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wm at plaza members of brougham union lodge and community residents turned out in force saturday to assist in renovation work at the lodge hall site in claremorit painting the ex terior of the building is dean evans and son brad dean is a lodge pastmaster completing repairs to the illuminated sign inset is charlie jefferies jim thomas many hands speed work remodel lodge claremont many hands make lightwork members of brougham un ion lodge are finding out how true and how important this adage is the local fraternity headed by building committee chairmandon vale is in the midsjofamajorhall renoya- tion project that when com pleted will make the buildings lower auditorium available for use by the whole community to date close to 21000 has been expended including 11000 from the members own pockets and 10000 received through a government- sponsored heritage grant another 14000 will be required to complete the work chair man vale says r brougham union lodge has been using the hall since 1901 no major repairs have been done since 1922 1 it was during a severe wind storm one evening that mem bers discovered the structure was actually moving a deci sion had to be made on whether to save it or demolish it the lodge agreed to commence re- pairs v don vale and hiswilling workers now realize just whats involved when one be- gins this kind of projectwhere do you start and when do you stop so far their labor of love has involved 2700 volunteer hours this has included the laying of a cement block found- atioh and construction of a rear addition for washrooms and a kitchen the building had to be completely insulated storm windows were provided by schell lumber limited of stouffville mr vale praised the assist- iance provided by b m util ity contractors bucket trucks were made available free of charge folks like frank bare- lay and bob blackburn helped out enormously also he said the committee chairman said the lodge had received ex- cellent cooperation from richardsonsin stouffville meetings were held there until work on the temple was com plete don vale pointed outtoo that help has come fronnpersons other than masons making the project a real community effort he expects itll be another year before its finished according to records brougham union lodge lac- quired the hall back in 1901 the purchase pricewas 400 neces- sitatinga 200 mortgage the temple itself hasnt changed in 81 years making it one ofthe most unique in ontario uxbridge development of a commercial plaza on high way 47 south could be the straw the broke the camels back was the prediction of several downtown merchants who appeared before a meeting of the planning board last 7 week said- mary- hogg owner of strawberry threads a dress shop at 80 brock st west were all concerned our livelihood is in the downtown core it was a depressing place to be the last year or so its only fair if council is looking for expansion that they walk up and down the street and take a look i think were work ing longer and harder for less money the proposed development has received approval for five uses and is seeking approval for another 11 among the prop osed uses are an administra tion office clothing store dry cleaners gift shop cafe jewel ry store and variety store the develoment could be the straw that broke the camels back said mrs hogg said planning board chair man sandy ewen theres nothing agreed to yet another retail analysis would be needed before it could be taken to durham region for consid- era tion weve spent a lot of money here now its time to develop the downtown area said allan underhill owner of the dell ice cream shop 3 brock w and the flower shop and gar- liberal speaker durhamyork 2tm1pp sheila copps will be the guest speaker atadinnerdarice oct 22 sponsored by the durham- york liberal association in the udora community centre the association president is milton mowbray of kinsale dinner is scheduled for 730 pm with the dance to follow tickets 1750 are available from bruce findlay 6492581 gwen mowbray 6553880 keith carson 4784063 kevin feeney- 8525539 celia led- rew 8523625 john coates 2491642 orgary adamson 2949759 den centre referring to an empty build ing on the street underhill said lets get filled up here before we get more expansion its increasingly difficult to have confidence in the town youre talking to us as if we were the ones moving down said councillor ewen were just entertaining the proposal underhill said he wasnt afraid of competition it keeps me sharp but you can only wa ter down the soup so much if you take 10 per cent of the busi ness away were through you can do all the retail analysis you want but if the moneys not there its no good mayor bill ballinger said thatwhen somebody comes here we extend the courtesy to see what they have to offer youve all had a chance to ex press an opinion if something goes wrong you jump or council since ive been here this council has given a commit- ment to encourage downtown development i cant tell some one were not interested to go away the mayor said he would be more than happy when the chamber of commercegets underway so that business can start working as a group councillor don jacksbnsaid the board would want to con sult with you all before it made any rash decisions we want main street to function in busi ness councillor ron johnson- termed the owners concern premature this is just a prop osal he said mayor ballinger said the businessmen must alsohelp themselves the municipality couldnt get too involved peo ple say we have our noses in too much now councillor- maustyn mcknightsaid that shoppers liked to have three or foun stores in which to shop he said too that as a farmer it would be nice for me to be able tosay that nobody else can growcornbut everyone had thatright mrs hogg said she didnt mind similar stores in the area in fact the loss of a dress store on brock had hurt her business best student exhibit for the second year in a row sevenyearold heather williams of atona has been the bestinshow exhibitor kindergarten to grade 4 at markham fair heather a grade 3 pupil at goodwood public school displays a special ribbon indicating her skill i jim thomas caution urged srt siioamigr4wth candidates get set in uxbridge uxbridge not quite ev- erybody in uxbridge is seeking a post in novembers municipal election but there will be a few new names on the ballot mayor bill ballinger who has sought to oust the incum bent himself before finds him- self with a challenger after his first term in the person of ux- bridge chiropractor dr mor- ley pitts pitts is making his first try for the townships top job ian ball the 21yearold stu- dent who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in the last election has lowered his sights this time around and is running for coun cil in ward 5 so far it looks as if hes made a winning move councillor gerrilynn oconnor who occupied the seat last term has v givenit up to run for region against fellow councillor maustyn mcknight ball now has the field all to himself content to stay at his present post is ward 3 councillor ron johnson who however faces a challenger in newcomer dave smith i- an insurance broker who has s his own business dg smith insurance smith feels his ex perience in financial matters would serve him well in civic affairs- councillor johnson is chair- man of the public protection committee of council andis also councils representative on the uxbridge community care board thatleaves the remaining members of council sandy ewen don jackson and mac meyers home free for the time being no one having decided to try their luck against them opposition or no however all three veteranpoliticians de clared they would have been giving it another shot anyway region restraint j- durham region in creases in taxes and water bills will be kept to five per cent in 1983 according to regional offi cials but theres a catch with the restraints will come cuts in services and a dip into reservesy r as a result such optional ser- vices as day care could suffer says regional chairaman gary herremaalso reserve funds could be reallocated torease spending needs he sald-f- water bills- whose rates are determined by the region have been in double figures the past fewjyears with tax hikes not far behind both herrema and regional finance chairman john aker said durham must meet the provincial governments five per cent wage ceiling increase aker said he thought govem- mentspending had helped cause inflation and the munici pality had to help controlthe latter by curtailing spending as if to back up his statement he said the region did not sup- port an increase in welfare pay ments- the region is responsible for spending close to 20 per cent of every local tax dollar paid in durham uxbridge the question of greater growth in the hamlet of siloam is still in the question stage following a public meet ing to discuss the matter at ux bridge planning board last week the public in this case v was just one man bev beach of siloam whose arguments for tcautipn however received lit- itledebatefrom the board v beach told the meeting that putting an additional 37 housing units on a hillsideas proposed couldnt be done withouta- probable runoff there has to be someplace for the runoff to go and when youput in pave- ment you double the velocity he said beach saidgoodwood had a water problem that way board planning consultant alex grant said they were awaiting a planning report that says it will function we must have that before draft approval is given grant said the additional un its if approved would bring the number of dwellings in siloam up to 60 a 44acre park would be included said beach if youre work- irig entirely on the flat part you wont have any trouble as the oldtimerssayeveri a good mortgage wont hold it grant said the board was aware of that- it has to be co vered by the developer or we wont approve it said mayor bill ballinger one of the problems is trying to encourage develoment in hamlets our role is to make sure uxbridge has different jypes and nouses tbmeethe need c planner grant said the mat ter would now go to durham regional council forapproval and then back to uxbridge for formal adoption he said that draft approval was also needed harmony night uxbridge tke mill- stream men of uxbridgeare hosting their annual barber shop harmony night sat oct 23 at 8 pm in uxbridge secondary school i program guests will in clude the markham men of harmony and group sounds familiar from lindsay this is the millstream mens sixth show the leader is bill adamson ticketsare400 in adv ance or 450 at the door the number to call is 8523939 i home service approval organize christian womens club t v- l v5 v a sait6iiwsiu c ffeoiiywji it -v- ronidaymornugladjesfromawidearea michel wellknown christ- gathered at the home of janet paxfon bristol fan speaker rr 1 claremont janet paxton ponds estates uxbridge township for the y hostess and joan collins national repre- pnrpose of organizing a christian womens i- sentative from quebec icinb pictured here are aeft to rightvbonnoee jim thomas ashley national represenuuve kansas a ty computer club planned pickering the trend towards computer program ming is continuing in busi ness in schools even homes to keep pace- a computer club will open soon at a loca tion hear the intersection of hwy 2 and church street in pickering village classes seven days a week will com- menceat9 amand con- tfnue through until 10 pm the cost is five dollars per hour- a- for additional informa tion the contact person is james mackin6837767 uxbridge planning board last week gave appro v- al to a siloam resident to use his house as a parttime service and repairshop the request was made by randy dunlopwho told the board he wanted to try to get a business going if it went well id buyplaceiritown a licensed motor mechanic dunlop said he would only work at it part time from his house the repairs would be made on small units such as chainsaws and lawn mowers he would make the pickups himself there wouldnt be any people coming to his house said councillor maustyn mcknightthis kind of thing- is happening all over i dont think theres anything wrong with it r planning consultant alex grant said that if the business wasnt offensive there are many things you can do in a re sidential operation the board agreed to let dun lop and grant work out the de tails for the operation h jg2j ia6stafv ujsfe