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su tribune may 10 1989 c3 claremont resident and former fire chief jack ward continue living in his wixson st house with his wife has sold the building that housed his business of 40 bernice years ward machine and welding he plans to welder douses torch after 40year career bruce stapley correspondent jack ward is hanging up his welding torch the claremont resident and former fire chief has sold the bijilding that housed his business of 40 years ward machine and welding he plans to continue liv ing in his wixson st house with his wife bernice a mechanic in the canadian air force during the second world war ward worked for barkey brothers now stouffville machine and tool before setting up shop in his fathers double garage in claremont where he was born and raised a selftaught machinist and welder he built the first half of his own shop in 1950 then com pleted it in 1960 initially he was kept busy look ing after the equipment and machinery of area farmers and gravel truck operators he never wanted for business nd be in there working seven days a week at times he recalls if i didnt have the job done by the end of the week and they needed it monday then id be in there saturday and sunday in later days ward would spend the greater part of his time building special equipment for dominion mushroom of brougham i did a lot of custom machinery for them theyd come to me with their ideas id tell them mine and wed come up with something ward claims to have watched a variety of changes through the years in claremont and feels that things were a lot busier in the past claremont was more in dustrious 40 years ago when i started in business charlie cooper ran a big hardware farm implement and car sales opera tion north of where the bank of commerce is he sold farm equipment all over canada ward remembers doing work for cooper on a regular basis as well as for sarco of canada a steamheating operation now located in scarborough he maintained a staff of two most times although of late he f village boi meats j specials bacon wrapped filet mignon 12 x 4 oz 1 lber beef burger seasoned minimal shrinkage 99 499 20 x 4 oz 5 s 40x4oz10lb bagel bites bite sized bagels smothered with pizza toppings box of 50 pes x large atlantic scallops v per lb dressed rainbow trout 3 lb box kabobs fuby garnished beef teriyaki chicken teriyaki 200gramsapprox7oz s ready to bake v giant cookies choc chip choc pecan oatmeal raisin on choc chip pkgodo 299 8555 mccowan rd offer expires 5gin cameron place marwam fitoy 16 89 thorni il sfc h moy 7 stmd nta lmtu nwstmrsiom bmrvu4 4715260 7640898 hours mwkd mm hours hoftweo 1m tkurs4m 1m sim 1i3w30 had been alone in the shop ive had some pretty good people but towards the end i slowed down a bit and looked after it all on my own while ward closed the shop door march 30 hes still busy cleaning out the building for the new owner who takes possession may 15 a recent auction sale helped him dispose of some of his equipment as for the future ward says hell take it a day at a time i dont know exactly what ill do but there seems to be a lot to keep me busy he has an interest in wood working and makes clocks and furniture out of cherry and oak the wards also enjoy travelling out of canada and sometimes go to milwaukee to visit their daughter but for the most part jack ward will simply do the things he hasnt had time to do in the past 40 years which will include spen ding more time with his wife i didnt feel like working any more he says i think bernice was pleased with my decision we bringthe power of propane to your home enjoy the benefits of propane it is one of natures most versatile fuels propane is clean burning efficient portable and econom ical it is a fuel suitable for vehicles and appliances in homes cottages farms and businesses and as canadas leading marketer of propane propane applian ces and related services superior 8470 keele street concord ont 69 fenmar dr weston ont 6691145 7417413 propane is ideally suited to meet all your fuel and heating needs for over 38 years more than 200000 canadians from coast to coast have placed their trust in us and we look forward to continuing to provide you with our dependable and expert service talk to your superior propane branch manager in any of our 107 full service branches across canada and put the power of propane to work for you servicesavingsselection superior 1 propane inc