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THURSDAY, APRIL 6th, 1939. RICHMOND HILL Agricultural Society Extends Greetings and Best Wishes to THE LIONS CLUB 90TH ANNUAL SPRING FAIR SATURDAY, MAY 20th, 1939 Write for Prize List Now Ready Entries invited for Farm Improvement Competition and Crop Competition in Oats For full Particulars apply to J. E. SMITH, Sec., Richmond Hill, Ont. H. P. CHARLES, Pres. i i i i l 0=0=O=°=0=0=0=0=0fl i i l l l Graduate Canadian Horological Institute ‘ Box 254 JERRY SMITH Watches and Clocks of All Descriptions . Repaired Designer & Constructor Designer and of above Constructor ‘ Twentyâ€"oneJewelled of above Eight-Day Watch Chime Clock 30 Yonge Street - Richmond Hill, Ont. SERVICE -- The Will to Serve While giving full expression to the inherent, DESIRE TO DO, quickly develops a spirit of altruism which, in the final analysis, is the most important element in social advancement. It gives an orderly‘ balance to life because it provides for the free operation of the fundamental law 'of mutual understanding. “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” IN THE INTEREST OF THE LIONS CLUB 85'J a picture. THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, UNTARIC _â€"__â€"-â€" =Ol=10=0=0=0==0=°=°=0 I (By Lion Fred Hoover) tion. I happened to mention that I lived in Richmond Hill. At once one person spoke up saying “Oh yes, lthat is the. place with the bumpy lmain street." Another one said “It "is also the place with the lovely itrees along the street." Our bumpy unlpaved Main street is now a thing i | l I Some years ago while on a vaca- l I a number of the fine shade trees mentioned above. people form impressions of the coin- munity in which we live. iof the past and along with it went l i There are at present quite a large, number of beautiful trees in the place to mention a few of them. The most outstanding group is perhaps those rows of spruce, leading from Yonge Street \back to Mr. Angle’s residence. 'Mr. Henry Moyle’s house make quite A little farther south is a very large elm in front of Mrs. Mason’s home. Then there are the birch trees in front of the United Church. Mr. Ed Leno has a couple of floivering thorn trees. which when , they are in bloom in the spring, are worth while seeing. Possibly most outstanding tree in the Villâ€" age is the large elm, growing by Mrs. McLean’s home on Roseview Ave. The elm seems to do especially well in this district and we are for- tunate to have quite a few of them in the Agricultural Park. There are also quite a number of large wal- nut trees growing in the Village. several by Mrs. Rumble's on Church Street, Mr. Wilfred Jones has one. there is one at the rear of the Bell Telephone building, one on the lawn of Dr. Jas. Langstaff, one on Mrs. Phipips’ lawn, and a very old tree on the lawn of Mr. Allan Bales. Mr. Chas. Wiley has two large hickory , trees of which he is very proud, and‘ Mr. W. W. A. Trench has a num~ ber of fine silver maple trees. There are quite a number of locust trees. in the Village and Mr. Luinb has a fine flowering crab-tree. As far as ' I know there are only two oaks here and they are in front of Mr. Skill!- eter‘s home. These are only a few of the beautiful trees to be found in the Village. No doubt there are many more worthy of mention. ‘Most of these trees are nearing maturity, and it is most desirable that new trees grow to replace these when they die. Possibly the Village I or one of the Clubs or Societies have now a, long term policy towards this means of keeping our Village beau~ tiful. Private citizens can do much by planting a few desirable trees on their premises. The Village in con»- junction with the Horticultural S‘ - cietv last year planted several hunâ€" dred trees along a few of the streets and Dr. James Langstaff has estab- lished quite an arboretum at the rear of his home. His trees are small yet, but in time he will have some- thing there to be proud of. R. H. KANE TINSMITHING FURNACES - PLUMBING HEATING Septic Tanks Installed Pumps Barn & Stable Equipment 74 Yonge Street Phone 92F ’iio YOU KNEiT *' By such things do ‘ The Lombardy Poplar by . the i Moody had sew-ed all through the (By Lien Wick Trench) I. That a Public library was (tr-I Ear'zed in Richmond Hill as a Joint Stock Company in 1852 and that the first librarian was paid as his an~ nual salary one pound ten shillings and that the whole library consisted of 367 books, and since that time we have had a library continually. 2. That the Richmond Hill Village I Band was organized in 1853. and that 'it was much in demand for funcâ€" tions which took place in the sur- rounding districts, that each person taking out an instrument had to sign i a contract either to return it in good condition or to pay its value; that ‘Mr. A. J. Hume, our present clerk. lwas leader of the band for fifteen years. I 3. That our village was formerly known as Mount Pleasant, and that on Yonge St. just south of the Ang- lican Church was a bad piece of ‘ road into which vehicles sank to the hubs in the spring and fall. 4. That. Richmond Hill became an i incorporated village in 1872 and that Mr. Abraham Law was our first 'few remaining mud brick buildings. still stands on the corner of Yonge ‘St. and Richmond St.; that, Mr. 0. L. Wright and Miss C. Grant are his grandchildren. ‘5. That the residence occupied by er. W. Middleton at the north of ‘the village was the home of Colonel ’ Moody who was killed when he tried ‘to pass through the rebel lines. at IMontgomery’s Tavern in 1X37, (COl. .Pcninsular War and the War of i1812, only to fall in the minOr a'f- 1fair of 1837); that the rebel forces were largely gathered from the nor- thern part of York County and marched through our village to Montgomery's Tavern where they were defeated. 6. That the ground occupied by the Presbyterian Church and manse and the cemetery were donated by Mr. James Miles, the grand uncle of Dl‘. R. L. Lan‘gstaff. 7. That the whole of our school population, high and public, was once housed in four separate build- ings, which stood in a row from east ‘OOOOOOWWOOOOMO ' i i : ii .29 With the Compliments of and all good wishes to the LIONS CLUB of RICHMOND HILL â€" From â€"â€" B. BLOOMFIELD JORDAN BARRIS‘TER AND SOLICITO‘R i 84 YONGE STREET RICHMOND HILL i i l recvc; that his residence, one of the: to west, on the present public school site; that one of these, a frame ibuildring which stood. second back, was once. a grammar school, and that the old High School, which was destroyed by fire in 1900, cost $2700 and was paid for out of the taxes in one year, bringing the rate up to 19 mills, which fell in the followâ€" ing year back to 6 mills. 8. That the village post office, a frame buildin , whose need of a coait ctt‘ paint was: hidden by a. luxurious growth of Virginia Creeper, stood about half way between the present pvblic school building. and: Hotel Richmond, and! that Mr. Matthew Teeit‘y was for years our postmaster as well as our village clerk. 9. That the old Fain Grounds, comprising two acres of land, lay along Arnold St., from the western limit of the public school grounds, and that our first skating rink stood on the eastern end of it. _ 10. That the Anglican Church is i the oldest church building in the vi].â€" lage, that an old Presbyterian Church. .stood! immediately behind the present Presbyterian: Church, that an old Methodist Church stood on the property occupied by Braithiwa’tc's Hardware Store, that an old frame Catholic Church stood on Mill St.. a considerable distance west of Yorlre St, that the present United Church. the Presbyterian Church and the steeple of the Anglican Church were erected in 1880, and! that the present Catholic Church was built in 19.14. 11. That there used to be two milll ponds west of the village, the one ’on Vaughan Rd, supplied power to a. saw mill for years which later became a foundry and a cider mill, the other on Mill St., furnished pow- er to a fanning mill factory which stood about where the pumping sta- tion now is; that a sash and door Ifactory and saw mill stood at the western endI of Richmond St. 12. That our village once containâ€" ed! two flourishing carriage factor- ies, one of which stood on the front of what is Mr. T. Taylor’s lawn, and was owned by Wright Bros, and was .managed‘ for years by one of our present citizens Mr. Aishiford Wright; the other stood on the corner of Yonge 'St. and Lorne Ave, it was founded and conducted for a generâ€" ation by Mr. Wlm. Trench, who was succeeded by Mr. Thos. H. Trench, the present owner of the propenty, who converted the buildings into stores and apartments. 13. That it would be a commendâ€" able move on the part of one of our many organizations to system- atically mark the places in our comâ€" munity which have historical interâ€" est. l | In Europe they are trying to pre- serve the, balance of power. If it is as hard as preserving the balance of money in this country. they prob- ably won't get very far on it. i i 2 i COMPLIMENTS OF GEORGE LECUYER Electrical Appliances and Wiring RICHMOND HILL ONTARIO COMPLIMENTS OF Robertson Brothers . LIMITED Confectioners â€" Cocoas and Chocolates Manufacturers of OLD HICKORY and CHERRY FLIP Two Good Chocolate Bars QQQMWOM” a. FLOUR THAT MAKES aEIIER BREAD . CAKES. puss AND PASTRY 37-2 OOéW’ Watch for Special Sale Enameloid and Semilustre Enamels F. Y. w. BRATHWAITE A i 3 t Phone 18 Richmond Hill % t : WWWWWONOOOOOOOONOMNOOOOWW ml