Wyomissing Area High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wyomissing, PA)

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4. gm , ,.,, . E ii Fi 3. COLOPI-ION Wyomissing Boulevard at Cleveland Avenue. Looking Northeast. 1935 Today there are at least ten different species of trees in Wyomissing, planted and cared tor by the borough. lt was about l9l4 when, realizing the necessity ot good drainage, the municipality began the construction of storm sewers. The last ot these was completed in 1928. Between l929 and 1931 house sewers were laid. Readers may be interested to note the list ot restrictions drawn up by the Reading Suburban Real Estate Company tor the protection of home owners. They show great foresight, and citizens are justly proud of their community. fl-v-14-nsm1mnrma 'WmWA '1'wm' '- Page Seventeen

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l l E L. ,,,, . . COLOPI-ION Wyomissing Boulevard at Cleveland Avenue, Looking Northeast. 1890 Howard Avenue. Directions, too, of the roads have been slightly changed and Mary, Frill, and Lebanon Avenues have been vacated to provide room for the expansion of the Wyo- rnissing Industries. Several tracts of land adjoining the south- ern and Western boundaries of the town were annexed. The latest addition is the Hildebrand tract acquired in 1930. Our city fathers realized the importance of landscape gar- dening and carried out an extensive program. The last of the original silver rnaples has now been replaced by hardier trees. Nw- we-H 1 vim-Afl' vrmwmnzsmxmsrmzmrx-:MQW 'rzeqawiggmzmmifve mnwv:x:::zrwc:1m:'v.wmw1'nw-1-f-f-4----P--M ----f A Page Sixteen

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COLOPHON ARTICLES CF RESTRICTION All springs or Water courses in Wyomissing, and if found on any portion of the property in Wyomissing, are hereby reserved by the company, and no buyer or buyers of prop- erty on which such springs or Water courses may be found, shall have the right to their sole use, nor in any event use or sell their Water for gain or any consideration. No street car lines of any kind Whatever, shall ever occupy the Boulevards of Wyomissingp nor shall the avenues, or any of the streets ot this plan, be used or occupied by same, unless by the consent and approval of a majority of the residents of Wyomissing at the time application is made for the use of avenues or streets for such purposes, and then only upon securing consent of such majority of residents in Writing. No buildings shall be erected on the Boulevards or the south side of Penn Avenue, for a smaller cost than S2,5OU, nor shall any portion south of Penn Avenue ever be occupied by factories using steam, Water or electric power, nor by livery stables, blacksmith or machine shops, slaughter houses, pig- sties, oil, lampblack, or gunpowder manufactories, starch, soap, candle, glue or skin dressing or bone-boiling establishments, or buildings for any offensive business Whatever, every buyer of any or all of the property of Wyomissing expressly agreeing to purchase the same under these restrictions. tResearch for this article carried on by:J HERMAN STAUB, HELEN HECK, IEANNETTE POTTEIGER, ALBERT FRIEDMANN, ERIC HEMMERICH. Page Eighteen