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BRITAIN (BRIT] PHILLIPS
[Welland Tribune, 30 December 1991]
PELHAM (Staff)-Former Welland alderman and show store owner, Brit Phillips, Former Welland alderman and shoe store owner.Brit Phillips died at the Henderson General Hospital in Hamilton on Saturday, December 28th. He was in his 77th year.
Phillips was born in Welland lived in the area all his life. He became one of the youngest people ever to serve on city council when he was elected in 1943 at age 28. He retired from council in 1973.
He also served as a member of both the Welland Water Board and the Welland Hydro-Electric Commission.
During the Second World War Phillips served in the infantry of the Canadian Army and was also the Police Auxillary warden for the Civil Defence.
After the Second World War, Phillips entered business in the city when he managed Jamieson’s Shoe Store downtown. In 1953 he started his own shoe store, Brit Phillips Shoes, on West Main Street and later expanded to the Welland Plaza on Fitch Street. He managed both stores until he officially retired in 1985.
Besides being a member of city council, Phillips had a wide range of other community interests. He was a founding member of the Welland Junior Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 4, the Rose City Seniors Club and the Welland Lawn Bowling Association. He also was a member of the Welland Optimist Club for more than 30 years.
At the time of his death, Phillips lived at the Lookout Village apartments in Fonthill.
EXCERPT FROM OBITUARY: Brit was a member of St. David’s Anglican Church, Welland. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Edith Eatwell.
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