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In order to qualify for certain federal and proposed provincial programs which make funds avail- able for upgrading a municipality’s housing stock, that municipality’s Official Plan must contain policies on property standards and a prop- erty standards bylaw must be passed. Some of the funds pro- vided by the federal government are for the use of the municipality in upgrading its services in prob- lem areas. Under another program money is available to homeowners on a loan basis with a formula for forgiveness of part of the loan. This summer the Richmond Hill Planning Department has made use of another provincial program to hire Liz Cullen, a graduate of York University in Urban Studies who is going to the University of British Columbia for her Master’s Degree, to study a suitable state- ment of policy for the town’s Official Plan as the first step towards the property standards bylaw. Her report was presented to Richmond Hill Planning Com- mittee August 13 and will be going on for consideration by council in committee of the whole. The exact wording of the Official Plan amendment will not be released to the public until that time. 1,", v v v - . v r...._-_ , The main phrpose of the bylaw is to conserve and rehabilitate the Although excessive speed is a contributing factor in numerous motor vehicle accidents, it is only one of many, so we doubt very much that reducing the maximum speed limit on highways by five miles an hour would have the great beneficial effect that is being claimed. At the present time most drivers are already exceeding the 60 mph speed limit when they have the opportunity. ‘The cost of enforcing‘a lowered limit would be astronomical. Indeed, we believe the answer to a reduction in collisions and fatal- ities lies rather in better driver education and testing. All traffic law violations should be required to be retested on the rules of the road as well as driving skills. FraperIy Standards Bylaw long Overdue We have all seen many examples of the driver who is not content to travel at the speed of the other traffic on the highway, but cuts in and out of the line, trusting to the other drivers in his own line to tramp on the brakes or at least slacken speed to let him back in again and the oncoming drivers to do the same thing. Every week- end the highway toll is shocking, but it could be many times as great if it were not for the good drivers on the road who give way to the persistently dangerous driv- erswwho insist on taking chances. The province spends many thousands of dollars each year marking highways for the bene- fit of motorists. A dotted line down the middle of a two-lane highway indicates that it is safe for a driver to pass the vehicle in front of him if he can see no oncoming traffic. A solid line on the driver’s side of the dotted line means that passing is unsafe for him because of limited visibility and when there is a double solid line drivers in both lanes should not try to pass. Oh a ‘recent trip we found these cautionary lines were being The community newspaper serving Richmond Hill, Thomhill, King City. Maple and Concord. MAIN OFFICE: 10101 Yonge St, Richmond Hill, L4G 1T7, Ont Telephones 884-8177 and 881-340] ..H .on ---_r-_-7,, BRANCH OFFICE: 301 Markham Rd., Richmond Hill, L4G 1J2, Ont. Telephones 084-1105 and 881-3373 Established in 1878 The Liberal is published every Wednesday by Metrospan Publishing Limited - North Division. which also publishes The Banner in Aurora/Newmarket and the Woodbridge-Vaughan NeWS. K. J. Larone, President, Metrospan Publishing Limited J. G. Van Kampen, General Manager, North Division W. S. Cook, Publisher, The Liberal and The News Subscriptions: $7.00 by mail in Canana, $9.00 to U.S.A. Single copies and home delivery 15¢ *per copy. No mail delivery where carrier service exists. For subscriptions call 884-1105 or 881-3373. E A\‘ D p THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1974 Last night, I felt sad and lonely, As the evening shadows fall, And the firelight’s crimson fingers Gentle touch the darkening wall! Many cherished, precious memories Flashed across my inward eye, And I sensed him, close beside me, As he was, in days gone by! Just a brief, tender message, When his eyes gazed into mine; But it told me, all is well, In that land of love divine! His Message! 0E1): liberal MARY HONEY BROWN, 160 Essex'Avenue, Richmond Hill. Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Second class mail registration number 0190 existing stock of housing and pro- vide a safe and pleasant working environment for the citizens of Richmond Hill, Miss Cullen ex- plained. It will also provide for maintenance of commercial and industrial buildings and generally help the town put forward its best face to its citizens and visitors. The bylaw will be administered by a committee of three citizens, and it is not intended to give them or any other person a license to condemn dwellings which are hab- itable, but it is intended to encourâ€" age owners of properties to keep them in good repair and to improve them if possible. The need for such a bylaw has been realized by some members of council for at least a decade and had one existed in the past many conditions which have dis- turbed residents of Richmond Hill for long periods could have been cleared up in short order. 0n the whole, the town’s hous- ing stock is good, but there are a few pockets where improvements are desirable â€" and help is avail- able from senior levels of govern- ment to make these improvements possible. h We believe that council should not delay too long in making this help for its citizens possible. completely ignored by countless drivers â€" and not only by drivers of cars but by drivers of huge transport semis loaded with lum- ber and steel and in one case by a driver of a tank truck with pup loaded with sulphuric acid, who jockeyed for lead position of a line of traffic with an apparently overâ€" loaded lumber transport, travelling east in the westbound lane of a two-lane highway for several miles where there were double solid lines down the centre. There was no accident, but there might well have been and we shuddered to think of what several thousand gallons of sulphuric acid would have done to cars and occupants if it had been spilled. Tail-gating drivers are another road hazard, who do not allow themselves enough room in which to stop in case the driver in front of them has to put on the brakes. The result is a rear-ender, which may involve only two cars but may cause a chain reaction involving many more. The temptation to close the gap to prevent the inâ€" and-outer from cutting you off sharply is great, but should be resisted, particularly on two-lane highways where there is no place else for you to go but into the car ahead of you. Then there are the drivers who insist on running a red light, or starting across an intersection before getting the green light â€" and the greatest offenders are those who insist on drinking be- fore driving. In all these cases, the law-break- ing driver, the taking-a-chance driver, may not be directly involved in an accident, however the num- ber of accidents of which they are the indirect cause are impossible to count but will run into the thousands each year â€"- and many of these will bring death to one or more people. Hill, Thomhill, Oak Ridges. ,A Gormley man last week was arrested and charged with impaired driving, re- fusing a breathalyzer test and illegal liquor possession. ‘ Gormley Driver Faces 3 Charges Thomas Brash, 27, of Lot 2, Concession 4. RR 1. Gorin- ley. was stopped for erratic driving at 8:34 pm Saturday and 10 pints of beer were found. York Regional Police said. Brash was invited to court August 19 on the Crim- inal Code driving charges and October 18 on the Liquor Control Act charge. “HOUSE PARTIES” Dear Mr. Editor â€" Recently Police Chief Bruce Crawford announced that crime was increasing in our area. I would like to support his efforts to alert the populace of this area and point directly to a prob- lem which contributes to our growing crime calendar. This summer there has been an increase in “house parties" in homes where parents have departed for holidays and left their teen- aged son or daughter in charge of the family home- stead. These parties have contri- buted to an increase in the use of stimulants by these young people and has pro- bably been the major op- portunity for distribution and use of such drugs. agtu sun UI ‘uausuuca charge of the family home- stead. These parties have contri- buted to an increase in the use of stimulants by these young people and has pro- bably been the major op- portunity for distribution and use of such drugs. The disturbing thing, aside The curtailing of unsuper- vised house parties will go a long way to restricting the growing spread of liquor and drug abuses evident this summer in Richmond Hill. ROBERT THOMPSON 173 Trayborn Drive Richmond Hill Take, for example, the pro- posed regional takeover of municipal roads and the wrangle over the planning powers that would be in- volved. Most citizens don’t care lecturer at the Illinois Col- lege of Optometry in Chi- cago where_he will also do research and post graduate work. He plans to set up the clinic in January. He has been actively involved in re- who controls what roads as search into the diagnosis and long as they are kept plowed treatment of children with and patched. And don't learning disabilities. completely paved. They can't store anything outside. This will clean up half my pro- perty. I am willing to enter into a site plan agreement on the new building." Alexander McLeod of Uni- ted Flexible, Centre Street East. identified his firm as the tenants of the proposed AURORA: A soccer team from Aurora. Colorado, will be here to participate in the annual Labor Day soccer tournament. The American club is bringing 17 players and 10 spectators, Other teams will come from Ro- chester New York, Sudbury. Toronto and St. Catharines. :i‘llllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll1lllllll1lllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllll“\“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll““lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllll111l\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lll“mlllllllllllllllllllll‘lx IN THE SPOTLIGHT Chris Walker of 65 Forest Manor Drive, Willowdale, is one of four cadets selected from RCSC‘C Patriot to attend Sea Cadet Summer Camp Cornwallis in Nova_ Scotia. The training day which starts at 6 am brings sailing, fire and drug abuse lectures, jackstay transfers, parade training, recrea- tional sports or a movie and bedtime at 10 pm. Cadets broaden their knowledge by tour- ing historical sites and other points of inter- est in Nova Scotia. By VICKERY COOK Canada, in the past has had a tendency to disregard its own countrymen’s talent and instead looked to the south to the mighty nation below charac- terized by apple pie, George Washington and “The Great American Dream". Much of our talent has reluctantly pulled up stakes and crossed the border to find fame. fortune and re- cognition, only to be accused later of ‘desertion’, of leaving the country in a time of need. The majority of our entertain- ment. technological advance- ments and even our social atti- tudes can be labelled “made in USA." Canadians often find it hard to believe that Canada could actually possess some tal- ented individuals! Hopefully, this attitude is gradually fading into the past to be recorded in our archives along with the extinction of the dinosaur. Toronto is one of the fastest growing cities in Canada and Richmond Hillites appear to be teetering on the edge of either being swallowed up by it or becoming a separate. indepen- dent entity. However. this very proximity enables us to take ad- vantage of the many talented Willis Nobleâ€"One 0f Canada’s Talented Musicians adet Walker is seen above using a chem- Area Sea Cadet At Camp Cornwallis from the drug uéage, is the age of the party goers. In most cases they are 15-16-17 years and high school stu- dents in grades 10 and 11. Parents who are planning a summer trip and leaving their teenagers behind are warned that house parties are on the increase. Adult supervision of the home. or neighbour surveillance of your property during the holiday are the surest me- thods of preventing your home being used for a teen- age bash. The curtailing of unsuper- vised house parties will go a long way to restricting the growing spread of liquor and drug abuses evident this summer in Richmond Canadians who are stationed in Toronto with various gifts to offer. One man who has certainly realized and experienced some of these tremendous opportuni- ties in Toronto is Mr. Willis Noble and his wife Marilyn (nee Wright) of Richmond Hill. Mr. .Noble, his wife and two children, John Wesley aged five and April aged two, are presently living on Vaughan Road with Mrs. Noble's mother, Mrs. Barbara Wright, 3 long- time resident of Richmond Hill Mr. Noble lived in Aurora and attended Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School. He continued his education at the University of Toronto. From that univer- sity he has his BA and Masters in Music in Performance and Literature at the Faculty of Music, which is quite a feat in itself. Mr. Noble was one of seven out of 150 accepted as a student at the Faculty of Music. The audition for this was terribly rigorous and his acceptance 3 great surprise for Mr. Noble. The course. ex- plained Mr. Noble, is one which is relatively new and in- novative. Wfiile studying at the Uni- The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is 19 months old, but it's a mystery to most of the people it governs. And that’s despite the welter of words written and aired to explain what it is and what it’s been doing. The reason probably is that it directly touches most of us not at all. Our taps still gush water, our light bulbs still glow and the po- lice cars still patrol our streets. (Kitchener-Waterloo Record) Most of the issues with which the Region wrestles seem remote to the average citizen although they are or will be of real significance. Take, for example, the pro- posed regional takeover of municipal roads and the wrangle over the planning powers that would be in- volved. The Un/mo wn Government The summer camp features a two week course. Both further the cadet’s own personal development and prepare him to play a larger role in his home corps. ical fire extinguisher under the direction of James Harris of the Cornwallis Fire Depart- ment. The camp is under the command of Com- mander Donald McIntyre of Wabush, Labrador, who has been with the cadet/movement many years, in many staff positions. versity of Toronto. he and his family lived in the married couples’ residence. Both Mr. and Mrs. Noble were most en- thused about the residence and the incredible people with whom they came in contact. Five to ten percent of the re- sidents were Canadians while the rest were literally from all over the world. Their son's best friend was from South Africa and some of their own friends were from Chile. Uganda and Japan. A tremendous rapport developed between these people with such events organized as international wives' teas, inter- national dinners and book clubs. :A better understanding of one another’s problems and cus- toms resulted. Mr. Noble was the first to graduate from his class and ex- pressed the opinion that the Faculty of Music was the finest established in North America. There is music education. com- position. performance and musicology with a wide range of electives. Mr. Noble plays three instru- ments, all of which are key- board â€" the piano, the organ and the harpsichord with the organ being his favorite. Mr. Nobie has been offered think that the patching has- n't improved over the dec- ades. Once upon a time most city streets were something less than velvet smooth. As in the case of the weary householder who wrote city council and gave it a choice: “Either fix the potholes on my street or declare the place a golf course." NEWMARKET: After 25 years as an optometrist here Dr. W. A. Hurst plans to give up his practice to teach and set up a clinic in the Muskoka area. He expects to leave October 1, and has ac- cepted a position as visiting lecturer at the Illinois Col- lege of Optometry in Chi- cago where_he will also do research and post graduate work. He plans to set up the clinic in January. He has been actively involved in re- search into the diagnosis and treatment of children with learning disabilities. several teaching positions at the University of Prince Ed- ward Island, Brendon College in Calgary and several in the United States. He has declined to accept any of these, how- ever, because he does not want to be tied down. He wishes to be able to teach privately (prior to his graduation he had about 40 students.) Students wishing tuition in piano and theory (composition) may contact Mr. Noble at 884-7915. He plans to be performing in the coming year in Sudbury, Montreal. Buf- falo, twice in Oshawa and three times in Toronto. . Next summer he is going to Italy on a Canada Council grant to study under Luigi Thagliavani for three months. Mr. Noble feels that North Americans have a poor attitude towards music. He says that music has its different divisions of social and class snobbery. Some won't accept classical music because they feel that it is upper class snobbery and others won't accept ‘rock’ be- cause of snobbery of another sort. The Europeans aren’t like that. Music should be accepted at every level because it is composed at one level and in a After carefully listening to two different albums by a duet called Gallagher and Lyle, I have come to the sad but realistic conclusion that groups don't always make it on fine talent alone. There can be no other con- clusion reached after hear- ing the sounds of Gallagher and Lyle. Although they are known quite well in Great Britain for their superb music, they just haven't made it yet on the North Ame- rican radio (AM) stations (but some of the finer FM Stations are giving them serious airplay). Benny Gallagher and Gra- ham Lyle. natives of Scot- land. specialize in popular folk-rock music ( a combi- nation of folk with or with- out soft rock music. accom- panied occasionally with the odd touch of country music). with the authority and con-‘ trol matched only before in this category by Simon and Garfunkel. Gallagher and Lyle's control over their vocals and sound is general- 1y soft and relaxed, yet at the same time inter-woven to produce a solidly polish- ed, finished production. They increase the versatili- ty of their sound by play- ing a wide variety of instru- ments (to mention a few â€" electric. and acoustic six and twelve string guitars, mandolin, accordian and harmonicas) and by cons- tantly changing the key of their vocals, both in solos and harmonies. The two Gallagher and‘ Lyle Albums currently out on the market are Willie And The Lapdog (A&M SP-4384) and Seeds (A&M 513â€"3605). Willie And The Lapdog features 12 diffe- rent songs loosely knitted together with a theme cha- racterizing the various phas- es of a man's journey from Need Site Plan Agreements For Two Industrial Buildings “A site plan agreement is the only way the municipa- lity can provide any protec- tion for other land owners and residen ,” Councillor Andy Chateauvert stated at the August 13 meeting of Richmond Hill Council Planning Committee. “The province has recognized that they are most desirable by altering the planning act to recognize site plan agree- ments. I don’t think our demands are unreasonable. There is no way in the world you can proceed with- out approval of council," he told William McCord, who was applying for waiving of a site plan agreement for an extension of an indus- trial building on the north side of Centre Street East, east of Pugsley Avenue. The new building would front on Pugsley Avenue. Mr. McCord told the com- mit‘tee that he had given the town the property to allow for the northerly ex- tension of Pugsley Avenue a few years ago on the con- dition that he could build on the back part of the lot. He indicated that if the site plan agreement was applied to the whole property he would not be able to live up to his present commitment with existing tenants. . 4 VERY CLEAN . He said, “The new factory space has to be very clean since it is a very~c1ean ope- ration and the yard will be completely paved. They can’t store anything outside. This will clean up half my pro- perty. I am willing to enter into a site plan agreement on the new building." ROCK TALK By PAUL JONES Gallagher & Lyle way in which people understand it. No good composer or musi- cian has a right to say that a certain type of music is good and another type of music is bad. “All music has merit. Fad music serves a purpose." On meeting and talking with Mr. Noble, it is apparent from the start that he is a highly talented individual whose gift in music will ultimately benefit all Canadians, particualrly those who are in close contact with him. He is a Canadian who re- cognizes the potential talent and bright future for Canada -- a country which is just now awakening to its own potential greatness - a country which in the past has basked in the shadow of the United States, benefiting from its successes but also suffering with it in its mistakes. With all the misery and fighting in the world, music and all the pleasure it has to offer can be a help, for unlike most other forms of expression. music has no language or poli- tical barriers. We are most fortunate to have Mr. Noble in Richmond Hill for the coming year where we will all benefit from this great wealth of talent. youth to old age and how he mistreats youth and dwells upon old age; finding that life and music. along with its many passing acqu- aintances, provides support when everything else fails. As for the music it’s hard to pick out songs that are any better than the others on this album. for they're all extremely good. Such an example is Home, a soft song filled with lush acous- tic guitar strings and soft, easy going vocal harmonies. In mentioning a few other gems, Give A Boy A Break is a tight country folk song while Jesus Saves Me is a loose gospel folk song which can be considered upbeat folk music. Seeds (A&M SP-3605), Gallagher and Lyle‘s latest album is slightly more elec- tric than Willie And The Lapdog and, in a sense, is more of a commercial-type album. It too contains many gems, such as Layna which is a sweet, easy listening, upbeat folk song similar to that of the Beatles style in 1966-7. Another strong love song is. I Believe In You. This song builds up a fine momentum due to the sharp vocal harmonies and strong saxophone playing. With the emphasis on an accordi- on. soft vocals and biting lyrics, another cut, Remem- ber Then, becomes an un- forgettable love song, Each different cut by Gal- lagher and, Lyle has its own patented sound, and in every case the song comes across strongly. With the talent behind this act. there's no doubt in my mind that Gallagher and Lyle are going to make it on this side of 'the water. When? That's the question t‘hat's puzzled me ever since I heard their first record. (Next week â€" an unreal interview with Mick Jagger) building, where they will be manufacturing nuclear com- ponents for generating sta- tions. “It will be ‘white glove’ manufacturing.” he said. “We have to start ship- ping in January." The committee agreed un- animously that the planning department prepare a site plan agreement to be pre- sented at the next council meeting, scheduled for Sep- tember 9. SCHOLASTIC TAB Robert Berlette applied for a site plan agreement for an addition of some 21,000 square feet to the existing Scholastic Tab Pub- lications building on the southwest corner of Crosby Avenue and Newkirk Road. Almost 100% of the new space will be used for ware- housing. He explained that his firm handles book clubs for school children and the work load is tied in with the school year, therefore the construction must be timed around those peak periods. ry-.-_v. In this case, too, the staff was instructed to prepare a site plan agreement for the next council meeting. The hope was expressed that council consideration might be expedited by hav- ing both considered at a committee of the whole meeting, scheduled for Au- gust 19, with the consent of Mayor William Lazenby.