Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 25, 1977, p. 5

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Safety is keyword at Building Products Building Products Ltd Canada only manufacturer of vinyl siding will be celebrating their third year without a disabling Injury June The accent on safety is vis throughout the Acton plant as safety signs adorn walls in all areas of the building Safety goggles and helmets are worn every where inside The Acton plant manu faclures only vinyl siding now The vinyl pipe operation in the plant was phased out in March According to Brian plant manager many of those who had pre viously been employed in the pipe manufacture have been moved to siding but we let go a number Centralizing Two executives from the Building Products head office In Montreal will be moving to the Acton plant this summer Vinyl siding manager Bill Wad land and marketing manager Bruce Lowson ore making the shift because ac cording to Mr in order to do the best job of running the business it should be run from here There are right now about people at the plant It a relatively small operation says Mr Lockhart This may be so but they certainly pro duce a lot of siding The plant gets its basic polyvinyl chloride resin ton tank trucks They can produce up to squares a year cording to Mr which is equivalent to five or six million pounds of vinyl There is very little waste points our Mr Lockhart About one or two per cent Strips of siding which do not meet standards can be re- ground Cooling The resin that goes into all this siding is first mixed with other substances such as dyes In a heated mixer After mixing it Is stored In vats as a powder and allowed to cool a process which takes three days It then goes into a press which turns out nearly fin Ished siding at a rate of one foot every few seconds Moving along a conveyor belt the siding Is imprinted with a wood grain pattern smoothed and cut ready to be The Acton Froe Press Wednesday May Milton Council meeting as budget committee last week approved the hiring of one additional full time firefighter after a long and heated debate Fire Chief A E Clement Justified his request for five men by arguing that the town had grown dramatically in recent years and the full time complement remains at just two men He indicated he would be retiring within the next year or two and new men should be added now When installed the siding is said to be more resistant to damage than wood or metal sidings COMPOUND OPERATOR DON controls the mixing stage m the manufacture of vinyl siding at Building Products He mixes the heated resin with dyes and other compounds to give it its color and durability North Halton 8771211 150 people at tea to honor Jubilee STORAGE BINS HOLD THE RESIN which will be mixed and molded into vinyl siding at the Building Products plant in Acton About 150 people attended the Silver Jubilee Tea sponsored by the Lakeside Chanter and held at the home of charter member Mrs M Taylor Willow Street on May Master park plan by four University students Four University students will have summer jobs helping draw up a master park plan for Hills through a grant from the federal government Frank an nounced approval of the project under the Young Canada Works project A total of has been granted for the four jobs Trooping of colors Ontario Premier Bill Davis will lake the salute and in the Regiment Saturday June when the Lome Scots Peel Duffcnn and Regiment stages a trooping of the colors ceremony at the Centennial Gardens Vodden St Brampton The will be one of the highlights of the first Regimental Reunion be held since 1961 Second Reunion since World War I the three day event June it and 12 has been arranged by a mental Association Com mittce under chairman Col Art Kemp Lt Col Ted Conovcr is President of the Association All members and ex members of the Regiment including those who saw active and non permanent militia service are invited to the Reunion Rank and file members of predecessor units are also in eluded In addition to the colorful trooping ceremony high lights on the program include a visit lo Hon LI Col Conn Smythe thoroughbred farm at Caledon Regimental his lory display dinner dance and church parade The students who have yet be hired will be drafting a year with specific hard core recommendations plan maps and other material They will also be working on a more general five year plan for the period Working under the lion of Glen Gray Recreation Director the students will be reviewing studies policy material and previous planning practices doing inventories of existing sport recreation and culture facilities in an attempt to formulate policy for he next few years They will be analyzing usage patterns past present as well as assessing future needs Alternatives concepts and strategies will be evaluated and the students will produce a model for future recreation in Hills which will lie in with both the town and regional ideas on the subject Gray said The end products he said will include recommenda for strengthening the present system for acquisition and development of land and phasing of this development Working on a 10ycir plan the first five years will in elude specific hard core recommendations and the second five year period will more general There have been a number of applications received for this program although it was just approved last week Gray said he is looking for people who have landscape planning experience can meet with community groups rcwate to people well and hopefully people who have previously worked on master plans for areas Ik said he has been talking with people in universities community colleges and high schools about finding students to fill the four positions The start up dale for this project Gray said is May During the afternoon Mrs Middle ton and Mrs Watson poured tea and in the evening the table was attend J Jocque and Miss J Colc3 Guests were greeted at door by Ihe hostess assisted by Mrs C Mr W Talbot This ytar Lakeside bale was displayed by Mrs A Gamble and Miss Layettes will be to the North West Territory and the rest of the bale is to go to IODF headquarters in Hamilton to be sent where needed A display of about locally made quilts attracted much interest and admiration from guests These were displayed by Mrs Mot thews and Mrs G Musselle Proceeds from the tea go to Ihe Sliver Jubilee which has purchased watercolors by Mrs P Marsh to presented to the Yellow knife Museum in June This year Canada festival will be held at Carlisle Purk June and MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS THE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING Pet of the week A foal born just at midnight delighted by the arrival of on May has been named foal which was photographed Silver Jubilee Susie Bennett when w is five days old Elmore is the owner of is named in honor of the the foal s mother Maggie Queen s jubilee this year May The pomes are kept In the country Susie is and goes to the Robert Little school After the long 11 month wait Susie was JIMTIDD Georgetown Manager announces the appointment of MRS EVANS as District Representative for Aquafine Air Conditioning for Acton Ev will continue to represent In water treatment With Aquafine you get soft water the way it should be PLAY IT COOL IN 77 Call Mrs Evans at 8554975 or call our office collect at 8776242 348 St Georgetown LAKEVIEW CENTRE Spschlbfs On Staff feo lure carpet from CELANESE VENTURE OZITE CALLAWAY Hard Vlnyli tram ARMSTRONG AND G A fRFF Lakeview Centre COLORS Scotties Facial Tissue colons Scottowels Scott Bifayuntl Bftnxm Titmt 99 Canfklatt RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR CLINIC RED MONDAY JUNE at the Acton District High School 130 pm to 430 pm and 530 pm to 830 pm FOR TRANSPORTATION PHONE 8531868 BABY SITTING AVAILABLE Brights rtiniPuddingsl ttlaCle I Steaks VafeyFi French F IGA Breads Cross Cut Steaks Regular Ground Beef 149 Sandwich Meals IGA Spaghetti 4 f TIMS 3 Peas or Cream Style Corn IN OH TOMATO OH Brunswick Sardines I Breaded fish Portions Q Ice Cream HUM E0I OHIO tlCt Kralt Cheddar Cheese S3 Lettuce PRODUCE OF USA Cello Spinach 99 Pears Seedless Cucumbers 3899 Delicious Apples 39 Green Onions WEDNESDAYS ARE GOLDEN AGE DAYS AT ACTON IGA FREE DELIVERY WITHIN TOWN LIMITS 8 Main St North 8531960

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