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The Bayfield Bulletin, 1964-11-05, Page 5SERVICE at it's best is what your car, truck or tractor gets in our spacious, mod- ern service centre. Specialists in automatic transmissions— Drive in today! MOB The Key to Better Service (0/:)[Z@ HWY. 8 — GODERICH R 0 1 FOR ALL NEEDS GET EXPERTEXPERT INSTALLATION FROM SPECIALISTS B. R. ROBINSON FLOORING CONTRACTOR 61 Hamilton St., Goderich Phone 524-8831 9.95 PRICED S1 FROM $49.50 Natural Shoulder Styling Sizes 35-6-7-8-9-40 ANNIVERSARY Reg. $59.50 SPECIAL .98 SALE $ 1 SPECIAL PHONE 482-9351 (OPEN FRIDAY EVENING) CLINTON 16th Itiatrelsa SALE 16th November is Anniversary Month at Herman's Men's Wear and we're Celebrating our 16th Anniversary with Many Money Saving Specials for all our Customers. JUST IN TIME FOR FALL AND CHRISTMAS BUYING! STARTING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5th Our Greatest EVER! Suit Sale MEN'S ALL WOOL 2 PANT SUITS Choose From A Variety of the Most Popular Shades of Plains, Herringbones and irre- descents. AU Sizes. Reg. $79.50 Value. S 5 9 CANT WO HERMAN'S MEN'S WEAR • • WOOL BLEND Dress Sacks Continental and Regular Styles in Browns, Greys, Olives and Black SIZES 28 to 44 Reg. $10.95 NOW ONLY S7.99 Topcoats • ALL WOOLS • LAMINATES o ALL WEATHER COATS Just Arrived Far Fall and Winter Wear SIZES 36 to 46 Clearance Special Men's Winter Jackets ALL STYLES and SIZES $12.98 each Reg. to $29.50 — Be Sure To See This Group Young Men's ALL WOOL SUITS Thur., Fri., Sat. Special PEN. "71" COMB, ALL SIZES $3.79 3 DAYS ONLY — BOYS' Sport Shirts — Knit Shirts SIZES 8 TO 18 Long Sleeve — Reg. to $2.95 (LIMIT 3 TO A CUSTOMER) SPECIAL SPORT SHIRTS Reg to To Clear s3 $7.95 Only .95 It has been said that the growth of Corner Brook on the west coast of Newfoundland has all :the aspects of a fairy tale. In forty years it grew from a village of 300 souls to the home of an industrial giant which puffs and throbs, chewing mil- lions of logs into fibre for the manufacture of paper, while supplying most of the earned dollars for families which rep- resent the city's latest popula- tion figures of some 26,000. The town itself in the early part of this century was: chief- ly known to Newfoundland rail- roaders as it was merely a Whistle stop on the old Over- land Route. A 'small settlement near the mouth of the Humber River, it got its name from this twisting river which dropped into the waters of Humber Arm. Its only industry was a sawmill that stood at the Mouth of the "corner brook" owned and operated by a substantial citizen by the name of Chris- topher Fisher. In 1922 an agreement was signed which established the huge newsprint industry and construction of the mill (re- putedly one of the largest pap- er mills in the world) in the same area was undertaken by an English firm. Since then it has been owned by the Inter- , national Pulp and Paper Com- pany and in 1938, the Bowater Organization bought the opera- tion. After years of struggle, through the depression and a world-wide war, Corner Brook has emerged with a history of remarkable progress to its cre- dit. It became a city in 1956, has an energetic Chamber of Commerce and from Where I stood on the Golf Club's hilltop watching the mill belch its white smoke plumes skyward, it is one of the most beautiful cities, for its size, of any I have visited in my travels from one coast of Canada to the other. Every fairy tale must have a genie or Fairy Godmother. Bowater can play both parts in the tale of Corner Brook's metamorphosis without chang- ing character. It is true that since the war other industries have contributed to the devel- opment of Corner Brook but it is to this organization, with its world-wide distribution of pap- er 'products, that the town owes so much. Today 60 percent of the city's emPloyables are on the payroll of Bowater's New- foundland Pulp and Paper Mills Limited. The island owes much to this company for, though it controls 11,000 square miles of timber, it also employs only planned cutting ensuring that felled trees are always replaced by natural seeding. It takes sev- enty years for a spruce or bal- sam fir to mature. Not only does this firm practise cutting of the pulpwood trees, it also keeps a constant watch against the forest's greatest twin men- ace, fire and pests. Dollars Count Bowater's annual payroll is $22,000,000. Besides this an ad- ditional $2,500,000 in purchases and other costs contributes to Western Newfoundland. The company has also played a large part in community af- fairs. Arniong its endeavours have been the construction of a delightful inn. It has contri- buted to the establishment of the Golf Club and a huge rec- reation park with swimming facilities. Playing its own part in Cor- ner Brook's • spectacular pro- gress is the Canadian National Railways. This city has the added asset of the CN's term- inal to offer prospective inves- tors or industries. Thurs., November 5, 1964—Bayfield Bulletin—Page 5 Diary of a Vagabond