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The Enderby Bakery was located on the northside of Cliff St., two lots east of City Hall. It is assumed that the building was contracted by Ira Jones.

John Sutherland operated the bakery for a short time in 1907 before selling to Dora Gamble. Mr. Burbidge and Mr. Maundrell were bakers, followed by Joe Doerflinger.

Joe Doerflinger purchased the bakery on March l3, l9l3. He supplied all kinds of cakes, pies, and confections in addition to his homemade loaf of bread. Mr. Doerflinger also expanded the front into an afternoon tea room. In 1914 he married Ethel Gray from Mara. They operated the bakery in Enderby for three years. Mrs. Doerflinger remembers when "six young people used to come to this bakery on Friday evenings, and listen to her and Joe's Victrola player, and pull back the tables and chairs and dance."

In 1918 the Doerflingers sold the bakery to Mr. Thompson and moved to Armstrong. He enlarged the building, putting in a pool room on the eastside. He in turn sold to Mr. and Mrs. McPherson, who sold to J.R. Harvey of Vancouver on November l, 1921.

Baker Harvey sold the poolroom to Elias McConegal. Operating a bakery in both Enderby and Salmon Arm, he would bake the bread in his Enderby shop and transport it to Salmon Arm. He had a reputation for bootlegging, and even went to jail at one time for this activity.

In 1931 Jim Sutherland purchased the bakery. When Elias McConegal retired, he purchased the poolroom and expanded it into a lunchroom and ice cream parlour. He lived upstairs with his wife and daughter, baking at night and keeping the shop open 24 hours each day. For many years Ted Borstal would wrap the bread in the morning before going to work for the CPR.

In 1972 Mr. Sutherland sold the bakery to Robert "Bric" Reid, who in turn sold to Wes McCune in l975. Mr. McCune built a modern bakery on Old Vernon Road and sold the building in 1978 to Brent Shindell.

Donovan Imbeau, Danielle Heape
ALF School 1989