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After Hero Trojan War Did you know that the name | of Ajax originally was that of. | | | one of the heroes of the Tro- jan war? It was a good choice also for the sprawling munitions | piant that mushroomed on the shores of Lake Ontario near | Pickering in the Second World War. Here, almost overnight, sprung up long lines of build- | ings of Defence Industries Ltd. | manned by thousands of work- | ers from across the Dominion. | From here was shipped vital | ammunition to materially aid| the cause of the free world. Unlike the "ghost plants" of | the First World War, Ajax did | not cease to exist on V-J Day Enterprising citizens and man- ulacturers saw it as an impor- tant link in Ontario's chain of | industries. Their dreams and} hard work have borne fruit. | Today Ajax is a modern electrical town of more than) 10.000 inhabitants devoted to} peaceful pursuits. The munitions project was | served as a direct industrial | customer of Ontario Hydro and} its housing development by Hydro's Oshawa Rural Operat- | ing Area, After the University of To- | ronto finished its temporary | occupancy in March, 1949, | other customers continued to} be served by Oshawa ROA. When the Improvement Dis- trict of Ajax was formed in 1951, the local board of trustees requested Ontario Hydro to establish a separate office in Ajax. This separated Ajax from the surrounding rural area and the Ajax Hydro-Elec- tric System came into being Jan., 1952. PURCHASED BY TOWN The Ajax Hydro-Electric Sys- tem was opened by the Ontario Hydro, in trust for the Improve- ment District of Ajax and ulti- mately the Town of Ajax. This arrangement lasted until the system was purchased by the Town of Ajax on April 30, 1956. As a local system it operated for the balance of the year 1956 under a committee of the Town Council consisting of Mayor K. Smith, Chairman, Deputy Reeve R. G. Conant, Council- Jor R. D. Thompson and Coun- cillor R. D. Thompson and Councillor C. W. Laycock. For- mer Hydro superintendent John J. C. Mackay and other mem- bers of the local staff who transferred under the new arrangement. A' very spirited election took place for a local Hydro Commission at the time of the Civic Elections in De- cember, 1956. As a result, R. G. Conant and E. D. Steer were elected from among the candi- dates. The first official meet- ing of the new Hydro-Electric Commission of the Town of Ajax took place early in Janu- ary of 1957, ' -- AJAX WORKS OF DU PONT OF CANADA LTD. EMPLOYS 225 PEOPLE «+. Plant Started In 1956, Has Been Expanded Several Times Ajax Named THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, April 11, 1967 3A Local purchases from more than a dozen firms range from office stationery and label priut- ing to insulated plastic foam shipping containers. Ajax Works employs about 225 people -- chemical, me chanical and civil engineers, technicians, laboratory special- ists, accountants, production, maintenance and warehousing personnel, secretaries, stenog- raphers and clerks. Many are from the Ajax area, but others have come from widely scat- tered centres across Canada, from the United States and Europe. Construction at the works dates from 1955... The original one-storey brick building cost close to $1,000,000. OUTSTANDING For the Man of Good Judgment --Eric Trussler, Toronto, Photo Quality Control Essential In Du Pont Plant At Ajax Ajax. Works of Du Pont of slightest version im color or snow, rain and wind and in a} Canada's Finishes Department, | gigss tone can reject an entire|¢ntinuous program of quality | is located at Ajax, Ont., about batch. In consequence the lab- | provement, | 25 miles east of Toronto. The is | plant is situated on eight acres | 9ratory at Ajax Works is of key| RESIN ENAMELS | of land facing on Fairall Street | importance in the development} Facilities te produce "Teflon" in the industrial section at the|f Products. The most mdern|TFE fluorocarbon resin enam- | western end of the town, south | eauipment is used to detect var- | els were first installed at Ajax of the main line of the Cana-/ 'ations in physical qualities and| Works in November 1964. De-| dian National Railways and is| in color hue and strength which | mand for this new finish was easily seen also from the Mac- | 4re not apparent to gross/such that the facilities were Donald - Cartier Freeway. frseegye tga a4 nf od phe | bay cog a ngped ea . ' A ious ye. Test panels are set out on} Ajax Works injects more than a. poner pa paige atte et racks both locally and $1,000,000 into the local com- enanel and "Duco" lacquers jin Florida so that samples of | pany each year in wages and undercoats, _ thinners putties | Paint can be fully exposed to salaries, local taxes and pur- and adhesives for the automo-| tt Tavages of weathering sun,|chases from local suppliers. a tive industry, car refinishing | $ shops and manufacturers - of $ $ $ $ such products as refrigerators, | "Canada's best shoe makers" te SW wewk HARTT SHOE COLLINS SHOES 119 Brock St. S, Whitey 668-3476 Open Friday Til 9 p.m. bicycles, furniture, etc.; Flo- rlaze "Colorizer"' house paints; 'Lucite' house paints and '"'Du- lux'? household enamels; spe-| cialized industrial finishes and} safety paints; and "Teflon" | non-stick coatings for cookware | and industrial uses. | Manufacturing at Ajax Works | $ BUYERS! CALL is fundamentally a batch oper- | ation. Both simple and highly | sophisticated machines -- mix- ers, agitators, grinders, poly- | merization kettles and disper- | sion units -- are employed to) blend pigments, dyes, thinners, | solvents, resins and other basic | ingredients in a variety of com-| binations. In addition, a com-| plex resin manufacturing oper- | ation ensures consistent quality | supply of the more critical} resins used in the paint end- products. Quality control is highly criti- $ $ $ cal in a good paint plant. The REAL ESTATE 668-8841 $$ $ $ $ fH Ff RA + RAE R. JONES $ $ A TOTTEN, SIMS, HUBICKI AND ASSOCIATES LTD. CONSULTING ENGINEERS Serving government and private enterprise in the Province of Ontario. Buildings, Bridges, Highways, Parking Projects, Conservation Works, Sewer, Water, Drainage, Reports and Material Testing. Head Offices in... WHITBY, ONTARIO COBOURG, ONTARIO 519 Dundas Street East And 1A King Street East Tel. 668-6221-2 Tel. 327-2121-2 Branch Offices in... 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