Routley's Reliable House was established by Arthur Routley as a cigar and sporting goods store in 1870. The store was situated at 173-175 Princess Street and operated as both a wholesale and retail business distributing to the district for Spalding sporting goods, B.B.B. best briar pipes and the Edison and Victor talking machines and supplies. Mr Routley was a member of various fraternal organizations, such as the Masons, Oddfellows and Chosen Friends.
Routley's Reliable House was established by Arthur Routley as a cigar and sporting goods store in 1870. The store was situated at 173-175 Princess Street and operated as both a wholesale and retail business distributing to the district for Spalding sporting goods, B.B.B. best briar pipes and the Edison and Victor talking machines and supplies. Mr Routley was a member of various fraternal organizations, such as the Masons, Oddfellows and Chosen Friends.
T.A. Rourke was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.
Sir William Rothenstein was an English painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer, and writer on art. Emerging during the early 1890s, Rothenstein continued to make art right up until his death in the mid-1940s. Though he covered many subjects – ranging from landscapes in France to representations of Jewish synagogues in London – he is perhaps best known for his work as a war artist in both world wars, his portraits, and his popular memoirs, written in the 1930s. More than two hundred of Rothenstein's portraits of famous people can be found in the National Portrait Gallery collection. The Tate Gallery also holds a large collection of his paintings, prints and drawings. Rothenstein served as Principal at the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935. He was knighted in 1931 for his services to art. In March 2015 'From Bradford to Benares: the Art of Sir William Rothenstein', the first major exhibition of Rothenstein's work for over forty years, opened at Bradford's Cartwright Hall Gallery, touring to the Ben Uri in London later that year.
Rothafel, Samuel Lionel "Roxy"
Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel (July 9, 1882 – January 13, 1936) was an American theatrical impresario and entrepreneur. He is noted for developing the lavish presentation of silent films in the deluxe movie palace theaters of the 1910s and 1920s.
Rothafel (originally Rothapfel) was born in Bromberg, Province of Posen, Prussia, Germany (now Bydgoszcz, Poland), the son of Cecelia (née Schwerzens) and Gustav Rothapfel. In 1886, at the age of three, with his mother, he boarded the SS Rugia, sailing from Hamburg, and then arriving at the Port of New York, May 24, 1886, before moving to Stillwater, Minnesota. Best known by his nickname, "Roxy", he was the impresario who brought the great New York City movie palaces that he managed to fame and popular success.
He began his show business career in Forest City, Pennsylvania, where he created the "Family Theater", a combination cinema and skating rink. In 1912 he came to New York City, where he would achieve his greatest successes. In New York at different times he managed and produced shows at the Regent, Strand, Rialto, Rivoli, and Capitol theaters.
His greatest achievement was his eponymous Roxy Theatre at Times Square which opened March 11, 1927. He later opened the Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy (later the Center Theatre) in 1932, his last theatrical project. The Music Hall featured the precision dance troupe the Roxyettes (later renamed The Rockettes), which Rothafel brought with him from the Roxy Theatre.
Rothafel also made a name for himself on network radio, where he began broadcasting in mid-November 1922. Through 1925, live broadcasts of his weekly variety show Roxy and His Gang from the Capitol Theatre in New York became increasingly popular. One estimate from 1924 placed his typical radio audience at about five million listeners, and he was said to receive thousands of pieces of fan mail weekly. After Rothafel left the Capitol, his radio show, now known as The Roxy Hour, was broadcast from the new Roxy Theatre on the NBC Blue network from 1927 to 1932
Rothafel has been credited with many movie presentation innovations, including synchronizing orchestral music to movies (in the silent film era) and having multiple projectors to effect seamless reel changes.
Rothafel had health issues in his later life, mainly angina pectoris. He died of a heart attack in his sleep on January 13, 1936 in New York City aged 53. He is buried in Linden Hill Jewish cemetery in Queens, New York.
He was married to Rosa (Freedman), with whom he had a son, Arthur Ingram Rothafel, and a daughter, Beta Rothafel.
The first planning meetings for a Rotary Club in Kingston (District 7040, Club #4576, Charter 872) were held in the fall of 1920 at Ross Livingston's Men's Wear store at 75 Brock Street. As soon as 16 candidates were recruited, dinner meetings were held at the Frontenac Hotel on Ontario Street where it was decided to apply for a charter. Charter night was held in April 1921 at the British American Hotel (current site of the Four Points Sheraton). It included delegations from Ottawa (the sponsoring club) and Montreal with a total of 100 Rotarians sitting down for dinner. The following week, Joe Stewart took the chair for the first regular Thursday luncheon meeting that included 18 Rotarians.
In 1923, the newly chartered club began to give Service Above Self with a focus on underprivileged or crippled children. The first fundraising project was sponsorship of a minstrel show put on in Grant Hall by RMC cadets in aid of Dr. Barnardo's Boys, who were orphaned boys from London's streets, brought to Canada to live on farms. This event raised $450.
As well as fundraising and supporting charities, the club meetings provided great fellowship and excellent speakers dealing with a range of topics that concerned the world, Canada and the local community. Membership increased from 21 in 1921 to 40 in 1924. Dues were $20 a year and lunch was 65¢.
In 1930 The Rotary Club, The Kiwanis, and the YMCA purchased 25 acres of land on Eagle Lake and established RKY Camp to help look after the recreational needs of underprivileged children. To this day the camp is jointly owned and supported financially by all three organizations.
In the early 1940s the club set up The Kingston War Service's Salvage Committee and in 1942 was the driving force behind the foundation of the Sea Cadet Corps and provided $6000 for uniforms, rifles and equipment. The Corps was subsequently turned over to the Navy League. In 1947, an association with Easter Seals began when the club sponsored the annual campaign for the Ontario Society for Crippled Children (precursor of the Easter Seal Society). During the 50's, the club started the Rotary Peanut Drive, which has blossomed into a major fundraiser for all three Kingston Rotary clubs.
Over the next several decades, the Rotary Club of Kingston initiated many fundraising projects for this community and on an international level. In the early '60's, Rotarian Ed Church started a $45,000 campaign for the new International Centre at Queen's University. Rotarians helped launched the Easter Seal Telethon in 1983, and it has become one of the most successful in Ontario. The Boys and Girls Club has received tremendous financial support from Rotarians who consider it to be one of their most important ongoing projects. Contributions for emergency aid and hospital beds around the world have made a significant impact in the lives of those who have needed help.
In 1988, Rotary International voted to allow women into Rotary, and Alice McKeown became the Rotary Club of Kingston's first female member. In 1999, Marijke Wilkins served as the first female president. Today, women make up 13 percent of the local membership.