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Edward F. Pinchin
Ted and Rosina Pinchin were living in Vancouver when they answered an ad placed by T.C. Richards for a baker to supply the Whitehorse Inn with breads and pastry. Their bakery was called The Cakebox. The Pinchins had two sons, Weldon and Dennis.1)
In March 1944, Whitehorse newspaper reporter understood that Pichin’s bakery and confectionary store would be located immediately south of the Whitehorse Theatre in the near future.2) In 1947, Ted Pinchin moved his Whitehorse bakery shop from Second Avenue to a lot adjoining Gordon Lee’s Whitehorse Jewellery and Novelty Shop on Main Street.3)
In March 1948, E.F. Pinchin was the Exalted Ruler of the newly formed Whitehorse chapter of The Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks (BPOE). Other members included Leading Knight W. Stoddard: Loyal Knight J. Fox, Lecturing Knight J. Moran, Secretary W. Williamson, Treasurer Dick Carswell, and Inner Guards Jack Earle Tyler, Phil Delaney Esquire and Ray Read. The chaplain was Stan Dunbrack and the historian was H.E. Moore. E. Veale was the organist.4)
1)
Ellen Davignon, “The Art of the Deal…” March 15, 2005. 2020 website: https://www.yukonbooks.com/shop/customer/feature_lives.php?feature_article_id=88&print_preview=1
2)
The Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse), 31 March 1944.
3)
“Business Expansion Now Call For Construction of Additional Premises-Enlargement Others.” Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse), 5 September 1947.
4)
Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse), 26 March 1948.
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