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Mrs. Mayor Williams was away representing the town and region on a bus tour of the York Region forest. The tour ran behind schedule and he arrived home late. When he arrived home his grandchild said Mrs. Williams was up- stairs. He saw the lights were on upstairs and didn't look for her for about 10 minutes. He became con- cerned and searched the house, finally finding her in the recreation room in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs. The house has belonged to the Williams family since 1928. Mrs. Williams, the former Jean Dale. was in her 54th year. She is survived by her husband; three daugh- ters, Betty Lou (Mrs. Henry Vanderpost) of Bradford, Margaret (Mrs. Ward Boddy) of Gilford, Dianne (Mrs. William Hemmings) of Ket- Mrs. Williams was alone in the house, except for a three- year-old grandchild. She’d bathed the child and was packing to go to the Wil- liams‘ cottage near Bradford in the morning. She appar- ently fell on the way down the basement stairs of the 118-year-old stone farm- house on Huntington Road. The stairs had metal treads and no railing. There were signs she'd been doing up a bit of the couple's laundry before the trip the next day. Residents of the Town of Vaughan this week are mourning the untimely passing of Jean Williams. wife of Mayor Garnet Wil~ liams who passed away August 22 as the result of a fall in her Nashville home. She was found at the foot of a staircase shortly after midnight by her hus- band on his return home from a meeting and was pronounced dead at Etobi~ coke General Hospital two1 hours later. First Lady Mrs. Jean Williams Of Vaughan Dies In Home Fall immediate local requirements at York Central Hospital. The local target is 300 units. In an effort to boost donations the local Red Cross supporters recently placed a special display at a local major shopping centre, the Hillcrest Mall. Here two of the leading local clinic supporters are shown. Mrs. Vera Kenny (left) receives an honor certificate for giving blood a lifetime total of 37 times. Handing her the scroll is Mrs. Anna Dewsbury who is considered to be the local clinic’s most faithful long time booster. With the help of others Mrs. Dewsbury has been looking after the provis- ion of refreshments for blood donors here over many, many years. Clinic times are 2 -4 pm and 6-9 pm. With the worst shortage ever reported at the Toronto Region Red Cross Blood Bank and a long weekend’s heavy demand looming, local hospitals are depending heavily on the turnout of donors at the regular Richmond Hill area August Red Cross blood donor clinic tomorrow after- noon and evening (Thursday) at the Lions Hall, Centre Street East and Pugsley Avenue, two blocks east of Yonge Street. Last week the blood bank was 1,000 units short and there was especially 'a lack of the rarer blood {bypes on hand. At the last clinic here the turnout of donors showed a serious drop, the 203 units collected falling far short of even the immediate local requirements at York Central Hnenifnl rmm lnnnl “my, ......u, w nu; GARNET WILLIAMS donated to Fell Down Stairs government. VOL Critical Blood Donor Shortage The run 'was so successful that Mr. Medcoff made a $305 profit on his $1.800 invest- ment. which be promptly The Barrie service came into being last winter as the result of about a five-year fight by citizens living north of Metro, headed by John Medcoff of Mount Albert, who hired a private commu- ter train in 1969 from the CN for a trial run between Barrie and Toronto. The trest'le. which suffered minor damage. was to be re- paired this week. The Stouffville trip hit one snag. however, when vandals burned a trestle at Unionville. This resulted in passengers being bused to Unionville and causing a minor delay. The Barrie to Tordnto run went from about 110 people to 365. plus six more coaches. The Stouffville run went from its usual 100 passen- gers daily to 301. with two extra coaches being added to handle the overflow. Maurice Simms, a spokes- man for CN. said last week that the Stouffville-Toronto run is carrying three times its normal number of passen- gers, while the Barrie- Toronto run was doing five times its normal business. Toronto's transit strike is providing at least one bene- fit: travel by CNR Commu- ter Train in York Region is booming. Transit Strike Ups Commuters H o n o r a r y pallbearers were Minister of Urban Af- fairs Barney Danson, York Region Chairman Garfield Wright, Vaughan Regional The funeral service was held Sunday at the chapel of the W. R. Scott & Son Funeral Home in Wood- bridge with Rev. Bailey Snow and Rev. J. A. Hodgson of Wood‘bridge United Church conducting the service. In- terment followed in Nash- ville Cemetery. At a special meeting of York Regional Council (of which Mayor Williams is a valued member) ‘held Au- gust 23, Chairman Garfield Wright extended that body’s sympathy to the bereaved family and a minute’s silence was observed in memory of the deceased. tleby; five grandchildren.Councillor Jack Garry. Darlene and Joanne‘ Vaughan Counc Vanderpost and Deborah and} Fraser, Milt Sa David Hemmings; a brother Savage, Fred Norman and two sisters. Jim Cameron a1 Laura (Mrs. William Wilson) lingsworth and and Rhoda (Mrs. James liam Hodgson. Ryan.) Anu‘m many.“ the p'rovinkiafl Flower bearers were Jesse Bryson, Jo‘hn Hostrawser, Gordon Troyer, Ray Rowley, Jack Bod-dy and Howard Ella. Active pallbearers were Fred Jones, Joseph Kersey, A1 Stephenson, Sam Mc- Cracken, Kenneth Mactag- gart and Mike Booth. :ouncillor Jack Gilbert, Vaughan Councillors Dave Fraser, Milt Savage, Fred Savage, Fred Armstrong, Jim Cameron and Ab Hol- lingsworth and MPP Wil- liam Hodgson. L4G 4A1 12 16 Da tes T 0 Remember Mont/2 0f September iâ€"Markham Council Standing Committee 7:30 pm )â€"Richmond Hill Council 7:30 pm â€"Vaughan Council 2 pm â€"King Council Committee 1 pm â€"York County Board of Education 8 pm â€"â€" Markham Council 2 pm â€"â€"Vaughan Planning Committee 7:30 pm â€"Richmond Hill Work Committee as a Whole Council on road assumption 7 :30 pm â€"â€"OMB public hearing Markham Wards Redivision 10 am â€"Region of York Council 2 pm â€"â€"King Township Council 7:30 pm â€"â€" gegion of York Engineering Committee pm â€"â€"York Region Roman Catholic School Board 8 pm .â€"Region Planning Committee 2 pm -â€"â€"Markham Council Standing Committee 7:30 pm â€" Region Health & Social Service Com- mittee 9:30 am â€"- Richmond Hill Council 2:30 pm â€" Vaughan Council Standing Committee 7:30 pm â€"Region Administration Committee 9:30 (Photo by Susan Samilar King Council Committee 7:30 pm York County Board of Education 8 pm Markham Council 7 :30 pm OMB public hearing on Phase 2 BAIF 10 am Region Council 2 pm Vaughan Council 2 pm Richmond Hill Planning Committee 7 pm (other dates to be announced) York Region Roman Catholic School Board 8 pm Town of Markham Planning Committee 7:30 pm Vaughan Council Standing Committee 7:30 pm Region of York Engineering Commit- tee 2 pm . King Township Council 1 pm Region of York Planning Committee 2 _______ u; HILL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST" 28, 1974 we’re spending on that cor- ner. at various stages, by srme individuals throughout the town. and even by cer- ’tain councillors on occasion. If you think back, I‘ve Ibeen on council 3% years. And ‘31/2 years ago Thornhill was strictly a bedroom commun- ity, oriented to Metro only. People in South Thornhill didn't know the people in North Thornhill. etc. N0 TOWN TIES “There were absolutely no ties in Thornhill to Mark- ham lwhat was until 1971 the town of Markham along ‘ (McGowan Road) between ‘the two communities. And ‘there is space and planned vexpansion at this location with an indoor pool and Iother needed recreation facilities such as health club, llllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Second King Mystery Death No conclusion had been reached at press time as to the cause of the mys- tery death of a young woman whose badly de- --_._.._-.1 1.-.! - “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity" ‘ * it '4‘ Switching to the pres- ’ . . . ent two-year council's big- { Tummg .h‘S attentwn to gest current project the ‘thg Unmnvule area, Mnldrew Thornhill community ,com- ‘Sa‘d' "We have been 1”“ as plex, he denies point blank 'f~‘°“°°med “’0‘” “"3 Weds any suggesfion that Thorm :m the Old Markhamâ€"Umon- hill is being favored over 1521;; agggmm ’13; abuggmf of%:.::easb22:he giggled 1 plex, the Markham Centen- ' l Arena on Concession 7 about the amount of money ma we’re spending on that cor-{(MECQYVan Road)...betw?eq '14.. A “Markham is basically a town made up of many com- munities. But there are three major ones (Old Mark- ham Village. Unionville and Thornhill). When you're a councillor you've got to be conscious of the whole Itown, not just your own ward." he says. ;’ WIDE RESPONSIBILITY Taking as an example the question of public transit, a development which during the past two years has been probably his major chairman- ship within council, he points out the wide and gen- eral responsibility which falls on a ward councillor. “Transit is basically for the whole town. all across, although admittedly it is mostly confined to built up areas. One of the main things about it is that it joins I the parts and helps integ- rate the town. And it draws[ the town together more than I anything else has done.§ There is still more improve, ment needed in that. but we ‘ are on the right step.” he; says. i Councillor Muldrew was rounding up his views on current municipal affairs in Markham in an interview. He was expressing concern about apparent rivalry in current opinion in var- ious parts of the new regional town. Since 1971 Markham has been York Region’s largest single ‘ municipality and has stretched from Pickering to Yonge Street, from Steeles Avenue to Victoria Square and Dickson’s Hill. Before 1971 the area was divided between two municipalities, a town- ship and a town. Muldrew vehemently de- Highway 48). For the total nies that he has been a community and all across councillor for Thornhill only. (the new regional town) we He asserts he has always had no swimming pool to worked for the town as a call our own. Thomhill had whole. no arena and ahnm an n fRGPs Parochiansmfim By HAL BLAINE “I will not apologize for what we have done and the money we have spent in Thornhill. It has put Thornhill on an equal footing with other areas of the town,” says Markham’s North Thornhill Ward 2 Councillor Roy Muldrew of Romfield Circuit. Her murder is still un- solved. There is still a $2,500 reward outstanding for information about this murder. In December, 1972. the body of youthful Yvonne Leroux of Toronto, her head badly smashed in, was found in Green Lane, just off Jane Street. They have asked that anyone who may have in- formation about a mising girl fitting the descrip- tion. to please contact headquarters at Newman‘- ket. York Regional Police said it was difficult to tell whether or not the girl had met with foul play. YRP Inspector Don Hill- ock said police aren’t con- vinced foul play was in- volved. “There are no broken bones and no ap- parent cause of death,” he said. She'd been dead from five days to a month. She was not carrying any id- entification. The body was naked from the waist down. Nearby were the girl’s bluejeans and brown belt. black high heeled sandals, and a red body suit with long sleeves and a frill around the neck. A post-mortem was con- ducted Sunday on the body, which was that of a woman anywhere from 18 to 23, black or Oriental, about 5 feet, 4 inches and about 100 pounds, with good teeth. Police have made tenta- tive identification of the girl, but still have to not- ify her next of kin. who are not in Canada. Dep- uty Chief Robert Hood did say, however, that the girl was colored. He said too, that, if their identi- fication is correct, the girl was not a student at Sen- eca. No conclusion had been reached at press time as to the cause of the mys- tery death of a young woman whose badly de- composed body was found in some bushes near Sen- eca College campus by a security guard about 2:05 pm Sunday, east of Keele Street and one mile south of Green Lane in King Township. Hers was the second young female body found on Green Lane within two years. (The Thornhill complex will include Markham's main library centre. two arenas, day care. meeting rooms, gunnery gallery, health club. meeting rooms etc.. and the entrance is right on a tran- sit transfer point.) “All of the council in the Town of Markham can take pride in helping to create a more viable com- munity. In some cases it might seem. particularly in the recreation field, that council's priorities have been in the Thorn- hill area. But we have basically been trying to consider where the need was greatest, which was Thnrnhill. because of the lack of facilities in the Thomhill area when we started 31/: years ago. This type of development was a must if Thomhill was to be felt a part of the Town of Markham," said North Thornhill Coun- cillor Muldrew. Highway 48). For the total community and all across (the new regional town) we‘ had no swimming pool to call our own. Thomhill had no arena and about all it had was a pleasant quaint little library very inadequater for the community's needs. Barney Danson MP, York North and newly appointed Minister of Urban Affairs, was in his home constituency last week meeting with local government officials for discussion of local questions and matters relating to his new Ministry. Here he meets Monday with the Vaughan Town Council in the mayor’s office in his first official visit to the municipality Danson said his time necessarily will be split be- tween his Ministry duties and his constituents when the House of Commons sits early in the fall. Therefore he is establishing in the near future an office in the York Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed the York North MP to the Urban Affairs Ministry three weeks ago during a Cabinet re- organization which followed the July 8 federal election. Danson won a clear majority over New Democratic and Progressive Conservative Party opponents. In the constituency to visit the local mayors for the first time since his appoint- ment to head the Urban Affairs Ministry, Danson told the councillors he will be just as available to them now that he is a Cabinet Minister as he was over the past six years. He assured them of his continued co- operation in meeting local needs. Members of Vaughan Town Council Monday of last week received Minister of Urban Affairs and local re- presentative in the House of Commons. Barney Danson MP, York North. for an offi- cial visit at the Municipal Building in Maple. . Just such a centre was the pet project of former Re- gional Councillor Donald The centre, which is being urged by York Regional Police and York Central Hospital, would have be- tween 20 to 30 beds. Miller, who is administra- tor for alcoholic clinics for the Salvation Army, said “We certainly want a centre in York region," but felt that summer holidays might have delayed any decision. Last week. Major Austin Miller of the Salvation Army. said a decision will be made soon on whether the Army would build an alcoholics’ treatment centre in the New- market-Aurora area. I Detoxification C/Ihic York Region may at last get its detoxification clinic; only it won’t be a project of the regional council. “To speak for myself, any- how, my concerns are for the whole town of Mark- ham," declares Muldrew. “When I went on coun- cil, the budget for parks and recreation was approxi- mately $150,000. with â€" Councillor Muldrew makes another point about Union- ville. “Council supported the much needed improvements in the Crosby Memorial Arena (in Unionville) with approval of a $200,000 de- benture to support their local financial drive. “We also recognize the need for an additional out- door pool in the Unionville area, and this requirement is being considered in the same breath as the indoor pool on Concession 7." l'm sure â€" about $100,000 of that going into grass seed. Whereas now we have created a parks and recreation department on the same level as other de- partments in the town un- der the direction of the very capable and experi- etc., ahead for the Old Mark- ham-Unionville area. UNIONVILLE POOL Damon Meets Vaughan Town Com HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Turning seriously to the matters discussed during the meeting with Danson, Mayor Roman said they covered three or more points in gen- eral talk and he described the seSSion as an exploratory meeting. They covered a Asked after their meeting Monday at Buttonville if he poked Danson in the eye for beating his uncle Steve in the last election, Mayor Tony Roman of Markham said he didn't do anything like that. Mayor Roman, a very solidly built gentleman, agreed he would be in the heavyweight class and the slightly built Danson would at least be in the lightweight class. so it wouldn’t be a fair match. The local MP expressed appreciation for the tele- grams and letters which poured in from across the country from local residents, mayors and councillors, fol- lowing his appointment. He is the first Minister of Urban Affairs to be ap- pointed from the Metro area. North riding. He said his policy of making Ottawa that much smaller and a little closer to his people will continue, with added facilities for communication arranged. Central Hospitals indicated they Were too crowded to undertake a centre at that time. Mr. Plaxton said the province should be establish- ing a detoxification centre, and one that should be sup- ported by all levels of gov- emment. HOWever, under the Liquor Control Act, nursing homes. were ruled out; a detoxifica- tion centre meaning a hos- pital. Subsequent letters from York County and York At that time, the health and social services commit- tee had recommended the committee explore the pos- sibility of setting up the centres in nursing homes. Plaxton of Richmond Hill. who tried unsuccessfully to get the provincial govern- ment to establish one two years ago. Fairness For All enced Dan Castes, with a budget of approximately $600,000 per year. About half of that is capital for parks development. “There's been criticism about the fantastic growth of all communities in Markham Town. But it must be realized that planned good g0 They also very briefly dis- cussed the ever increasing tax cost to ratepayers be- cause of the necessity for major local programs. Ro- i The Markham mayor said the rest of the discussion was general, covering the cost of housing, another area where Danson said he hopes to work on a tri-level basis (federal- provincia1~municipal) to re- solve di-fficulties. They agreed it would require co- operation at all levels of government to straighten out the housing cost and supply situation. said Roman. They also discussed trans- portation and the need for a possible triâ€"level conference to solve local problems, par- ticularly since industries on the fringes of Metro need good transport both ways between Metro and the Re- gional Municipality of York. Roman is chairman of the region's engineering commit- tee as well as being mayor of the town, so is particu- larly concerned with this subject. mount; a a uLoul since his appointment. Shown (left to right) are Councillors Ab Hollingshead of Wood- bridge and Fred Armstrong of Woodbridge; Regional Councillor Jack Gilbert of Maple; Mayor Garnet Williams of Nashville; Danson; Councillors Jim Cameron of Maple and Dave Fraser, QC, of Concord. few things pertinent to the local riding and Markham municipality, including the proposed new international airport on land to be taken from Markham - Pickering local municipalities. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION There is going to be a huge jump in rail passenger levels on the Barrie run when figures are in for Au~ gust, because of the Toronto Transit Commission and Gray Coach strike. But even before the strike there was a steady and strong surge in commuter. rail passenger traffic in July, says Medcof. Medcof says some pro- gress is being made in get- ting Canadian National to recognize some of the re- quests of the York Region Railroad Boosters, but still reports that niggling nui- sances are still being en- countered by commuters trying to make use of the Barrie-King City-Maple- Toâ€" ronto service. Muldrew agrees each com- munity and every citizen has the right to go after what is wanted from the municipality, and would be the first to argue each has a right to have a fair share. But as projects are under- taken and new subdivisions bring large numbers of new citizens, the situation is ever “If the Federal Govern- ment is serious about im- proving commuter service in the Toronto area. the toilet bowl in the Aurora Station washroom would be a good place to start," says York Region's leading rail transit booster John Med- cof of Mount Albert. “We've had a very realistic tax picture. two years of no increases at all and two of very realistic limited in- crease. This past year only a very small part of the in- crease was due to Markham Council's share of the joint regional, schools, and town local government tax levy." ALWAYS CHANGING growth is required if we want to supply the people’s needs. as we have in recrea- tion. It is because of good growth that we've been able to have a very realistic growth in our tax bill. Big CN Bowl Scandal In July about 4,692 tickets THE OLD ENGLISH ROAST BEEF ROOM welcomes you for Dinner anytime. We cater to groups and parties. Dinner-dancing Friday and Saturday. Reservations 881-2121 Hwy. 7, 1 mile east of Bayview Ave. King’s Club Discotheque dancing every night PARKWAY HOTEL Mayor Roman is the nephew of Stephen Roman, the Progressive Conserva- tlve Party candidate here that Danson defeated in the local constituency dur- ing the last two federal elections. HOWever, this element of political rivalry didn’t stop the two men from meeting cordially to discuss local federal-muni- cipal affairs as Danson "continued his round of meetings with all the muni- cipal heads in his riding. lllllllllllllllllllllullllllllll‘llllllllllulllll“milllllllllllllllllmlll man suggested the Federal Government should now take a look at the possibility of making municipal property tax payments deductible for income tax purposes. Danson agreed to take the matter up with the finance minister, the mayor said. ' Local and national poli- tics took one of those un- usual human twists Monday afternoon when Barney Danson MP, York North, the new national Minister of Urban Affairs, made his official call on Mayor Anthony Roman of Markham Town. CN's Regional Manager of Passenger Sales and Ser. vices J. J. Menary wrote Medcof recently to report on the level of traffic on the Barrie-Toronto run. “Shortly after the train started in April, the Aurora Station washroom was lock- ed up. In June of 1974 the toilet bowl was removed. Now CN announces plans to replace the station agents at the Aurora, Maple. Stouffville and Unionville stations by part time ticket sellers. They haven't yet replaced the bowl," says Medcof in a press release. (Photo by Stuart's Studio) were sold, up from 3,485 in April and 3,959 in May, with about 700 daily riders be- ing carried during the TTC strike, he says. PAINT MAPLE STATION “CN advises that they painted the Maple Station, arranged for shelters at King and Lefroy. They will advise later about the in- stallation of pay telephones at these stations, all as we requested. "As a councillor I'm deter- mined to see every area gets its fair share of attention and to see no area is to be deprived. No area is ever to be allowed an unfair advan- tage," says Muldrew. “The Town of Markham has experienced a tremendous improvement in satisfying the basic needs of all areas in the past 3% years. It's a continuous thing. a never ending job. He says parochialism has no place in the over all operations and policies of the town. A tremendous amount has ‘been done dur- ing the past few years and it's a question of getting on with the job. there is so much to do. There's no time for fighting over what goes where. when energies should be directed toward handling the huge work load. changing Danson Meets Mayor Roman PRICE 15¢ PER COPY