T.T. Malcolm
T. T.Malcolm The career of T.T. Malcolm has been marked by the
progress and success which usually crown earnest effort when zealously
pursued to the achievement of a definite purpose. As proprietor of the
Malcolm Pharmacy he is one of the foremost business men of Dauphin where
he had also acquired valuable property interests, while the regard in which
he has also acquired valuable property interests, while the regard in which
he is held by his fellow townsmen is manifested
by his connection with municipal affairs. Although of Scotch extraction,
as the name would indicate, Mr. Malcolm is of Canadian birth, this event
having occurred at Seaforth, Ontario on July 27, 1874. His father Andrew
Malcolm together with his wife and family removed from the latter province
in 1877 to Manitoba, locating at Gladstone. The traveling facilities of
that period bore little resemblance to those of the present day, when every
comfort of the home is provided for the tourist and the Malcolms found
their journey to be long and wearisome. They traveled by boat to Duluth,
continuing in that mode from there up the Red River to Winnipeg,
the last part of the journey being made by ox cart. During the fist three
years of their residence in Manitoba , Mr. Malcolm conducted a hotel
in Gladstone, which was known as the McAlpin House. He next bought
some land from John Norquay and for nine years engaged in farming in the
vicinity of Minnedosa, coming from there to Dauphin. Here he continued
his agricultural pursuits until he withdrew from active life,
and then after his wife died in Dauphin moved to Galt, Ont. In religious
faith the family are stanch Presbyterians and his political support Mr.
Malcolm has always accorded to the Liberal party. TT began his education
in the schools of Gallstone continuing at Minnedosa but later became a
student in the Collegiate Institute at PLP graduating in 1896. Having resolved
to identify himself with the drug trade, he subsequently matriculated in
the College of Pharmacy at Winnipeg, receiving his degree in 1900, the
first class. The year previous together with DR. J. r. Gunne, he had established
the store of which he is now the sole proprietor. In 11905 he pursued a
course in the Ontario College of Optics of which he is a graduate. Feeling
the need of further work along this line he became, two years later, a
student of the NOrthern Illinois College of Optics at Chicago receiving
his diploma in 1907. We were told he took these courses by
correspondence, which seems reasonable to believe since he did have his
drugstore to operate. The prosperity enjoyed by Mr. Malcolm in the development
of his businesses has enabled him to acquire some valuable property interests.
He owns the building where his store is located, known as the Malcolm block,
which was erected by him and is regarded as the finest commercial building
in the city. ( still standing on Main Street in 2003). He also owns his
residence and another business block , both of which he built and also
still standing . At Dauphin on the 18th of July, 1900 Mr. Malcolm was married
to Miss Maggie Rae Shiel, daughter of John and Jannet Shiel. Mr.& Mrs.
Malcolm have a son, Dr. Thomas Franklin Malcolm and daughter Norma Roberston
Brown. Mr. Malcolm belongs to the Dauphin Club and is president of the
Dauphin Automobile Club, while he maintains relations with his profession
through the medium of his membership in the Manitoba Pharmaceutical
Association and the Optical Association of Manitoba , being councilor of
the former and vice president of the latter. Politically he supports the
liberal party and is now alderman from his ward. Both as a business man
and citizen Mr Malcolm stands high in the regard of the community, toward
the development of which he has contributed by his enterprising spirit
and his hearty cooperation in the every movement inaugurated for the advancement
of the civic welfare. T. T. Malcolm passed away May 16, 1938 after being
ill for many years with a liver condition. He had gone to the Mayo Clinic
but there just was no cure for his ailment. He lived to almost 66 years
of age so really he did well considering.