.-  MTo° confirm . .the
- rumours about town,
'. Bob . Wilkinson’ -is
moving on, but not out |
of Terrace. “Wes:|
Beeston, Wilkinson's f
general manager . for. |
the past two years, is’
the «new owner of Ff
Wilkinson ‘Business |
Machines. oe
Under - Bob's - able .
leadership, Wilkinson
Business Machines was
established in 1970 and
quickly grew from a
basement location in —
the Lazelle Shopping
Centre (beside . Joe's
-Printers). From there,
the company moved to

Wilkinson, Beeston: Smooth handover.

the in-coming president
of the club. Bob says
enthusiastically, "The
Skeena Valley Car
Club has their Cruise
Nite every Friday night
from 7-10 at A & Won.
Keith Ave. New mem-
m bers are always: .wel-
come. Our -general
‘meetings are ‘the fourth
Thursday .of each
month at the Kin ‘Hut

a at 7:30," © ‘s
Ever the commun-
ity-minded citizen, Bob
Wilkinson has support-
‘| ed ‘service clubs and
| community organiz-
‘ ations and - ‘sponsored.
sports teams over the

_ larger quarters in the
“building. previously
occupied by lawyer Doc
‘Robertson (now Terrace Realty):
_- From there, they moved into.
_-the building now occupied by NRS °
Pruden and Currie, and: then. to
the old Albert & McCaffery store .
at Highway 16 West and Eby. St. :

‘In 1980, Wilkinson. Business ©

Machines became: -a Canon dealer”

“and they're still an integral part -

- of what'we do", says Bob proudly. »
Canon used Wilkinson Business - .
Machines in a nation-wide. ad’:
campaign which most people will
remember — a float plane deliver-
ing a Canon copier to Kincolith.
In 1987, Wilkinson’s moved

‘

‘into. their current: location ‘on |

.. Lakelse Ave.
Bob Wilkinson moved to Ter-

race’ from. Whitehorse, via: Vic- ©
‘toria, 22 years ago. He explains,
"The: ‘Victor dealership brought

me here.” Bob began his career in

* office machinery and supplies at

age 18: and: it’s the only industry _
he’ s ever worked i in. Now he says,
* hell be: focusing on other business

"interests and hobbies.
An avid vintage car collector,

Bob :was: the: driving. force in es-
tablishing the Skeena Valley Car

Club last: t year. This year, he eis

Terrace Review — April 3, 1992

- eventual succession,”

years, including Ter-
race Minor Hockey. In
recognition. of his
efforts, Bob was named Business

Executive of the Year for 1987:

_ Wes Beeston, the new propri-
etor of Wilkinson Business
Machines, was in banking for 12
years before joining Wilkinson in

_ October 1989. "It was to. reduce

Bob’s workload and to effect the
says. Wes.
He and his wife’ Gail came to
Terrace from Vancouver in -1985
"for quality of life for my ‘family’
(which now includes daughters
Jessica, seven, and Alison, five)’:
he explains. Wes’s background.
includes sales, marketing, human

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