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weekender july 5 1986 p23 town has changed since merchant opened in 1950 in 1950 when curt fleischer first began selling furniture in the markham area from a small rented room on main st there were few stores and the rest of the area was all fields if we had two or three peo ple pass by the store that was really something reminisced the owner of toromark furni ture house about his early be ginnings mr fleischer as a jew had to emigrate from his home town teplitzschonau in czechosolvakia in order to escape the 1938 german occupation prior to his arrival in canada in 1942 his eventual decision to move to markham was influenced by the friendli ness of its citizens two years later he moved across the road to an old three storey house and in 1966 he was on the move again re locating to his present address at 128 wellington st w in the sherwood shopping plaza there was a time when mr fleischer operated three furni ture stores in markham and one near queen and spadina from 1955 to 1962 although he noted that running the one large markham store is more efficient his present store houses more than 6000 sq ft of cana dianmade furnishings bed ding draperies and carpeting he also specializes in reuphol- stering we are not the biggest he explained but i am proud to say that we are the best mr fleischer offers an in terestfree payment plan toromark customers have the option of buying their furniture now and paying for it in one month installments interest- free for six months we also dont charge for de livery which many of the big ger stores are doing today he added his truck besides making deliveries to the markham area is also known to deliver merchandise to surrounding communities such as stouffvil- le unionville pickering thor- nhill oshawa lindsey belle ville and even as far away as sudbury he pointed out that most of his customers learn about his reputation for low prices by wordofmouth mr fleischer admit that the secret to his success has been simple keep your over head low maintain a personal ized approach and have a help ful staff for which he would like to extend kudos to betty sagi betty hansplant george the upholsterer and the two boys working on the delivery truck curt fleischer has seen alot of changes over the past 36 years the owner of toromark furniture prides himself on providing personal service at competitive prices jg mm s3 fills is h sbsh9 vgggy si tmamma cresthaven golf club mccowan rd north of 14th ave markham ont 18 hole 2757 yard par 54 weekdays s weekend holidays 850 seniors twilight so 2940621 stouffville district credit 96 main st w stouffville 6402811 crothers ida pharmacy ltd 74 wellington st w markham ontario markham centre 2942800 4772800 fyxovjlna joazwlsx lin ljivl commwzihj s 8515 mccowan rd markham ont 4715050 congratulations markham economist sun seaway pools spas 25 heritage rd markham ont 2948030 conmululaliotii oti uoui tcth isltmaau jhe jviiaqahit htajf wattes toii continued mossii markvifle mall hwy 7 mccowan 4776420 travel with the pros stonehouse travel 416 6405491 congratulations from ged 4 betty stonehouse and team for all you travel needs ctjak un optical factory outlet appreciates your patronage congratulations from hakim telephone 416 4715666 37 wellington st w markham ont l3p 1a4 reesor marmill ltd manufacturers of fine quality livestock feeds pet r foods congratulations to the markham economist sun on 130 years of continuous service 14 station street markham ontario petbocamada bus 416 2942323 18002685657 bruce hall fuels 137 main st w stouffville 6403423 x widdifield drugs ltd phone 6402700 385 main st w stouffville ont stouffville plaza loixon garland cjiineral home donald h garland 2942030 166 main st n markham ont we have spaces to great puces don gina jackson 22 main st stouffville 6403526