The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-01-22, Page 5THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1953 Page ?
Mid-Town Cleaners Holds Official Opening This Weekend
The door of Mid-Town Clean
ers, 426 William Street, Exeter,
will be open wide < this Friday
night and all day Saturday to
invite the public to inspect the
newest and most modern clean
ing “plant in Southwestern On
tario.
The day will mark the official
opening of Mid-Town Cleaners—
Exeter’s newest industry, owned
and operated by two young Exe
ter businessmen.
It will be ' Open House” in
the plants and the residents of
the community will be able to dis
cover how a modern cleaning
plant operates.
Mid-Town’s energetic proprie
tors, Irvine Armstrong and I-Iar-
ol Preszcator, want everyone to
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The New Plant Of
Mid-Town Cleaners
is a
Good Sign
of Progress in South Huron
WE EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS
Mid-Town’s Delivery Track Was
PAINTED BY US
TOM SEMPLE
Signs Of All Kinds
PHONE 39 GRAND BEND
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Congratulations
Mid-Town Cleaners
tour their spanking new build
ing and watch their modern
cleaning machinery in operation.
“We’d like the people to see
just how we clean their clothes
and why we think our system is
tops,” say the proprietors. They
are naturally proud of their
plant and its up-to-date equip
ment.
Prizes, Refreshments
To highlight the. opening, Mid
Town is giving away over 20
prizes to the people who visit
them. There’ll be refreshments,
too, to make the visit a pleasant
one.
On hand to assist the proprie
tors with the conducting of
tours through the plant and to
explain the efficient cleaning
process, will be experts in the
dry cleaning field. These include
Lloyd Yager, of Simcoe, and Pat
Patterson, of Toronto, repre
sentatives of Canadian Hoffman
Machinery Company, producers
of the automatic cleaning.
To these leaders in the dry
cleaning industry, Mid-Town
Cleaners represents the ideal
combination of modern building,
modern machinery and modern
processing. They are enthusias
tic about Exeter’s newest in
dustry.
Top-Notch Cleaning
Visitors to the plant will see
why Mid-Town Cleaners is estab
lishing a reputation for top-notch
dry cleaning.
They will see the Hoffman Nu-
Cleaning machine take soiled
clothes, put them through a
number of cleaning processes
automatically and change -them
into sparkling clean fabrics.
They will see the extra care
Mid-Town takes with clothes,
wrapping fragile dresses in ny
lon net to prevent any snags or
tears, twice spotting the clothes
with a steam gun to ensure that
all stubborn spots are entirely
removed before the clothes are
pressed.
Modern Pressers •
They will see the newest
pressing machines—’four differ
ent types designed to accomodate
all the various forms of clothing,
to give them “good as new”
look.
There will be other things in
the plant to interest visitors—
the speed rails, special cleaning
accessories, the methods of
identification, etc.
Yes, .the Mid-Town “Open i.
House” next Saturday will give |
residents in this area a complete
look into the operation of a
modern cleaning plant. [
Don’t miss it! |
WELCOME! —Mid-Town's two
young proprietors, Irv Arm
strong and Bud Preszcator,
open the door of their new
plant to welcome visitors dur
ing the official opening.
On The Opening
Of Their New Plant
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We Had The Pleasure Of Laying The
Blocks For The New Building
Samuel Lawson
PHONE 56-r-2 CREDITON
Hensail
Take Your Soiled Clothes
to
Clarke & Fuss
Electric
MID-TOWN AGENT
Lucan
Mid-Town’s Agent
in Lucan is
Ron Westman*s
Canadian Auto Stores
AUTOMATIC CLEANER •— This I-Ioi’fman Ku-Cleaning machine is part of the. modern
equipment in Mid-Town Cleaners’ new plant. It cleans clothes automatically, agitating
chemical solvent in the fabric, extracting lint, drying the clothes and destroying odors. At
right, is a special machine for removing stubborn spots. —Jack Doerr, Exeter
Energetic Young Businessmen
Sparkplugs Behind Mid-Town
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Congratulations To
MID-TOWN CLEANERS
And Their New Cleaning Plant
This Modern Building Is Heated By
Sun-Ray Oil Burner
Supplied By
W. E. MIDDLETON
EXETER
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are two young
Irvine
Armstrong and Harold
Preszcator.
left jobs with local firms
into partnership in the
Every Success
to
Mid-Town Cleaners
On The Official Opening Of
Your New Plant
Another New Building For Exeter
Contracted By
Huron Lumber Company
We are proud to be associated with the progress and expanding construc
tion in Exeter and district. Mid-Town Cleaners is another new building
constructed by
Huron Lumber Company
Phone 48 Exeter
The sparkplugs behind Mid
Town Cleaners
Exeter businessmen
‘ Irv”
“Bud”
Both
to go
cleaning business, confident they
could provide a service this
expanding community would ap
preciate.
When they learned they could
offer the public genuine’ “odor
less” cleaning and free pickup
and delivery, it didn’t take them
long to launch the enterprise.
Only seven weeks passed, from
the time they first talked about
the venture until they started
operation in their new plant.
Irv Is Older
Irv Armstrong, the eldest, is
27. He married the former Lois
Sweitzer and they live on Senior
Street, Exeter.
Irv received his education at
Exetei’ Public and High Schools
and the Beal Technical School,
London. Before returning to Exe
ter, he worked in several indus
trial plants in London.
Nine years ago he joined the
local firm of Hopper-Hockey,, a
f u r n i t u r e store aud. funeral
home. He was awarded his em
balmer’s licence in 1947 and is
still qualified to engage in this
profession.
Bud Learns Trade
Bud Preszcator is 24 years old,
married to the former Alma
Ryckman, They and their three-
year-old daughter, Penny, live in
an apartment on Exeter’s main
street.
Bud went to Exeter Public and
High Schools before starting
work at Canadian Canners. Later
he worked at a local garage and
did a stint of painting before
entering the dry cleaning busi
ness. I-Ie spent seven years learn
ing the trade before venturing
out with Irv in Mid-Town.
On the staff at Mid-Town
Cleaners are Blanche Sim, an
Exeter housewife, who is re
ceptionist; Stewart Moffat, for
merly of Tpronto, an experienced
presser; and Bud’s Wife, Alma,
who also presses.
Bud handles the cleaning
operation, the spotting and does
some pressing. Irv
pickup and delivery
District Agents
To give service to
districts, Mid-Town
have depots in the
villages.
The agents are: Zurich, Thiel’s
Men’s Wear; Hensall, Clark and
Fuss Electric; Centralia, Hons-
berger’s General Store; Lucan,
Ron Westman’s Canadian Auto
Stores.
In addition, Mid-Town offers
pickup and delivery service at
“Huron Park”, R.C.A.F. Cen
tralia’s housing area, and has
several depots inside the Station
itself.
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handles the
end.
the outlying
Cleaners
surrounding
Centralia
Honsberger*s
General Store
is
Mid-Town Agent
Ih Centralia
Mid-Tdwn Agents
Thiel’s
Men’s Wear
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Hearty Good Wishes
to
Mid-Town Cleaners
Electric Wiring
ih this modern, plant was installed by
O. S. Atkinson
PHONE 268-R EXETER
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Best Wishes [
to |
Mid-Town Cleaners
on the
OFFICIAL OPENING
of their new plant
Mid-Town’s Delivery Truck
PURCHASED FROM US
For Reliable Used Cars And Tracks |
South End Service
Russ and Chuck Snell |
PHONE 328 EXETER I
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Seldon Fuels Congratulates
Mid-Town Cleaners
On Their New, Modern Plant
We wish Harold Preszcator & Irvine Armstrong every success in the future.
White Rose Fuel Oil
IS SUPPLIED BY US TO HEAT THE NEW PLANT
SELDON FUELS
Distributors of White Rose Products
PHONE 90 OR 2 ' EXETER, ONT.
MID-TOWN CLEANERS
For Perfect Cleaning!I I
The Combination of Hoffman’s Nu-CIeaning System, Perchlorethylene, and
the New Mid-Town Cleaners Plant, Gives You the Best in Dry Cleaning!
BEST WISHES
to •
Irv. Armstrong And Bud Preszcator
on the
OFFICIAL OPENING
. OF YOUR NEW PLANT
COMPLIMENTS OF
HOFFMAN MACHINERY COMPANY
NEWMARKET ONTARIO
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