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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1962-05-03, Page 10Bank Type Machine Knits Hosiery Clinton resident Dave Reid of Par-Knit Hosiery Ltd, is seen clipping threads from the toe of ,silk hose made on a full fashion knitting machine. The Clinton stocking factory is operated by John Parker and his brother Wilfred. (News-Record Photo) Inspecting Seamless Stocking Tubes . Mrs. Laura Howard and Albert' Wright inspect a seamless hose tube after it has been completed. One seamless stocking is made at a 'time on the .machin. es in the Par-Knit plant here. Mr. Wright, maintenance man, has to keep close watch on the machines in case of a breakdown: (News,-Record Photo) Seamless Stockings Are Sewn Par-Knit employee Mrs. Myrtle Collins sews the toe of seamless stockings together. Care must be taken at each step of their manufacture to as- sure no stockings have snags or pulls. (News-Record Photo) ,Seamed Hose Carefully Sewn When material at the Par-Knit plant is knit- ted, it must be sewn together to form seamed type 'hosiery: Mrs. E. Pierchula is sewing a stocking on a reamer. (News-Record Photo) Stockings Shrunk To Size Finished stockings are inserted into a pre- boarding machine where they are "pressure cook- ed" to shape. There is a certain amount of shrink- age in nylon and. this operation takes it out com- • pletely. Seen here is Mrs. Ivan • Carter removing "cooked" hosiery (News-Record Photo). Announcing 24-Hour Service AT SHORTY'S • EMERGENCY CALLS • TOWING • TIRE REPAIRS DAY OR NIGHT (all SHORTY'S B. HU 17661 212 O VICTORIA STR N HIGHWAY 4 EET CLINTON CABIN TRAILER RENTAL BY THE WEEK OR MONTH ONLY 05 FOR ONE 'WEER'S HOLIDAY 'TRAILER 1411-CH 0 WIRING 0 INSURANCE SUPPLIED At NO EXTRA COST $55 SATURDAY NOON TO SATURDAY NOON $55 CALL 'SHORTY'S B/A NOW! HIGHWAY 4 CLINTON 212. VICTORIA STREET • CAR WASH • GREASE JOBS • SIMONIZING • POLISHING X77,..,r. • Dyed stockings are given a pressing before they are sorted and packed at the Par-Knit Hosiery plant in Clinton. The stockings are shipped to a firm in London, Ontario, where they are dyed to the many shades women desire. They are checked when they return from the dying firm. Seen here giving nylons a pressing are,, (hidden from camera) Dorothy Littleehild and Mrs. Bernice McClinchey. (News-Record Photo) Dyed Stockings Again Pressed To Shape Of Leg "Maters" Mate Finished Nylons Nylons, although they have been made one size at a time on the knitting machine, sometimes are not exactly the same length. Irene Taylor (rear) and Mary Howard check the stockings and mate • them at the Par-Knit plant. (News-Record Photo) Ha dden Studio Goderich 118 St. David St. JA 4-8787 ,18-9-p KEEP YOUR WEDDING STORY ALIVE FOREVER between the covers of one of our Wedding Albums Ready now for sale in your favorite store,, Par.Kmt hosiery is placed into cellophane sleeves and hokes for delivery to the ttiatOmer.. Left t8 right are Miss Mary Mrs. Min Stewart and Mrs. Theresa McOraw. They Make the final inspection to find any hose With flaws that tottid have slipped through the previous eheoks, (Noes-neoord Photo) Stockings Are Carefully Packed Into Sleeves And Boxes Trade Names Stamped On Hose Finished hosiery IS starnped With the trade name of the distributor by Mrs, Sylvia Quantrall. Stockings are made at the rar44:nit faetory for Many chain stores, department Stores and aeCeS- serieS shops. (Ntws-Reoord Photo) By RAJ,. :sTp,Vv.N$,. SThE13' •VMTP.4. how many times lave You parsed the ,Par,Knit liQpigry plant. en Albert Street in +Clip- tan and Wandered, 'Just what do they make in there?" . week the News,Becord. spoke John and Wilfred Parker and was given the- swers, One big question answered Was, where can you purchase Far-Knit stockings.? The an, swer . almost everywherel. g you buy your hosiery ffrbm a chain store, department :owe or ladies -accessories shop, peS- siblY ithoSe nylons were made in Clinton. Par-Knit _does a big huSinesS making "custom" nylons , far large astAblitars. Wider affer- ent trade names. The 'trade names are usually Owned by the store or distributor. Bar-Kntht also makes the new ling of semi-support stretch ,hose. ' The firm is one of the laSt remaining hosiery mills which still make pure silk, artificial, silk and mercerized hosiery. Some of Canada's biggest re- tail outlets are Par-Knit cust- omers. Hudson's Bay, Situp- sans, .batons' and Simpsons-Se, ars allf handle Clinton-made hosiery. Begin As Yarn The stodkings _begin at the Clinton hosiery firm as yarn end' leave the factory wrapped, stamped,. sized and ready for wear. The stocking firm knitS the hosiery from silk, nylon and other synthetic yarns and the stockings come in any size from knee-length on. Both seamed and unseamed 'stockings are made here in the hub of Huron. The stockings begin when white colored yarn is inserted into either a bank type knit- ting machine for seamed hose or separate knitting machines for the unseat/red variety. The size and shape of the newly made stocking are de- termined by a code chain which runs through 'the machine mak- ing it "knit one, pearl two" at the appropriate moment. In Ole case of 'seamed hosiery the newly ignited Material is banded to a woman who oper, qtie3: special sewing inaohine 41,110 iS•Searned from toe to top, ',Pubes Of 110040 Long tubes of knitted nylon material are inserted into a sewing machine which sews up the end of 'the foot' to make WISearned'hosier7, When theise operations are completed you have what ap, pears like a nylon stocking, only in is white or in the case of silk, a ,eireagly shade. These stockings are • then taken to a Ppre-hoarding ma- chine," It I:01*S like as latTe bank vault. The stockings which have been placed on leg- shaped metal. "board's" are automatically moved into the- machine. The door slides shut -and the hosiery is pressure cooked under 28 pounds of steam at 260 degrees, foe one and a half minutes. This is done, Wilfred Park- er says, to shrink the hose to their proper size. "There is a certain amount of Shrinkage in nylon and 'the machine 'takes it out," he said. At every step in production the hosiery is carefully inspect- ed so no unfinished, stockings leave the plant. Dyed London The completed hosiery is then shipped to 'a dyeing.-firm in London where they acquire the many shades ladies desire. Dyed stockings return to the factory where they are again sorted to size, color and again "boarded" to give them their shape once more. - The stockings 'are then care- fully matched into pairs of the same uniform length and, color, and stamped with their trade name. They are taken, to packaging tables where they are carefully packed into boxes or cellophane sleeveS. Par-Knit has been m opera- tion since John Parker took over in 1949. The local hosiery building has been in use 'since 1930, Approximately 40 distrkrt people are employed here by Par-Knit, Fogg 19,conton. Sews,Record,4bursdaye Moylf 190 CLINTON INDUSTRY Big Business Done. hosiery firm • The Ontario ALL Loan & or 5 years. 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