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page 4 main street growing with markham jeweller likes unique atmosphere by nancy hoskin for over nineteen years lloyd barthau has serviced markham residents and has taken an active role in growing along with the community mr barthau opened his first jewelry store on markhams main st in 1967 after deciding that the village offered a unique atmos phere my wife kathleen and i had explored several areas when we decided to open our first store we realized that markham would be a progressive community said mr barthau the family invested in a proper ty that at one time housed the local bank with the bank mana gers house sitting adjacent and slightly back over the years the barthaus jewelry store was lo cated in the bank while a gift store took residence in the older home after six expansions over 19 years both stores were recently combined into what mr barthau hopes as his monument to main st the street has certainly changed over the years but all for the betterment of the commun ity mr barthau said only five other businesses are still in existance on the main street since mr barthaus arriv al including two law firms pil- key glass the hardware store and kevin brown insurance i think markham is the greatest little community in canada mr barthau said i believe if you take money out of the community you should put it back in im proud of the main st and if it werent for the residents new and old we wouldnt still be here negotiations are currently underway to rent mr barthaus original store he said that the possibility of an anchor store for a new franchise is in the works and may be moved in as soon as january because we combined our jewelery and gift shops we were able to free one store we are sore ly in need of further retail space and i feel that this particular store will be a real asset for the main street wishing you magic to light this festive season peace to brighten each tomorrow love to keep you happy always in the markham village lanes 144 main st markham 2943942 markham village lanes though the population of mar kham has nearly doubled since mr barthau moved here now hit ting the 110000 mark he feels that the community still remains a small town markham will continue to grow but this only means a flourishing main st for both resi dents and merchants both main street and markham have yet to hit their potential mr barthau said every week i have new cus tomers browsing through the shop who have never been shoppingon main street realizing what it has to offer with next years street improvements it will be that much more of a pleasure for peo ple to shop here closer to their homes while competition is a dirty word for most merchants mr barthau has found competition a challenge which does nothing more than strengthen his drive as a force to be reckoned with competition helps keep us all on our toes many of us were in business for years before a shop ping mall was within miles of markham we contended with cedarbrae and fairview before markville was built and weve survived to tell about it mr barthau commented r a watchmaker by trade mr barthau has always had his wife kathleens help running the store on main st while their son david operates the stouffville location longtime merchant lloyd barthau and his wife kathleen recently completed renovations to their main st store after 19 years on the main st mr barthau is optimistic about the downtown business area window coverings outlet 1st anniversary sale join us in celebrating the festival of lights 4050o levolor sugg ust price custom made 1 venetian 1 micro venetians verticals pleated blinds madness imported voile voile de bal imported linen un de bal seeded silk caltex compltkv ctatwn mack 95 labour included pwtnpl ft 25 off custom draperies roller blends 35 q off su list price colours white ivory grey fawn tan champagne chocolate j room darkening noncurl flame resistant nontear washable colour fast custom laminated roller shades q off colours white ivory blue brown free shop at home service hours moo tues s wed i06 thura sfri to9 sat 1m sun dosed 144 main st n in the marthsm wage lanes 2946160 limited time offer all custom made all shades installations guaranteed