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VOL 10--No. 227 PAGE NINE Oshawa Printing Business Changes Name To General Printers Limited Former Goodfellow Company Continues High Quality Service From time to time a business, like an individual, marks certain changes in its career. The printing company which has for many years been closely associated with the commercial and industrial life of both Oshawa and Whitby has now reached one of these milestofles. Commencing October 1st the name of Goodfellow Printing Company will be , FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1951 changed to "General Printers Limited." Actually, this is more thant a change of name. It marks also the acquisition of all the stock in the company former- ly held by the late Graydon M. Goodfellow and by his mother, Mrs. C. A. Good- fellow, by those parties act- ively engaged in the opera- tion of the business. It is now felt that a mame of a general character which would stand the test of time and would not be dependent upon the as- sociation of any individual with the business would be more fitting and of perma- nent value. Made Valuable Contribution In noting this change the present owners desire to pay a sincere tribute to the late Mr. Graydon M. Goodfellow and to his father, the late Mr, C. A. Goodfellow, both of whom made very valuable " contributions in the building up of the present business. The same is true of the Mundy family, Mr. Edward Mundy who died in 1921, and Mr. Charles M. Mundy who passed away in 1943. Like the name "Goodfellow" the name "Mundy" was associated with the business for many years and was discontinued with some reluctance in 1948 fol- lowing the purchase of the Mundy interests. The company suffered a very severe loss in the sudden death of Mr. Goodfellow in February of last year, and since that time-re-organiza- tion has been in protess and has now been consummated with the wvarlous appoint- ments making for a compact and efficient organization in all departments. The en- thusiasm and vigor of young men is now combined with the experience of those who have had long years of ser- vice in the printing industry and it is believed this will make for a successful opera- tion with the accent on new ideas and production proces- ses and service to customers. Present Executive Heads The present officers and directors of the company are: A. R. Alloway, president; T. L. Wilson, vice-president; D. M, Alloway, managing di- rector; D. E. Chesebrough, general sales manager, and H. D. Tresidder, director, who has been associated with the company in its Toronto sales office for over 25 years. The company maintains a Toronto office at 119 Ade- laide Street West in charge of Mr. C. A. Culley, with Mr. H. D. Tresidder as consultant and Miss Dorothy L. Benson as chief assistant. D. E. "Doug" Chesebrough is in charge of all sales activities, both printing and office sup- A. R. ALLOWAY President T. L. WILSON Vice-President ronto customers. Some Highlights of the Company's Operations Number of employees, 115. Sales last fiscal year, $607,985. Wages and salaries 1950, $260,519. Municipal taxes (including share of prop- erty tax), $2,197. Toronto office at 119 Adelaide St. West has six employees. Two direct telephone lines help serve To- Daily truck delivery service to Toronto. Paper used in printing in 1950, $144,000. superintendent of the com- posing room. Prints Many Publications For many years the com- pany has had the confidence of a large number of cus- tomers in Oshawa, Whitby, ply divisions, and has a com-|Toronto and surrounding petent staff of salesmen working with him. Monte Myers is general plant super- intendent and Wm. Corbett territory. The work handled includes some 25 or 30 publi- cations, Such important journals as the Canadian Chartered: Accountant, Cana- dian Pharmaceutical Jour- nal, Dominion Law Reports, Canadian Farm Equipment Retailer, Professional En- gineer, Canadian Markets, Forestry Chronicle, to men- number of important vol- umes including: Chitty's On- tario Annual Practice, Weav- er on Limitations, Division Court 'Manual, Banking and Bills of Exchange, The Cana- dian YMCA in World War II, and the History of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. All forms of commercial work are embraced in the or- ders entrusted to the firm. Some very good examples of catalogue work with color illustrations are turned out and a large volume of gen- eral office and factory print- ing such as that required by General Motors of Canada Limited, Pedlar People, Du- il| plate Canada Limited, R. D. Werner Co. (Canada) Limi- ted, and many other business firms, both small and large. 115 Employees The total output of print- ing has now passed the half- million-dollar mark annually and another one hundred thousand dollars per year is represented by the office supply department which is tion only a few of them, are |2l80 developing. rapidly in turned out regularly at the Oshawa plant. The com- pany has also been entrusted with the publication of a VIEW OF WELL.LIGHTED BINDERY AND FINISHING DEPARTMENT point of sales of office furni- ture and supplies. The company has 115 em- ployees, many of whom have JOB PRESS ROOM WHERE EIGHT SMALLER PRESSES HANDLE A LARGE VOLUME OF \D. M. ALLOWAY Managing Director been associated with the bus- iness for a long period and are highly skilled craftsmen in one or more branches of the printing trade. Good rela- | tions between the staff and the management has long characterized the operation of the business and there is every reason to believe these good relations will continue in the future. All employees take a real pride in their work and through their co- operation the company has gone forward successfully. Day and night staffs are em- ployed. High quality work is em- phasized and service to cus- tomers is the keynote of the organization. This is proba- bly one reason why the volume of business has con- stantly increased and the company has grown from a very small beginning to its present stature as one of the largest and best-known print- ing businesses in Ontario. Its plant is one of the most modern, including a battery of typesetting machines, a number of automatic and hand-fed presses of the latest design," and very modern bindery equipment. wy D. E. CHESEBROUGH General Sales Manager iin H. D. TRESIDDER Director "Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow"... General Printers Limited, while a new name, is really a very old business and owes its existence and progress to the business acumen and integrity of those who laid its foundations and wisely and faithfully built upon them through past decades. The history of the business is closely woven with that of Oshawa and Whitby. The Whitby business dates back to 1863 when the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle was founded and a job printing business established in connection therewith. This was carried on for many years by the Goodfellow fmiy, latterly under the name of C. A. Goodfellow and on. At the same time the job printing business in Osh- awa dates back to the founding of the Oshawa Reform- er (predecessor of The Times-Gazette) in 1871. This business was conducted and built up principally by the Mundy family. It was incorporated in 1910 under the name Reformer Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., which name was later changed to Mundy Printing Co. Ltd. In 1929 the Whitby and Oshawa firms joined "forces and a charter was taken out in the name of "Mundy-Goodfellow Printing Co. Ltd." The building in Oshawa was much enlarged and the Whitby business consolidated with the Oshawa plant. Mr. Charles Mundy was president of the new company until his death in 1943 and Mr. G. M. Goodfellow was managing director until his death in 1950. 3 WORK COMPOSING ROOM, WHERE TYPE IS SET AND MADE UP FOR PRESSES