John & Gertrude Condie
Hand-made chocolates since 1924!
John & Gertrude Phillipps Condie..... a SWEET Couple!
Gertrude
Gertrude's family were Master Candymakers. The family business was called Phillipps Candies and located in Salt Lake.
The Phillipps family specialized in delicious German Chocolate techniques. Chocolate centered creams, caramels, brittles, marshmallows. Their secret recipes were top-secret and either written down in code or commit the recipes to memories to keep them secret.
John
John Condie's familyFamily were ranchers. John's father Thomas, decided he wanted to purchase a large farm and that is what he did.
The Thomas Condie Family
Thomas sold his business to buy a large Granger Farm. He and his family ran the farm for many years. The acreage was south of 4100 South and approx. between 44th-48th west .
Many of his Condie relatives still live on that same property and it is called "Condie Lane".
John and Gertrude fell in love & married. Gertrude, her sister and and John decided to change the name of their part of the candy Business to Condie Candies.
Today Condie's is still located at 1479 S. Main St.
Gertrude made delicious candy but also had a beautiful voice. She sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for many years and taught music at Monroe
Scott Woodbury shares the following:
" I grew up with all the Condies and am part of the family. My recently deceased mother, Janice Marie Condie Woodbury, was a niece to Aunt Gert and Uncle Jack. My grandmother, Hilda Mann Condie, used to work at the Candy factory on Main Street. Grandma hand-dipped the popular cherry chocolates every Christmas. This was a real art! I have great memories of visiting her while she was working. I can still smell the sweetness of the candy being prepared. You could gain 2 pounds just by walking in that building. I still visit and continue the tradition of giving Condies Candies to my children every holiday season. A great tradition!" - Scott and Jane Call Woodbury
The Gibson and Hilda Mann Condie Family
Front Row: Hilda; Gibson
Back Row: Thelma Mann; Howard Condie; Janice Condie Woodbury; Helen Sanderson
Front: Hilda; Gibson
Back Row: Thelma Mann; Howard Condie; Janice Condie Woodbury; Helen Sanderson