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fffu Ninety ninth year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY APRIL SECOND SECTION FOUNDRY OPERATOR Leo Keleher is an artisan who believes that to work with hands applying industry and skill is to enjoy what life is ail about In his foundry workshop in he re produces much of the artistry of the past in aluminum castings Seen are the operations of the unique craftsman as he completes an article Htatb liquid in a crucible on a special oil furnace sets a pattern or casting on a fallow board over which a twopiece box is placed sand is riddled in and rammed until packed solidly so mould is well trammed with no breaks for liquid running out top of box is lifted off with mould inside after which second part of box is lifted off and runs punched in the sand so that with patterns out liquid will flow in 5 box with packed sand mould attached is replaced and aluminum poured into mould a series of moulds are seen set and cooling 7 after coohng sand is removed and part of a flower urn Is completed ready to be added to a base shows the completed product on elegant arms will be attached photographs of various items re produced at the Foundry are only a few of those which entourage customers to come from distances Ancient artisan skills used at Leo Kelehers foundry is an unusuil mnn In era when every one else Is looking for the easy way out holds to Hie belief that pun mode craftsmanship provides the best workmanship On basis he owns and operates one of the last foundries of lis type Keleher foundry in an old building close to the outer of on Vlctorii ltd To Mr working his hands is a of life I or the Inst years he has conducted the business lhat requires ingenuity and solid slugging to re produce exquisite designs of the past revamp Ideas of the present and innovate to satisfy specialized customer requests foundry worker all his life Keleher inherited the business from his father very thing from trivets old fashioned switch plates handsome planters and all types of traditional wall and ceiling fixtures evolve from he skills of the foundry man come from parts of Sally Ann busy group report filed with two boys or days of care im Council recently wcrcprovided it i i Thirty shows the Salvation Concord Four unw had an iclive year in mothers were cared for lo the report tolalof377da families received assistance tor a to i expense Christmas Ontario Including interior decorators and architects to put In orders for Ikmb not in other stores ISO years ago Mr Keleher says his method of creating is unique but the same as ap plied by foundry men over 150 years ago lie his technique has had change however Originally iron foundry with all items made In that metal the Keleher foundry to use aluminum of pollution control laws established approximately five years ago Today the genial gentleman can set merits in the newer material and explains it is lighter to handle rust the same is less expensive to operate and easier to manipulate At one time the moulds for iron work absorbed a great deal of sand and dally supplies were required to be brought in from Michigan or New York Today with aluminum new sand is required only on weekly basis The vintage building In which business is conducted has been standing since the ire was nothing more th in field with no other buildings in view It was ye mo when re sold twenty the bucks apiece said an Informed visitor at the foundry who drops in occasionally to see what new things are being produced and find out what is happening In the district living trade Mr Keleher la concerned that his trade dying out He feels that w modern day mech the personal touch is With it the where i man can he proud of his at ind feel lies done worthwhile days Old fashioned hitching posts once a necessity of the past are made for customers trying to revive some of lltOO Century wall holders scrolled door hinges with beautiful old figure scenes ire ilso of the pattern collections Just bring a pattern or casting and we can reproduce it says the man who has procured many of his designs after careful research delving and hard bartering Men elegant garden sets arc assembled afterwards painted in whites or blacks true replicas of originals which would be difficult to distinguish Irndc dying out Mr can keep up on demands Is such that smoke from his melting furnace continues to belch from Monday to Saturday The men he employs enjoy his easy the employer friend relationship he has established is also a quality of the past None of the artisans five sons arc interested in carry on his rare trade hut Leo Keleher hopes that perhaps some of his em ployees will see the and apply his for hand made things to set up foun dlres of their own Provincial budget 1600000 Annual meeting Friday Tories say press not fair The provincial budget re leased last week in the legislature provides subbtan grant increases for Hal ton Region Regional Ireisurer Don farmer said the grants would improve llallon s position by SI over what it would have received if it were ion last The region will receive sub stantial grants over and above the SI because of the transition from county to regional status on levin larmer said the SI would be shared by the irea municipalities and the region rhe amounts each receives will depend on the 1971 levies per capita grants jump from w hile pol grants jump from to the in value realised on the sale of designated land The speculation lax is de signed to bear most heavily on owners of land and proper which arc purchased and resold without real value be ing idded the budget ex plumed well Milton Treasurer Don I ought said the provincial budget had provisions that would long way towards stabilizing the mill rate m Milton He noted the town would a percentage of what is to the region as well as other grants directed to the principal recreation home He slid the town was seek ing more information on the budget as it affects libnry boards and startup grants Speculators taxed One of the key features of budget is the speculation lax In order to the of the land the province a percent tax on Suit properly for com mercidl or industrial use is exempt bale of property where the vendor has with a subdivision agree and constructed residential or commercial will bo exempt and sale of property vendor has purchased land and constructed resi or commercial pre mises will be exempt Canvass on for cancer West Tories will their meetng tndiy night In corn whit they feel Is unfair newspaper stories mil lorn Is Hilton West chairman of the ass for the Canadian Anne Usher tint captains are ACTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Citizen the yea DANCE AT THE ACTON MUSIC CENTRE DANCING THE GENERATION GAP SATURDAY APRIL 20th Reception 15pm Dinner 7 50 Couple holding up the local cam which began 1 hut will not be completed for another two weeks Industries businesses and residents have all been alerled to the chairman who feels that response will be comparable to that of other years Cancer can bo beaten is the message from the S With early diagnosis their theory as the key to Ihe cure Acton residents not already contacted should be on the look out for asscrs ssoc It 10 Kerr who is also Solicitor tie rat will Robert Welch Secretary for Justice Attorney General it thil mcelmt lll be ihe his Is The future ws number of the said the Davis individuals it hivt been I and it best limit TICKETS AVAILABLE AT Centre 853 1190 1st Line TV 853 057 Nielsen s Clothing RESTAURANT I formerly G T Chlpt SPCWWH6 III and Canadian Cuisine Course Meals Businessmen s Luncheons Takeout Orders OPEN DAYS PER WEEK Sit Sun 8532080 Sot acceptable In the field of In veMlgillvc journalism in flu nee are not acceptable substitutes or All too often in recent months subjected lo examples of the press exaggerating stories out of all proportion in order to justify he These hard f icls arc going be when elected George Kerr I Robert speak and answer questions a cord to Lee HINTONS