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interview beardmore president edmonton radio newspaper 7p lett wadnaaday morning norman bralda was fsatured on the program paopla of interest on radio station cstua in edmonton and war interviewed by mortars of in edmonton journal in edmonton attending matting of the dlrsctora of the taoism association of canada mr bralda was invitad by tha station to ba intarviawad by dorothy dahlgryn who introduced him as chairman of tha leather buraau of canada vicechairman of tha canadian international shoe and leather fail and praaldant of on of tha lartpst tanneries in canada in tha half hour discussion about uvi uathar industry mr bralda mentioned that this was probably tha oldast industry in tha history of mankind and certainly in canada aj tha pioneer had to provide protection from tha elements and uaad tha tklna ofnenimais which had baan ullad for food tanning la a 160000000 industry in canada with about 85 of tha laathar being supplied to tha ahoa manufacturer who produca 52 million pairs of shoe par yen however tha canadian shoa industry has not progmaad greatly because of heavy imports from lowwam countries in 1968 30 million pairs of shoes ware imported there haa baan a tremendous increase in tha popularity of laathar in the past few yean mostly due to the influence of continental europe a few years agio wearing a leather coat and high boots would have- labelled a eraon as an immigrant but after iropean smartened up their designs tha leather fashion trend cau jit on here because of a feeling of insecurity todays young m the acton r prail wednesday augus 37 ivao two new schools addition approved by board a school site consisting of s4 acres war purchased in 7stjw cmmas at monday nlghti regular meeting eaquetirtg council received word from the department of highways that further eoniideration of etctuesing a suppleraeiilsry road by4aw had resulted in additional approval of 145200 tn expenditure which it divided into j3000 for bridajtl and culverts arid s42jo0 for loads heard a plea from councillor ken marshall that etcjueting seriously consider me 01 berth p onurio re in the central kegioail i council oordc mr marthall development said this would give the township tome voice in the current upheaval of boundaries and changes in administration received a requett from ralph denny that tome thing be done about the road at the top of the fourth line which hatn t been graded for fix weeks councillor marshall also relayed request from mrs jones on the third line that soma thing be done to prevent water from going into her well mr marshall uld mrs janet hid been promlted action by someone in the township officii authorised payment of 7 to john van arragon for one fox destroyed read and patted a byjaw to charge feet for plumbing inspection of plumbing and septic tanks and an attendant bylaw to appoint robert mcdonald 62 rexway drive georgetown at plumbing inspector he will collect 80 per cent of the plumbing permit feet utility promised tome action on requett from keith utile for ditching on the town line between chlnguacouty and eaquetlngat 17sideroad patted a retolution confirming john harrlt as supervisor of the townthlp dump told delegation of victor harrington and ken sayer from georgetown for 4110786 for the site of the new joseph gibbons public school by the halton county board of education it was pointed out the school site was noted on the legislated plan of the moore park subdivision the townt subdivision agreement with the developer requited the developer to tell the land for 1500 an acre plut the cotlt of servicing wlmpey hornet limited offered the block for si 8400 plut 22207 for servicing the board approved the purchase during the thursday board meeting sketch punt and tentative budget were alto approved for the construction of the new general wolfe high school designed for 660 pupils the project it estimated to cost s286o0oo the board also approved the construction of a double gymnasium change rooms and showers and music room at the montclair senior public school that will serve students from the north part of oakville norval that the road superintendent and the reeve and deputyreeve would inspect a road near their residences and determine whether the township would assist with repairs to the road received correspondence from the auditors which complimented road superintendent bud snow on the condition of the records for road expenditures agreed to return a tax bill to the peel county bond of education which claimed exemption on a property they had purchased council could tee no reason why the board should not pay the full amount of taxesamounting to over 200 since there were no school buildings on the property and wat not being used for school purposes yet amended the motion patted august ii charging residents who proved to be outside the glen lor street lights the charge was written off taxes for ratepayers billed by error reeve george currie presided at the three hour meeting with the entire council present and clerk del french the officers and members of haltonpeel corps of the st john ambulance brigade extend a eohbil invitation to the citizens of acton and district to attend their annual inspection monday evening sept 8 1969 at the acton community centre at 8pm people in a fastmoving world are looking for stability and leather la a symbol of values which are genuine and downtoearth be said they aeem to appreciate more the beauty of natural woods stones etc as compared with modern plastics and synthetics questioned about synthetics and other manmade materials mr bralda stated that with the udden almost insatiable demand for leather synthetics were bound to follow and have necessarily made strong inroads into the market many aynthetlcs are of excellent quality although not as comfortable to wear at leather but unfortunately there are many which are of poor quality and do not stand up in daytoday wear however if 11 were not for synthetics the cost of leather would probably be prohibitive as there would not be enough to go around the supply of skirts and hides la limited a they are only byproduct of lite food industry asked if the tanning industry is still considered to be a dying one mr bralda said that while many tanneries have gone out of business in the past few years this wat due to lack of capital to keep up to dale with the expensive machinery which la requited in actual fact the larger tanneries are expanding new uses for leather are being found every day in toronto stores leather postcard are available embossed with designs of the city hall and other buildings in calgary similar postcards are available made from leather with the hair still on advertising the stampede the tanning industry today is dynamic and exciting with technological improvements being made every day this was lite first time the members of the association have ever met so far west the director and their wive were welcomed by officials of dominion tanner lid of winnipeg and edrrionluri the summer school program operated by the halton county board of education had 681 aludanta enrolled and 814 per cent received pas standing in the subjects taken the program this summer also included 55 student in two enrichment class in music a group of 41 grade 13 students were accommodaled for their subjects in hamilton truslee l pease uld he understood the existence of the- summer school program wa not promoted until late in the school year and wondered how many courses could not be taught for lack of registration all academic course but latin were offered superintendent o cumore reported for grade 9 to 12 mr pease suggeeted the availability of nonacademic subjects wa nor generally known and tome student might have been interested in paying fee to learn rather than do nothing all summer a detailed report on the program i to be presented to the next meeting savings discount ma all school supplies at discount prices canada ioouua refills jso tkeete moo liit 1146 88 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