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v a v wt i spectacular fire destrq1ts diggins port credit plant the georgetown herald wednesday jan 3rd 1951 jt i half muhon dollar plant formerly operated here -r- employee loses life in fire a spectacular 50000u nrvdes- troyed the federal sales engin eering plant at port credit a week go friday an employe george donnelly 20 6ftororito who dash ed into the- blazing factory a an effort to save his new tool kit died tyfcvejjuv dissatlsthled custdmefel eirvlhing you buy a pojiinion b backed by our uucomjt honinriie of 1 ftiiitsf action flier ar rfa lnsriir bt no argumanu oo red ub jo wtm a wil ijclosully ad prompy pf t tw amaxia gumaataw becaum wa j1 onjr df ia2aavmaf mi tated to tniun full value 5 merch ilk cmn eto con- can ibav tnavorr dbminioo store your cream style corn fir 2 w- 25c country kist peas 1 2c lynn valley pears jk24 leinz tomato soiip w domino tea bags 29 sweet mixed pickles 23c rmso with sunlight soap deal christie ritz biscuits iceland wafers 8 oz pkg ill oz pkg 40c 19c 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north wind ignited the roofs of nearby homes and threatened two square block of residences a house next door owned by clarence bouskill also a former georgetowner who purchased it from the company a short time ago was endangered several times but firemen kept a stream of water playing on it mr diggins established the busi ness hefe in the early war years moving from toronto where he had a small factory he purchased the king street property originally used by the georgetown foundry company and later occupied by a number of woollen mills which had been empty since a fire this ho converted tiilo a modern indus trial plant at the same time he built the modern califoxniastyle residence on king street now occu pied by mr artr mrs arnold buch- i anan and a number of smaller hou ses around it which wore built for company employees later thocojdlpaiiy moted to a row buildilijpoii academy road and when both those buildings were sold to smith stone mr dig gins purchased the oneill block downlown and moved his com plant there a- the same time he opened duffys restaurant which was conducted under a number of proprietors until it closed down arlier this year about three years ago plant op erations were consolidated in the new plant at port credit working on fine parts for auto plants the plant also turned out components for the a v roe aircraft plant at multon which is building the fam ous jet fighter cf100 and the jet airliner so important was the work done for the aircraft deliv eries were made twice a day members of the white race have more hair on their heads than any other race they have an average o 5 ha i new plan to man ontario industries following the statement last month by premier frost that there were indications of a growing shor tage of manpower in the near ut- uriy and thf latfr news that it is yectr in year out quality has alway been and will always je the first consideration with quite probable a substantial drain on our labour forces for the ajrroed seyiees- can be expected sbon the honourable william grlesingpr mirxfister jf planning arid develqgy- ment tj8y announced thpt steps had been taken to strengthen the labotjfcfcresources pf ontarfo irrdusr tries and business the government h initiate this action through the immigration ibranch of the ontario department of planning and dev elopment arid with the assistance of trade and iuoustry branch will determine what shortages there are likely to be and endeavour to ob tain new manpower from the uni ted kingdom and europe through the facilities of ontario house in london and other canadian gov ernment offices the new policy of the ontario government to assist industries and business to obtain skilled and soroi- skilled workers for their plants has been given effect through confer- encesntictween federal and provin cial autnyrities and personnel man agers of larger key concerns now feeling the pinch through lack of skilled personnel there is an ur gent demand for hundreds of drafts men tool and die and machine shop workers as well as skilled electrical and engineering tradesmen the sults of these recent conferences with ottawa authorities colonel iriesinger said have been most satisfactory in developing plans fpr the pooling of infoi mation and ser vices between federal government officials of citizenship and inimi- giation the department of labour ami ontario government officials mth ill ihe united kingdom and at home a considerable number of skilled poisons will come forward to work ilrtiidy arranged in several key in- liutiios which are sending selec- nori teams to croat britain to screen prospective employees who hove registered as intending emigrants with the ontario house or federal government offices in many cases the employing industry will advance the cost of transportation to the now job in canada and repayment will be made over a period of months or years through payroll deductions colonel griesinger staled that undoubtedly there was some unem ployment now because key people wore not immediately available and hi predicted tlmt as those join iiore limeirpuse many holiday visitors in limehouse community last week holiday visitors include mr and mrs hugh scotc and miss carole scott of toronto messrs alex wright and stewart laws with the s wrights with the a c fosters were mrs w a johnstone of beamsville mrs w h reamsbotlom or toronto and mr eric jabst of chippewa with mrs r lane were mr and mrs arthur lane and daughters mr and mrs ted morrow and elane of toronto and mr and mrs bob lane arid children mr and mrs wilfred greenlees marianne nd ois qf campbell- ville with the a w bentons mr and mrs- russell thompson entertained twenty menibers of the thompson family on christmas day mr aid mrs jas kirkpatrick and children of drayton mr and mrs john foster and diane and mr and mrs ralph turner and paul with the s kirkpatricks miss helen mills who has been- two and a half years at white horse yukon and vancouver arri ved home christmas eve mr e berg was home from lon don for a few days- mr anil mrs thompson and mrs geary sjkiit christmas with the fred gearys mr and mi s sam muddle and mr and mrs russell thompson weie among christmas guests with mrs angus mcdonald and sons mr lister of burlington visited his daughters sylvia and linda at the d s mcdonalds on sunday mr and mrs walker are spending the christmas holidays at their sixth line cottage mr and mrs chas jones and girls visited his mother at wood- bridge on saturday and spent christmas with the erwin lewis family in georgetown miss helen devereaux was home from macdonald college for the holiday the griegs of brantford visited miss ivens and mrs gail on wed- noday travel notes special tca aot excursions to englanb katyinnitigr january lat tca offers batfain 15day excursions toronto to london england 45800 round trit john r barber travel advisor elmer c thompson insurance service phone 119 mill street schultz electrical construction wiring motor repairs elna sewing machines heat wave ranges fred schukz phone 531 w lp head attention farmers we are paying the highest prevailing prices for dead or crippled fakrm animals horses cattle hogs telephone collect for immediate service gordon young limited toronto adelaide 3636 georget 11 guelp 3334 largest of the egyptian pyramids has an estimated weight of mil lion tons n iiimata mil furnace work and eavestrdughing good workmanship at reasonable prices don houston phone 547yv georgetown manned employment wold open up for many others in construction and on production lines the minister expressed great satisfaction with the new polic which could oniy have been given effect through the full cooperation and understanding of the several departments and of ficials of both the canadian and ontario governments concerned in developing the plan 1 dies in fire george donnelly 20 an em ployee of federal sales wlyo lost his life in the fire when he i in into the building to save his new tool kit former local resident dies in british columbia word has recently been received of the death of a former local man william heermm at newland brit ish columbia mr beerman left onlhrio 42 years go and had never since visited in his native province he died in his 5th year besides his widow and six chil- dren he is survived by four broth ers and five sisters edward of georgetown harold of vordon sask charles dolphrii sask and luck fort william mrs l g norton glen williams mrs john son hegirrii slsk mrs irwin yel low grass sank mm george beau mont and mrs glass toronto mr a c bourne of kldley col lege and cadet h p bourne of hmc were home for christmas mr leslie campbell of hamilton called on the a w jvortons on christmas mr and mrs a c patterson and joy and the gilbert sinclaws spent christmas day at weston mrs r patterson was with mr and mrs wilbur patterson rockwood mr and mrs harry mcdonald and children spent christmas in guelph j mr and mrs d s mcdonald and family arid mr and mrs glsby spent christmas with the l laws at norval mr and mrs mills and miss heleri spent christinas with mr and mrs w l mills at strectsville my and mrs w shelbourne eil een and diane spent chrosttnas with mr and mrs wilfred brown at erindalo the christmas story in lantern slides and the usual candy oranges and grfts wore purl of the annual sunday school party held on tours- tiny evening in the church rev a calder was chairman we wish the editor and staft and ioilrrs of the llerild a flnppy new year optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 58 st gearce snare guelph established m prtevrat jtrie o ttsrfury specacaifiretko nait ffedeyil saleaot engineeri at port gft there f georgtdwnhree yeaxa ago wmi- v v 7 s- iv k lyy j-