Robert James Catton, c.1980

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Creator

Unknown, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white negative of Robert James Catton (1918-2002).

Notes

Robert James Catton was born at Scarborough, Ontario, on 28 October 1918 and operated a shop in Scarborough before he came to Whitby in 1959 and purchased Butt Radio and Electronics. He retired in 1995, a few years after taking his son Chris Catton on as a partner and changed the name of the business to C & C Sound. Until 1976 he sold stereo equipment and appliances at 118 Brock Street South. After 1976 he dealt exclusively in stereo equipment. Mr. Catton was a member of the Committee of Adjustment, the Chamber of Commerce, and Retail Merchant's Association. He started the committee which established a Business Improvement Area Board for downtown Whitby in the 1980s. He was also a warden at All Saints' Anglican Church. He was president of the Whitby Rotary Club in 1971-72 and named a Paul Harris Fellow in 1983. In 1979-80 he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital. Mr. Catton died at Ajax-Pickering General Hospital on May 31, 2002 and was cremated.

Date of Original

1980

Dimensions

Width: 1 in
Height: 1.5 in

Subject(s)

Business & finance
Electronic apparatus & appliances
Organizations

Personal Name(s)

Catton, Robert James

Corporate Name(s)

Butt Radio & Electronics ; C & C Sound

Local identifier

A2016_017_022A

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8779700407619 Longitude: -78.9412358099173

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