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.