TIMOTHY Eaten opened his first Toronto store at t
178 Yonge Street in 1869. Though it seems strange |
ro think of now, he pioneerd the cash sale and one
fixed price, moving away from credit, barter and bar-
gaining. He was also a leader, by the standard of ihe
thnes, in locking after his employees and their work-
ing conditions. He granted summer Saturday after-

inguiring noons off and had instituted 6 p.m. closing, by the

reporter 1880s. The first Eaton catalogue was hed in 1884. By

—_— his death in 1907, his company employed over 9,000

people. His third son, Sir John Craig Eaton, became

president on his father’s death and continued the tradition of looking after com-

pany employees, with the Eaton Boys and Girls clubs providing many educational

and recreational opportunizies. During the First World War, Eaton employees on

active war service continued ro receive full pay for the duration at « cost to the

company of over $2 million. John David Eatou, sccond son of Sir John, assumed

the company presidency in 1942, He personally contributed $50 million to his j

employees” pension scheme when it was introduced in 1948. Inquiring Reporter § 2 fee aN CCC : |

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had firsthand experience of Eaton's loyalty to its employees in 1974 and joins :
those of you who are sorry to see the demise of the former reiail giant.
Anna Tabesh Colleen Wood

NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPRICS North Vancouver North Vancouver North Vancouver
Emotionally, yes. But £

” I feel sorry. L like itsomuch. No, FE haven’t done much

YES NO option pcnw It was such good quality, shopping there since Pve never shopped there, it was

Horseshoe Bav 66% 34% O% D% although expensive. been here. It had character, too expensive. [t was a

—Dundzrave/Ambleside 76% 14% 0% 0% but [ won’t miss it. Canadian tradition. It really

British Properties 71% 23% 0% depresses roe many a big

Notgate/Pemberton Heights 49% 42% 0%. take the space. .
Canilano/Detbrook Highlands 61% 26% 1%
Lower Lonsdale 49% 47% O%
Central and Upper Lonsdale 68% 30% O%
Lynn Valley 52% 4% 0%

Blueridge/Deep Cove 68% 30% 0% 2%

COMBINED AVERAGE .............63% 32% 0% 5%
PO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE INQUIRING REPORTER? E-mail your comments or question ideas to: martin@nsnews.corn

NV City
| awarded
for walls

Catherine Bare
Contributing Writer
NORTH Vancouver,
City has has won an |
award for trying to :
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hear the wind. The water. And gg | prema by te Cancion

lome Builder’s Association of -

ee « e .
- “what people are thinking a g} BC. and indusry spoasors i
a " ° . Roe. te given for excellence by local
; : ; . : : bee A f government in. cooperation
; with industry. It was given to -
North Vancouver City for its.
entry, “Community Tiiterest .
Group for Building -
Envelope.” - 4 ae
As one of five silver award
winners, ‘the city now qualifies’ -
to compere‘in the provincial
gold finals which will be held ~~
on. Oct. 30. at..che Hyate
Regency hotel. - on
The entry focused ‘on wall. -
massing assemblies and inclad- -
ed a video showing: the. new.
wall technology aud mock ups
of wall: assemblies : indicating: :.
wall massing details, The effort
showed the city’s willingness to.
allow “enhanced wail design to:
4 ue
the most important breakthroughs in forestry since we, . a fee space aia
began nearlya century ago. It’s called, listening. And,a few ; d The technology allows:
. . : ; leveloners the option “of not
: years back, we decided to start doing a jot more of it. to ‘sacrificing floor Space in order ;
Oo One of the ways we began was by holding open houses.The _ to include thot th wall. thick- “
cena Idea was to get out into the community, share ideas, listen and ness throu out their develop:
respond to people's concerns. Now we'd like to know what’son . “It has to do with improv-
your mind, too. ‘ . ing raunicipal involvement and
"oO . oe how citizens -deal: with their
_ On June 21st we announced our plans to acquire MacMillan ~~ «4 leaky condos,” said acting
- Bloedel. We're eager to answer al! your questions about) 900°. 9. municipal’ inspector - Percy
~ : oy elville.
Weyerhaeuser. Because there's something else we've learned — - Despite the project’s award,
about forestry after all these years: We can’t grow without you. - (the whole concept may be on
. hold for some time. The origi-
nator of the ‘entry, former

A Wi : : . : North Vancouver City. inspec-
’ eyer haeuser / tor John Guenther, has left the
The future is gronving™ organization to work in the
US. “We're hoping to carry
weew. weyerhaeuser.com ; Lo, ; on with it, but ight now, it’s ..
: : . kind of on hold,” said Melville.