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The Liberal, 8 Dec 1976, p. 2

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(Continued from Page 1 “0h, isn‘t this surprising,“ Schiller commented, showing him with a wide margin in the area of the drugstore operated by former mayor William Lazenby, the man Schiller deposed two years ago. A couple of minutes later, the results from another poll, giving him 128 to Rowe's 69, came in. “That‘s his (Lazenby‘s) drugstore," Schiller said. And then, “That's right on his drugstore.“ Naturally, he was pleased with his win, but was he disappointed with the turnout? Evidence showed that both men had been drinking heavily before the at- The two were convicted of assault occasioning bodily harm, after Shamshudin Kanji, 49, of Etobicoke, was pushed from the platform of the Islington station. Kanzi broke both his legs and may be crippled for life. His companion, Thomas Allan Grimsdale. 19, of Etobicoke, received 16 months. TORONTO â€" A Markham man, Alexander Steven Ingram, 22, was one of two men convicted in an attack on a Tanzanian immigrant last Jan. 3 in a subway station. He was sentenced last week to 21 months in reformatory. MAPLE â€" Now that the smoke has cleared from the town of Vaughan, the results of a fiery election have produced little change on council. Retired councillor Fred Armstrong has been replaced by Dario DiGian- nantonio. Other than that, everything is exactly as it was. “It took all that fighting to replace Armstrong with Dario,“ said Mayor Garnet Williams, returned to office by a comfortable 1,686-v0te lead over competitor Tom Gale. Chapman has heart attack Little change in Vaughan despite a heated election David Van Halteren of Richmond Hill and Kathleen Menken of Thornhill, Grade 8 students from Willowdale Christian School, decorate the Christmas tree in the Mackenzie Home at Black Creek Pioneer Village. From now until Jan. 3, the Village recalls pre- Aâ€"2 â€" THE LIBERAL, Wednesday. December 8. 1976 Home delivery 0! The Liberal is 80 cents every four weeks; by mail 59,90 a year in Canada, $15.00 a year Q outside of Canada No local mail delivery where carrier service sxists Editorial Er Accounting Circulation . . . . . . . . . Display Advertising . . TELEPHONE THE LIBERAL DEPARTMENTS DIRECT lOlOl Yonge Street. P.O. Box 390. LIC 4Y8. Ontario TEEPHON'E â€" 884-8177, 881â€"3373 CLASSIFIED â€" 834-1105. 881-3373 CIRCULATIO‘ Iassified AdvertisTng . . By Denise Romberg E11: Zl‘ihtral The comems, both editotial and advertising of The Liberal, Richmond Hill, are protected by copyright and any unauthouzed we is prohibited Second Clas Mail Registration Nov 0190 VOLUME 99, NUMBER 22 88481 77 884-0981 884â€"81 77 8844 105 Both men have criminal records; Ingram was convicted for possession of narcotics and theft, while Grimsdale was convicted of possession of stolen property and theft. Over at Rowe‘s headquarters, the gloom which had started earlier was even heavier now, made so both by the election result and the absence of the congenial Rowe, who was watching at the arena, where the election party was to be held “Well, it‘s always nice to have a party when you‘re ahead,” was the reply. ' “Not at all," Schiller replied; “the total vote in 1975 was 9,300." (This year it was 10,332). In being returned, he said he felt it was because “the people were pleased with our policies.“ Any dther comments, another reported asked. In passing sentence, Judge Patrick Lesage said that he was taking into consideration the eight months they had already spent in jail. Also‘ he was sentencing them for the attack, only, and not because the case had racial overtones. The final results from a 53 per cent turnout at Vaughan‘s 46 polls weren‘t known until well after 1 am. A polling “I think we‘ve really got a mandate now to go ahead with the Leisure Park," Williams said. Conclusive vote Although a slate of four (Jim Cameron, Lorna Jackson, Gail McCormack and Ted Pickles) had maintained throughout the campaign that 72 per cent of population opposed the Maple amusement park develop- ment, the election results didn‘t reflect that, Williams concluded. Court was told that the attackers had first taunted the victim with racial slurs and then struck him in the face. tack, consuming more than 20 draft beers and several Singapore slings. Pre-Confederation Christmas CIRCULATION â€" 884-0981, 881-3376 Thornhill 8 Toronto Customers Call 881 â€"3373 For all Depts irmium one»: BWRES ' .Sherwcy Gardens 4-» Ida-ls) I nuvuvua ullu uuulvua : Eb]; mun" l'ifiiPPEn PREPAID on : ! DELIVERED m TORONTO AREA! But somehow, one felt the party was already over. A few minutes later, just after 10 pm., a woman wearing a long gown and fur, and obviously dressed for a celebration, walked in. PIANO m ORGAN OHLI SA VE UP TO 3400"" 331132 “Well, that's two more years of water on the ball diamond," a man said to Casey Cripps, manager of the Dynes‘ fastball team, who has been after the town to mend the drainage system in the town park. Jackson, who received more votes this time around. fell from second place to fifth with 3,205 votes. Slate unsuccessful “We did the best we could to get our message acrosss Mrs. Jackson said, speaking of the slate. The other two members of the Cameron-Jackson slate, Gail McCormack and Ted Pickles, ran within 10 votes of each other throughout the evening. They placed eighth and “There has to be an opposition at all levels of government and I guess we're it," she said. He placed thif‘d vs'zith 3,518 followed by incumbents Jim Cameron and Lorna Jackson. Cameron led the polls two years ago He placed fourth with 3,398 votes. Newly elected Dario DiGiannantonio played it “cool”, running a “middle of the roadl' campaign. _The latecomers were eligible to vote Since they arrived at the poll before the official closing time at 8 pm. Toppedpolls However. the early-evening trends continued as incumbent Terry Good- win, a fifth place contestant in the 1974 election, topped the polls with 3,618 votes. station at St. Peter‘s school'in West Woodbridge was forced to stay open until 9 pm. as last minute voters crowded the station. He was followed by incumbent Ab Hollingshead, who polled 3,560 votes. Confederation Christmas in rural Ontario. Homes in the Village have been decorated to reflect the lifestyles and beliefs of original owners. Food preparation and rituals of the early settlers are re-created in special demonstrations. All pianos and organs in this sale are brand new they are all i floor models and demonstrators - Annual Pre-Chfisflnu mo Find: Avenue West mummy.) 661-2060 5195 Yonge St. Willowdde l0». linu- no.) All ARE FAMOUS MAKES WILLIS GALANTI lOWREY YAMAHA Tony Kirk, owner of the Jane and 7 Restaurant, placed sixth with ‘2,939 votes. Seventh was Gord King with 2,809. ninth respectively, with Mrs. McCor- mack polling 2,544 votes and Pickles 2,537. Richmond Hill unit of the Canadian Cancer Society recently elected a new slate of officers for the coming year: from left, Jack Follows, Janice For Best Selection P0 here * tom the election scene I n M a r k h a m Cancer society leaders They‘re sent in with the cigarette orders from distributor Peter'Gorman Ltd. in Concord. Brais doesn‘t think he should have to pay for the wayward matches; he feels it's bad enough as it The two regional seats in Markham were won by Ron Moran and incumbent Alma Walker, with Roy Muldrew third. Unofficial returns gave them 8,456 votes, 7.814 and 6,689 respectively. RICHMOND HILL â€" Parti Quebecois was alive and active in Rich- mond Hill last week. But it had a‘brief fling, lighting up a few faces along the way, to say nothing of numerous cigarettes and pipes. Roman proved a better prognosticator than a disappointed Adams. “I thought I was winning. The last couple of days, with the en- thusiasm, I thought I would win big,“ he said. The biggest upset of the night Was in Ward 7 where an efficiently organized Tom Gove defeated sitting councillor Peter Grosskurth by a narrow margin. For a little while, anyway, until it finally went up in smokei For its presence was noticed mostly by the smokers, who came across the party's name on the covers of match books in a box on the front counter of the Brais Burger, 10141-A Yonge St. Not that owfier Wasfy K. Bréis, had them there to assist 1e parti in any way. In fact. he was quite upset about rit all. “I don‘t know_ how ft happened,“ he said. “I didn't even notice them until later." “I expected the results to be close," said Roman Tuesday. “At 8 pm. when the polls closed, I predicted it would beidecided by 200 votes". The vote on the basis of phonedâ€"in results Monday night was 7,471 votes for Roman and 7.238 for challenger Bob Adams. Brais said the matches always come in a case, LOOO boxes â€" such as the small one he had on the counter â€" to a case. VICTORIA SQUARE â€" Mayor Tony Roman scored a narrow victory of 181 votes according to unofficial returns in Monday‘s municipal election in Markham. Ron Femson deféated Allan Sumner 8849171 ADULTS $75” CHILDREN HALF PRICE HUT YING FDR RESERVATIONS By Jim Irving jTCHINESE FOOD H 1' ran smvnnous M0 0 R 'N N mm,“ 10711 YONGE STREET AT ELGIN MILLS RICHMOND HILL [INT‘ \PER PERSON BLACK HAWK Minator, Elizabeth Follows, Flo Nesbitt. Helen Schenoffer. Dorothy Price and Ruby Purdon. "COME AS YOU ARE" is, that he gave the party a little free space on hjs restaurant cognt_er top. “Now, these are okay," he said, picking up some new matches with a message about handicapped children on them. “I don't mind paying for them, but not these other ones." Distributor Gorman wasn't happy about the situation either when con- tacted last week. Now that they've been discovered, does he think that's the end of them? “Don‘t worry, they‘ll come rolling along,“ Gorman said. Wfiich is one way of striking up an acquaintance with 19 parti, even if the glow only lasts for a moment or so. Gorman said the company said it would give him credit for any of the matches that were returned. He said the matches must have been slipped into various shipments by workers in the Quebec plant. “I class it as sabotage,“ he said, after contacting the manufacturer, D.D. Bean & Fils Ltee., St. Cesaire, P.Q., because Bean, just as Gorman. was unaware of what was going on until notified. He also did well in another poll with a rural flavor. Box Grove, and felt there had been a good turn-out of voters across the town. Roman had not had a chance to examine the returns closely by Tuesday. but he was pleased with the returns in his home poll of Victoria Square where a 65 per cent turn-out was largely in his favor. Three other councillors. Stan Daui‘io, Carole Bell and Bud Bonner, were acclaimedl In the race for mayor, Roman.,won wards 3.4.5 and 6, Unionville, old Markham and the north. Adams won Wards 1,2 and 7, all in Thomhill. Asked if he thought there was a turning point in the campaign. Roman said. while it was difficult to tell from his viewpoint, he felt he had been winning all along. in Ward 1, also on a close vote In Ward 5. incumbent Walter Grieve retained his seat with 1,814 votes to L126 for Joan Lynen, according to unofficial returns. In Ward 6. Elsop Miles, defeated Ale; Cowley and Wayne Patterson. 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