HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-07-02, Page 10The Story of a Canadian
Company's Growth in Southwestern Ontario
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HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE TO
SERVE THE COMMUNITY. OF COMBER. IT RAN FROM
LEAMINGTON TO COMBER, A DISTANCE OF SIX-.
TEEN MILES.
GRAND BEND
ON THE SHORES
OF LAKE HURON
FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE NAME
"GRAND BEND" STANDS FOR
SUMMERTIME FUN AND RELAXA-
TION. THE CONKLIN BRANCH IN
TOWN SERVES NOT ONLY THE
INDUSTRIOUS, HARD - WORKING
CITIZENS OF "THE BEND" BUT
ALSO THE COTTAGERS IN THE
AREA. -
CONKLIN'S MOVE NORTH TO KINCARDINE,
SOUTHAMPTON AND OWEN SOUND
CONKLIN'S ESTABLISHED CUSTOMERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE COMPANY'S SELLING MESSAGE, "YOU CAN BUY FOR
LESS BECAUSE OF CONKLIN'S 15-YARD BUYING POWER".
TODAY, WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THREE NEW YARDS IN
KINCARDINE, SOUTHAMPTON AND OWEN SOUND, CONKLIN'S
CAN OFFER THEIR CUSTOMERS EVEN GREATER BUYING
POWER, NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, YOU CAN BUY
FOR LESS AT CONKLIN LUMBER.
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WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED THIS PICTURE-
STORY TRIP THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN
ONTARIO. ALL 137 OF US IN THE CONKLIN
CHAIN ARE INDEED PROUD OF OUR ASSO-
CIATION WITH THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH
WE SERVE. (Signed) William D. Conklin,
President, Conklin Lumber Co., Ltd.
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DAVID'S SON, WILLIAM, ENTERED HIS
FATHER'S BUSINESS IN 1895. EIGHT
YEARS. LATER,' WILLIAM T. CONKLIN
OPENED THE COMPANY'S FIRST
RETAIL LUMBER OUTLET, TODAY,
THERE ARE 18 YARDS STRETCHING
FROM THE DETROIT RIVER TO
GEORGIAN BAY, FROM THE BANKS
OF LAKE HURON TO THE SHORES
OF LAKE ERIE.
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BOY NAMED DAVID CONKLIN BEGAN WORKING IN THE ROUGH iol ";" .:..
AND READY LUMBER CAMPS OF ESSEX COUNTY. TV ...:7-m
DECADES LATER, HE OPENED HIS OWN SAWMILL. THIS
SAWMILL WAS THE BEGINNING OF A RETAIL LUMBER ORGANIZATION
WHICH TODAY HAS BRANCHES RIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
ONTARIO.
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MINER
COUNTRY
WILLIAM T'S FIRST LUMBER
STORE WAS ESTABLISHED IN
THE TOWN OF KINGSVILLE, IN
THE AREA WHICH HAS BECOME
KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE
NATION AS "JACK MINER
COUNTRY".
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FROM THE OUTSKIRTS OF WINDSOR TO
THE SHORES OF GEORGIAN BAY
ONE OF CONKLIN'S BUSIEST BRANCHES IS IN LA SALLE, ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF WINDSOR. IT SERVES HOMEOWNERS THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE WINDSOR AREA. RECENTLY, CONKLIN'S OPENED
THREE NEW BRANCHES: IN KINCARDINE AND SOUTHAMPTON
ON LAKE HURON AND IN OWEN SOUND ON
GEORGIAN BAY.
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE
MISTAKEN: IMPRESSION
THAT THE TOWN. OF "BELLE
RIVER" HAS SOMETHING.
TO DO WITH BELLS. BUT
THE MANAGER OF CONKLIN'S'
IN TOWN, OR ANYONE
WITH AN APPRECIATION
OF FRENCH, WILL TELL YOU
THE NAME. MEANS "BEAUTI-
FUL RIVER."
THERE'S A
CONKLIN.
BRANCH
IN COMBER
TO SERVE
YOU.
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HISTORIC
FORT MALDEN
AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO IS A LOVELY
TOWN, WITH TREE-LINED STREETS
AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE — AND, OF
COURSE, HISTORIC FORT MALDEN.
THE CONKLIN BRANCH IN TOWN
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1920.
MANAGER, LANCE PIPER, HAS
BEEN WITH THE COMPANY
43 YEARS.
MANY CONKLIN BRANCHES ARE
LOCATED IN TOWNS SUCH AS
HARROW— TOWNS THAT SERVE
THE RICH FARMING AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO. IN
THESE TOWNS, CONKLIN'S MAN-
AGERS ARE USUALLY ON A FIRST
NAME BASIS WITH THEIR CUS-
TOMERS.
There's isn't a
GONG in
Belle River
THE RICH
FARMING COUNTRY
'ROUND
HARROW
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MANY OF CONKLIN'S
YARDS ARE CLOSELY
KNIT TOGETHER. THE
WOODSLEE, COTTAM
YARDS ARE ONLY 6 MILES
APART. PEOPLE IN THE AREA
HAVE A CHOICE OF YARDS
AND MANAGERS, AND COM-
PETITION BETWEEN MAN-
AGERS IS OFTEN QUITE
INTENSE.
ON THE CORNER
OF MAIN AND CHURCH
STANDS ONE OF RIDGE-
TOWN'S OLDEST BUILD-
INGS, THE PRESBYTER-
IAN CHURCH. RIDGETOWN
IS ONLY MINUTES AWAY
FROM BEAUTIFUL ROND-
EAU PARK. CONKLIN'S
MANAGER IN TOWN IS
DON SHOTTE.
IN GODERICH, IT'S
MACDERMOTT'S "CASTLE"
THIS GODERICH LANDMARK,
PATTERNED AFTER AN IRISH
CASTLE, WAS STARTED
IN 1861. CONKLIN'S
YARD IN GODERICH
WAS STARTED A
FEW YEARS LATER
IN 1961.
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HERE'S A PICTURE OF CONKLIN'S
YARD IN THEDFORD, IN THE RESORT AREA
'ROUND KETTLE POINT INDIAN RESERVE,
ON THE BANKS OF LAKE HURON. 'IT'S AN
ACTIVE. BRANCH WITH A COMPLETE
SELECTION OF BUILDING SUPPLIES--
PRICED LOW BECAUSE OF CONK-
LIN'S 18 YARD BUYING POWER.
IN ADVERTISING ITS PRODUCTS,
CONKLIN LUMBER COMPANY USES
NOT ONLY THE LARGE METROPOLITAN
NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS,
BUT SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WEEKLIES
SUCH AS THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
AND THE RIDGETOWN DOMINION.
FOR CONTRACTORS AND
DO-IT-YOURSELF HOMEOWNERS
THE MODERN, FULLY EQUIPPED CONKLIN LUMBER
YARD OF TODAY IS A VERITABLE ONE-STOP
SHOPPING CENTRE WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN PUR-
CHASE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THE
MOST COMPLICATED OF JOBS;* EVERYTHING FROM
THUMB TACKS TO BATH TUBS, FROM ROUGH
LUMBER TO THE MOST EXOTIC PANELLING
FROM THE FAR CORNERS OF THE WORLD.
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