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Low rower lino sTrii COSTS ATTRACT INDUSTRY MANSFIELD RUBBER Mansfield Rubber CompanyI subsidiary of large firm established their Can adian headquarters in Barrie Officials have acknowledged full cooperation on the part CGE Payroll Hits New High Stoiff Steadily Increases The lilfil payroll of the Can adlan General Electric Company Small Appliance Department in Barrie reached an alltime high amounting to $2511000 This includes 10 per cent cost of living allowance the wage structure On December Zl 1961 all hourly rated and grade salaried employees received fiver nt per hour increase which will add $56000 to the 1902 pay roll further fivcccnt per hour increase will be paid December 1962 in January 1962 the work force stood at 507 people as compared to 557in January of 1961 an increase of 50 dur ing the year Fiftytwo per cent of the work force are men Municipal taxes paid by the company during 1961 amount ad to 572042 and payments to public utilities were $47956 BUSINESS ROOMS Business during the first hall of 1961 me causefor concern However the picture changed in August and the high inventories accumulated during the first half started to move ending the year with the lowest year and stock in five years The company is entering 1962 in very strong position officials state and it will take four months to accumulate adequate stocks to meet expected sales The year 1962 looks good de clared one spokesman We do have problems that must be met he continued increased wages and henetits must be offset by increased pro ductivity so that selling prices will not rise and the competit tin position will enable us to maintain volume production and high employment We are con fidcnt this can be accomplished We submit the following mes sage to those who are interest ed in the growth and stability of Barrie and District During the past is years Barrie has experienced growth second to none The results of this growth have provided em ployment of kind resulting in high standard of living or many hundreds of people STEPS TilSUCCESS In broad terms the factors that make good business die mate are responsible for the success of Barrie and district These factors are Qualified and responsive people to fill employment needs and educational facilities as re quired to prepare people for wide range of job opportunities Good employeemanagement relations with equitable pay on benefits in exchange for full ef fort and skill on the job friendly openm ad ed attitude toward business on the part of local people and their elected representatives llonost end efticfcnt govern ment supported by alert and wellinformed voters which levies fair taxes without unnec essary restrictive regulations or discriminatory burdens on any segment of the community impartial law enforcement at all times Highquality community fac ilitics such as stores ha nks utilities transportation hospitals health institutions and commcro ial services social and cultural atmos ere in which people enjoy liv ing and working including fine schools churches libraries and theatres responsible and healthful recreational facitL ties On the part of community employers scriausm assumption of their responsibilit ies as business citizens as evi denccd by consistently good ems ployec relations and by cour ageous leadership in civic and political affairs BEWARE DECLINE if these factors were to be neglected or sacrificed because of misunderstanding or reed the community could decline when community or neighborhood deteriorates sexi nus economic losses are the inevitable consequence Unl the trend is reversed property values go down tax revenues decline local markets shrink employment falls profits slip and at the same time relief costs welfare costs and the cost of police and other municipal sorvic llien joli opport unitic the hllll young peep tho Skillett workers depth Iiile the dull the old and askilled remain As deter continues vice mt cori tlofl incrcasc morale and civic pride sink tensrons and hostilities rise and soon the community be comes known for what it is poor place in which to live work own property or operate business If we value Barrie as good place in which to live workuown property or operate business let us each contrib ute our fair share of responsi N0 SUNDAY MILK BERKHAMSTEAD Herts The Express Dairy is to make another effort to eliminate Sun deliveries of milk Last April the company tried this as an experiment at Berkhamstead but the idea had to bo drop ped because at strong opposi tion Because of shortage of milk delivery men another ef fort is to he made to adopt sixdaysaweek delivery service Boat Builder Sees Expansion Skin Diver Equipment New Line Business increased for Delaney Boat Lines in 1961 and the trend is expected to con tmue in 1962 Well be going bigger and better this year says comp any president Deon Arbuthnot For example we started selling skin diving equipment last year and there is growing interest in this sport AlsoI we have an air station for selling essed air to underwater Aiid wesuppiy compres sed air to all the fire depart meats in Simcoe County CNR removal of two tracks and the tearing down of freight shed in firnnt oi Delanlt eys should help business said Mr Arbuthnot Theres going to be park lag lot where the freight shed was and this will make us more accessmle Delaneys specializes in man ulacfuring Delcraft mahogany runabouts both inboard and outboard and cruisers up to 24 feet The company with stir of 15 also sells aluminum and fibre glass boats And we have an extensive repair and servicing business for boat owners from Toronto as well as the Barrie district says Mr Arbuthnot lot of servicing is noees sary because we store about 170 beats during the winter Manager Predicts it will be another year be forethcre will be any need for expansion in the plant or staff said Jim Pratt office manager for Murray Pratt Manufacturing Company The majority of the Comp anys soles of sheet metal pro ducts are sold in the Toronto to North Bay area Three years ago we bought larger machinery to increase our capacity and year prev iously we constructed an addit ion to the plant said Mr Pratt Since then the addition and new machinery has taken care of the increased produc tion However our progress is such that another expansion is in the offing he said bility to all things people of Barrie to enjoy the benefits of living and workin in progressive community the constructive which will enable during itGl said Robert ilauk of city officials and found in dustrial climate to be on the Barrie Industry Completes Orders Coast To Coast Both the plant and produc tion have increased 20 per cent vicepresident of Lufkin Rule The site of the plant was expanded in order to make room for new equipment to in gt rev PRIME EXAMPLE highest plane crease the Canadian content in our products he added Lufkin Rule first came to Barrie in 1945 and sells its products basic tapes and rules from coast to coast it appears we are goingtn have to expand again next year said Mr ilauk You can at tribute that to an aggressive coast to coast selling cam paign he added Try An Examiner Want Ad Kolmar Operation Unique In Business For MLady There as once him aunt that vlnmanl place was in the home or to be more pm cise in the kitchen In the modern until this theory IS knocked offkiller by the hordes of women ho not huh form the great proportion of the citys office staff but hate made deep inroads into the in dustrial viorltl case in point is Kbllnal of Canada Limited which makes product familiar to most women cosmetics The plant employs from to so women dependan on the season nhile the male staff in the plant levels off at about 12 Who are these vtemcn take home an average monthly payroll of approximately $8000 what are they doing at Kolmar instead of being in their shiny chrome kitchens its difficult to determine common denominator answer for this question For many the answer simply is that they started working and never stopped Some of the female employees have worked in the Kolmar test lab for nine years Mrs Almira Card is one if these women She and her hus band came to Barrie with the building of the Victoria Street plant nine years ago after working at the plant in Oak vllle Mrs Card works with the lab men doing tests on evch thing from shampoo to face cream During the morning hour when the housewife runs the comb through her hair and dubs on lipstick prior to the catty no mug family rush oung woman lltt pianl urn mould more than 00 of these sample lipsticks hire Dorothy Gimltlultl Is in iupcrvisor in this lipstickmak ing department With this title gots responsibility for the dr partment in which she worked at most from lipstick moulding through the flaminc or glussfng to put ting labels on the base of the holder POWDER ROOMS From this section ware house size hall loud to the Kolmar powder roams These powder room do not contiIn the usual lounge chairs and primning mirrors but simply powder in the raw process of being made pressed and box cd in this section the female corps orks in nitpolluted with minute particles of powder which in the end smooths the skin oi the lovely ladies of the land but in overabundance can be extremely irritating wren lmbcdded in the unprotected skin Most of the workers fight this by applying creams and oils as does the young near milpound woman who runs the 120pound pressure power press producing 2600 compact illlcrr day in the midst of this dusty production is yet another om an of the house who ks in industry Covered in creamy pink pow der up to her wrists sits Mrs Elfricde Hempel Until moving the BARBIE 1950 so 1962 This Modern Plant In 1961 Produced 3018745 Bigottles Of Canada Dry Beverages In 1950 this plant operated with shaft of 10 employees and produced 800000 bottles of Canada Dry Beverages 25 Barrie employees are now engaged in bottling and distributing over 3000000 bottles of Canada County ry Beverages annually in Barrie and Simcoe The Champagne of Ginger Ales BOTTLED UNDER THE AUTHORITY or CANADA DRY LIMITED owner AND OPERATED BY MR 180 CANADA INNISFIL ST an ROBINSON OI VEARRIE Bontfilucofl some PHONE PA 82171 manual Jobs ltt Luilaua sue Mrs lltmpcl torment bknt tar mic and Iliuiht in lud etburn little town near Soul Germany had come In contact with only the slightest touch of face ponder Looking at hci the poodrr covering her hands and setting in relief the dark lustre of her German amethyst ring the New Canadian explained her poor knowledge of English made it difficult to work in on office For this worker as with most of the women there Ws no problem concerning the children at home In fact the Iwo Hem pel girls spend their summers between high school terms working at Kolmar At belt four in the makeup department Mn Margaret Mar shall is completing her sixth year at Kulmnr and her fourth year as supervisor of belt four SALLYS SliLlJES may ilk least until marry him