(1914-23 Feb. 1993), sports figure. (Jim Hill) Born in Montreal. Parents: Richard Hill and his wife Mary Johnson. Jim Hill served in the Navy in WWII and was a Bell Canada employee for many years. About the early 1960s he settled at Williamstown. He was active in sports throughout his life, as a participant and as an encourager of sporting interests and activities in others, including GC youngsters. He was president of the Quebec Rugby Football Union. In 1969-1970 he was the founder of a well-regarded GC institution, the Beaver Club, which preserved and honoured the traditions of the North West Company and held an annual banquet. Hill was also one of the founders of the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame. He died at Cornwall General Hospital. (children) His wife Laura McGrail, who survived him, died at Lancaster, 11 Nov. 2003, in her 88th year.
Glengarry News 3 March 1993 * biog. article by Angus H. McDonell, GN 21 July 1982 (portrait) *Jim Hill, “Nor’Westers Beaver Club of Glengarry,” Williamstown 200 24-25 *obituary of wife, GN 19 Nov. 2003