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There isn‘t anything spectacular about Dick. He lhrtodp.:o work with W, Robinson & Son Convertâ€" ers Ltd., 14 Kum ago; now he‘s a foreman at their Woodbridge, Ont., plant, Dick likes his d::b; 1\0 feels that he is working withâ€"not forâ€" Robinson‘s. That 14â€"year record of service with Robinson‘s is not unique; among the 120 employees at this plant you can find plenty of others with records almost as long, Talk to these oldâ€"timers and you catch lomethin& of the pride that they have in their daily job. 100% War Outfit Right now the workers at Robinâ€" son‘s are turning out an average of 100,000 yards of cloth daily. All of that production is for war purâ€" poses. Lgateriu'}s for shirts, ground sheets, tarpaulins, ankletsâ€"pracâ€" tically everi/ type of fabric that a soldier, sailor or airman needs comes pouring out at a 35 million yards a year rate. _ Robinson‘s say that an employer usually gets the type of employee he deserves. To deserve good emâ€" ployees a ‘management must mainâ€" tain a constant interest in the conâ€" ditions under which they work. Robinson‘s make that interest sinâ€" cere, direct mnd personal, Company Housing Scheme Dick lives close to the Woodâ€" bridge mill in a snug, attractive blueâ€"shuttered, allâ€"brick home that was built for him by the company. He is one of the managementâ€"apâ€" proved employees who can purâ€" chase company built homes out of the weekly pay envelope. The weekly deduction is figured an a basis that will see the house f)m'd off at the end of 20 years. {ck bopes that he and the wife will be able to save enough to clear off the balance long before their house is 20 years old. The scheme costs Robinson‘s money; the weekly rental charges are in keeping with ordinary rentals without considering the ownership privileges, thus do not cover the actual cost and carrying charges. Working Conditions Robinson mills have much modâ€" ern equipment; working aisles are wide, free of encumbrance and swept clean. Ceilings are high, alâ€" lowmfl good ventilation and plenty of light. _ Personnel Plan Works For Harmony, High Production in Factory This is about Dick Wilcox and When â€"newcomers enter that Woodbridge Cotton Factory Works Under Simple Employer-EmploLee Plan Which Is Paying Dividends In Production 31942 ED ""Mmac/iNE! plant they are given ;kl‘»oklot deâ€" tailing Robinson‘s working policy. They are told: "Do not hestiate to ask questions about our business. Learn all you can and don‘t be shy about it. Our oldâ€"timers will be only too glad to help you." Workâ€" ers are encouraged to learn what happens to each piece of work beâ€" fore and after it passes through their hands, Robinson‘s boast is that it has the most coâ€"operative firoup of workers in the industry. igher Pay The committee talks over everyâ€" thing concerning the plant, includâ€" ing wages and working conditions, with the management at regular monthly meetings. J anything crops up between meetings that can‘t be straightened out with Plant Superintendent Bill Robinâ€" son, all Walter Lingard has to do is pick up the phone and call W, W. Robinson, general manager, in Toronto. Walter tells a story that recently the Employees‘ Committee sought a pay boost that was barred by the wage freezing order, Comâ€" mittee representatives talked it over with provincial officials and right along with them trying to get them permission for a raise was W. W. Robinson. Much of the close relationship that marks the Robinson organizaâ€" tion depends on this easy accessiâ€" bility of the management to the inâ€" dividual worker. Aim is to have a strong family spirit throughout the whole setâ€"up. To foster team work, management has to keep in close contact with its working force. If an employee wants to see Superinâ€" tendent Bill Robinson he just walks into his office. _ _ Eon __ Workers are asked to think of the organization as a living, breathing, organism. The mills Being a foreman, Dick is inâ€" eligible for the Employees' Comâ€" mittee at Robinson‘s. Each diâ€" vision of the plant annually elects workers from among the rankâ€" andâ€"file to make up the En;gloyecs' Committee. Walter Lingard, operâ€" ator of one of the finishing maâ€" chines, is chairman of the commitâ€" tee. Walter has been with Robinâ€" son‘s for eleven years. He figures that he is with a pretty good comâ€" pany. Regular Meetings Existing Ontario wage minimum for this industry is 25 cents an hour for girls, 35 cents for men, with no Rremiuma for overtime, Sunday or oliday work. Robinson‘s pays well above those rates plus time and a quarter for overtime. _ _ oNE ] mt own SISTER SAYING MY CLOTHES LOOKED The personal interest is furtherâ€" ed in some very tangible forms. Each Christmas there is a cash gift for each employee, A worker who has been with the cor:gany for over one f'ear is entitled to two weeks‘ ‘holiday with pay. These workers also qualify for sick pay which starts after one week of absence due to properly authentiâ€" One of the modern substantial brick homes built in Woodbridge by the employees of a cotton converting plant. A close émployer committee deals with matters in the plant for the benefit of the employee and his employer, thus affording & close harmony with consequent increased war production. are the heart, management the brain, sales group the nervous s{n- tem and office group the muscular system. "Thank you one and all for my acclamation" WORKERS HOME COUNCILLOR ELECT 1943 TOWN OF WESTON _. W. J. WARD cated illness, After six months of service with the company it is felt an employee is likely to continue as a fullâ€"time member ‘of the orâ€" ganization. After such a period regular pay deductions are made under a pension plant that ensures the employee a weekly pension at the retirement age of 65. Work Without Watchers Dick Wileox follows the comâ€" any rule that foremen are not to supervise workers too closely. Emâ€" TIMES AND GUIDE Cotton converting is a compliâ€" cated series of operations. It starts with the growing and picking of raw cotton which is then spun into yarn. The yarn is woven into base eloths which are passed through many processes and are finally conâ€" verted into finished fabrics. There are hundreds of different types of finished cloths. In that long proâ€" duction line many opportunities for cloth to be spoiled crop up. Robinâ€" son‘s say: "Don‘t think ‘my job isn‘t very imortant, it‘s just routâ€" ine.‘ Your job is important and good routine work is vital to the success of our business, the proâ€" duction of perfect cloth." It is plainly explained to the workers that they, along with the management, have definite reâ€" sponsibilities. It is the responsiâ€" bility of the owners to see that employees have good working conâ€" ditions, are given fair play, are alâ€" lowed a chance to share in a penâ€" sion plan and are given a chance honor Heavy emphasis is placed by the Robinson management on the imâ€" portance of every worker to the general success of the company, stress is laid on the fact that it takes the combined efforts of the whole organization to reach the goal of production of perfect cloth. ers. Similarly they are put on their Shonee: fot To cverstay" the tenâ€"minute allotted time for their twice daily rest periods. No check is made on how long they actually take for these MM During those rest periods workâ€" ers can get refreshment from the :lu‘thl‘uneh room which is opentm: y company on a nonâ€"profi basis. iz this a = sible !mlfiw S:nrip. {3- inson‘s advises its workers not to 1I:bn ut't.hoy. n&; .clpthrk..;nr re A is unki or critieil’“ oJ &A follw worker, . If there is something ml:{. wrong, it lhouhlinbohx:porud ‘odu pdrzrer rson in c , goes advice, ::d not just u!lI:d about with o&:r workers in timeâ€"washing /igossip. Individual‘s importance Worker‘s Responsibilities 28 MAIN N. $3.00 Worth of Records Included WESTON MUSIC AnD RADI GIVE A "YEAR ROUND" GIFTâ€"â€"AN R.G.A. ye5o® 6 Tubesâ€"3 Dial Tuning 5 Tube Overseas Dial MODEL VRâ€"44 MODEL Aâ€"24 MODEL Aâ€"23 $109.00 $79.00 $54.95 have the of m-&%’u.fl astically at their jJob. This is the basis upon which one Canadian com: has founded its mphmmm“:{ pngn;.‘lth rogram working m :.3: div'lm‘ ln“rthflcd ’2â€" ees, w tead profiucfion. .l-#. Â¥ ‘Two senior Italian officers capâ€" tured in the Egyptian desert fumed and fretted because, they explained to their British captors, they were sent to the front as observers of British methods and not as comâ€" batants, "This is an outrage," one of them complained. "We were not fighting, we were just looking." to taik t with fl'-mn::;m"lgu‘ without JUST SPECTATORS we the responsibility of pulli FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4th DANCE and EUCHRE BA Z A A R A FULL LINE OF HOME APPLIANCES J. PETRIE, Prop. in the MASONIC TEMPLE Various and attractive Booths, Tea Room. Teacup Reading Opens at 2.30 p.m. Commencing at 9 p.m. Euchreâ€"25¢ Danceâ€"35¢c. Men in uniformâ€"25c JOHNNY HOGG‘S ORCHESTRA CLOVELLY CHAPTER O0.E.S. The Annual Bazaar will be held wu-. with , MUST HAYVE ENJOYED IT ully and without | 1t happened at a home for chilâ€" $149.00 MODEL Aâ€"37 MODEL Aâ€"38 ° WESTON dessert! sauce di-h&!mn.Em.- cookies are usually m This particular time, a dish of horseâ€"radish (same kind of sauce dish that held the cookies) was placed on each table intended b:fl-a zest to the meat course. One little fellow nearest thisâ€"conâ€" diment ate all of it and on the way wcammmmmmu one of his that he was the only oneat his table who got any dren. Meals are served in a comâ€" good, wholesome food and plenty of it. ~However; it is not served in stylish courses and the dessert, exâ€" t when it is ice , 18 cce yer Tauce doune o ol mu or Push Button Tuningâ€"7 Tubes MODEL Aâ€"20 A Powerful Receiver $54.95 MODEL Aâ€"36 $89.95 Tender Forms and Speciâ€" fications may be obtained at the office of the underâ€" signed on and after Wedâ€" nesday, December 2nd, 1942. for the removal of snow from â€" the Commission‘s highways in York County during the season 1942â€"48. 57 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario. & for the furnishing of trucks and drivers (snow plows will Re supplied and atâ€" tached by the Commission) a.m., Eastern Daylight Savâ€" ing Time, on RENTAL OF TRUCKS FOR SNOW REMOYVAL _ â€"â€" Sealed Tenders, properly marked, will be received by the undersigned up to 9.80 Saturday December 5, 1942 H. C. ROSE, Chief Engineer.