Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 7 Apr 1964, p. 4

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MRS NORMA MOORE RECORDS PRES PURCHASING AGENT ALLA Six hundred thousand cars were built in Canada last year Every one contains compon ent iabricated in the Barrie plant oi imperialEashnan Cor poration Canada Limited This gives an indication oi the impact of this fledgling industry on the economy ol this country Established less than three years ago the company now has stall at 74 and an investment in plant and equipment oi near 1y $1000000 The president Charles McNei lis has on pet lorrnula lor the companys success Perhaps the secret lies in positive aggres siveness to seek out and obtain business BIDS REGULARLY Within short alter its imitation on auto mobile ti iness and obtained its share Not day goes by without an eifort to tender on requirements ot the automotive and term equipment manufac turers jioday imperialEastman cart ries an inventory of 9000jteml lrom tubs fittings and valves to hydraullfimlgzse fisskgngliea to grease ve per cent of total sales is produced in the Barrie plant The balance comes lrom the British and US plaan This ratio will be changed later this year when the com pany completes an addition to plant laciiuies Plans have been completed for 10000th ad dition to cost approximately 50 W0 OVERCROWDING The additional floor space will relieve present overcrowding and enable the company to add further forging and casting equipment iooimakingsnd hose assembly lines When the new equipment is operating the companywill ha ableto supply 50 per cent ol all ordersin Canada and through out the world In its eilorts to expand its DENT CHARLES McNELLlS HOWELLS businesslhe company has ob tained contracts lor export to many foreign countries For ex ample imperial is the largest supplier of grease fittings to the US defence department hose couplings to England and cen tralized lubrication equipment to Japan As business increases Mr Mc Nellis says the demand for skill ed personnel intensiiies Ontbe job training has been the grim ary answer to this need Evan tuaiiy it is hoped that the pro posed technical institute in Bar rie will provide additional assist ance in the luture The company stands ready to assist in the institute partly through lectur es by skilled personnel racaurmsmsmnrn technical institute is an of Mr McNellis He believes it could be the meanaol supply ing skilled and semiskilled help to all industries in the Be orbit with such pool of tra gt ed men and women imperial US Proposal InUN criticized UNITED NATIONS Am The United States suggested Monday that the United Nations security Council focus its atten tion on the future rather than trying to pass judgment on charge oi British aggnession against Yemen The US proposal touched all an immediate blast from the representatives oi Arab coun tries and the Soviet Union The suggestion was made by 118 Ambassador Adlai SteV venson who said it appeared there had been harder violations irom both sides and the council was in no posit to ascertain the acts The United States he said has repeatedly expressed disapproval of both provoc live acts and reprisals Yemens military authority alleges that British planes killed 25 ocrsnns Man 28 in an at tadron Yemeni tort near the border town of liar das told ing role toplay un ed and culturally trong Canadaandv that they played the role to them ihe remarks came trom late Secretary Lamontagne and Don Jamieso president of th Ca bad grown up in has admitted the attack but said it was carried out alter re peated protests had tailed to halt Yemeni flights over the ten ritory oi the South Arabia Fed eration SUGGESTS NEW AIM Stevenson suggested thatrin stead of dwelling on the past the council should seek con structiveapproach aimed at re lieving the bordertension which has led to tbe presentjcase He backed British proposal tor demilitarlzed zone and proposed that either the council or UN SecretaryGeneral rU ihant appoint representative to work on the problem The Yemeni Yahya Geghman accused Stevenson or trying to drown British aggressionina sea ol conlusion He said the British attack we not arrincident but was ag ressl oadian Association of Broadcas éers at the firstday of the had remained relatively an mi because Confederation lll lldlihad put the emphasison economic and political matters As result French and English tures represen ative Soviet Ambassador Platon Morowv charged that Steven son was seeking to put on an equal footing an aggressor and victim oi that aggression ile repeated previous Soviet de mands that Britain be con demned hy the councilt gt PLEASEREMEMBER On all telephone calls within BarrieCooksiowri Lefroy sing Oro and surely it usr Providingwa sale JVEAttiMcKNlGHTIT THREADING MACHINE Future Is Bright For Barr ie Area President Says Charles iichilis president oi imperial Eastman Corporation Canadat Limited is strong booster for Bunls rcsldent hcre loss than three years he is convinced that this city has great luiure as an industrial centre He thinks oi Barrio as suburb oi Toronto with all of the advantages oi big city life but with none ol the head aches our proximity to the big Tomato industrial complex place could expand much iasterthan it is doing now lllr McNeliis feels that the same could be said for many other Barrio in dustries Meanwhile Imperial is mak ing every eilort to train and keep slriilcd personnel Most oi the employees have been hired irom this area and some have acquired high degree of cum pctence The company conducts an an nual audit of the compensation and beneliis to assure that they are kept current Most recently the medical plan was revised and now ranks asone oi the best in the area Groundwork has also been laid ior pension scheme rkmg place is must Emphasis on safety on the job has always been oi major importance to the company and the excellent salety record achieved was re cognized by the Workmens Compensation Board An active club sponsors year round activiti or employees and their la ice The club is operated by no employees com mittee and activities include an Easter party corn roast pic nic and Christmas party The company makes every ei lorLtoeobtain sequlp 37 ed tomanuiacture products in accordance with quality stand ards Automatic screw machines are capable olturning out large variety of parts up trim in ches in diameterand to very close tolerance Special elbows and tees are produced on semi automatic chuckers which are believed to be the only ones oi as us in good position to at tract more plants he says Barrie he believes should have more industry to Increase local prosperity and help Exists ing plants The city needs lluid capable work force and it is getting it Skills the people are increasing but Bar rie needs technical institute to develop more people as top lllght plant personnel anucmoh nann People who acquireinduslrial skills in Toronto do riot return to their home towns as rule he contends They get establish ed in Toronto and alien remain there it Barrie were to educate young people here more ol them would remain to incrcase the skill averageoi the population Availability of help Is important to any prospective investor Mr Mchlils holds INSPECTOR AISTROP suaeamrenneur SETTER AVAICE MLJICNEHlsJasten 4n duslry all or his world li At 42 he has had 25 years with imperialEastman He started with the US company when he was going to high school and acquired experience in all de partments belore gaining execult tive authority himself Mr McNellls recalled that his grandiatber Charles McNeills who died some years ago esta blished the lirst plant oi im perial The late Mr McNeitis was born to St Catharines Ont and moved to Chicago back in 1905 As the father of 14 child rcn he first took job with foundry but with so many mouths to lecd he soon started his own lirm Today the com pany haspiants in Chicago and llianitowoc Wisconsin employ ing more than 1000 workers TN US ARMY Charles ee cond World War as lieuten ant and saw service in the Phil ippines Married he is the lath er oi eight children ranging from 17 years to ill mouths Mr hlchllis fondly recalls his lirst experience in Barrie He established imperials lirst Can adian plant in an old warehouse on Vespra St in February lost Five months later the firm moved into its present quarters on Dyment St near Highway 400 He has made friends quickl modems finds Leanadian Americans in fact he sees no ditlcren Canadians are not lorcigne outh oi the border and Americansare regarded in the same light in Canada we go to Mexico Canadians or Americans we are 8r gas PROUD on areas Apart lrom Mr liicNellis the only executive importtis their kind being used in Canada Stroud just dialthe fuvlliseven figures of the tele ph rie nhmber you wish to reach lmormaiionl and Consult theinirocluctoryzpage director for complete details Snider sales manager Mine PALMER CHIEF cunusxas SECTION OF $lt00llol IMPERIALEASTMAN PLANT with 12 years service lllost ol the other employees are Ear rielics and law are irom England This pleases Mr McNellls Recruiting personnel in the home area makes lor contentment and stability of stall The company is proud oi its record ior steady employment and it wants as little turnover as possible Mr McNellis is more than president He is Ihe boss who knows every machine and what itcan do He has been plant employee himself and can operate any one of the complex machines which now cram every inchoi available space in the plant lie recalls thatBarrle was one ol 25 or as citics visited by US of ials oithe company belore this city was selected as the site of the plant Barrie was cunsi red progressive grow ing industrial city within as reach of marketsBarr till progressive in Mr McNellis op inion and he wants to keep it that way SELL BY COMPUTER Japan National Railways is testing computer system which will handle all sales of tickets for express trains sleep era and reserved seats

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