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St IEO s'idin Home Siding Company Limited Get a no-obligation estimate! Today! 127 Willowdale Avenue WILLOWDALE Stelco Siding is made from Ultra-Stelcolour prefinished steel. It's the strongest metal siding you can buy. Resists fading and weathering like no other metal sidingt That's why Stelco can provide the best, most meaningful guarantee on the siding market. Hate Painting? Relax with the tough beauty 34 â€"â€" THE LIBERAL, Wednesday, May 7, 1975 _ High Interest Guaranteed Investment Certificates WCTURM and GREY 71 U1 U1 llfl and UHDI TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 L]. Ruby, Manager _ 10355 Yonge St, Richmond Hill 884-1107 7710 all Ontario Trust COIN/mil) begun in [889 Leading citizen Robert Little Member Canada Deposn Insurance Corpormion Slelco Sldlng Is In: only sldlng made 1mm 221 -7257 Office Hours: Tues. - Thurs 9:30 am. . 4; Fri. 9:30 am. . a; 53L 9 a.m‘ to 4:30 pm 6:30 p.m to Noon R.D., as he‘s known to many, was born in Camp- bellville. Ontario. Almost 50 years ago he created a Ford dealership that served not only Rich- mond Hill, but a surrounding 50 miles radius. He’s done a lot in his lifetime. He‘s seen Rich- mond Hill grow from a village of 1200 residents to the thriving and virtual suburban city it is today. In 1946. he created a book of poetry and from an in- tensive hobby, he has created his own registered iris hybrids. By Denise Romberg The town of Richmond Hill has been honored with a fantastically creative man. Robert D. Little is that man. Robert little, 8.9, venerable businessman - citizen mar-1 Gives Satisfaction Always! ON SALE MAY 7th T0 filthâ€"WHILE QUANTITIES lAST Joined air force But his education, at this point was disturbed by the war. In 1917, Little joined the United States Air Force. As a pilot, he was stationed in Texas. Texas. Believed in Ford When he was discharged, NeVel‘FheleSS, Little two years later, he returned believed 1" Ford- Back in 1916, when he left school in Guelph, and with his certificate in business, he began his induction into the automotive industry. He worked for Ford Motor Company for six years. He spent a few years with General Motors too â€" just to sort of round out his education. He took time. almost 20 years, to learn the ins and outs of the world‘s leading business. “He ran out of money and had to close down the plant for six weeks”, Little ex- plained. Things started going badly for Ford. Their competitor, General Motors was growing, and Henry Ford‘s finances were suffering. to Ford. This time he was secretary to the chief engineer at the Ford plant, then located at Highland Park in Detroit. spotlight on people “We sold 100 Model “A” Fords in 1930," he says. “There were no salesmen then either. My brother and I sold all the cars“. Businessman still In 1927, when Little moved to Richmond Hill and opened his Fprd dealership, he saw the potential. The car was an unusual product then. His first big seller was the Model ‘A’, which came out in 1928. Little is somewhat removed from_ the car business today. Sure he breezes into the office each day to sort through the mail and check out a new car. He dresses in a dapper suit and tie and looks much younger than his 89 years. His afternoons command other interests. Since his air force days. Little has been writing humorous verse, or limericks. “I enjoy writing“, he says. “I particularly enjoyed writing the poem that was read at the hospital fund raising dinner about a week ago." One of his first attempts at writing limericks was this, a contest entry: A private from Kalamazoo One day found a mouse in the stew. Said the sergeant, “Don't shout. too Loves gardening Little has been an “avid gardener“ for many years, he says. “When we built the house on Arnold Streeet in More of his poems have been published in a book called “Rhyme and Reason". And wave it about Or th_e others will want one Little is a past district governor of the Southern Ontario Lions Clubs and his membership in the Rich- mond Hill Lions dates back to its inception. 1956. I decided to attach a greenhouse to our home". Little specializes in hybridizing irises and lilies. In fact, he has registered and named four different irises he developed. Local politician He was a politician too. During the four years he served on town council, he spent a good deal of his time on both the public and high school boards. Little is a member of the Richmond Hill Horticultural Society and a past president of the Ontario Horticultural Association.