The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-07-25, Page 21•
Happy
Inummolm
Holst"
Don Hoist Real Estate Ltd., Realtor
Lorne Humphrey John Brent
Clarence Sutcliffe Joanne Barry
Josephine Uo) Morrison David Christie
Betty Foxton
W uNGHAM
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CUB PACK IN »%3---111 the back row are Ron Perron, John Stephens, Paul
Douglas, John Schlpper, Steven Lloyd, Bob Cruickshank, Bob LaRose,
David Hodgins, Tom.AAcLaughlin, Paul Swatridge; Third row: Doug Leitch,
Ricky Downton, John Downton, Stephen Scott, David Walker, Greg
Peachey, Steven Tiffl.9, David Tiffin; second row: Ricky Hodgins, Steven
Watson, Jim Hasting ,, Randy Brenzil, Jim Brooks, Sean St. George, Jeff
Lockridge, Ray Robinson; front row: Philip Beard, Doug Casemore, Billy
Brown, Bob Sell, Mark Douglas, Russell Foxton, Bill Hilbert.
veneer doors at Wingham, with
Lloyd's.
e the Wingm breakout lines
feeding components to the
Walkerton operation.
With Donald C. Nasmith as
Continued from Page 6 president, Jim Hamilton as con -
MacLean estate for the consoli- troller, E. H. "Bustle" Truax as
dation of lumber unloading and manufacturing manager and F.
storage facilities and to provide E. Jolliffee as sales manager, the
suitable site for future develop- company expanded sales and
ment and expansion. Work was manufacturing capacities. '
v started in May ou a riew uviier �- "�c t I^' '� T:'SAS� T, Yimite,i
a� LI law —0jr-
:;: '';;°/<" _:"3:::, room, dr kilns and the first
~� °` Y was sold to a holding company in
: z�,��'ng PAY
stages of the present North Plant. Toronto, Toromont Industrial
Thy yv To service the new site the firm Holdings Limited, a company
' made arrangements with the dedicated to keep the ownership,
Canadian Pacific R#ilways to of Canadian companies in
build a railway spur into the Canada. Manufacturing methods
property. were further updated with the
In the fall of 1965, a further addition of new modern equip
addition was started to the south ment.
of the existing North Plant and in On May 9, 1974, Lloyd -Truax
.ply of 1966 the veneer dept. was announced the immediate con -
moved from the John Street plant struction of, A 60,000 sq. ft. addi-
`into the new addition followed by tion to the North Plant.
tl* interior flush door dept. and The new building provided the
seVeal office departments to consolidation of warehouse of
Pa �
s new offices on the upper storey in finished doors at one location and
northeast corner of the North included improved lunch room
.'"'''° Plant. facilities in a separate addition.
AMALGAMATION WITH Also as part of the new con -
R. TRUAX & SON LTD. struction the existing boiler and
On February 1, 1963, R. Truax heating installation was re-
& Son Limited of Walkerton placed. This new addition per -
amalgamated with C. Lloyd & mitted the vacating of the John
Son Limited and the company be- Street plant and consolidated all
came Lloyd -Truax Limited, with. Wingham operations at.the North
head office at Wingham. Under Plant.
the new company solid panel THE END OFdoors and louvre bifold units TWO ERAS
were made at Walkerton and all The year 1975 saw the end of
two eras. In January, 1975, the
very popular E. H. "Bustie"
Truax retired and this ended the
• Truax era in the door industry —
an era which stretched from 1876
reeti
Glm to Ing'ham to 1975.
In December, 1975, C. Donald
Lloyd resigned from the com-
pany and with his resignation
ended some 87 years of the Lloyd
On its
Irthday
family's participation in the door
industry in Wingham.
In December, 1975, the com-
Left to right, front row: Gerry Hendricks, Henry Beyersb•rg•n, Don Proctor, Ron McG••.
Bock row: Lorne McDonald, Jim Carr, Lloyd Benninger, Forish Moffat, Norm Jones and Fred McGee.
We extend a hearty welcome to visitors and former residents on
this happy occasion.
FRED
pany was sold by Toromont In-
dustries Ltd. to Levy Auto Parts
Co. Ltd., a unit of Seaway Multi -
Corp. Ltd.
With the sale, the company
came under the wing of Premium
Forest Products Limited, one of
the leading Levy industries. This
brought together Canada's lar-
gest manufacturer of stile and
rail doors, the Lloyd Company, .
and Canada's largest manu-
facturer of flush doors and louvre
doors, Premium Forest Products
Limited at Scarborough, and
made the organization the
largest" ,and foremost manufac-
turer of doors in Canada and one
of the largest door manu-
facturers in the world.
Lloyd Doors has participated in
the ste dy growth of the con-
strIt on industry since 1888 and
regoinition of highest quality by
a hitects and builders is as
uch a factor in the firm's
success today as it was in 1888.
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Assessor W. H. Haney
presented the 1936 assessment
roll (to town council at its May 4,
1936 meeting). He reported that
the assessment for this year
totals 51,850,194, which is $7,200
less than last year. This reduc-
LTD. tion in assessment was caused by
TO ELECTRIC the following, 15,000 in income
McGEE A now looked after the Ontario
Government; E1,500M on property
"SALES BACKED BY SERVICE" that now belongs to the town
which was assessed last year and
355 Josephine St. Winghom Ph. 357-1416 afess in business
asssesssess ment. The population is
Staff and Management 2,115 as compared with 1,987 for
9 last year. There were 18 deaths
Serving Wingham Over the Post 10 Years last year and 16 births. The
number of dogs owned in town is
n.
EdNh and, Huffy 11AW* ware nwrled lin ,189(1.. The
Mundys dairrled..rod, s. grocery business in %Vt gh MIA frat+l
19m until 1958. (Photo courtesy of Mrs. Ken Mowbray)
DAVIDSO-N
WELL DRILLING LTD.
"78 YEARS'bF EXPERIENCE"
• FARM • SUBURBAN • INDUSTRIAL • MUNICIPAL •
• FREE ESTIMATES
e GUARANTEED WELLS
• FAST MODERN EQUIPMENT'
• 4 ROTARY & PERCUSSION DRILLS
"OUR EXPERIENCE ASSURES
LOWER COST WATER WELLS"
Our firm has shared the
experience of growth with
the Town of Wingham for
three-quarters of its 100 year
history.
We have every reason to
know what a fine town it
is ... and to extend best
wishes for its future.
T,
WINGHAM
357-1960
COLLECT CAL! S ACCEPTFO
P.O. BOX 496
475 JOSEPHINE
"SERV/NG ONTARIO SINCE 19100"
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