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the tribune thursday april 201978 s senator david reesor founder of the markham economist built this home at 166 main st in 1873 the senator only lived in the house for three years and it is now the dixongarland funeral home john montgomery historical homes home built by economist founder senator david reesor house by merilyn mckelvey this article is part of a series of articles on t buildings in the town of markham david reesor is one of markhams most famous native sons born in the township in 1823 he was a grandson of christain and fanny reesor among the earliest pioneers of the area from pennsylvania appointed a magistrate at the age of 26 david reesor founded the markham economist newspaper later to merge with the sun in 1856 it was a reformist paper and reesor used it to outline his ideas and policies when he ran for political office reesor was elected to represent the people of the township at all levels of government he was a member of the markham township council york county council and the kings division of the legislative council of canada from 1860 to the year of confederation with confederation reesor was appointed by prime minister john a macdonald as one of canadas first senators he subsequently retired as a newspaper publisher and sold the economist to henry ryan corson it was during his years as a senator in 1873 that reesor built a new home at 166 main street north in the village of markham the roundheaded windows suggest the italianate style of architecture on the north side a porte- cochere provides protection to travellers getting in and out of their vehicles the house at 166 main street north served as the senators home for only three years for in he and his wife jemily mcdougall moved to rosedale toronto who says an annuity has to have a fixed premium aik your sun lite agent lo explain the features ot the new flexibly premium retirement annuity such as adiustable premiums interest and annuity rate guarantees waiver of premium upon disability and cur rnt lax deductions into the bargain heinz daues clu insurance arfncy ltd 9246674 sinlife 3 where he lived to the age of 79 the reesors children included augusta coburn jessie holmes annette reesor william d reesor and nellie stinson later owners of the reesor house were mr and mrs arnot cournans the house had been divided into three apartments when mr dixon bought it in 1957 it is now the dixongarland funeral home with an apartment on the upper floors the main rooms are receiving rooms and a chapel and garage have been added to the rear of the original house the fireplace and mantel can be found in the living room and most of the moulding still graces the doorways baseboards and windows an ornate quarter round staircase winds up from the central hallway io the second floor retirement the fourth quarter satisfactory af fordable housing is high on most mature folks priority lists it runs in third spot judging from my fan mail next to general money matters rising food prices inadequate pensions and such and health and sex after sixty this week i get back to our shelter for seniors series by starting a study of modular socalled mobile housing modular housing communities have little or nothing in common with trailer camps and those recreational vechicles rvs you pull trailers or drive motorhomes the only thing mobile about the modern modular home is that first and only trip it takes from factory to a permanent site mobile housing ranges from barely by leslie holbrook- adequate to the latest in luxury living at prices below what you would pay for similar ac commodation in a con ventional singledwelling home there is evidence to support the developers sales pitch that you can buy two modular homes with the proceeds from the sale of your old family home thus having the best of two worlds canada in our warm- weather months the sunny south in winter older couples tell me how they have done just that and report on the joys of mild temperatures the year round but it is becoming more difficult to do this as mobile home prices keep going up seemingly at a faster rate now than increasing values of conventional housing currently that winter home in the south can be particularly costly my wife and i have just examined april 1978 an excellent florida mobile home community for adults only canadian owned and operated prices started at a basic 22990 and ran to 57000 for the top model its a bit like buying a car because to these basic prices there are ad ditional costs for flordia rooms bay windows shutters dishwashers etc to those prices you had to add 13 per cent in april to compensate for the shrinking canadian dollar and a 4 per cent state sales tax then you have to furnish the home it is not practicable to move many of your canadian belongings down i estimate 5000 for this but you could trim it quite a bit if you stuck to essentials monthly ground rent and maintenance ran from 100 to 135 there are of course less expensive mobile homes which many 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