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LL @® " IN UN POR A PORT PERRY -- IRR) TAR 10; ° 1975 -- PAGE. 17 Wednesday, December Mayor Lawrence Malcolm does honours as Merle Dowson looks on. STEN TY © ASD He y. x Established business moves When customers keep coming back, it's a sign that you're doing something right. 'At the Red and White, . some of the customers have - been coming back for over a quarter of a century. "In fact," states Ken Dow- - son, who helps his father run the business, 'Dad had LL a (nama ARR pa -- some of these people as -customers when he was working at Brock's as a teen-ager." Ken describes the new store as a totally new exper- ience. "It's like starting a new job," he said. The new plaza store is four times the size of the Queen Ager PN IOP sl Lola Bruce, Bill Barr, Brian Keen, Bob Barr and Andrea Jones at Stedman's Ceremony. Street store the Dowsons have operated since 1949. "Quite frankly," said Ken, looking out over the spac- ious, well-stocked shelves from the upstairs office, "It's a dream come true." The 'dreaming' is only psychological. Physically, (continued on page31 bm sn Canadian Tire Ceremony: Owne Zi k r Ray Wilson (right) and friend, associate Fred Smith, who started Mr. Wilson out with the firm. Look at it from a histor- ical standpoint, and it seems like a move to bigger and better things is the natural way for Canadian Tire to go. When owner, Ray Wilson, moved from the Oshawa store to Port Perry in 1961, to manage the Port Perry "Order Store', the facility here was practically a closet, compared to the new store. "It was about 15 feet by 60 feet," he said. In 1966, it became a separ- ate store, and since then the store has expanded three times. First it was a hat shop next door, and then a lawyers office before the Fr Plaza store 'a dream come frve' You might say Bill Barr has had a fairly thorough education in business, mer- chandizing, and retailing. As a matter of fact, he's spent the last 30 years involved in the field. . Not the type to get excited, then, about a little thing like opening anew store? "This is a dream come - true for me and the family," said Bill, leaning on one of the hundreds of crates in the well-stocked storeroom at the rear of the store. "I've waited a long time..." Mr. Barr has been in the field for many years, first as a buyer with Eatons for 21 years, then with Towers for five years, and finally gener- al manager at the Toronto head offices of the Sayvette chain. For 14 years, work has meant 120 miles of driving a day from the Port Perry area to the Toronto offices, not counting the travelling he's done as part of the job. "It just became too much.. all the travelling and the driving," he said. One of Bill's five children- his son, Bob is in partnership with his dad. "If he likes it, he could start a business of his own...or take over this one eventually." Bob now is .treasurer of the. firm. Bob's twin brother is in the Arctic studying to be an (continued on page3l final move to the plaza. Even here, however, Mr. Wilson takes note of his past experience. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, "Jill and Mark have been telling us about your new store. They said you have many nice things there, and the opening is today. We hope that you have lots of customers and a happy time. Best wishes to Kendall's Shoe Tree." Of all the many well- wishers that showed up for the official opening of Port Perry's first store exclusive- ly selling stores, it is prob- ably this message written by Larry and Doreen Kendall of The Shoe Tree | A family business | Expansion isn't new for CTC he'll tell you. "We've just burst at the seams where we were," he said. 'This was a logical 6 youngsters at Epsom Public School that holds the warm- est spot in the hearts of Larry and Doreen Kendall. Not only the warmest spot in their hearts, but a prom- inent spot on display as well. The huge letter, printed in red crayon, hangs over the ,main counter in the attrac- tive, spacious store. If the Shoe Tree is a dream come true for Larry Kendall, it's shared with the entire family. "The kids are (continued on page3l ~~ pra, os we YR RE ~~ mT ~ Suit = . ~~ EA EE Ar a al = Fes aA a Eee: Te PRAT) pS Lh Nh RETNA RAS Ea XS "-~g Oped EINECS RT A on Armin ns . - WL LQ w oy x CAN Ete er ~~ 1S