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page 8 the tribune thursday aug 7 1969 a minibike for a little lady bicycles come in all shapes and sizes these days but twowheelers seen on stouffville streets can match the minicycle ridden here by four year old syl via schweichert hillsdale drive musselmans lake jas thomas bells mountain home on top of history by eleanor todd goodwood if you drive north from good wood on the third cone and stop at sideroad no 25 you can see bells mountain or perhaps you know it as kettle point all who have made the climb to the top have marvelled at the spectac ular view on a clear day you can see lake simcoe a house has been built on top of that mountain nd mr and mrs keith barrie will move into it how i envy them not only for the breathtaking view from their back yard but also for the fact that they are sitting on top of history there are two stories about that remarkable hill and it seems to me that they fit together per fectly after the macken zie rebellion in 1837 a number of rebels took refuge there one of the goulds of uxbridge was said to be with them ap parently they were dis covered and left in such a hurry that there was no time to pack and for years after the ground was littered with cooking pots and kettles thus the name kettle point the other story tells how capt bell from but tons troop of mountain cavalry broke his neck when his horse tripped as he was riding clown the hill and that is why it is called bells mountain there is a story in the todd family which tells how george todds great grandfather helped chase william lvon mackenzie out of the country do you suppose that macken zie himself actually stop ped awhile on our moun tain this community was shocked to learn of the death of our township roads supt mr stan slack on friday morn ing aug i he was only 52 years old but hadnt been feeling well for some time due to his re curring bouts of asthma our heartfelt sympathy goes out to mrs slack and her four daughters mr cecil lee good woods oldest resident also passed away on aug 1 in uxbridge cottace hospital at the age of 93 he was interred at good wood cemetery a lot of people were surprised to read in the news 2 weeks ago that they had been to the bap tist sunday school picnic on a sunday it was a printing error of course the picnic was on satur day july 19 at bruce mills conservation park mr wellington yakc suffered a broken foot last week while having a baby for front st ar rived on friday aug i take note main st nei ghbors vc cot the girl on saturday julv 26 friends and neighbors on the 4 th held a going away party in the township hall for the dickinson family who will be mov ing soon to their new farm at woodville norm and merle were presented with a clock and hassock for their new home and their daughters sandra bernice and helen were each riven a lovely pin the taylor family en joyed a busy vacation at their farm near cochrane there was willis and blanche wayne and his wife anne dale walter harold bunker blanches brother lome and his wife bernice and their children and ralph and marjorie cooper ted and nancy kidd and family dropped in for a visit and there were lots of rela tives from cochrane stop ping to say hello oh yes and the black flies and the sand fleas came too and stayed the whole week mrs kathleen may took a sentimental journey by train to her old home in ogema saskatchewan earlier this summer her friends and neighbors of 35 years ago gave her a very warm welcome mrs d o r e e n bain- bridge and her daughter mrs barbara smith spent a few days in huntsville last week barb and gary st john and family arc home after a tent trailer vacation in which they visited vari ous parts of ontario and quebec charlie and annie plewes and family are home from their holiday in haliburton mrs nina machesney spent her vacation visit ing relatives in dunnville mert and bob patten- den and family enjoyed a holiday at sundridge the woodhouse family is home from their vaca tion at piecon lake young donald bell is enjoying a holiday with his sister mrs diana fcl- ton and family in sarnia when mrs rittcnhousc visited her son bill in sudbury she met an old friend mr george wynn and came home a bride her granddaughters mar guerite bainbridge and lois pattenden have re turned witii her to her new home in sundridge for a holiday the inclebv family was in goodwood recently visiting old friends and ncichbors miss cindy ingleby slaved behind for a short holiday with the yake family mrs fledda hack of toronto accompanied bv her daughter mrs e kehoe and her grand daughter and grandson- inlaw joan and jack mc- fadden of manitoba vis ited goodwood recently mrs hack was the dau- chter of mr and mrs wel lington pearson who lived in the lcm clark house so years ago her mother phrone shaver lived as a girl in the chas plewes house when it was still a log cabin mrs hack stopped to see her old home talked old times with george todd her childhood play mate and visited with mrs maude slack bill and jovce mcguck- in have moved from front street they now live in the house vacated by the harry harper familv the goodwood united church raspberry social was a success and of course it rained this seems to be a good luck omen the social will con tinue tomorrow and there will be a sale of home baking as well passes in hospital by lillian jamieson balsam mt zion mrs walter kerr passed away july 27 in scarbor ough centenary hospital she had resided most of her life on the spragge farm at balsam service was held july 30 from burns church ashburn surviving is one daughter mrs howard stiver of- unionville mr and mrs murray jones and family spent several days at a cottage near coboconk mr and mrs donald jamieson and family and mr and mrs grant jones and daughter of brooklin camped at algonquin park recently worship services have been cancelled for august 10 rev fleetham returns from vacation august 17 mrs mary hayes of lcasidc spent a recent weekend with mrs lewis jones the active service class met at the home of mrs burnett jamieson mrs jack morgan of clarc- mont showed pictures taken during her recent trip to europe and the holy land mr and mrs burnett jamieson had dinner with mr and mrs fred dob- son grecnbank mr and mrs murray jones enjoyed a trip re cently to kitchener mr and mrs ralph jones mr and mrs lloyd wilson mr and mrs dick day and mrs nova at tended the day family picnic at oro station july 19 thirty cousins of the jones family from wind sor macticr toronto ux bridge and brooklin ga thered at the home of mr and mrs lome jones july 20 for a picnic sup per century city news revenue recognized as one of the leaders 25 million in ohc projects housing units valued in excess of 25000000 have been developed for the ontario housing corporation by revenue properties company limited during the past four years recognized as one of the largest developers working with the ohc revenue projects have included the following the nearly com pleted 713 unit student housing residence located on charles street in toronto the blake street residential com plex consisting of two 14 storey apartment towers connected by a row of townhous- es a windsor devel opment of 169 townhouses t h e kennedy park project in scarboro ontar io comprising 83 single family dwellings and 192 highrisc ap artments the charles st stu dent residence con structed in conjunction with the ontario student housing corporation as well as o h c towers 20 storeys the 713 units bach elor one and two bed room suites will be rented exclusively to married students maintenance will be under the supervision of the montreal trust company on the main floor of the building there will be a 23 store shopping mall consisting mostly of speciality shops the second floor will be rented to a number of business and profes sional firms the third floor will include a nursery as well as recreational and laundry facilities more than half the apartments are now oc cupied and final com pletion is scheduled for midseptember the blake st devel opment with its two 14 story apartment towers and connecting town- houses covers eight acres and includes 460 individual housing and apartment units rang ing in size from one to three bedrooms it could be classified as an urban renewal pro ject in that it replaced run down factories and a police auto pound which has cut down the noise and air pollution in the area no houses were torn down to make way for this development it is partially occupied at the present time and will be completed by early sep tember the bloomfield road project in windsor on tario consists entirely of townhouses some 169 are now completed and occupied scarboroughs kenne- dy park project is a varied residential com plex with 83 single fam ily three and four bed room three floor dwell ing units and a 10 storey highrise building with 192 units ranging from bachelor to two bedroom apartments completion date has been set for the middle of september all the ohc rev- enue developments include large land scaped areas and ample parking facilities in most instances blake st being the ex ception revenue has assembled the land and then submitted a pro posal of development to ohc the deciding factors are design and cost with 25000000 in projects behind them revenue continues to be a leader in this impor tant aspect of housing in ontario an artists conception of the virtually complete 713 unit student housing residence in toronto the blake street complex scheduled for completion next month it comprises two 14 storey apartment towers connected by a row of townhouses revenue announces agreement with large us developer revenue properties company limited and kaufman andbroadlnc a los angelesbased developer have jointly announced that kaufman and broad has loaned 5000000 to revenue colonnade in toronto is landmark of city torontos colonnade is a top tourist attrac tion with only the new city hall ahead of it according to the people who should know the citys cab drivers the bloor st west residentialcommercial complex completed in the fall of 1963 at acost of 10000000 is owned and ope rated by revenue properties recently a couple from california and their daughter asked their taxi driver what they should see while in toronto and svithout hes itation he mentioned the city hall the colon nade casa loma and yorkville village in that order the colonnade was the first building in north america to suc cessfully combine shop ping and office rental with residential living it is currently estimated that 98 per cent of the purchasing in the colon nade is done by nonres idents of the building the colonnade archi tect george robinson spent six years design ing this unique complex on the ground floor there are 15 retail stores thesecondcon- tains almost 50 in triguing boutiques and specialty shops lending a cosmopolitan atmo sphere to the building the colonnade has several restaurants serving everythingfrom chinese food to fine french cuisine a modern 200seat theatre on the second level provides various theatrical perform ances throughout the year a language school is also in operation which again underlines the cosmopolitan atmo sphere of the building on the third fourth and fifth floors are var ious business and pro fessional offices the remaining floors contain 160 apartments ranging from bachelors renting for under 200 a month to duplexpent house apartments with private swimming pools at upwards of 2000 a month kaufman and broad has received from the families of alex j rub in and harry rubin a oneyear option to buy 28 of revenues com mon shares the management of both companies are now negotiating a work ing arrangement to de velop a mutually advan tageous long term asso ciation eli broad chairman of the board of the us firm said that the op portunities i n canada are great and revenue properties has a strong management team with important developments in progress apart from its vast holdings in residential commercial and indus trial real estate in on tario and other parts of canada revenue through its subsidiary urban properties inc also has underway pro jects in pittsburgh los angeles and other us cities kaufman and broad inc listed on the new york stock exchange is the largest publicly owned firm in the unit ed states engaged pri marily in housing it currently has 35 major developments underway in chicago detroit los angeles san francisco and paris france an editorial a panoramic view of torontos famous colonnade which the late mayor donald summcrvlllc said was a creative and imaginative answer to the pressing problem of urban renewal we have had some inquiries as to where exactly century city stands is construc tion imminent when will the proposed c cm plant be completed when will residential development begin first of all we would like to make it clear that although all the land for century city has been acquired there are certain matters of rezoning which have to be ap proved revenue properties company limited has had many meetings with the elected officials of uxbridge township and with the appropriate departments of the ontario government for the purpose of putting for ward plans and proposals for consideration and approval our goal is to obtain authority to begin construction of century city as soon as possible century city news will continue to in form you of some of the outstanding achievements of revenue properties in other parts of canada and also specific de tails pertaining to century city as they pro gress