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[Welland Tribune, 16 July 1907]
E.F. Benson of Milton has opened a shop in Welland for general blacksmithing and carriage work. Too many readers of The Telegraph Mr. Benson will require no introduction. He is a former resident of Welland Town, he resided for a few years in Wainfleet and for a number of years conducted a large shop in Dunnville. He has leased the Cutler shop, lately occupied by C.E. Davis, on North Main Street opposite Crowther’s and is prepared to do general blacksmithing, horseshoeing, carriage repair and trimming, carriage painting and ordered work in delivery and market wagons. Mr. Benson comes to Welland with an excellent reputation as a practical man and he has engaged nothing but first-class mechanics. He should be favored with a large share of patronage.
PORT COLBORNE
[Welland Telegraph, 29 March 1907]
Work on the foundations for the works of the Great Lakes Portland Cement Company will be underway in a fortnight, was the statement given to The Telegraph by R. Richardes yesterday. Mr. Richardes stated further that it was the intention of the company to erect the works without letting a contract. The works will be located on the north part of lot 3, just about opposite Solid Comfort Station, at the edge of the corporation of Port Colborne.
It is an interesting piece of news that the Reeb agreements were executed only on Wednesday. That is the options were not actually taken up until this week. The kilns are to close on July 1st, but the Reeb interests will supply rock to the company by the ton. Part of the rock deposit of course, has been purchased by the acre. A limited quantity of gas will also be supplied by the Reebs.
Engineer McCaw has been engaged this week in surveying for the right of way from the proposed cement works to the site on the canal where the warehouses are to be located. About half a mile of this way is to be acquired from a syndicate of three person, M.J. Hogan and DeW. Carter. Engineer Hogarth of the G.T.R. was here on Tuesday taking levels for the switch to be made.
[Welland Tribune, 8 January 1909]
Our village enters on the new year with the brightest prospects. 1908 was a good year, and the trail of prosperity is seen everywhere. The open winter has shortened the season of waiting, and the spring activity will soon be here. The Fonthill nurseries have leased Miss Damude’s land along the car track. They are also renting her tenant house (made vacant by the removal of Mr. John F. Davis) and also a barn. They intend to have there a teamster and a span of their fine horses.
[Welland Tribune, 29 January 1909]
Wednesday, February 3rd, will mark the 25th anniversary of Mr. Fred Kinsmen’s proprietorship for his business at Fonthill. It was on Feb. 3rd, 1862, that the late Danson Kinsman retired from business and his son Fred took charge. During all these years the business has been most successful, and the volume of business done has increased with every year, as only a business can which is conducted on sound business principles. During the past twenty years Mr. H.G Self has been connected with the business.
[Welland Tribune, 29 January 1909]
The Tribune is pleased to welcome to our town Mr. F.B. Gourlay, son of Mr. S.P. Gourlay of St. Catharines who will shortly open a business on East Main street. Mr. Gourlay, who is by no means a stranger to Welland, has closed arrangements with Messrs. Goodsir & Waite for the immediate occupancy of their recently vacant store, and in a few days will have it stocked with material for the carrying on of plumbing and heating and gas business and we trust that this enterprise will meet with much success, which, with the name of “Gourlay”, therewith associated, and the facilities for good work, which is always assured, will no doubt result in a flourishing business being acquired.
Of late years a considerable part of the plumbing and heating of some of the larger institutions of Welland have been done by Mr. S. P. Goulay, and of which work “our” Mr. Gourlay was in charge; the quality of material used and the character of the work done are substantial testimonials of reliability and thoroughness.
Mr. Gourlay will make a good citizen and is encouraged by the present progressive condition of Welland. He says, “I am making Welland my home, and want to see it grow still further, will do my share in that respect, and want to grow with it.” That’s the sentiment we like. Let us all continue to work for a greater Welland.
J.J. HAFFEY ELECTED CHAIRMAN
[Welland Tribune, 22 January 1909]
The question of increased school accommodations was briefly discussed.
Mr. Flower said the present fourth ward school will not accommodate all the 1st and 2nd book pupils in that ward. Second book pupils have been taken to central school twice, and still the school is overcrowded. A two-room school will serve ward 4 and the central, he thought, could serve ward 3.
The buildings and grounds committee was instructed to report on enlargement of fourth ward school.
Mr. Haffey reported that it would cost about $5 a week to have kindergarten pupils transported from the fourth ward to central school. It was suggested that it would be about as cheap to open up a west side kindergarten with an afternoon session, so that one teacher would handle both classes, and that this would be much more satisfactory. The kindergarten is so large it will have to be divided anyway.
The committee was also asked to report on this matter.
EXAM PAPERS
Principal Flower asked for the addition of a duplicator to the equipment for printing examination papers. He recommended a Rotary Meostyle which would print from manuscript.
The supply committee was instructed to purchase same.
Board adjourned at 10 o’clock.
NIAGARA FALLS TOWN
[Welland Tribune, 13 July 1900]
Sunshine or rain, wind, heat or cold, have no effect toward completion of the electric street railway. Half a dozen gangs are now working on different parts of the line. The poles are nearly all up down town, and the careful and efficient manner in which they have been put in is a credit to those who had the work in charge and to the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Company. On part of Erie avenue the poles have had to be set in the pavement, which has been done very neatly and carefully. All surplus and waste material is carefully gathered up and removed and the workmen leave the streets in as good or better shape than they found them. The poles are now being planted along the line to the South. On Victoria avenue the space on the outside of the track has been neatly levelled and graded, and presents a better appearance than it ever did before. All street crossing have been put in good shape, and all decayed planks and timber have been replaced by new lumber.
Connection has been made between the power house at Stamford and the N.F.P. and R. Ry power house at the Falls, and the power from the latter is being used to run machinery in the former until its own engines can be got into running order. F.W. Carter has charge of the electrical department at this end of the line.
The first electric car over the line from St. Catharines to Niagara Falls was run on Wednesday morning. It brought a load of workmen for the Falls View line, and made very good time. A regular service will be put on very soon.
[Evening Tribune, 24 March 1954]
With the celebration of Woolworths first 75 years, Canada’s own Woolworth’s marks its 57th anniversary. It was founded April 30, 1897 when S. H. Knox opened his first store in Toronto. Not long afterward, E.P. Charlton opened a store in Montreal.
Canada was quick to accept the idea of the variety store, and at the inception of F.W. Woolworth, Co., in 1912, the company had 31 stores in the Dominion. At the close of the present anniversary year, 170 Woolworth stores will be in operation in Canada, located in all provinces except Newfoundland.
The growth of Canada’s own Woolworth’s is but a reflection of the growth of the company itself. In a century that has been characterized by industrial development, the industrialization of Canada still stands out as a notable achievement. When Woolworth’s opened in Canada at the close of the nineteenth century, Canada was primarily an agricultural nation. Today, although she remains an agricultural giant, Canada ranks among the great industrial nations of the world.
And her growth is probably only beginning. Blessed with an abundance of such vital natural resources as oil and uranium, Canada is generally regarded by authorities as one of the most promising economic frontiers.
F.W. Woolworth Co., Limited of Canada is an integral part of F.W, Woolworth Co. It receives the support and benefit of the total resources of the parent company. At the same time, Woolworth’s in Canada is entirely Canadian in operation. That is, it is managed and staffed by Canadians at all levels; all purchases are made in Canada; and all but a small percentage of goods sold are of Canadian origin. At all times the Canadian company is represented in the management of the parent company by a Canadian member on the board of directors.
The employees of Canadian Woolworth’s enjoy the same benefits and protections as those of the company in the United States: vacations with pay, Christmas bonuses, participation in the pension plan, and eligibility for help from the employees’ employment fund. Store managers and executive personnel at all levels are eligible for profit sharing. They also enjoy the benefits of the group life insurance and disability policy.
Woolworth’s stores in Canada are in general, worthy representatives of the great country they serve. They have gone the same evolution in policy and the same improvement in physical characteristics as their counterparts in the United States. As the economy of the Canadian nation continues to expand in the years ahead, F.W. Woolworth’s Co., Limited will undoubtedly assume an even more prominent role in the Woolworth organization as a whole.
Woolworth’s is justifiably proud to be a contributor, in small part at least, to Canada’s emergence as the bulwark of the British Commonwealth of nations and as a world power in her own right. Canada’s Woolworth’s is ready for the future.
MANAGER IS KEY
The basic operating unit of F.W. Woolworth’s is the individual store. Therefore, upon the manager of the store-singly and collectively-rests the basic responsibility for the success of the entire organization.
The importance of the store is historic. ______.
[Evening Tribune, 24 March 1954]
After 36 years of service to shoppers at the corner of East Main street and Cross street, Woolworth’s move tomorrow into a luxurious new building on East Main street coinciding with the 75th birthday of the Woolworth organization.
The magnificent new Woolworths is a shopper’s “dream come true” where housewives, and indeed every member of the family, will receive prompt and efficient service at the 1,100 feet of counters. Designed for speedier shopping, the new building has many new and novel features which will make shopping a pleasure.
The old Woolworth’s opened on May 1, 1918, and through the years has given excellent service. But the many improvements installed in the new Woolworth’s buildings erected since, have made the present premises old-fashioned, so last August work started on the erection of a new store.
The buildings facing on East Main street were demolished to make room for the store, and the R. Timms Construction and Engineering Company of Welland erected the new modern building in a very short time.
First things that customers will notice on entering the new store is the lighting, for the whole shopping floor is brilliantly illuminated with daylight lighting. In addition to the usual “hollow square” shopping counters, there are several new counters of revolutionary design at which the sales girl stands outside the counter. Stationed at various points over the store are wrapping stations, where customers can have their goods wrapped and pay for them there too.
A welcome addition is a modern lunch counter, with 56 feet of counter space. Here customers can stop for a snack or have lunch. All food is prepared and baked on the premises daily in a large modern kitchen. All fittings on the lunch counter are of stainless steel.
Another new feature is a shoe department for ladies and children where high class shoes can be obtained. There is also a pet shop department, (Miki Sheils ran this department in the back of the store for many years) and a horticultural counter. Wide spacious aisles ensure that there will be no crowding.
The entire building is air conditioned and has been finished in light colored materials and paints. Downstairs most of the floor space has been given over to storage, with the various goods kept in steel bins. A two-way electric conveyor belt leads from street level, for easier handling of goods. There are also spacious restrooms for the staff and public and employees lounge for the staff of 50, is tastefully decorated and fitted with easy chairs and a radio.
Cooperating with Ray Beattie, the popular manager of the store, are William Ross of the Woolworth construction department in Toronto, Ray Bridle, supervisor of the London district for Woolworth’s and F.L. Gooderham, Toronto, the store opening supervisor for Canada. These four men have been on hand to prepare for the opening of the store tomorrow.
A welcome guest at the opening will be A. B. Munro, the manager of the Welland store from 1929-33, who was raised in Welland. He is now assistant general manager of the Woolworth stores in Canada. In 1953 his position was taken over by Ray Beattie, who has remained as manager of the local store ever since. In his 21 years of service Mr. Beattie has been actively associated with the life of the city, and has done valuable community service with the service clubs and other organizations.
The general contractors for the building were the R. Timms Construction and Engineering Limited who have recently moved into new offices on Lincoln street, West.
“It has been our pleasure to carry out some of the finer buildings in Welland during the past few years such as the new post office, the addition to the Welland County courthouse and the modernization and remodelling of the two Loblaws stores,” said R.H. Timms, vice-president.
“The new Woolworth store is another step in the improvement and expansion of downtown Welland,” he said.
Other firms who participated include, E.S. Fox, plumbing and heating systems, Trans –Canada Fixtures, Libby Air-Conditioning, Ontario and Fulsom Electric Limited, Niagara Falls electrical engineers and contractors.
The interior and exterior mill work was supplied by Niagara Lumber and Planing Mill products of Welland.
A feature of the opening will be the budgie and pet display by the Bio-Vin Company of St. Thomas. There is a special offer in connection with the engineers opening. Besides their fine line of budgies and canaries, the Vio-Bin Mill firm has a country wide reputation for all kinds of pet foods and supplies.
Welland Dairy Limited are supplying the milk for the lunch counter and Canada Bread Limited have the contract for bakery products.
[Welland Tribune January 28, 1947]
Proprietors of the Majestic Grill East Main street, have purchased the building occupied by Loblaws Groceteria Limited, situated on the south side of East Main street. The former owner was Mrs. Blake Booth of Aqueduct street. Loblaws Groceteria Ltd. will later this year move to new quarters on East Main street.
The manager, Chris Dimitroff, would not reveal the purchase price but he told the Tribune that renovations and the work of re-fashioning the former groceteria into what he stated would be one of the most modern and up to date restaurants in this part of the Niagara peninsula would cost between $20,000 and $25,000. He was unable to state when the work would be completed because of the uncertain state of building operations. The new restaurant, he said, would seat approximately 100 persons at a time. And the upper floor will be devoted to catering to wedding and other parties and groups. It is the intention to maintain the present grill on the north side of the street.
The owners of the Majestic Grill are Chris Dimitroff, William Tallis and Harry Lombro, and it is expected that John Tallis also of Welland will become a fourth partner within the next few months.
The present owners purchased the goodwill of the present restaurant from G. Gettas in 1937, and the name of the establishment was then changed from “The Appolo Restaurant” to “Majestic Grill.”
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