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  Eaton's: The History and Legacy of a Canadian
Timothy Eaton had made his first foray into the retail business that was to earn him a place as one of Canada's greatest businessmen, and earn his company a place in the history of the nation.
Mr Eaton was born in 1834 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, of Protestant Scottish ancestry.
John Craig Eaton, the son and eventual heir of Timothy Eaton, was largely responsible for expanding the Eaton’s business from its Toronto birthplace and the of building a combined store and mail order operation in Winnipeg in 1907.
www.eatons.com   (897 words)

  
  Eaton Gliders
Formed in 1869, Eatons were one of the first large Canadian owned Department stores, but of course one factor hindered their growth, Canada is a very large country, and its small population was very widespread.
The Eatons catalogue became a way of life for Canadian families throughout the early decades, and absolutely everything was available from it.
Eatons were unheard of in the U.K. until the advent of the Internet and the popularity of E-Bay.
homepage.ntlworld.com /catfoodrob/choppers/models/eatons.html   (675 words)

  
 Eatons Students - Amos Eaton
Amos Eaton (1776 - 1842) was a scientist and educator in the Troy, NY area in the early 19th century.
When he moved to the Albany, New York area, Eaton abandoned his legal career in favor of his interest in the natural sciences.
Eaton served as Senior Professor at The Rensselaer School until the time of his death in 1842.
mywebpage.netscape.com /AAVSO710/amos-eaton-eatons-students.html   (153 words)

  
 Guest Comments on Eatons' Ranch in Wolf, Wyoming
To come to Eatons' allows us to be a family, exploring the beautiful world of Wolf without the nonsense and busy-ness of home...Your dedication is a gift to us.
My wife's family, the Passavant's, first came to the ranch in the 1920's and then she and her sister began visiting in the 30's.
One of our favorite things about Eatons' is that you can do as much or as little as you like.
www.eatonsranch.com /guest.cfm   (191 words)

  
 Eaton's - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Eaton, the last of the family to be involved in management, resigned as chief executive in 1997, being succeeded by George Kosich.
In 1998, George Eaton resigned as chairman of the board and was succeeded by Brent Ballantyne, under whom the company was taken public for the first time in its history, issuing 11.7 million common shares at $15 each, while the Eaton family retained control with a 51 percent stake.
Eaton’s College Street in Toronto, opened in 1930, is an Art Deco masterpiece, and is currently used as a retail, office and residential complex.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eatons   (4454 words)

  
 Sears Canada launches new Eatons catalogue DSN Retailing Today - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Recognizing the historic connection the Eaton name has had with Canada, and faced with the opportunity to do something much different in retailing, Sears Canada was inspired to acquire rights to the venerable name.
Canadian author and historian Pierre Berton said the Eaton's catalog of old was "one of the things that held the country together" before the post-war period.
Eaton started the parade in 1905 and sponsored it for 77 years until withdrawing due to costs.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_22_39/ai_67835747   (805 words)

  
 Feeding America
Winnifred Eaton was a very successful fiction writer who, by taking on a Japanese identity, both exploited the public's craze for "Japonica" at the time, and obscured her Chinese heritage during an age of anti-Chinese sentiment and policies.
Winnifred Eaton's choice to adopt a mixed Japanese-English persona was a calculated move in a life driven by the desire for fame and fortune.
Eaton indeed possessed the strength, energy and prolificacy to make the most of her ruse; using the vapid language of commercialism embraced today, one would say Eaton's deceit was the honest work of a good marketer.
digital.lib.msu.edu /projects/cookbooks/html/authors/author_bosse.html   (1234 words)

  
 Sears Canada revises outlook for Eatons - management strategy - Brief Article DSN Retailing Today - Find Articles
Taking direct aim at the seven fledgling upscale Eatons stores Sears re-launched late last year, the company began by cutting back a 100-page spring catalog "while merchandise strategies are further re fined," he said.
Eatons marketing budget is also being slashed and be redirected to in-store promotions and less print, television and radio advertising.
Sears is still committed to continuing with Eatons, Cohen said at the annual meeting, noting it's a work in progress.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_12_40/ai_75831939   (707 words)

  
 Dude ranch vacation in Wyoming at Eatons' Ranch
Dude ranch vacation in Wyoming at Eatons' Ranch
In 1882, one of the guests or "dudes", as the Eatons called them, recognizing the expense these extended visits entailed, prevailed upon the Eatons to charge for room and board so "folks could stay as long as they like".
Eatons' Ranch has always been in the hands of the Eaton family and operated as a dude and cattle ranch.
www.ranchweb.com /eatonsranch/index.html   (366 words)

  
 Eatons10-24
It is believed that Eatons is the oldest Baptist church in North Carolina west of Lexington, where Jersey Church, established in the 1750s, is located.
Eatons Church began supporting the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in 1831, the first year after it was organized.
The present sanctuary of Eatons Church is located on a beautiful, well-landscaped knoll overlooking the original site of the log building and the cemetery where the church started in 1772.
www.biblicalrecorder.org /news/Eatons10-24.shtml   (1020 words)

  
 Long Island History: Eatons Neck
Eatons Neck had the distinction of being one of six royal manors on Long Island during the colonial era, but it was to gain wider notoriety for the submerged rocks running a mile out from shore into Long Island Sound.
In 1798, the owner of Eatons Neck, John Gardiner, already was maintaining an oil lamp on a pole to guide passing ships when the new federal government paid him $500 for 10 acres that it planned to use as the site of the Island's second lighthouse, after Montauk.
The Manor of Eatons Neck had several owners, including Hobart, who inherited the peninsula in 1754 and was a Patriot leader during the Revolution and later a justice of the first Supreme Court of New York State.
www.newsday.com /community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist008j,0,7310665.story   (912 words)

  
 Eatons Cases, News, Opinions
The purpose of this homepage is primarily to provide information on employment discrimination at eatons, a Canadian company that earned a horrible labour relations and human rights record.
The new owner of the eatons, Sears Canada Inc. has also had its share of employment discrimination complaints, some of which have resulted in landmark human rights decisions that protect the public interest.
This confirms what is already widespead wisdom, that eatons horrible human rights and labour relations record has contributed to its inability to survive.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/6174/eatons   (334 words)

  
 Western Horseman Story: Western Adventure at Eatons' Ranch
Another day begins at the Eatons' Ranch, a Wyoming guest oper- ation that celebrated 125 years of ranch life and western hospitality last summer, making it the oldest guest ranch in the country.
By the early 1900s, the Eaton brothers started looking for more suitable and varied riding terrain for their ever-growing number of guests.
The Eatons announced they wouldn't be open that year, as they had to build cabins and other structures.
www.westernhorseman.com /stories/06302005/tra_0630050001.shtml   (741 words)

  
 The Archives of Ontario Remembers an Eaton's Christmas
Eaton Company Ltd. was formed in 1869 by Timothy Eaton and grew into one of the largest department stores in North America.
For many young Canadians the build up to Christmas began with the arrival of Eaton's Christmas catalogue; thumbing through it until it was dog-eared and then leaving it lying open at just the right page, so that Santa would know exactly what to bring.
Eaton's created the parade in 1905 and continued to be the sole sponsor until 1982.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/exhibits/eatons/index.html   (1088 words)

  
 Solicitors, Leeds, Bradford, West Yorkshire - About Eatons.
Eatons have been around for a long time.
In the passing decades since Eatons was founded, Bradford has expanded, placing our building at the heart of the city centre.
Eatons too has grown into a substantial regional practice with an additional office in the centre of Leeds.
www.eatons-solicitors.co.uk /about_us.html   (263 words)

  
 CET - ESL Activities Online - Canadian Corner
When Timothy Eaton began as an apprentice shopkeeper in Ireland, commerce was a very tough profession.
So, by the time Eaton followed his two older brothers to Canada, in 1854, he was beginning to dream of something better.
Eaton was too impatient and nervous to be a good salesman.
www.tcet.com /eaonline/CanadianCorner/cr-eatons.html   (488 words)

  
 Help! Home for sale - Judy and Bill Eaton - Sep. 15, 2006
The Eatons originally set the price at $425,000 last year, figuring they could get almost as much for the house as a neighbor was asking for his - $450,000.
Eaton's agent, Kimberley Hall Atamian, of Realty Central, says the town encouraged development during the past few years and many builders put up new houses, adding to lengthening inventories and hurting sales of existing homes.
The Eatons want to move to Edwardsville, Illinois, near St. Louis, where they already purchased a home, to be able to indulge in their favorite vice: duplicate bridge.
money.cnn.com /2006/09/15/real_estate/help_home_for_sale_Eaton/index.htm?postversion=2006091512   (1117 words)

  
 Eaton family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The tradition has gone on for as long as they can remember, and the Eatons say they even show up on Sundays when their mother, Mary, is not home.
John Eaton, OFM, Pastor at St. Louis Parish in Washburn, had the opportunity to move back to northern Wisconsin last summer after serving for nearly 16 years in Louisiana and Arkansas.
John Paul and his siblings and cousins are the fourth generation of Eatons to attend Our Lady of the Lake School.
www.catholicherald.org /archives/articles/eatons.html   (839 words)

  
 Playback - Articles - Sigismondi choreographs Eatons' epic comeback spot
The new Eatons ad, in its entirety - as it was arguably meant to be seen - does not feel like a commercial at all, but rather a very short (and expensive-looking) feature film.
The new Eatons campaign is the product of Ammirati Puris, where creative director/art director Doug Robinson and copywriter Tom Goudie racked their brains about how to relaunch the department store in a big, big way with Pat White producing for the agency.
Their mission was to make the relaunch of Eatons something everyone would be talking about.
www.playbackmag.com /articles/onthespot/20001127/30418.html   (514 words)

  
 Eatons Neck, New York NY, profile (Suffolk County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Eatons Neck is in Suffolk County, in the New York metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Eatons Neck was $44,342, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Eatons Neck, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $1,075.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=603   (540 words)

  
 Eatons Neck, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eatons Neck is a census-designated place and a hamlet in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
There is a United States Coast Guard Station on the northern tip of Eatons Neck.
Eatons Neck is located at 40° 56' 3" North, 73° 23' 43" West (40.934271, -73.395331)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eatons_Neck,_New_York   (425 words)

  
 Eatons Ranch Dude Ranch Guest Ranch Horse Drives Big Horn Mountains Wolf
Eatons' Ranch is a dude and cattle ranch located on the magnificent, pine-covered eastern slopes of the Big Horn Mountains in northeastern Wyoming.
We are proud to be carrying on a tradition and preserving a ranching heritage that goes back five generations.
Once you have spent time with us you will always be a part of Eatons' and its history.
www.guestranches.com /eatons   (160 words)

  
 Eatons kennel - News
CONGRATULATIONS to Eatons the Poison Ivy (and Kicki Berglund) who was Best Puppy in Breed 6-9 months, BIG and finally BIS-2 at the Boxer Club's puppy show in Sollentuna today.
Eatons Calvin and Eatons Hannes ögonlysta idag, utan anmärkning.
Eatons Calvin and Eatons Hannes had their annual eyecheck, both cleared free.
www.eatons.se /news.htm   (74 words)

  
 Eatons' Ranch - American Profile
But his best catch at Eatons' happened in 1947 near the horse barn, where he met his future wife, Ann, after her horse stepped on his foot.
Today, Eatons' 7,000-acre spread is both a dude ranch and a working livestock operation, with a couple hundred head of cattle grazing in the mountain shadows 18 miles west of Sheridan, Wyo. (pop.
Five Eaton family members work on the ranch year-round, vaccinating livestock, hauling cattle feed and hay when the grass is gone, and keeping water troughs from freezing when winter weather sets in.
www.americanprofile.com /article/5338.html   (1294 words)

  
 purevolume™ | The Eatons
Raised in the endless expanse of strip malls and twenty-four hour coffee shops that make up the suburbs of east Toronto, THE EATONS formed in 2005 with a mission: to document and present the alternate frustrations and joys of suburban existence.
From the alienation and banality of mindless consumerism, to the moments of inexplicable beauty and happiness, THE EATONS' music is the expression of the millions of suburban victims of postmodernity, everywhere.
The Eatons on New Music Canada and Flickr.
www.purevolume.com /theeatons   (161 words)

  
 Eatons Neck, NY Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
Back to: Eatons Neck main page, New York, New York smaller cities, New York small towns, All US cities.
Median gross rent in Eatons Neck, NY in 2000: $1,250
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www.city-data.com /housing/houses-Eatons-Neck-New-York.html   (382 words)

  
 Eatons: Aubergine - podcast
The film for Aubergine, the 270 seconds spot for Eaton's directed by Floria Sigismondi is, "detail to detail, a modern homage to 1950s musicals such as Singing in the Rain or Funny Face." (Source: 'boards)And this closes Floria's Day for this blog.
This video was created for a proposed 2000 relaunch by Sears of the Canadian store Eatons centered around a new idenitiy and the color aubergine (purple).
Needless to say it failed and in 2002 any remaining Eatons were convereted to Sears.
mefeedia.com /entry/1343238   (202 words)

  
 Sears Canada to drop Eatons name
Sears Canada (TSE:SCC)is dropping the venerable Eatons name and converting the seven stores operating across the country under that banner to Sears locations, a move that will affect 600 jobs.
Sears Canada bought 19 Eatons stores in 1999 for $30 million after the historic retailer hit financial trouble and sought bankruptcy protection in 1997 and again in 1999.
Sears relaunched the Eatons chain amid a flurry of marketing hype in November of 2000.
www.cbc.ca /news/story/2002/02/18/sears_020218.html   (1501 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/theeatons
Raised in the endless expanse of strip malls and twenty-four hour coffee shops that make up the suburbs of east Toronto, The Eatons formed in 2005 with a mission: to subvert the inertia of suburban living into exuberant slices of classicist pop.
Comprised of Boris Chan (vocals, guitar), Sebastian Franks (guitars, vocals), Jacky Siu (bass), and Joe El Habbaki (drums), The Eatons distill the reverb-drenched sonics of the Stone Roses, the suburban melancholy of the Cure and the propulsive backbeat of early U2 into a suburban soundscape that is uniquely Toronto.
Come on Eatons, I'd love to see you at the Reverb on the 18th.
myspace.com /theeatons   (838 words)

  
 Eatons: Price Finder - Calibex
The recently Eaton Hotel is ideally situated on the golden mile of Nathan Road in downtown Kowloon, with six restaurants and bar, a roof-top outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium and...
Eaton Lodge is centrally located in Old Town just a few steps off Duval Street.
A part of the Eaton Centre shopping mall, Delta Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel is ideally located in the heart of downtown Edmonton and is connected to over 100 stores, office...
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