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Clinton News-Record, 1975-09-25, Page 15, aratattaa., , _WNW at, attf , 1.1 tar. trot t .......11,40.1,11.0.,..9aa Vat 1,......antava.102,,i .at ' • • auaami, latt • - _ Tharsday, ep ember 075 • 110th Year one cf Clinton s coldest -bysin asses d 4 remove SOO polar& of bread dough from the huge mixer at the bakery. The dough is then chopped into smaller chunks and placed into Wcing tinsandhurried to the -ovens. No. 39 39 y changes hands after 73 years Seventy years and three generations of local business, history ended last week when Bartliff's Bakery and Restaurant changed hands. Founded in 1902 by the late Harry Bartliff, Bartliff's has been "the name" in baked goods and bread in , Clinton and throughout much of Huron County in the 73 years since. The store first started in a small way by Harry in 1902 in the store now occupied by Simpson -Sears, and moved to its present location in September of 1906. In 1946, Harry's three sons, Elliott, Bruce, and Douglas purchased the business, and up:until the sale tact week, some of the third generation children also worked in the bakery and restaurant. The restaurant and bakery is now owned by Gordon Duern of Clinton. an architect and designer, and he intends to keep up the 73 -year tradition of quality and service that the Bartliffs were best known for. Over the years, the bakery has turned out" literally hundreds of thousands of loaves of bread' and countless pies, cookies, and cakes. At one time, Bartliff's bread could be found on any grocery store shelf in Huron County, and at one time, there were few residents in Clinton, and indeed Huron. who had not savoured the home-made taste of Bartliff's bread. But in the last decade, technology and inflation caught up with the Bartlittss, and the huge bakery Storg and photos bg James Fitzgerald • chains in the large cities were able to produce more bread, and faster than the five man crew at Bartliffs, and gradually the bakery cut back on the customers it served. Two years ago, the bakery pulled their trucks off the road, serving customers only from their store. Over the years, the fame of Bartliff's goods spread tar and wide, with people from Stratford, London, and even Toronto making a special trip to Clinton to buy some "just- like4nother-used-to-bake-it" baked goods. Last week. Bruce, Elliott and Doug officially ' handed over the reigns to Gordon, and Doug and his wife Helen have remained on to help and advise Mr. Duern in his new task. Mr. Duern hopes to retain the tradition of excellent baking the Bartliffs maintained, and he will even keep the name. But no doubt, many of Huron County's older residents will regret that, now almost all of their bread and baked goods available- in the grocery stores was made .several days ago in some distant city, and Bartliffs', once famed locally made bread will only be available in small quantities from Mr. Duern. The. third generation of the family to work in the bakery, Cathy Bartliff, left, and Peggy (Bardiff), Reid, fill pies with an assortment of fruit fillings. With nearly half a century of baking behind him, Elliott Bartllff looks forward to retiring. Here he takes some pastry from one of the two huge ovens recently at Bartliffs. • Peter Van Lao demonstrates how easy it is to make a pie. After turning out thousands over the years, Peter makes ten pies faster than the average homemaker can get the pastry ready for one. Robert Van Loa carefully winds pastry around metal cones, and after baking; the metal is removed and the hems filled with cream. hall, left, of RR 3, Clhiton takes cbatjoe from Janet Jewitt after ternptlngbakedg�dscointter. ; ' • , • t• • Mrs . etti4W Switzer, teft, an2 Drn'othy (�ardiff) Crater Gordon mpare a few of the hundreds Of mods served each week at •flartilits', Sod llarfflffs now :outer new management after 73 $ears in the . spacious oaKery on Fle S1fl10 WW1) . • to keep tap the tradition of fine baked goods established by ed several new lines of baked goods turned out from the '4 '4