THE Wednesday October Page Business New chief for Thrifty Canada Donald a 18 year veteran of the of the car rental in dustry has been named president of Thrifty Canada Ltd Thnfty Canada is the country fittest growing tar rental com pany with a fleet of over vehicles and 15t locations in eluding in airport loca lions The Thrifty location in Georgetown is owned locally operated by Brian Melville Mr was Division VicePresident of Magm Financial Car Rental Group and President of Marks Rental Inc a Thrifty Car Rental Franchise for Maryland He was VicePresident of Allstate Leasing with a fleet of cars under long term lease Mr Himelfarb is totally commit Magnetic field is eliminated TORONTO Sunbeam Corpora tion Canada Limited will launch its 1990 line of Sunbeam and Slumber Rest electric blankets with virtually all the magnetic field eliminated The blankets also feature Sunbeam s innovative Personal Monitoring System technology that responds to body temperature providing addi tional warmth only where and when needed There have been some con sumer questions recently about the use of electric blankets and other appliances due to increased media coverage of the issue said led Melissen president of and manager of mi There is been no extensive research conducted in reLulitorv bodies but following review conducted list veir the I Food and turn FDA a cut is concluding that based n current information IDA sets re for people to electric GUARANTEED- MORE INTEREST ON YOUR SAVINGS MUTUAL TRUST SAVINGS BONDS Guaranteed ON SALE Oct 1 Nov 2 BRIAN GOODLET Georgetown The Mutual ted to the cir rental industry and has served is a member of the Car Rental National Committee for the past 12 years and as chairman of its Auditing Committee since 1987 He was also board member of the Maryland Vehicle Leasing Association and chairman of the Legislative Committee for the Mid Car and Truck Rental Association After graduating from the University of Maryland where he was a member of the impionship lacrosse team he worked in the banking industry til he joined in Maryland He maintained his banking interest as a board member of the Regal Savings Bank in Baltimore Mr Himelfarb s credits confirm his strong operational and marketing abilities James Philion President of Rent a Car System Inc and Chairman of Thnfty Canada Ltd said We are very enthusiastic about Don and what we believe he will for the company in Ve are confident that under his direction we will achieve and surpass our growth while strengthening the base and efficiency of our existing operations Thnfty Canada started in when a group of Canadian car ren tal entrepreneurs who had pur chased Holiday Rent A Car in Canada sold a per cent interest Thnfty Rent A Car Systems Inc in Tulsa Oklahoma The S investment increased to 78 per cent in 1988 A year later T was acquired by the hrysler Corporation and now operates as a wholly owned sub sidiary of the billion dollar automobile company World wide Thnfty has over locations in countries and has established a leadership role the car rental industry It was the first rental company to introduce the NoSmoking Car the first to in troduce a rental vehicle for the disabled and in Canada recently led the industry with a simplified unlimited kilometers program for corporate customers Marketing Board appoints new GM Tne Ontario position of Director of the Milk Marketing Board is BoardIndustry Relations Division pleased to announce the appoint with OMMB In his senior position ment of Ken Smith as its new he supervised the Board s pro General Manager consumer media and Smith will become the second government relations programs General Manager in the OMMBs This Division carries out a com year history November 1 following the retire ment of the current General Manager In announcing the appointment Chairman John Core em phasized the importance prehensive communications pro gram Information is provided through information bulletins news releases and various publica lions Smith joined the Board staff in 1981 as marketing manager in the Board decision We made every Marketing Division effort to choose the right person for 0 he this challenge and we have every processing sector of confidence in Kens ability to lead dairy industry where he spent the organization Core said forward in the most of his career with the Good Humour Ice Cream Company Simcoe While at this company he Smith spoke briefly to the staff successively held positions present for the announcement I quality control officer production am pleased the Board has shown superintendent plant manager this confidence in me and I am and general manager While looking forward to the challenge engaged the processing sector he said he was elected ViceChairman of Since 1987 Smith has held the the Ontario Dairy Council Pictures Presents LIMITED EDITION PRINTS 6th ANNIVERSARY SALE OCTOBER 2427 All Framed Prints 20700ff Over 100 Unframed Prints at Exceptional Savings including Evening Memories by Peter 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