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The first house stands at the northeast corner of John Street and Bayview Avenue (Lot 5. Concession 2. Markham) on a 125 acre farm bought from the estate of Benjamin Thorne in 1848. for $820. The buyer was John Welsh. a youthful widower who had arrived in the village from Dundee. Scoiland, during the previous year and soon be- came active in 1he community as a founding member of Thorn- hill Presbyterian Church. For many years the surname‘uand made plans for a new home Welsh has been an honored onelon his farm. The contractor in the Thornhill district and;for this commodious red brick oldtimers still associate tu‘o at-ihouse was his cousin Leslie tractive houses with that familynlnnes and it is said that young Both qualify for historicaliMrs. Welsh provided meals for plaques but have not been a bevy of bricklayers and car- marked. possibly because thev penters while the work was in were a little outside the old‘progress. Thornhill Village limits. l Mr. lnnes may have come to This Well-maintained two-storey brick farm- house, built by John Welsh. for many years was the summer residence of C. L. Burton, president of the Robert Simpson Co. It is located on Bayview Avenue at John Street. (Photo courtesy of Tim Classey) Above is seen “Cedar Cottage", also a Welsh home. which still stands on the west side of Yonge Street. The original front porch is missing and the dormers have been modernized. He married for a second time BLEARANBE SALE WAREHOUSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Over 2260 bales of all types. SiZPS and colours of name brand hroadloom at fantastic savings . . . every hale or piece clearly described and priced. SOME EXAMPLES 7th Conce$ion Line 5 McCowan [’11. 294-4440 100 yards north of Hwy. 7. Turn North at Unionville Nurseries Hours: Mon, Tues. Sat. 9 am. - 6 pm. Wed” Thurs.. Fri. 9 am. - 9.30 pm Durable Hardtwist DEEP PLUSH Wool - Acrilan - Propylon STYLISH SHAG NYLON - ACRILAN REMEMBER NYLON - KODEL AMPLE PARKING BROADLBOM THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario. Thursday, J Underwood Broadloom EMBER . . . for the best price on 151. quality, name-brand broadloom by Crossley-Karastan - Celanese - Burlington - Kraus - Armstrong Peerless ~ Barrymore - Oziie - B,M.K. OUR. PRICES CAN‘T BE BEAT Call for FREE ESTIMATE on WALL-TO-WALL INSTALLATIONS Bring your room sizes â€" we‘ll cut to your exact measurements OR we will install “WALL-TO-WALL” FULLY GUARANTEED SUMMER PRICES FROM Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh had four sons and one daughter who. as they grew up. struck out for themselves with some parental assistance. .I a m e 5 went to Stockton. California and became a prosperous miller and exporter of flour to China: John settled on a farm in Lis- Canada at the same time as his xelative. He lived in Thornhill until 1885. then moved to Rich- mond Hill and established the well known firm of L. Innes and Sons. $5.99 $6.99 $5.99 NO HIDDEN EXTRAS AT Sq. Yd Sq. Yd Sq. Yd Mills Sculptured &Carved HIGH TRAFFIC-RATED Commercial Tweed Indoor - Outdoor NYLON OZITE MARKHAM Since William Welsh‘s death the farm on Bayview has been owned by three families. the Charles Robinsons, the. Elliots, and the Burtons and the acreâ€" age has been reduced by the sale of lots on John Street and Green Lane. The late C. L, Burton, when president of the Robert Simpson C0,, used the Llarge brick house as a country residence and kept some saddle horses in the stable. Country however is no longer a suit- able word to use for this once 'quiet crossroad. towel. Ontario and George wen‘t' In 1889 William Welsh bought . a 70-acre farm on the west side B P I B of Yonge Street just north of y ' S y the CNR Overpass. from James Chapman. The land represent- By 1976. the York County Ro-‘plication for constructii ed one-third of the 210-acre man Catholic School Board will public elementary schoc Crown Grant deeded to Nathanéhave to provide accommodation BAIF area made by Yor Chapman the father of James. for 466 pupils from the BAIF ty Board of Education in 1796. Mr Welsh reserved the‘development in southwest Rich- been approved. becai cosy red brick cottage, built byhmond Hill. Trustee Alan Quesâ€" Department of Educati‘ James Chapman in the 1840's.‘nelle told trustees at their Juiy‘it premature, therefor: and a few acres of garden 1and‘4 meeting. "Indications aI‘Prman Catholic School mi for his family. and rented thelthat a school could he jiistified‘be the first to be built remaining (SO-odd acres. and in 1974, which means wet ‘, . . y ' also the farm on Bayview. ‘should start Working on plans areagieztartftrz‘j‘bqyc William and Susan Welsh hadiin 1973." he reported. 2.0,,” Lavimm, MN“, William and Susan Welsh had three daughters, and a son who died in infancy. The girls. Ella Mabel and Hazel grew up in beautiful country surroundings. yet Within easy reach of village doings. Sometimes they walk- ed to the Thornhill Public School at Jane and Elizabeth Streets. but often their father drove them back and forth. Especially enjoyable were the trips in winter when warmly bundled up in the cutter they glided over the glittering white snow to the cheerful jingle of sleigh bells. ‘in 1973." he reported. Mr. Quesnelle reported that rBAIF plans 100 homes for '1972. 300 in 1973. another 300 in 1974. 500 in 1975 and 577 in 1976. Using the standard yard- stick for separate school pupils from these homes. he arrived at the figure of 466. But Father Francis Robinson, Richmond Hill Trustee, remind- ed him that there are at pres- ent 126 pupils from that gen- eral area being accommodated in St. Mary Immaculate School on Trayborn Drive. Richmond :Hin. to Illinois, Only Eliza. who mar- ried Andrew Miller. and Wil- liam. who took over his father's farm. remained in this area. But it was touch and go with William for a While when James asked him to come to California to help with the mill. He rented the Bayview farm and went to the Ftates for a few years but the climate did not agree with his bride. Susan Clarke. and they returned to Canada. * After their sister Mabel and Charles Harper were married and their parents had died Ella and Hazel Welsh were alone in their surprisingly spacious eight room “Cedar Cottage" and as time Went on they began to con- sider the advantages of a small- er property in the village. Finally. some years ago they sold the farm to Wesley Gamble, and moved to Centre Street where Miss Ella died after enjoying some happy years in her new home. The garden of Cedar Cottage is now used for display adver- tising but the old house still has an appealing charm for lovers of Victoriana who travel up and down Yonge Street. PRICES FROM 20, 1972 $4.25 CREDIT TERMS AVAILABLE 'll Sq. Yd Sq. Yd Y (1 ' The impending retlrement 'of four long-time employees of Sheppard and G111 Lumber Co. Ltd. in Richmond Hill \\'111 also bring about the retirement of :that company. which has been 4 here since 1929. ' Tentative date for the close ing out of the operation. which has been at. its location a! 71 I‘Centre Street East since the ‘beginning. is the end of July. ~However. Waller DeGeer. man- . ager of the company. and one lof the four who will be retir- ting. said it may take a little at longer. depending on how fast 1-. they dispose of the $100,000 n.|\vorth of inventory. At present. cs some 10 percent. which is selling at one third of its orig- th‘inal price. has been sold. Company Retires Along With Employees'TENDEis Mr. DeGeer said that liquida- tion of the company is coming about for one reason only. the retirement of him and three other employees, Lily Dal- Could Need BAIF Separate School By I974 - 466 Pupils By I976 It was pointed out that am. â€"l htr‘tf‘lln\'n YYI’Z‘II‘YITG wa'r‘r‘nr.‘ TRIPLEâ€" STRENGTH PROTECTIC An outstanding replaceme rive value! Triple-Suength Cons‘rucuon. And long- wearing Supâ€"R-Tuf tread rubber. CHAMPION 4-PLY NYLON By JIM IRVING RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE. RICHMOND HILL Open Thursday & Friday Evenings ’til 9 13.111. / 6â€"ply Nylon TRANSPORT TRUCK TIRE STRENGTH s for VANS, CAMPERS, PICKUPS ‘ "The statistics you have used are based on a public school al- ready existing. Many Catholic children signed up in public schools do not transfer to the ‘separate school when it is lbuilt." commented Dr. William lLaCroix. Markham trustee. "It 1will be interesting to note what happens if the Catholic school lzs there first. I think you will ifind your figures too low." 1‘,\‘mple. chief accountant and secretary-treasurer. who has been with the company 52 years: Steve Young. yard super- intendent. 42 years; Alex Mc- Conkey, head mill man. 45 years. Another long-time employee. now with Attridge Lumber Company‘ Aurora. was former asistant manager, Miss Violet McFeeters. who spent 18 years in the Bowmanville office and 10 in Richmond Hill. Mr. DeGeer. who succeeded Frank Schissler. the original manager. in 1961. has been with the company 36 years. Neither Sheppard nor Gill. the founders. have been with the company for 15 years. and it has since been operated by a group of investors. "When they found out we'd all be leaving this year, they said it would be easier to li- quidate the company than to try to find replacements,“ Mr. DeGeer said. LV Board of Education has not been approved, because the Department of Education feels it premature, therefore 3 R0- man Catholic School might well plication for construction of a public elementary school in the BAIF area made by York Coun- Trustee Quesnelle reported that his committee will carry out a comparison examination of the Huron Heights area to see whether it or BAIF should be given priority in building plans. 6.50-13 Blackwell to lit many models of FALCON CHEVY II VALIANT STORES The company was founded in Toronto in 1919. and 10 years later. after first opening a branch in Bowmanville. it opened another one in Rich- mond Hill on the site of the old Jones Lumber Yard. In 196] the company disposed of both its Toronto and Bow- mam'ille offices and Richmond Hill became head office. with Mr. DeGeer moving in from the Bowmanville yard. At its peak, the H111 office employed 14 people. but is now down to five as the company gradually disbands. Mr. DeGeer said that most of‘ put, in would be two houses, and the employees had been absorb-‘they would have pretty big ed into similar operations, but‘back yards." Mr. DeGeer said. some such as Store Manager‘: * * * Bill Sheardown. were still unJ‘ Mr. DeGeer's own plans are decided as to their next moveflmore definite. He and his vn'fe Become a Medical g chta-Typlst Get special training for this challenging career in a new two-semester course starting this September at Seneca College. if you have a typing speed of 45 words per minute you can gain admission to this program. You‘ll become a certified medical dicta-typist by the following April . . . ready for employment in hospitals, doctors‘ office or other allied health institutions. This new Seneca program includes actual on-the-job training plus medical terminology, basic anatomy and physiology, liberal studies and English. 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