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A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 6 But her greatest interest has always been with the Foundation and the Toronto Star, a newspaâ€" per her father raised from a weak pup to a strong, competitive bull- dog. Since 1951, Hindmarsh has been a Toronto Star director and the paper recognized that long- Yet the remarkable Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh continues to work. Twice a week she is driven by limousine from her Oakville home to Toronto where she is still associated with the Atkinson Charitable Foundation founded by her father, Joseph E. Atkinson, and with the Toronto Star. . The diminutive and lively Hindmarsh held a spirited press conference at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Tuesday, a day the hospital chose to honor her for the $350,000 support the hospital has received over the years from the Foundation. The family has also contributed “gen- erously” to the hospital, accord- ing to a hospital spokesperson. Hindmarsh and her husband, Harry C. Hindmarsh, were listed as members of the hospital’s first board of directors and were influ- ential in the building of the hos- pital in 1947. But her hospital services go farther back than that. She recalled working the switchboard at the old hospital- inâ€"aâ€"house that was used before the current facility was built. Other community work included membership in the White Oaks _ chapter of the IODE. The family always had strong ties to Oakville. Her great grand- father Charlie Culham was one of the founders of St. John’s United Church on Dunn Street Oakville Beaver Stafl' gr ; he grand matriarch of the newspaper world turned another page yesterday. Yesterday, she became 100. ~125me 849-“ oulmmw. 827-073 'flmfllfll m OMfiEMJfi mm om!“ mm OHMIWWII'. mm Olifill'llflll. 845W] OIIIZISIIH'SII. Elli-[IE 0754“!!! m O-IWMIII. m omm Wâ€"dflli OMIWI (rm-um) ELVCVVL‘ By BARB JOY ‘1‘“ N‘ “Canada’s Best Community Newspaper” CCNA Better Newspapers Competition Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh cuts her birthday cake at a party held at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in honor of her 100th birthday. (Photo by Peter McCusker) standing service with birthday her long life and good health. celebrations on Wednesday. She And she loves meeting people. once said she would never relin- und her she has a support quish the post of director. :‘I'ISKpfomposed of three chil- “I have no intention of retiring dren, 5 grandchildren and 35 and I dare them to fire me,” she great-grandchildren. Hindmarsh never smoked nor drank, two reasons she gives for “I have no intention of retiring and I dare them to fire me,” she was once quoted as saying. VA IAAIA I\IAIA'I v.4; ‘ A 1‘14! We provide a lot more than TUTORING 44/) [MRI ELM DT QTDEET Now available in your local Tim Hortons is an Extra-Large 20 oz. take-out coffee. Enjoy even more of Tim Hortons hot and delicious coffee in this new larger size. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1993 28 Pages Her day lasts from 6:30 am. (See ‘Family' page 4) Ideally, the company’s assembly plants are located within 45 minutes (See 'No' page 2) Lear’s new plant will be about 90,000 square feet in size, with pro- duction commencing in October, said Lear’s director of corporate relations, Nick Feles, from the com- pany’s head office in Southfield, Michigan. A major factor in Oakville’s selection is that the plant will use “just-in-time” production, which makes it crucial that it be located near its customers, said Feles. “It’s very typical of our plants” to be located near their customers, he said. “We put together a multi-disci- plinary team to show (Lear) the calâ€" ibre of our town. They interviewed a whole host of municipalities, but they bought into the argument that we’re the best location,” the mayor said. The municipality was chosen over at least five other communities including Buffalo, Mississauga, Brampton, Burlington and Milton, as the site of the new facility, which will be the major supplier of auto- mobile seats to Ford’s Oakville assembly plant. Last spring, Ford announced that it was investing $1 billion into the plant, which will cease producing the Tempo and Topaz this fall and begin manufacturing the new “M88 minivan in early 1994. “It’s wonderful, good news for people in Oakville to start the new year,” said Mulvale, after the town received word of its selection. Oakville’s economic picture for 1993 is much brighter after Lear Seating Corporation announced this week that the municipality has been chosen for the site of a new auto- mobile seat assembly plant - which will employ between 325 and 350 people. By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff Lear plant Will bring 350j0bs to Oakville Affiliated with Dr. H. Bernstein, C. Psych. Assoc. CHISHOLM CENTRES mmymn Paper INSIDE Pursuing a dream ‘ National 440 INGLEHART STREET 844-3240 m’l'etlnlml Mills!!! SPECIAL SUPPIEMENT§ Tecum Furniture 75 Cents (GST included) Page 20 Page 1 O Ballet School students Mayor Ann Mulvalo