New Albany Evening Tribune, August 1, 1911, p. 4. NOTE: The item below was
abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis.
RETIRES
George F. Goodbub Sells Confectionery Business
George F. Goodbub, one of the best known businessmen of the city, today
retired from the confectionery business that he has conducted on State
between Main and Market streets for the past 32 years, his successors being
Messrs. John F. Stratton and Harry Burd, well-known young men of the city.
Mr. Stratton came to this city from Chicago some years ago when the Chicago
capitalists acquired the public utilities and since then he has been
connected with the United Gas and Electric Company in a responsible
capacity. Mr. Burd has been engaged in the railroad business for a number
of years, first with the Illinois Central and for the past eleven years with
the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company at 29th Street.
Mr. Goodbub was brought up in the confectionery business with his father,
the late Jacob Goodbub who accumulated a large estate. Thirty-two years ago
he went into business for himself on State where he was unusually successful
from the first, and he retires with a comfortable share of this world's
goods accumulated by strict application to his business and his affable
manner of greeting his trade.
Mr. Goodbub said today that he had contemplated retiring for some time past
and with this end in view he erected a handsome residence some time ago on
East Ninth between Main and Market streets, and he and his family moved from
the apartments they had occupied for many years over the store. While he
expects to take life easy in the future, he said today that he did not
intend to be idle but would probably engage in some business that would
occupy at least a portion of this time.