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mdwildiife the tribune thursday december 1ot u by art brigggjude thats a fine tree you picked out terry old gramps offered as be leaned forward to have a betterlook- and its a spruce which to me is the real old canadian christmas tree it reminds me he con- untied of the trees we used to have when i was a boy and we lived up in haliburton the young lad picked up another shiny ornament and as he tried to make up his mind exactly where to hang it his grandfather rambled onya know there was one year when we very nearly didnt have a christmas tree answering his own question the old man carried on yup no tree and all because of a neighbours christmas tree ten year old terry stopped his trimming and turning a puzzled young face towards gramps said simply i dont get it why wouldnt you have a tree just because of the neighbours christmas tree well said the old fellow if youll go get my pipe and baccy from the kitchen window sill ill tell ya how- it happened the young lad headed for the other room thinking all the while he probably would have heard the story even if he hadnt run the i errand but he liked the sweet smell of the newly lit pipe and it somehow seemed to add a little zest to hisgrandfathers tales lets see now he said after duly using up several matches that was a bad winter that year snow came early and piled up high by christmas we were having a hard time getting out with the teai and sleigh of course the minnicosh road was just a lane in those days not like the highway they got up there nowby this time terrys younger sister marlene was leaning out the kitchen doorway a damp dish towel still hanging on her arm the old man beckoned her to him and began again tte macavoys lived abbula mile from us on the same route and except forold- chief pattuthe jsext closest neighbour was jim mains place or on the buckhorn trail never used to see much of j the chief he lived alone in a little log cabin down closer to the lake he trapped some and fished some but kept pretty well to himself my dad said he got tangled up with a bear one time and it left him with some bad scars was he a real indian chief little marlene asked her wide eyesshowing visions of a feathered headdress nobody really knew grandpa answered some said he was a hereditary chief but most folks figured he inherited the name mainly because he was the last indian left in the area i guess when youre the only one youre the chief alright the macavoys were good people gramps said but they had one boy the youngest who always seemed to be in trouble why it was that very christmas im talking about that young- teddy got to playing with a candle while the others entertain seniors by jennie johnson fy glen major the ladies auxiliary of pine grove church visited the residents of daheim nursing home dec 12 after serving cookies and tea they entertained with a christmas program and v carol singing mrs ralph faulkner and mrs charles fiss visited with mrs clinton neville in toronto the johnsons were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs paul spituer mr and mrs ossie gill attended the port perry baptist church christmas banquet in solina mr and mrs roy griffin travelled to new brunswick on the weekend to visit his mother mrs griffin sr observed her 94th birth- day dec 19 mr and mrs- paul baiter and daughter and mr andmrs john eoery and family of miss- bsauga enjoyed dinner sunday with mr and mrsjim jones were out doing the chores in a flash be had the tree on fire and within a few minutes the whole house was ablaze the old man paused as if to let the lesson imprint on their young minds then he continued dad and i were just going out on the snowsboes to cut our own tree when the macavoys arrived with the bad news they had nothing left from the house only the clothes they stood up in and young teddy wrapped in a burlap horse blanket of course the christmas tree was forgotten the old man said all thoughts were to get our neighbours in out of the cold gramps struck yet another match and as the blue smoke curled towards the ceiling he resumed his tale that christmas eve we spent on the floor with the neighbour kids while their parents took our beds upstairs i can remember my mother coming down to see if we were warm enough and putting another log in the big woodstove my sister asked her who was crying upstairs but she put her flnger to her lips and said it might be the wind you hear though we all knew it wasnt the old man hunched his shoulders and put one foot up on the nearby stool when ya think back he said us kids were kinda selfish cause in spite of everythin we still hoped wed have some sort of christmas and ya know by golly we did but you had no tree terry questioned while marlene supported her brothers queery by adding thats right no tree listen grandpa almost whispered guess who was up first that morning why young teddy thats who and in a matter of minutes he had everybody up with his hollering i can still see him by the window pointing out and yelling hes come hes come santa claus has come why us kids thought he was just up to more of his capers til my kid brother went to get him back in bed and instead started carrying on the same way and would ya believe grandpa continued out there tied to the porch post was a real honesttogoodness christmas tree and it had some treats on it too he said motioning to the spruce tree terry had been dressing why there was a pair of rawhide mitts lined with rabbit fur hanging there and a couple of pouches of hazel nuts two little canoes made of birch bark and three necklaces strung from beads and acorns there were even three whistles cut from hollow twigs and a tiny bow and arrow which we had to keep away from teddy and about mid morning jim main rode up on a horse and said he was going to round up al fox and hugh woodlin to come over tomorrow and fix up part of the barn for living quarters til spring he said that would hold ya til tbeydhave a bee and put the house back up v the old man paused and ran a leathered 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estimates advertise weekly the expropriations act notice of application for approval to t expropriate land v 5 in the aaatter of an application by the regional arvmlcipaliiy of york for approval to expropriate lands and ifiteresisinlanrjsdescrlbedlnschedulesaarklbriereto in the towns of markham and whltchurchstouffvllleall in the regional municipality of york formerly in the township of markham in the county of york for or in connection with r 1 the widening and reconstruction of regional road no 3 kennedy road in the towns of markham and whlt- churchstouffville from approximately the north limit of the former police village of unionville to approximately 3000 feet southof regional roadnovm stouffville road and 2 the construction of a bridge to carry the widened kennedy road over the bruce creek notice is hereby given that application has been i made for approval to expropriate the lands and interests in lands described in schedules a and b hereto any owner of land in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether- the taking of such land is fair sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the ex propriating authority shall so notify theapprovlng authority in writing a in the case of a registered owner served personally or by registered mall within thirty days after he s served with the notice or when he is served by publication within thirty days after the first publication of the notice b in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner within thirty days after the first publication of the notice the approving authority is the council of the regional municipality of york box 147 newmarket ontario the regional municipality of york l3y 4w9 robert n vernon amct cmc regional clerk v 42 bayview avenue newmarket ontario l3y4w9 notes 1 the expropriations act provides that a where an inquiry is requested it shall be conducted by an inquiry officer appointed by the minister of justice arid attorney general b the inquiry officer i shall give every party to the inquiry an opportunity to present evidence and argument and to examine and cross- examine witnesses either personally or by his counsel or agent and ii may recommend to the approving authority that a party to the inquiry be paid a fixed amount for his costs of the inquiry not to exceed 200 and the approving authority may in its discretion order the expropriating authority to pay such costs forthwith 2owner and registered owner are defined in the act as follows owner includes a mortgagee tenant execution creditor a person entitled to a limited estate or interest in land a committee of the estate of a mentally incompetent person or a person incapable of managing his affairs and a guardian executor administrator or trustee in whom land is vested registered owner means an owner of land whose interest in the land is defined and whose name is specified inan instrument in the proper registryland titles or sherlfffs 4a c office and includes apersonshbwnasatenantof land6niv the lastrevised assessment roll 3 the expropriating authority each owner who notifies the approving authority that he desires a hearing in respect of the lands intended to be expropriated and any owner added as a party by the inquiry officer are parties to the inquiry this notice first published on the 20th december 1979 schedule a lands required infee simple 1 land in the town of markhamtn the regional municipality of york formerly in the township of in the county of york and being composed of those lands designated as parts on plans deposited lnthe land registry offlcefor the registry division of toronto boroughs and york south all according to the following table lots concession plan parts 31 5 64r7645 1234 31 6 64r7645 78 26 5 64r7644 2 27 5 64r7644 3 4 5 28 5 64r7644 6729 29 5 64r7644 v 8910 30 5 64r7644 1112 28 6 64r7644 141617 2829 6 v j 64r7644 r 1 29 6 64r7644 19232425 30 6 64r7644 262728 2122 5 64r7643 1 24 25 5 64r7643 2 21 6 64r7643 3 22 6 64r7643 4 23 6 64r7643 5 24 6 64r7643 67 25 6 64r7643 64r7637 8 9 17 18 5 2 19 5 64r7637 3 20 5 64r7637 4567 16 6 64r7637 10 17 6 64r7637 11 18 6 64r7637 12 13 14 15 19 6 64r7637 17 20 6 64r7637 18 2 land in the town of whltchurchstouffvlllejn the regional municipality of york formerly in the townshlpof markham in the county of york and being composed of those lands designated as parts on plans deposited in the land registry office for the registry division of toronto boroughs and yorksouth all ac cording to the following table if lot concession plan part 32 5 64r7645 5 33 5 64r7645 6 33 6 64r7645 10 3 land in the town of markham in the regional municipality of york formerly inthe township of markham in the county of york and being composed of part of lot 30 in concession 5 of the said town designated as part 1 on a plan deposited in the land registry office for the land titles division of toronto and york south as no 66r10103 4 lands partly in the town of markham and partly in tne town of whitchurch stouffville in the regional municipality of york all formerly in the township of markham in the county of york being composed ofpart of lot 31 in concession 6 in the town of markham and part of lot 32 in concession 6 in the town of whltchurchstouffvllle designated as part9on a plan deposited in the land registry office for the registry division of toronto boroughs and york south as no 64r7645 scheduled y lands required for an easement or rights in the nature of an easement to enter upon use and occupy the said lands for and in connection with the demolition and removal of a structure v p i land inthe town of markham injhe regional municipality of york formerly in the township of markham inthe county of york being composed of part of lot 24 in concession 6 of the said town designated as parmo onaplan deposited in the land registry office for the registry division of toronto boroughs and york south as n064r7643 v- l