartered employees of the Town of Vaughan will have to wait awhile yet be- fore getting any relief. Monday afternoon (July. 8) Vaughan Council delayed a recommendation of the gene-, ral purpose committee to call illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllill“llllllllll\\\\\lllllllllllllllllhlll“ Salary Boosts 3 Night Teachers S a l a r y increases for night school teachers were announced recently by * n,-,j ,n n)..‘-flnn ‘ for tenders for the construc- tion of the $100,000 exten- sion to the present municipal building in Maple. The extension, as proposed by Architect William Whit- ney, acting on recommenda- tions from Councillors Ab Hollingshead and James Ca- meron, would be at the east end of the building and run in a southerly direction. It would not disturb any of the existing facilities and could be constructed with a mini- mum of disturbance to the routine municipal operation. the committee said. Delay Expansion Vaughan Town Offices Dorothy Arnold Price. cam- paign chairman for the Rich- mond Hill Unit of the cancer society. announced this week the unit has met its target 0f $26,500. Therefore she wishes to extend her personal thanks to everyone who has helped towards the success of the campaign â€" either by canvassing or through mone- tary contributions. DOROTHY ARNOLD PRICE As a small measure of her appreciation Mrs. Price re- cently entertained all the campaign captains at her Hill’s Cancer Society Hits $26,500 Target Effective September 1, principals with an enrol- ment of 1.000 and over will receive a raise of $100 to $1.300. Those with an enrolment of 300 to 399 will be paid $1.000. instead of $900. while those with less than 300 students will go up $50 from $300 for organization and administration, plus $11 for each night of su- pervision. S a l a r y increases for night school teachers were announced recently by York Board of Education. After the first three weeks of evening classes, principals work one night a week. For vice-principals, the new rate will be $950. up $100. Only schools with an enrolment of more than 01.000 sludents have vice-principals. Teachers now will re- (‘eivt‘ $13 for the first hour. 311 for the second and $9 for the third. Pre- vious rates were $11 for one hour. $22 for two and $30 for three. The changes are ex- pected to add $9,500 an- nually to the budget. Diamond Anniversary Party For Horticultural Society lo i A planning staff report on ,mobile (modular) homes was received by Richmond Hill Council's Planning Com- lmittee July 9 and sent on, iwith suggested corrections, \for consideration by council. | The staff's recommenda- tions are that such homes be considered for residential use [in the town and that policies 1and standards be established for them without losing the .economies of this type of lhousing. The report claimed lthey should be a rural form 10f development giving access 1to the countryside to a wider } spectrum of the population. for tenders for the construc- tion of the $100,000 exten- sion to the present municipal building in Maple. Report On Modular Homes To Be Considered By Council Prior to submitting their recommendations, the two councillors sent out recom- mendations to all departments It also suggested that mo- bile home park or subdivision in an urban area should be home on Fernleigh Circle North. During the evening President Gerry Crack also paid tribute to the captains,‘ singling out several names for special recognition â€" Sadie Brent for her mam- moth Job selling daffodils on “Daffodil Day", Pat Smith for being first to complete canvassing her territory. and Muriel Oliver for undertak- ing the largest territory. He then congratulated Mrs. Price on her tremendous organizational ability and in particular for keeping her ‘cool‘ under extreme strss (she was confined to her bed at the beginning of the cam- paign and yet'continued to be abreast of the situation at all times!’ Mr. Crack concluded by extending his thanks to Unit Secretary Mary Follows who gives unstintingiy of her time and help to every aspect of the cancer society's work. The next scheduled event for the Richmond Hill unit is a fashion show to be held at the Curtain Club Theatre in September. Fall fashions will be featured through the cour- tesy of several stores in the new Hillcrest Mall. ntario. $3M Library, ‘10. to see what extra accommo- dation was needed for their particular areas. “Are the department heads happy?" asked Councillor Ab Hollingshead. “I won- der if the area we're contem- plating (2,400 square feet on two levels) is large en- ough?" Councillor Jack Gilbert, who was acting mayor in the absence of ailing Garnet Williams, asked that the matter be sent back to the committee to see the plans for “the whole complex." Mr. Gilbert’s reference was to the possibility of including the town hydro office. which is situated at present in a small building from 15 to 25 acres in size and well buffered from other residential areas. In rural areas such parks or subdivi- sions should be no larger than 80 acres accommodating 400 units. Answering a ques- tion Planning Director Hes- sie Rimon stated that this did not include any area which would be necessary for servicing. such as a sewage lagoon. Minimum acreage in a rural area should be 15 the report said. It was also recommended that the modular homes be permanently located and as- sessed, that a special zoning category be set up. that site plans or subdivision agree- ments be required and that it be required that leases will guarantee a high quality park and adequate protection for the rights of the tenants. Regional Councillor Lois' Hancey, who has maintained ever since modular housing was proposed for the town several months ago that they should [be considered as part of a general study of housing stock for inclusion in thel Official Plan, reiterated her belief. “Who are we trying to accommodate by this type of housing â€" retired adults -r young families? This we have to know as council must set a policy on what kind of housing stock we want for our people â€" from the peo- ple who need assistance right through to the very rich." We have to start someâ€" place. Sooner or later this has to be adopted or rejected as part of the Official Plan," said Chairman David Step- henson. “Housing is a part of the Official Plan,” agreed Mrs. Hancey, “within which modu- lar homes are a unit. Also included are estate, senior c i t i z e n . rent-geared-toâ€"inâ€" cdme. high-rise. low-rise. These are all part of the plan. Council does not have to adopt it they should read it, discuss it, digest it and then put it aside until the chapter on housing is ready."‘ “A committee of the whole meeting could be held to dis- cuss this planning report," contended Mr. Stephenson. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1.93 teacher of Scottish dancing. Her professor husband, Dr. Theo Hofmann assists by taping mrusiciforjhe dgrlcing. In the foreground Mrs. Elsie MacKay of Richmond Hill, wearing a wedding gown of the 1880’s, is accompanied by her granddaughters, Holly (left) and Kathryn MacKay of Caledon. Kathryn-is wearing a dress that Mrs. MacKay wore to her brother's wedding when she was a child, Other interesting guests were horticultural writer and broadcaster John Bradshaw and Tommy Thompson, Metro’s Pai’ks‘Com- missioner. “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity‘ to the west of the town munity hall and pool. office. ‘ Agreed to a recommenda- Councillor Hollingshead ‘inn of the works committee said that, if the town could'that the CPR crossings at get assurance that it could Rutherford Road‘ Major Mac- keep the facility. it “'Ollldlkenzie Drive and the Albion- PFObably be inClU-ded in the Vaughan Road be protected over-all building planS. to an estimated cost of $6.055, Right now there is a and that the Canadian Trans- Chance that the Region 0‘ port Commission 'be advised York will eventually take accordingly. The project aver its jurisdiction. would be done on a cost_ * * sharing basis with Ottawa. Right now there is a chance that the Region of York will eventually take fiver its jurisdiction. Council also: authorized the purchase of plastic boards and protective screens at a cost of $4,949 for the :outh end of the Woodbridge Arena. Awarded a contract in the amr‘unt of $7,850 to Furfari Court Contractors to resur- face the Maple Tennis Courts. Only other bidder was Bar- ber Construction - $8,000. Named Duncan Hopper As- =ociates, engineers, to pre- nare the design and specifi- 3ations for a parking lot for the Wocdbridge Arena com- Buck Questions Metro Proposal A newspaper report on a The solicitor's report quot- proposed Metro takeover of ed Metro as saying it would land in York and other re-‘make every effort to seek gions for housing purposes.{:he co-operation of the sur- caused a bit of a stir at a'vounding regions to support meeting of York Regional ts housing policy, by provid- Council last week. ing moderate income housing, The matter was brought to which Metro was unable to light by Mayor Evelyn Buck provide because of a short- cf Aurora, who produced alage 0f 13nd- Would You Believe l The matter was brought to light by Mayor Evelyn Buck of Aurora, who produced a letter from Regional Solicitor Edward Oakes detailing some of the plan as it affected York. Mrs. Buck said she had asked the Solicitor to inquire into the matter after reading the newspaper account. "Ficus Nitidas" -â€" Thats’ the botanical name for 17 exotic trees (member of the rubber tree family) to be planted indoors in Hillcrest Mall. Richmond Hill. By the way-the trees are similar in appearance to our Canadian Beech Tree and it required 14 huge transports to bring them to Richmond Hill . . . you'll be able to see ,‘ehem soon! What‘s remarkable is that these trees range from 16 to 25 feet in height with dia- meters from 9"-14"! One in- teresting feature of the trees is that they are 35 years old growing under Canadian conditions (10 years old under Florida's tropical con- ditions). Five of these trees will be planted in Hjucrest's stun- ning Market Court in such a way that they can be ro- tated to allow uniform growth. Although the trees require constant maintenance, they were chosen because of their adaptability to enclosed en- vironments. It also recommended that the three remaining crossings at Huntington Road. Kirby Road and Cold Creek Road be completed in 1975. Total cost would be $5,645. Another $10,000 has been allocated for road improveâ€" ments. which must take place before installation of the pro- tective signals. The improve- ments consist of widening the road way to 22 feet with two- foot shoulders in the vicinity of the crossing. About 200 lineal feet either side of the crossing will be widened. Chairman Garfield Wright said he had heard of the proposal at the recent meet- ing of Mayors and Munici- palities in Winnipeg, and had been promised a report. Failing this, the province would be asked to permit Metro to buy land for hous- ing beyond its boundaries, plus legislation for the right of expropriation. Also. the province [would be asked to consider adjust- ment of Metro boundaries north to include in Metro, land lying between Steeles Avenue and the Parkway belt. ?uch a development would not include the ' developed areas of York A permanent triâ€"level com- mittee would be established, made up of representatives from the federal and pro- vincial government, Metro and regional governments surrounding Metro to deve- lgp recommendations on long- term housing problems in Toronto's housing market. Development, with a target ratio of 25 percent, would be worked out between the region and municipalities. Hoviever. he was still wait- ing for it. He said he would now push for the report. so that council could make some formal comment by July 15, a dead- line set by Metro for com- ments from borough councils. The region has yet to re ceive any notification on the matter from Metro. fimmfl. (Photo by Susan Samllm J. . . y 5' ( , I I Expenditures CEIIIng The report of the com-‘ mittee. which was chaired by: Trustee Warren Bailie of Richmond Hill, disclosed that the board was at present $50,000 over the 1974 expen- diture ceiling for secondary schools. The final amount would depend on the deduc- tion from ceilings for non- payment of some teaching salaries and the September ‘30 enrolment. Without some relief in 1975 for secondary schools, York County Board of Education antici- pates major difficulty in staying within provinc- ial expenditure ceilings and in maintaining exist- ing school service levels, it was revealed at a meeting of the board July 9. The apprehensive note was contained in a report of a special committee on ceilings and weighting factors, which will be incorporated into a brief for presentation to Education Min- ister Thomas Wells, with the view to securing an eventual meeting with him. While recognizing the need to limit the growth in educa- tional spending and the im- portance of ceilings as a means of accomplishing this goal, the board also felt that the quality of education An 18-year-old Thornhill ' girl motorist was stopped and dragged into a field in Mar- kham Town near Buttonville |at 11:15 pm Tuesday of last |'veek by a would-be rapist. But she escaped serious harm .vhen another motorist came by and the youthful attacker fled in his (the attacker's) I ~ehicle, police say. Shrinking NDP Support Major Fate Factor In Local Ridings Local voters in the July 8 federal election apparently found the contest in York North much more exciting than the one in York Simcoe Riding, since they turned out in considerably greater numbers in the combined York Region-Metro consti- tuency of York North. Official figures (including several hundred rejected ballotsi obtained this week show York Simcoe voters just about exactly equalled Lhc' Ontariqgafls% turnout average. But'ifn York North Thornhill Girl, 18, Escapes Midnight Roadside Attacker Held in custody for a bail hearing Friday at Richmond Hill Court was Michael Kloc of 162 Bayview Fairways Drive, Thornhill. Police said Kloc was already out on bail and facing a May charge of rape in a Metro court. YRP charged Kloc with attempted rape and with impersonating a police officer. Later, following an investi- gation, York Regional Police )etective Sergeant John ‘Iocrhead and Detective Dick Witteman arrested a 16-year- old youth at an office at 2205 Midland Avenue. To- ronto. The lone girl motorist told YRP her attacker followed her in a vehicle, pulled her over and stopped her, saying he was a police officer. When he got her out of her car he pulled her into the field on Concession 5 road north of Highway 7. He was struggling with her on the ground when the other motorist came along and frightened the attacker away. The girl fortunately suffered nothing more than minor abrasions, said police. who declined to reveal her name. At a bail hearing Friday Provincial Judge Russell Pearse issued a detention order for Kloc until trial. ordering that the youth bel brought back to the court from Don Jail weekly start- ing Monday. A late August‘ trial date was expected. ' A us “I...” -.- b...” A- . v. ............. a. Pearse 'SSUEd a dgtentpn vote of 50,331 was 75.1% of lowing an incident at Sun- Both Lorna John. of 5750 order. for Kloc until trial“ the 67,127 eligible voters, Field Home Development, Major Mackenzie Drive, and ordermg that the youth be‘accordiflg to late figures Martingrove Avenue, July Mrs. Julie Burbello, of RR 1, “WE” bac“. t° “‘9 mu” this week from Returning 10. reported that motorists had from D0" '13“ weekly Start' Officer Shirley Turner. Poliee <aid a man walked driven across their lawns, mg Monday' A late August‘Thel‘e Were 133 SPOiled balâ€" info the office about 5 pm causing damage of $100 and trial date was expected. !lots in York Simcoe. ,and told manager Domenic $50, respectiVely. d-lllllllllllllllllllm“lllllllllIll\\lllllll“llill“ll“l“lllll“\llll“llllllllll“!ll“lllllllIlllllllllllllll“l“llillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmllll\lllll“llllllhillill“llllllllllllllllill“ll“IlmillllllllllllllLlllllllllllllmull“\llllllllllllmlumlllllllllllllllllllflllmmmmg Under the terms of the recommendations adopted by Council and approved by Metro earlier in June, the emergency supply would be recorded and paid for on a month-toâ€"month basis at 371/2 cents per gallon for the time being. W111 \IUV Cl 1. ULn all“ uulllulll g-v to a treatment station on Lake Ontario. 5 If approved, the permanent supply would g be connected to the over-all servicing scheme. York Region has approved the scheme, providing Durham enters into it as well. ‘ " mmuuuuWmmmmm. l MW": York Regional Council last week autho- rized its commissioner of engineering to pro- ceed with design of three temporary connec- tions to the Metro Waterworks System to provide an interim _water supply for York. The first ’two would Richmond Hill, with the Markham and Unionville. A, The three connéctions w-o-ulâ€"d be at Bath- urst and Dufferin Streets at Highway 7, and at the Kennedy Road reservoir. 7 Temporary Metro Water Hookups HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 should not suffer because of lack of funds and that a greater degree of local res- ponsibility should be per- mitted. MAKE SUGGESTIONS The report said the board had been able to stay within elementary school ceilings. and still undertake additional programs, but the same did not apply to secondary schools. To help change this situa- tion, the board offered seve- ral suggestions: Eliminate the median approach in calculating the special educa- tion weighting factor and substitute a fixed amount to the turnout was well above me Ontano average with 78.6% of the‘ eligible voters turnmg out. And there were 20,000 more eligible voters m York North than there were in York Simcoe. The nauonal average was lower than 1n Ontario at 73.3%. However, this follows the pattern 0f the last several elections where the turnout However, this follows the' pattern 0f the last several elections where the turnout: has regularly been higher‘ in York North. YORK NORTH TOTALS ‘ The official figures from York North Returning Of-: ricer Brian Bailey with all1 the 357 polls given a tinal; check in one of the largest; population ridings in the; nation (with the votel‘ in the previous election; in brackets) are as follows:‘ incumbent Liberal MP Bar-l ney Danson 34,179 (23,123);1 NDP re-runner Jim Reidi 7,669 (11,065); PC re-runner; Stephen Roman 26,336 (25,-i 844); newcomer SC Victor Upeslacis 365 (0); rejected ballots 203. Thus the total York [North vote was 68,802or 78.6% of the 87,546 ell-i gible. ' j The figures show Danson and Roman both gained in pupularity this time around, but Roman only slightly. It appears Danson gathered most of the 3,500 voters who deserted'the NDP candidate. plus most of the new voters moving into the riding in the less than two years since the previous federal election, Returning Officer Bailey says there was no trouble at the polls, no incidents. He says the conduct at the York North polls by the parties was really first class, much better than usual in at least the recent past. He said the work of the York North deâ€" puty returning officers was really‘ first class. YORK SIMCOE TOTALS In York Simcoe the of- ficial final count this week was as follows: re-runner NDP Candidate Walley Gus- tar 7,630: PC incumbent MP Sinclair Stevens 23,591; and Liberal newcomer Michael Willinsky 18,927. Winner Stevens increased his lead this time by several thous- and votes while the NDP's Gustar lost a little, but not as much as Reid in York North. The York Simcoe Liberal vote defied the national trend and dropped quite sig- nificantly. The total York Simcoe vote of 50,331 was 75.1% of the 67,127 eligible voters, according to late figures this week from Returning Officer Shirley Turner. There were 183 spoiled balâ€" lots in York Simcoe. serve Vaughan and other one covermg enable the board to plan more effectively. In s t i t u t e an additional weighting factor for boards adjacent to large city boards to buffer the transition from a city board with sizable weighting factors to a country board with modest weighting factors. Apply weighting factors on a regional basis such as an area municipality rather than the total jurisdiction of a board. Urban areas in York faced many of the same pro- blems as a city board and should be able to qualify for such weighting factors as population density and com- pensatory education. ‘ Richmond Hill Town Coun- cil has officially begun the preparation of a new Official Plan. Council Monday night received a report on “Work- ing Goals and Objectives" land instructed the planning director to proceed with ‘gathering citizen input for t the plan. To enéble a .board to deal effectively with local needs. some latitude to exceed the The working goals and ob- jectives contain long term goals and objectives to the year 2000. These goals des- cribe in general terms the need to promote the deve- lopment of Richmond Hill as a separate and identifiable icommunity. A medium growth limit of 105,000 for the six block urban area is suggested as the basic popu- ‘ lation limit to be considered. (This area is from Highway 7 to Elgin Mills Road and from Bathurst Street to Bayview Avenue). Work Starts In Hill : On New Official Plan Short term goals and ob- jectives are enumerated for the period until 1981. These goals cover four major sub- ject areas: land use struc- ture, physical environment, =0cia1 environment and eco- nomic base. Although studies for the Official Plan are proceeding, no decisions will be finally made until the results of the citizens’ participation have been concluded. It is hoped that all comments on the working goals and objectives will be received by the end of September this year. The aims of the citizen in- volvement is to inform as many of the local residents as possible about the plan and its implications; to get oeople’s ideas on how Rich- mond Hill should develop and what kinds of policies should guide and govern such development. Young Thieves Fail After Being Bullied Into Action At Centre PARTS - 8844716 881-2384 REPAIRS John Deere Mowers, Tractors, Welders â€" Inter- national Harvester Mowers. Tractors, Etc. â€"â€" Toro Self Propelled Mowers, Riders â€"â€"- Lawn Sweepers and Special Garden Equipment â€" Chrysler Boats 8: Motors â€" Peterborough Boats. 43 FRANCHISES TO SERVE YOU SPECIAL â€" FACTORY REBUILT SUN'BEAM ELECTRIC MOWERS - $43.00 Yonge St. N. (2 doors N. of Summit Restaurant) An incipient theft racket in Richmond Hill was brok- en up before it got started when two youngsters order- ed to carry out the job, failed in their first try. Police said that two young boys in Allencourt Plaza. Bayview Avenue were ap- proached by two older youths, who told them to go into a variety store and steal them some pop, or they would “kick their heads in." The two novice thieves did their best. but were caught in the act. By this time. however, their “em- nlfivers" had fled. A Woodbridge man faces charge: of threatening, fol- lowing an incident at Sun- rield Home Development, Martingrove Avenue, July 10. The} latter are being sought for intimidation. An agreement was approved between Metro and York for the water supply until an agreement could be reached with Metro, York and the Ministry of the environment for a permanent supply from Metro for a period not exceeding 20 years. Councillor Lois Hancey of Richmond Hill pointed out that the latter was contingent on acceptance by areas concerned of the Big Pipe or South Central Trunk Sewer System, which will cover York and Durham Regions and flow to a treatment station on Lake Ontario. If approved, the permanent supply would be connected to the over-all servicing scheme. York Region has approved the scheme, providing Durham enters into it as well. REID MOWER, MARINE & SPORT provincial expediture ceiling without penalty is desirable. the report said. The complete removal of the ceilings would be unwise now. but a per- mitted 5 percent to 10 per- cent latitude to exceed wei- ghted expenditure ceilings would assist the board in this matter. In the final analysis. trustees would have more accountability to local tax- payers, who in turn would have more opportunity to react to the board’s pending, the report concluded. Lone dissenter to the re- port was Trustee Margaret Coburn of King. who said she couldn‘t support the removal of expenditure ceil- ings. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY To this end 'the planning department will be distribut- ing copies of the working goals and objectives to com- munity groups, ratepayer organizations etc. and asking for their written comments. Additional copies will be available for reference in the libraries and at the plan- ning department. Summaries of the working goals and objectives will also be avail- able at the same locations so that individuals can res- pond to them with written comments. Public meetings will be held (one for each ward) to explain the proposed pro- gram, to answer questions and to receive comments. A schedule for these meetings which will all begin at 7:30 pm is: Aug. 15. ward 1, Council Chambers: Aug. 15. ward 5, Wildwood Public School: Aug. 20. ward 2, Council Chambers; Aug. 22, ward 3, Council Chambers; Aug. 26. ward 4, Council Chambers; Aug. 29. ward 6. Council Chambers. This will continue from July 22 to August 15th. Groups are asked to make reservations ahead of time. These arrangements are be- ing made so that maximum opportunity be given to the citizens of Richmond Hill to react to the proposed Official Plan program, it was explain- ed by Planning Director Hessie leon. vAddVitiohally, Tuesday and Thursday morningsflym 8330 am to 12 noon and Tuesday nights 6 pm to 8 pm are office hours being set aside by the planning department to be available to answer questions and discuss the working goals and objectives. Facing a charge of car- rying a concealed weapon is Clarence Bigelow, 51, of no-fixed address. Vandals worked out on the front lawns of two Kleinburg residents last week. Alberga that he would kill him if he didn’t repair the name he had bought from the company. Arrest-ed _ was Palolino Grossi, Police turned up an unique hiding place when they searched a man, who had been picked up for being unlawfully in a dwel- ling house. K 10-inch steak knife was found lodged in the fitting of the man's wooden leg.