“It has been an honor and privilege to serve on the Hooker Board the last 28 years,” Toms said. He served on the HFC Board for 28 years, including 21 years as Chairman and CEO. is retiring as Chairman of the Board, effective immediately.Īfter serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HFC since 2000, Toms retired as CEO on February 1 of this year, succeeded by Jeremy Hoff, but remained as Chairman of the Board in a non-executive capacity. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Hooker Furnishings Corp. The ball was motorized and coloured beams of light were played on it as it spun and of course the girls looked beautiful and love found a way.Chairman- Hooker Furnishings Board of Directors Chairman- Hooker Furnishings Board of Directors Gene Grieve another employee of Sam’s had the job of sticking the pieces of mirror onto the ball. Sam’s right hand man, Jack Toms, constructed the round ball of plaster on a wire mesh. Sam wanted to install a coloured crystal ball that would turn on many a romance on the dance floor. Jack worked long hours, even Sundays for many years.Īt the time that Jack worked for Sam Stover, Sam also operated the Dance Pavilion at the beach.

Besides delivering ice cream to Turk’s Restaurant in Port Hope, he cooked for Stover’s. Sam Stover’s brother had a restaurant in Orillia and Jack would deliver the homemade ice cream by truck, a long drive in the ‘30's and ‘40's. It was fascinating to watch him decorate the eggs. Jack would make the eggs, then decorate them with handmade roses. They had many molds of every shape and size, in the form of rabbits, eggs, and so on. Stover’s were very famous for their homemade ice cream and their Easter Eggs. They rented that home for quite a while before finally buying it.Ībout 1928, Jack went to work for Sam Stover’s Restaurant, on King Street West, where he learned the trade of candy and ice cream-making. They then moved to John Street about 1931, before moving to their home on University Avenue West, where they raised a family of three children: Inez, Dorothy, and Jack. They first lived in an apartment at King and George Streets in Cobourg. Mark’s Church in her home town of Port Hope. In 1930, Jack married Ellen (Nellie) Piper at St.

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