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PAGE TWO . THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, a > I Remarkable Success of Local Coal Firm R. W. Dixon & Sons Build Up Large Biisiness in Few Years P: vious to 1922 the firm of R. W. Dixon and Sons did not exist. NR. W. Dixon, the senior member, 'a; engaged in the milling busi- 'ess, having built up the Oshawa nur Mills, which he eventually +311 to Messrs. Hogg and Lytle. Teqeet A. Dixon, achieved marked ges, in New York as a bond 'lcsman, while his brother, Elmer, omained in Oshawa. In 1922, R. W. Dixon and E]- mer, father and son, commenced ~merations in a comparatively small 'av at the corner of Court and "urrie streets... Their total invest- nat was possibly $8,000, and three "~ors were. sufficient for the re viroments of their business. It vas not long, however, before they found it necessary to enlarge their *7amises and drastically improve their delivery system. \dditional equipment was pur-! cinsed, until at the present time thor find that 11 wagons and 17 'ntor trucks are not enough tp ma'ntain an efficient service. The hase of more trucks is at the "ent time under serious -consid- cration, In 1924 the. growth of the busi- ness necessitated an increase in the vecutive, and Ernest A. Dixon, of York, was take into partner- As a result of this addition, the personnel the firm has been to give beiior service to its J.C.YOUNG 4%2Prince St hawa, On* PLAN BOOK with ideas for home bells ders. Send for your copy to-day. MacLeau Builders' Guide 337 AdGwide o. % W., Toronto | Better Houses ' URIAH JONES | Ee Tn customers, and nmuch additional husiness has beea secured. Short ly after Ernest Dixon's arrival, the coal and wood business formerly conducted by G. B. Sharpe, at 317 Alpert street, was acquired, and tiv offices of the firm were moved tc 'he new location. The new office nd garage on Albert street is a neat brick building, one storey ir height, constructed at a cost of tbout $5,000. Not the least o' the assets of R W. Dixon and Sons is the new sand and gravel pit, purchased severa months ago. The business acera ng from this alone occupies zlmos: the entire time of one of the mem bers of the organization. They have secured several large contracts for the supply of sand and gravel fo construction work of all kinds. Al the sand and gravel used in the extensive building operations of the General Motors Company this year was supplied by Dixon and Sons In addition, thousands of yard: have been supplied for building gp erations in. various parts of thc city and vicinity. So great has been the activity of this branch of the businehs, that i was found necessary te secure a steam shovel, and thirteen addition al five ton trucks which are kep! busy supplyings (he demands of building contractors and others The importance of the firm as ar asset to the community is proved by the fact that cut of the 66 men emplpyed by them, over 60 ars married. This means that" a large number of families are dependent npon.the success of Dixon and Son: for their existence. These familier require houses, clothing, (ood, ete. which must be paid for out of wages. It is the presence of sucl firms in the eity which make for growth and prosperity, Such outstanding s=aeccess is no! accidental, it does not "just happen." There must have teen certair ideals which aniivated the variou members of the firm, and welded them together into an organization which has thousands of satisfied cus- fomers, and continues to increas its already great businers. It might perhaps be a little diflicalt to put these ideals int) words, but tha: they were worthy and honourable embracing a keen sere of resyonsi bility and a determination to keen faith is well evidenced by the firm's reputation in the co. mu: Hy. Belleville.--Mrs. REuphemiz Ter- rill, one of the founders of the sy:- tem of educating the deaf now prac- ticed in Ontario, died at the home of her son-in-law, Dr. J. M. Foster, at Oakville, in her eighty-eighth year. V. A. Henry, Insur- ance and Loans 113% SIMCOE ST. S. "hones: 1198W---Office 1858J--Residence ' SCRANTON i COAL The best the mines produce. | 2,000 lbs, in every ton. Coke | and wood. W. J. Trick Co., Ltd. 25 Albert St. Phone 230 " I= i See These Snappy Specials For Today $2200 4 large reoms---good foundation. Paved 7% reets and real good appearance. ioaall deposit and rental payments. $380 Two new 5 room bun- o galow= now ready. Brick and every convenicuce. $420 Six room brick. New, con- veniences, Six room brick, new. $4200 Right at the Motors. A lict dinner in two minutes. ®550 Carnegie Ave.; one of the snappies semd-bungalows Oshawa. we jn to one. of these on one notice, THE "NSEY REAL ESTATE ~_oclte the Post Oillee Phone 1550 CARTER'S Real Estate Real Estate for exchange, 6. room brick dwelling, square plan, nicely decorated, all mod- ern, paved street, garage, small mortgage for house on Col- borne, Brock, Elgin, Agnes or Division St. Can give $1,500 cash if necessary. Propeity to not exceed $6,000. $4,000 with $500 down, fine seven roomed dwelling, all modern, central fine boarding house. A snap for quick sale. CARTER'S REAL ESTATE, 5 King St. E, a wh hone 1380 LYCETT Your Real Estate and Insurance Broker AUCTIONEER 25 King St. E.--~Corner Celina Phone 205 To Rent Furnished Room Central 6-Room Brick House and Stable with one acre of land near Oshawa. W. J. SULLEY Real Estate 9 Celina Str:et, Oshawa Phone 2580. Res. 716j Tyrone, Nov. 17--Mr. and Mrs. Wil: iam Little of Osvhawa = visited hi: mother, Mrs. Wm. Little on Sunday. Miss Laura Virtue of Toronto and Miss Sadie Virtue of Hampton werc guests of their aunt, Miss F. Virtue. Miss R. Ferguson of Hilton was a guest of Miss Margaret Moore re- cently. Mr. and Mrs. Percy McCoy of Tor- onto were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs, Lorne McCoy. Mr. W. J, Tape of Niagara Falls sisited his sister, Mrs. Hotherby. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Goodman and sons, visited Mr. Goodman's brother at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mutton vyisited Mr. and Mrs. Hambly of Bowmanville. Mr. and Mrs. John Bentley of Cherry Valley were recent guests at the par- sonage. Miss Virtue and Mr. Staples were guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Sleeman »f Bowmanville. Mr .and Mrs. T. Findlay of Thorn- hill werc Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs. Ed. Virtue. Messrs. Lawrence Allin of Oronc and Gregory Colmer of Bowmanville candidates for Older Boys Conference. will speak to Tuxis Squares on Frida) evening. Rev. W. H. Bloomore of Pontypool will occupy the pulpit next Sunday evening. ; I atudations to Mr. and Mrs. W F. Parks. It's a girl. y Mr. Floyd Dudley has returned fron Prince Edward County. : The cast of the drama, Placer Gold have received complimentary ticket ior West Durham Hort'cultural Society Concert on Friday night. i Wedding bells are ringing and will ring out most vigorously on Saturday THORNTON'S CORNERS . Thornton's Corners, Nov 18.-- We send best wishes and congratu ations tc Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Morri highly respected residents of ow ommunity, who recently celebhrat 4 their wedding day Sixty year iarried and still in very good health onsidering their ages eighty and ighty two years respectively. Thei vedding day last Thanksg!ving Day was ,remembered by their childrer nd rand children and great giaadc hildren and a few friends who cam y cerziatulate them on this rar wecasion. Miss Hanna Annis, sis the bride was the eldest gues repent at the weddihz, We al yin with them in g Mr. an irs Morris many years of healt] ind happiness for the future. Mr. J. Sully has started work nu teneral Motors, Oshawa, some time | \20. We are very sorry to hear of he death of one our oldest resi. lents, Mr Gea. Holden whe was ¢ armer in our neighborhood many cars ago, living at one time or he fai.n near the highway, . lately | rurchased by Mr. B Powell. | The many friends of the family f the late Mr. Mercus Hollidy; ll sympathize with them in his re 'ent and sudden death At ons ime a successful farmer in ow nidst, who made a large number of viends and neighbors who will re- | ret to hear of his demise. We are sorry to hear thar mrs V. Luke is very ill at present with meumonia. We hope for an eariy ind safe recovery. A number of the farmers and osidents from arcund this vicinity "eld a meeting recently in the Sun- 'ay s-heol for the purpose of dis- -assing the possibility to obtain Hydro pcwer to light their honfes 'nd have power to meet .the work 10w done by gasoline engines in the barn. The cost of power for this '3 much less than it was 3 few years ago and the time we hope will 'ome when the farmers will see fit to have their homes made very a: - tractive for the young people, many of them now leaving the farm for 'he bright surroundings in the city The charm of the country life, an rducation, excells city life in gener- il. Let us all hope that this move in this direction will help to make he farms a place to live without drudgery. HARMONY Harmony, Nov 17.--Mr. and Mrs A. Gladman and My. Alberston at- tended the memorial service a'd Whitby cn Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Chas. Martin ,0 Pennatangachine, Quebec, are visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gimblett Mr and Mrs. L. Edwards, were ir Colborne on Monday attending the funeral of Mr. Edwards' nephew, Mr. J. Edwards. Mrs J. L. McGill at Mrs. H. Will son's, on Thursday. Cengratulations to Miss Irenc Oke for successfully selling hes hook of names. She received oiize of a silver tea service. air E Sheealy drawing (he lucky name and winning the blanket. Miss Oke wishes to thank all who helped her. Mrs. McVagh. Mrs. Logue and Mrs Mackie attended the concert ziven by the Hoge and School Coun- cil. It looks as though our summer has taken a sudden chill, but the farmers have taken good advantage v REAL ESTATE Homes built to suit purch wsers., R. M. KELLY 610 fimcoe St. N. [ Phone 1663W : f the fine weather we .have had,| . ng and all fall work. glad to see the snow.' Mrs J. Greentree spent Thursday vith Mis. G. Bunker in the city. Mrs. Gordon Edzer and baby, Le- na, spent the week end witli her! pin 'amily, Mr and Mrs. N. Marlowe, | and Mrs. H. Hunking. Mr and Mrs. J. Saunders gave a 1d are well up with their plow-; dance on Saturday night in honor cf Mr. and Mrs. J. Pollard. it being Scme of the children are anxious the 14th anniversary of their wed- or Saturday as they are going to 4ins. "oronto to greet Santo Claus on his | Ple present rrival at Eaton's. This is a very| Were the recipients of many. useful »xciting time for them and they are and spent an There were about fifty peo- and Mrs. Pellard Everyone and Mrs. enjoyable evening parting wished Pollard many more years of happi- ness and prosperity. Master Mr. and 'Mrs Thos. Oke and Mr. yarents, Mr and Mrs. A. Hastings. Stewart spent Sunday at Port Perry ang Mrs. Wm. Fecund visited with Mr, and Mrs. F. Thompson and | with her aunt, Mrs. Reader. , Mrs. Shaw, of Ann Arbor. Mich., , on Sunday. 5f Nestleton, spent Sunday with Mr.|epent a day or two with 'Mr and, Mr. and Mrs. A Gladman spent Mrs. Chas. Mackie. , | Saturday with Mr. Gladman's father Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs Miss Dcrothy Hogarth spent Satur- day at Port Bolster with friends. , Shaw spent Thursday in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Peeling and daughter and Mr Hudgin, of Pie- ton, visited with Mr. and Mrs. A Lott on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs A. Phair at Courtice Ges. Scott. tended Mr. and Mrs L. Hegarth and [at Nestleton on Friday night. at part Mrs Mrs. McIntosh, of Whitby, spent at Toronto. and Mrs Chas. Mackie at a dance at Ted Marlowe's and Mrs. L. Hogarth and | daughter spent Sunday with Mrs. Mr and Mrs C. Mickie. Mrg, | Hogarth's sister, Mrs. A McArthur, New Toronto. Shank, of Detroit, spent of this week with Mr. and A. Lott. - -- RUAN LIQUOR BOAT SEIZED Rochester, N.Y.--A 50-foot gaso- line cabin cruiser and 120 bags of Canadian ale, valued at $2,500, were seized at Snape Swamp, near Oswe- go, by members of the United States border. patrol. Suit a Cheque that will Spell Big Protits ! \ You Have eard of "VIST HEIGHTS" This pror erty is being developed into one of the most outstand' ng home sites in the city. Builders are at werk arn' the keen investor is taking advantage of the oppo tunity to make large returns by purchasing lots in this high class sub-division. Terms to 3 The popu'ation of Oshawa is bound to increase tremend- ously wit} 'n the next two years. The newcomers must hav= homes! 'Vhere will they be? Heights! This is the only section available which is sita- ated right on the street car line, with city water, light, etc. Cheap an:! comfortable transportation; ideal location over- looking boautiful Lake Ontario; highly restricted. If you dc nct wish to build your own home at the present time, or cven if you have your own home, purchase one or mcre [ots in Vista Heights, and watch values grow. The answer is: Vista Lots Selling at $400 to. Tem. Chfice, VISTA HEIGHTS 8 Bond St. W. Phone 1851 Permanent Office--9 Simcoe St. South W. S. MILLER, Sales Manager GEO. A. SYMES, Gen. Manager