Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 30, 1984, p. 30

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0 CELFflKATlON EDITION Muy a Avoid heat exhaustion Hi it exhaustion indSl John Ambulance lie- cool spc trial to tti J tool pi If lit is sweating trumps oris vomit ni half teaspoon of ill lo a pint of water If he I rrtcovtrs slowly hi sh by a think someone injured his neck or pme nil full or a dive him unless him out St John that For two yean the trucks of Burn Trafalgar Bond But Its a family business have been moving across Georgetown Bob brothers Jim Clare and Don In charge of and thn Ontario Bob Burn above li the company operation president of the company headquartered on i r i- lets or lie victim ian worsen the injuries may thi Brothers stick together to keep business strong mPRSH Charlie Attard 130 Guelph St Georgetown L7G4A5 1436 TRANSPORT LIMITED A Georgetown Family Business Since We acknowledge with gratitude and thanks our valued employees and customers past and present It is the people of our town working together that make it a good place in which to live and work In the early 1930s Norman Burns started his own transport bus ncss on Georgetown Trafalgar Road Fifty two years later In his four sons Robert Jim are still working in the family business In the same friendly small town tradition The Bums brothers all began by helping their father after school and on weekends It always been a family business Jim said in an interview Lota of brothers can t get along together but we ve always worked very well together the success of the busmen to the ramily spirit We respect wha t each other has to say we accept each other suggestions and work things out together he said The choice of staying in the family business was a free one for the four young men Jim recalled that Clare COMMON J m commented that while one individual running a business might have taken more risks the four brothers have had the advantage of being able to bounce Ideas off one another as they worked toward a Expressing a high regard for his father Jim sold the late Norman Burns had a great Influence over his sons He described him as a verj quiet reli men a great reader He certainly was someone to look up to there was no what he wanted Alter losing their mother at a young age Jim said the five Bums men lived alone togeth er for many years enjoying a close family relationship And today after working together all week many people might want to avoid their business on weekends Not the Bums The four ess partners their wives and children faotura years of business in Georgetown In apprenticed as a car far four years while Don briefly Each brother hoi an important role to play in the operation of the business which has expanded over the years The company now operates a ware house as well on Arm strong Avenue Robert oversees the operation of 27 tractor trailer and tandem units while Jim Is responsible for the warehouse area Clares responsibility Is the dis patching of trucks and Don oversees a staff of 14 full and three part time drivers socialize often after business hours said Jim adding they even share a summer cottage The family business has been a good life he declared Burns Transport trucks make runs be tween Georgetown and Windsor Ottawa and many to metro Toronto serving the immediate area as much as The tandem trac tors haul payloads of up to lbs with the trl axel trucks hauling up to pay loads Noting that the com does work with many local businesses Jim said he thinks Georgetown is a great community great place to grow up in Few high rises There are very few high rises now in Hills and Mayor Miller foresee many more being built There be more tingle family homes constructed in the town or the population growth the mayor pates Georgetown unique now because we don nave large multiple dwellings In one area but throughout the town Mayor Miller KING ST GEORGETOWN HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS GEORGETOWN HAS BEEN OUR HOME FOR 30 YEARS From a modest beginning in Georgetown almost 30 years ago Varian Canada has grown steadily Today we employ over 350 people who produce and sell over 40 million annually in high technology products used around the world The specialized products manutactured by Canada are made by no other Canadian company They include TRAVELLING WAVE TUBES MILLIMETER KLYSTRONS MICROWAVE TUBES SPECIALIZED POWER SUPPLIES The employees who make up Canada are engaged either in sales and ser vice or in the development our unique produc ts which make us world leaders in tube technology Committed to putting its home base of Georgetown On The Map Canada is developing an employee base of highly trained people who are the pulse of our company In addition we sell instruments and industrial equipment manufactured by other Varian Divisions vanan

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