WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, January 27th, 1972, Page 7 Continued from Page 6 The steel industry, here and elsewhere H e f f e r n an reflects the concern of many for the state of the North American steel industry. "There's a lot of soul- searchinggoing on right now within the i n d u stry. There's a great deal of re- zdhYî capaci ty which reduces the abil1 - ity to compete in al 1 markets. The U. S. industry was based on the Mesabic ores, which star ted to run out. They had to go to the more expensive, low grade ores. After t h e war the Japanese decided to builId the best, most modern steel indus- try possible. They had nowhere to go but up. Si m ilarly in West Germany. They plannedcarefully, on along range basis W i t h their governments. Now Japan is ab I e to import the highest grade ores from places like Austrailia. In the Un- i t e d Kingdom the ores are low grade, most of their mines are old. Their coal m i nes have very deep, narrow seams. Now they are looJ<ing at the Japanese i n dustry for new techniques and appli- cations. live seen the way industry and governments work in places like Japan and W e s t Germany and Sweden, and I think Canadian industry is at an advan- tage. These nations reali ze that a strong industry needs joint, long-range plan- n i n g w i th concession by the govern- ment a necessity. Canadian industry is as m u ch to bI ame as the government. Joint planning Neitherhas made it's best people avail- able for joint planning. We've lost touch w i th each other. Sooner or later, the governments will return to the thinking that without the economic benefits which i n d u stry p r o v ides, there will not be enough funds available for other govern- ment plans. Industry must have encour- a g ement and consi derations to provide this and long-range planning. " H e f f e r n an hasn't come this far so successfully without developing a phil- osophy and like his thinking in ail ven- tures and business it's clear-cut, void of frills and simplicity at its most pot- ent. "Wetry very hard to really concen- t r a te on doing a few things very well. The entire steel industry in North Am- ericahas become too capital-intensive. Today the capital investment of $300 per ton annual capac ity re sul ts. in very hi gh f i x e d costs to ammorti ze that capital. We try, and have succeeded in keeping our costs at, or below $100 per ton an- nual ton of capacity by using new tech- ni ques Iike continuing cas ting. We don't beliieve in buil di ng ivory tower s to op- erate these plants. We try to keep away f r om the large centralized staff. Keep the units small and right at the heart of t he action of each plant. I l ik e th e straight line type of organization with a minimum of staff functions." He under- 1 i n e s his w o r d s by crisply tracing a s t r a ight line across his desk with his finger. In the area of governmental co-oper- a t ion Heffernan, along with four other businessmen appointed by the Provincial Government Productivity Study,. work- ingwith deputy cabinet ministers study- i n g t h e ways in which the government can be streamlined into more effective ways in which to serve the people. In response to the comment "'You must travel a great deal ?1, Heffernan sighed, THE LURE OF ANTIQUES THE ROMANCE OF TOY COLECTING A child who lived in Canada West in the early eighteen hundreds had very few toys that were not handmade by I ov ing parents. Dolls were made of corn husks, or of cloth stuffed with sawdust and weredressed in scraps from mother's scrap bag. Suchachildrecelved as a very special gift, a set o f dol 11's dishes, newly arrived in a shipment of hou s ehold goods on an English sailing ship. lm- agineher delight, as she unwrapped tiny thimble- s i zed cups and their saucers. See her pleasure in the fl1 oral1 pattern on the silver dollar sized p l a t es a n d t he dainty tea pot with its matching s u g ar b o w 1 a n d c ream pitcher. The entire set. couldbeheld on an outstretched palm and that lit- te girl's p I easure In her gift, and the wonder of it I a s ted all her I if e and made a story that was h a n d e d down toge ther with the dishes, from one generation to another of her family. Little girl's toys There are many stories such as the one above for toys were precious in the work-oriented soc- lety ofour ancestors. Little girls toys were small r e p I icas of the t olo s her mother used. We find t i n y s a d i r o ns, or flat irons and small sewing m a c h ines. DollIs beds and cradles were made by f a t h e rs during the w inter evenings and afforded opportunities for the little girl to excercise her c r e a t i v e t alents in making coverlets and other appropriate fittings. These are not easily found now in good condition. The few that are available are f r e q u e n t ly expensive. There w as a canopy doll's bed i n the Quebec style at an antique show I as t y e ar for which the dealer was asking forty dollars! O c a s i o n a 1lly, one sees a rocking horse or a horse on a wheeled platform that was pulled along with a handle or a string. These are always well proportioned and realistically painted. For the most part, however, the old toys most commonly foundnow are those from the period just prior to and immediately following the turn of the century. Doil collectors There must be hundreds of doll collectors ar- ound;biddingat auctions is always brisk when old Continued from front page The House of Commons Labour, Man- pow e r , and Imm igration Committee shoul d begin a thorough investigation of the implementation of the Act as soon as the House beg ins its new session on February 16th, and an amendment to the Une mployment Insurance Act reducing t h e waiting period from t w o weeks to one week should be passed early in the next session of parliament, he said. RECENT EXAMPLES The foll1 owing are examples of peopi e from the Oshawa-Whitby area c o m p 1laining about unfair treatment by the Unemployment Insurance Commiss- ion inCanada. These cases -were brought to Mr. Broadbent' s atten- tion on Friday, January 21st. (Only the names and social insurance numbers of the individual's have been removed). "Yes. Too much. There're many things w h i c h get missed, especially with the family. " The Heffernan family has resided in Wh i t by since 1963. Home is a century o 1 d f a rmhouse "Ringwood Farm" for, w i f e G eraldine and six daughters and two sons. Apart from his business in- t e rests G. R. Heffernan enjoys sw im- m i n g, fishing, golf and reading - his- tory mainly. "I'm kind of a history nut, I guess, " he smiles. But then, history is where one usu- al ly first learns about pioneers and the people who make history. by Helen ingram dolls are put upfor sale. A great many books have been written about doll col lecting and pattern books outline the proper procedure to follow in order to restore or reproduce period dresses for fashion dolls and others. I t is, or can be, a field or int- erest entirely separate from other toys. Magic Lanterns M a g i c I anterns were most often presented to i t t I e boys. It is difficult to find them with their s I ides still intact. However, they do turn up oc- casionall y and the slides are glass wi th handpainted cartoon-1-ike characters painted in various poses to simulate action when the slide is moved behind the lense. They still amuse children for their hum- our is timeless. Clay Marbles There was great variety in marbles and every b o y ow n e d some. Clay marbles striped 1ike the famil1 iar Bennington pottery, occasional ly turn up. They are not always perfectly round and somewhat r e s emble an old piece of molasses candy after it has rolled awhile in a boy's pocket. Glass allies o f course came in al1 colours. Did you know that llagg i e sl are agates. They are made from chal- codony and can be coloured green or blue, or gray and finely mottled by other colours. They are quite heavy and large, any boy lucky enough to own one could hardly fail to be the local marble champion. Some toys are hard to recognize now, such as h o o p In s t icks, unless you find the hoop and its notched stick together, you may not identify it as a toy. -Wooden tops find their way into tool boxes and become plumb-bobs. Look carefully at those. Reading material for the budding collector . Oneof the province's best toy collections is at Black Creek Pioneer Village. It is the Percy Band collection and is an excellent source of reference for budding collectors. If you haven't time to tra- vel thatfar, the library will probably have a copy of the book about the collection called "Playthings of Yesteryear". Thereareother books about toys, but the one I have mentioned is Canadian and will con tain useful information for Canadian collect- ors. Needless to say, there are many, many more toys than those I have mentioned. I wish you many happy hours and a fruitful search. MR. A. -Sent in reporting card for two w e e k s b eginning November 28th. 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