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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-03-27, Page 2Page 2 Times-Advocate, March 27, 1969 e4e-eiteate &ger" e aft PATRICIA SWEENEY OPERATING OFFICE TELEX PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT AL MEDELIS AND MIKE FOSTER BUFFING r04,7 GENERAL MANAGER FRANK CAPSTICK 715p.ilt Board makes offer to secondary staff GORD KADY AND GLENN STAPLETON CUTTING TUBES FOR PIPE OLIVER JAQUES WITH HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING EQUIPMENT All sized jobs The main reason for Chemline Services Division of Dunlop Canada Limited in relocating its Toronto plant to Centralia s Industrial Park was the large hangars that were available, General manager Frank Capstick says the width of the front door, which opens to a full 210 feet and the minimum ceiling clearance of 20 feet were responsible for the move to Centralia. The Huron Park plant located in Hangar 6 serves as headquarters for the Chemline Division's national network of fabrication and lining shops, including those now located in Elliot Lake, Vancouver, Edmonton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is responsible for marketing the company's range of rubber and plastic linings, coatings, cements and fabrications for protection against corrosion, abrasion and contamination. Employ 31 Nothing is more characteristic of the type of work carried out by the Chemline Services Division than the enormous size range of products handled, and their varying degrees of complexity. Continuous orders for small rubber-lined parts are interspersed with very heavy equipment for lining, much of the latter being so bulky or heavy it must be moved on special rail transport. While talking of the large doors to allow railway cars and other large equipment to enter, Capstick said, "Not much can't get inside our hangar, but if the job is too big, we go to the site." In the March output of business, jobs are being handled for customers in Sept Iles and Sorel in Quebec, Marmoraton and the Lakehead in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Capstick, who began his career with the parent Dunlop Company in England in 1939 came to Canada in 1955. He is captain of the volunteer fire brigade and president of the curling club at Huron Park. Railway tracks have been installed halfway through the hangar and six small or four large cars can be handled at one time and another 30 can be stored outside. The railway cars that basically carry acids are rubber lined at Centralia and are brought back at least once a year or for checks on possible leaks. High voltage testing equipment is used at Chemline to prevent leaks in their installations. The Huron Park plant does a lot of work for mining companies in Northern Ontario. Chemline did a lining job for Consolidated Dennison Mines, the largest uranium producers in North America, 12 years ago and the equipment is still standing up against corrosion from acid and alkaline. Great emphasis is placed on safety at the Huron Park plant. All employees actually in production wear bump-caps and safety shoes. The best in protection and rescue equipment is on hand along with a ventilating system to be used for entry into confined spaces. At the moment, 31 employees are on the payroll, most of whom were hired from this area. Pkitod aod de 4 Reku qaa94 Huron County Board of Education is spending long hours these days -discussing salary schedules for elementary and secondary school teachers in the county. Tuesday evening, board members met with representatives of the secondary school teachers and Wednesday evening, the board was host to a delegation of elementary school teachers. Although no proposed salary schedule was announced at any of the open sessions of the Huron County Board of Education meetings, an advertisement in one of the daily papers quoted the 1969-70 salary offer of the board as follows: MIN. MAX. Category 4.. $8,500 to $13,700 Category 3.. 7,900 to 13,000 Category 2.. 7,100 to 11,400 Category 1.. 6,800 to 10,800 The advertisement stressed the salary schedule was still under negotiation. It is not known what teachers in the county have requested of the board with regard to the new contract. Salary schedule at SHDHS last year was as follows: MIN. MAX. Category 4.. $8,000 to $13,100 Category 3.. 7,600 to 12,400 Category 2.. 6,700 to 10,900 Category 1.. 6,400 to 10,400 Comparison of the two schedules indicates a possible raise for SHDHS teachers in all categories from $400 to $600 per annum. It is not known what salary schedules were in effect at other high schools in the county. It should be noted these raises are in addition to the annual increment received by teachers. Most boards in Huron County paid an annual increment of $300. In effect, possible raises for SHDHS teachers in all categories could be from $700 to $900 per annum. YOUNGEST PARTICIPANT IN PARKHILL WALK—The youngest member of the Grand Bend to Parkhill walk Saturday, five year-old Carl Mollard, RR 8, Parkhill, needed a little help but he finished what he started out to do. Carl walked the first three miles out of the Bend, received a lift for a few miles and hoofed the last three miles into Parkhill. He is shown above with his mother, Mrs. Eric Mollard during the early part of the walk. T-A photo. BILL BIEBER STITCHING HAROLD CHAPPEL SOLUTIONING RAILWAY CARS READY FOR LINING tr JOE CI, FORD AN 11 V PREST INSTALLING RUBBER LINING V SANDY BRADLEY AND MULTI-PURPOSE CRANE The Editor, Exeter Times-Advocate, Exeter, Ontario. Dear Sir, This is in reply to John Funston's article on page 16 of the March 13 edition of your paper entitled "Practice what they preach." I read the article over two times and I found myself asking the following questions: Why did Mr. Funston wait five months to reply to my article? I think it is good that the March of Dimes has hired 23 disabled employees, but I think the majority of its employees should be disabled. How long have these 23 persons been with the March of Dimes? Were they just hired in January 1969 so they could say to the public, "Look, we have 23 physically handicapped people working for us?" The part explaining the term "disabled" really takes the punch out of the article. It is a watering down effect and turns me off. When people tell me that everyone is handicapped, it is said because people think it will pacify me and calm me down. It is said because people do not know what else to say. It does not alter the situation. I have the right to say that the March of Dimes has no right in the vocational business. I say this because there are about 20 agencies in Ontario doing the vocational training for the physically handicapped and none of them are worth a tinker's damn. The government is taking ,over this training program. Did you notice in the article that he mentions only people with fairly mild handicaps? Not one word is mentioned about victims of cerebral palsy. I call having only one leg or one arm, mild handicap. When Mr. Funston and his cohorts start working on other problems of the disabled like transportation, housing, recreation and pensions for the more severly handicapped, they will get to the guts of the problem by finding long lasting 'solutions and not mere band-aid solutions, Then I will be more than happy to work with him because there are four problems on which no one is taking any action. Why did Mr. Funston not reply to any other points of interest in that same letter? I also wonder if the March of Dimes did not do so well financially in the Exeter area, and this article was a publicity stunt to raise more funds. Mr. Funston, how many moderately handicapped people work at CKSL radio? I hope to have a small booklet published by June 1969 of all of my experiences in Toronto with the agencies etc. if anyone• is interested. Thank you, John Kellerman Dashwood, Ont. Seal donations still acceptable With several. weeks still remaining in the current Easter Seal Campaign, the Exeter Lions Club who handle the canvass in the area report returns at $1,105.50. All money is used to further the work in helping crippled children. The local club has sent pink envelopes to all householders in the district asking for donations to this worthwhile cause. If anyone has misplaced their envelope or did not receive one, donations will be accepted by Lions Club treasurer, Harold Gunn at Traquair's Hardware. New date set for murder trial The second non-capital murder trial for Joseph Polzen is scheduled to start in Toronto on Tuesday, April 8. Polzen is charged with the 1068 slaying of Gwen Pfaff, Crediton. In an earlier trial this year, the jury failed to reach a verdict and a new trial was ordered. About 20 area persons are again expected to be called as witnesses,