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there are aeveral true statements f fetch can be made to contrast the present eminence of col w eric pnljlips with his humble begin nings in the business world r can be told for instance that ha ha moved from tiny office aver a garage to the spacious board rooms of to canadian corporations including some of the biggest and rlonest in the land or that to strug gling veteran in business so years ago now ranks as a close and ap- parent eqial associate of e p tity- icr who ii generally regarded as canadas no 1 tycoon or that a oiicume small nrkifact of mirror and picture frame is now profitably- concerned with the out put of airplane automobile win dows electricity farm implement bigleague hockey tali and other commodttie far too numerous to mention or to put it as theatric ally as possible it can be said that col phillips having urted with a burned out factory because the price fitted hi purse advanced to the point where he could and rec ently did stake 1000100 on the loss of a coin yea the carter of william erie phillip can be fitted to the classic stereotype of business success but the msn hlmalf cannot be simply labelled or typed ife u a complex manysided individual and one of the peculiar things about him is that he much prefer to hide all hi lights from the public gaze he was s soldier of some distinc tion he is sn engineer a finan cier an esthete a gentleman far mer and a diligent servant of edu cation yet lie insist im not story material my lite is pretty dull to bit outsider though not dull to me of course this aversion to publicity is no pose about the only biographies material so fsr printed on phillips 1 to be found in the clipped 1m- personal summaries of such publi cations as whos who und the dir ectory of director self revelation make him un- romlirtable iurlitg our interview col vv b riplurs he would ponder straightforward questions sometime twisting him self in hi chalr until one weuehod foot crept over the top of the orn ate ancient and s oak daak this desk and the matching tudor chairs look out of place in sn of fice which is otherwise smoothly snd chastely modern with pine panelling alrcondhlonlng and the rest career bain a glass one got the impression of a quick silver flow of thought but all that usually came out in apeech were stray drops sardonic cryptic or facetious from the main stream about hi soldiering for exam- pie the record shows that he was orn of the youngest colonels in the british army that he won the dis tinguished service order snd the military cross a well as mentions in dispatches asked wrist feats had earned him the dso snd mc he exclaimed god i dont know thats one of the worlds mysteries ive often wondered myself when i thought of the poor devils who really did something simlltrly when invited to des cribe his typical work week he grunted reflectively then said to do so would be a disclosure of folly i dont believe in work you know col phillip has never had the courage of thl particular convic tion he admit that when he was a student of engineering he studied hard and that he worked like j roadtest the neujesf and you wont settle for less hett when fa wa building ugttfa glaas hiietnea thai put urn la the bis league uidustraauy and his assohiw aajr h is a tireleas worker stlu though be leave plasty of urns for outside interests and pleasures the lfts directory of dtrector list 30 compantw after 4mtlujtw name and the same ivjrfther after e p tmylon the 4gfft thing la that in seven f their linings coincide the seven rich familiar concern as rrviht harris the royal bank of dominion stores and fensdhm bre weries taylor is president phil lips chairman of the board of argus corp a glsttfrftoldlna com pany which owns th controlling hares in aeveral big fanlprears altogether phillip u president of four companies chairman of two others member of the executive oommfttee and director of another pair and director of twelve rnore beer built the foundation of tay lors vaulting success while phil- libs career was built on a bui he did not get where be is by mak ing thabotuos fur taylor beer in hi ownhe gained nd for some year was content with a virtual monopoly of tle supply of safety glass to the canadian tu industry the two men followed their sep arate courses until nearly ten yeers ago what brought them together chiefly wsj an identity of outlook on the postwar business scene when more cautious businessmen foresaw a stump with a shut down of industries taylor and phillip aw limitless opportunitiee and challenges to ex pand they pro ceeded to exploit them in a suocees- aion of ventures and coupe which amazed the business communljy atartlnff with the purchase of stan dard chemical and godertch salt which led to the now flourishing dominion tar and chemical co javex slfto salt donnacona board and plberglas are bill a few of the products of these enterprises their most startling move per haps was the sudden acquisition of control of mighty uaaaeyfsusha it followed week of surreptitious stockbuying snd conversion of 3000 preferred shares into double the number of voting share one min ute hvrfore the closing deadline for such conversion gives ttaae to larvershy phillips is uld to have all the essential ingredients of a top exec utive notably the ability to grasp a situation fast to pick the right men snd to uelegato suthorlty he also has the stuff needed to take big risks the coin tossing episode was described by a colleague who ad mits having felt slightly anxious at the time because part of that 1000000 was mine phillips had set out with others lo buy a busi ness on behalf ul one of the indus tries controlled by argus every thing hud been e tiled except the price ufter hours of dickering there warn still 1000000 between the sel lers demand and the offer of the taylorphillips group so col 1hilhps suggested flipping a coin he won philips a graduate engineer say ill he now knows of engineering is the language a statement which is dumted by u close acquaintance who claims phillips keeps up with his technically expert employee by personally experimenting in a pri vate superbly equipped chemical lab nt wynyates farms hi estate at ofioloiacor toronto at ny rate it is clear that his engineering sav vy has been one of his main keys to success that plus a good grasp uf advances in the class industries tif other countries helped him get a head start on the manufacture of safety glass in canada in 1020 ho wont on from there to dominate the market with large plants in osh- awh and windsor this triumph mcured he dropped the old mirror and pictureframing business which he hnd launched in oshawa in 1023 wednesday awening ifarch 17 1064 faosi s as the best in rm based sv two per eeat of ech year wiivice it would give a professor with as years service inenn eojusi ut 60 per eeat of his anrags suary over that period landing the money bas bead the txvards big problem and evidently phillip u the right man for hat- during his tenure the provincsai government baa more than doubled its annual grant to the nnli nisaliy making it usooou in jnoneyralsing and sdmhilstra- tloo phillips has given more time to the university than he does on the average to one of his vnslntea firms approytmitry four cur fivav days a month during the bfademle year university authnrtttos sjf vrateful to him not ozaly for keep ing the ftfeunoea aahd but for hie scrupulous pulley of iiontaierfetfw evibq in academic affalra ua ts champion of aradnlrt freedom airtrm wto baiiavea unlverahy must be devoted to the unfettered pursuit of truth ha once dlsraiesmt chuclxm of the drastic uuerincee of a certan professor by observtaat that m think at au u to rtsk exror born in toronto col phllufab was ectucatsd at upper can ads col ilege and the university of toronto at 60 years he bears his tall lvna erectly baa robust health and a seat for living 111 prime avocation is catttsv raising on his 700 acre wynyatae farm he ha bred prlta dairy herd and bull there and also ha 175 beef cattle the colonel main tains a countrystyle barber ahog on his estate and that is where problem of running the farm are threshed out sunday mornings whin phillips and the farm staff gather for haircuts he la rated as a fine amateur photographer in both movies anal stills which he develops and print himself he is a connoisseur of an tique aurnlture especially oak ef silver and of fine art he la gruf fly delighted over hie youngest son timothy 23 an aspiring artist who has been taken under the pedago gical wing of the fsroous surrealist salvador dell phillips vtxhed the young fellow in spain recently to see how he was getting along ua ha two other sons derek 32 a mechanical engineer who works in his fathers duplate canada ltd michael 28 and two daughters diana and cecil his wife is the former doris delano gibson phillip 1 a convivial conversa tional sort in the society of his bus iness friends a quality underlined by hi membership in seven ckaha he has a yacht on georgian bay and s second home at nassau where he spend a couple of month each year 1 1 c closed our interview by re- culling a caption he had seen on a joke book many years ago it was dont take hie loo seriously you will never get out of it olive ive always thought that was the proper gibe the colonel said li so much thats new and completely proved youll find that the djjdoo royal v8 brlnoj you tha finoat of now car featuresfar 1954 a combination of tho domoshaped combustion chambor 150 hp rod ram onoino famous for powor and oconomy and powerfllte tho smoothest and most powerful of fully automatic transmissions no othor car offers you thiaoreat parformanca combination at so low a youll be frankly amazed at tha control jcpu have over this dodge royal how it olinoa to curves and holds the roughest roads with smoouvridlno ease youll like its beauty and luxury too new chrome treatment incfeases that longer lower look colourful twotone interiors have wide restful chairhigh seats floors are covered by rich deep wooltypo carpeting twelve new body colours in lustrous baked enamol can be adapted into 48 two- tone colour combinations a roadtest will convince you that the dodge royal offers you more of the finervqualitios you want unequalled rf tho price plus traditional dodge dependability powuflm fully automatlo tranamiuion it itandard on dodoa royal v8a it lata you move in ona efforttaaa motion from atartlno to hiohway epaada without littiqpyour foot from tha aooalarator it builtin fluid torqua driva oivea aitra aooalaration for fait oltauthlonad atart ml sown ntmino takaa all tha hard work out or parklno and atoarlno ita on th job all tha tima from tn momantyou atart our anoint optional at modaratacoit on all 1sb4 dodo oara the dependable new 54 from the office over a garajf atit the burned out factory his engineering beckground cer tainly fitted him for a significant contribution to canadas effort in world war 11 for six years ho headod kescorch enterprises ltd one of the moat difficult and exact- lnj of wartime industrial ventures starting from scratch it turned out a vital supply of complex optical devices including gunsights direc tors and range finders as well as other products never before made in canada this task stimulated phillips in terest in technical education and this moved him to accept in ltm3 another important puhllchmrvico post chairman of the board of governors of the university of toronto he still holds it and here 1 the strongest soitjk of proof that there is more to phillips life than tho qurt for material success tho board of governors directs the financial affairs of the univer sity and the annual budget of tho university is nearly 13000000 postwar inflation has nearly doub led the j operating coats creating ooute financial problems in view of the tendency of educational reven ues to remain fixed tarm news holstein club has annual ladies night over 200 were in attendance for the i la i ton holstcln clubs annual ladies night held at trafalgar on wednesday evening following n delicious turkey dinner the group whs eirtcrtamrrt lpwvillg quartette jack und bryan bennett of kilbride progressie euchre fol lowed president gordon sinclair presi ded over tho short prognim at the uinquet table among those who spoke briefly were iycd snyder of waterloo flrsl vice president of the iloislelnfricsinn assoc in tlon of canada d s dfinton of brnmpton e a lnnes of brnntford and hoes segsworth of burlington all of whom d s 4h tmnllnn tfnu stcln board another pleating fea ture of the programme was the pre sentation of the e j meagher mem orial trophy by george f dren- nan of guelph to ashvlllc farms ltd represented by anne george and joe pellelterlo for expert eye care consult o twalker opraurniist s main st north dramptoo over abella druf stor phone ohica 500 rat bso ilouxa 0 am te s pjndall7 krailnca by aopolntinent itvum k tsojt tcr vombtytytftoti ut jpv floitfo j j i m y in addition to offaettlna infla tionary rlaea in coau the period of phullpa chalrrruumhip baa seen those accomplishments 1 three lncreaam in faculty aal- arlea totalling mora than 1000000- a year j a 12000000 bulldtak t- bram s the infaroduotlon of a faculty pension acherae which la reaarded luwl j wji 1 slffleaaebhabassfflblls gravel top soil fill cementnrfollding blocks general trucking trmit thompson glen wlbkras ttr 74umf6 ki