The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-07-02, Page 164,
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The 4tclry, of a.Canadian
Company's Growth in Southwestern Ontario.
FIVE YEARS BEFORE CANADA BECAME A NATION, A YOUNG
BOY NAMED DAVID CONKLIN BEGAN WORKING IN THE .ROUGH
AND READY LUMBER CAMPS OF ESSEX 'COUNTY. TWO •
' 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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IQ' -S -SON, WILLIAM, ENTERED HIS
FATHER'S BUSINESS IN ,1895 EIGHT
fRAV" EARS LATER, WILLIAM T. CONKLIN,
OPENED THE COMPANY'S FIRST
RETAIL LUMBER OUTLET, TODAY;
THERE ARE 1f3 YARDS STRETCHING
FROM THE DETROIT RIVER TO
GEORGIAN BAY, FROM THE BANKS
,OF LAKE HURON TO THE SHORES
OF LAKE ERIE'
JACK
MINER
COUNTRY
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.
WILLIAM T'S FIRST LUMBER
STORE:- WAS ESTABLISHED - +N
THE TOWN OF KINGSVILLE, IN
THE AREA WHICH HAS BECOME
KNOWN THROUGHOUT - THE
NATION AS "JACK MINER
COUNTRY".
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R.C.A.F.' Memorial,
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THE RICH
FARMING C,,UNTRY
'ROUND
HARROW
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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.
HISTORIC
FORT MALDEN
AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO IS A LOVELY
TOWN, WITH TREE -LINED STREETS
AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE - AND, OF
COURSE, HISTORIC FORT MALDEN.
THE CONIIN BRANCH IN TOWN
-WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1920..
MANAGER, LANCE PIPER, HAS
BEEN WITH THE • COMPANY
43 YEARS.
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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.
CONKLIN
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came
STANDS ONE OF RIO -GE-
TOWN'S OLDEST BUILD—
INGS, THE PRESBYTER-
IAN CHURCH" RLDGETOWN
IS ONLY MINUTES AWAY
FROM BEAUTIFUL BOND-
; EAU' PARK: CONKLIN'S
MANAGER IN TOWN IS
DON SHOTT.E.
I1� ADVERTISING ITS PRODUCTS,
CONKLIN LUMBER COMPANY USES
NOT ONLY' THE LARGE METROPOLITAN
NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS,
BUT SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WEEKLIE•3
SUCH AS THE EXETER - TIMES=ADVOCAT
AND THE,RIDGETOVVN DOMINION.
MANY CONKLIN BRANCHES' ARE '
LOCATED IN TOWNS SUCH AS
HARROW- TOWNS THAT SERVE
I1E RICH FARMING AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO. I`
THESE TOWNS, CONKLIN'S MAII-
.AGERS ARE USUALLY ON A FIRST
NAME BASIS WITH THEIR CUS-
-•TOMERS.
Il Inln
THIS GODERICH LANDMARK, K" �t tf'
PATTERNED, AFTER AN IRISH: „ f,f , ' ,1!J
CASTLE, WAS STARTED • ,/ / 43.4
IN 1861. CONKLIN'S / 01
YARD IN GODERICH Ire
WAS STARTED A??=•_
FEW -YEARS LATER
IN 1961. :.},,: :.'��::1 k..°.•�
FOR CONTRACTORS AND•
DO-IT-YOURSELF, HOMEOWNERS
HOMEOWNERS.
THE MODERN, FULLY EQUIPPED CONKLIN
LUMBER YARD OF TODAY IS- A'VERITABLE
ONE-STOP SHOPPING CENTRE WHERE CUSTOMERS
'CAN PURCHASE EVERYTHING" THEY NEED TO
COMPLETE THE MOST COMPLICATE? 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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CONKLIN'S MOVE .NORTH___ TO KINCARDINE,
SOUTHAMPTON AND OWEN SOUND
CONKLIN'S ESTABLISHED CUSTOMERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH
.,THE; COMPANY'S SELLING 'MES,SAGE, "YOU CAN BUY FOR
-TESS BECAUSE- OF-CONKLIN'S 15YAAD"Bt"JYING- -POWER'
TODAY, WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THREE NEW YARDS IN
KINCARDINE, SOUTHAMPTON AND &WEN SOUND, CONKLIN'S
CAN OFFER THEIR •CUSTOMERS' EVEN GREATER BUYING
POWER. NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, - YOU CAN BUY •
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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 1NDEEE PROUD OF OUR ASSO-
CIATION WITH THE' COMMUNITIES IN WHICH
WE SE'RVE. (Signed) William D. Conklin,
President, -Conklin Lumber Co., Ltd. •
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