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Last updated February 22, 2010

Newsletter
Don Segal emailed me in March of 2008. He wrote about his father, Ely Segal, and his involvement with the start of Towers back in 1960. You can read about Don and Ely here. In his email, Don attached images of a remarkable document - the Tower Times - an employee newspaper. Click here to view it, or scroll down to view bits and pieces of it. Enjoy!


July 1962
	Towers' "National Employee Of The Month" Maintenance with a smile. Everyone around the Dixie store knows Bill Wright, the friendly fell in the Maintenance Department who gives everyone a hand. There is still a bit of brogue in him speech and blarney in his smile. (Bill came to Toronto from Northern Ireland as a lad of 14) although he his now a grandfather with gardening as a hobby. A loyal employee since the opening of the store. Towers is proud to hail Bill as the winner of the $50 "National Employee of the Month" award.

TOWERS TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM TIE-UP TORONTO TRAFFIC AT THE GRAND OPENING OF 11th STORE
Sunny skies and the rousing music of a band set a festive mood for the greatest smash-opening yet as Towers threw open the doors of their first discount department store within the city limits of Toronto on June 14. Over 62,000 shopped passed through the entrances in the first twelve hours to shatter existing opening-day attendance records. A plane's-eye view of the parking lot at Towers High Park shows one means of transportation which brought record-smashing crowds to the grand opening on June 14. Thousands came by TTC. By evening traffic was tied up for several blocks around the store.
The invocation was given by Rev. M.R. Sanderson of Emmanuel United Church, following which members of the platform party and Towers officials were introduced. Ald. Mary Temple spoke on behalf of the Corporation of the City of Toronto. After a brief address, President Ben Rosenberg cut the tape and declared open for business the eleventh link the lengthening chain of Towers stores. As the crowds surged inside, the disparity between the number of cards on the parking lot and the number of customers being clock in was quickly noted said Manager

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Certificates
Can't believe the number of workshops and seminars I attended when working at Towers. We always got one of these at the end:

	Financial Analysis Workshop This certifies that ___ understands the purpose of, and is effectively able to use, Towers/Bonimart financial reports

	Towers Department Stores This is to certify that ____ successfully completed Training Skills and now has the knowledge & skills necessary to carry out on-the-job training

	towers Customer Service Policy We pledge to ensure total customer satisfaction in a courteous friendly shopping atmosphere. At Towers, customer satisfaction is Priority One.

	towers This is to certify that _____ has completed the "Flex Leadership" Program aimed at maintaining an effective team

	towers This is to certify that ______ has successfully completed Towers Leadership Workshop, aimed at building an effective team

	Visual Presentation Certificate This is to certify that _____ has successfully completed the course on Visual Presentation and Merchandising Techniques

Inventory training photographs taken around 1979

That's right - Bonimart yarn - as it appeared on eBay.

Towers Teddy Sac

Teddy Sac

Towers Westside

Cash register receipt from September 19, 1974.
For those who remember, it was from a Sweda cash register.

Misc.

Excellent article here about Sayvette. You'll note Towers peppered here and there at the beginning of the article. Great read about other retailers in the early days. I worked in the Towers Malton store for awhile and remember a huge Sayvette logo floor mat recessed into the floor at what must of been the main entrance to the store. Now I know why -- it was previously a Sayvette store that was closed the summer of 1975.