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John Neilsen Ceramics maker John Nielsen is a man who could run faster than he does in pursuit of financial success. He chooses instead to live and work at his own pace and keep control of his life. Nielsen has opened a small ceramics store at 12 Fifth Street in Midland in partnership with Wendy Maffei. Between Feb. 1 and July 1 he renovated the ground floor and the second storey of the old house, turning the ground floor into a salesroom and workshop, and the upper storey into an apartment. He melted aluminum in his apartment in a coal-stoked stove and sold the moulds to his employer. In time he became a mechanical engineer. He could increase the volume of his ceramics business by moving to Toronto where he would be closer to the dealers who seek him out. He prefers Midland as a home. 'I'm in Today he is one of the few people in business 'o make a living, not a for- this country who make ceramics tune.' moulds. He makes several new He lived in Toronto for 12 years moulds a month, and can copy starting in 1957, when he arrived in Canada from his native Denmark. He moved to Midland and opened a car dealership after the chamber of commerce wrote him to say thal a foreign car mechanic was needed here. Nielsen has retired from the car business and taken up a centuries-old craft, ceramics-making, that runs in his family. As early as age three he was silling on the floor of his grand- father's factory in Denmark. He sal between the workers with his own clay and made his own moulds: "what kid's do." Learning to make ceramics and moulds literally from the factory floor, he was making moulds for steel gears during the Second World War. anything thal anyone brings him. The volume of the business thai he for- merly ran in the basement of his Mildred Street home was reproduc- 'ion cupboard and door knobs. He sold 20,000 knobs last year, all he made, bu' he could have sold 5,000 more. The demand for knobs has lessened this year because furniture factories have closed for lack of business. Also some buyers are choosing inferior Taiwan- made knobs that sell for the same price as his knobs, Nielsen says. Several years after arriving in Toronto Nielsen sold a car warmer io Volkswagen that is still pari of their cars. Unfortunately he did not patent | i'. Other inventions of his include an electric paddle and a fire extinguisher. The Friday Times Second Class Mail Registration Number 3194 and Friday Citizen Second Class Mail Registration Number 2327 Published by Douglas Parker Publishing Ltd. at -309 King Street, Midland, Ontario / 526-2283 75 Main Street, Penetanguishene, Ontario / 549-2012 Publisher: Douglas Parker Editor: Douglas Reed The Friday Times and Friday Citizen are distributed free each Friday to households in Midland and Penetanguishene Parker Publishing Limited aiso publish The Midiand Times, The Penetanguishene Citizen and Elmvale Lance each Wednesday in the Huronia market. Page 4, Friday, July 16, 1982 Graduate see Soh Drive-in Church this Sunday - 7 p.m. at Zellers Parking Lot, Hwy 93, Midland This Sunday Music & Testimony O Come as you are in the! f PATRICIA PELTIER --daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Peltier of Penetanguishene, has graduaied in the rehabilitation worker--, program ai Humber College in Toronto. Patricia is presently working with Metro Social Services and in September will be relocating to Red Deer, Alberta, to work with Alberta Social Services. GUARDIAN DRUGS. Sponsored b the Alliance Church, Midland YOU COULD WIN ONE OF 25 TURCO GAS BARBECUES IN Meatudlitg OI gas tank GILLETTE'S SUMMER SIZZLER SWEEPSTAKES. COMPLETE DETAILS Model #89410 AND ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE AT YOUR GUARDIAN DRUG STORE... Approx. retail NO PURCHASE NECESSARY value $300.00 US IN ADDITION TO GILLETTE'S SUMMER BON SIZZLER SWEEPSTAKES, GUARDIAN DRUGS OFFERS YOU THE CHANCE OF WINNING ONE OF 5 ADDIT! ONAL TURCO GAS BARBECUES. DETAILS AND Sale in effect ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE IN STORE. duly 12-24, 1982 ADORN 4 47 Hair Spray ; 200 mi SOFT & DRI Spray 250ml 2. 33 Anti-Perspirant RIGHT GUARD Anti-Perspirant Spray SPECIAL 250 ml AAPRI Apricot Facial Scrub 120ml RIGHT | GUARD --_-- SOFT & DRI Deodorant = Anti-Perspirant Spray 200ml a G Spray 150ml TRAC Il Cartridge ; SOFT & DRI Blades + Anti-Perspirant SPECIAL 6s BS i -Roll-On 50m RIGHT , DRIIDEA GUARD + Roll-On Roll-On * Deodorant Deodorant 50mi a @ 50m Se Bteosmn ee Y | eer DRUGS. ADE GUARDIAN ( om 286 as ts Tare 526-8011 BAY PHARMACY WHITFIELD'S 4 88 Main St., PHARMACY grec rs Taserart Tag PENETANGUISHENE 16 Queen St. W. ELMVALE 549-2332 322-1011 DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS AND AVAILABILITY AT TIME OF SALE ITEMS SHOWN MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT ALL LOCATIONS WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES oT aneaeran RT PP Sam METS