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The Liberal, 23 Mar 1977, p. 2

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A-Z â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, March 23, 1977 800-acre Hill industrial plan RICHMOND HILL â€" This com- munity may be without an industrial commission, but municipal planners are developing a secondary plan for the southeast corner of the town. According to Richmond Hill planning director William Power, the first draft of the plan will be submitted at a public The plan includes a proposed BOO-acre industrial development. A 7 Traffic was rerouted for several hours last Wednesday after a propane gas tanker truck flipped on its side after rounding the 351 cu. in‘ V-8, air conditioning, PS/PB, 4 speed. Lic ‘FBA 356. V-8, PS/PB, radio, W/W tires, automatic, 55,000 miles ‘Lic. APB 672 165 Welfingtâ€"on éast aurora 727-3012 1972 DLDSMOBILE Delta 88 WE'RE MIXING A // >2; DELICIOUS MENU LCâ€"é AT THE "TRIO STEAK HOUSE & TAVERN" JUST FOR YOU! Where the people are friendly.. Editorial 8 Accounting . . Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . Display Advertising . - . - Classified Advertising . . 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The current thinking is the land west to Bayview will be used for housing develdpments turn at Keele Street onto Highway 7. It took two hours to pump the propane gas into another truck while firemen stood by and Sizes 7-‘12 Val. $19.95 as low as Sizes 14-16 PainterPants mews Ladies Sizes 7-15 Val. $30 Striped Plum Tree Levi 8 Carhartts Sizes 26-36 Val. $25.95 a $31.25 Val. $19.95 as low as And he added that he guessed “there will always be a conflict between the economics of urban development and He said the industries to locate there will likely be of a “prestige” type, particularly along Highway 7, single- occupant developments with no outside facilities, as opposed to industrial malls or multiple-occupancy premises. Most of the land in Richmond Hill â€" including that slated for industrial development â€" is class one or two farm land. But Power said that ‘fif the municipality is to have industrial land, firsL to provide jobs. and second,to provide an assessnaent base, then agricultural lands will have to provide the area." “It would tie into the York-Durham sanitary sewer (scheduled for com- pletion by early 1981) and to the Metro Toronto water system which will be available to South York by late 1978.“ Power said in an interview last week that “if the town is to have industrial development (that location) is logical because of servicing and access. Blood donors wanted £31 $1935. s23m $14” as low as '16” King City United Church on Elizabeth Grove will be the site for the clinic. with the aim to the highway was closed. Truck driver Barry Giles, 52, of Markham, was charged with careless driving. IF YOU’RE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW OR TOP QUALITY USED CAR, COME IN TO TWIN HILLS, MAKE YOUR BEST DEAL AND THEN PRESENT YOUR $10000 COUPON FOR A TRUE $10000 SAVING. (REMEMBER YOU MUST BRING THE COUPON) "SPECIAL OFFER" g . TWIN HILLS MERCURY FORD FINANCING AVAILABLE Power noted that with controversy surrounding the Toronto-Centred Region Plan, “there is a void as far as any provincial strategy is concerned.“ But he said the York-Durham urban scheme “stretches all the way to Newmarket to serve a population of 400,000 by the year 2000 or later. In an earlier interview, Mayor David Schiller said he has “reluctantly ac- cepted“ a population figure for Rich- mond Hill of 105,000 by the turn of the century, citing “tremendous” development pressure. Much of the town’s vacant land â€" often leased back to farmers â€" is owned by major development firms. But the mayor noted that “the general economy is holding up a lot'of things already approved.” and that “I've been a supporter of farming â€"â€" which hasn’t made me a great favorite of developers.’ infringement of agricultnral land.” “The best agricultural land is often the most buildable,” he stated, “and marginal lands are often limited by topography or wetness.” THAT'S RIGHT Oak Ridges. Nobleton, Schomberg, Kettleby and this community. draw people from Maple 'LINCOLN ME CURY ND HILL 10801 YONGE ST. RICHMOND HILL 884-4441 R She said a letter from Premier William Davis to Regional Chairman Garfield Wright, showed there had been mutual agreement on an eventual population of 557,000, up almost 300,000 “We don’t really have any choice," Mrs. Britnell said, after a presentation by regional planning staff and con- sultants on nine growth ‘options available to York. KING â€" The province, not the region of York, sets the growth rate in the area, King Township, Mayor Margaret Britnell said this week. Davis pulling region strings Trillium Recreational Vehicles Ltd.. Heritage Rd., which has seen a couple of its trailers go up in smoke lately as a result of vandalism, had 60 windows broken on trailers in a field on the corner of Con. 7 and Bullock Rd. MARKHAM â€" Windows were the targets in Markham last week. Smash windows The Bank of Nova Scotia at 101 Main St, only lost two windows, but they were six feet by 12 feet, with tinted, double glass. Damage amounted to $3,000. Also on Main St., North Markham Motors at 348, had $500 damage done to the rear windows on five new Hondas on the lot. Dr. George Kelly, 88, buried RICHMOND HILL â€" Funeral ser- vices were held in Richmond Hill for Dr. George Kelly, 88, who died March 10 in hospital in Newmarket. Dr. Kein was a retired veterinarian who worked with his father following his graduation in 1910. Charge child abandonment Hé was known as “young Doc" to distinguish him from his father, “(old children had been alone since 10:30 Police said Enrico Poretta of Rexdale am, told them another player hit him in the jI‘o be charged are Miriam Goodman. face with his fist. 30, and Ionie Hill, 22, both of Apricot St. Charged is Phillip Jestin, 24. Police said they were called to an address on Apricot St. in Thornhill at 2 pm, Mar. 20 and found three children, ages 6, 4 and 2, by themselves. iPolice said both the mother and a maid at the dwelling were out, and the children had been alone since 10:30 THORNHILL â€" Two Thornhill women face charges of abandoning a child under 10 years, as a result of an incident Sunday. Damage was estimated at $1,500 In Richmond Hill. Ferritronics Ltd, Murray Pound, former planning director for the region and now a consultant for the formation of the region official plan. outlined the nine options for growth in the region. from the projected figure of 258,000 in 1971. In them, population ranges from 457,000 to 600,000. The York-Durham servicing plan has been designed for 457.000 These were presented to regional council last year. Newkirk Rd., reported $700 worth of windows broken. A break-in at the home of John Vanderval, Laureleaf Rd, Thornhill, while the owner was on holiday the week of Mar. 12-19, resulted in the loss of $3,500 in jewelry and china antiques. Scared thief Another Laureleaf visitor, ap- parently hoping to find an empty house, was scared off by the temporary tenant. Police said a woman staying at the home of Joe Granicz, while he was away, told them she was startled by a noise in the house‘about 1:30 pm. She said she saw a man élimbing through a window, so she let out a yell and he fled. Doc)" in an area spanning the town- ships of Pickering, Markham, Whit- church, Vaughan, York, Scarborough and King. He wag a life member of the Ontario Veterinary Association. Dr. Kelly lived within a few hundred yards of his birthplace in Buttonville until 1971, when he and his wife moved to Newmarket. He was instrumental in establi$hing the Buttonville WI Hall as a community meeting place and was a member olf the Presbyterian Church in Richmond Hjlk Surviving, besides his wife, the former Hilda Risebrough, is one son, Dr. George Kelly of Newmarket and two grandchildren. CONCORD â€" A Mississauga man has been charged with common assault as the result of a fight in a hockey game at Double Rinks Arena, Feb. 6. Hockey fight SCOTIA BANK FINANCING AVAILABLE Holiday visitor

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