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Growth is steady for Acton plant whose specialty is wood products Thanks to Wood Trent Inn td doit yourself pro jects ire ichicving monumental Thty are monuments to the familj that builds them and ihej monuments because last Tht Acton company produces treated wood which Is or years Toronto Wood Trolling has its main on Wallace Street another on Queen Street and a reliil yard operated in the summer on The wood they product is dry to touch and odor tree It is made from a unique formula thai fibres in l hi wood Dave president and general Since Toronlo Wood to Acton 10 years io wood treating business has groan so much he business his been to retain heir initial shire of the market said Mr More decks fences palms art made of ireated green wood every year In the fill of 197fi when Toronlo Wood Treating moved to there were four wood treating in are 13 No ill those plints offer he range of products Atton wood plant offers In addition to Iht green wood called All Weather Wood Wood produces brown wood Proof is treated wilh proven formula of the green wood only the color and price is different is five cent more pensivt thin All Weather tht green wood Toronto Wood is the only firm in Ontario making he brown treated wood Mr Phipps said They began making it the spring of 1983 in is covered in was created because lot of like rod Liu hut I wish I Mr m id line Proof wood is mother idemirk of Wood itinj tin in siiejt this wood will burn II is ill for Mr I said When Pliee is bull fin proof w I id to I roujh fr Pittsburgh Now tint kind of is Sunwood ii 11 in I rool wood make up less 111 to pi tent of Toronlo Wood Ireiinj Most of the salts ft mil in tin wood sold I pnv til ptr wood on irLi 1 ik is posts ft rlnghu Growth Ins Tor mpanv it tin I ist Hi vcirs is is list is Kingston west is ulb lis is The United St Ii tluir tun treating pi Wood In is t ported Iht United sun- hit will do so kss suet United Sines ind nix port 1 in 11I1 111 flwtotl Mr tin I mini Stilts is ivtr I 1 1 mi 1 hi In cool banc mm I of the Do ml Seed House nursery and farm workers Thnmpsun left and controls for garden pests gaining popularity every year Dominion Seed Home General Manager Doug Peck soys The long time employee finds Jack rabbits the hunted control on the acre Seed Ho property especially where beans and corn are grown Herald photo I r Wood mirkft Ihcv tpti ret ird 1 on tin suit of ton run ml inj thesi moillis Kit still of lit business from ilx I Mr nil frit to the in 1 In In books ire supplied Iv Hit imp- mp 11 Ih in ikes iht tin wood is In lied with ynr tin linn disiril books s a moi I With 63 acres Dominion seed firm is more than a backyard operation Artcast An artistic craft in a unique field It takes a certain personality lo deal with artists and Eric Knoespel of Artcast The 53yearold real dent has Men dealing with artists for nearly years Although Mr an or he luces art knows how to talk 0 artists on their level I remember the John Dlcfen baker statue we Just cast You wouldn believe the criticism It got the nose is too big the head too right or wrong in art is almost im possible say Professional artists know what they want They have definite Ideas Mr Knoespel said The Dlefenbaker statue stands on Ottawas Parliament Hill a tribute to a former prime minister of Canada It was cast at and is the work of artist of Win Artists arc not your average citizen and you have to make allowances for them sometimes They can be temperamental at times and talk In different wave lengths Mr Knoespel said However Mr Knoespel holds a great deal of respect for them par ticulnrly for their dedication to their art Their dedication is unbelievable he exclaimed They can barely survive economically yet still they will go buy expensive castings Dealing with artists t what Mr Knoespel anticipated he would be doing years ago when he and two others started up Mid Canadian Investment Castings Ltd in Georgetown Located where the McDonalds Restaurant Is now on Mountalnvlew Road the fledgling foundry started to grow so that a year It mov to Mountalnvlew Road where now stands was Ihe new name the company took cm when was a year The occasional bronze casting for on artist increased as word out that here was a company that docs thelost wax process We were doing It for Ihc fun of it but it got to the point where more and more people come out and so we decided we would create a new department Mr Knoespel Of the three partners he had the most aptitude for dealing with artists and so It became his However as developed there was less and less time ind space available for the needs of artists and Cercor decided to close thai division That was the turning point for Mr I thought why don I break out of here and run as a separate company I sold my shares to my two partners and made Art cast a separate company the father of three said That was In 1979 The rest Is a list of famous Canadian artists ing with Almuth of who had all the pieces for her first show cast by That was a major undertaking for the new company She returned to in to bronze cast one of the largest pro jects undertiktn by the firm a huge sun for the backyard of an Ottawa resident Who are some of the other artists Mr Knoespel has worked with They are Frances Gage of Toronto Bill McElchcrnn of Toronto Bruce Watson of Toronto Walter ski of Gerald Gladstone Bonet of Montreal Leo Mol of Winnipeg Joe Rosenthal Tchskmakjlan of Montreal Esther Elizabeth of Dora De Pcdcry Hunt John Reynolds IH IMlHll ml Hit Yuppie eustomt rs if Dominion House That is one group III it s mor ti rested 111 boils tnvcllme tie I smiles re tin eeiiintitii Mr Pick ban the Georgetown eeneril man iftr f 1 ill In 1 s been with tin firm fir lyIIyi Ask him In mint rum overt mm I ibl mkn hell tell pi lilt 111 pit Von cm lest Ins knowledge with ml Its sure diMpptuH von Inline been avid r from like his did link Ihen ill to help in the It is irl of tile ritual of up the white ilivd etnl ixphin Historic map ready for April unveiling When several hundred copies of his mop of Hal ton County in 1B5H perhaps he would have been last person one of them to be hung in library of his home town more than I30yeari he would have been surprised Next month the Georgetown library In conjunction with the Historical Society will be formally unveiling one of six re maining maps in the area after extensive restoration process Tht map which measures about 20 square feet was donated to the Georgetown I by Hills resident Marion Young In Mrs Young acquired the map from Ihc family of Allen lough after his death ago Dr McCul lough pro acquired the map directly from the printer George in IBM litres tin Dominion Seed prone rt is muih thin the usual backyard Ins to contend with Once surrounded firmlaiid the is now surrounded by single family homes and industry Mr snjs the is pari of Hit old id which in I irk extend all the back to o station lot William llndley mid order business in late lrios put tin mil the first in jeirs Inter it wis diftst Mr Itiksild a 1 v mil barber clippers desman Mr lir sell in sictls when Ins win slow Sot seed is tin Inisiiuss is dropped Doinii Ion House is Mill 1 run by lit diulHr of William Harding of Hit cur nut Hit firm long lime even who on work Some of our turn imployces Dominion Seed has full lime and mother part timers peak season which stnrls week of and runs til March will nil of business Is done through the mall iltlmugh in the early dnys there used j small sales station on two line whin ins lily and blooms used to Ik soldtopisstrsby Hit mini buildings in which ire sit red ind sorted filled ind pitkneed for nig wcrt built in the early ittKfe during the Depression Vi can see distinctivt white buildings Irom Maple and Guelph Ibis is Iht firm anniversary many eh Inn over Hit most noteworthy is Hint hybrids hive been developed fir petunias I the lunt of still pupulc 1 pointed to olden Urn Corn Grandpa it so people still wont although there ire belter vanelies now available he said We ill over the world for seeds We don 1 grow any here except for rhubarb the gene I man said heeds come from American ind producers The Georgetown properly is used Is well dihlias ind lilies are in cist there a of bulbs meet the demand what you set blooming he said To grow seeds here in thing the climate isn right A longer growing seison is needed Mr feck well property enough Many of flower seeds of tome from Id supplies the seeds for beans pels and corn and Japan miny of the hybrids broccoli ib- and some flower seeds There ire flower ind seeds from Holland and West erminy and lliose for odd from from Africa ind India Seed House color catalogue a key to the firms success lvti tin mail strike of lie Dominion Seed House his of rose bushes to gel that point General Manager Doug Peek We win fairly lucky that we wire hold rose bush inlers and they In With all of thtir business clone through Ihe mail It can be if living things are In mail strike The Seed full color features all manner of vegetable flower seeds plus bulbs and garth accessories you wont find Ihe sensitive rose bushes In busy after Christmas season the gets hundreds of orders filled and ready for delivery A buck room Is full of huge wire baskets full of reels ready I eo out We hnvc a good working rnpport will the post master here on ex eel lent relationship with Mr King and his staff Mr Iecksmd illy ihe mail comes over up lln sorted Seed House parcels and lakes them directly terminal It Jul easy for us presort tlicm here as send down there Georgetown post office he said Wt cm el parcel delivery lo Van In seven Or eight days which is super Dominion Seed House customers arc const coast from New found land to Vancouver and even as far as the Yukon he general manager said The company docsn because of the red tape In volved Mr Peck bald vegetable and flower seeds are equally popular with customers type of business hat when Is tight people buy vegetable heeds When money is freer people buy flower seeds and garden related It swings with the economy he said Although Mr Peck says no problem with birds and pests the company Georgetown prop do have problem wilh jack with various vegetable seeds especially corn squash and attract the four legged Tomatoes arc still the best sellers beans carrots and lettuce Mr said Along with the seed catalogue he company puis out an annual fall bulb brochure for tulips daffodils bulbous flowers the most expensive item in the Seed House catalogue this spr It tho new ivy leaved geranium It selling at 25 for eight seeds That because there was a lot of Intensive breeding in Mr Peck explained Anybody can plant a garden he encourages You don need a green thumb for most seeds He says May is still the rule of thumb for when to plant When the ground Is warmer you gel foster germination and foster growth Mr Peck sold