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34 Progress Edition of The Canadian Statesman, Wednesday, June 29,1988 You Can Color This Decorating Shop "Helpful 99 BRASS WTHIP& Color Your World owner Donna Hawley shows customer Betty Scott some of the latest designs in wallcoverings. The store carries a wide selection of paints, wallpapers and floor tiles. The friendly arid knowledgeable staff are always available for home decorating advice. Hawley's Color Your World is celebrating its first anniversary. Located in the plaza at the corner of King Street and Simpson Avenue, the paint and wallpaper store has provided valuable valuable and top notch service for many Bowmanville and area home decorators decorators over the past year. The dealership opened in June 1987, and is owned and operated by Newcastle residents Donna and Loren Hawley. Hawley. The pleasant staff, are, always available to help make any home decorating project easier. easier. Color Your World Inc. manufactures and distributes distributes their own paint products. They ensure top quality and competitive competitive prices. Owner Donna Hawley explained that being a dealership allows the owners to "take advantage advantage of volume buying through a national chain while still being a privately privately owned business where the customer needs and personal service service are guaranteed." The store offers a wide selection of interior and exterior paints for home or professional use. With a choice of over 700 custom colors, there is surely a shade of paint: for everyone. The Hawleys' store also carries over 150 instock instock wallcoverings to please even the fussiest decorator. At the rear of the store, a large selection selection of the best selling and up-to-date wallcovering wallcovering books are available. available. They feature top names like Sunworthy, Kingfisher, Desart, Mayfair and many more. Vinyl floor tiles, featuring featuring such names as Armstrong, Amtico and others, are also for sale. Finally, no home decorating decorating project would be possible without the necessary necessary supplies. Color Your World offers the widest range of brushes, trays, tape, scissors, sandpaper and much more to assist the do-it- yourselfer. Buildall Started in Courtice The present-day Henry Buildall and Henry Do-It Centres began as a small wordworking shop employing employing three people in the early 1930's.. Initially the company was called Oshawa Wood Products Products Ltd. (that still remains as the corporate name) and manufactured moldings, oak staircases, window frames, incubators and egg crates. Much has changed over the years. The one woodworking woodworking shop has expanded to three local retail outlets; one in Courtice, one at the border of Oshawa and Whitby Whitby and another in Ajax. Product lines have changed and expanded immensely immensely since the early days. Now the popular company offers the widest selection of floor covering, home decorating decorating supplies, hardware, electrical equipment, and plumbing and heating wares. J. Cecil Found, a longtime resident of Courtice and Ebenezer Ebenezer area started the com- ' pany in 1931 under the Oshawa Wood Products name. Bill Henry, the head of the present-day business, began his home improvement improvement career in 1939. Mr. Found was his father-in-law and together they worked towards towards the continued growth and development of the company. A fire in 1952 destroyed the Courtice Henry Buildall Centre. However, the store kept running from an Oshawa factory until the new lumber and supply showcase was officially, opened in 1960. Since that time the Whitby and Turn to Page 35 Drug Store Grew With Town Alex McGregor opened the McGregor IDA Drug Store on April 3, 1933, purchasing purchasing the business from R.M. Mitchell. Alex McGregor began his apprenticeship in pharmacy at the Jury and Lovell Drug Store on Kang St. in the days when druggists learned their trade through an apprenticeship apprenticeship before studying pharmacy pharmacy at university. After graduating from the University University of Toronto, he worked in Toronto and then returned to Jury and Lovell where he served as assistant manager before taking over R.M. Mitchell and Co. Old records indicate that the first day of business, the store took in $9.81. Hours of operation were from eight a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wed nesday afternoon, the shop was closed. The Saturday evening hours date back to the days when farmers came to town Saturday night for their traditional traditional shopping excursion. The practice of pharmacy at that time included the actual actual mixing of many medicines medicines and liquids since they were not pre-manufactured and pre-packaged to the extent extent that they are today. In addition, a number of the powders, ointments and other other medicines dispensed by the druggist were from présentions présentions of local veterinarians veterinarians for farmers' livestock. One of the major changes occuring during Mr. McGregor's McGregor's ownership of the store was the redecorating and renovation of the premises in 1962. Some of the old cases originally contained in the store have found their way into the Bowmanville Museum Museum collection. Mark Borutskie and Arthur Arthur Evans purchased McGregor Drugs in 1973 after after the death of Mr. McGregor McGregor in 1972. Six years later, the partners partners decided to expand their business, purchasing the neighbouring dress shop and tearing down a wall. A further further expansion took place in the fall of '85, giving the' store a full 4,000 square feet. Changes which have hit the pharmacy profession in recent years include the extensive extensive use of computers to store information on each patient and assist the pharmacist pharmacist in other aspects of the profession. But some things about the business haven't changed over the years. Then, as now, McGregor Drugs remains a community pharmacy. "The little shop that offers a whole lot" • Period hardware and lighting • Bath accessories • Lamp restoration (oil or electric) • Renovating or building that "Heritage" Home?...Come see us first for that "old style" hardware and lighting Fine quality cast aluminum signs with baked on enamel custom made to your requirements. 1 \ We're not big, but come browse through our catalogues for an unusual selection of products for the home. 135 King St. E. 623-1337 Bowmanville DISCOVER ALL THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER! 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