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30 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, October 31, 1958 BRB WORKERS FI : Tamblyn Owned RUSS McNEIL Local 222 Sends Its Greetings The following statement on the new Oshawa Shopping Centre was issued today by Russ McNeil, president of Local 222, UAW-CIO "On behalf of Local 222, United Automobile Workers of America, I welcome the opportunity to ex- tend cordial greetings to one of Oshawa's most spectacular land- marks of progress the new shopping centre "Modern, spacious and superb- ly laid out, the centre will not only provide our people with ex- cellent shopping facilities but will add distinctively to Oshawa's municipal make-up "Foremost among the many in- teresting features of this impos- ing plaza is its acres of parking facilities a much-needed asset no doubt. It will certainly be ap- preciated by Oshawa shoppers "Though the age of the auto- mobile ushered in much that is marvelous and wonderful, it poses a stiff problem of street and high way congestion SEES SOLUTION "A solution to this probl quite a challenge for all of calls for imaginative planning without de "As 1 see it, plaza-t ing centres pre answer. It relie ed shopper of his parking aches, granting him a gre margin of moblli nafet con venience and free mn downtown 'hottie "1 don't see mu old locations. Oshawa considerably since the war. Our union alone than doubled its that time, But that the increased 1e Kane tion. Both places car of lots of customers, at that's my guess United Cigar Stores Have New Outlet United Cigar Stores will carry a compete line of lighters, pipes and other smokers' articles, as well as all popular brands of cigarets, c and tobaccos, in their new store at the Oshawa Shopping Centre The store will also greeting cards, magazines, pock- et books and candy. In its gift department shoppers will be able to buy fine chinaware and other attractive items This 'new look" designed is I a em fro outlets propor sured least be a feature store has been the shopper better, with personalized service, and a guarantee of "satisfaction or mony refunded" on all mer chandise With the opening United Cigar store here, it was recalled today that United Cigar Stores went into business first in 1902 when it opened its first shop in Toronto The first United came to Oshawa in 1923, opening a coe street south company had grown store chain across day the company has across Canada. This new is a far cry from the original shop of 1902 which catered main ly to smokers. 14 to & e of the new Store later on Sim the a9 re then into an Canada 170 stores store | money Lacs SH A SIDEWALK AT " al 60 Drug Stores One morning in 1900 a young man of 22 walked into Allin's Drug Store in Whitby to begin his first day as an apprentice pharmacist His name was Gordon Tamblyn. Although he did not know it then, {Gordon Tamblyn was to start that {morning on the road which led to the founding of Canada's largest |retail drug chain. When he died |33 years later, he was the owner |of 60 drug stores | Today, G. Tamblyn Ltd. owns a {group of retail drug stores which |do a gross yearly business in ex- |cess of $16,000,000, and this month it's 130th' store--the largest and Imost modern Tamblyn store in Ontario--opens in the new Oshawa |Shopping Centre |HAS TWIN ENTRANCE This new 6,000 square feet store has a double entrance so that {shoppers may enter either from | the front or back. Dominating the |store is a gleaming vite dispen- sary where graduate pharmacists look after prescriptions and medi- cal needs. At a modern ranch-style wood-panelled soda fountain and |luncheonette, shoppers can relax [for a coffee break or enjoy a meal. The kitchen is behind the scenes and no cooking smells will allowed to reach the store. Customers in this big spacious store may either enjoy the freedom of self-service or obtain the help of trained sales people, particular ly in the shop's cosmetic and gift sections The Tamblyn road of success from Whitby to Oshawa began when young Gordon finished his apprenticeship and graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy He was then 26, had $400 in his pocket, and a tremendous ambi- tion to be his own boss, He opened his first store in the °f the company to "some basic|ghoe store in Osh Kew Beach district of Toronto, a gas-lit shop in the quiet shade of an apple tree orchard at the corn- er of Queen street east and Lee avenue, By the time he was start- ed in business he had almost spent his $400. With no money to pay the staff, he worked alone from morning to night, staying at the store and waiting on customers during lunch and dinner A local boy, who is today Dr L. C. Edmonds, of 1983 Queen street east, Toronto, earned five cents a time bringing Mr. Tam blyn meals and delivering pres criptions AMBITIOUS MAN I remember Mr, Tamblyn was an 3 tious man and a very de- cent p."" Dr. Edmonds recalls say too many nice things him I remember when a cutrate . drig store opened up four blocks BWBY for Mr. Tamblyn cussed them doing cubt-rate business 'They in here to spoll our busi t," I remember him saying. But nA much more than a year later, Mr. Tamblyn was In the cut-rate business up to his ears." During his first summer, ness the e energetic Gordon Tamblyn set out tables and chairs under the apple trees outside his shop. There he old jee cream sundaes and cool drinks and soon his place became crete into the construction of the Belcamp, Maryland, a popular spot for people who went to "the Beaches" for an afternoon, The ice cream and pop business accounted for a sizeable part of in 1947, and has since that time the recent retirement of its man-| the $7,000 the store. did that first year The early years were lean for Gordon Tamblyn, His record books show that on Jan. 6, 1906, he took in $4.10, paid out $3.85 and had 35 cents left over. On Jan. 8 he took in $8.35, paid a clerk $12 wages and paid out another 10 cent Yet in 1907 he was ready to open a second store on Yonge street, | Just south of the arcade entrance Within 10 years he had 10 stores. | By 1924, there were 26 stores and when he died in 1933 he owned 60 stores worked out a profit-sharing plan| and many of the employees elect-| ed to be paid their bonuses i stock rather than in cash. Tamblyn also established the policy of bringing into the execu- tive ranks only men who "had worked through the lower levels of the business. Today's executives are all men who have worked their way up trom branch stores. President H.| '3. Browne was for many years manager of the Toronto branch at 2865. Dundas street west; sales promotion manager G. R. Ginn wis branch manager here in Osh- awa as well as in Toronto, King- ston branches | The manager of the new store is H. H. Tonkin a native of Oshawa who has been with Tam- blyns for about 30 years and last year was awarded the Tamblyn "Oscar" for outstanding service. Gordon Tamblyn died on Aug- ust 18, 1933 at the age of 55, He bad taken a rare afternoon off tc play golf, his favorite pastime. Al the seventh tee of Rosedale Golf Club he suffered a heart at But the firm he had founded was then well-established and the sieady growth of the chain, which prides itself on being an all-Ca- nadian enterprise, never halted By 1944 it had 68 stores and since the war it has expanded by a fur- ther 62 stores. BASIC PRINCIPLES A circular sent out to all em- pleyees in 1954, when . the firm JACK MOTLEY Bata Shoe - be tack, and died a short time + History Recalled The manager of the Bata Shoe Store in the new Oshawa Shop- ping Centre will be Mr. Jack | Motley, former manager of the After a pleasant | firm's Winnipeg store. Before he went to Winnipeg, Loblaw New Alley To Cost $150,000 | A magnificent 24-lane bowling lalley, featuring electronic, auto- \matic pinsetting devices, a chil-| dren's nursery and complete air- | conditioning, well open at the Oshawa Shopping Centre on New | Year's Day, 1957. Owned and {operated by Principal Invest. | ments Limited, it will cost $150,- 1000 when completed. | Sited underneath Loblaws Gro- ceteria at the south end of the shopping centre, the one-floor, {underground bowling alley will {have a floor area of 23,000 square feet -- just under half the size of a football field. CANADIAN INVENTION | The most modern bowling {equipment yet manufactured will be used. The pinsetting devices, the first to be seen in Oshawa, will make for faster and more efficient play. Twenty-four 5-pin mechanical pinsetting machines {will pick up and reset the pins {automatically and send the balls speeding back to the other end of the alley for further play. The {work of the old-time pin-boy, |often a source of annoying delay |both to the bowlers and alley |manager, will be eliminated; ma- | chines will do the job swifter, smoother, better. "Mechanical Pin Boy" is |a Canadian invention especially |devised for the five-pin game {mostly played in Canada. The machine had. its first world {showing only five months ago in |May, when it was demonstrated |at the Gayety Bowling Alley in |Calgary before an audience of {bowling fans and press, radio and |TV men, | At the Oshawa shopping centre alley, young - mothers will find thai the problem of "what shall I do with the children" has already been solved for them. While Mother enjoys an afternoon of bowling, her children will be hav- ing fun too in a nursery attached to the bowling alley, where a fully - trained child specialist will take care of them. There will be {toys and games to play with, books to read, blackboards to scrawl on, and the nursery walls will have gay and decorative motifs. Gaiety will be the keynote of the alley itself, which is designed to make bowling an attraction for the whole family. The decor will be bright and cheerful, the light- ing harmonious and easy to look at, and there will be comfortable benches at the end of each lane for the players and their friends who came to watch. LEAGUE MATCHES Normally, the bowling season lasts from September to May, but the shopping centre alley ex- pects to be open from moon to midnight throughout the year, ex- cept for a few days when an overhaul becomes necessary. League matches and tournaments will be held from time to time, but the main aim will be to make bowling a family sport. shopping stroll "down the mall," the future Osh- awa family will round off the day with a lively hour '"'down in the To Feature Wide Range Bond Clothes Shop will carry) a complete line of men's clothing] and furnishings in their new store lat the Oshawa Shopping Centre. The store will be located in the "E" block, which faces the plaza. Mr. Dave Crotin, owner of the Bond Clothing Sotres in Oshawa, opened his first store here on King street in October of 1948. His firm sells made-to-measure clothing from the Bond Clothing Company of Montreal. This firm has been in operation in Canada for more than 30 years and now has 72 stores in Canada from coast to coast. Mr. Crotin says he is opening his new store to keep in line with the growth of Oshawa and the surrounding district. Mr. George Murless, who has been assistant manager at the King street store, will remain there as manager. Mr. Crotin will be manager of the shopping certre store. Air-conditioning, special lighting and new island clothing displays are only a few of the many features of the new store. Bailey's Located In 'F' Block The name of Bailey Foods is synonampous with good and tasty foods; and thousands of patrons of this firm will be pleased to hear that Baileys will have a store in "F"' block at the new Oshawa Shopping Centre Their specialties will be past- ries, candy, cake and bread Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bailey are the owrer-operators. celebrated its Golden Anniversary,| one year ago, Mr. Motley was alley." attributed the successful growth principles evolved by Gordon Tamblyn for retail store opera- tion | --goods sold at fair prices | --stores located at convenient shopping locations --stores kept spotlessly clean and courteous service downtown Bata awa and had held this post for six years, Jack joined the Bata Shoe Company 17 years ago. During his stay he has managed a large number of stores for the firm in various parts of the country" managing the Kingston road at Lansing Cut-off. Elsewhere in Ontario, Principal Investment plazas are planned for Barrie, Brantford, Kingston, London, Notrh Bay, St. Cathar- ines, Sarnia, Sudbury and Wind- sor. Others will be built at Cal- DAVE CROTIN Bond Clothes 2 | The markets of Canada and the| them away. ! ; | Authorized Xp They also own and operate the Home Dairy, The Gray Cake Shop, the Food Shops, and the Home Dairy in Ajax. Using a skilled staff -- some {of whom are European baking land decorating specialists -- the firm has expanded rapidly. Mr. Bailey was born in Deser- |ento and educated in Oshawa. He ; The fact that Jack Motley has Bary, Regina, St. John and Vie-\moved here and opened the Food --customers to receive prompt neon managing the large Winni- boria, B.C. peg store before taking over Osh- --merchandise must pass rigid awa indicates the high degree of inspection tests importance the Bata Shoe Com- --customers to be assured that pany attaches to the potential of the Tamblyn guarantee, "Sa- tisfaction or money refunded," stands back of every pur- chase Those principles will attain at, Tamblyn's most modern store of all in the Oshawa Shopping Cen- ire C-B Does Big Job On Concrete Did you know that Curran and Biggs Ready-Mix poured more than 20,000 cubic yards of con- new Oshawa Shopping Centre? Located on Simcoe street south, this firm started operation here increased its services to include the towns of Whithy, Ajax, Bow-| manville and surrounding dis- tricts. | The large modern plant has a capacity of 100 cubic yards per) hour. Mixing is doné to exact| specifications controlled by accu- rate instruments. The concrete is heated during the winter months with a modern heating plant in order to supply contractors with uniformly heated and workable| concrete | The firm is equipped with 14 large modern trucks which are |to manufacture rubber this store LEADERS IN INDUSTRY Thomas J. Bata, who at 40, heads the western Bata Organiza tion, was educated in England, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. He worked for various Bata com- Shop in 1940. He purchased the arket Ultra Moder Choicest Food, Provision: Sure To Please Shoppers | The new Loblaw's Market in the lunch-time when the stores are! her. is nc better source | Oshawa Shopping Centre is one of not so crowded and find it a great ghine" than Vitamin {the most modern of its kind to-| convenience to have a cup of cof-| abounds in citrus fruits day. |fee and hot dog at the snack bar. |gouth. The buying department of this| Mothers have told Loblaw's that ~The self-service meat {chain of supermarkets has ob-lat almost any time during the ment, another feature of tained the choicest quantities of day, a pick-me-up at the snack modern store, is a boon food and provisions for the hun-/bar perks them up for the t pers. No waiting, no de dreds of shoppers who will buy home and the chore of unpackindimeats are packaged fres | their groceries there. | groceries and the task of putting\premises daily and each ows exactly what type | United States have been thorough-| Garden-fresh vegetables at Lob- price per pound, exact w {ly combed and additional products|law's are available to customers the price for that particu |of other continents have been sur- all year round. The tomatoes and | age, |veyed to obtain provisions not celery for the supper salad have of .,urce they are wi {available in North America. a just-picked taste. | transparent paper so | ) representatives of MODERN SYSTEM | shopper may see for her |Loblaw's buying department| qn. yeacon they look and taste she is buying. | make petiodical Hips to various so fresh and delicious is because! Whatever type of r (Rats: tr 'inspont cron oanditia=! they really are fresh-picked, often| shopper may need, it is [%els: lo Inspec! STOR: Con just a matter of hours before-the at the new Loblaw"s mar {aad © Inake Gires) I urohases; housewife bought them. 4 | ther, if the shopper ca fink ibis a of 8 Loblaw's have arranged a mod-| cut she wants, she is rec vast array of Yt materials &T0 transportation system which ask a Loblaw attendant and custo y rs 4 brings customers produce from| Also, poultry and fish | Somers. all over the world, and yet, prices able, The customer has { | The Loblaw market has a snack \ | {bar for the convenience of shop-|2T¢ low! i of buying a whole bird, « | pers, a feature which has proved, romatoes from Mexico, grape-|of cut-up poultry. If hub | pers, 3 | fruit from Florida, oranges from chicken legs, the shoppe: extremely popular wi customers| California, grapes from Argentinala package. of many of their other stores. |ang Africa are rushed to Lob-| The new store will of c MANY CONVENIENCES law's. |ture the shelves apd s Coffee, soft drinks, doughnuts,| Mothers of growing youngsters tinned fruits, vegetables hot dogs, sandwiches and ice realize how important fresh fruits ported delicacies. Bread {cream for the kiddies are all and vegetables are to the family's|tries are available fresh treats for the shopper and her daily diet, especially during our that the shopper in Lobl family long Canadian winters. ido all the shopping for Many prefer to shop during! Medical authorities advise that family in this new stor | | | Home Dairy in 1952. Home Dairy in weather-tight cabinets, which LEAVES ONE-STOP was started in the U.S. and open-|are in turn placed aboard the] GANANOQUE (CP) ed branches later in Canada./trucks. On arrival at the store, (Jimmy) Valleau retired Eventually the firm was sold by|the cabinets are wheeled directly y 3 its U.S. owners to private individ- to the display counters. This me- day after travelling n uals. In addition to the other thod allows for freshness and 400,000 miles. on a 4%- stores owned and operated by the cleanliness of all the foods. |way line. He spent 39 Baileys, the couple owns and op- RETR Veal i erates a large, Rory | FREAK MISHAP FATAL [railroading years as a Court street in Oshawa. From| ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP)--Rob- on the Thousand Island I this bakery, their various stores ert Mapes, 15, was killed Thurs- ada's shortest railway-- are supplied daily. One of the day when his trousers leg appar- petween the town and C special features of this bakery is ently caught in the chain of the Junction. Mr. Valleau the food transportation cabinet motorbike he was riding and he SE system by which food is taken|collided with a truck. The accident only stop on the line is C cemetery. GRAND OPENING THURS., NOV. 1 OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTR We have a beautiful selection of New Hats, most them one of a kind, imported from New York for the opening. NEW LINES OF . . . © SPORTSWEAR © DRESSES, ET Call In and Visit Us FREE DRAW EACH DAY Fashion's Finest In A Gala Mood EbNA ANN HAT ® SPORTSWEAR ® DRESSES e El panies for a number of years be- fore assuming the final respon- sibility of the present organiza- tion. They have two children a boy of 7 and a girt of 1. The Batas are Canadian citizens and maintain three homes -- in Canada, Swit- zerland and England. The Canadian Bata Company which employs about 1300 people, is managed by Dr. C. K. Herz, who was educated in the universit- les of Prague Vienna and Trieste, and is well known in the Ameri- can and Canadian shoe circles. WINS U.S. PLANT Thomas J. Bata gained con- trol of Bata Shoe Company, Inc., which was the only company outside of his sphere of interests in the North American continent Following ager, John Hoza, Bata is now in the process of establishing a new managen.ent there. As a plant it is rather small, (the Balcamp leath- er shoe factory) turning out about| 16,000 weekly pairs of leather shoes Its main capacity is used footwear (about 70,000 pairs weekly.) MILLION PAIRS WEEK The entire western Bata or- ganization (all 35 companies to- gether) are turning out about 1,000,000 pairs of shoes weekly, about one third of which are leather shoes. The total number of employees (speaking about 30 Mr. Tamblyn was never an arm. X¢P! in A-1 condition in their own! different languages) is now close chair tycoon. His wife recalls that service shop. Trucks are dis- to 43,000. Although not approach- on "three nights a week and on patched and controlled by two-|ing the pre-war size of the cen- Saturday afternoons for 20 years, my husband and I visited all Tam blyn stores in Toronto, If a store had a rush business, my husband would take off his coat and get behind the counter." CLEAN STOR He hated dirt and saw to it that his stores were kept spotlessly clean, a cardinal rule still of Tam blyn stores today. He habitually wore yellow gloves and on surprise inspections of his stores he would run his hands over woodwork in quest of dust. If his gloves were soiled, then there was treuble for the store assistant He invented the slogan, "Tam blyn's Saves You Money." To hold to his claim he began buying mat erials from the drug houses and packing products under the Tam To- blyn name. A large staff tested and the new Oshaw still tests, all from outside atchword refunded." the years materials bought Another Tamblyn Satisfaction or was Through way radio to speed up service, and sales representatives are constantly on the road to ensure a closer liaison between the plant and customer, to make estimates free of charge and to give free advice on any job. By the end of Principal ship in pected 000 000 opened in of 1958 the value Investments' owner- shopping centres is ex be more than $100, Since their first centre 1952, they have built 14 further stores, the latest being a Shopping Centre And there are many more P.I shopping plazas to come In Toronto, seven centres are already operating, and nine more to the firm will soon be in service, They are: tralized corporation, this new de- velopment is truly remarkable considering the long battle against adverse conditions. It is quite a feather in the cap of a shoemaker who has not yet pass- ed the age of 40 $100,000,000 Holdings For Investment Firm Richview road a! Plaza, avenue Dufferin street; Plaza, Richview Side Highway 27; Thistletown Albion road at Islington Dufferin Park Plaza street south of Bloor Vaughan Plaza, Yonge street at Steeles avenue; Green wood Plaza, Danforth avenue at Coxwell avenue; Northcrest Plaza, Woodbine avenue at Shep- pard avenue; Cedarbrae Plaza, Lawrence avenue east at Mark ham road and Lansing Plaza, » featuring a carefully planned layout with modern lighting and bright friendly colors this UNITED CIGAR STORE is the last word in shopping convenience. You'll really enjoy your visits to the "New Look" United Cigar 9.2; UNITED CIGAR STORES OFFER YOU the most complete assortment of pipes, lighters, and smokers' items--all brands of cigarettes, cigars and tobacco are perfectly fresh--Coutts Hallmark Greeting Cards--gift wrapping --practical gifts, including beautiful English china--party favours--the most complete magazine and news department in the Plaza-- ice cream --soft drinks--chocolates by Moirs, Neilson's, Rowntree, Cadbury, and others--and that well known UNITED CIGAR STORE friendly, personal service. You Ul like shopping at the UNITED CIGAR STORE