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Weston-York Times (1971), 19 Jul 1973, p. 12

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SUMMER DAY CAMP Now in progress Ages 4 yrs. to 10 yrs 2 weeks or 1 month Dorothy Law Noite 685 Sheppard at Bayview* / 2226573 Ttursdep Jaiy;49, A973 ‘& & MN1â€" <KOOL For preâ€"schoolers from 2 years to 6 years Programs vary from full. threeâ€"quarter to half days. for two, three or five days a week A creative day nursery with a year round open program 22 Tuxedo Court* $55 Brimorton Drive*® 960 Markham Road *Infant care from 4 weeks d4 dh â€"â€" a crour‘s Puace 1855 Jane Street 140â€" 370 Dixon Road* Prices can run as nign as $150 for some types of the antique fruit jars. Today the Canadian successor to the original Mason Jar is being produced by Dominion Glass Company Limited as it has been throughout the company‘s 60 years of service to Canadians. Production is 439.0521 4383711 438361 I 248â€"6875 749760 | The Mason Jar itself goes back to 1858 when John Landis Mason, of New York City, obtained a patent for a glass container made airâ€" tight by a metal screwâ€"on cap. Heating and then sealing of food in these containers paved the way for home preserving in North America. But fruit jars are not the only interest of glass collectors. Redcliff, Alberta. The art of home preserâ€" ving is gaining in popularity in Canada and the Mason jar is coming into its own again. But, while the housewives of today are coming back to Mason jars, the hunt goes on for samples of the past. centred _ _ at plants at Hamilton, Ontario and High on a collector‘s list are whimseys‘‘ â€" freeâ€" blown, noncommercial glass artifacts used mainly for decoration or display such as hats, canes and paperâ€" weights. These were made by the skilled glass blowers before the turn of the century for their own use. The inâ€" tricately designed objects were made on their own time as they were entitled to use any glass left over after the day‘s run. Glass tableware, lantern globes, lightning arresters, telegraph insulators, battery jars, city street light globes, large jars for water coolers, medical and pharmaceutical containers are sought in Canada today. Glass fanciers across Canada are searching high and low for rare Canadian The search centres on the products of an unusual group of Canadian Craftsmen â€" the glass blowers whose art flourished during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Currently under _ inâ€" vestigation is the original 1880 Montreal site of the Excelsior Glass Company which produced containers, lamp chimneys . and tableware. Excelsior was one of the forerunners of Dominion Glass Company Limited. Some of these specimens bhave been found in attics of homes while shards have been uncovered by digging at the site of early glass factories. glass which dates back to the early nineteenth century. They followed production demands in different plants, working for a few months or a year at Wallaceburg, Ontario; Montreal; or Redcliff, Alberta. Thus the names of these top craftâ€" smen turn up on the books of glass houses across the country. While glass containers were the main output of these aristocrats of labor, they excelled in producing tableware of exquisite design and color, lighting equipment and unusual glass artifacts. The glass blowers were craftsmen of a high order with their own secrets and ways of life. Paid from $10 to $20 a day when most workers earned from $1 to $2 a day, they moved from plant to plant in Canada and the United States. In addition, they generally stopped work during the hot summer months. Introduction of the first mechanical pressing and blowing machines at the turn of the century spelt the end of the glass blowers but their works remain as a tribute to their craft. * RCOM AIR CONDITIONERS The fruit jar was an important production item for early glass companies. Ask for BOB PROWSE Summer pet needs MON. to FRI.â€"12 to 9; 2149 WESTON RD. oms WESTON PLAZA SAT.9â€"7 <©% _ pHONE 242â€"2619 MmFGS. LIStT $209.50 MARTA‘S PET & AQUARIA Airtemp‘s overnight sensation The Sleeper 5000 B.T.U. MODEL ENGLISH & MOULD LTD. CHRYSLER CORPORATION HARDWARE 1178 WESTON RD. At Eglinton Ave 162â€"7575 See us for Tropical Fish Birds, and all pet supplies Summer pet needs KITTENS & PUPPIES SPECIALS NEONS 6 for $1

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