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PAGE EIGHT THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE. ~~TARIO THURSDAY, NOV. lst, 1945 IQ fJMn lutemcridn a4 Respectfully dedicated to the glory of those men of Goodyear, who, having heard the cail of duty, left the Goodyear f actory in Bowmnanville to serve in Hia Majesty's 'Forces and were killed in action. 's,' xorpIq F Splendid Record of Goodyear Employees In Armed Services The striking record of em- ployeeà o! Gaodyear -Bowman- ville in World War II, can be ex- pressed no better than by stating that almost 30 per cent o! the staff o! office and factory, during the conflict, enlisted for active service. According ta the list of names below, close to 200 men and women o! Goodyear offered their all in the fight for freedom. In the accompanying picture are shown those who paid the su- preme sacrifice. But the stamy would not be complete without telling of those who were wounded, those who were decorated for conspicuous service, and those who were spar- ed again to resume their places on dischamge, places held open by the company with ahl rights of privilege and seniority while they were away. Few industrial cor- porations, we believe, can match the record of this local industmy. Unfotunately the data on the above is not available as we go to press. Some of these brave lads who were wounded and decorated have rejoined Goodyear beside fathers who themselves were wounded and decorated in World War I. Among the decorations in the two wams are two awamds of the DCM, one the Croix de Guerre, another the MC confer- red in person by His Mai esty the King. No more fitting part of the cel- ebration of Goodycars 35th An- niversary can be conceived than an ail-out acknowledgement and recognition of the completely vol- untary sacrifices o! these men and girls o! Goodyear-Bowman- ville. For those who died and for their familles, a sulent prayer af deep gratitude. For those spared a glad welcome home. All were, are, truly Canadians. GOODYEAR EMPLOVEES Damant, A. V. Snowell, J. Hart, Geo. M. Kimble, Jas. L. Woodward, R. J. Hooper. R.-KiIIed in action. Wiseman, Lewis. Wright, Wm. R. Davies, Robert. Hunt, H. H. Gould, W. H. Geddes, J. Boustead, A. lioneyran, J. Bennett, H. S. Hunt, E. S. Brown, A. C. Cubbage, L. Tice, E. C. Mitchell, S. G.- Bates, Win. H. Bathgate, P. Graham, Thos. W. Clark, Wm. Hilditch, Robert Fagan, C. P. Clapp, E. McKnight, W. J. R.-(D.C.M.) Mantle, Jos. Little, Lawrence. Connors, R Goodaîl, Jno. Cameran, A. W. Beckett, S. T. Etdher, M. Bate, Robt. E. Lunney, Bruce Martin, J. G. Woodward, R. E.-Kiiled ia action. Lobb, A. B. Shortt, R. Richards, Chas. Hawley, M. W. Murdock, S. E. Woodcock, D. R. Thompson, N.-Killed in action. Kilgannon, J. H.-Killed i ac- tion. Pattrick, P. B. Sheehan, E. V. Poolton, J.-Killed.i action. Rundle, E. J. Pattield, R. D. Richards, R. Bell, C. J. Bickell, D. A. Tuerk, M. E. Purdy, G. W. Buttonshaw, J. E. Darch, J. L. Faulkner, J. T. Luffman, L. W. Roacb, J.-Killed in action. Colmer, H. K. Colville, A.-Kilied in action. Hogarth, Bruce-Wounded, Bel- gium. Welsh, Alvin. Rogers, Robt. C. Colvilie, W. F.-KilIed in ac- tion. Crowe, F. C. Morrison, W. H. Wray, Russell C. Bird, Gerald. Nichols, Ken Baker, A. R. Wearn, L. A.-KilIed I action. Pingle, R. K. Sheehan, T. J. Porter, K. J. Potter, H. Cunningham, E. Cully, A. D. Wright, G. H. Wright, C. W. Devitt, E. Maynard, K. Etcher, A. G. Mahaffy, Bruce. Samis, Frank. Crombie, James. Van Camp, Samuel. Dewell, Louis-Wounded, France. Oke, Russell. Goheen, W. G. Shackleton, E. E. Bradd, Floyd. Harrison, Trevor. Allin, Clair. Parker, Lionel. James, Frank. Cuddahee, J. Adamson, James. Cully, James Stannard, Fred. Hall, Miss M. G. Wood, Ross. Oke, Clarence. Johnston, Gamnet. Bell, Arthur. Powell, Herbert. Mahaffy, Norman. Scrivens, Stanley. Summerstord, Ken. Buckley, William. Samelîs, A. Cole, Kenneth-Kllled i ac- tion. Evans, Robert. Flintoff, P. Fice, Raymond. Richards, Ray-Kiiled i action. Taylor, Thampson. Dadson, George. Sellers, George Harrison, W. Emmerson, J. Richardson, Miss G. Conway, M. Lake, A. Trewin, S. Wolfrain, H. Billet, K. Larkin, E. Moore, C. Hannah, D. Faulkner, G. Moffatt, R. Nokes, J. Carter, F. Hazeldon, H. Smith, J. Randle, A. Jacobs, E. Goheen, J. Richards, A. Shane, W. E. Tordifi', D. Partnem, H. Imwin, G. Fomester, R. Martin, J. Lamkin, R. Yeo, L. Piper, F. Cook, F. McAtee, B. Roberts, G. Henderson, J. Anderson, D. Brown, Allin. Ormiston, R. Jacobs, R. Brooks, D. Doaaghue, Wm. McLeod, J. Mulholland, N. Johnson, W. Wood, C. Welsh, H. Wolfrain, G. Ruiter, W. Green, K. McNeil, A. Peacock, J. Milîsan, A. Starr, S. Gilhooly, D. Hilditch, B. How Goodyear Co. Located Here (Coatinued tram Page One) in town James Young, president o! Durham, was loaking for new business. The two men met, held a coafereace, and within a short time Durham signed a contmact ta supply materials tom the first Goodyear tires ta be built in Canada. Start Made Under this agreement, the local company milled and calendered the raw rubber for tires built in a two-storey building erected by Goodyear next door to the Dur- ham factory. Mr. Carlisle hired 38 Bowmanville people, and men from the parent Goodyear com- pany in Akron, Ohio, trained them in the art of building pneu- matic tires. Mr. Carlisle became Secretary- Treasurer of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada, Ltd., J. J. Moriarty became Superin- tendent and L. C. Van Bever with P. D. Saylor came on to handie sales. Output of 200 a day jurnped to 400 by the autumn of the same year. The Durham Company, taxed ta its lirait and unable to finance expansion and materials could not cope with demands of tire builders in the new building. On October 1, 1910, it sold out to Goodyear for $100,000 cash, bal- ance in stock. At the time 100 men were on the Durham pay- rail, 50 more in the Goodyear building alongside. 0f the em- ployees who transferred it was foùnd a quarter century later that 28 factory men and 10 office and sales people were stili on the payroll, a striking tribute to the kind of people in Bowmanville. Rapld Expansion But difficulties arose. Rapid expansion was needed to care for a flood o! orders. The local labor market became exhausted. Men had to be hired from Montreal and Toronto. Housing became acute. The company built 50 houses, named the street Carlisle Avenue, bought the Balmoral Hotel in 1913 to accommodate. single workmen, who working in three shifts, kept beds warm. 24 hours a day. Export markets opened which, with dornestic de- mand, added to production diffi- culties. E. H. Koken came tram Akron to iron out factory bottle- necks. Came the war, 1914. Output reached 65,000 casings in 1914, doubled in 1915, doubled again by 1917. Floor space grew from 44,000 sq. ft. to 118,000. Em- ployees were brought fram To- ronto by train, sent back at night. Bowmanville was unable ta cope with the situation. A change had ta corne. Goodyear could increase its factory facilities but cauld not build a town. A new site was sought providing ample supplies o! labor, power, transportation, housing. At New Toronto in 1917 Goodyear erected a new, modemn factory. That faîl the tire depart- ment was moved ta the new plant. Mechanîcal Goods Continues The payroll at Bowmanville, Sept. 30, 1917 showed 678 names. On Nov. 5 tollowing it stood at 218. There was talk o! remaving the empty buildings but demand for mechanical goods was increas- ing and the upswing came. A. M. Hardy stayed on at Bowmanville as Assistant Superintendent. He started with the Durham Com- pany in 1899, was a production expert in mechanical goods. Soon things boomed again at Bowman- ville in the Goodyear plant. Mr. Hardy continued as superintend- ent until 1943 when he was ap- pointed to the office of consultant, and Charles Cattran, tormerly "They shadl not qrow old, As we who are lefi qrow old; Age shcill not weciry them, Nor the yeors condemvi; At the qjoincj down of the sun And in the morninqj, We will remember theu." -Binyon ideed e-xpansion continuing ta the present day. By 1934, Baw- manville had become the largest mnechnanical goods plant in Can- ada, a position it still holds. De- tails o! present production will be tald elsewhere. One a! its spec- tacular feats was construction in 1940 o! the largest belt ever built in Canada, a huge conveyor for a large mine. War production, 1939-45 is a story in itself as will be seen in another column. GOODYEAR'S DOCTOR Goodyear Employee Wins Victoria Cross Among the thousands of Good- year employees who enlisted for service in World War II, hun- dreds were decoratcd for bravery on many battle fronts. Many men of Goodyear-Bowmanville now wear ribbons denoting decora- tions conferred by authority o! His Majesty the King, but stand- ing at the top of the lust is Flight Lieutenant David Hornell, who won the coveted Victoria Cross, highest award under the British Crowx. The citation told that Lieut. Hornell, patrolling the North Sea on anti-submarine patrol, sighted -a German sub, attacked it, blew it out o! the water, but in the action his plane was shot up and he crash-landed but died from cx- posure shortly after being picked up at sea. David Hornell was employed with Goodyear, New Toronto, for 17 years prior ta enlisting. He was the first RCAF man in the war ta win the Victoria Cross, the iirst Ontario man and the 6th Canadian ta win this signal honar in the late war. Goodyear Discovered Vulcanizing Througti Fear of Domiestic Rift Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) made his revolutionary discovery of how ta vulcanize rubber simply through fear of causing further distress for his wife who for years had put up with his past failures. The story is a variant o! the Garden of Eden and will be of interest ta the women of Bow- manville, the mai ority af whose homes and lives are affected di- rectly or indirectly by the dis- covery. For since 1895 the fabri- cation of rubber products has oc- cupicd a place in the local indus- trial picture and today the Good- year Tire and Rubber Company Limited is the main sustaining industry of the entire commun- ity. Too little has been told o! the ipifluence o! woman in world's pragress. The story o! the in- direct influences of Mrs. Charles Goodyear has been little know4i and is welljytxh telling. yuwadiiing Discovered Charles Goodyear was nat a scientist, merely a man intrigued with rubber which for centuries had de! ied experiments ta dis- caver its practical use. For 6 years hie had been spending his time mixing and campounding, neglectful a! home and business. It cast him his flourishing hard- ware store in Philadelphia, all the money hie had or could bor- raw. He had a large family who suffered his reverses:~ Despite failure, ridicule, paverty, some- times jail celîs, he held to his search with a persistence that has few caunterparts. His wiie was a patient, cour- ageous persan, but when the bur- den o! poverty becarne too great she begged him ta give up, !ind work ta provide food and cloth- ing for their children. He was moved by hier distress and tried ta accede ta lier wishes but with him rubber was an obsession. Men of the day said hie was crazy. He continued his surreptitious mixing and compounding, re- viewed past failures, and at one time was using sulphur with his kneading of raw rubber. Wife Enters Picture On the fateful day ai this cx- periment his wi!e had gone ta, riêarket and Goodyear expected ta have a hall haur ta himself. But she returned unexpectedly. He heard her step at the kitchen door. He didn't want further ta hurt hiem feelings and hastily threw the batch inta the stove. But lie did not forget it. When she was busy at household duties he taok a sly look inta the tire- box. It was a fatetul moment, for something had happened ta the rubber. The year was 1839. In the past, no matter what hie mixed with it, the rubber would melt and run at high tempera- turcs, would congeal and crack in cald temperatures. But this batch seemed like leather, was still flexible. He tried it in heat and cold. It stood 'the test. Sul- phur plus heat was the answer. His long search was over. Kindly Providence had intervened ta e- ward the patience o! a genius and ta open a new era in human pro- gress. Mrs. Goodyear had un- consciously become the final fac- Treatment room in Goodyear's 5-compartment, modemi hospital. Dr. H. V. Storey is in daily attendance and Mrs. Glen L. Martyn, R.N., shown above, is the full time nurse. The patient is Miss Grace Hall, returned afteri three years' service as a Sgt. RCAF (WD). GOODYEAR CAFETERIA A corner of thb- Go odyear Caf eteria showin employees enjoying the self-service facilities. Thgrecreation hall adjoins, with tables seating 200. Besides meal hours there are lunch periods, morn- ing and afternoon. Turning Back Pages of Local History (Continued tram Page One) ers. John Lyle was Town Clcrk. John Elliatt was High School Principal. Council's budget tor the year was $57,571. Street wa- tering cost $300. A by-law was dawn ta approve an electric light plant at $12,000. King Ed- ward VII, died. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Morris celebrated their gold- en wedding. Prices and Pies Rural telephones werc extend- cd, the cost $15 per year. Scran- ton hard coal was $6 a ton. But- ter 20c, eggs 18c, potatoes 40c per bàshel. Wcmc thcy the good ald days? Remember the chickcn pies, pumpkin pies, Devonshire cream? Farms those days were at the height o! repair and pro- ductivity. Recaîl Senator Robt. Beath's backneys and the gencral iarm hanses? There were none finer but the auto was coming and farm trucks and tractors, mounted on Goodyear diamond tread tires. The age o! rubber was at band. Goodyear Buys Plant It Was in 1910 that a young cbap filled a column pr two in The Statesman telling a! a trip ta Boston and New York. He was the present editor. He came home in time ta set the type for a fea- turc story, Nov. 1. "Goodyear Buys Out Durham Rubber Ca.; promises ta be biggest thing ln history o! Bowmanville. Many new buildings planned. Staff o! 300 by end o! year, 200 mare by spring. Council and GTR ar- range tor spur tmack." It was a goad stary. Then came the farmal notice o! two by-laws, anecocvering the Goodyear takîng aver obligations o! Durham, the other for entry o! the Seymour Power Ca. with pales, lines, plant, etc. They were fartuitous and fateful events for the community. The signatures on the Goodyear document were, L. C. Van Bever, Vice Pres. a3 C. H. Carlisle, Scc'y.-Treasý. if the Company and J. J. Masoit Dnayor and John Lyle, Clerk, for the Corporation o! Bowmanville. Editor's Pred Iction A fitting conclusion ta this' story is the comment an the by- laws by the senior editor, the late M. A. James. He wrate at that time: "I neyer advise action unless sure I amn right. The sim- ple question about Goodyear is: Are you willing ta allow the ob- ligation af a good company ta be assumed by a better one? This is anc a! the best propositions thati has ever came ta Bawmanvil{é. No atepayers having the inter- ests o! the tawn at heart will op- pose it. The next !ew years will prove my judgment right."1 The Goodyear by-law carried 359-12 . The Seymour by-law car- ried 483-6. From that date for- ward, how well the editor's pre- diction has been fulfllled can be found in reading the several star- les in this 35th Anniversary is- sue. Dr. 'V. H. Storey, physician in charge of Goodyear-Bowmanville, is shown above in the plant clinie in examinaton of an employýe. His services are free to Goodyear personnel. All new employees are examined for fitness. Severe cases are transferred to the Mun- icipal Hospital under Dr. Storey's.care. GOODYEAR H-OSPITAL .p THURSDAY, NOV. lst, 1945 PAGE EIGHT TRE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, OWTARIO ,7qq0mmc>,". m -qqq1moup".