Central Park, Cornwall, Ontario

Central park (early).

The white octagonal bandshell at Central Park (later named Horovitz Park in honor of Mayor Aaron Horovitz). Every year, Mayor Horovitz threw a children’s picnic with prizes and ice cream. Hundreds of children flocked to the park to participate in the activities, to play on the cannons, as well as on (and under) the bandshell. One year the children were given water pistols and …with the fountain right there for fill-ups – what a time they had! The children also played in the fountain and drank the water from the drinking spouts – with no health-safety worries. Times have changed! 

~ Lily Worrall Collection

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