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Whitby Free Press, 25 Oct 1973, p. 12

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PAGE 12, TH1URSDAY, OCTOBER 25,1973, WHITBY FREE PRESS New l Planit for Whi*tby Construction will begin immediately 'on a new plastic and rubber goods plant in the Port Whitby industrial area, Deveiopment Comùmissioner Wes Winters announced to- day. The new company, WEGU Rubber and Plastic Mianufacturing Company Limited,. whicb specializes in leisure type consumer produets, wiIl bring more than 100 new jobs to Whitby, 'and ble estimates an investment of approximatiely $1 million. WEGU bas, purchased a 14 acre~ industriai site bounded on the east by the Dunlop plant and on the south by Consolidated Bathurst. On the west sie of the property is the. CNR spuru ne to the Port Whitby industries, with a lead-in track. to the site. The 64,000 square foot building, wbich includes a manufacturing plant and office space, is expected to begin operations in Ianuary 1974. The arcbitects are Sirlin and Gileër, of Toronto, and the contractor is Construction and Design Services, a-division of Ronald C. Deeth Ltd., Whitby. The Whitby operation is the first plant WEGU bas established in Canada. Company president is Walter Draebing, a German industrialist, and the manager in-, Wbitby will be Klaus Luddermann. One of the conditions of the agreement approved today between the Town of Wbitby and WEGU is the town shahl provide a storm sewer easement to the site and pave Harbour Street to give access to the industrial site. Mayor Desmond. Newman said. Whitby wiIl benefit from the growth of WEGU as the market for its products expands. "We have been pursuing a deliberate policy of trying to involve companies that have some basic international position," said Mayor Newman. "Tbey are also a growth type industry in their field and this will help the industrial structure in the Town." Mayor Newman also said the 100 jobs whîch will be_ KINETTE' CLUB 0F WHITBY The Kinette meeting, Oct. 1 Oth was held at Le Chalet Restaurant , with President Mary Barrand in tbe chair. This was a special meeting as this was the first reunion with 20 guests attending. Highlights of the meeting were' the presentation of a 13 year perfect attendance pin to Marjorie Gartshore, a speech by the Charter Pres- ident, Joy Rich, a present- ation to Kinette Ruth Haw- son, the former First Lady of District 8, and a speech' by the guest speaker, Brigad- eer A. MacQuordale, from The &lvation Army, House of Concord. Brigadeer MacQuordaie's speech, concerned teenage problems of today. One of the tbings, House of Concord THIS WEEK .e, from Ottawa * SUCCESS IN CINA Prime Minister Trudeau met with Chairman Mao Tse- Tung for 90 minutes during bis visit to China. The two leaders talked on varjous matters - Canada, interna- tional problems, peace. The Primne Minister's trip bas proved 'to bc a tremen- dous succes*s. It has resulted iii a strengthening of trade a.nd comrnunity ties between Canada and China. Mr. Trudeau and Premier Chou En-lai signed agree- ments wbich will provide for scientific, sport, cultural, medical and educational ex- changes between the two counitries. PARLIAMENT RESUMES Parliament resumed sitting last Monday after a month- long recess, with a debate on Welfare Minister Marc La- londe's l1egislation to icrease family allowances to an average $20 from the present $12 a month per child. QIL TALKS Energy Minister Donald Macdonald met with Vene- zuelan officiaIs ini Caracas, for talks to assure a conti- nued supply of crude oil to Eastern Canada. Venezuela exports some three million bgrrels per day, 10% of which it ships to Canada, SKIM MILK PRICE DOWN 'Agriculture Minister Eu- gene Whelan anxiounced that *im milk powder prices have been reduced by at lea.st 17 cents per pound effective October 15. The reduction follows a 20-cent-a-pound federal gp- vernment subsidy to pow- dered milk companies. ini- tiated last mnonth to help check rising food prîces. The new prices will continue in effect for one year. EXPORT CONTROLS T he National Energy Board announced export con- trois on propane'and butane gases and heavy fuel'oils ef- fective Monday, October 15. National Energy Board Secretary, R.S. Stead, said the controls are a result of an unusually heavy flow of products to the United Sta- tes. The federal government is concerned with maintaining sufficient quantities of these products for domestic use. UNEMPLOYMENT UP Statistics Canada reported that the seasonally adjusted unemploymnent rate for Sep- temnber rose to 6 % from 5.5 % in August - the biggest singe monthly increase since April 1971. The province of Quebec registered the lowest unem- ployment in more than a year. The number, of Quebecers without jobs dropped to 1 54,000 in Sep- tem ber from 1 64,000 in August. deals with, is drug addiction. [n his speech he spoke about a pregnant addicted girl, the father aiso an addict, bearing a child with three legs. The chid died. This is one of the things to be concerned about in the next generation - that is, that there are indi- cations that children from addicted parents may be de- formed in some ways. He also said that teenagers corne to the House of Con- cord because parents were Ï beating them or of incestual ~problems. Another of the problems, is paren t's object to teenager's long hair, sen- sational ciothes and, there- fore, having the child kicked out of the home, flot respect- ing their mind, intelligence, social behaviour, etc. Aiso he indicated that ma- ny of the chilcfren with pro- blemns, were flot only from poor families, but families from middle and upper ciass. 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Demolition begins immediately'on an ore grinding miii which has- stood . on the site since 1946., During the past 25 years it was operated by Woodhall Mines Ltd., Wbitby Ore MilîsLtd., Canadian Silica, Corporation, and Indusmin, Ltd. a, subsidiary of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. In-, dusmin closed its- plant about three years-ago; the facilities bave remained vacant since that timne. At one time silica was shipped to thisý plant for gridning and stored in two concrete silos which held 1,400 tons of raw material. Mr. Winters expressed satisfaction to have a new man- ufacturing'plant established on this property which was the home of one of Whitby's first post-war industries. See Us at C*inema .Il Your ticket to "Lost of Sheila" cou Id win you the keys b EMAlLT1* a brand new RE AULI1 C- &C -MOTORS How long can high rates last, The present high,.high interest o n long terni' savings - how long cari it last? Equaily important is how miuch are you profiting [romi it? 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