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@ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdoy, February 27, 1962 TRAINS Ever wonder why trains have to travel through Osh- awa's streets? Each day, box- ears of car components and in some cases, whole cars, are IN STREET being shipped to seaports on their way overseas. Here is a trainload of engines destined for GM assembly plants in South America. GM Rags Big Item tagged after washing. The best quality rags are used as wipers and polishing cloths) for cars. The second-best are, used in many metal-finishing) operations, and for cleaning) grease, oil and metal filings from the bare surface of car) bodies before painting. Colored In Laundry rags, and rags that cannot be satisfactorily cleaned, are class-| That Monday morning wash|}ed Number Three. They're used) --GM Photo | New Parks Rre Added The Oshawa Board of Park Management can look back upon a busy year. Three new parks were added to the already GM laundry department has some pretty impressive equip- ment, There are tw. enormous tumbler washers, each with a load capacity of 220 pounds per wash, Then a water extractor spins the water out of the laun- dry. Finally, into the two tum- bler. dryers, with a capacity of 440 pounds per hour Imagine having all that at home to wash your handker- chiefs in! existing acreage of green in this city. The total number of parks the board looks after now is 27. This means more grass cut, more flowers and trees to plant and, believe it or not, more picking up after people who leave their debris behind. The 30-man staff has its hand full the year around to keep swings swinging and blooms blooming. "We want to make this city beautiful," said Superintendent Herbert Bathe, "but we need the co-operation of everybody in Oshawa." One of the main problems the parks men have on their hands is damage done to trees and flower beds. Sometimes newly planted trees seem to disappear into thin air over to' night, not to speak of broken off limbs. "It is heartbreaking insofar as planting trees is concerned," said Mr. Bathe. "Once we planted some at 11 o'clock in the morning and they were gone two hours later." "If people ask us: 'Why don't you plant more trees?' that is the reason." However, the men have done the best they can and will con- | tinue doing so, to maintain the} parks we have. That this is no| mean job may be illustrated by the fact that six grass mowers together cut a total of almost} 5,000 acres of grass Peuichon last summer. All lawns for| which the Parks Board is re-| sponsible are cut once a week, | Beautify. Your. Home _with STONE MARBO CAST STONE - GARDEN NOVELTIES CHIMNEY CAPS -- BIRD BATHS WINDOW SILLS -- FLOWER URNS COPINGS, DECORATIVE COLONIAL STONE GARDEN SEATS. NATURAL VENEER STONE ~-- OHIO SAND STONE RIDEAU LEDGER ROCK INDIANA LIMESTONE -- TENNESSEE MARBLE Beautiful, Yet Rugged -- Economical Too! @ ESTIMATES. ON REQUEST @ if the weather permits. "Last summer we had quite a job on our hands," said Mr. Bathe. 'Usually there is not too much growth during the hot months, but grass grew very well in the summer of 1961." Among other activities of the board during 1961 was the level- ing off of the west side of Lake- view Park, the planting of over 200 trees along boulevards and the maintenance of 14 skating 'rinks during the winter. GM Tours Rre Popular What is an automotive plant? It's a producer oi essential goods, an. emp'oyer of thou- sands, a vital force in the na- tional, provincial and municipal economies, And it's a tourist at- traction. In 1961, neariy 10,000 people came to Oshawa to see how cars and trucks are made by General Motors of Canada. They came from Pakistan, they came from the Soviet Union, from Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. They came singly. in family groups, and in organized groups. Engineering classes, and busi ness istration cl came from McGill, Queen's, the University of Toronte and the Royal Military College. Visitors were drawn by organ- izations such as FROS--Friend- ly Relations with Overseas Stu- dents. Foreman's vlubs from supplying companies were rep- resented. So were dealer per- sonnel, Late in the 1961 model year, invitations were placed in the glove compartment of every car that left the assembly line, in- viting the owner to come and see how his car was built. Tours through the passenger- car assembly plant are con- ducted daily, from mid-October to the middle of July. During the winter months, the tours are in the afternoon only at 1.30. Beginning in May, tours start at 10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. |A. W. 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Rags are the chief item on| the GM laundry list During one ll-month period recently, the mine people employed in the laundry department handled 90,- 000 pounds of rags. GM uses a vast number of rags and wipers in its manu- facturing and assembly opera- tions. They're divided into three! categories, and are carefully | Batteries Give | 4-Year Service Bill Masson, the chemist-in- charge at the General Motors Battery Laboratory, estimates that Delco batteries should give four years of reliable service in the average car. This is in spite of engineers' estimates that bat- teries generally are good: for three years. When it comes to Delco bat- teries -- the only kind used in GM cars -- Masson knows what he's :talking about. He and his assistants put fifty batteries a week through the wringer to make sure of their reliability and durability under the tough- est conditions In the test for cold engine starting power, Delco batteries spent 36 hours at a temperature of zero degrees. 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