thi oiohoitowm hikald ttamrwmv v pasbi industries which create work and wealth in georgetown an esj written fof georgetown cuimber of commerce contest by martin wheeler gjen williams h a prucvviniuofi s suo mitted b martin flbeeler of glon williams in a contest sponsored bv the georgetown the paper and eleelricilv fur the rest at their opt rattan hach companv ha- a fine pension plin uk bine til in urncc p i i and mirtieal chamber of commerce in coo- botiifu- which include hospi nection with industrial week a i nation and life insurance the emplov oes of these two gtorijctovvn one of canada s companies are a cantoned lot most beauiifuland progre and since the art happv id axe town- ismuiatfd on the their work it is not unusual for tndit ktvtr in esqucsing several gent rations of one township in the tountx of familv to earn their ining at halton on no 7 highwav at these mills most nuflvxav between toronto one of georgetown s mast and guelph it was founded bv beautiful eecatchinn indust a vounj scotwin nanfed rial sites is tht dominion seid george huintdv in the ear house which is local td on no 1823 and was first called hun 7 highvvav at maple avtnuc grx hollow in 1837 ivxas north its sevenlv fivt aensof imitud georgetown after its farm land surrounds the main foundtr building a sprawling tudor alwavs a thriving commun mansion designed aftir a it georgetown has grown moated manor in susi rui from its firt log cabin along land the founder of this bin th lrtijit rner into a busv mess wa- the late william industrial centre and now freeman bradle the dumiics cover- some twent scen huni4 packaging and selling nov dnd acres and has a populal elt seeijs was started as a ion of about ten thousand side line in f28 to offset tht ptopji its greatest growth has slack season if the electrual been within the past five ears business which mr tlraciuv when it has more than doubled then operated the seed busi its population largelv due to neas enjoved tht must amazing tht delrcx development progress and oon tht elttln with its growth george cal business fadid into the towns industries have devt background and the sttd bus loped from its first saw mill ness flourished and jew into into manv flourishing indust canada s largtst mail rdtr nes of grtat vanctj the larg business in gardtn teds manv est of which is smith and of its tun envelope- of suds stone established about thirix fln heir a to the markti five vears ago this firm on through gnat firms gmalh produced porcelain pro- this omparn onlv salts ducts such as electrical devic- man is a beaiaifulk tllusuai i an invention of dr russell varian in llxpj is ed for microwave relay television transmitters etcetera and it has made possible the radar s s- ums which played such a large part in the second world war the twelve thousand square foot plant of varian associates is located on a ten acre site at the corner of mountview road and river road the one storey building of brick and steel frame with slat roofs was planntd so that extensions could be made with a mini mum of rearrangemt nt al read detailed plans arc com pleti d for two such txftusions mkui fortv people are cm plovttd hv varian asmh lalt s andvth t hi expansion plan progressing anan mav tosilv become one of george low n largest industnts in tht utor future a vtrv promising industrv in georgetown is ihe rtcinhv formtd avian induslrv 1 unit ed local td on no 7 hiihuuv in tht tasttrn part of toru town this firm financtd bv the business men of tht town is producing a ntw vthule called tht avion 2 iho gvro plant a p ponjl two m itt r aircraft capahlt of taking off and landing verticil tli s plant is disbud to us tht billir mort deptiumt ful ures of existing fiid wing an i wimid airtr ifts r ithi than urttaiu innovations at prt sint avian imtri mlii disinbu td office in and ft ah es in 1945 the companv was catalogue which is sold to duplate industries urn through everv pt s ited but retained the name of canada and fea i binilfi and btone limited it hundred vanits then expanded from one large bulbs nurtr slot buildine to five which covers cides gardtn spn an area of several thousand dizers square fee this firm now the domin n emplov s some six hundred permantn h empln poop e due to us expansion tj ptope and durmc its ru h smith and stone now produce season mii v m ire thl par wiring devices bathroom fix time emplojmt nt helps turts parts for electric stoves set he seav nal unemployment plastic molds and plastic house situation in georgetown and vj hold products such as pails cimtv during the winte and clothes baskets wash basins early spring months etcetera and bakelite products fach vear a q urter f a such as switch plates etcetera milimn pounds of fine gjrdtn tht com pan v has a nurse in seed pour into th wrth a i attendance at all times a week from al over the w irld varv lv visit from a local doctor ing from five hundnd wiigh sick benefit insurance surgical lots of iardtn pta o fin and dwtor benefits and the jrams of rex ik a inia t i trv close relationship that ex this latttr seed is uor h si isls between fellow emplovets oooan ounce rtiikhlv ih r v and management makes thistimesxie price of tori and s oramution an ideal place to so fine it can hardlv be m n work it is kept in a refrict rat- il sifr in georgetown proud lv slan with othtr vajuahle sieds ding side by side close to the the dominion sud hon t cnr station are two of consi ts of fc three paper coating buildings and trft alliance paper mill each of tin four ptopli including specialitd ilisivnmg en who prt vi iul worvd arrow projt he f n it cellaii n the vun gvroplane is d si to iini7 air travt 1 cos s ai quit nu n couvt nun air travil w thin the reach rcquirftig no hand t fixed ir fie hk peen hah tha it caf n t tha u np 1loh ha o airtrai mak r led situ hi ai idts l than m i gjroplane ft free plexiglass cano con ourerl f b eglass ti rctju t ra tun j iiffr i bil faci i r lv de ien d ral n h a and freh a r v mills and the provincial paper mill tirelv to tht s i together these two mills pro where ttstinj ut duce more than threequarters the packaging of so of the coaled paper in canada the cellars an the aluance paper mill bulbs and nurstrv covers an ana of about two second floors h list the hundred and fiftv thousand fict s of tht firm and ht n square feet and emplovs some cap be found a printing i two hundred and thirtv people whith supplies all thi tht com pan j produces fine panv s prink d supplits i quality paptr used for pnnting than tht catalogue the betttr magazines illustrat this companv suppii eri catalogues such as eaton s great vanttv of rart and t and simfi ons annual reports eed- and bulb an t also the bttler can and bottle n its if which lias umiii ltbt is in addition to uieir name of tort nwn ki jrndian trade which is their throughout tht vorld i 1 trt t tht v export to furopc rerton wroli an artirl sou h fnca and the west he dominion si i d ho indie calltd n v tardwi it is reallv an education to mailbox lien nidi watch raw paper stock bung f a ratim of tin ir trtited with a mixture of f wintlow hn p intuit chintclav castin and latcx tni thumb letltn i ffbreglass boats ranging from a six foot 10 inch pram or ding to a sixteen fool rough water boat this firm alio makes plastic chairs bath tubs and trays and does all kinds ol custom work of reinforced plastic canadian trade is their main interest on king street at george town is located the firm of p graham bell naken of archi tcctural porcelain enamel pan els used chicfl for service stations and hotels they em plov about eighteen people on nu 7 highwav in the new lt irex development it a striking ntw building which nouns the firm of sykestools this building cover ahoutjm am of land thefirm employs about fifty ptople and makes gurs whuh tlnv ekpurt to stvrl toiintiits of the world iesides hit ir canadian trade tht mother firm is located in hikluiui w tli braneht in ne wark ntw jtis isa mon trnl aiunl i and norgetown stmdtnl irimliitts limited is anothi r nt w industrv to ttirttt un loiattd on no 7 hithimjm tht delrtx division tht ir fat tun covin about an airt of land emplovinrf some fiftv pt pit this industrv as st mjli s w indow vt nts and drat winilowasstnhlm chief lv f ibt honl plant at oak villt ontario on hivtr road on the banks of tht rt dit ri r is the tmiltimj which unci d huused iiiu of t anadaiddest paper nil i w it u i h home of dill 1 1 rift makers of furni tun htrt out can find an as s irtnu nt of coffti tnbleji step tahu s hook rase t etcetera to pit is anv t i tt in l n williams village cl st to the town of gcorge- ttwn is the luaumonl knit int ompanv i imiteti eita hi in it in 1878 three general i us of tht mcaumont family have p rait d this mill in 1958 h- film wis sold but refain tht ik iiunon name f mploj mi ahiut fonv pt ople this firm produces the will known i it unit n brand of work j s rt and jt an sot ks j opt a td bv eltttrical pow 1 ir haintd trim the george a t wn hvdro htctnc commis- 1 jion and with modern knitting rt inacbints this mill has greatly r increased it production over j the former water wheel driven a maehint davs rmm the picker inarhint win n riw materials an bit ndi d i the carding ma n rhn wht re it is further j mhxi i and male into yarn to tb sp nn ng frame or mule whin il is twistit and made nu ntj nn ti wt ight it goeit put onto ah pood pmcflt hivciivi nov m st tt v salad dressing interlake tissues corn flakes californias finest u s no 1 emperor ft oc grapes j uu new brunswick canada no 1 or 10 lb bag potatoes 39c fresh lean boneless roasts pork shoulder 37 i pork bun 47 shoy s all beef beef eater1 by the piece bologna 33i 1 r i the ii m it him- with the iww km iltii machims one ptwn liokitik afttr sixteen tint linn s fn protlure out hun ttt ii ti of looks pi r dav in cumpifis ti with tht old jii it him lnn out h rin on oil nnihilt piodured five to t tin il ii n sot ks ptr daj on lliniiili tht proct ss of looping r t mi f tin toe of the six k tin iikh tht proem of w i4nni diving ind inspection i ibt i n ititl p it kini in poh t livkm ixs all of which is good stapvt by alcn mover iich babv ttot goalie t red f vtos occ to a r v 7v watermelons mtdgel pumpki five inch cucumbers and four inch corn together with bt iris that taste like mils veyeiahles that tastf like an mmrr and melons that look like bananas not unit do the bartieiw of he dominion seed house ibcauhfv the tow going through a series of dif ferent machines dned b stt im power inspected cut and sorted and finall reach itc its beautiful coated com memal state r tht irovincial vaper mill covers an area of aptmimate- b five acres and employssrbout mwn ot eorgi two hundred and fift people town b is also ab asset to it produces about fort five ch a rare nnvt 1 husi tons ptr dav of the better r flourish m tt quahfv coattd paper used in 0n f he newer industries magannts such as traders di p georgetown is the varian best the national geographic associates of canada limited and for tht better can and tl prent plant of this firm bottle label- inet five per ls ocated in palo california cent of their production ind besides the flenrgetown used m tanada betng shipped hifh was incorporated bv truck from coast to coast i m 1954 for the purpose of pro i the companv exports their vld a canadian manufart i products also to cuba south unn source there are branch america south africa l i n i the major countries ralia new zealand pakistan j uiroughotrt the world varian and greenland associates rank as the largest i both the hiance and the dolur volume manufacturer of provincial mills used steam klystron microwave tubes in driven machines for doing i world the kljstron tube done in the beaumont knitting mills the socks are now readv for tht ir market from coast to coast in canada also in tlen vtilliams ls the homt of ihr glen knitting companv who produce a fine grade of work sock the pro duction of this mill ls about four hundred doirn socks per week and the emplov about even people tht ir product are auo shipped from coast to coast in anada in this town is alio located applt prnduns i imitcd a firm known throughout canada for its fine qua lit canned and fron n apple slices the pro- duct n siason of this oin panv is from octolx r to april during which period they em plov alniut sixty people and pntcess some one hundred thousand bushels of ontario j grown apples mto three hun dnd thousand cans of apple slices and two hundred thou said nolvethvlt ne package- of frozen apple slices per season tht si products are sold all ovtr anada with distribution points in winnipeg and mont real their inrgtst outlets are restaurants and hotels hut manv a homemade apple pie has the produce of apple products 1 united tucked bet ween its pastrj glen willnms is also thr home of the oriole block com pany makers of cement blocks chimney blocks and enrni r blocks for building purposes the comprfn also makes cin der bocks for partitions in homes which are particul arlv useful because one can nail into them production averages one hundred thous and blocks per month and their emplov ces average about fifteen people thefr main out put is for the greater toronto and vicinity trade in the village of norval just 3 watch this page weekly for our weekend specials the lions bakery and coffee shop wedding birthday cakes etc baked goods of every kind week end specials a wide variety of lemon filled goods including lemon meringue pie 47c lemon metropolitans 6 28c your favourite crusty dinner rolls doz 34c delicious and in the coffee shop due to popular demand rum slice and coffee 14c sugar and oatmeal cookias krownlm bakers doz danish pastries standard prices bakers doz 48c donuts 3 for 20c coconut squares 20c 2 for 39c doz 4bc doz 55c order your christmas cake now starting neat week free sample of our chrjstmas cake in the coffee shop top quality products only and we dont use artificial cream drop in and try the finest coffee you have ever tested take out service don t forget our catering service for parties 2 young street across from the legion triangle 74723 free home delivery tree customer parking east of georgetown called pi ai tonics limited which employs about ten people their buttnesn consuls of making different articles of plastic such as mixing spoons name plates for cars and fit ungs for plastic water pipes there are several other in dustries in georgetown such as mcnally wood products makers of custom furniture and other wood products beaver ready mix who produce ready mi cement the credit valley bottling works makers of a large variety of soft drink meadowglen growers who pro duce a wonderful grade of mushrooms together with many others the fine shipping facilities of the town the canadian nat innal railwav and several fine trucking firms its short dis tance from malton airport makes georgetown an ideal in dustrial centre it has been a real experience for me to have mmtcd manv of these industries and to have learned in a small wav some of their methods of production as a iii ci ndant of george kenned ho was im great great great grandfather 1 am proud to be of the opinion tbt georgetown can otter tha best whj settle for second best twrald want ads brine results try one neat week motorized delivery prescriptions called for and delivered davidsons pharmacy telephone triangle 7 3048