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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1949-03-10, Page 12PAGE TWELVE CLI:NTOiq NEWT; Lc,9 ? TIil1RSDAY, MARCH 10, • 1949 Clinton�arthffs Brakery was E�tabl��i�d tri � Over. 46.,:YeArt.'Ago �' General View from Front of Store Showing Fountain and Soda Bar F. R. Darrow Again out-of-town visitors prayed the 1�'rl'lCoinn'ienced r course. "Further impro�rements Secti on on Right, Restaurant in Rear Heads Golf Club were made on .the grounds and` iii, the club house, and consider- able new equipment was added. F. R. Darrow, KC, was re erected president for the third successive term, with Dr. N. C. Jlaekson vice-president, and W. A. Couithurst secretary -treasur- er.. Other directors elected were D, IT.- Mooney, S. H. Prevett, Frank • Curry, Charles Naftel, C. N. Buechler, and W. A; Suther- l'and:, on Left, Bakingand Candy , The 1948 season was one of r B lift 4° M, y �,,pt, r the most successful in the histo BY Har ��/♦�/r Bari lift V'",i, 'i,. 'f'�zi ¢ ,. �` s ' , r � v�+ r y .Maitland Goi£ Club, it was shown in reports given at. the annual shareholders' meeting in Goderich The club is now in the strongest 'financial position it has yet enjoyed, The membership increased sub- Stant eli'y last year, land 2,427 The history of the Bartliff business id - Clinton . goes back more than 46 years. It 'was in December 1902 that young Harry Bartliff left his home in Brussels, 27 miles north of here, where he had been associated with his father, the late Charles Bartliff, in the bakery and confectionery busi- ` ness. He came to Clinton and started out "on his own" by purchasing the business owned by the late James McLay and located where Hawkins' Hard- ware store now stands. He remained there for three years. Built In 1906 It was in September 1906 that Harry came to the con- clusion that the best way to get ahead in business was to progress, so he erected a brand new two -storey -and -basement concrete block building - the present one — on the present site. It included the present Clinton Locker Service. The oontractor was John Johnston. Mr, Bartliff recalls that many people told him he was "foolish" and worse to build on that corner (Albert and Rattenbury), because the main business section seemed to be south of that point. Harry went ahead, however, and the site has seemed to be a good choice because business certain- ly has prospered over the years. Bakeshop Built 1914 At that time, and until 1914, the bakeshop was carried on in the former King Bakery, farther north on the west side of Albert Street. The main block of the store had and still has dimensions of 80 feet along the Ratten- bury St. side, by 23 feet in width. A new bakeshop was. erected at the rear of the property in 1914, with an addition in 1947. The annex, part two-storey in height, is 80 feet long on the Rattenbury Street side, with a width of 20 feet. Sons Bought in 1946 A little over three years ago, on the return of his three sons from service in the armed forces, Mr. Bartliff decided to sell the business to them, ef- fective January 1, 1946. This he- did with the'result that the three brothers — Elliott, Bruce, and Douglas — . have carried on very successfully under the name of "Bartliff Bros,", since that time. In the meantime, Harry Bartliff retained his agency for Western Ontario Motorways and is still the agent for the bus company with his office in the store, next the fountain. He states that he has.never regretted disposing of the bak- ery end confectionery business to his three sons. To an on- looker, it looks like a mighty happy "father -and -sons" com- bination. Incidentally, all three of the brothers were born in Clinton, received their education here, and served in the Armed Forces during the war—Bruce, in the RCAF; and Elliott and Doug in the Army. 0 W. M. MURRAY HEADS LARGE OTTAWA STORE Dr, and Mrs. Lloyd Moffatt, London and Varna, were recent guests of the former's sister, Mrs. W. M. Murray, Ottawa, the oc- casion being a family party tend- ered her only son, Walter Moffatt Murray, who at the age of 32 becomes head of Ottawa's lead- ing department store, Murphy - Gamble Ltd. The present Murphy -Gamble business was founded by his father, the late W. L. Murray, over a quarter of a century ago. It is owned entirely by the Murray family but has carried on under the original firm name of Murphy -Gamble, Ltd.. They handle only the highest quality of merchandise procurable from domestic and world markets. They now employ over 400 people. Of recent years they have en- larged their store -floor space by adding an additional storey, mak- ing it a six -storey building, ex- tending one city block,, from Spark St. to Bank St. They have built their own warehouse, in suburban Ottawa to take care of reserve merchandise and a gar- age to store and repair their own fleet of delivery trucks. They have also' purchased land oppos- ite, on Bank St,, to provide pri- vate customers parking for 100 cars. Walter Moffatt Murray is a graduate of McGill University, Montreal, and for some years was connected with Simpson's of To- ronto and Macy's of New York City, the world's largest'depart- ment store, where he acquired wide and diffeernt retail mer- chandising experience, preparing him efficiently to enter his fa- ther's business later. In 1940 he returned to Ottawa and joined Murphy -Gamble as drygoods'buy- er end in the same year he mar- ried Mamie Hancock, Galt, also a graduate of McGill. In addition to his regular ex- ecutive duties he still gives buy- ing his personal attention. He and his staff of old country buy- ers left Ottawa January 15 by plane on their annual buying trip to the British Isles and the cont- inent. Their European buying connec- tions were solidly established over 60 year's ago, first, by his grandfather, the late James Mur- ray, when he was buyer fox the Smallman and Ingram• Co., now Simpson's of London, and later by his father, who made 64 cros- sings of the Atlantic on 32 buy- ing trips for the two Murray stores, Murray Sons Ltd., of Ham- ilton, and Murphy -Gamble of Ottawa. Now -a -days they make the two-way trip across the At- lantic by plane and all their other travelling between England, Ireland, Scotland, France and Belgium, and by that means, re- duce their time away from home by about 16 days, returning the last of February. When you ask Walter: 'Don't you take great risks in travelling so much by plane?" He explains earnestly, "When you get back to old London, tired, work all done, six weeks away from home working and travelling day and I9iNSALL ELIMINATED Lucan eliminated Hensall from the WOAA Intermediate "B" hockey play-offs by scoring a 10-3 victory over Hensall at Sea - forth Saturday, They will now play Thedford, the first game on the latter's home ice Wed- nesday night. , GOI)ERICH AGAIN Goderich Lions Juveniles won the WOAA championship at Goderich Wednesday night Iast for the fourth time in a row when they defeated Hanover Juveniles in the second 'game of the Juvenile "A" final by the same score as the first game, 8-1. night in all those great, busy old cities, and you think that away across that ocean, your wife, two young sons and a little daughter are anxiot}sly waiting for daddy and you know that a plane will get there in 15 hours instead of good to me." NNUAL MEETING Huron -Perth and Huron LIBERAL ASSOCIATION Saturday, March 12 at 2.30 p.m'.. Hensall Town Hall HEAR HON. STEWART S. CARSON: Minister of Justice. DON'T MISS THIS OUTSTANDING SPEAKER! W. H. GOLDING, MP. and others Huron -Perth and Huron -Liberal, Association, 'ALBERT KAI„BFLEISCH W. L. WHYTE President Secretary "Gad Save the King 8-9-10-b Bartliff Bros.' Many Services Include: Complete Line of Baked Goods Baked In Our Spotlessly Clean Bakery Pies; Cakes, Tarts, Cookies, Jelly Rolls Cream Puffs and Eclairs Cup Cakes, Rolls, Buns, Bread, Fruit Bread Fruit Cake, 'Doughnuts, Hot Cross Buns it rbers 3Gaken for �ecorateb rberf lEatten for ;Betorateb IBirtbbap anDat; ebbing eakeg�ahe� Fully Equipped Fountain &; Soda Bar Silverwood's Ice Cream Specially Equipped with Carbonater to ensure Fresh Sparkling Soda Water Complete Line of Sundaes and Ice Cream Bricks and Sodas Light Lunches served in our bright, cheery restaurant at all times, Dinners at Noon Cigars • Cigarettes -- Tobaccos --' Chocolate Bars Chocolates - Neilson's Moir's Smiles n' Chuckles McCormick's COME Chewing Gum -- An Assortment of Candies SPECIALS for Opening Day, Only! Saturday, March 12 COFFEE RINGS, reg. 23c • Special 18c NEAPOLITAN CAKES, reg. 35c Special 29c MARSHMALLOWS, reg. lb. 40c Special 29c Annie Laurie CHOCOLATES, reg. $1, Special, lb. 90c Silverwood's ICE CREAM BRICKS, reg. 28c, Special 25c MILK SHAKES, reg. 15c Special 10c WESTERN ONTARIO MOTORWAYS BUS DEPOT AND TICKET AGENCY 1 Baby Bunting - Nuts WIS Blanched and Spanish Peanuts Assorted Mix Princess Elizabeth Mix INp WE'D BE VERY GLAD TO SEE YOU: