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pa- m the tribune tijurslay february 3 1972 harry wellman 90th birthday helped run altonas halfway house glasgow its been a good many years since harry wellman worked with his parents james and sarah wellman in the old hotel on the four corners of altona the location was a kind of half-way- house half way between stouffville and claremont livery men with their horses and rigs would stop by on their way to and from the two com munities on sunday jan 30 harry wellman now a resident at fairview lodge in whitby celebrated his 90th birthday the altona hotel was licenced mr wellman recalled and since stouffville was dry the site was a popular place par ticularly at night it was popular too with travellers usually landing in around mealtime an adjacent shed could ac commodate up to ten horses a gallon of oats cost ten cents we never had any trouble mr wellman said they were all real gentemen in his time there he only served one woman ladies didnt drink in those days he joked harry wellman was born at headford in the former twp of markham he at tended headford public school going out to work on district farms at an early age he can recall earning 50 over a period of seven months later he lived north of victoria square in stouffville and glasgow names like christie armstrong shine davis and george storey are familiar to him christie and i used to be great pals he said peg martin son of the onetime operator of stouffvilles mar tins hotel is also a resident at fairview harry wellman has a sister marv she is 8l without complaining about his present residence mr wellman readily admits theres no place like home friends wish him a happy birthday request pit site approval pickering twp hd mcarthur of stouffville has requested permission from pickering twp council to operate a wayside gravel pit at lot 2 cone 9 near the uxbridge whitby townline approval reeve john williams pointed out would mean that the municipality would have no jurisdiction over enforcement of infractions or of rehabilitation how ever if mr mcarthur wished to purchase the property and operate the business he would be required to approach planning board and ask for a change in zoning the reeve said the applicant did not favor the later procedure claiming it long and expensive he questioned pickerings need for additional gravel and the benefit of acquiring the aggregate so close at hand he said the content was of very high quality meeting all specifications mr mcarthur was harry wellman formerly of glasgow and now a resident of fairview lodge whitbv celebrated bis illllli birthday jan 31 jas thomas accompanied by mrs margaret holder also of stouffville she said she had an option on the site an area she described as an open gravel pit ten years ago she said she hoped to reclaim the property and build a home there for gourmet meals made to your own individual tastes lunch 1130 am 130 pm dinner 530 dm 8 pm 9 pm lri sal sun phone for menu consultation and dinner reservations 9 anr 8 pm 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