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GM ENGLISH CLASSES them as journeymen trades- men. GM trains apprentices to become electricians, tool GM apprentices take part in English classes as part of the course of study to qualify and die makers, millwrights, pipefitters, machinists and draughtsmen. --GM Photo McLaughlin Carriage Shop Had Most Humble Origin jable fo rely on J. B. Keddie of ing of axe-handles in his drive-|OshaWa. He could always be de- shed workshop at Tyrone to the|pended upon to be there when building of carriages was a|wanted. He brought beautiful natural and logical step for Rob-|materials with him, and usually ert McLaughlin. It all grew out one or two apprentices. His skill of his love of wood and his love/had much to do with the much- of working with it. He had anjadmired beauty of the McLaugh- inborn skill in that field of|lin carriages. He continued as labor, and he was ambitious to|the upholsterer all the time the make good use of it. carriage shop was at Enniskil- His first step towards the cre-'len. When the business was ation of the McLaughlin Car-|moved from there to Oshawa, riage Company came in 1867,|Mr. Keddie became a foreman One of his great interests had|with the McLaughlin Carriage been in studying catalogues of|Company and held that position the carriage building companies|until he passed away. of his day. From that study of | THE BIG DECISION carriages and how they were| : constructed came his decision} At Enniskillen, the business grew year by year. Mr. Mc- to build carriages. His first venture in this line,|Laughlin had one business he decided was to be the build-'motto -- "one grade only and ing of a sleigh. It was to be for|that the best'. On that prin- his own use. Actually it led to|ciple, the carriage-building busi- the start of the carriage-build-|ness prospered, and within half ing business. ja dozen years of moving to One day while he was in his|Haniskillen, it had outgrown The transition from the mak- workshop at Tyrone, a neighbor dropped in to see what he was doing. He watched Robert Mc- Laughlin at work and he was impressed with two things -- the quality of the wood and the quality of the workmanship. He wanted Mr. McLaughlin to sell him the cutter when it was fin- ished. This Mr. McLaughlin would not do, but he offered to build another one for his. neigh- bor, and to have it ready by a certain date. The two cutters began to take shape side by side in the little workshop. This was Mr. McLaughlin's first '"'pro-; duction line". BUILT BLACKSMITH SHOP As the work progressed, itin- erant workmen dropped in to do the sections of the work which that community. It employed as many as eight men during its busy season. Operating in a small village, however, had many disadvantages and diffi- culties. So Mr. McLaughlin was faced with the making of a momen- tous decision, which was to af- fect the future of all his opera- tions, and the whole future of the community of Oshawa. His decision was infl d by two factors. Enniskillen was a long way from a railway and all sup- plies had to be drawn there by wagon from the nearest railway; point. Then there were no bank- ing facilities in Enniskillen, and that made it increasingly dif- ficult to carry on an ever-ex- panding business. In 1876, Robert McLaughlin were their specialties. J. B. Keddie came from Oshawa with two apprentices to do the up- holstery work. But all of the travelling workmen were not as dependable as Mr. Keddie. Fail- ure of the blacksmith who was to do the iron work on the cut- ters to arrive on schedule delay- ed their completion and the deadline came perilously near. made his big decision. He de- cided to make the daring move to Oshawa. The making of this decision is perhaps best told by his son, R. S. McLaughlin, in one of his articles in MacLean's Magazine. He wrote: "When I say the move to Osh- awa was daring. I am not re- flecting my father's attitude, but that of our competitors. He did arrive just in time to have the cutter for Mr. Mc- Laughlin's neighbor finished at There were, at that time, two established carriage makers at Oshawa, and they let it be known that in their opinion 'Mc- Laughlin will last six months'. It took a little longer than that for changes to occur in the Osh- awa carriage industry -- and when they did it was the com- petitors who disappeared. "Tt is true that the Governor as Mr. McLaughlin was affec- tionately called) brought no great ambition for expansion to Oshawa. After he bought a lot and erected a smallish three- storey building on it, he sold the balance of the lot to the town, which built a jail on it, and later the city hall." So in 1877, Robert McLaugh- lin's carriage factory started operations in Oshawa, on a lo- cation on Simcoe street north immediately south of what is now the municipal parking lot at the corner of Simcoe street and Richmond street west. | With the move to Oshawa, Mr. | the making of wagons, and concen- trated on the building of the beautiful carriages which were to become world famous before they gave way to the advent of the automobile. Murdoch Firm Is 35 Years Old Just over 35 years ago, the late Andrew E. Murdoch originated the Murdoch General Insurance Service. Since its be- ginning in 1926 the business has become well established in Osh- awa and the surrounding district. The official ownership of the company took place six years ago when A. H. Murdoch stepped into his fathers' shoes to run the firm. However, A. H. Murdoch had been in the business for 15 years. The firm moved into its present quarters, 37 King street east, last year in order to provide better facili- ties and more efficiency in the company's operation. The firm employs three persons be- sides Mr. Murdoch, and deals in all forms of insurance. McLaughlin discontinued YWCA Has Busy Year During the past 17 years in which Oshawa's YWCA has been operating, the association has steadily met with success year after year. During 1961 the YWCA's operation once again was highly successful, if not surpassing previous years. Highlighting the past year's activities was-the selection of Miss Grace Wilson, secretary of the board of directors, by the National Young Women's Chris- tian Association, to attend the World Membership Conference held in August at the University of Jamaica, near Kingston. Miss Wilson was chosen as one of 20 Canadian Delegates. Another highlight of the year's activities was the attendance of four members of the Oshawa association to the National Con- Acadia, Wolfville, N.S. members who attended this convention, which is held every four years, included Miss V. Moyse, president; Mrs. M. Johnson, program director; Miss Helen Pardon, and Miss Marjorie Honey, elected dele- gates, The local club was honored with two overseas visitors dur- ing 1961. Mrs. Raja Nayagam, from Ceylon, spoke at a special banquet in November and dur- ing the spring of last year, Mrs. Estelle Amaron, who is a Cana- dian citizen but has been doing work in Sierra Leone, Ghana, was an honored visitor to the local association. The girls living in residence annually help raise a sum of money for the YWCA World Service funds. The Oshawa YWCA, or Ade- Jaide House, as it is often re- ferred to by many residents of Oshawa, also operates a food service under the direction of Mrs. M. P. Townsend. The sys- tem not only caters to YWCA residents but also to the general public in serving lunches and dinners. During 1961 a notable increase in group catering was observed. Some 45,394 people of the gen- eral public and YWCA residents were served. Col. R. S. McLaughlin, who along with his late wife, Mrs. Adelaide McLaughlin, donated the YWCA building, last year added to his worthy donation by contributing extra parking space can now accomodate 60 cars -- an increase of 20 over the previous year. The YWCA in Oshawa has been able to maintain a steady staff during the years as only one change occurred last year. Miss Dona Skuce replaced Miss Ursula Stroeter in Spetember as program assistant. The program department is probably the greatest reason for the close contact the association holds with the general public. This department is responsible for the. organization of dances for the building. 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Miss Irene Corbyn acts as "mother" to the girls in resi- dence. Her living room is and various other social events always open for the girls who; which are open to the public.|want to enjoy a cup of tea and A great deal of this work isla chat or to seek advice. the appointed time. And it was duly delivered complete, even to a painting of King William III crossing the Boyne, specific- ally ordered by the customer. One of the cutters was exhibit- ed at a local fair, and was greatly admired. Mr. McLaughlin learned a les- son from the tardiness of the blacksmith. He was determined not to be caught dependent on} him again. So he decided to build a new workshop with his} own little blacksmith shop in| | front, and his own workshop be- hind, on his property in Tyrone. | The appearance of the two) cutters aroused great interest in| the district. Orders began to! pour in, and Robert McLaughlin | was kept very busy meeting the demand for carriages and sleighs. The premises at Tyrone were soon outgrown. After two} years in them, he decided to! build a larger workshop at} Enniskillen. It was larger in} size than the one at Tyrone,! and had more work benches. It! had a separate blacksmith shop | at the back. In 1869 Mr. Mc-| Laughlin moved to Enniskillen with his family. The oldest son of the family,' Jack J. McLaughlin, who in} later years founded the Canada Dry Ginger Ale Company, had been born at Tyrone in 1866. In 1869, the year of the move to Enniskillen, the second son, George W. McLaughlin, was | | | born. Two years later, Robert Samuel McLaughlin was born at Enniskillen. He is still hale and hearty at 91 years of age. BUSINESS GREW The move to Enniskillen proved a successful and profit- able step. Mr. McLaughlin built sleighs, wagons and then car-) riages. The reputation of the McLaughlin products began to spread. At that time the United Counties Fair was held annually at Bowmanville. 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