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14A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, Februery 28, 1967 W. EARLE McLAUGHLIN BORN HERE Bank President Can Say: "Oshawa's My Home Town' Chairman and president. of The Royal Bank of Canada, W. Earle Mclaughlin has had a long association with the bank -- an association that actually dates back to the day of his birth when a proud grandfather marched down to, the Royal Bank's branch in Oshawa, Ont., and opened an account in the @ name of his new grandson. That was September, 1915. Brought up and educated in Oshawa, Mr. McLaughlin at- tended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, graduating with honors in economics ard history in 1936. College degree notwithstand- ing, Mr. McLaughlin had to learn banking from the ground up. His first task -- assigned the day he started in a branch in Toronto -- was to sweep the vault floor, This chore, he re- calls with a grin, can be con- strued as his first position of responsibility with the gene be r janitor swept ou i on rar at ae bain," |Laughlin was appointed Gen- Soon he was caught up in. the|¢'#!_ Manager, then President. standard training routine elected Chairman in through whch all Juno, Bank "in addition to his long cree ity = wi e bank, Mr. McLaughlin to a brilliant banking caree?: ing been clossly ipschd ee Me edge tiy 'sails wont many major financial cor- Man yval's | W. EARLE McLAUGHLIN First Whites Used Canoes The first white men to reach these shores of Lake Ontario came in canoes. They were with y \the party of Sieur de Champ- lain (with his swarthy court- \Indians, who swept by watery porations in Canada and else-|highways through what was to where, He is a Director of the become Whitby Township to following firms: Power Corpor-|Lake Huron in 1615. ation of Canada Ltd.; Standard} The coureurs de bois erected Brands Inc.; Canadian Pacific the first building in the vicin- Railway; Ralston Purina Co.; ity, a trading post established Metropolitan Life Insurance| at the mouth of the creek which Co.; The Algoma Steel Corpor-jjeads to the Oshawa harbor ation Ltd.; J. P. Coates (Can-| And to that same point, to make ada) Tid.; Adela Investment|the abandoned trading post his Co., S.A., and Sogemines Ltd./cabin, came Benjamin Wilson Mr. McLaughlin is also Chair-/and his family in 1791 - the man of the Canadian Advisory/first white settlers of Oshawa. Committee of the Sun Alliance z In Reach township, Solomon Bd one of the early settlers s between Port Perry and Non- Rug Cleaning | quon river, took 12 days to come qq \from Kingston with a yoke of Firm Expands loxen to a site which later be- The Oshawa Rug Cleaning at came Orser's tavern, The Dutch 1700 Simcoe st. n. is one whe and Germans who settled in "1g keeps growing with the) pi ering in 1792 spent four oe . weeks cutting their way through The 'business started in 1956 : : as a one-man operation but it/the woods for a few miles, In cleaning. now has 15 employes, plus four|1821, Reuben Randall spent two trucks. days clearing a path to enable The business was started in his ox team to get into Whitby a private residence, but now Township. One man never en- operates from a new modern plant at 1700 Simcoe st. n. countered a sight of a settler or house during a 12.- mile The firm features complete rug broadloom and upholstery|tramps through the woods near i\Uxbridge, in those days: branch in Montreal. He was ap-| pointed Manager of the branch | in 1951, Assistant General Man-| ager of the bank in 1953 and| six years later became Assis- tant to the President. The fol- lowing year, 1960, Mr. Mc- Major Pool Grows Fast In Exports Major Pool Equipment Corp. | (Canada) Ltd. of Oshawa has| its own success story to tell these days. Not satisfied with remarkable strides made by its products in the domestic swimming pool market, it has pushed into the tough U.S. market. It also esta- blished outlets iast year in Swe- den, West Germany and Britain. | Its exports last year repre- sented 15 percent of total busi- ness and the future is expected to rise to 25 percent this year. The success of the company) is based on a vinyl liner which | fits over steel, frmework to) make constructidn easier and price considerably lower. | President Navid E. Henry puts it 'this way: "Anyone who can afford a second car can} now afford a swimming pool." | The company originally was the distributor in Canada for the U.S. company of the same name. But now Major Pool is} independent - it only pays roy-| alties to the former parent eom- pany in exchange for technical | knowledge. | It built @ 5,300-sq.-ft. plant in) Oshawa's Industrial Park in} 1964; one year later it was ex- panded to 10,500 sq. ft., and now ence again, it is inadequate. The vinyl liner, filler and skimmer @re manufactured by Major Pool at present. The fabricated But... ieremntee! Zor the best move Youll fuer. Make .. Jt OLEMAN' | NEWLY APPOINTED AGENTS FOR "ATLAS VAN LINES" ed to make the company self-) sufficient. When the new plant! goes into operation in 1968, it will be making the complete unit. They have designed a new pool enclosure that has been selling for less than $1,000, | from Sweden, Winnipeg, Van- couver and other far away points. | Money Scarce In Annis' Time Money was very scarce in the settlement which occupied what is now Oshawa in the pioneer) days. | Wheat could be exchanged for goods as the store, but not for money. | Levi Annis, one of the set-| tlers here, took his first load of wheat to Bowmanville, and was told by his father, Charles, that he must get $5.50 in cash. to pay his taxes, but that he could take goods for the rest The merchant with whom he dealt refused point blank to pay any cash, saying he could get! all the wheat he wanted for| goods. Levi went to another merchant and told him of the desperate need for the $5.50 to pay the taxes. Finally the sec- ond merchant agreed to ad- vance the money on condition that he receive the whole crop from the 31 acres. Thus it was he received $5.50 in cash from 31 acres of wheat, all the rest of the payment being in goods. Speaking further of Levi An- nis, son of pioneer Charles An- nis who settled here with his family in the early days.he sav-| ed enough money when 18 from| his trapping activities to buy! two six-months-old calves. Just before he bought them he was | offered for the same amount) of money 100 acres of land some distance from the lake. For days he was in doubt as to whether he should buy the 100 acres or the calves. He let the land go and bought the calves. Had he bought the land he would have likely seen a part of the} town of Oshawa built upon it the move agent for 85 Bond St. W. In 1920, with one truck, Coleman's Moving and Storage Ltd. had its start. Since then, they have developed into Oshawa's leading Mover with more than 47 years of exper- ience behind them. If you have a move plan- ned for your future whether it be across town or across the country, why not give Coleman's a try. Their experienced packers and unloaders will do their utmost to see that none of your valuables are damaged in prices... they're very reasonable. Coleman' on this company from coast to coast. COLEMAN' MOVING and STORAGE LTD. and you'll be amazed at the low s have recently been appointed Atlas Van Lines so you can,count 723-7532 jeurs de bois and red-skinned, | When A Business Thrives There Must Be A Reason! We at Northside have been very successful in our three and a half 'years of business, But it hasn't been by accident. We have worked particularly hard to make every contact with our customers, or potential customers, a pleasant and agreeable one. Due to this, through our sales and service, our customer rela- tions has been growing and is still increasing. We wish to take this opportun- ity to thank our many customers and are always looking forward. in meeting new ones. JULES RUSONIK ident and G New Yorker 4-Door Hardtop 124-inch wheelbase 1967 POLARA soe 2-Doer Hardtop 1967 DODGE CORONET 300 1967 DODGE CHARGER 2-Deer Hardtop 2-Door Fastback SATISFACTION AND SERVICE FULLY GUARANTEED SERVICE CAMERON "CAM" CARLAW(. Service Manager \ RON HEWAT Sales Manager "Cam" has served many years in the auto repair business, In the present area os well as large dealerships in the City of Toronto, He ond his stoff are well qualified to provide the best possible service to your motoring repair needs and require- ments with up to date equipment, DICK THOMPSON Sales Consultant JERRY KEAN Sales Consultant JOHN BURROWS Ports Manager John is well known locally as he hos worked in this oreo for most of his life in the outo ports and accessory field. John keeps ready stock of original Chrysler parts for optimum service and performance, Ron Hewat and his experienced staff ere fully qualified with providing betore and atter sale satisfaction te each and every eustomer whether looking for @ new er used eor or truek, _918 BROCK ST. NORTH, WHITBY CHRYSLER CANADA LTD. WITH THE ORIGINAL 5-YEAR, 50,000-MILE 24,000-MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY FULLY WARRANTEED & DEPENDABLE "LIKE NEW" USED CARS COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED "BE ON THE SAFESIDE ... DEAL WITH NORTHSIDE" NORTHSIDE HRYSLER DODGE (WHITBY) LTD. PHONE 668-3368