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With their four children, Arâ€" chie, Harry, Gertrude and Doris, the Malloys ran a successful hotel and livery service until 1921 when they decided to move to New York State. In 1837, a hotel was built in Oak Ridges on Yonge Street. The location was perfect for a stopover as travellers went to or from Toronto. The first owners were people named Hudgins, and they called it the ‘Ridge Inn’. Mr. Hudgins ran a livery service for the travellers, and his wife ran a dining room where a good meal could be had. Stage coaches changed horses at the Ridge Inn, and passengers could rest and have a bite to eat as well. The Hudgins family owned the business until 1921 when they sold it to John and Ida Malloy. Only memories remain of the great times at Bond Lake parties An auction sale was held at the “Ridge Inn” perfect as a halfway house Cruising 0n Bond Lake on a sunny afternoon The Thompsons sold the hotel to Grant and Nellie McCachen in 1944. In the 19305 and 405, the Lake Simcoe Ice Company used Lake Wilcox as a source for ice, and their employees used to board at the hotel. Schomberg Junction of the property of the Malloy family and the business was sold to John and Annie Thompson. The radial line was very popular at this time, and people could now take a trolley to the Inn for dinner and a beautiful meal could be had for 50 cents. The Thompsons continued running the business as a family concern. John Thompson still had sleighs left from the days of the livery stables, and he used to rent them to parties who were looking for that kind of fun. For a few years, they carried on the dining room tradition, but after awhile, that changed, and they only had catered functions in the dining room. .The Ridge Inn was a great place to have a wedding reception. The Oak Ridges Lions used to hold all their meetings there. In the 19405, a steak dinner for two cost only $5. Abraham Law was the first reeve of Richmond Hill in 1873. He was succeeded by William Harrison in 1874. Elected in 1875 William Trench served for that year and the four following years and was returned to the reeveship in 1881 for another two years. Dr. James Langstaff was reeve in 1880. 1878 - 1978 List of reeves and mayors who have led Richmond Hill At the present time, the building has seen some alterations. It now houses a real estate office and several apartments. It is one of the oldest buildings still standing on Yonge Street, and is one of the very few of the old inns still in existence. The hotel ceased to be a hotel in 1967 when a corporation bought the building. Peter SaVage occupied the chair from 1897 to 1905 inclusive and Isaac Crosby was reeve in 1906. John Brown served as reeve in 1883 and 84. William Pugsley was reeve from 1885 to 1896 inclusive and again from 1907 to 1918 in- clusive. Farmers from Newmarket and points north used to take rest stops at the Bond Lake Tavern. It was a convenient place to refresh themselves in their 18 and sometimes 24-hour round trips to and from the markets in Toronto. Any excuse for a party, brought people from miles around to the tavern, which was a favorite for wedding receptions or wakes. The tavern was a favorite gathering spot for the curlers from Toronto and Newmarket who held their matches on the frozen waters of Bond Lake. The Bond Lake Tavern was often called the Bond Lake Hotel. It was a very large building with 20 rooms for guests and a huge ballroom. The lower storey had 21 inch thick walls made of mudâ€"brick and gravel. The walls of the upper storey were frame and roughcast. The ballroom was the scene of many parties of sleigh drivers from Richmond Hill, Thornhill and Newmarket. Present mayor David Schiller is concluding the second of two two- year terms as mayor, assuming office in 1975. The property changed hands several times from 1835 until William Legge sold it to the railway company on January 25, 1899. Around the middle of the 18005, Mr. and Mrs. William Bell acquired the part of Bond’s property containing the lake, and on the death of her husband, in 1898, Mrs. Bell sold her Bond Lake farm to the Metropolitan Railway Company. At about the same time, the Bond Lake Tavern, which was across Yonge Street from the lake, was sold to the Railway Company by William Legge. The tavern was built as a home by Thomas MacAdam in 1834. He sold his home and the surrounding land to Hiram Beach in 1835. Mr. Beach was the first person to operate a tavern on that site. He was succeeded By William Lazenby for a one-year term in 1970. Then with the introduction of regional government Lazenby was elected for two more two year terms. The first record of ownership of Bond Lake located just south of Oak Ridges shows the lake and land surrounding it being granted to William Bond in 1794. The town‘s second mayor in 1958 was Ken Tomlin who held the office for three years. ' He was succeeded by James Haggart for two years. Thomas Broadhurst became mayor in 1964 and held the office for six years. The two-year term was in- troduced in 1966. * William Neal was the reeve in 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947 and returned as the first mayor of the town in 1957, and served in that capacity again in 1963. Percy Hill held the reeveship in 1948 and 1949 and W. J. Taylor from 1952 to 1958 inclusive, the last two years under the mayoralty of Neal. Thomas Trench, son of William Trench, was the reeve from 1919 to 1925 inclusive and again from 1940 to 1942 inclusive. Jacob Lunau served in the reeveship from 1926 to 1932 in- clusive and John A. Greene from 1933 to 1939, again in 1943, and again in 1950 and 1951. 11623 YONGE ST., RICHMOND HILL 8849274 773-4542 SMALL CAR CENTRE LTD. YOUR LOCAL HONDA DEALER We the people at Small Car Centre believe nothing beats quality service, Because if we didn‘t believe this. how could we expect our customers to believe in us? Service to all imports and small domestics, l3 â€" THE LIBERAL’S HUNDREDTH With the radial line coming north at the turn of the century, the area around Bond Lake became more popular. Matthew Teefy was paid $25 a quarter as clerk-treasurer, J. W. Elliott $25 as assessor and Ben Redditt and Hesse Nicholls $5 each as auditors. Power Commission came into being, they took it over and ran hydro lines north to power the trains on the Schomberg Aurora Railway which did become electric in 1916. The radial cars stopped at wa platform at Bond Lake directly across Yonge Street from the tavern. There was a steam generating plant at the southwest corner of the l_ake, and when the Hydro Electric The village used the Methodist Church bell at a cost of $15 a year and paid F. Wiley $30 a year to ring it. The province contributed $87 toward public school expenses. There was a bathing beach. Some people have said there was never any swimming at Bond Lake, but people who actually went there on a picnic have verified that there was indeed public bathing. ‘1 In 1893 the Village of Richmond Hill paid James Brownlee $30 a month to act as lamplighter, poundkeeper, health and sanitary inspector, caretaker of the village schools, park buildings, lockup, fire engine and other apparatus and to look after the roads and streets. The McKenzie and Mann Corporation, who owned the Metropolitan Railway Company in the early 19005, turned Bond Lake into a park area for their em- ployees. They had a dancing pavilion erected and a playground for the children. For many years, sawdust would show up in the underground springs to the east of the sawmill site. People could rent canoes or take a ride in the paddle steamer “The Lady of the Lake". 0n the north shore of Bond Lake, about the turn of the century, there are records of brothers by the name of Mortsen. They ran a sawmill at Bond Lake, one at the Town line between King and Vaughan and another at Jefferson where Jack Passmore now lives. Some of the playground equipment still remains at Bond Lake and foundations of the hydro plant can still be seen on the shore of the lake, but not much else ex- cept memories remain of an era of great times at a beautiful lake. With motor vehicles coming into their own, the radial line ceased operation beyond Rich- mond Hill in 1930. Bond Lake was bought by Robert C. Gamble in 1931 and became a private property once more. It remains in that family today, and is still private property. The Bond Lake Tavern was destroyed by fire on September 17, 1920, and was never rebuilt. The old fashioned tavern and livery stables were becoming a thing of the past. SAWDUST AND SPRING WATER He did a/ot PICNICS AND HYDRO END OF AN ERA