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minor hockey registration sept 830 wribum antique exhibit markham arena sept 678 wkstchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday sept 6 1973 r- going i going i gone the call of the auctioneer is becoming a familiar echo in the markham east area as old established farming families sell off their stock and implements uproot themselves and move off to make way for urban cedarwood on saturday an auction marked the end of three generations of continuous farming on the property which belonged to kenneth and gordon reesor 3 miles from markham their father wilbur who is now 91 settled on the farm with his family when he was two years old wilbur reesor was 2 years old when he first celebrated his 91st birthday two days after came to live in the old farmhouse in the saturdays auction background the venerable gentleman sheila mcleod did greatgrandpa really sleep here katherine and her twin brothers mark and paul reesor seem doubtful about the comforts of the old iron crib they are the grandchildren of gordon reesor sheila mcleod not the time or place for snowshoeing with temperatures up to 90 and the field covered in dry stubble but a foresighted bidder bought the oversized footwear held here by jillann murray left granddaughter of kenneth reesor and her friend sheila mcleod town ruddy deadlocked over townhouse scheme public not keen on cedarwood participation pickering the provincial government wants public participation in the planning of cedarwood city but the indication at a meeting held in st georges anglican church pickering thursday was that the invited public was not so eager to cooperate the 34 group represen tatives who attended the meeting were told by larry forester director of the north pickering community development project that the purpose of the forum was to gain information for the planning of economic social and physical growth and how the community will affect markham stouff- ville whitby scarborough and pickering we have recanvassed the entire area to ensure any areas that were missed have a chance to represent their groups and we want the views and criticisms of participants to provide a basis for ongoing discussions ex plained mr forester the project team will prepare a series of three reports and the final to be readyatthe r end of 1974 will be present ed to the province this final report can also be changed before any recommendations are made to the government he said public debate was sparked when the table of group representatives asked to complete a questionnaire that would be used in planning the project you have not advised us as to why this political decison was made and its useless to fill in this questionnaire said john mackie president of the west rouge ratepayers association mr mackie pointed out that the project director had not defined the term urban sprawl used as one reason for the establishment of cedarwood the project claimed that cedarwood would stop metro toronto from expanding fur ther along with the provinces announcement of the parkway belt you dont need to sell cedarwood to me if its a good idea in the first place it will sell itself said mr mackie charging that the project is a political ploy i refuse to participate in this scheme and you fellas should go back to the govern ment and tell them our feelings declared john livingstone of rr 1 locust hiil after the project director attempted to calm the locust hill resident mr livingstone cried if your house was being taken away from you its not just a hangupif it hap- penned to you youd know what its like i understand you people are upset and have strong feelings said mr forester but this is only the first stage in planning after a year and a half in an interview during a break in the meeting isabel thompson of whitevale said pickering residents have not been given satisfactory reasons for the necessity of cedarwood i challenge the fact that the province claims that cedarwood isnt simply an extension of metro said mrs thompson she agreed there is a desperate need for housing however it is unnecessary to take prime farmland to ac comodate it were fighting two levels of government against the airport and cedarwood she urged although no decisions will be made at these sessions a third meeting has been called for sept 12 at 8 pm at whitevale unionville peter riddy of village in the valley realty and the town of markham planning committee just cant seem to reach a compromise for a townhouse development on carlton road mr ruddy appeared before the committee tuesday in an attempt to gain approval for a 33unit townhouse scheme block 1 for a second time following the towns original consent to a 26unit development in march the planning department had previously refused the applicants request for increased housing units we had agreed to 26 units because they provided more park space but our department finds the site becomes tighter with 33 explained planning director bill power mr ruddy told the com mittee that the original builder bramalae developments refused to construct the dwellings and the contractor completed plans that call for 33- units or 15 units per acre which conforms to the towns bylaw the site comprises 226 acres you have to consider the feelings of the people living there the living area rather than increasing parking facilities he said this open space youre talking about is parking lots not where people can take their guests to sit and have a drink we comply with your standards and then you go and change them charged the representative its the principle of the thing councillor harry crisps motion to approve the new plan was defeated and the committee agreed to refer the proposal back to the planning staff to come up with an agreeable scheme markham in his second report ward 6 councillor ron moran stresses the urgent need for more park lands in this rural area which comprises about half the town of markham the report reads as follows once upon a time a man had a dream happily this dream came true it was in 1892 when win nipeg had a population of 29411 that george f carruthers as a member of council recom mended that a large tract of land be bought for a city park in 1903 mr h sandison chairman of the parks board again took up the issue and in 1904 the city purchased 283 acres of woodland and prairie along the south side of the assiniboine river for 39963 later a zoo was added then a pavilion formal gardens cricket grounds bandshell picnic area eating shelter palm house further land was donated and purchased to bring the park up to its present 375 acres today it is worth 5vfc million what has all this got to do with ward 6 plenty because no long range plans were made for the thornhill area of the town of markham council recently had to pay over 900000 for less than 15 acres of course we all have to pay our share of this in our taxes councillor moran estimates there are 4300 residents in ward 6 and the only public park is a fiveacre parcel in victoria square the rest of the town has 267 acres of parkland therefore ward 6 should have another 262 acres just to be equal based on area although bruces mill- conservation area offers 27h acres of park and nature trails it is used by many metro toronto people and the authorities do not allow- any organized sports there i propose that council should acquire 50 to 60 acres in ward 6 right now farmland prices are as low as they will likely ever be again and the provincial government had indicated our area as a green belt what better way is there a member of council told me that farmers and estate residents have open space i replied that a field of corn is not a park and if residents of ward 6 are paying their share for parks they too can expect to enjoy a park without having to drive for miles councillor moran will present his report to council at its next meeting try team ministry markhamin september 1973 members of the combined parishes of christ church stouffville and st philips unionville will launch an exciting experiment which is being watched with interest by other churches in the toronto area and by the bishop of toronto the rt rev lewis s garnsworhty the new concept is the brainchild of the innovative rector of stouffvilleunionville rev fred e miller traditionally small anglican parishes like those of most denominations have had a single clergyman whose par ticular tastes and talents tended to shape parish life and ac tivities under the new scheme stouffvilleunionville will have no fewer than three ordained clegty supported by experienced laymen each of the clergy will bring his own special abilities to the complex task of leading a modern parish and each will concentrate on particular aspects of parish activities although all three will be available to parisioners in case of need the new formula will be in effect for a trial period of two years and will then be evaluated and modified as required bhilffl penelope mcgregor centre of union villa celebrated her 100th birthday friday one day early with the help of residence staff ad ministration of the villa along with invited guests during a luncheon she was presented with a plaque by attorney general dalton bales her relative by marriage and a dozen red roses by mayor tony roman when asked what t felt like to be 100 she replied youll jnst have to experience it mrs mcgregors sod nd daughterinlaw mr and mrs robert mcgregor accompany her while cutting the cake michael gerhardt