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WILLIAM EDGAR RICHMOND
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Floral Tributes and Cards were received from the following:- His loving Wife; May and Ken; Dorrie, Fred, Donald and Alan; Bob and Thelma; Mollie and Cyril; Myra; Lorna and Dorothy; Officers and Members Katanning Methodist Church; 'Members of the Katanning Golf Club; The Croquet Club; The Directors of Rogers Ltd.; The Cha__ [see photocopy below ] |
DEATH OF W. E. RICHMOND.
' LOSS OF VALUED TOWNSMAN. [no date- or name of paper] "Remember to think of your departed one always as living, just away in another room of our Father's house. Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little room of his Father's house into an other that is fair and large, I, lightsome [sic] and glorious, and divinely entertaining." These thoughts come to one with the, news of the death of William Edgar Richmond, better known to his many friends throughout these districts as "Richie." Quiet and unassuming, Mr Richmond through the years of his residence in Katanning became a force and a source of strength to many because, of his clear thinking, his grasp of business details and his passionate belief in justice.
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He came to Katanning with his father and brother in 1901, from Wedderburn
(Victoria) to take up farming, but very shortly after left the land for
commercial pursuits, where his natural inclinations lay. Commencing
a long way down the ladder he eventually joined the firm of Richardson
and Co., Ltd, his natural ability and genius for finance securing for him
promotion after promotion until he finally became chairman of directors
of the firm, a position he held until his death .
Looking back through the years, one can remember him as a moving spirit in many of the projects for the advancement of the town, both culturally and in a material sense, a keen debater and a clear and reasoned speaker he could always be depended upon to put forward constructive ideas and criticism. He will be missed by many who in the past came to him with their financial
problems, always to receive helpful advice. Even our Parliamentary Representatives
sought his opinion and assistance in the framing of projected legislation
and his keen and logical mind gave birth to the constitution of the original
Katanning Repatriation Committee, which was so highly thought of that it
was adopted as the model constitution for similar; bodies throughout the
Common wealth.
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