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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-09-26, Page 1nctiZinte IRST SECTION Study Canadian Manufacturing Methods Wingham, Ontario, Sept. 26, 1963 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. German Industrialists Impressed by Production at Berry Door Co. Plant Reports Must Be Legible This week your editor regret- fully egretfully discarded two reports of meetings. This action is never taken if we have even the slightest chance of interpreting what the reporter intended to say — but there is a limit. In these two cases we simply could not get enough sense out of the written reports to make a story. The season for elections in many organizations is approach ing. At that time press report- ers will be elected by dozens of groups in our coverage area. This would be a good time to give some concrete thought to the person who will be respon- sible for the organizations' publicity for the coming year. Over the years we have be- come reasonably adept at fig- uring out what press reporters mean, whether they put it dowr accurately or not. But as we have mentioned previously, there is, indeed, a limit. Please make sure you select as your reporter a person who is a reasonably good speller and writes in a legible hand. The Advance -Times ap- preciates the efforts of all the good folks who send in reports of meetings and sincerely re- gret the necessity to discard any of these contributions. Purchased by 'Doc' Cruickshank lyceum Theatre to Show Fine Range of Movies Supporting rumours of last week to the effect that Alton Adams had sold the Lyceum Theatre, it was announced later that the business has been pur- chased by W. T. "Doc" Cruick- shank, president of CKNX. Anot Mr. ,Cruickshank will put 4107 the theatre back in operation, Alan Williams Gets Doctorate Alan Williams was among the 30 Canadian optometrists recently awarded the "Doctor of Optometry" degree at a re- cent convocation of the College of Optometry, St. George Street, Toronto. Requirements for the degree included successful completion of two years of graduate study, together with annual attend- ance at College clinics. He has been practising for a num- ber of years in Wingham. WD ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian OUT OF TRACTION— Friends of Bill Walden, seriously injured in a car ac- cident last July, will be pleased to learn that he has been taken out of the traction harness and x-rays disclose ex- cellent healing of the fractures he suffered. 0--0--0 MISSED THE BOAT— Our apologies to the ball players from Ramsey's School in Morris, the winners of the Morris Township School League Championship. We had hoped to get their picture last Wed- nesday evening when they were treated to a victors' dinner at Danny's Restaurant, but we simply ran out of photograph- ers for that evening. 0--0--0 CHILL THOUGHT— Merchants in Seaforth give us the shivers. They have al- ready set the date of their Santa Claus visit, the lastSa>- urday in November. 0--0--0 POWER OFF— .,Electric clocks were con- siderably behind on Tuesday morning. Reason was a power interruption from 2.30 a.m. to 5 a.m. that morning as Hydro workers made alterations to transmission lines at the junction of Highways 4 and 9. and the doors will open on Thursday, October 3rd, for a six-day run featuring "The Long- est Day", the story of the Alli- ed landings on D -Day. The theatre had not been in oper- ation since March of this year The Lyceum has a long his- tory of service in Wingham, dating back nearly 50 years. In 1925 the business was pur- chased from Hyde Parker, by W. J. Adams, who in 1930 tore down the old building and re- built the theatre, increasing the seating capacity by 75 to a total of 300. The new building was also equipped for sound at this time and was one of the most modern in the area. In 1942 the business was taken over by Mr. Adams' son Alton who continued to operate the theatre until it closed earlier this year. The new owner intends to put the theatre back in opera- tion six days a week and has a good list of pictures scheduled for fall and winter. At the moment the building is being redecorated and according to the owner, if all goes well, air conditioning will be installed next summer. The children will be glad to hear that a series of Walt Disney pictures will be featured during the year. Wingham's Berry Door Co. played host to a group of 10 touring industrialists from West Germany on Friday when the group visited the local door plant and inspected operations. The German manufacturers, all members of a metal door manufacturing association in the old country, had previous- ly visited in Montreal, Toronto, Kitchener and after leaving Wingham were headed for Nia- gara Falls, Buffalo, Pittsburg, and Detroit before leaving for home. The tour was arranged by Trade Industry Tours Assoc., of New York City. The visit to the Berry plant started at 10:00 a.m. with a briefing by Herbert Fuller, plant manager, on the various phases of the local manufactur- ing operation. He explained the types of garage doors which are made here as well as the folding closet doors and the automatic garage door operator Mr. Fuller went on to describe the production methods, allo- cation of personnel and produc- tion speeds of all items. Dur- ing his outline of the operation_ the visitors posed a regular barrage of questions through the interpreter, Paul J. Trog of New York. Following the briefing, the group toured the plant and saw at first hand the manufacturing methods employed at the plant and were able to quiz the AT CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO Ted Moszkowski, the Wing - ham manager for the World Book — Childcraft of Canada Ltd., a subsidiary to the Field Enterprises Educational Corp- oration of Chicago, attended last week the 15th International Achievement Conference 1963, organized by the parent comp- any in Chicago. There were over 2, 500 man- agers and their guests, coming from places as distant as Singa- pore; Sydney, Australia; Johan- nesburg, S. Africa; London, England; Rome, Italy; Tokio, Japan, not mentioning the Canadian and U.S.A. manager• representing every province of Canada and state of the Union. As an immediate result of this conference Ted Moszkow- ski added to his territory the County of Waterloo with the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener and Galt. Berry management on the var- ious operations. After the tour of the main plant the visitors were hosted at Danny's Restaurant by the Berry company with General Manager Herb Burgess acting as master of ceremonies. Guests at the dinner were Mayor R. S. Hetherington, who welcomed the group to Wingham, W. T. Cruickshank, of CKNX and Robert Wenger of The Advance - Times. Following the dinner the German manufacturers were shown through the new CKNX building before returning to see the manufacture of folding doors at the No. 2 Berry plant. They then returned to the main office of Berry Door for another question and answer session with the company executives. LIKE METHODS The group was most im- pressed with production abili- ties of the local factory and amazed at the volume turned out on a close time schedule. Their spokesman said that every member of the tour was surpris- ed at the lightness of the Can- adian garage door. He went on to explain that high quality steel in light weight is not available in Germany, to com- pare with that of Canadian manufacture, consequently their German product is much heavier. The members of the tour also expressed high interest in the welding equipment, presses and material handling equipment employed in the Wingham factory, It was inter- esting to note that during the inspection of the plant, a num- ber of the visitors were busy taking pictures of the operat- ions, and one was making de- tailed sketches of a number of points of interest. All expressed their thanks to the Berry management, re- marking on the warm welcome and the value they attached to the tour of the plant. The group included Heinrich Luetgert, president and Dr. Eugene Eberhardt, secretary of the West German Association of Metal Door Manufacturers; Hans Georg Rodin, Hamburg; Paul Hoelzle also of Hamburg; Rich- ard Masche, Langenhagen; Horst Guth, Ludwigshafen; Heinz Bruederlein, and August Schanz of Frankfurt. All mem- bers represented firms in West Germany which manufacture metal doors of various kinds, as well as a host of other metal products. TOURING GERMAN INDUSTRIALISTS in- spect the Berry Door plant in Wingham last Friday morning. Looking over a door on the production line are, from the left: Heinrich Lutgert, president of the Ger- man Rolling Metal Door Manufacturers' Association; Hans -Georg Rodin, and Paul Holzle, of Heinrich Cordes & Co., manu- facturers of metal garage doors, as well as a wide variety of pressings and stamp- ings. The group hears the Canadian meth- od explained by Herbert Burgess, general manager, Berry Door Co., Ltd. —Advance -Times Photo. Fair Vote at Advance Poll Local Delegates At O.R.A. Board Mr. and Mrs. H. Wild and W. B. Conron were in Orillia last week -end. Mrs. Wild and Mr. Conron attended the Ontar- io Recreation Association fall board conference, held at the Ontario Department of Educat- ion Athletic Leadership Camp at Lake Couchiching. Important discussion on Sat- urday was the publication com- mittee proposal, taking a big step in changing the O.R.A. magazine to make it self-sup- porting, extend circulation, and to reach more people with news, ideas and assistance in the recreation field. The Indian and Recreation Committee is working on the exceptance of Indian Reservat- ions as communities eligible for grants under the Community Programs Branch. Reports were given on public relation, sen- ior citizens and youth study. A report from the minutes of an Ontario Medical Association BIRDHOUSES WIN PRIZES — For the first time the Wingham branch of the Royal Canadian Legion offered prizes to the members of the Junior Conservation Club in a birdhouse -building contest. The winners were de- clared on Monday evening with Legion president George Brooks making the presentations. From the left are: Second prize winner Bev Cook; first prize, Douwe Bakker; third prize winner, Donnie Stokes. President Brooks was assisted by Dave Crothers, right. —Advance -Times Photo. meeting about child safety was given by Inspector Ralph Boot, Metro Toronto Police Youth Bureau, There was a lively discus- sion about the pollution of riv- ers and lakes, what can and should be done. The represent- ative epresentative to the Ontario Water Con- servation Council will give a report from the O.R.A. and as the Advance -Times editorial this last week fits into this re- port it was sent to Roy Cornish. The 1964 O.R.A. conferen- ce is to be held in Windsor on May 1st and 2nd. The theme is to be "Coordination and Planning of Recreation Services. The O.R.A. has a study in progress on "Coordination and Planning of Recreation Facili- ties" at this moment which might be completed in time to be used as a basis of discussion at the conference. Rev. Russell Peden of Port Arthur conducted a devotional period Sunday morning and the conference ended with lunch at noon. Returning Officer W. B. McCool reports that 183 voters took advantage of the opportun- ity to vote at the advance poll, places for which were open at Wingham, Brussels, Mildmay and Ripley on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. This is a smaller number of advance voters than in the by- election last fall, when the advance vote was unusually heavy. These votes were not counted until the close of reg- ular polls last evening. Since the regular voting re- sults were not known as this paper went to press, The Advance -Times will carry de- tailed information next week, showing the poll -by -poll figures for the area. FARM SOLD Harold Howald, R.R. 5, Lucknow, sold his 100 acre farm in Kinloss Twp. to Laver- ne Warden of Fergus, Ont. The transaction was arranged through Paul S. Starr and Co. Special Music for Harvest Services Legion Presents Bird House Prizes The regular meeting of the Junior Conservation Club was held on Monday night with 16 boys present. In the spring the Wingham branch of the Canadian Legion offered three prizes for the best bird houses made by the boys. During the summer the boys worked hard on this pro- ject and the results were judg- ed at this meeting. George Brooks and Dave Crothers of the Canadian Legion were in attendance and presented the prizes. First prize went to Douwe Bakker; second, Beverly Cook; third, Donald Stokes. During the business it was decided to hold a bottle and basket drive on Saturday, Oct. 5. At the close of the meeting Ross Wormworth treated all present to hot dogs. St. Paul's Anglican Church was beautifully decorated with sheaves of grain, vegetables and fruits, as well as fall flow- ers, for the annual Harvest Home services on Sunday. The rector, Rev. C. F. Johnson, was in charge of the morning service and the choir rendered the anthem "0 Be Joyful in the Lord". Frank Renwick, of Teeswater, guest soloist, sang "Bless This House'. Rev. C. M. Jardine of Wing- ltarn United Church took the evening service during which Rev, G. L. Fish of St, And- rew's Presbyterian Church read the lessons. The anthem for the evening was "Hear Us 0 Lord from Heaven Thy Dwell- ing Place" and Mr. Renwick sang " flow Great Thou Art". Mrs. Gordon Davidson, organ- ist and choir director, was in charge of the music. Services at both United and Presbyterian churches were withdrawn in the evening to permit members to attend the Harvest service,