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THE ERA The Second Section Sports News District News Entertainment years retirement have been busiest of his life so he returns to work By DON BERNARD Era Reporter Jim is going to return In the retirement the busies ye of I of the He is a member of council and townships engineering committee He announced recently he does not intend to seek reelection but hopes to join his nephew in a new business venture As councillor he is so busy on township business that his wife less of htm now than when he was In business for himself she said only half jokingly Councillor Poyntz himself Ins philosophy when talking to The Era He works for the township the same as when he be spends a minimum ft of hours a week on township business His committee Includes roads sidewalks street lighting pickup Kflll a look at the various work being done He added that dealing with is a huge pail of his job Often they are small requests that if not looked after is possible whit council has intended I i- bill I ii ii hi In way over the budgeted figure Councillor Poyntz was given He said that he likes tit deal with complaints before they grl I council and become political issues He Is known for bis quick wit at council meetings thai neve fails to bring a smile councillors and a welcome relief I those the public attending meetings Jim Poyntz started in Kes subdivide some of the Morion and Don Mills He had bought the in 198 He failed to approval for Hit plan from Township hut built a house the present Harold King larml md pond on acres of the land In he sold acres lo Harold King and in lU2 the remaining 100 acres He then built a bungalow on Church St where be and his wife presently live In Councillor joined Die Keswick Club and He also started the Optimist bingo thai year He was the moving force behind the annual Optimist the crippled children who used to come up lo his in his pond In he resigned from the Optimists doing much of the In the area Jersey and Keswick Public Schools In 1964 he says Joe Dales talked him Into running fur North Gwillimbury council He was also the general contractor fur the renovations to the Keswick arena that were completed in lltit He added that the renovations were completed in spite of heavy opposi tion polic as chair a of the founders of ibe North of Commerce in 1962 and managed l for them in within township administrate the difficulty in communication Things wont Iron themselves out until one administration off established he said There arc presently three He related how at one point the telephone in his own home ringing off the hook because a directing complaints to him Harold King Farm He also has plaques from the Optimists and from the North Arena Hoard for his work or the Keswick Arena enjoy seeing something being created he added SENECA COLLEGE Environmentalists dissect 696 acres of King Township J Fivemember youth group Is conducting vironmcntal study of Seneca Colleges King Above the group on shore Debbie Green John Komow