Rendol Whidden Ganong, (October 2, 1906 – March 18, 2000) was a Canadian businessman from the Province of New Brunswick. Known as Whidden, he was born in the

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of St. Stephen, the eldest son of Berla Frances Whidden and

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. Ganong studied at St. Stephen High School, Rothesay Collegiate School in

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, and

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. In 1927 he went to work for Ganong Bros., the family-owned

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making business. In 1955-56, Whidden Ganong served as Chairman of the

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. In 1957 he succeeded his father as president of the firm, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1977. He was named a Member of the

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in 1989. Whidden and Eleanor Ganong maintained a home in St. Stephen and owned a farm at Todd's Point, New Brunswick located five miles (8 km) east of St. Stephen along

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. The property separates the St. Croix Estuary from

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. Whidden Ganong died in 2000, predeceased by his wife in 1982. Their farm property is now the Ganong Nature Park.

References

* Folster, David. ''The Chocolate Ganongs of St. Stephen, New Brunswick'' (1991)

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* Craigs, Melodie. ''Ganong, The Candy Family'' (1984) Literacy Council of Fredericton
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