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| @ __ ALETIOO TOnICIE | E |w m WATERLOO ST. JACOBS $T. CLEMENTS BRIDGEPORT ST. AGATHA HEIDELBERG CONESTOGO s Village‘s Largest Industry Opens New Distribution Centre SUCCESS STORY ST. JACOBS â€" An outstanding example of a Canadian success story is unfolding here at Hollinâ€" ger Hardware Ltd., operating as Home Hardware Stores. Today, an expansion program involving a 75,000â€"square foot building marks another step in a business that has become the largest purchaser of hardware in Canada. With more than 100 emâ€" ployees, Hollinger has the bargest #abor boad of any industry in the back to 1893 when the origival village hardware store was a blacksmith shop owned by Heary Gilles, Mr. Gilles converted the blacksmith shop to a hardware store. It became Hollinger Hardâ€" ware in 1932 when it was owned by Gordon Hollinger. village . owned _ organization _ and _ has ammhd-epointwtmlhemw a data processing system which automatically controls inventory, produces â€" dealer invorices _ and divects the filing of onders. Othâ€" Area stucents will be asked to donate their time to march a predetermined route around the Twin Cities. estimated at 32 miles. The marchers will seeck Through â€" this project, it is hoped that participation will creâ€" ate an awareness of the needs of others, a need far greater than eny that we in Canada are faced with. Prime objective of the KW organization _ will _ be to raise funds in order to adopt as many unfortunate children as possible through the Foster Parents Plan Council approved a project of a recently formed organization calling itself the KW Oversea Aid. Monday night. This project is â€" called "Miles forâ€" Millions"‘ march. VOL. 113 Council Gives Support for Miles for Millions March The new â€" centre inconporates FACILITIES EXPANDED â€" Hollinger Hardware‘s new warehouse was offiâ€" cially opened this week in St. Jacobs. The business has grown from a village blacksmith shop in 1893 to the largest industry in the town today. include a modern printing. plant, spacious employee facilities and modern loading equipment. There are more than 230 Home Hardware Stores in the four castâ€" ern provinces â€" Ontario, Queâ€" bec, Nova Scotia and New BrunSâ€" wick â€" and these independent dealers joined together to strengâ€" then their buying power. Through the â€" dealerâ€"owned _ organization, they are able to buy at a price competitive with any retail orâ€" ganization. The present system requires no sabes personnel which, again, proâ€" vides items at a lower cost. The double profit in the usual system of distribution which in today‘s marketing concept is no longer possible, is eliminated. The wholeâ€" sabe and retail profit has become one in Home Hardware Stores and the benefits are passed on to the customer. The organization is operated by an 11â€"man board of directors, nmine of whom are deaterâ€"owners and two of whom are semior manâ€" agement people who have a wide range of experience in hardware retariling. The local organization consists of: Mrs. Jennifer Baird, Sandy Baird. D. Albert Smiley. James Breithaupt, John Boulden,. Murâ€" ray Davidson, Paul Gerster, Wm Henderson, Wm Lindsay, George Mitchell, Joe Connell, Cyril Tayâ€" lor. Peter Sims, Donald J. Scott and Owen Lackenbauer. COhairman of the board is Lloyd Wagg of Brampton. The president and gencral manager is Walter Hachborn and theée viceâ€"president and assistant manager is Henry sponsorship from parents, friends and businesses at so much per mile. It is expected that some 3.000 students from the area will participate in this charitable proâ€" Marchers apphication forms will be made available â€" throughout the high schools. â€" Marches wilk also be organâ€" ized in Vancouver, Edmonton, Port Albert, Scarborough,. Fredâ€" ericton and Hamilton WATERLOO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1967 Sitther. Other officers are Ed. Norman, Barrie; Robert Goggie, (Continued on page 2) Wanted: By Waterloo electronâ€" ics firm, 10 or 20 experienced engineers. Interesting work on top sectet defence project involyvâ€" ing close range missile system. Although _ Rayvheon _ Canada Ltd. many not advertise this way, the firm will be searching for engineers and the addition This is the result of a new $7,000,000 contract awarded last week by the department of deâ€" fence production for the design and development of a close range missile for Canadian navy ships. of close to 100 people to their present labor load of 250 emâ€" ployees. "It is a major contract for our firm although far from the larâ€" gest." said Airâ€"Cmdr. E. B. Hale, program manager for the CRMS (close range missite system). "It means a fair amount of money for the city and it could also mean considerable to local subâ€" contractors. We will sublet as much work locally as we can." When installed on the ships, the system will utilize the Sparâ€" row _ missHe, _ another Raytheon product. which hais seen opera~, tional service as. anâ€" air toâ€"air missile with the United States navy "The aim of the system is to provide close range anti aircraff protection a g a i ns t low {lying, high performance aircraft," saad Mr Hale Waterloo Firm to Develop New Close Range Missile System In explaini ig the contract, Mr. Hale, a lean veteran of 27 years im the air force, said the contract will be to develop the CRMS for the new class helicopterâ€"carryâ€" ing destroyers which are being built for the Canadian navy. It will include the construction of a prototype system at the Waterloo plant and the design and development of the complete system for production in time for the launching of the new des troyers. The system, caled the Canaâ€" Delegates in attendance at Monâ€" day‘s® council meeting learned that persons who attend a meetâ€" ing can and do leave with differâ€" ent views of what took place. The confusion â€" came â€" about when F. G. Janke of 233 Lourdes street, decided to corroborate what Mayor Paleczny said had taken place at a meeting between the two local school boards and members of traffic and transporâ€" tation committee, â€" Monday afterâ€" noon just hours before council. Will Keep Children Home . > If Buses Not Provided During a lull during which members of council were moving from committee of a whole to council, he told the delegates that he had just spoken to Mr. Pugh, chairman of the public school board. He related that Mr. Pugh told him on the telephone that what the mayor stated was "not" the recommendation of the board and council, but the council repreâ€" sentatives had assumed full reâ€"; sponsibility for student transporâ€" tation and that further, the board did not take this as a soâ€" lution to the problem. dian Sea Sparrow, will be fitted in four destroyers as well as in two new operational support ships. Although the Waterloo firm‘s contract amounts to $7,000,000, This was in almost direct variâ€" ance from what Mayor Palecezny reported. His Worship had preâ€" viously told the delegation that the city would not in any way be involved in a "taxi service" for pupils, but would improve the public transportation (bus) sysâ€" AIRâ€"COMMODORE HALL with one of the intricate wiring panels constructed at Raytheon. SUBSCRIPTION $3.00 YEAR tem so that the pupils in question could be accommodated. Howâ€" ever, he told them, the pu~i‘s would be required to chanse from the bus to the trollsy .t King and Erb, and wogd ther s transported through a shutt‘c service from the trolley terminal to the school area. _ Upon hearing what Mr. Janke related to the delegation, memâ€" bers of council who were present for the meceting retorted "mab>e we weren‘t at the same m=>~i>g because I am gure that they aâ€" greed with our proposal." The Waterloo Senarats School Board was represented hy Fronk Kroetsch, while the public sehrool board was represented by W ‘‘ °C Hougham, Howie Cauchill. J. T. Hill and Wm. Push. Committ>e members were Ald. Roy Baum~»n, Vince Alviano, Russ Ledger Joe Doerner and Mayor Paleczny. The meeting took place in the council chambers at 4:46 p.m. Mayor Paleczny stated thit Waterloo purchases bus service from the Kitchener PUC, a serâ€" vice which this city subsidizes to the bune of $17â€"18,000 per annum. This figure is actually about He reported that according to the PUC (Kitchener) chairman, the implementation of services (Continued on page 12) the total cost for design, proto= type construction, sytem producâ€" tion and initial missile procureâ€" ment will be $25,700.000 which $25,000 but refunds from the trolley reduce it to the aforeâ€" mentioned figures. (Continued on page 6)