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PAGE 2A —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR,, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979
Quality pays
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sidered by those in the
aviation world to be the
gold plate of the industry,
says Mr. Edward. It
gives the plane a glass or
porcelin like finish.
The most popular paint
colors requested for
planes are red and black
or red, white _and blue,
says Mr. Edward, but it
depends on the type of
plane and where it is
going.
A paint job on an air-
plane can last anywhere
from two to 10 years and
can range from $2,250 for
a small private airplane
through to $14,000 for a
large executive type
airplane.
S 1(3( Harbour
Refinishing has
weathered some hard
times, admits Mr.
Edward, but that hasn't
stopped it from producing
award winning paint
jobs.
The paint shop business
was started by the late
Keith Hopkinson in the
mid 1950s. It was first
located in the main
hangar (which later
burned) at Sky Harbour
Airport.
Mr. Edward started
working at Sky Harbour
Refinishing under John
HopkinsorOn the spring
of 1964 after Mr.
Hopkinson died. Don
Fisher taught him how to
paint airplanes. When
Mr. Fisher moved from
Goderich to the warmer
climate of Arizona about
1970, Mr. Edward took
over as foreman. By this
time the paint shop was
owned by Doug Hunter of
Goderich.
In 1976, it was pur-
chased by Larry and
Lynn Lysiuk and Mr.
Edward serv-ed as
foreman under them as
well.
Last year on December
1, the shop was purchased
by Business Air Services
which is affiliated with
Champion Road
No discrimination
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much better wages than
the traditional ones for
women. He also feels that
employers are becoming
more receptive to women
in all occupations. In fact,
it is discriminatory to
overlook a woman for a
job simply 'based on the
fact that she is a woman.
Courses, such as the
one being offered at
Conestoga in January,
are being held across the
province. In some of the
larger centres they have
been running for two or
three years. Mrs.
Ramsberry, who will be
teaching the course in
Clinton, has worked with
a teacher conducting a
similar _ course _ at
Conesioga's Waterloo
campus for the last three
years.
This is the first time
such a course has ;been
held in this aree`thbugh.
It may be offered a
second time if, enough
people show interest.
There are openings for 10
women.
Mr. McDougall says for
some reason women in
smaller communities
seem reluctant to take
such a course. No oc-
cupational training or
certificate of completion
is offered but Mr.
McDougall says . the
course will show women
that there are many more
job options available to
them than they might
think.
"It should motivate
them to look for other
jobs," he says.
The non-traditional
occupations course is the
latest of several offered
through the Canada
Employment Centre in
co-operation with
Conestoga College in
Clinton. Other courses
offered include car-
pentry, academic
upgrading, secretarial
skills and homemaking.
• Nr/Norr•rrs
Machinery Group
Limited and Mr. Edward
is now the paint super-
visor.
BAS purchased Sky
Harbour Refinishing to
enhance its own aircraft
and to help maintain the
specialty •type of work
done there over the
years.
Because of an increase
in business about 1966,
the old RCAF recreation
hall at the airport was
converted into a two bay
paint shop and then an
additional bay was built
at each end. After the
hangar which had
previously housed the
paint shop burned, the
new location of the paint
shop became a focal point
of the airport for a time,
with all business being
operated out of the old
recreation hall.
This past summer, a
major uplift of the
building took place. It
received yellow siding.
New hydro service w,as
installed and some of the
exhaust fans were
modified.
Mr. Edward remem-
bers a time in the late
1960s and early 1970s
when Sky Harbour
Refinishing had a three
man crew and went from
one job to the next as they
were done. When several
new paint shops sprung
up (Mr. Edward
estimates that there are
now about six other F in
Ontario), the business
suffered some hard times
but kept up its quality and
gained a reputation.
That .reptitation has
made Sky Harbour
Refinishing Limited what
it is today: a paint shop
where fine workmanship
prevails and guarantees
to make planes which
enter the premises, look
years younger.
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Phil Chandler has been working off and on at Sky
Harbour Refinishing for four years now. He is one
of six6nriales on staff. Here he strips some old paint
off a Lear Jet from Germany which was purchased
by some people in Calgary and dropped off in
Goderich for a new paint job. It takes ap-
proximately two weeks for a plane to be stripped
and given a primer coat and two top coats of
Alumigrip for a glass or porcelin like finish. (Photo
by Joanne Buchanan)
• NOTICE
TO ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS
OF THE TOWN OF GODERICH
The Town Council would be pleased to
receive applications for appointments to
the following Boards and Committees:
Committee of Adjustment
God erirch-Arecr Planning -Board
GodericiVICecreation Board
Tourist Committee
Maitland Cemetery Board
Property Standards Committee
lf you are interested in serving on one of
the Boards or Committees of the Town of
Goderich please Submit your name to the
undersigned on or before DecembetC4, 19792
Larry J. McCabe
Clerk -Treasurer
Town of Goderich
57 West Street
Goderich, Ontario
617A 2K5
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