mo a ivtshau mtmzm a w morgan comhjtl hall cajuihs nautta wtoasrtom markham2941040 jail farm future still in doubt advertise weekly for best results york region over the last twenty years the jail farm langstaff long a familiar corner to residents of this area has been the focal point of dozens of meetings and hours of discussion the problem what to do with it the jail farm is owned by the city of toronto and comprises 632 acres at the corner of no 7 highway and young st proposals for the use of the site have run an the way from a community college to a domed stadium most recently the plans were for the lands to be reserved for the parkway green belt however latest word is that this will pn be the designation and the land remains zoned for agriculture the history of the farm dates back as far as 1794 when yonge sl was first aid out john langstaff the first school teacher in the hamlet gave his name to the community he acquired the first two hundred acres on the corner and later added to the holding in 1914 the city paid 14000 for the 632 acres and turned it into the jail farm where prisoners were expected to work in the fields and a prize cattle herd was kept during world war 11 it became a mental hospital this use was carried on until twenty years ago when the patients were- moved out and the buildings have not been used since although the farm land has been rented the city turned down an offer of 6000000 for the place in 1969 since the inauguration of regional government the farm is actually within the bounds of richmond hill the tribune thursday august 9 1973 15 new residents 88 sale 88 sal 88 sale 88 sale 88 sale 88 sale 88 sale 88 sale 88 sale by mrs c milsted gormley mr and mrs john creti and family formerly of rich mond hill are welcomed as new residents to the community they have taken over the operation of the bp station at the corner of don mills rd and the gormley sideroad and have into the adjoining house mrs landon steikley underwent surgery on thursday at york central hospital richmond hill miss joan widman is holidaying in great britain mr and mrs john eyers and family of maytown pa are visiting her parents mr and mrs levi stecljey mr and mrs abram thiessen diana and john enjoyed a visit with relatives and friends in saskatchewan mr and mrs david sykes and family of wulemantic conn are holidaying with her parents mr and mrs harold tatton mr and mrs melvin henderson enjoyed a holiday weekend visit with mr and mrs ernie ross at magnetawan mr and mrs george sider of hamilton were residing with her parents mr and mrs roy brillinger for several days rev and mrs an drew meniven were guests of mr and mrs roy nigh and spent a few days at their cottage on rice lake down three teams in first round orsa by rene kennie claremont claremont team entries in the orsa contest are enjoying initial success so far claremont had downed three op ponents in the first round squirts eliminated inglewood with scores of 292 and 211 pee wee girls overpowered springbrook 120 and 11- 7 bantam boys also beat springbrook 51 and 43 a bus load of spectators travelled to support the hometown boys and girls over the weekend in these exciting second matches at springbrook midget boys won their first game against kilbride 122 but dropped the second after an extra inning 98 pee wee boys were eliminated in the first round against kilbride 206 and 153 juvenile girls were given a bye in the first round and have still to play in the or contest mr and mrs jim curtis who moved from claremont to havelock a few years ago were in springbrook sunday afternoon to see many of their claremont friends and enjoy the ball game mr and mrs gord benson and mr and mrs ken jones spent the hokiday weekend at york pennsylvania where the motorcycle hill climbs were held mr and mrs bob torrance of lakefield visited briefly with marilyn torrance and rene rennie when they brought gail and glenda torrance home after their two week holiday together the torrances were on their- way to wiarton to spend a few days with rev and mrs john torrance and see their new grandson scott mr and mrs ren royst and family were in tweed over the holiday weekend to participate in the 50th wedding an niversary celebration of mrs roysts parents mr and mrs fauncey manion mr and mrs george mckenzie and family lonnie maxwell and peter rumney have just completed a two week camping trip to upper canada village wasaga beach where they visited mr and mrs ray hill and englehart where they called in on mr and mrs harold mcconkey residents in the community were sad dened by the news that ken wallace formerly of claremont lost his life in a car accident friday sympathy is extended to mrs wallace and family relatives and friends camping at blue haven trailer camp at minden supprised mr and mrs lloyd pascoe with a party saturday to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary mr and mrs earl wilson and brian spent the weekend at the cot tage of mr and mrs art pollard mr and mrs alvin 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