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bob nesbitt wellknown municipal leader and farmer on the 6th concession of uxbridge township will soon be saying farewell to a property thats been retained by the family into four generations the centuryold sawmill background will be re built at black creek pioneer village other items have been donated to the uxbridgescott museum a farm auction sale will be held this saturday starting at 1030 am jim thomas decision disappoints mayor reject pine orchard store stouffville mayor eldred king has voiced disappointment over a change of heart by council thats resulted in rejection of an application to erect a corner store with apartments above in the hamlet of pine orchard the decision he told the tribune is unfortunate in that only a couple of weeks previous most members had indicated approval of the project i feel theres a place for a store in every small com munity the mayor said and where communities like pine orchard cedar valley lemonville and bloomington arent large enough to support such businesses then they should be allowed to grow to at least three hundred as far as pine orchards conqerned mayor king claims theres sufficient traffic along the vivian road to warrant a store with respect to apart ments above he feels the ap plicant would have had no problem acquiring tenants despite our energy problem there are many people who would like to move to the country he said such residents would help support a hamlet store mayor king explained that the site in question is already commercial so no change m zoning was required legion week council supported in via position claremont sept 19 26 is legion week in claremont events are open to everyone in the community the schedule of activities follows sat sept 19 at 10 am flea market and bake sale at the legion parking lot sun sept 20 at 130 pm beauty contests for miss baby legion 0 to 2 years miss junior legion 3 to 12 years and miss teen legion 13 to 19 years also guessing contests and races for all ages mon sept 21 at 8 pm bingo with prizes tues sept 22 at 715 pm kids games night wed sept 23 at 8 pm games night with darts billiards and shuffleboard fri sppt 25 at 8 pm monte carlo night and auction sat sept 26 dance and buffet uxbridge twp whitchurch stouffville received unexpected support from the council of uxbridge township last week in the municipalitys ongoing fight to keep the viarail commuter line open between the town and toronto while discussing a request from port perry mayor les parks for backing of the havelocktoronto service councillor don jackson suggested uxbridge lend its support to whitchurch-stouff- ville also many people here use the stouffville line said coun cillor jackson we should deal with it at the same time if were going to grow well need a commuter service a resolution asking that both lines be kept open was approved open house at grain elevator auction sale is end of era uxbridge twp the st lawrence starch company ltd is holding open house sept 18 and 19 v were all winners left to right karen riddell 15 of leaskdale and dick paisley 15 and harry paisley 13 both of ux bridge show off their winning dairy goats at the 117th annual uxbridge fair the three tied for first in the showmanship and type class at the site of its newly con structed grain elevator hwy 47 and the bloomington road area fanners are invited to attend the event and discuss the marketing of corn and soybeans this fall fridays open house hours are from 10 am to 8 pm saturday from 10 am to 4 pm propose drivein theatre pickering a six- screen drivein theatre thought to be the first of its kind in canada is proposed for a site near the intersection of brock road and the 4th con cession in pickering an application for re- zoning has been received from wilson century theatres limited of toronto approval is needed from the town as well as durham region and the provinces the property includes 35 acres sufficient to ac commodate 2500 cars by jim thomas uxbridge twp all auction sale saturday on the property of robert nesbitt lot 14 cone 6 uxbridge town ship concludes an era in family history that spans four generations for it was bob nesbitts grandfather also robert who expanded his holdings in 1876 and purchased 100 acres where bob and muriel now reside bobs father robert john continued the operation then passed it on to his son the farm one of the most scenic and best maintained in the district boasts a lum- bermill with a history that dates back to the mid1850s destroyed by fire around 1888 it was rebuilt at the present site and contains much of the original equipment including several firescorched beams the structure will be re- erected at black creek pioneer village more than a century spent on one property can result in collections of artifacts beyond belief some of these bob and muriel will take to their new home on the townships third concession but many will remain and be sold at satur days sale the list resembles an inventory at a local museum for example theres a horizontal handoperated grass seeder a pair of wooden rakes three cutters a cradle a sleigh manufactured by art lasher of goodwood two walking plows a pine flatback cupboard with glass doors two aladdin lamps a pine blanket box a set of pine chairs and more the auction in charge of lloyd wilson uxbridge begins at 1030 am bob nesbitt possesses an amazing knowledge of the municipality at the same time he notes the many changes that have occurred even on the 6th concession where only a few original families remain his involvement in municipal politics that began in 1954 spanned 18 years four as a township councillor eight as deputyreeve and six as reeve hes been an active conservationist and attended the first meeting held at black creek pioneer village a tree on that property was planted in his name he served on the board of fifth line united church now at the uxbridge- scott museum and was a trustee and secretary- treasurer on the board of mt pleasant school ss no 12 hes a member of the museum board and the federation of agriculture wife muriel has shared many of the same ac tivities both speak with pride of their family robert of sutton paul near little britain elisabeth at home and four grandchildren bob and muriel are looking forward to taking life a little easier they say but retirement is not the word ill be carrying on pretty much as before except i wont have sheep to feed says bob he plans to lend a hand in setting up the lumbermill at black creek and eventually may operate it certainly no one knows its operation better its part of his life single mothers babies official urges adoption durham region if singles women cant afford to keep their babies without welfare they should put them up for adoption says john dehart social services chairman for durham region after that he says the young- mothers should con tinue in school and later acquire employment dehart made his com ments in a statement regarding the regions program to help single mothers the program assists the latter in preparing for labor and childbirth and eventually caring for the child dehart said he was against paying out welfare to the mothers provincial laws should be changed so that such people should have to put up their adoption babies for at present the durham program smile single mother and infant learning experience has about 50 single pregnant girls between 16 and 19 enrolled in it durham board of health officials say it helps young mothers stay off welfare by raising their self esteem man ponder loan decision uxbridge township council has informed an area resident it will be two more weeks before it can reach a decision on whether to loan money promised him more than a year ago why cant i get it hugh clark concession 6 asked mayor bill ballinger regard- ing his 1980 request for a tile drainage loan clark who has a 200acre farm was informed last april that council had approved the 12000 request as a result he contracted out the work the money from council however hasnt been forthcoming last week mayor ballinger told clark the 1980 allocation had been made were now reviewing 1981 the mayor said total requests for assistance which he said went back to 1979 amounted to 55000 while provincial grants for the lafter totalled only 29000 mayor ballinger said a decision on its decision would f be handed down at the next meeting knows her books goodwood eleanor todd author of the uxbridge bestseller burrs and black berries has been recom mended as a successor to barbara tindall on the township library board mrs todds name was put forward by the chairman barbara murphy and received by council at a meeting last week for members con sideration all aboard charles mank of toronto engine at the history in action show held at displays his v scale waterloo traction steam the pickering museum on the weekend gregcoates j