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Russel Bailey of Abrex Paint and Chemical, receives special supplier award from Elinor Workman of J.I. Case Canada. Like most years, 1954 had its ups and downs. For example, Hurricane Hazel touched down on the City of Toronto leaving 60 dead and millions of dollars in damage. The St. Lawrence Seaway Project got underway in Cornwall, Ontario, under the hopeful gaze of Prime Minister St. Laurent, and a petite Canadian high school gidl, Marilyn Bell â€" swam 52 kilometres in 21 hours to cross Lake Ontario for the first Real estate board celebrates four decades next year Meanwhile, in the sleepy town of #53â€"1250 Mariborough Ct. #315â€"100 Bronte Road #1601â€"2180 Marnine Drive 2140 Winding Woods Dr. 75 Germorda Drive 184 Robinson Street 137 Garden Drive 1287 Oxford Street 1450 Durham Street SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd 1993, 2â€"4 P.M. Autumn Tour Of BUSINESS 0_ 299 Lakeshore Road East,Oakville â€" 844â€"6061 _ _ deao keCoedELC 2 Oakville â€" history of a less dramatic nature was being made â€" but history nonetheless. On the lower level of the Riverside Lodge (now Sharkey‘s), a handful of local brokers gathered and the first meeting of the Oakville Trafalgar Real Estate Board (now the Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board) was brought to order. It was the beginning of a long and productive association. Next year, the board will celebrate 40 years of service to the real estate community. $419,000 $198,000 $189,000 $187,900 $367,000 $169,900 $289,000 $2,000/mo $225,000 $189,500 FORD O‘BRIEN MO CONNELLY EDNA KING ALBERTINE HOEK LEWIS BILL HUMPHREYS GREG KEWLEY SUSAN FLYNN BEV ELLIS The committee has decided the centrepiece of the celebration will be a magazine highlighting the history of the Real Estate Board as it parallels the history of the Town of Oakville, largely (See ‘Book‘ page 25) A committee comprised of Augy Carnovale, Bill Miller, Malcolm McGillivray, Sandra Davisâ€"Zulauf, Margaret Edghill, June Warner, and the board‘s general manager May Barrett, has been working to prepare for this auspicious anniversary. Because of Abrex‘s positive business attitude, farm equipment manufacturer J.1. Case Canada, dropped all other paint suppliers in favor of Abrex, said Case purchasing manager John Bick. "With Abrex, the attitude was: ‘We‘re here to help and please you" rather than "Here‘s what we‘ve got. Take it or leave it‘ that was s far as a Hamilton customer is AcLoncemed, Abrex Paint and Chemical td. is another name for service. That‘s why it recently singled out Abrex for its Supplier Quality Assurance Recognition Award. By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff Paint firm wins top honors for quality Although Abrex has managed to hold its own through the past few recessionary years, he said it has now added a distribution service of adhesives to its paint manufacturing business. By one method or another, the paint Abrex manufactures in Oakville is applied to all of the 7,000 pieces of farm machinery coming out of Case‘s large Hamilton plant where 650 people are employed. Ken Budarick, of Abrex, said Case is its largest customer but not the only one. Abrex paints are also applied to lawnmowers manufactured by Noma Industries Limited and large drums made bright and new again at Universal Drum Reconditioning Co. â€" to name only two other customers. Budarick joined the firm in April "to direct it through the 1990s." He brought with him 15â€"years of experience in the adhesives industry and a burning desire to work in a smaller business â€" "where the future is." apparent with other suppliers," said Bick. "Abrex has a good product and a great team of people behind it." Over the past three years, Bick said his company and its sole supplier of paint have engaged in a lot of "partnering" â€" sharing expertise and working together to solve common problems. It has worked to the benefit of both firms. Ifyouraveatreasqulwe%photogaph let 1994 is the 40th Anniversary if THE OAKVILLE MILTON AND DISTRICT REAL ESTATE BOARIS and The Oakville Beaver will be celebrating the" occasion with a special commemorative magazine... and you can help! Over FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1993 PAGE 24 _ Send your entries to: _ Top entries will be published in "A40 Years of excellent" commerative issue Share your fondest memories 467 SPEERS ROAD OAKVILLE, ONT. L6H 2G9 (See ‘"Firm" page 26)