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PAE2, WH[TBY FREE PRESS, WED)NESDAY MARCH 23, 19é88 THIS 80-year-old hip roof barn off Glen HillDr. will soon be removed and reeonstructed near Newtonville. Old barn will _b e reio cated An 80-year-old hip roof barn, one of the last of its kind in ths area, will soon be removed from a property beside Glen Hill Dr. in Whitby's east end to make room for commercial development. "We hate to se& it go,". says Errna Wood of the bain last used by husband Don in 1973 when hie ceased bis farin operation. But the barn will be reconstructed and .used by the new owners on a property near Newtonville. Apart from their own home and the original farinhouse behind it they now rent out to a family, the barn property is one of the last rernaining areas of their original 97.4-acre faim that occupied the southwest cor ner Of Thickson Rd. and Dundas St. E., stretching east to the hydro corridor and south to the railroad tracks. The Woods- sold their faim property to Fiîst City Developments in 1970. Toys R' Us, along, with the A&P store, were among the first deve- lopmnents to go in, later the plaza, Glen H-ili Dr., subdivisions and& more recently, the' 10-story Durhamn Christian Homes seniors apartments and the Durhamn non-profit housing subsidized apartment project. Don Wood moved to the original faim property as a boy in 1939 and was a dairy farmner for 30 yeaîs until most. of the agricultural land in the area went under vaiious types of dev- elopment. now sits; the Langmaids, on the northeast corner of Thickson and, Dundas St. E. (a Langmnaid'fai4m home stili ýromains 'near 'Cher- ney's Furniture); an&-the unused field, where Erma *would* pick wild strawberries, now home to. Woolco. _She also remembers* a clear vi ew to- Lake Ontario,, now partially. obstructed by varj*ous- building proqjeets. "We're amnong the first, once around'here who are stili here,"i she says. "We've seen a lot",of farm neighbors go." She adds that, despite the, Al- -'-A _re "We always farmed on a small cnanfls, sne anci ner lUi scale,",says Erma Wood, recalling pleased at the'. gradi there were about 24 Hoîsteins. eloépment of their formez The farmlanfd wasn't good soil by First -City. And, but "Through the years, Don ,"everything is close by," nmade it better."' to stay where they are The Woods. remember such although 'We have nE nearby faims as the Bonnettas, SEPG where the Nurse car dealership SEAE TprOperty because they plan Bfor. now, -al estate E âster Decorations! Party grass <md cellophane for your E aster Baskets! Colour Co- ordinated *NapIjns .*Plates *Cutlery *Glasses *Table Covers *Streamers *Decora tions WHITBY K-MART PLAZA (Kendalwood Park Plaza)' 1801 Dundas Street East, Whitby, Ontario