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local entrepreneur in business 20 years tribune february 24 1988 c9 by bruce staplev february 12 marked the 20th anniversary of cards hardware in stouff ville and for owneroperator graydon card success satisfac tion and countrywide recognition just keep on building the former president of the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce has always stressed ser vice and the personal touch he makes it a point to take time from each busy day to pull himself away from endless administrative tasks coming up front to waiting cus tomers thats where the fun is insists the man who has become so well known for his wit good humor and ability to remember his customers names thats the bottom line for graydon card hes found what it is he wants to do and hes doing it well i thought when i first opened up in the new location i could always sell the whole thing in a year or so if i chose to he says but when i thought about it i realized how much i really love what im doing the hardware business the people who work for me the customers and i knew id never want to leave it since moving to the new location in stouffvilles west end in 1983 the store has fully blossomed we came here because of the parking problem on main street and because the old store had no growth potential says graydon when we moved here we rectified those problems weve exceeded our projections and were hoping to add another 5000 square feet by the end of 1988 or by the spring of 1989 hes equally pleased with the pla za as a whole its had a real im pact on the community he claims bargain harolds is a tremendous draw some people were sceptical at first but theyve succeeded in attracting people who were going out of town to shop i think the plaza has allowed the town to grow up a little and to offer a broader variety of shopping options so what does a dedicated hard ware entrepreneur do to expand his own personal horizons after revolu tionizing both hardware and busi ness in general in a town whose time has finally come for graydon card the answer to that question came when he was approached by the prestigious canadian retail hardware asso ciation this past august to be a director representing ontario he accepted the posting and now looks forward to his 10year term the function of the director is to look after the concerns of individual hardware and building supply deal ers in canada the association wedding dresses baby gifts homemade especially for you lace appfique smocking felt wall hanging quilting kc creations 5 2948745 markham ont proclamation the council of the town of markham hereby proclaims the month of march 1988 as kid ney month in the town of markham mayor carole bell markham works toward the unification of that group of businesses acting on their behalf as a governing body and as a voice we meet with members of the world iron mongers association and the american national retail hardware association has asked us to attend their meeting in orlando florida in july hes also enthusiastic about the people he has been able to meet its great exposure to some awful ly capable people he says theres contact with government people as well you learn a lot just listening to those people the ontario chapter of the asso ciation reports graydon has initi ated the formation of a coalition against sunday shopping hardware people are tradi tionalists they have always been devoted to the community and sun day shopping goes against their be liefs he reports the association has the support of several other significant entities on this issue at the recent meeting we had the support of canadian tire loblaws the asso ciation of municipalities of ontario the churches and we even had a professional lobbyist graydon personally believes the issue to be far more than one of emo tions its a cost issue he says citing the case of alberta which has opened the door to sunday shop ping in alberta costs have gone up to the consumer since sunday shopping began he also feels its just a matter of time before more and more seg ments of the working population would be dragged in if sunday shop ping was allowed graydon says while the directors will meet as needed to deal with issues such as sunday shopping they schedule their main annual business for two seperate weeks of intensive meetings the first week centres around the canadian retail hardware and home improvement show at the colliseum in toronto the second week varies each year and sees the board gather in the province of the associations president so while his own horizons con tinue to expand life in stouffville also continues to get better and bet ter for the man who has come to realize his dream ive been here for 20 years he says proudly i hope im here another 20 stouffvilles graydon card has been in business successfully for 20 years and hopes to continue for another 20 aamtmmj city lj7 driving school registered and approved by the ontario sately league to edjeale carvers a ontario new courses lor al ages slal ir ery aeefc 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