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Irish Loyalist sold first Hill village lots By Mary Dawson Hugh Shaw. who purchased the 200 acres on the northeast corner of Yonge and Markham Road (the Crown deed being dated 1801) was another United Empire Loyalist. Although an Irishman by birth, he had spent many years in the American colonies before coming to Canada. llllLllllEWlllTWllflEllflP§ Dear editor With reference to Jim Irving's column Viewpoint From The Regional Desk in the Dec. 10 issue of The Liberal, I assume the “report” mentioned in the third column refers to a report made by the committee formed to study ocâ€" cupations programs throughout York County. Why occupations ended at King City Secondary Grants totalling almost $26,000 are being requested of the Town of Richmond Hill by 13 organizations â€"â€" but municipal staff and council's finance com- mittee chairman want the total limited to less than $7,000. Over the past 10 months, this committee, consisting of two trustees (Mrs. Chris McMonagle of Markham and myself), In 1975 council allotted $7,875 (including $750 in contingency funds) for its annual grants to non- profit groups. Ask Hill Staff and finance c h a i r m a n A n d y Chateauvert, however, recommend 1976 grants be no more than $6,505 plus a $750 contingency fund. - For next-year the total requested, including contingency, _is $6,525. Siméoe’s offer of 200 Largest single request is $15,400 for the Rich- mond Hill Youth Concert Band. 7 The recommended amount for the group is $2,100, the same as this year. Other groups receiving grants this year were the Richmond Hill hor- ticultural society, agricultural society, historical society. York philharmonic choir, Rich- vale drum corps, Remembrance Day com- mittee, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, Conference on Local Government. Salvation Army and Disaster Reserve‘ _The issue was to be discussed at finance committee and will then go to council for a decision. Holiday Garbage Collection. For Following Areas Collection for Friday, Dec. 26th will be on Monday, Dec. Collection for Thursday. Dec. 25th will be on Wednesday, Dec. 24th. Collection fat Thutsday. Jan. Ist will be Wednesday. Dec. 31st. Rural Areas Bounded by 16th Ave. to 19m Ave. - Proposed Hwy. No. 404 to Pickering Town Line. Collections normally made Thursday, Dec. 25th 8 Thursday, Jan. 15! will be made on Wednesday, Dec. 24th and Wednesday, Dec. 31st. NOTICE Served By Markham Disposal Season’s Greetings Markham Disposal 495-6356 TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL Irsday VILLAGE OF KING CITY TOWN OF MARKHAM acres of free land was rescinded when he was recalled in 1796, so Shaw had to pay for his Crown grant â€" at the rate of 10 cents an acre. He did settlement duties. which consisted of erecting a log house. making a clearing and building the road in front of his let u "‘T'B” Hap the family become established. Mrs. Shaw would set out in the staff, special education consultants, a principal and a teacher, has visited all the schools in York County that offered oc- cupations program; We also asked for assistance from the ministry of education as we felt an outside opinion would be very valuable. Although all the programs are functioning well, we found the program at King City Secondary School was limited in the number of options it was able to offer because of the small number of students in- volved (only 37). Consequently, the board decided it was in the best interests of the students to discontinue the program at King City (as of Sept. 1, 1976) and instead send these students to Don Head (Richmond Hill) or Huron InnrdertoalowMuicipalStnflflnoppaulitytoujoyfln fasfivaseasmd'anieipaIDfficeswilbadIm-im fol lowing dates: Wednesday, December 24th, 1975 at 12:00 noon Thursday, December 25th, 1975 Friday, December 26th, 1975 Thursday, January Ist. 1976 C. D. v Friday, January 2nd, 1976 ‘ Clerk. TOWN OF RICHMOND HILI. 'ie ° ?1¢uc£n NOTICE YESTER darkness of the early hours of the morning, walk to York along the half opened road â€" climbing hills and wading streams â€" to do a day‘s work for some of the gentry. With her meagre pay she would purchase groceries and carry them home, often arriving long after darkness had set in again‘ Created village Believing it was necessary to sell off the Yonge Street frontage of his lot, which stretched ‘VOBe Heights (Newmarket) Secondary Schools where programs with a wide variety of options are being offered. The board also sup- ported a recommendation that more in-service training was needed for our occupations teachers because many teachers have not had specialized training in this field. In this way, the quality of teaching throughout the region would increase and our students will certainly benefit. I hope this letter will clarify the make-up of the committee and the reasons behind the recommendations that were brought to the board. DOROTHY ZAJAC, TRUSTEE, York County Board of Education, King Township, Ont. C. D. Weidon Clerk. of the present Taylor's Jewellery Store in order that a village could be established. he divided it into half-acre lots and sold the corner one first. The next one sold was the lot to the north, the site of the present doc- tors' offices, on which the first frame building in the village was erected by Barnabas Vanderberg. from the corner to the site It was occupied as a hotel for half a century, until it was destroyed by fire. On what is now the corner of Yonge and Lorne Avenue a blacksmith shop was I P4299“ skl'rau/E M6 NEW MACHINES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL§ men like to eat the best But pay less . . . See your Neighbour LIST OUR PRICE RTX 440 $1349.00 $1099.00 Sonar 300 $1245.00 $1045.00 Sonar340 $1345.00 $1145.00 Sonar440 $1445.00 $1245.00 Ultra340 $1445.00 $1245.00 01mm $1599.00 $1399.00 Ultra 447 $1645.00 $1445.00 Laser340 $1539.00 $1439.00 Laser440 $1739.00 $1539.00 Laser440+ $1799.00 $1599.00 Above machines are brand new with full warranty and free 12 hour inspection. 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