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the tribune tfcwdiy aust ii 1966 pe i unionvilles varley village becomes scenic subdivision the scenic varley village development in unionville boasts many attractive homes of varied size and design three of the completed houses are shown here the subdivision includes 459 lots and is fully serviced a new 12room public school is currently under construction 469 homes are planned ip ipllijs wa k this cameraview of the development is looking south along krcighbff drive many of the homes on the street are already occupied staff photo the first phase of construction on the 12room parkview public school has already been completed and the hoard is hopeful that the building will he ready by early november staff photo uxionville a break with tradition has occurred within the police village of unionville from total ob scurity a whole new neigh bourhood is taking jihapc a development that in both size and population will soon dwarf the parent com munity comparatively un changed throughout much of he current century varley village as the subdivision has been named will be changed but like grandparents observing the modernisms of teenage trends unionville folk are not so sure that the change is for the better others however not quite so staid in their ways are willing to take the chance an estima ted fifty homes are already occupied others had plavs the promoters of the var ley village development were not the first to gae into the crystal ball and see the potential of this farm property clerk harry crisp of markham township re calls discussion on such a projects as far back as 1956 and municipal records show a formal application dated september iftj8 the origi nal name was victoria gar dens initial plans never pro ceeded farther than the tal king stage the idea of in stalling septic tanks rather than a costly sewer system ended its chances right in the council chambers other applicants followed but their fate was the same maxv obstacles then a gentleman by the name of john grant repre senting hengran develop ment limited came on the scene at first his ideas werent taken too seriously by markham council and planning board but he was nt easily discouraged he promised to install both a water and sewage disposal plant at no cost to the mu nicipality in addition he a- greed that the sewage plant would be large enough to accommodate not only var- dry season cuts honey crop markham a below- average rainfall is affecting nop yields throughout the area and the honey crop is no exception bycr brothers of markham report that the quality is good but the quan tity is still quite scarce the byer hives are located in the our surrounding townships of markham whitchurch vaughan and pickering in addition to sites in victoria and durham counties in spite of reduced sup plies the bycr product known for its excellence across the province will to tal more than fioooo pounds this year the average yield is 100 pounds lo the colony this season a 50 pound per colony average is expected walter lloyd and kilo bycr are in charge of the operation with erie specializ ing in the preparation and sale of comb honey the price this season is up about two cents per pound containers can be purchased at the bycr apiary in the following quantities 1 lb glass 10c 21b pail 63c 1 lb pail 125 s lb pail 215 and 30 lb pails 823 comb honey squares sell for fine no 1 and 55c no 2 one toronto man using his own containers purchased 185 pounds at one time the bycr firm has instal led a new uncapping ma chine for stripping comb honey at a cost of 500 previously this work was done with a knife there are only a few comb honey dis tributors in all of canada a real breakfast treat straight from the hoc bycr ijrothcrs of markham cll both canned and comb honey from their apiary on highway 18 in spite of an unusually dry reason they hope lo dispose of more than 50000 pounds twelve year old john bycr holds a number i sample of his fathers product staff photo ley village but all of union ville proper the township fathers began to rive the matter more serious consid eration but the problems ahead for john grant and associates were many and at one stage the whole prog ram nearly fell through but by digging a little deeper and persevering a little far ther the first few base ments were finally dug much of the property has now been resold to four main builders pearlmac homes hallmark homes sherwood park develop ment and maxsyd con struction the development when completed will in clude 46fl homes school uxpkittvay a large new school is now under construction near the cast entrance to the subdi vision and the board is hopeful that it will be com pleted early in november tentative approval has al ready been received for a wingaddition in 1167 the subdivision is beau tifully laid out in a series of crescents and boulevards the homes that range in price from 22900 to 23- 995 provide a variance in design and relieves the rowonrow of matchbox structures that are promin ent in many residential ar eas with the rough edges still to be smoothed over we predict that in spile of the past problems varley vil lage will become a develop ment of distinction in mark ham township will this residential off spring eventually overpower its parent village and force its more modern methods on its senior neighbour we dont think so its likely however that the influx of urban folk could result in the end of unionvilles po lice village status and force the formation of an extra ward this could well be a move that is already long overdue fined 25 unionville sigrid liebeck rr 1 unionville was fined 25 and costs in richmond hill traffic court friday or a charge of spee ding castbound on 16th a richvale magistrate russel pea we heard evidence mrs liebcck had been clocked through radar at 55 mph in a 30 mph zone he also heard that the signs for the 30 mph zone began about z of a mile west of where mrs liebcck was stopped mrs liebcck said she was usually a careful driver but didn see the signs public school association presents alternative plan milliken entry best in wheat cedar grove three alternatives to he markham township school area no 2 boards plan for school accommodation in septem ber will bo presented to the trustees on thursday at a meeting with representatives of the associa tion of public school supporters the alternatives were drawn up by a steering committee of the associa tion at the home of mrs lib- by mccowan cedar grove those present were david ritchie cedar grove wil liam williamson mount joy joe grant box grove mrs steve wright locust hill david wheilcr mount joy and mrs mccnwun school not ready the association opposes the boards plan to sot up a shift system at unionville until the parkview school at varley village is completed association members feel the shift system may contin ue past october 31 the date the hoard says the school will he completed they say the ifhri may not be com pleted before january 1957 the association wants the board to reconsider its pres ent plan which will involve bussing children of all grades from the southeast corner of the township to school at unionville mem bers complain some grade noisy muffler brings fine unionvule robert blough unionville paid one fine and was given time to pay ih other when he was convicted of two charges in richmond hill traffic court friday mr blough was given two weeks to pay a fine of 25 and costs on a charge of making unnecessary noise by having a noisy muffler he was charged by rc bruce kindlay about 2au am june 3fl pc findlay said bivgys car was equip ped witu a straightthrough muffler known as dyna- tone a fine of 15 and costs was paid by mr blough on a charge of failing to obey the traffic directions of a police officer laid at the same time as the charge of unnecessary noise p c kindlay testified bloughs car locked its wheel and slid by him when he motioned it to top then fi derated and went out of sight around a bend on main street one and two children will have to get on a bus at 645 am and will not get home until 3 pm joe grant felt there was some kind of manipulative attitude where someone sits behind a desk and moves people into slots without re gard to the human element the alternative plans the committe drew up arc as follows i send grades seven and kiffhl to outlying schools thai are being closed until parkview school varley village is finished this would relieve the need for shifts entirely z limit the shift system to those within walking distance and reopen suffi cient mcoinmndatton in presently closed schools lo accommodate grades one to eight in local areas limit two grades fo a room ex ample h 31 56 78 3 keep local school areas open in accommodate grades one to six similar lo whal the board has pro- following bloughs car north pc kindlay saw it parked in the driveway of bloughs home in union ville tops in oats markham bruce risebrough markham rr 2 had his russell variety of oats judged the best out of twelve entries in the mark ham fair field crop compe tition for 1965 his entry lo tailed 01 points one better than the sample submitted by kliis brit ton of clare- mont close behind in third place was stuart watson markham rr 2 the list according to the judges fin al decision is as follows bruce risebrough markham 91 kilis britton clarcmont 93stuart watson markham 02 roesor bros picketing 915 elmer harding m uk- ken 91 ken russell gorm- ley 005 gordon sellers agincourt 00 murray dun- fccld clarcmont so harry warrincr markham s5 sutherland gough milli- ken s mf farms mhii- ken sfi thos shadiock mu- liken s3 1 i posed for he northwest northcast and southwest areas send grade seven and eight pupils from nil areas to unionville on planned shift basis mv grant said the school area no 2 board was only in its second year and there are problems to maintain the goodwill of the school board the as sociation is sending copies of the alternative proposals to each of the trustees he- lore the thursday meeting markham the entry from sutherland and gough topped thirteen others in the kali wheat field crop com petition or 19fjr sponsored by the markham fair board using the genesee variety they counted qg points 1 z more than frank beckett of unionville in third place was ken russell of gormley rr 2 the official judge was r j darlington of ma ple it is interesting lo note that the top twelve entries out of j 4 used genesee seed sutherland gough mil- liken 16 frank beckett unionville 045 ken rus sell gormley 94 rccsor bros pickering 03 nigh bros markham 025 har ry warrincr markham 02 chas w hooper gormley 02 stuart watson mark ham 02 mike larkin markham 915 m f farms millikcn 01 u j bender agincourt 01 r w buch anan unionville 00 eugene lemon stouflviuc 83 da vidson bros stouffville 87 dont pass by the yards and yards of popular and fashionable fabrics now reduced to clear remember ihc early shopper makes the finest buys shop early i oneill z slnrs to rvp vnu in stolitviixk 15 main west main bast g102860 bio2855 now 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