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Guy Stevenson Motors on Baldwin was a thriving dealership that employed mechanics, general helpers and salesmen to keep it running smoothly. Some residents may recall how on Halloween one of Guy’s older model cars would go missing from the lot, ending up in the creek beside Robinson’s Funeral chapel. Stevenson also sponsored the Brooklin men’s softball team which won the 1950 Ontario Championship. Noble John Guy Stevenson grew up on a farm at Highway 7 and Coronation Rd. Young Guy was interested in buying and repairing bicycles and his interest turned to automobiles as he grew up. In 1936, he married Margery Estella Diamond, a farm girl from the Warkworth area who moved with her family to Pickering where the couple met. Shortly before their marriage, Guy bought a property on Duke Street from Jerry Bailey, that had a house and garage, which is where he began selling used cars. He and his new bride, meanwhile, lived in a three-room cottage they had moved from Lake Scugog to a property across the road from the car lot. In 1939, Guy accepted the distributorship of Chrysler cars for Ontario County in Whitby and two years later he returned to Brooklin, buying a gas station at the corner of Baldwin and Way Street. He added to the building’s north end from where he managed the sale of automobiles and fuel. After selling the Duke Street properties, he purchased a farm at 57 Winchester Road. He owned it for three years before selling all but 10 acres adjoining the Brooklin park to Len Blight, who used the land for a racetrack. Guy’s sons John Guy and Phillip Richard Stevenson grew up in that house on the 10 acre lot. Today there is a communication tower at the top of the lane where the Stevenson house once stood. Eventually Guy needed a larger property than the gas station provided so in 1947 he purchased a duplex house at 63 Baldwin Street. On the south side, he rented rooms to the First Credit Union, and to a veterinarian, Dr. Black while the north side continued to be used as his sales office. He stored cars on the lot beside the house that backed onto Price Street. In 1949, Guy sold the service station to Wes Schell. Guy Stevenson Motors continued to function as a dealership until 1963 when he retired and sold the property to Fred Brown. Bored with retirement, Guy ended up renewing his license for the Chrysler distributorship and sold cars from his Winchester Road house. He also became interested in collecting antique furniture. The land on Winchester where the communications tower and park currently are, is owned by the Town of Whitby. Guy died at age 63 in 1973 and his wife Margery at age 83 in 1995. Both are buried at Groveside Cemetery ... See MoreSee Less

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Let's welcome our new members:Vinoo Kurian Thomas,Pat Bunting PaperArtist,Cheryl Anne Dingman,Melanie Bremner,Cindy Wilson,Johnny Burkett ... See MoreSee Less

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Would anyone be able to give me direction on how to look up the history of a century home in the heart of brooklin? This home in particular...it’s owned by a friend of mine and we’re interested in knowing more about it ... See MoreSee Less

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