HomeMy WebLinkAbout397"Article copied from the Toronto Telegram, March 10, 1948.
C.L Burton is nephew of the late C.A Barclay
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- EDGAR G. BURTON, CBE
- C. L. BURTON, CBE
Following the annual meeting of Simpsons, Limited yesterday Edgar G. Burton, CBE,
was appointed president. He succeeds C. L. Burton, CBE, president since 1929,
who becomes chairman of the board.
E. G. Burton is the third president since reorganization in 1898. The late H. H. Fudger,
president from 1898 to 1929, was succeeded by C. L. Burton.
E. G. Burton joined the company as buyer of women's coats in 1925, after two years with
Carson Pirie Scott and Co., of Chicago, where he had risen from shipping clerk
to assistant buyer. In 1927, he spent nearly a year in Europe, visiting all the important
buying centres. He then became merchandise manager of all women's and misses'
ready-to- wear. Then in 1937, after nearly 10 years' experience on the floor and in the market
he was promoted to general manager of the Toronto store.
C. L. Burton was born on a farm in York County in 1876 and began his business career in the
wholesale fancy goods firm owned by the late H. H. Fudger, going to Simpsons in 1912.
He soon became general manager and with the reorganization of Simpsons, Ltd.,
in 1929 succeeded Mr. Fudger as president. C. L. Burton's executive and merchandising
abilities were largely responsible for bringing Simpsons to the position it occupies today.
Mr. Burton is vice-president of the North American Life Assurance Co. and a director of
Howard Smith Paper Mills and the Canadian Western Lumber Co. He is honorary president of
the Toronto Industrial Commission.
For many years one of Toronto's most active citizens in the public service, Mr. Burton during
the war was instrumental in forming the Citizens' Committee for Troops in Training and was
chairman of the National War Services Funds advisory board at Ottawa. He was awarded the CBE in 1943.
He is past-president of the Toronto Board of Trade and the Ontario Motor League and is
honorary president of the Big Brother movement.
At the annual meeting, G. M. Graham, general manager of the mail order division,
was elected a director of Simpsons, Limited. Mr. Graham joined the company in 1928.
He has had a wide experience in merchandising both here and abroad.
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