The News of Richmond Hill

New York, 1895

The Rev. William T. Fitch and family will move to Brooklyn May 1.

There is a big demand for houses that will rent for $25 a month and upwards.

Mrs. Augusta Flanders and daughter are spending a few weeks at Atlantic City.

Mrs. William J. Coulson and daughter, of Hillside avenue, are visiting friends in Toronto.

Mrs. Ella Davis, of Hillside avenue, is slowly recovering from an attack of typhoid fever.

S. A. Powell and family, of Beech street, will move to East Orange, N. J., about April 1.

Joel Fowler & Brother on Monday sold to Brooklyn parties two lots on the Stoothuff farm for $800.

Conlin & Weeks, of Chester Park, have purchased six lots on Welling avenue and Cherry street for $3,000.

A theatrical entertainment, followed by music and dancing will be given in Association Hall soon for the benefit of the Parish house.

Mrs. Jeremiah Edwards and daughter, of Brooklyn, who were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fowler, returned home on Monday.

Sunday evening the Rev. Henry Bryan, rector of the Church of the Resurrection, gave a discourse on the needs and advantages of a parish house.

The following are the officers of the Richmond Hill non-partisan league: President, A. H. Man; trustees, Henry Willett, James T. Walsh; treasurer, August Quartrop; collector, James Paulson.

As soon as the weather will permit, Henry Meyer will commence the building of a church at the Park in memory of his daughter. The edifice is to have a seating capacity for 400 persons.

Edwin M. Emmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmons, of Schnectady, died at the residence of Amos Aller on Saturday, from pneumonia. He was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Aller, along with his parents, when taken ill.

The Episcopal mission at Ivanhoe Park, in charge of the Rev. Mr. Bryan, of the Church of the Resurrection, is progressing finely. Morning services will be held in the mission for the first time on Easter Sunday.

A musical and recital will be given as a testimonial to Miss Houston, at the residence of F. H. Houston on Monday evening next. Mrs. Cornelius will have charge of the music. Selections from Dickens and Burdette will be rendered.

Services in the Church of the Resurrection will be held on Sunday as follows: Holy Communion, 8 A. M.; morning prayer and sermon, 11 A. M.; subject, "Our Lord's Temptations and their Relation to our Temptations." Evening prayer and sermon, 7.30 o'clock.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 22, 1895, p. 8.