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Hobby business now thriving enterprise ago Tanas small in home secretariat was intended to her shorthand and skills Today hat basic concept has Brown to Georgetown Secretarial and the business hah expanded to a dcEree that il now includes an office supply business as well In the beginning Mb Tanas con was simple enough She ac cepted work and other secretarial duties that could be com pitted in hir home thus enabling re for her sin month old But it w business assists people in a variety of At the company offices Incited at St employees everything from basic typing and copying work to phone answer and communion lions The office is equipped for Fax transmissions a network which allows photocopies diagrams or to be reproduced at points all over world The placement division of provides secretaries for fill in vice where they are required by clients Employees of are sometimes placed in permanent secretarial positions too Ms Tanas opened the office sup plies division of her company five years ago recognizing great need for such a service in Georgetown for both the and i nal sectors There was no one to the ex tent of office supplies we now do in Georgetown ilie says Commer and industrial companies had get their supplies outside the GSS provides all types of office supplies as well as office furniture equipment such as typewriters and calculators portable photocopiers and computer supplies Orders for wedding invitations art also handled by CSS Much of the company business is derived from the Georgetown area However also supplies com panics in Acton Milton and Toron to with materials A company van ensures orders are filled quickly and delivery is fret Service is one area Ms Tanas feels they excel In i think service is the top of our company she says Service is where we gained the ground But of course we have to be competitively priced The office supplies division of has a staff of six and Ms Tanas high praise for her employees No business can exist without good staff 1 ve had many plinunts on how well my staff deals with the public That been a major part of the success of this company in both the office supplies and secretarial divisions As both a business owner and president of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Ms Tanas recognizes the need to make ad vancements in her operation and Mirth Page J Love of ceramics his lifes work mile over three wars too Michael Wong s disillusioned management tripped a Job that took him to Halifax every Weekend leaving him little time to spend with his family and friends Georgetown businessman of Connoisseur our who has turned his love of ceramics into his life The small shop at SO Mom Street novelty items and a and whole in Georgetown lm very the community There are lots of porlmutics if wetnpmtothem But I believe you cm get trouble if you don build on a trolled basis Steady growth is Office carries a wide range of material and servient many companies In Georgetown and the surrounding area Tana right Is the owner of business while Pat her assistant Herald photo Mimiis Passers by are mediately drawn to the d music from a tmv speaker sitting on the edge of the sidewalk hod a of on the music Mr Wong said People will be down street and Iheyll tell mc t so to heir good while they re shop ping Mr Wong to open his business three years an successful stmt His wife hid tiken up while he was travelling and fi to A friend of mm t in Ihe rents were pnss ft up I to take a I will nothing to lose Business Ins erown cur since his services hue expand Although most of his il stock was Mr said he now primarily In sptcnl floral based on Japanese style known is Ike ma hive huts very to the ei he said Customers will bring in their own vases and hive me design ir fur Ihcm Mr his to uniqueness of his stock which eludes a cither ball mask feather to his duotion to individual service Mr decided I fill I hid Cold outside Who would know Mike Wong of Con In custom made ceramics and flower Court In Georgetown tilt his piano which he arrangements Photo by Mary plays to entertain bis customers Ills Main traded people I rum Toronto Brampton and MisissauRa Word of mouth he is his best form of advertising Someone will into a home which has me of my arrangements ind shell like it The next week that person is In my shop won sales style ii relaxed and Mr Wong his been building up his friendly He entertaining his stock to it up a I try to away from im porters who sell in bulk large com sueh is The Bay or Id rutin i look or the unusual I lime things Hint you would be hard ssed to find even in Toronto Impeccablj dressed in a grey pin striped suit and pink shirt Mr Won sales style is relaxed and customers by phyitig the upright sitting In middle of liny Mr Wong describes his customers as representing a cross section of the community he has it and gift replicas of ittth ind lUlli century guns pistols swords Tile uns ind swords ire popular with tin men the mechinisms are entirely wnrkable Perhaps the mosl unique of these items is a minlalure replica of a medieval crossbow with in iron Mr Wong has just in terlor decoration for two offices and he is hoping todo more of them I think professionals reiltzc tint most of our life is spent it the office and it should be a more pleasinl atmosphere lie said An environment that is ind pleas to the eye puts customers at ease and increase prnductlv Firm benefits from declining dollar I It raid Staff The decline of the Canadian dollar Is the cause of a boom for it least one Acton In the last three join siles of She ltd in over io per en I sud tin Commerce Crescent business Commereial She supplies many with hydraulic pumps tirs direction eonlrul s Most dump hut components minuficturcd in mtrenl Shoring in refuse mining construct shipp ing and utilities hive puts implied by tin business all trucks hue two components Mr in midlines shipped United tTilngs have changed since to ten years ago when a dollar was dollar was a dollar Mr said at the exchange rite Commercial Shearing is a worldwide company with sales In lo million m Commercial Shearing The 1 i pirns make in 1 irts in miehined issembled tested in fesltns United 1 r the will lie In old Frank Heller and Co lids up lf the competitive mirket he wis willing discuss these litest developments pirls for mobile is a business There ire ibout com pinies in direct competition with She nine three or our ire larger than Commercial Shearing Many of the companies have merged or will for vlval lljpefullv Ihere will only be or four left n and we ill be Mr When She lookme for In southern On lino were consider ing Ihe St itbtrmes We were looking for a mill hid the people proper wis ivnihbk and is still close enough lo Mr Roberts siul big of Commercial She I ismt s is in Southern She ii plan to expand the plant in 1987 They do plan to have another good year New designs are part of that optimism Tr iditlonnlly high quality Is another The body of Commcrunl Shear ing pirls is rugged all cist iron It s not cheap but priced Mr said Other companies make their bodies out of which not be as but Is also less he The name Commercial Sheannt Ins bee around for years Originally the business cut steel into strips i Cutting steel is The companies ml effort into was mamificlurlnu a dump truck that would dump In directions from the back and both sides Soon they slopped mak the trucks and were making only Todiv Com Shcinng is a leader in the design hydraulic mnchincrv Mr Roberts said The best half of the leather industry I Herald Staff Taking the worst half of cow hide and it to the best half is one way Aeton Frank Heller and Company made a for themselves in the leather industry The company on McDonald Boulevard has been in Acton for over years and employs peo ple We could be biggest pro ducer of splits in Canada and North said Mike MacPhce the controller chief accountant of the Acton business Splits is term used to describe what happens to the cow hide it Is split in two There Is the outer layer which Is considered to be the best part and there is the inner layer The outer layer is considered bet ft is easier work with Mr MacPhee said Wove developed expertise in finishing split leather the inner layer he said with the inner hide It can be used for Block Parents unite forces Block Parents of Acton and Georgetown want to amalgamate their two groups intoone Although originally formed to help prevent child and abduc tions the Block Parent Program has grown and expanded since lis Incep tion In London Ontario In 1968 Across Canada familiar red and sign Is displnyed in the windows of more than homes just about anything boots hand bags gloves hoot wear is the test for leather Mr Mielhcesaid The leather in a shoe his in ibsorb Impact and not crick or peel years the Frank Heller product has stood up to those tests and has the confidence of the industry Mr MacPhee said Kiufman Cougar and Bali are some of the names in deal with The Heller name recognized in North America for the work they do with inner hides Only on expert could tell the difference between a finished Heller hide ind the more valuable outer hide Mr MacPhee said A Heller hide is a little less ex Frank Heller did not live to see the success his company has had recent He died in Cnrryinp on the family name within the company is his son Ron Heller who is the vice- president of production and a lift long resident of Acton On an overage week square feet of hide is processed at Prank Heller That about 175 hidesamonth Mr The tannery specializes In custom orders A customer will come with a sample of the color he would like and the tannery will come up with the color to match the order A color seems to be popular among For the range of colored leather that has to be produced Frank Heller needs a research department The number of researchers flue tuates noon orders in r simples for rs said Business has been it Heller But like the tannery ink tile effects if the re I importeii not we There are no nnj longer shoe manulaclunnt in in nil next to nil Mr Work boots wintir ire stronger art is of tin anidian closing did not hunk Heller Mr si d ihcy did hire some employees Mr MacPhce docs not predict any growth for the company in The his good orders logged for 197 I im optimistic about ihe product he said Hellers markets are main in Ontario Quebec They ilso hive across and in Die United States STOP throwing money out your windows Whether we supply only or supply install we provide a full warranty on our workmanship and products If You Meet by Accident CALL US WELL GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT UPTOWN COLLISION 8731607 53 MOUNTAINVIEW NO Solid Wood Custom Built Doors In Oak Pme Cedar etc French Doors Insulated Metal Doors Storm Doors Patio Doors A SMART SOLUTION Free Estimates Call Now Casement Windows Single Hung Windows Windows Bow Windows Bay Windows Bay Windows rtisarx Windows doors limited Toronto Line 8466644 Llmehouse Ontario staff who worked on the statue Goylo 3 Brian Hitch Holhorlnoton Eric Knooopol 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