Winchester Canada Limited Subsidiary of Giant U.S. Olin Corp

WINCHESTER CANADA LIMITED SUBSIDIARY OF GIANT U.S.OLIM CORP

Winchester Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the giant Olin Corp.. of the U.S,. with head of- fices in New York City. and subsidiaries throughout the U.S. and Europe.

Combined divisions of Olin did $1,156,896,000 in business last year. The company has various groups involved in production of chemicals. aluminum, brass, fine papers and film, as well as firearms, housing materials, even skis.

Harlow Reed. executive vice-president and chief operating of- ficer of Olin, will be in Cobourg for dedication ceremonies at the new plant on Thursday.

The parent company is expanding rapidly into the leisure time and recreation field, with the Winchester-Western division in the U.S. looking beyond sporting arms and ammunition.

Last year. the U.S. company bought the largest ski manufacturer in Switzerland and established a subsidiary in the U.S. It has also begun to manufacture tents, outdoor clothing, trailer canopies, tar- paulins, and awnings, and camping equipment such as stoves, lanterns and heaters. Winchester- Western in the U.S. even has interests in a production company for outdoor sports motion pictures.

Early this year, the U.S. firm entered into agreements with other corporations as well as governments in East Africa to build a chain of hotels and safari lodges in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to take tourists into the most famous game preserves in East Africa.

In recent years, Olin has moved into the home building and building materials field, selling aluminum and brass as well as producing treated lumber and plywood. Olin has bought the Yeonas Company, which builds and markets entire residential communities in eastern U.S. It also owns an aluminum manufacturer, a plastics pipe company, a plywood manufacturer.

In chemicals, Olin Corp. is concentrating on the integration in plastics, water purification, biocides and intermediate chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry, cosmetic and other industries. The company even has a plant in Pennsylvania for producing carpet un- derlays noted for their resilience. Some Olin urethane coating goes for exteriors of radar in- stallations and for leading edges of jet aircraft as protection against rain and hail damage.

In water chemicals, Olin produces chlorine, and also HTH which is so well known in swimming pools. It has moved substantially into the water purification field.

Olin even produces an anti-dandruff additive for shampoos, as well as fertilizer chemicals, printing papers, wrap- pings, and many other products.

45 Winchester employees over 15 years with firm

Winchester Canada is proud of its many long service employees. While it has been a steadily growing com- pany - now with 265 people or three times its figure of 10 years ago - there are still several who have been working with the company from its earliest years in Cobourg.

Steve Niles and Walter Lloyd both started within a few days of each other in October, 1929 with H.W. Cooey Machine and Arms Company Limited. They now have nearly 41 years service.

George Dawe joined Cooey in 1931; Albert Dawe in 1934.

By June 18 this year there will be 18 em- ployees with over 25 years service. That's the anniversary date of Maurice Alderson's Joining the company in 1945.

There are 44 Winchester people with 15 years or over with the company; 54 with 10 years and over.

Following is the list of present-employees with 10 years or over service with Winchester or Cooey, and the dates of their, joining the com- pany:

OVER 40 YEARS
1929	Steve Niles	Walter Lloyd
OVER 30 YEARS
1931	George Dawe
1934	Albert Dawe
1937	Harold Mason
1940	Harry Lamble	Howard Boundy	Hayden Lean
OVER 25 YEARS
1941	John Hilliard	Clarence Hynes
1943	William Lingard, Norah Wilby	Laura Batchelor	Phyllis Cochrange
	Erwin Hie	Carson Andrews
1945	Neil Hobart	Albert Speirs	Maurice Alderson
OVER 15 YEARS
1946	Louis Davey
1947	Ruby Kemp	Ruby Lean	Marion Long
	John Ling
1949	Mary Bourgeois	George Heeley	John Wielonda
	James Ford	John McEntee
1951	John Kniff	Cecil Sherwin	Ruth Bolderstone
1952	Charles Dewey	William Wamsley	Herbert Kniff
	Helen Oliver	Phyllis Ling	Ralph Farrell
1953	Irene Dawe	Austin Gall	Reta Wood
	Bernice Massey	Jack Bell
1954	Edward Bell	Patricia Petruk
OVER 10 YEARS
1957	Dora Boundy	Frank Ferguson	Edith Ford
1958	Arnold Holdsworth	Kevin Perrow	Grace Griffiths
	Hendricus Jacobs
1959	Douglas Sopher	Henry Raggers
1960	Owen Cooney

COOEY came to Cobourg in 1929

W.H. Cooey and Machinery Manufacturing Company bought the old Felt Factory of Cobourg to be used as their new plant in 1929. The plant was to be used for the manufacturing of "fire arms and sports equipment."

The Cobourg Sentinel- Star, August 1, 1929, termed the transaction "the feature stroke of business executed by the town council." W.S. Edwards acting for the Toronto Company outlined the terms of the purchase: "the sum of $100 on the signing of the contract for sale to be completed before Oc- tober, 1929; a sum of $400 due and payable on Jan. 1, 1930, and the balance of $4,500 in nine successive annual installments of $500 each."

The company had the option of paying the full balance at any time in return for the complete deed of land. Cooey was planning to go into production that fall, moving all machinery down from Toronto.

NEW OLIN CORP. PROJECT

You've read about the cushion which inflates on impact to protect the driver in an auto collision.

Olin Corp., the parent company of Cobourg’s Winchester Canada plant.

At the instant of collision severe enough to cause injury, a force of six times gravity lasting foe eight one-thousandths of a second, strong plastic bags inflate automatically to cushion the driver and passengers before they can hit the steering column, dashboard or windshield. Then the bags deflate.

Congratulations
to
Winchester
On the Opening
Of their
NEW PLANT
MAISLIN
BROS.
TRANSPORT
LIMITED
9 Albert Street
Cobourg

Congratulations
To
Winchester
On its
Progressive
Development
TPT
Toronto
Peterborough
Transport
Co. Ltd


Public Notice
Proclamation Whereas, Winchester Canada has become a highly respected citizen of our town, contributing importantly to our economic and civic growth and progress, and

Whereas, we are deeply proud of the employees of Winchester Canada in Cobourg, whose local spirit and skill of workmanship are in the finest tradition of this great Province of Ontario,

Whereas, the general dedication of the Cobourg Plant of Winchester Canada provides an occasion for the citizens of the Cobourg area to visit this outstanding facility of Saturday, June 13,

Whereas, the citizens welcome this opportunity

Now, therefore, I, J.A. Heenan, Mayor of Cobourg, do hereby proclaim the day of Saturday, June 13,

WINCHESTER CANADA DAY and to invite the attention of our citizens to its observance