The News of Richmond Hill

New York, 1895

Mr. and Mrs. Easby, of Lefferts' avenue, have moved to Brooklyn.

Mrs. A. P. Man, of New York City, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Man.

The masquerade ball given by the glee club for the benefit of the Jamaica hospital netted $37.

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Fowler returned from their trip to Washington on Friday, and are now visiting friends in New York.

The next meeting of the clericus of Queens and Suffolk counties will be held at the residence of the Rev. William Fitch in April.

The entertainment committee of the Richmond Hill club gave a pleasant entertainment at Association Hall on Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Drucklict, of Hillside avenue, will sail for Europe about the first of April. They expect to remain abroad about a year.

The new cottage in course of erection for the Rev. Joshua Kimber is enclosed and will be ready for occupancy by the middle of May.

Michael Kelly, Sr., is about to erect a cottage on the corner of Hillside avenue and Cottage street, to cost $2,000. W. F. Ruland of Ozone Park is the builder.

The two busiest portions of the town at the present time are Jefferson and Stoothoff avenues, Morris Park, and Chestnut and Elm streets, Richmond Hill. On the former avenues twelve new buildings are in course of erection, and the same number on the other streets. Plans are being prepared for the erection of several more houses in the above localities.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 8, 1895, p. 8.