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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-07-31, Page 7• Sefel.reSI Y‘e!..,,,,e4.14,,t,,NYist", Fordwich Personal NOtes C• U ii 1 1 1 . 1 1 0 1 • 1. 1 1W 10 11 1E 1 0 1 U .1 yismm fillANA Active in Business U Mr, and Mrs, D. Walker of TO- Tonto,- spent aeVeral days last week at the home of Mr,. and MISS. Norris Chalmers, Mr, and Mrs. James Warrell attended the funeral of a friend at Clinton on Mr, and Mrs, Earl Moore and Miss Lou }kicker spent the week- end with Mr, and `Mrs, Ted Denny at Erin, Mrs, Linnie Ellsworth visited at the K, 8r. W. Hospital one day last Week, with her sister, Miss Laura Donaghy, Mr, and Mrs. Nile Soehner of ,Kitehener visited for week at the Jhome of Mr, and Mrs, Everitt Alien, Mr. Ian. Pittendreigh of London, is spending two weeks' vacation with his parenta, Mr, and Mrs, Geo, Pittendreigh. ,Mrs. Mary Hall spent several clays this ,week at. Elora and Port Hope, r. Mript nclay , after s ending p a ibert„, Johnston returned Week with het,' daughter Mrs, `Jeanette Lindsay in Toronto. Mr. /3ernald King is holidaying at Elliott Lake this week. Mr, Frank Ford of Toronto is visiting for two weeks with Mr. Harry Sansorn, Mr. Donald; Doig, of Galt is spending' two, weeks with his par- = entS, Mr. and Mrs. Ross IDoig. Mr. and Mrs. Sam• Robinson and Mrs. Boyden Devittsepent one clay 1171 last week in, London::. • 0 Mrs: .Roy Simmons; ;Mrs. Wm. SothernssMreS Lyte Simmons, Mrs. Denglas ;Wildfang'.end Miss Nancy ,i1 Sothern spent' One' day last week in Kitchener'. " Mr. arid Mrs. Peter Chiomey of Port Colborne spent two (Jaya last week with lvfrand Mrs, Alex Keith.".'' ; Mr. and•Mrs. Bert Winston 'visit- ed' one day ,last week in.Lueknow. Miss rionria, Wray, of St. Marys Vacation Bible School Closes visited last week with Mr, and Mrs, Neil Baylor, Mr, and. Mrs. Robt. Campbell and family spent Monday in Galt with Mr. and Mrs, George Moss. The latter returned here and spent the 'week, Mrs, Oanteren Stewart, Mrs, Janet IVA:Clement and Miss Rachel McKenzie of MOlesworth visited one day last week with Mr, and Mrs. Tom MeClerrient Mr. Bill Campbell of _George, town is spending a couple of weeks With Mr. and,Mrs, William Mc- Cann. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Holtom Of HesPler 'visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. George Holland, Mr. Bruce Williamson of London spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs, Emma Williamson, Mrs, Jim • Inglis of Acton visited with her sister, Mrs. Ida Gallagher, one, day last 'week, Mr. and Mrs, Alex Wray and family of Toronto spent the week-end :here and on Sunday attended the Reid reunion in Moorefield, •„ Mr, and• Mrs. John Tudan and family visited over the Weekend with relatives in Port 9olborne, The many friends of Mrs. Isobel Hutchison will, be sorry' to hear that at present she is confined to Listowel Hospital. Mr. and Mrs, Bruce &Wein and family, Mr. W. T. Sothern and Mrs. Tessie Zimmerman visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Morris McKee and. Archie McKee in Godes rich. Vieitore laet• week with Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Galbraith were Mrs, Ruth Corbett of Gorrie and Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Galbraith of Guelph. Mr. 'arid Mrs. Wellington Har- grave and family 'attended ,the Reid . reunion in Moorefield Park on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, William Sothern and family Visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart in Lis- towel, Mr, and Mrs. Wally Gibson spent Saturday in Guelph with' Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reis, Mr. and Mrs, George Moss Jr. and Karen of Galt visited Sunday With Mr. and Mrs, Robt, Campbell. Mr. and Mrs., Cecil Lynn and Karen of Orangeville visited over the week-end with Mrs'. Dora Rid- ley., Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doig, Penny and Peter of St. Catharines are spending this week 'with. Mr, and 1 Mrs. •Ross Doig. , Mx and ,Mrs. Ken GraharnsVis4t- Yinger Severed in Cement Mixer . FORMIC:1f -Kr, Harry Saligera ivas rushed to Listowel Hospital by. Dr D. Fordo of Fordwieh. In some Manner •he got his left hand into a cement mixer which he was using at hid home, sever- ing, the little finger at the second joint, He remained in hospital for tests and observation,. Harry seems to have bad luck With machinery, Last summer he almost cut his toe eft with a power 'mower,. COLLINGNON SCENE Of INSTITUTE TOUR BELGRA.VE--aonvenere of the July meeting of the Women's Insti- tute was Mrs, Clarence Hanna, who organized a bus trip to. Collings wood en Thursday, About 36 en- joyed the clay, leaving from /3e1- grave early in the morning, Upon their arrival, they had a very interesting tour throngh the Smart canning factory and the Georgian China 'factory, They al- so attended a rug and quilt fair being held at Collingweod and quite a number explored the Scen- ic Cave's. A hot supper was enjoyed at the United Church and the 'group started their journey back home. Blyth .visite,d on. Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. 'George Ashton, , Miss Beatrice Wade is spending this week at Lake of Bays and Huntsville, s , Mrs, George Bolander and ,Icaus are spending this week in London with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ridley: The many friends of Mrs. Jack Wilson will, be glad to' know that She was able to return to.her home 'on Sunday after being confined' to the Listowel Hospital, for the past ten days. Friends of Mrs. Ron Rube will. be sorry- to hear, that on Sunday, she underwent an appendectomy operation in' Listowel Hospital. Mr. arid Mrs. Ansori Demerling attended the Howick 'Lutheran Church 90th anniversary on ,Sun- day. In the evening they visited with Mr,' and Mrs. Fred Bodes, in Hanover. Miss Elaine' Bode re- turned home, with them and will visit for a week., ,,'„ Miss gain Brydg.es LOndon .0ELGRAVE spent the wpolt,end with Mr. quid Mrs,. Ralph McCrea,. Mr, and Mrs, Cecil Wheeler of ••.Blyth visited Friday with W. and Kr% Herb Wheeler Mr. and Mrs, Robert Higgins and Kr. and Mrs. C. Go. McCrea visited, Wednesday evening with Mr. and. 'Mrs. H, Pattis.on and Mr, •.and Mrs, higgins and: fam- ily, Win.ghain, Paipli McCrea :visited on. ThUrsday evening with Mrs, P0.40: Walsh at 'Myth, Mr, and Mrs, Jack Armstrong of Toronto and ,Mr, and Mrs."Gibsori Armstrong, Gail and David,. of, London seek the 'weelcend, With Mr, and Mrs. David Armstrong. Mrs, GibSols, Armstrong and child- ren are remaining' for a few days. Mr. arid Mrs. Carl Procter and Mr, and Mrs, Bert Vincent, Barrie 'and Ralph Vogan visited last week with Rev, and Mrs, G. Dunlop at Bruce, Beach.... Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Procter of Fort Frances spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Procter. Visitors with 'Mrs. Cora McGill over the week-end were Mrs. Mar- garet Lowry and Fred Lowry of Dundas and Mr. Ernest Wallace of Peola, Pa. Mr.• and Mrs. Norman Geddes of Toronto visited there Monday evening. Miss Nancy VanCamp spent last week with her. aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnston and family at Clinton. ATTENDS WI HOLIDAY most , impressed by Niagara• Falls. ° lAlthOugh not yet plentiful, tourists world be welcome in' Ghana, she paid, and would haVe little diffi- Culty, as the majority of people serving the public speak English, Miss Helen M. McKercher, direc- tor of the Home Economics Ser- vice, Ontario Department of Agri- culture, took Misa Boafe from the Women's Institute • holiday at Guelph • to the Oxford County Achievement Day at Woodstock, where the unusual visitor created a great deal of ,interest amonenar- ticipating 4-H homemaking club inerribers, their leaders and the hpine economists. In turn, Miss Boat° was intensely interested in the exhibits and demonstrations put on by the girls and judged by tine home economists. Travel information is available, at: the Province of Alberta Tourist Infoimation Bureau near Fort -Macleod for visitors entering the prOvince from all ports of entry in the Snaps. • t On 90th Birthday' .James W. Anderson, formerly of Lindsay and now of, Peterberetigh holds the honor of being that city's oldest actiVe businessman, Mr. ,Anderpon celebrated his 90th. births day on July J. . Berri on' a farm, near Wingham he was one of farili,lY of seven children, It was necessary for him' to leave school at an early. age in order to assist the family final., chilly, He started to Work on the railroad when he' was Only 12 years old find became a telegraph operator on the old Toronto, Grey Bruce Railway, later taken over by the C.P.Rs Mr, Anderson. was ticket agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway at Lindsay fPr 21, years, where be was affectionately knoWn as "GP.R," Anderson. In 1926 he moved to Peterborough where he entered the customs brokerage business, As he makes his way to his city office by bus each morning, he pas become .a farrilliar figure and the other passengers find it, hard to 'believe that he is 90. He' was :an active sportsman in earlier' 'years and played baseball on a Lindsay team until he was 00, He was engaged in curling until he was 80 years old and wal an ex- celicut colter at square dances, in the district. Kr. Anderson is a member of the Presbyterian Church. ,A quiet birthday celebration was held at the Lang Branch cottage or Kr. and Mrs, Pat ;fakirs where a pleasant day was spent with friends, The day was marred for . Mr. Anderson, owing to the death, of his eldest daughter only two: weeks pefore. daughter. Mary, Was present from Detroit as Well' as grandchildren and great grand- Children. Mr. Anderson was married '"or S1 years, hie wife passing away in 1941 Award Winner In National Contest Jean Jones, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Charles Jones, of Shliter eiSwtraere4t hwaisnnbeeresn nianin tehdeonei,,00pfs itche le "Popsi" doodle contest,. sponsored Compa ny, , by the" Silverwood's Ice Cream The contest required the en-, tient to make a '"doodle'/ Picture using the Siele ball trademark froth the Popsicle bag. jean's1 prize is a hancleome Spartus press flash camera. HITEcHu 4,4 Mr. and 'Mrs, Albert Coultas Dianne, With Mr, and. Mrs I-Amino& xajury, and Mr. Thee. }Carry, 94 Paisley, visited on Bum/4y with Misses Pearl and Irene Paton, and Mr. and Mrs. George Pecoek, a the Paten cottage TobernaorY, All..enjoyed the boat-ride around Flower-Pot Island, Dianne conitee spent last week with Joyce Walker at the (home of Mr. and. IVIra: :Howard. Walker, Me, and Mrs. Alvin. Hammond, and. Marion of. Moorefield 'visited. on Sunday with Miss Olive Tare riff, when they were on their way home from spendin ,, a week at a cottage at Gesierinii7 Mr. and 'Mrs, Bert Porter and baby son of TOronto spent "the 'week-end, at the home of her sister, Mrs. B, Ii. Groskorth, Mrs, Fred Bagg, who bacl, been visiting at the Groskorth home, for the past week, returned to her home at Willowdele, Mrs. Dunlop, s and Mr. Fishers of Doors 41111. Miss Judy LOW) f ley, visited on 'Sunday' wire Mr." and Mrs. Thos. Morrison, . Randy Zinn, son of Mr,, and".Mrs. Kenneth Zinn, leas::been, with the chicken pox, ' ' The ISA 'Wednesllayr. 4Tut.v ill,.19-01, FORDWICH — Vacation' Bible school closed,' on Friday night at the Brethren in Christ Church, FOrdwich. The theme for the two Weeks . ,was "Jesus 'Saves" and the memory' work, art and book work 'were. well done by the pupils. Miss Gsrace, Fee, of Holly- woed, was :the chairman. Certificates :were given out and two pupils from each class receiv- ed a prize'for the best work. Rev. Cecil. Gillen closed with „prayer. ed Sunday with relatives in Ingersoll, Mr, and Mrs, Harvey McDere mitt and Larry visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mont- Port Carling s . for the- summer gomery at Wingham, the occasion months. , being the 91st birthday of' the Mrs. Eldon Ronselle and children ladies' father, Mr, John Fitch: • of Searboro 'are holiclaying at the Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Watson of home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, 13ryclgee. . Wingham Manufacturing Company Is Canadian Firms Engaged in the Toilet Miss Lois , Grasbi is spending seine holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Horne Econemics Seiviee in par- Roy Cope and Shiela, at London. Ocular, Miss Boafo is most Inter- Mr, and Mrs. Alan MacKay and ested, in these programmes prmilds family of Wingham visited on ed -by the. Ontario Department' of Sunday with her parents, Mr..and Agriculture. Mrs, Harry McGuire. Educated in her native country Mr. and"" Mrs, Leslie 'Vincent and and in Seottand, Miss'Boafo speaks family, London, visited with vela- excellent English in addition to tives in the village. Astir African languages, of which Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schreiber and Twit IS her native tRagile. Recently family, of Streetsville were gtieets Afelcianised -Ghana, formerly the with Mr, and Mrs. Earl Ander- gold Coast, 'is carrying education son: ' ' • , , to . the women and girls in' rural lyfembers of Chtb 20 and their, areas, particularly those with little or, 'formal education, In a eosin- families enjoyed their annual, plc nit at Point Clark on Sunday.' lation, many do not read and try, of four and a half million • Keith Robinson, David Hanna, wPgrPitge. Those who haVe an. °ppm.-Bob Cook, Grant McBurriess DOD tanitY to attend school learn to Pengelly, Ron •Jones and, gob Ar- s speak English fluently, 'as it is, the mitage had a very good week of medium of instruction in schoole camping at the 10th line bridge of higher education there. ' last week, ss Mies Boafo, from a -tropical Mon; visited 'one day last Miss Norma. Nethery, -of, , week Cra°111:i gnetrYis wbehtewreeen'fkneinety and siXty • teMperature with Mr. and Mrs., Ross Robinsel. degrees, with roughly half the Miss Gwen' Walsh has taken a' year: wet ,and half dry, saw, snow position et a 'summer resort near while studying. in. Glasgew''and is Attired in impressive native dress; Miss. Sophia Q. )Boafo, as. sistant director of • education for women and girls, Ministry of Bdii, eation, Acera, Ghana, West Africa, was a colorful,figure and Interested spectator recently at the .Women'S Institute holiday at the ,Qnterio Agricultural College, Guelph, Oxford County achievement day at Woodstock on Thursday, 1h C4s nada, and the Ilnited states for weeks, to study Extension granch methods as applied to . One of Four Seat Industiy. The machine shOwn in this picture is'the extruder. The plastic crystals are placed in ;the hopper at the top, mixed in the barrel by two screws and poured out through the ,die. Bob Caeemore adjusts'the tenisseras, ture on the control panel as DeWitt Miller prepares to cut off the plastic as it comes from the machine, Recently - The Advance-Times toured the plant of one of Wing- ham's younger industries to see the making of both plastic and wooden toilet seats. The• Wingham Manu- facturing Company is one of the few firms in Canada manufactur- ing this product. Toilet seats haVe been manufac- tured in Wingtrant:SSnce 1928 when Charles. Cook'fereried4h'esWingham Manu'facturing"Company, In 1951 the faCtOry was•.purchased from Mr. Cook ny,Deiivitt, Miller, James Hamilton, -Robert Casemore and Harry Spry and production, has in- creased greatly during the inter- vening years, About six months ago the plant added a new line, a plastic product listed, 'under the trade name of "The Sovereign." This type of Seat has become popular with the public, al- though price is not the important factor since plastic seats are as expensive as wooden ones. ,The new branch of the industry is housed in a separate building directly south of the original plant on Josephine Street. Equipment, expressly for the purpose of pro- ducing plasticSwas added at a cost of several thousand dollars. Plastic in Pellets! The' basic material used is styron, a type of 'plastic in the form of tiny crystals or pellets and in a number. of colors—white, black, pink, blue, green. and ,yellow, A 50 lb. bag of styron is poured into the hopper above the extruder, which is electrically heated to about 300. degrees F. From the .hopper it goes into a heated barrel in which two screws mix the plastic as it passes through and the molten' material is forced out like, a gaiht sausage from the die, an opening in the front' of the machine. A control panel automatically keeps each part of the extruder at the proper temperature. The operator cuts the plastic in lengths .sis it is forced from the die and weighs it on a set of scales. After weighing he places ' the proper amount of material .into each of the two~large presses, the moulds of which are 'heated by 90 lhs, of steam generated from the boiler. One mould shapes the lid, the other the ring, When the press- es are elosed 'they exert 3000 lbs. of pressure per square inch. The moulds are heated for three minutes while under pressure, the heat being turned .off and cold water forged through the •pipes in both upper and lower moulds for three minutes., It. is possible to mould the styrOn without using the extruder by putting the 'cry- stals directly into the presses, but the heating and cooling times must be doubled. Seats and lids • are full of static electricity when they come from . the moulds, but this is greatly re- duced by dipping theni 'Into -water and detergent The complete opera- tion to this point takes about ten minutes. „ Finishing Process When the ring is removed from the press there'is no centre open- in& and this very thin layer 'of plastic must be removed ,and the outside edges of, both ring and cover trimmed and smoothed. They, are then ,taken to the drill Where holes are made for the hampers. Two of these rubber bumpers are attached to the ring and four on the lid. The next step is to drill for the binges, and insert a nylon bearing into the holes. Wingham Manufac- turing Company Ltd, is the only Canadian firm in its field to use nylon for this purpose the others using metal bearings, The nylon is nsuch superior as there is abso- lutely no danger of corrosion, Polishing is then done on the large, buffere. The hinges,. which have been placed in a plastic bag, are packed with the seat in an in- dividual carton and• six of these are put into a master carton. The Sovereign toilet seat weighs ap- proximately five. pounds. The firm puts out about 5,0 plas- tic seats daily. Experiments are being made' ecnitiheallY“in `an' Of- 'fort to improve and vary colors and design and to, supply the 'mar- ket with even more attractive pro- ducts, although the Wingham plant now has a toilet seat that would suit practically any bathroom color scheme. Both 'solid and concave seats are made, the latter being manufacturs ed from • high impact plastic which can be dropped, hammered or run over by a car without damage. They are made in all the plain colors mentioned earlier or mottled in practically any combination such as black arid white, green and yel- low, etc.' There is.,also a line called "pearlescent" with 'a. pearly sheen. There ,are only four firms in Canada making,plastic seats, three of them being in Ontario. The Wingham firm has consistently manufactured an 4xcellent product and now' has a market from coast to coast in Canada, Many Lines Nine lines of wooden toilet seats are manufactured in 'the larger building, three of these being for chemical toilets. The other lines in- clude open front,, sheet cover, one- inch,. VA, inch and two sizes in the oak finish. There is also a wooden seat covered with mother of pearl celluloid in various colors. The trade name for wooden seats is Whi mend°. The hardwood lumber, when brought to the plant, is stored in a drying kiln until the moisture is reduced to about 6%, It is then but off in the proper lengths and the edges planed smooth in a jointer. The wood for the lid has end pieces glued on so that] it can be held by clamps. The ring is made in two parts with the,centre removed in a semi- circle on a band saw. These pieces then go to a, drill where holes are made for the insertion of dowels to join the two pieces When the 6" dowels are in, place at the back and front of the ring they are taken to the router. Here the centre of the ring is rounded and from thence to the shaper where a roll edge is put on both ring and lid. Finishing is done in the second storey of the building, going first to the flat sander where, both top and bottom of seats and lids are smoothed. The edges are' done on a contour sander, about 1% inches in width. The seats are then ready for the finishing room where they are first dipped in a sealer and left 0. ' hanging on racks to dry. Two emits of primer are given and they ;are once more sanded, The high gloss enamel is next, white or various colors or 'an oak finish and they are hung to dry for two days. „ ring T dwaonbutmwpoertsacak bumpers reattacli aedrtep b:thvet on the lid. Chrome, platedIrresss hinges are used and put in ,p/ace and the finished seat is ready for packaging. The wooden seats weigh about seven pounds. They are wrapped in tissue paper, put in bags and packed in, individual cartons, five to a masters carton. About 75 wooden seats are manu- factured per day but prodactiime when pushed, has been up to ,d01/. Last year some 28,000. Wintnanco seats Were shipped from Wing/sane Manufacturing Company Ltd,s firm with about twelve employeeS. The above picture •shosee Hill King weighing the plastid material which Will in th4 case be put directly into the presses and knenided. To the lefty Bill removes 'I lid 'iron the mould and the piettire on the right shows the lid as it tornee IN* the vat to remove static, now ready ti? 'ave the edges trimmed ambotiied.