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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-03-15, Page 20PAGE 2A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979 Shoes help businessmen step right out... ® from page IA have been three ata time, musical groups together located across from Knox says Mr. Ross. to entertain at senior Presbyterian Church on Retiring from the shoe citizens's functions when East Street. Maher's shoe business was quite a requested. store was the other one decision to make, says NEW OWNER and it was located where Mr. Ross, but he thought Shore's - gift shop is he should retire before he Fred Renshaw, the new located now. reached the age of 70. He owner of Ross Shoe Shop, There are now only two plans to stay in Goderich is no novice inthe shoe • independent shoe stores where he has lived all of business either. He has on the Square, Ross Shoe his fife. He hopes .to do had 35 years experience Shop and Sproule Shoes. some travelling and in all facets of the Over most of the years enjoy golf in the summer. business from display the Square has averaged He sings with the Har- work to 'orthopedics to two shoe stores at.a time bouraires and he and his retail sales. He has and sometimes there twin brother Ebb get operated his own stores as well as working for others. Prior to coming to Goderich, Mr. Renshaw operated a store called Renshaw Shoes in Strathroy. He operated one in Oakville prior to that where he sold only high grade sh.oes and has' managed different shoe stores in Hamilton, Kitchener, Ottawa, New York and Toronto. He was both the manager and company organizer for Pollocks Shoes, a chain in Toronto.. Mr. Renshaw was born in Wales and belongs to the British Shoe Cor- poration. He has worked in Harrods department store on Brompton Road, Hans Cresecent in England. He worked in the shoe department of this store and once waited on Prince Phillip there. Mr. Renshaw is looking forward to working in Goderich. He'is married with five children, two of them still at home. His wife will be working as his bookkeeper at Ross Shoe Shop and he hopes to continue under most of the same lines as Mr. Ross. Right now he is busy building up his stock. He has about 2,000 pairs of jogging shoes and • has opened the upstairs of the store where he keep.s a large selection of work boots on hand (over 1,000 pairs). He will attend shoe shows in March to make style projections for the fall. "I've been arounda long time," he says when speaking of the shoe business. He says he has seen companies selling out to other companies over the years and feels that the big corporations may be beginning to control the industry. • Mr. Renshaw forsees high prices as a problem in the shoe business. Most shoes are made of leather and about 70 per cent of this leather is imported by the United States since Canada does not produce enough,. With the drop- ping Canadian dollar, leather prices are going up. Every day retailers get price increases from. the manufacturer's, says Mr. Renshaw. NEW STORE While on the topic of shoes and shoe stores, this article would be remiss if it did not mention the newest shoe store in Goderich. Don's Shoes, which is operated by Don Corriveau, held its grand opening at the Suncoast Mall last week. Mr. Corriveau has been working in shoe factories for about 17 years and prides himself ' on knowing exactly how shoes are made. He says he is basing his business on proper fittings., Mr. Corriveau, who is originally from Drysdale, started out by working in his uncle's shoe factory in Seaforth. He has worked in the manufacturing proce§s for such shoe factories as Greb, Savage, Bonnie Stewart and- Genesco. He once helped make skates for Phil Esposito and Bobby Hull. He has also worked in the retail end. of the shoe business in Toronto. Mr. Corriveau moved here with his wife and two children from Waterloo where he was last working for Bonnie Stewart, the leader of children's orthopedic shoes in Canada. He learned about or- thopedics there and says he can create most shoes according to individual. fits. ``I can create almost any type of shoe for men," he says. "About the only thing I can't do is make that shoe talk." Mr. Corriveau has his own repair shop and orthopedics section in his store which opened February 15. He says some of the doctors in town have supported him by sending him or- thopedic prescriptions. Orthopedic shoes were once thought of as ugly shoes, he says. But they are not ugly these days. His children's shoes and orthopedic shoes seem to bethe two fastest growing lines in his store. He now has 4,00.0 pairs of shoes in stock and says his store will hold up to 6,000. Mr. Corriveau has wanted to come back to this area .for a long time and he decided if he was going to be living here, he 'was• also going to be doing something he knows best- -selling and repairing shoes. It's great to be back, he says. Anstett Jeweller LIMITED '11 ALBERT ST., CLINTON 482-3901 OPEN WEDNESDAYS For Your Convenience. HOURS: Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday nights t111.9 p.m. auuM aliuuiulW� Don Corriveau, owner of Don's Shoe Place which recently held its grand opening in the Suncoast Mall, has his own repair shop in the back of the store. Here he demonstrates how to use a finishing machine on a shoe during the repair process. He also fills orthopedic prescriptions. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Kingsbridge Community School Consider many needs The recently formed Community School Association of St. Joseph's, Kingsbridge, held their monthly meeting in the school on March 3. Denise Dalton, the co- ordinator, gave a brief resume of programs offered by Conestoga College and many other programs available to the community. A needs survey is being conducted through the schools, churches community meetings etc. Some programs being considered at present are drapery making, gardening, quilting and belly dan- cing: The co-ordinator hopes to receive a great response to the needs survey, so as to know exactly what the interests of ;the community may be. A St. John Ambulance Life Saver course is being offered at St. Joseph's school starting March 22 Cannibal chief (to victim): "What did you do for a living?" Victim: "I was an associate editor." Chief: "Cheer up. After tonight you'll be editor-in- chief." GUARANTEED INVESTMENT . CERTIFICATES iOh/4% BRUCE ERSKINE N North 524-9555 at 8 p.m. This is a 16 hour course which is recognized by the Work- men's Compensation Board. If you are in- terested in this course, phone 529-7646 days or 529-7530 evenings. 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