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MEETING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION MEETING
DATE: May 16, 1988
REPORT #: WD-32-88 FILE #:
SUB,JECT: STREET NAME CHANGES
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respecfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT this report be received; and
2. THAT By-Law 86-112, being a by-law to establish a street name map and
a street name inventory in the Town of Newcastle be ammended to;
a) Change the name of the road between Lots 2 & 3, Concessions 6 & 7,
former Township of Clarke from Carruthers Road to Soper Road; and
b) Change the name of the road between Lots 30 & 31, Concession 3,
former Township of Clarke from Ochonski Road to Lockhart Road; and
c) Change the name of the road between Lots 30 & 31, Concession 4,
former Township of Clarke from Ochonski Road to Squair Road; and
d) Change the name of the road between Lots 4 & 5, Concession 5 & 6,
former Township of Clarke from Langstaff Road to Shiloh Road; and
e) Change the name of the road between Lots 6 & 7, Concession 7 & 8,
former Township of Clarke from Stafford Road to Mercer Road; and
f) Change the name of the road between Lot 33, Concession 1, former
Township of Darlington from Oakes Road to Oke Road; and
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3. THAT the Clerk be instructed to prepare the necessary By-Law for
consideration by Council at the next Council meeting; and
4. THAT a copy of this report be forwarded to Mrs. Helen MacDonald,
R.R. #1, Newtonville, LOA 1JO, Mrs. Helen Schmid, General Delivery,
Orono, LOB 1MO, to Mrs. Ray Martinell, R.R.#l, Newtonville, LOA 1JO and
to Mr. Wesley Oke, R.R. #2, Bowmanville, L1C 3K3; and
5. THAT the above noted residents be advised of Council's decision.
REPORT
1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 At its regular meeting held Monday, October 26, 1987 Council passed.
Resolution #C-843-87:
"THAT the petition and presentation of Helen MacDonald be received,
acknowledged and referred to staff for review and subsequent report
to the General Purpose and Administration Committee;
AND FURTHER THAT Helen MacDonald be advised of Council's actions"
1.2 At its regular meeting held on Monday January 25, 1988, Council passed
Resolution #C-66-88:
"THAT the presentation of Helen Schmid and the signed petition be referred
to the Director of Public Works for review and subsequent report to
the General Purpose and Administration Committee."
1.3 In March, 1988 a phone call was received from Mr. Wesley Oke advising that
the road located in Lot 33, Concession 1, former Township of Darlington
was to be called oke Road, not Oakes Road as shown on the Town's street
name map.
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1.4 At the regular meeting of Council held on Monday, July 27, 1987, Council
passed resolution #C-679-87:
"THAT' the Road Sign Map be amended to remove the name 'Hale Road'
in the former Township of Clarke and replace it with the name
'Stapleton Road' " .
1.5 On Tuesday, May 3, 1988 a meeting was held with Mrs. Helen MacDonald,
Mrs. Helen Schmid and Mrs. Wilma Martinell to discuss their requests
for street name changes. At this meeting Mrs. Martinell provided a copy
of a letter which she sent to the Town in 1987 requesting that the name
Road be of Langstaff R changed to Shiloh Road.g
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2.0 REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
2.1 Request To Change The Name Of Carruthers Road To Soper Road
2.1.1 Attachment 1 is a letter dated October 26, 1987 from Helen MacDonald
which gives the reasons for the request for the change in the name of
Carruthers Road. The reasons can be summarized as follows:
1. For over a century, since the year 1844, the Soper family owned
600 of the 800 acres of land adjoining Carruthers Road.
2. The road has been known as Soper Road by area residents.
2.2 Request To Change The Name Of Ochonski Road in Concession 3 to Lockhart Road
And In Concession 4 To Squair Road
2.2.1 Attachment 2 is a letter from Helen Schmidt giving her reasons for the
road name changes. The reasons can be summarized as follows:
1. The names Lockhart and Squair are historically significant.
2. The road has been known by these names for many years.
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2.3 Request To Change The Name Of Langstaff Road in Concession 5 & 6,
Former Township of Clarke to Shiloh Road
2.3.1 Attachment 3 is a letter from Wilma Martinell giving her reasons for
the request to change the name of Langstaff Road in Concession 5 & 6,
former Township of Clarke. The reasons can be summarized as follows:
1. The Shiloh Church, which is located at the intersection of
Concession Road 5 and Langstaff Road has served the community for
125 years.
2. At the present time the Shiloh Church is used for road directions
by the families living near the church.
2.4 Request To Change The Name Of Stafford Road To Mercer Road
2.4.1 Attachment 4 is a letter from Wilma Martinell giving her reasons for
the request to change the neame of Stafford road to Mercer Road. The
reasons can be summarized as follows:
1. The name Stafford is incorrect. it should be Spafford.
2. The name Mercer has historical significance. The Mercer Homestead
was located in Lot 6, Concession 7 and Cecil Mercer was elected
M.P. for the area in the late 1930's or 19401s.
2.5 Request To Change The Name Of Oakes Road To Oke Road
2.5.1 This request was made by Mr. Oke by telephone. THe Town's Street Name Map
has the road named Oakes Road and the street name sign was installed
accordingly.
2.5.2 The intent was that the street be named Oke Road and it appears that the
street was named Oakes Road by mistake.
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3.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 The reasons for the street name changes requested in the former Township
of Clarke can be summarized as being a desire of the local residents
to name the roads after families which have been part of the area for
many years and to recoginize road names which are commonly used by the
area residents. For these reasons, it is recommended that the road names
be changed in accordance with the requests.
3.2 The road name change from Oakes Road to Oke Road is to correct what appears
to have been an error.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee,
Walter A. Evans, P. Eng., Lawrence tseff,
Director of Public Works. Chief Ad ,in's�rative Officer.
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I have been reouested by the residents of Carruthers ?"d to
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act as snokesnerson in this matter. The ~petition to change
the nPme of Carruthers Road to Soner Popi hP s been si Fned by
51 persons , including- members of every household P lon.- the
road .
Por over a century, since the year 1841, the Soner fa=mily h•Ps
owned 600 of the SW acres of land pd joinin? Carruthers '?o<d,
at one time or another. In 1980, Kenneth and Bernice Soner
sold their Pronerty at Lot 3 , Conc . 6 .
During their years of ownership, the Soners contributed
extensively to the outlyinn communities. nshinn ton Sorer
built the corduroy road on the 7th Concession epst of Kendal .
On Lot 2, Conc . 61 Timothy Soner, 1pter folloyed by �ashinrton
Soper, onerated a shin=ale factory and. coonera€e at the Sorer
j.-ill. Len Soner kept store in Kendal for several tire;;=rs.
The Soners were some of our Toc,,-n' s earliest settlers , hpving
been Loyalists .
According to the records at the Land Titles Office , no
"Carruthers" has ever oy-ned nronert�. along the road. Furthermore ,
havin=g cons_-lted with local historians, Helen Schmid snd Sid
Rutherford , and their book "Out of the :.:ists" , the nerve is not
historically significant in Clarke Tow shin; whereas, the name
Soner is.
The road has been known by area residents as Soner Hoad, and.
at one time, the largest -portion, south of Conc . road A, was
indeed officially known as Soper Road, as I have seer_ on an
older Town man which cape from the FlanninE Offices in Hampton.
In light of these facts , we beg of Council to consider
change of name b2sed on the historical significance of the
Soner family.
Th-,nlc you.
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TO : His ':+orshin, '-'ayor John "..inters
and -:=embers of Council or Town of :Ie,,vcastle
the unde-si ned, renuest tt ;:�t tre ro d situated at Lots
2 and 3 , Sixth and -'eventh Conces,ions in Clarke To mshin
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lr. MAYOR, COUNCILLORS:
I have two reasons for_ being here this evening, the first one concerns a street
in Orono. while I was away for a month in 1986 the street in question was named
North Station Street. I have no objection to this name but would like to point
out that the street had been named for the past 10 years. when my book OUT OF
THE MISTS was in preparation it was felt necessary to give this street a name.
Therefore, it became Glanville Street after a man who had a livestock feed
business here for 38 years.
If school children use the map in my book some confusion may result!
Perhaps I should tell you the circumstance which broughtme here this evening.
On my way to Bowmanville one day I travelled east of Orono to the road known as
Ochonski road and turned south to the 5th concession. There I followed the
MOW south from the 5th to the 4th concession. On turning I noticed the sign
OCHONSKI Road and just could 60believe my eyes. This prompted me to take the
sideroad known as LOCKHART ROAD, from the 4th to the 3rd concession. There, too,
was a sign with the name OCHONSKI Road on it. It was unbelieveable.
Back in Nov. of 1979 Mr. Dunham,Director of Public Works place) a notice in the
local papers about naming the roads and streets-:and asked for any comments. I did
spend many hours preparing material for submission, correcting spelling errors, and
suggesting that we name our roads for our original or early settlers. Many roads
in Clarke now are named for these early settlers I am pleased to say.
The first map I received regarding the three roads from Taunton to Concession
3 contained the names Ochonski, Laing and Lockhart. The second map showed Ochonski,
Squair and Lockhart, as it should be in my opinion. Later all three became
LESKARD ROAD, which makes more sense thahOCHONSKI as it is now.
If the geital-rule was to name our roads after early settlers how did the
name Ochonski get on all three sideroads? It seems it would be mores appropriate
to use the names of the settlers who contributed to the community. WHAT RIGHT DO
THE PEOPLE AT HAMPTON HAVE TO REPLACE A NAME wHICHIAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, THAT IS, LOCKHART RD. !
Some of the comments of the people were very interestingwhen I talked with
them. One lady said she called a plumber in Orono and said she lived on Lockhart
Road but it had a new name she could not pronounce. He knew where Lockhart Road
was located of course. Everybody does! Other people said they not on Iy could not
pronounce Ochonski but could not spell it, May asked, who is Ochonski -:anyway?- -'
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h readn articl� in May of 1985 whereby Councillor Hamre requested that the
name Ochonski not be eliminated from the one road east of Orono when it might
have become Leskard Road. Now we have Ochonski on three roads-a3nd an established
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PETITION TO CHANGE NAME OF ROAD FROM OCHONSKI
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road between lots 30 & 31, Con. 3 to 4)
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All residents on this road request that it return to its original name LOCKIIART RD.
Had more time been available one could double the number of names by surveying the
residents of concession 3 near Lockhart Rd.
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ATTACHMENT 2
PETITION TO CHANGE NAME OF ROAD FROM OCHONSKI to Squair, Leskard,
I Laing or even Lockhart Rd.
(road between lots 30 & 31, Con. 4 to 5) North
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The families of Cashin, Gibson, Card, G. Woodbeck, Doug Ferguson did not
care and had no opinion!
The MAJORITY wish another name other than OCHONSKII and, as they said, "ANYTHING
BUT OCHONSKI"
3 prefer LAING RD.
1 prefers LESKARD RD.
prefer SQUAIR RD. (the original pioneer family)
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thi "Littlr�" ,`uci ly �iti.n * !�rtck to
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t•'or zt':i> mr.ny ft' f::«,ilies
L.tr,]! i ,:].Ori' the north aide of c<,nces >ior, !r7, nE? road
110:':%""lrf' E'('.r 10t`.: 4 ° 5 from concession 7 northcould retain
the 1.?r;r:ST.al r,,.cme i'r)r the m;:..ny early i)ionecrs who cl`,)-,e this as
a --,od rl^ce to settle. The south portion of tha ro,',d from
conce lion 7 south to the 5 concession should be renamed ',�}{ILOH
load after the church v.hich sits on the corner of the 5th cone.
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er.t their is a. mo emPr.t in the T0'J-'r; Of i.e::cc:::tle to
.,_.'!P t0'';•' nr n�;•,nml r,t rl(>ci.�rn:ted for their historical Value
-c ..e -..c^t '_.t ;o n.-- 'e ri.n obli ation to creserve of a
c;,urc;; ± , t h?s ;er•:c'(j the corimunitV for 125 ;!ears, that wa- a
fr t'Oi_�;t Our =?rly :zettlers l.iv-- FinCt iZ5 a
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.,r?il.?.es liv inr near the church,
of tr,e r"".;z'.nP Prap for ')urhar county in IR61 is
of the retitlon stlhTltted to co`-;ncil
l_Ctorer.
Yours sincerly
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Glarre `io::nshin.
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:::1t1on for SHIU)n tcGl',U _
si.jrnaiure of concerned citi7.er.s written below, wish to �
add thair sut)port to the roar? n tm(, ch tnFe to be d iscussed on
October 5. The name L•anrstaff 'oad has no relationship to this
road and Shi1d\Church is si.tusrted at the very ber.jnnif)P. of
t'-is road refore we ask that this change of name Le
;ven serious consideratior.
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Road Name change from Stafford to Mercer Road
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Ti,c o: _?innl name was "Spa ford" and was incorrectly changed to
"Staf£o_d" on the road allowance between Lots 6 and 7
Concession 7.
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This road allowance on Lot No. 6, Concession 7 is the site of the
Mercer Homestead, and was the birth place of Cecil Mercer who was
elected as M.P. for the area in the late 1930's or 1940's.
A brother, Roy Mercer retained the family farm until retiring in
1966. William Mercer, another brother, started a trucking
business, transporting farmer's livestock to the Toronto Stock
Yards, and he also ran the General Store and Post Office in
Kendal. Members of the Mercer family still reside in the village
j of Kendal.
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I believe we have an obligation to preserve the history of our
area , and what better way to do it, than to name a road allowance
after a family who contributed so much to the area.
A petition can be easily obtained from the immediate residents of
Kendal and should you wish confirmation, you can phone Helen
Coureau at (416) 983-5873.
A photocopy from the Registry Office is attached for your
Convenience.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Ray Martinell,
Concession 6 Part Lot 4
Clarke Township
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