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24 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tusedey, Februery 26, 1963 _wewr OSHAWA'S NEW LOW-RENT HOUSING PROJECT Flying Club's Year Fruitful Oshawa Flying Club looks on 1962 as one of its more fruitful years with 46 student pilots graduating, seven_ trophies awarded and 3,380 hours flown. A graduate of the club, Peter Wilson was awarded the coveted Tudhope Trophy, Jan. 29 at Cal- gary Other trophies for the club were: the A. G, Storie, the Fraser Memorial, the Oshawa Flying Club, the Schofield, the Royal Canadian Air Force Asso- ciation, the Hayden Macdonald, and the Grindley. History was made when two club members flew the plane "JFK" to Washington and ob- tained President John F. Ken- nedy's signature for the log book. More than 1,200 people in 360 aircraft landed at the airport for a "breakfast fly-in" last June coming from various points between Quebec, Windsor and U.S.A. Flying ciww officials say this was one of the largest events of its kind in Canada. Operation Crippled Children was a benevolent project of the club for 1962. Ingredients for the operation -- 33 excited and in- terested youngsters. The plan -- flights over Oshawa in both pri- vate and club aircraft. The strategy was mapped out through the co-operation of the events were run off during the summer months with contests arranged for spot landings, sim- ulated emergency landings and bombing. A weekend flight to Clinton, Ohio provided members with a flight in a Ford tri-motor air- craft built in, 1928, Sixteen air cadets coming from Parry Sound, Peterbor- ough, Port Hope, Stouffville, Scarborough, Toronto and Osh- awa received private pilots li- cences in July. Each year, the club contracts with the Air Cadet League of Canada to train air cadets to private pilot licence standard. These courses have been con- tinuous since 1947 and during this time 180 cadets have taken the courses, The club accommodates the community with sight-seeing tours and a charter service. Its fleet includes a Cessna 172 and a Piper Tri-pacer, both four- place aircraft, a Cessna 150, four Champion Tri-Travellers and two Aeronca Champions, all all two-place aircraft. Twentyfour of the 265 mem- bers fly their own planes, The club, a member of the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association was officially open- ed Sept. 15, 1945 and more than 700 pilots have graduated during its operation, There are 38 other Oshawa Rotary Club. Competitive flying and skill similar clubs in Canada. Social evenings are held regu- Chambers' : Assets High Local People Share in Mod- ern Business -- When frozen peas first ap- peared on the market people thought they were hand painted, and when frozen French fries were introduced, "we were" jeered says Howard Chambers, owner and president of Cham- bers Foods, Homemakers have come to accept the bright green peas, frozen French fries and dozens of other items wt were pio- neered and introduced by Mr. Chambers many of which are still available only at Cham- bers, and experiments are be- ing conducted on many more items. ' With such a vast experi:ace in the frozen food industry (24 years) -it is little wonder that the QOhambers Food Club is growing at such a remarkable rate. With assets of over $780,000) the company opened its branch in Oshawa at 933 Ritson road south in February 1962 and thanks to the support of the People of Oshawa and district in one short year has exceeded all expectations in increased business end new members. 'The Oshawa Branch serves cus- larly in the lounge and a num- ber of special dinners are ar- ranged in the restaurant as well as Club dances being held in the recreational hall. 4 ~ve- = 7-wewwew i ee Duplate Makes Safety Glass Duplate Canada Limited emerged from the W, E. Phillips Glass Company in 1928 as the first company in Canada to sup- Ply safety glass to automobile manufacturers. . With a fiberglass and plastics division added later the policy of the company has been one of gradual expansion backed up by sound research, The greatest proportion of the plant's production is safety Blass for the automobile indus- try under the brand names Du- plate and Armourplate. Also produced locally are Twindow Insulating glass for homes and offices and Herculite glass doors for office buildings, arenas, banks and stores. --Photo by Ireland ltomers from Pickering to | Peterborough. | Ninety-five' percent (95 per of the company's employ- are shareholders in the com- |pany and many local people {who are club members are also' shareholders, all sharing in the growth and expansion of this |modern food business. | From a modest 1,500 sq. ft., in {1939 the company has _in- |creased its plant space to three plants with a 32,000 sq. ft.-area with facilitates to store over 1,000,000 Ibs. of frozen foods, plus tons of staple groceries, items such as evaporated milk, tea, coffee, flour, cake mixes jete, ete, Hambly Has "Unit Step" Hambly Concrete Products Limited, located at Kingston road west. and Thickson road, offers its customers the "unit! step" or, pre - cast concrete steps and porches with iron railings in addition to its usual line of products. Hambly's Concrete customers have enjoyed such features as this since the company started five years ago. President is Wil- liam 'Bill' Hambly Sr., vice- president is Bill Hambly and sales manager is Jim Hambly. The company has enjoyed a steady increase in business in the past years and 1963 is ex- pected to be the, best so far. New machinery will be acquired that will maintain or improve the quality of Hambly's pro- ducts. company soon outgrew this space and in 1952 they engaged in a complete remodelling and expansion program for the in- terior and the outside. Today the Burns building inco: tes the shoe store, the United Cigar Buns | Shoes '73 Years Old Store and Parkhill and Yanch, law offices, The management would like at this time to express thanks to their many friends and cus- tomers for their past patronage, without which their growth Burn's Shoe Store have for three generations dedicated |themselves to serving the pub- jiic with fine shoes for the en- itire family. | Seventy-three years ago, Wil- liam Jeffery Burns opened a shoe store on Oshawa's main in- tersection, King and Simcoe streets, This is still the main ;corner and Burns Company | Limited is still there. Today the business is under the manage- |ment of the founder's son and | grandson, William. and Doneld |Burns, Continuity of family traidition of quality shoes, rubber wear, |Skates, boots and luggage for |the whole family is faithfully |carried on in today's operation. | The business premises were \first enlarged in 1942 but the ee ee a a eae EEE OE OSES ES We OY OBEY te ey OSHAWA TIMES BUILDING 'ON KING STREET EAST Myers Cotton Busy Firm Horace V. Myers started Myers Cotton Products Limited in 1939 in downtown Toronto and expanded his business through- out the years to its present size of which the 10,000 square feet building in Oshawa's Industrial Park is ample evidence. What Myers Cotton Products actually do can not be described in one simple sentence. They are manufacturers and dis- tributors, and handle ftems ranging from wiping cloths to fire extinguishers. They supply washroom equipment and sup- plies, caretaking equipment, floor maintenance supplies, lambs wool products and adver- tising novelties such as. silk screen process printed ma- terials, The firm caters to industries would not have been possible. of its market traditionally was centred around Toronto, they are rapidly expanding and con- centrating their services on the Gshawa area, as. the only busi- ness of its kind here. The firm has occupied the present plant at Raleigh street since 1960. It serves customers with a fleet of three trucks. There are 28 employees. Vice-president M. J. Moon said sales in 1962 reached a ree- ord high and the firm is looking forward to continued service to the many friends and business acquaintances in the area. Nichols Have Steady Business Business at Roy W. Nichols Garage is always steady and has improved every year since it started up at its Courtice lo- in general and, although. most cation more than 40 years ago. Mr. Nichols is the Bowman- ville dealer for Chevrolet, Chevy ll, Corvair, Envoy, Oldsmo- bie and Cadillac cars and Chevrolet trucks as well as owner of the used car business in Courtice, on Highway 2, The Bowmanville business started up 12 years ago. From 30 to 32 people are em- ployed by Mr. Nichols, includ- ing salesmen, mechanics, parts and body men, Nichol's body shop is located on the north side of Highway 2, directly across the road from the main garage. Plans for the future include an expansion yrogram at the Courtice location and some' re- modelling, announced Nichols. WANT BIKINIS BANNED DURBAN, South Africa (AP) Women's organizations in this Indian Ocean resort city are pressing the city council to bar girls in bikinis from the streets. McLellan Tire Has New Look One of the many landmarks of downtown Oshawa is MeLel- lan Tire and Battery Limited, owned and operated by Victor H. McLellan at the corner of Prince and Bond streets. Since. last summer there is a lot more elbow room around the gas pumps, following a major alteration. Most businesses add to their building. Mr. McLellan cut-his store in half and chop- ped 18 feet off the building te Provide for more room on the lot. He started business 28 years ago and has been on the present location since 1945. He is a dis- tributor for Firestone Tires and offers all those services that go with a garage business, such as vulcanizing, carburetor and ig- nition service, battery service, oil changes and grease jobs. research in glass | 'ip The modern automobile windshield is almost a precision optical unit, while the rear window must bear part of car body load stresses. A far cry from the days when flat glass was a simple commodity, cut to size and glazed in its original form. Measuring the optical quality of automobile windshields on a special collimater doing basic research as well as adapting glass to new uses. 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