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During the past month, public health nursing students from Windsop and Kingston were with the local branch for several weeks gaining practical experiâ€" ence in community nursing. At the June meeting of the board of management of the North Waterloo branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses, Mrs. R M. Elder, nurse in charge, reâ€" ported that progress is being made in extending service throuâ€" ghout the northern part of the county. Recently, a number of visits have been made in the Blair area. Mrs. Elder also reported that VON baby baths are increasingly being given as gifts to new mothâ€" ers by friends and relatives localâ€" ly, with some requests for such gifts coming from Hamilton and Toronto. During May, the branch‘s six nurses made 1,026 visits. bringâ€" ing the total so far this year to 4.560. Mr. Butler praised the increase, over the past three years, of exâ€" ports to Europe, United States of America and South America from $525,000 to $685,000. and expectâ€" ed increases in exports to Holâ€" land. Marsland is currently workâ€" ing on a $2.3 million US defence sharing contract to supply specâ€" ial precision mechanical parts and assemblies. He termed praiseworthy, the company efforts in import reâ€" placement, with nearly all raw materials obtained in Canada. Also, that all advertising is placâ€" ed with firms based in Ontario. He noted further, that the comâ€" pany‘s â€" contract â€" manufacturing for large Canadian firms in the communications and â€" computer Over the past three years, the dollar value increase of expandâ€" ed â€" facilities at Marsland has been $900,000 â€" production area increased 100,000 square feet (30 percent), and employment has grown 50 percent to over 1.000. This special award is given to Ontario â€" companies â€" that â€" have made outstanding contributions to the economy, through increased plant capacity and employment, export sales,. import replacements and research and development. A local firm, Marsland Engiâ€" neering Ltd. of Waterloo, was honored with an Ontario governâ€" ment â€" "A" for Achievement Award, Friday. Kieth E. Butler, MPP for Waterloo north made the presentation. Marslands Honored for Achievement VON Activities D 0 M 1 N 1 0 N D R IV IN G $ C K 0 0O L 5 7 6 â€" 2 8 2 0 Classroom and In The Car Ask about convenient departure and return times Insurance Discounts TRAIN T0 TORONTO r Information, phone the local CN Passenger Sales Office This program has enabled this company to develop many new products during the past few years â€" defence equipment for airborne and shipboard use in communications, sonar trainers and computers, as well as solid state co m mercial amplifiers, speakers, TV tuners, recorders â€" and pipe wrenches, vises and mining hose fittings. From 1964 â€" 1966, their domesâ€" tic and export sales grew from Also deserving of particular praise, he stated, is Marsland‘s research and development proâ€" gram on which they spend 5.6 percent of their annual sales volâ€" ume. fields, has also enabled them to increase their exports and help bring about a better balance of payments for Canada. MARSLAND ENGINEERING Ltd. received an Ontario government achieveâ€" ment flag last week. Shown unveiling the flag are (left to right) J. J. Graham of the economics and development department, Keith Butler, MPP, Larry Marsland, Stanley Marsland, Mayor Paleczny, and C. M. Cox, manager. WATERLOO TAXI 145â€"4163 â€" 145â€"4163 When A Taxi You Need, A Taxi You Call But Remember, Waterloo Taxi, Is The Taxi To Call Est. Over 20 Years To Serve Your Taxi Needs CANADIAN NATIONAL 8 ERB EAST, WATERLOO OUT OF TOWN TRIPS A SPECIALTY \ Wa raaoo (l{ifcllener) One Way Wblle P3 $2 45 gng FARE $2.%0 £p He termed this shortage a "great tragedy" for the country. We can not realize our full poâ€" tential because we do not have enough skilled people and we can‘t train enough because the educational cycle is too long. Mr: Marsland stated that more applied research can be the counâ€" try‘s salvation, because this reâ€" sults in new products develop ment. 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