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OPENING OF THE WOOLWORTH STORE
[Welland Telegraph, 14 September 1917]
The F.W. Woolworth 5-10-15 cent store opens for inspection this afternoon and evening and at eight o’clock on Saturday morning it opens for business. Thirty-eight years ago the Woolworth idea was born. Today in the United States and Canada nearly one thousand stores are the embodiment of that idea-and the latest of these is in Welland.
“The Welland store plant is the best we have in Canada,” said R.C. Walker, superintendent. And the statement may well be believed. The block was built especially for the purpose by Wm. Swayze, under plans furnished by the architect for the Woolworth Company. The entire ground floor of 4000 square feet is devoted to store purposes, and a splendid basement of the same size is devoted to storage. The store has a handsome front and the interior fittings are very pleasing to the eye.
On Saturday morning at eight o’clock thirty clerks will be ready to meet the buying public of Welland. This store is under the direction of W.R. McNeil, resident manager.
A wonderfully large and varied stock has been placed upon the shelves. “We asked the manager to give the new store the right of way on all orders,” said Mr. Walker. “The result is we are going to open in Welland on Saturday morning with a more complete stock than we have in any other Woolworth store.”
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