Submitted by Carol Couch

 

 

 

 

WACO TIMES-HERALD

MARCH 18, 1951

 

W. D. BARTON SR. DIES SATURDAY IN FORT WORTH

 

     W. D. Barton former Wacoan who gained wide fame for his invention of Dyan-Shine shoe polish, died at 4 p.m. Saturday at a Fort Worth hospital.

     He was the father of W. D. Barton Jr., of 1725 Powell Drive, Waco.  Mr. Barton was a native of Marlin. For many years he was associated with the Tom Padgitt Co. of Waco, and it was while working with the Padgitt firm that he invented the shoe polish.  His new product met with quick success, and he moved his business to St. Louis, MO, where he was located for a number of years.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body will be returned to Waco for burial. 

     Other survivors include:  four brothers, Colonel Harry Barton of El Dorado, Ark., T. K. Barton of McAllen, Dick Barton of Alamesa, Colo., and Ireland Barton of Fort Worth; and a sister, Mrs. Lee V. Hunnicutt of the Panama Canal Zone.