Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 2 Apr 1976, p. 19

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rfmfi II If gNeW Chrysler president in love with his work WINDSOR Ont CP Those who know him well in cluding his own sister say that Syd Hurly 61 new president of Chrysler Canada Ltd is an addicta man addicted to work They call him workaholic dont have any secrets he says My hobby has always been work have no taste for culture Im not in terested in fiction or fancy His reading is confined to business papers and business publications Ive always enjoyed my work so damn much The fact that he has no university education only high school diploma has ob viously not deterred him in his rush to the top McPherson presi dent of General Motors of Canada Ltd says Hurly may lack university status but hes got lots of aplomb to makeupforit The Torontoborn son of Irish parents who came to Canada in 1911 he recently celebrated 40 years with Chrysler career that began in 1936 when he joined the company as clerk HEADED SALES DIVISION For 18 of those years he headed the companys sales and marketing division ac quiring reputation as not only super salesman but superb administrator He went to school Toronto suburb of Willowdale where he had average grades At the age of 12 he developed arthritis in an ankle after minor injury But it was to shut him out from any athletic activity blow to the energetic Hurly personality and it later kept him out of the war enjoyed athletics but when you have an ailment like that youre not going to be big in sports he said He occasionally plays bit of golf with his Chrysler col leagues but when crack 100 its big day Its the on ly concession he makesif infrequentlyto his workaholic addiction After high school he took job with the Canadian weather office on Bloor Street in Toronto where he stayed 34years DREW WEATHER MAPS was clerk only 19 and just out of high school We use to help make up the weather maps One day he answered blind adthat is one with no company name only postal box numberfor salesclerk It turned out to be an ad for Chrysler which was establishing regional offices in Toronto Montreal and Regina branching out from their headquarters in Wind sor in the They needed clerks for these offices so Syd Hurly jotned them in the Teronto branch where he became jackofalltrades running errands answering phones learning what there was to learn His boss at the weather of fice had warned him not to get mixed up in industry because it was tough rtuthless and you wont like But never looked back Mr Hurly said hunching his shoulders in pleasant recollection No sir not titnce loved every minute of Eventually he was ap pointed district manager and took to the road call ing on dealers in Ontario townsandcities INTERRUPTED BY WAR Then the Second World War broke out Production of cars was shut off by the war effort and as salesman he found himself without job He tried to join the armed forces but was rejected because of his ankle and took job with the federal depart ment of munitions and supp ly in charge of the Windsor office with staff of 40 to 50 His offices chief task was to implement wartime gasoline rationing They called it oil control Mr Hurly recalls Gas was the first com modity that was rationed and we had to cope with public that was upset because this was all so new and strange The public was con cerned that we would be able to meet their transportation needs In 1945 the office closed and he returned to Chrysler where he was soon appointed regional representative for Ontario In 1955 he began moving across Canada as head of sales He was elected com pany director at that time and later was named vice president of marketing In January 1974 Mr Ilurly became executive vice president responsible for directing manufacturing marketing finance person nel purchasing and other areas SLCCEEIHCI TODGIIAM When Ron Todgham now deceased retired last Oct Mr Hurly moved into thejob He married his wife Mildred in 1955 in Toronto They have no children In all his career he has always enjoyed the ad ministrative side best keep ing close eye on his key ex ecutives yet allowing them freedom to be flexible like to have control he said Im very strong on keeping the lines of coni munication open between Guided missiles in cancer fight ST PETERSBURG Fla AP Using the circulatory system as battlefield in the war against cancer scientists say they are developing drug filled capsules to act as micro scopic anticancer guided mis siles As scientists described it to day the capsules would circu late through the body until they detect their preselected can cercell targets Then the cap sules would home in on the target attach to or penetrate the cells and release their warhead of drugs Dr George Poste of the Ros well Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo NY told an American Cancer Society science writers seminar that the principle of using the cap sulescalled lipo somesagainst cells has been demonstrated Using special cells grown in test tubes Roswell Park researchers made liposomes that sought out those cells Poste said This was done by infusing into the liposomes proteins that nor mally seek out the cells to at tackthem Poste said that next month he and colleagues will publish ks showing that by ch nging liposome surface composition capsules can be indhced either to fuse with cell surface or be engulfed in tact by the cell The development of lipo somes for injection into the body that could rccognize can cer cells would thus be major step toward achieving the selective uptake of anticancer drugs by the intended target Ioste said USE SOUND WAVES Liposomes are balls made from fatty substances called phospholipids found in the membranes of animal cells The substance is formed into balls with onionlike layers High frequency sound waves break the big balls into smaller ones that reseal in round Shape Drugs or other substances can be placed between the lay ers as the liposomes are for med he added Poste said liposomes are about one onehundred thousandth of an inch in diame ter smaller than most cells Liposomes injected into ani noncancer mals circulate unchanged in the blood until taken up by body cells Poste said The capsules which have not been tested in humans are inert and dont provoke the bodys defense sys tem against foreign substances headded The advantage of using tar geted liposomes he said is that most of an anticancer drug dose could reach the disease area Drugs taken orally or by in jection spread throughout the body and most never reach the troubled area Powerful anti cancer drugs are toxic and have to be used carefully be cause they harm normal as well as diseased cells Poste said cancer cells also can build up resistance to cer lain drugs and not absorb them Liposomes could spirit the drugs into the cells and release them This method provides us for the first time with way to get large amounts of material into cells that normally wouldnt get in he said Campaign saves oil LONDON British Steel Zor poration is aiming to save million $4 million year by judicious use of wrenches This sum the corporation calculates is the value of oil wasted annually through leaks in illfitting pipes and ac cidental spillages In an effort to plug the 815 IX daily leak of lubricating hy draulic and other oils British Steel has launched save oil save money campaign Already the company says the campaign is saving 9250000 year even though it is not yet fully operational The campaign is spearheaded by team of lubrication engi neers whose aim is threefold stop leaks evaluate seals while eliminating faulty design and improve the pipe fittings being used Although leaks cannot be completely eliminated the engineers will ensure that what oil dtres escape will not be lost the divisions My style of organization is essentially to let the fellow responsible for department run it And want all our division heads to know whats going on all the time We try not to have our senior managers waking up some morning to big sur prise he said Heck think its crazy to lead the band and play all the pieces at the same time Ferries becoming extinct theyll miss emboaiman CINCINNATI AP Sometimes they bless us and sometimes they curse us but bet theyll all be sorry when were gone says James Bond ferry boatman on the Ohio River Bond is resigned to the ferries around here becoming extinct little over year ago there were six ferry lines with more than century of service each Now there are four and all ad Charter Pecan Rustic Walnut Cardinal Pecan White Ash Cardinal Cedar Fireside Cedar Upsy Daisy Shag by Czita Rubber back Laval Loop Nylon by Ozito Fl CARDINAL SQ YD 79 $0 YD mit they are only marking time Three bridges already com pete with the ferries for busi ness from travellers crossing the Ohio River But the most serious threat to the ferries existence is the completion within the next year of the Circle Freeway portion of interstate Route 275 ringing the Greater Cincinnati area The project includes two new bridges downstream from Cin cinnati just miles from two ferry lines Another crossing is planned at Markland Dam in Indiana When these bridges open well all be out of business says Mrs Jesse Farrar she had made the daily trips on the ferry at Aurora Ind for 33 years WORKS lGHOUR DAY Mrs Farrars ferry runs 16 Random Plank Rosewood Pecan Random Plank Mountain Hickory Red Manor House Brick Nutmeg Weatherboard Vibrant colou and patterns for lasting beauty Both made of 100 nylon for long wear Many other simulated wood panels to choose from Plain zfl 12 12 Mirror Tile hours day seven days week When her husband was alive he used to run the ferry at night in emergencies suppose we could stay open in the summer and give rides to the tourists but it just costs too much with fuel and overtime Mrs Farrar said When the Aurora ferry opened in 1815 the owners used blindfolded horses and ran them on treadmills to provide power Now they use tug to push the barge for the threeminute trip across the iveeightbs of mile of water The ferry holds 16 cars but it usually carries only one or two Dow river traffic is even 1179 79 EACH Gold Vain Antique Gold Vain LUMBER BUILDING SUPPLIES Hwy 26 27 Out Boyfiald St Barrie Ontario at fiun gt is DECORAEOR STUCCO Better than painting Wlldef than papeimg smarter than panelling Mtxkote IS ideal for finishing Ol refinishing Single wall small panel ceiling or lighter Motorists often miss well weathered sign marking the ferry from Florence Ind to Warsaw Ky To get the ferry users stand on the bank and wave Sooner or later Cliff Green will pick you up It used to be that you could see line of cars stretching up the hills says Green who re members his first ferry ride at age and first ferry work at 15 Green 30 has never wanted to do anything but make the halfmile trip back and forth from am to pm The river is forever clawing at you he says When it gets in your blood you cant get it out an entire IOOIII EACH Toiophona 7268132 Bond skipper on the ferry from Ghent Ky to Vevay 1nd says his boss warned him Were going to close down the day that bridge opens The ferry carries trucks with tobacco to the markets at Car rollton Ky It also carries the workers on the bridge Were doing as well now as we ever did Bond said We get lot of people who just bring their kids aboard to have them get the experience of rid inga ferry 0n the Anderson ferry two boats run 14 hours day in win ter and 16 hours day in spring and summer On good days they make three or four trips an hour in their two ferries 25 LBS 449

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