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1 i 1 s 1 st never ac a few weeks ago a reader sug gested i do a story on lincolnville i have to confess i drew a com plete blank feeling slightly embarrassed i asked where lin colnville is located in 1993 the whitchurch history book committee published a book called the communities of whitchurch they state the ham let in question is at the corner of bloomington road and highway 47 also known as the old 10th concession road i ken aida with the town of whitchurchstouffville planning department tells me many long time residents still refer to this area as lincolnville officially ken says this area is no longer lincolnville but designated part of whitchurchstouffviue s even more interesting is the fact that this area does not have a hamlet designation in fact ken says it never has in the past few years though the town has renamed old blooming- ton road where it runs east and west off durham road 30 as lin colnville lane one local resident jewel jurian- sz says it will always be lincol nville to her jewel and her fami ly have lived 15 years just north of bloomington in what is probably pie only pink house in whitchurchstouffville like many of our historic trea sures from the past little remains of the old lincolnville a great many tall majestic pines stood in the fields and meadows many of these pines were cut and taken to lake ontario where they were shipped to england to make masts for sailing ships at one time the rural route ruth leblanc 10th concession was even known as mast road on sundays the residents would gather at the methodist church located on the west side of the 10th line we know the church was there in 1878 but its fate is a mystery directly across the road was the hammill hotel a part of the orig inal hotel remains a part of an existing house in the community to this day james hammill was the proprietor and innkeeper of this rest stop and the garibaldi hotel in uxbridge township one of the last remains of the past in the area are the gravel pits many years ago pits were opened on both sides of the road one pit is currently owned and has been operated by lafarge since 1986 prior to that it changed hands a number of times over the past 50 years mike rox- borough of lafarge told me back in the late 19th century local lincol nville farmers came up with a cre ative way to pay taxes the farm ers would take their horse and wagon to the local gravel pit and load up the wagon with gravel slowly they would travel to town ship roads where they would dump it the town accepted this work in lieu of paying their taxes they didnt call it the good old restaurateurs slam ban from page 1 nt do the business said graham hoad owner of the earl of whitchurch i tjrinking and smoking usually go hand in hand the law would have to differentiate between restaurants and bars i heres a sample of what other owners are saying it would affect us tremendously said sharron gu coffee way raan- ager at least 75 per cent of my customers are smokers twill do any thing to prevent it from happening it could improve business or we may lose customers said frank cas- sano owner of amaretto restaurant and banquet hall it could be ben eficial a lot of people ask for the smokefree section it will affect our lounge area said kristine finney dining room man ager at maples of ballantrae the golfers like to come in after their game to relax and have a beer and so that is where it is really going to hurt but we know it is coming and if everyone does it it will be a lot easier v it would knock qur business down by 50 per cent said george petkopoulos owner of ggs pub cafe we might as well just lock the doors we would suffer a severe financial loss being a typically british pub it would affect us said maureen breen owner of town crier we do have a large area for nonsmokers but i think we would lose some business from the people at the bar but we have no plans to switch to a totally smokefree zone i it would greatly affect business said kathy fullerton owner of fullertons most people who come in do smoke i think the ones who ijont smoke just accept thats the way it is a test done by the black dog bar in scarborough found they lost business when they tried to turn smokefree p the tobaccofree council in york region has invited restaurants to go smokefree on world no tobacco day may 31 i businesses will receive a sign notifying customers that their restau rants are celebrating the event byoffering only nonsmoking seating as well the council plans to create a york region smokefree dining guide i r- days for nothing the gravel pits remain a vital business in lincolnville sending trucks down our rural roads daily lake every community there was the problem of schooling for the chil dren lincolnville was a small community with not enough children to support having weekender may 4 1996 p 25 a hamlet their own school parents would send their children to either a bloomington or uxbridge school to learn their abcs today there is a scattering of residential homes and the pine trees are making a reappearance lincolnville people remain tied to the name that never really was miiimiifiiiuiimiimumimiiiiiinifiimiiiim op celebration t4j 11 imimmitdbtmtmm markham theatre for the performing arts tuesday may 21 st 730 pm tickets 1250 adult 10 senior 750 student box office 905 3057469 join us as we celebrate our canadian heritage performances by john prince composer of unity song its good to be canadian matthew johnson 14 yr old canadian champion fiddler the dance institute tribute to the discoverer of canada central park elementary school a collage of canadian history ecole saint jean dancers selection of our cultural folk dances segment of st patricks choir and several school choral groups concluded by a formal citizenship ceremony presided by judge westcott and involving the york region police pipers and the rcmp a ii ihb first 50 families who report they fly a canadian flag will receive free ticket to the celebration one family per street compliments of the royal bank report to john hawco 905 2947270 for free flag call 1888flyflag heritage canada 18883593524 all proceeds to charity auditors markham neighbourhood doane raymond support centre i chartered accountants media s economist jfih ma mhmhi