Parrish and Heimbecker Ltd Elevator fire, July 23, 1953. Damage was $13,000. It was located opposite the Canadian Pacific Railway station, but rebuilt on the Canadian National Railway right-of-way; a new site at #25 Seventh Avenue North in 1953. Conrad Schwartz is listed as Manager in Henderson’s Directory of the City of Yorkton for 1958. Two grain trading families founded Parrish and Heimbecker Limited over 100 years ago. In 1909, fifty year old W.L. Parrish from Brandon, Manitoba partnered with 30 year old Norman Heimbecker from Hanover, Ontario to start the company.
