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AUTO SERVICES .,-v.u u Eventually this property comprised three Rumtl", distinct farms, The northernmost 80 hectares were owned by the Cliff Walwork family. The middle, and largest. portion was owned by the family of Tom Clarke, while the southern section belonged to Ross Hood. Each section was known as “a string-two hundred". because they were more or less two km long stretching from one concessmn to the next; in this instance from Highway 48 to Ninth Line. The Walwork and Hood tamilies have passed away or moved from the area. Many descendants of the Clarke family are still a part of the Stouffwlle community. with some Back In the mid 18005. the land was cleared by a succession o! lamilies to grow wheat. corn. oats and peas. and to graze their cattle‘ , WATER SURPLY quarters ol a kilometre north of Aurora Road and made a right-hand turn. you would have found yoursell on a long driveway leading into a very large potato farm. The 200 plus hectare site, Wthh became Ballantrae Golf 8. Country Club. was then the domain of John Bostord and his "BIQ 8 Brand" potato farm. The real story. howl/ever. starts many years prior to Mr. Boslord's purchase of the T’IA' JUL‘ property. um “4.. SEAWAY = 905-683-1397 Water Supply - Waste Mgmt. - Vac Services dcnnissws@bellnci.ca' www.seawayw_atersupply.ca Dennis Murray 0 905-683-1397 - 24hrs COLLISIO.N CE PRIME Auraaanv - (‘()l.l.lS/()NS ' RIL‘I’AM’S 1 RIQI’IN/SHING Wells - Sod - Cisterns - Roadways - Pools Vac Services - Garbage Bin Rentals for Cleanup Pumping. Septic Tanks and Drains Water Storage Tank Rental Licenced under M.O.E About sixty years ago TAX SERVICES By Maurice Smnh if you drove on Highway 48 three From‘Farm To Fairway \lh'. u‘hk‘h ht‘ru Hullummc (iulj .Tlmmrs (fluh, I "HROOFING EXTERIORS 1: Imam ,uul hn Vargas Family Roofing I i I By the late 19605. wanting to devote his energies to a different project. Mr‘ Bostord closed down his operation and sold the land to Gus Schickedanz. Mr. Schickedanz transferred the fields trom growing potatoes to producing COMPUTER SERVICES .uuturm Over a period of time in the 19505. John Boslord consolidated his potato operatiog by purchasing all three farms. because he believed the sandy loam soil was suitable for growang his famous Idaho potato. He proved to be right. and for a time became the largest ldahb grower in Canada. branches farming property along Ninth Line In Ballantrae. The structures ol the Walwork and Hood lamily homes have 450 long Since disappeared. However the home once occupied by many generations ol Clarkes is still on Highway 48. It is a two-storey gingerbread. gableâ€"roofed. Victorian- slyle farm house at the entrance to what was once that long driveway. Built by Tom Clarke, it was not sold as part of the term. but simply passed down from generation to generation. The last Clarke Each sec (\ lit-mm- to live in the house, who knmm us " [Vi'iimli' was named Tom after his hmulicd”. h t in” 64’ grandfather, brought his bride u-cn- mun: luli. um Margaret, a local Sunday k," lung (in im «if Inlm school teacher, to the house one («man hh "Hm H in 1946. .Lu-i. .l. Zorina Kit lntcmet. gmail. social media 82‘ To Get Your Business ln'The Directory Of Services Call: 905-640-FREE (3733) or email: bstapley@sympatho.ca Directory of Services ‘rivate. inâ€"home. computer lesséns in clear simple language Ia Kit ‘ 416-209-7023 zkir@getcompmersavvy.ca"\‘ 8 Exteriors Gift cenificates available FREE ESTIMATES 647â€"993-2426 anl‘C u'm- mum or hm mm m lung slrctchmg {rum mh' L‘nncussmn m the next; "I (his ”warm: [rum Highway 48 In mlh me CONTRACTING SERVICES 'cichnigirum The Town and Region jointly installed 55m” in (he the piping which delivers the water from Hisumum’ .there to the tower on Ninth Line south Hum 481., of Musselman's Lake: it is then pumped t Ln'w. north to service Musselman's Lake and Ballantrae. With the availability of this precious resource. the Town of Whitchurch- Stouffville gave Mrt Schickedanz and his company approval to design and develop a cornm'unity in the spring of 1998. They first built the golf course and then added all the streets and homes. REAL TOR "313d M 5 L‘ Today. instead of takihg visitors to a potato Yarrn. the long driveway/now teads to a golf shop and recreation centre. The opportunity for development and the complete change of the landscape in the Ballantrae area really started when York Region. in its desire to provide pure drinking water to the residents of the Musselman’s Lake area. agreed to drill wells to supply that community, They successfully located an aquifer and in 1996 drilled two wells on the property at the northeast corner of Aurora and McCowan roads. Today. at mu um this intersection. there is a small blue and tiringâ€"um beige building which houses the equipment came the} required for drawing and pumping the water If In!“ um extracted from these “deep aquifer" wells. 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