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PAQG. 8. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1981, WHITPY FREE PRESS Our Historical Heritage BN, LUGINLFHENRY litby\ S t Oi t storiai l It was 1911, wlien Harry C. Hatcli was a liquor mer- chant in tlie downtown business section of Whitby. He was good looking, and articulate witli compelling ways about hlm. He was 28 years of age at tlie time, and impatient witli the quiet ways of the County Town. The Town of Whtby seems to have missed tlie Harry Hatcli success story com- pletely. It is fitting therefore, tliat we remedy now this over- sight of a Wlitby mercliant who went on to become botli wealthy and powerful, as a world class distiller. Town miss ed Hatch story He was pre-occupied witli money making ideas and old timers said that la what lie talked about most of the time. Harry's most attentive listener was a quiet, dark- haired Oshiawa girl by the name of Elizabeth Carr. He married lier and they had tliree cliildren:- Mildred, Carr and Clifford. Early in 1913, Hatch sold his Whitby liquor business and moved to, Toronto where lie opened a larger store. He also started a retail mail order business In Quebec. Soon after, however, prohibition regualations were enacted in Canada. Distillers were allowed to operate at tlie production level of the industry, but retail operations were shar- ply curtaiied. It proved to be, a short term set back for Harry Hatcli. He moved to the produc- tion site of his industry witli tLhese developmnents. He became a sales manager for Corby Distillery bringing Kentucky Fr«ied Ch"icken New Year Specilals!. j sStart the New Year off right! Kentucky Fried Chicken has' two great deals ~ r-ion good chicken! >There's nothing like the Kentucky Fried Chicken New Year's Specials. [rie Ckiken ---------------------------- ISAVE » i $1.,55on a BUCKE 2forl » THRIFTY IDINNER witli hlm the sizeable proceeds of lits aborted retail operations. Con- currently dlstillery stocks declined in price on Canadian markets. It was Hlarry's gut feeling that Harry llatch' mudli of their future .value remained unimpaired. He looked for and foudn the opportunity of lis life time. He promoted the fun- ds to purdliase control of Gooderliam and Worts, Ltd. of Toronto and later, Hiram Walker and Sons of Walker- ville, Ontario. With these moves the THtIS 1IJANARY7THI1 TO JANUARY 31ST bring this coupon ta your nearh,. Kentucky Fried Chicken Store f' a Bucket, with 15 pieces of good chicken, and payjust $6.95-t Reg. $8.50 -IANIUARY 7TH I .4 i i young man from Whîtby had corne a long way. He was for certain a challenging, top figure in the Candian dlstilling industry. Further advances were in store for him, througli acquisitions in the United Kingdom.- In a short period of time lie purcliased interests in two scotch blendlng houses and in 1936 ail of the stock in the prestigious flrm of George Ballentine and Son of Gkasgow. With these acqusitions, and witli brands like Canadian Club and Ballen- tines, Harry C. Hatcli was a world class distiller. It was at this time that Harry went into the racing of thoroughbred liorses in Canada. Like the Seagrams before him and E. P. Taylor wlio would follow, lie joined tlie ranks of Canadian brewers and distillers wlio went to the. tracks witli winning ways. He bougth a farm at Agin- court, Ontario and built a high quality, middle-sized racing establishiment. He won lis sliare of stake races and within a decade won the King's Plate five times with Monsweep in 36; with Goldlure in 37; with ~c~ot1~cIlickenVif&L.j b Budpath in 41; wlth Acara in 44; with uttermostlInl45. Clifford Hatch served with the Royal Canadian Navy on antl-submlarine patrols in the North Atlantic from 1941 to 45. When lis tour of duty was at an end lie was a Lieutenant Conmman- der and its father was un- derst.andably proud of lis wartime activities. His life and work with Clif f after World War Il was brief and rewarding. He died in 1946. He was 63 years old at the time. Clifford -Hatch's years in the navy equipped him ad- mirably to follow the fatlier's central position of power in Hiram Walker- Gvoderham and Worts and in recent years lie too looked for and found the right men to follow him, when his days at Walkerville would be over. In retrospect, Harry Hat- ch seems to have been a winner ail the way. His luckiest day no doubt, was wlien he married Elizabeth Carr.. Coupled with her dark good looks she had a sharp, intelligence and an unfailing sense of what was best and good for her family. She remained always, Harry Hatch's quietly slirewd, observer and ad- visor. Like lis father before him, Clifford Hatch married a dark haired young lady wlio lived close to the Hatch hlme lived close to the Hatch home in Toronto's Rosedale. They have lived liappily ever since. And so you have the Harry Hatch success story. Tippy Magoo, where are you? On New Year's Day sometime between 7 and 8 p.m., Wilma' Huntley lost lier cat, a -cat that she really wants back. According to Huntley, someone picked Up lier 14- DENTURE THERAIW CLINIC 111 DUNDAS> STREET WEST WHITBY 668-1464 j lý 1