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Oshawa Times (1958-), 8 Nov 1965, p. 11

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=-mergency. Numbers A : - Hospital 723-2211 os e Oshawa Cmvres Police 725-1188 . OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER.8, 1965 AL ESSERY and family front of fireplace is, left to bought their new house at right, wife Nola, son Doug- 764 Carre Thibeault, Ste las, 8, and Al. Left, data Therese en Haut. The EF processing supervisor Al Es- sery family moved to Quebe watches key punch op- in ly, 1965, and found a erator Yolande Dore prepare model home to their liking, ay roll lists in the data , fe * ' ' " ¢ ; é we just five minute's drive from roc centre at GM's , -- the new GM. plant. Seen in | IN THE REAY family 10, sing. Dad Ian accom- in Ste. Therese en Haut, the Crystal, 12, aitend Elmwood room, mother plays. the panies group on home-made Reay family helps mother Secondary School, located 1 piano while children - instrument. Below in the with the supper dishes. Old One Of The Best Things tal, 12 and (right) Keven, kitchen of their new home est children, Keven, 10 and nearby, { My Life,' D Of My Life,' Data Boss "For me, the transfer to Ste.|Mrs. Essery after a_ recent Therese has been one of the|Home and School open house. best things of my life. Both my|EXPLAIN JOBS | wife and I agree -- we like it| Al has a favorable impression here and we're in no hurry tojof the French-Canadian emplo return to Oshawa." ees he comes in contact with So said Al Essery, data pro-'daily. "You have to be patient cessing supervisor at GM ofjand take time out to explain Canada's newly - opened car'their jobs carefully," he s plant at Ste. Therese, Quebec sut ter that, well -- you'll! Al and his wife Nola and son|go a long way to find employ-| Doug, 8, are among 75 Oshaw jees more obliging and co-oper-| families who now call the Ste./ative." | Therese. area, homie, They bought a split-level house in a/STYLING FINE | smart new subdivision at Ste.| Although Al was asked to| Therese en Haut, about five|come to Ste. Therese long after} minutes drive' from-the new. car|™0st of the other GM employees plant. jfrom Oshawa, he is very satis- fied with the real estate deal he LITTLE FRENCH jmade on his new house. "We "Although Al and I speak lit-| got an excellent buyer for our! tle French --- we were too latejold home at 476 Finucane ave.| to take part in the { classesjin Oshawa, and the price and --- our son is taking ;s ial|styling of this new house suit-! special French classes at Elm- xactly."' wood Elementary School "The move to the new plant} of the GM families' children of|at Ste. Therese has been a great public school age go there. It's| education for the three of us. It's an extremely up-to-date publicjeasy to get in a rut when you school, complete with lending li-|live in one town all your life. and movie room," said'Our move here is like a tonic.""| North Ontario To Oshawa To Ste. Therese For Reays "Right from the start, my,and a daughter, Crystal, 12. wife was really enthusiastic] «The oldest kids were a little ova our Cet to Ste./homesick at first, said Ian. lerese, Saic an eay ge oY , eral foreman of Body-in-White Bia on -- - -- ae metal finishing operations. "She new surroundings. Now they're in Whitby and has c and everything is ved ist é A * 's . saregr itn out fine life, so the idea LANGUAGE FI rovince was ¢ C > Re find they have little difficulty with the lan- Ian came to Oshawa and Gen age. "I come in contact with eral Motors in 1948 from K n nglish speaking workers land Lake, Ont. The Reaysjin the plant and with the service people coming to the sometimes who speaks no Eng- French-Canadian workers, Ian I'd do it all over again if I lived at 440 Nipigon ave. in Osh-/French instruction I took in house -- the milkman and dry lish. That's when the funspeaks highly. "It's been ahad to," said Ian. "The peo awa. They have four children,|Oshawa, I get by. My wife cleaner, but it doesn't bother starts." great deal of hard work setting ple are good and they really three boys; Kevan, 10, Darryn,|Rose doesn't speak any French. her. We have a b tter come About the new plant andup, but it's been exciting and try." 21. months and De nineiThis is a hit of a handicap with FRAMED BY suspended ponents -- is general fore- Therese, P.Q. Situated just own railway spur and by in this plant, and when tte?! "ar? the Laurentian Autoroute. capacity is reached some "body-in-white" parts - = man Ian Reay of GM's new north of Montreal the plant There is over a million 2500 people will be em- Sere metal car body com- car assembly plant at Ste, is linked to its market by its square feet of floor space ployed.

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