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535-03 Page 75Sweaburg uncertain of effects of growth By WAYNE MacPHERSON Free Press Woodstock Bureau SWEABURG — Residents of the 50-family hamlet of Sweaburg are about to share their quiet country living with new neighbors who will be working in adjacent urban areas. Mrs. Gordon Wiseman, who operates a fam. fly general store, said many residents here have had reservations about the change for some time. A growth spurt Is anticipated In the hamlet, two miles southwest of Woodstock, with a 138- lot Oxford Heights subdivision just starting to open up. Wilfred Millard of Millard and Wilkins Ltd., developers of the 70-acre parcel of land he for- merly farmed, said one house has been started In the 62-home first phase of the devel. opment. lie estimates 15 houses will be started each year. Mayor George Jakeman of South-West Ox- ford, who lives to the northwest, feels two phases could be completed in two years, de. pending on the economy. Sweaburg is already growing, Mr. Millard said, with about 13 or 14 new homes added over the past five or six years. Lots with a minimum frontage of 100 feet are being offered in a subdivision which has a five -acre park. Three acres of it are wooded. Mayor Jakeman said many of the new resi. dents will find employment in neighboring ci- ties and towns. The newcomers, he said, should help an already -active athletic club in the village. Mayor Jakeman said the acreage is too rough for farmland an/,would best be used for a subdivision. Construction of a new Wiseman store will be a big boost to the community, too, Mayor Jakeman said. Gordon Wiseman, owner of the Sweaburg General Store and operator of the Gordon Wiseman Ltd. gravel business, said the new store is scheduled for opening in about a month, replacing the old one in the centre of the community. . The business has been owned by the Wise - mans since 1939 and can be traced back for 70 years, but the store may be twice that old, Mr. Wiseman said. He has seen early pictures with horses tied out front to a hitching rail. The rail was still there when he bought the business. The old store is being torn down to make way for changes in the county road extending south from the main intersection. Although probably originally constructed on private property, the store is now on part of the road allowance. About 26 school children wait at the front step to catch their bus each morning, taking shelter during ralnv ueriods. Sewage system defended Plan termed non- polluting, 0,eJ.If�- fy9d' Free Press Woodstock Bureau this was In the works at an earlier stage, Mr. sewage or water systems, the site would not pro- Clifford said. be developed, Mr. Clifford said. INGERSOLL —Misinformation about a P Douglas R. Barker of London, consulting en- County council at its Oct. 15 meeting de- posed mobile home park in South-West Oxford gineer with the Kleinfeld Group of urban and ferred consideration of a planning committee Township was given to Oxford County council regional planners, said an aerobic sewage recommendation for approval of the develop - Wednesday, Barclay Clifford, a partner in Ox- treatment plant is being considered. It is a ment plan, 1,000 feet southeast of Ingersoll, ford Home Estates of Russell Clifford and self-contained sewage treatment system with until hearing from the developers. Represen- Son, said Friday. a connecting tile bed. tatives have arranged to speak at the Oct. 29 The developers are not planning a sewage 1 don't envision any pollution will ever take county council meeting. lagoon system as Mayor Gordon B. Henry of place," Mr. Barker said. Mr. Barker said a report is expected from Ingersoll said at the council meeting, although Should there be any problem with the the ministry of the environment after an In- quiry from Ingersoll Public Utilities Commis- sion about possible effects of a well in the*. trailer park on the Ingersoll PUC well. He said the developer's responsibilities will include sewer and water systems, storm drains, garbage collection, roads and snowplowing. The province is considering legislation which would make the municipality responsi- ble for mobile park services. have expressed interest Barker 7 rest ingettingintorthes101-unit mobile home park. Leasing agreements with home owners must ,r R have both owner and township council appro- val. . .µ b Mr. Clifford said the property is not viable �u - _-•.• ,5 „ -,., �� for farming. Part of it, he said, was included in an earlier application by Ingersoll for an- nexation from the former West Oxford Town- BflTL ER'`°"� € ship. 41, a ' i ', ' vi f , Fa. , -X.{ t R if Mica t ��-•v I,y,. '. f.r ❑tlN t M.. H1ixAU � 116 �, r a' t , t �• r ti t - r i v 150 5 E} v 1 1 . a 1 c. Work is nearing completion on the new Beachville fire station, located at the outskirts of the village on West Hill Road. The /f Cis for the project 1. R.M. Weigel and Son Building $47,000 structure will house two new fire trucks, and replaces the ontractor Limited, Ingersoll. The sod -turning ceremony for the old station destroyed by fire in May of this year. General ' 7S new station took place Aug. 15. It will be designated South-West Oxford Fire Hall No. 3.