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1944.
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
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In the Water Tower, issued in July 1921, the Chicago Bridge and Iron
the change in the name of t heir Canadian
officially
Company
announced
Horton_
Chicago
sidiary
Br idge & Iron Company to the
from the Canadian
sub
late
the
to
tribute
a
n
w
name
as
The
Works,
Limit e d
Steel
as
chos e
the
Company,
Iron
the
Horace E. Hort on, the founder of
Chicago Bridge &
parent �ompany.
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The Canadian Company was organized in the early p a rt of 19!3 and t he
plant locate d and built at Bridgeburg,
Ontario, in the fall of the same
year.
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an
to
ty
E: S,
me
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af
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ro
ur
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Previous to the organization of the
Canadian
Company, considerable
work was done in Canada by
Mr. George T. Horton
whose interest
in the
Do�_iinion was first aroused when he s e cur e d a contract for the erect ion of
a standpipe for the town of Picton, N.S.
later anÂ
in 1901.
years
Two
other contract was secured for a tower and tank 2t Edmonton, Alberta.
A
short time latGr an order was received from tho Canadian Pacific Railway
for elevated tenks at Montreal and �innipeg.
increasing
After this, an
amount of bus�nes� was secured,
and the desirability of having a fabriÂ
cating plant in Canada became apparent.
Mr. George T.- Horton
took
gre�t interest in the development of the
Can2di�n company and personally came to Toront o and set up a small plant
on rented property.
Here a considerable number of towers and tanks were
fabricated and erected under his direction.
In l912, Mr. M.J. Tre�s, now executive Vice-President of the Chic�gti
Bridge & Iron Company, came to Canada to assist in the securing of
conÂ
tracts.
The railroad business was booming at that
_
time, and he obtained
orders for a large num b er of railway tanks.
Northern was
The
Canadian
buildin g extentions,
the Canadian Government was building the TransconÂ
tinental,
and ti1e
Grand Trunk Pacific
was getting ready to build from
�innipeg to the Pacific.
Orders were secured for a large nUI:lber o f tanks in the fall of 1912;
and in January and February of 1913, and it was evident that in o rde r to
get them out a larger shop would be required.
The tanks were to be erÂ
ected during the summer or·1913,
and
this
meant that the utmost speed
was required to organize a company,
decide on a loc2tion for the plant,
and construct the plant.
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of the plant was �ore of a problem than was e xpected�
The
location
It was appnr<rnt th c:: t the plant should be located in the Niagara PeninsuÂ
la in order to be as close cs possible to the source of raw materi2l �nd
in
to their pl::::nt in Eastern Unittod Stc:tcs, vrhich is at Greenville, Pa.
order thst tho Canadian pl?nt could draw on its stock in emergency. Siles
et Welland,
Niagara Falls
rnd Thorold were investigated, but no sstisÂ
f2.ctory site et rt:asoneble cost could be: found.
Finally the suggE;stion
�es mada that the possibilities at Bridgoburg should be lookGd into. Mr.
George T. Horton and' Mr. R.H. Murray, th12n Genurel �.Tanager of the Chicc:go
who w�re endeavouring to locate a sit8,
d�cid8d
Bridge & Iron Company,
to go to Bridgeburg
but they went with little hope of succ0ss,
because
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assumed real esta e values th5re would be ouch inflated
naturally
t hey
river from Buffalo.
the
But much to their
on account of being across
had
surprise and gratification they found a better sit e there than th€y
discovt:;red at any of the other places and at a price which about met their
Th is land was levLl and located
so
that two
ideas of what was right.
possible.
A deal wcs closed at onc2 for the
were
connections
railway
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purahase
dequate to t he needs of that time.
Mr.C.
A plant was built in
acted
suÂ
and
as
plant
construction
the
the
of
of
charge
took
Gregory
c.
size
its
from
The
doubled
than
re
o
m
plant
about
until
perintendent
1913 to
191
1925.
1921.
The policy of management changed in Dec8mber
Formerly it had
bE8n directed from New York and Chicag o .
Mr. C.H. Scheman was made Gen8ral Manager at Nontresl where 8 contracting office was opened.
In
Hr. Scheman moved to Bridgeburg and Mr. G.S. Sangdahl was placed in charge
of the Montreal Office.
1919.
1921
Mr. Ezra Shull was shop for eman from 1913 to 1924
and on c.c. GregÂ
ory1 s departure was made shop sup erintenden t. He left our employ in
Mr. G. Fitch Cady becam e the superintendent in January of the same y ear.
192�
In
Mr. L.C. McMurtry joined the organization and later became
superint end ent of erection succeeding S.C. Wolf e in 1924.
1922,
On D ecember
burned down t h e
one, 3601 x 901,
spring of 1924.
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a fire which started from an overheat ed stov�,
Mafn Shop.
Plans had already been made to build a new
and accordingly a steel buildin g was erected during the
An additional 3601 were added to it in 1928.
1923,
Mr. Manock
cam e from Chicago in April
to assum e the duti es of
M3n2ger of Operations in the plant.
Shortly after this the company purÂ
chased the Des Moines Steel Plant in Chatham, Ontario.
c.s. Boyd, S. M.
�ead, A.P. Blackburn and G.H. Crase formerly employed with
Canadian Des
�:oines Steel Company joined our company.
The Horton Steel Works opened
3 Sales Office
in Toront o� with G. H. Crase in charge.
A. P. B lackburn
took over
management of t he sales office at Montreal,
due to Mr. G. S.
S2ngd�hl being transferred
to the Cleveland Sales Office of the Chicago
3ridge & Iron Company.
1924
later years of development have been gradu8l and steady and the
aeta1Ls are quite as familiar to most of you as to the writer.
Business
fro� 1925 on became incressingly steady until 1931, when the bottom seemÂ
.::.d to
rop out of everythi·ng.
"The
We built two oil tankers,
in 1935,
3ruce rill dson" launched first,
2.nd the "Transi ter" which cnme late:;- �v olved methods of ship building in welded construction which later proved
�o be pione�ring examples in the fabrication of welded ships, i.e. wel�
1�1� up sections of the vessel in the s op and transporting them to the
sn1pyerd
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In
� ebruary 1936, Mr. W.R. Hanock wcs made Vice-President �nd ManÂ
.
eg1ng D 1 r � ct or ,
succeeding
!.Ir. C.H. SchE:man
went to our New York
who
Sr�Gs Office, During this ssm� year F.B. Booz of our S2les Fore� in Fort
E�1� moved to Montrce.l te.king ovE::r th(:; manngemcnt of the: nontreal Sales
01f1c� from A. P. Blackburn.
G. H. Crase at this time was made General
S2l0s ��r,nager.
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To, 'the-··H.M. C.
Dear
··¥embers:
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�-:.�:f.garettes
L\re:ceived
I wish· to send my very sincere thanks for :th�..
They were appreciated very much, and such a treat to get the
yesterday.
Canadian Kind again.
Sgt. D. Leask, R.C.A.F.
Your� tr�lyj\
e ·rece:Lyed. the abbve note from Dop Leask 1the day af.ter he V'!as reported
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letter was r e ceived by
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:-Can' ,t Rememl:;ler
The Date
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Dear Archibald:.",
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dow]'.1 ·with.my'pen
to type you: a letter. Please pardon :tlte pencil.
I don't live wherBk r.::us·ed.'to live as I moved to where I am now. When ;ou
I a!11 sorry
we
come to see me ·.8'$1\ Cil)Y.one\ where I live as nobody knows-.
.1.
are so far together';if' I wish we were closer apart.
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My
I hope,. you are ,_t:qe same.
died and.is d o in g nicely.
Aunt Black
cousin ha'S the mu.mps and is· having a swelled time� . She is·. at d.'fla th 1 s <ioor
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and· the doctor is trying to pull her through.
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I
sent
than we did last\ year.
We are having mor e weather :this year
If
your coat by express �nd \ I.cut the buttons off ·to mike it ligbter.
you want them t h e y a.re in the pocket.
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I ?tart e d for Petawawa to see you. I saw on the sign which said, "This
will take . you . t'o Petawawa. 11' I got on it and sat there for two hours and
the damn thing didn 1 t move. an inclli..
In case yo.u don 1 t get this
let me know and I will mail it.
In this letter there i'.13 a pictuN of me,
in case you lose it? I took
it out.
I hope you like. it.
I forgot to enclose the money I owe you? as I had sealed the envelope
before I remembered.
Yours �or never and never,
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Kn�Qri§.n_1§.i°1§.£..�iL.Tfil_]ld i�.Q.r
THE PLEASURE WAS OURS!
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Dear Ed:
With astonisb,rnent,nay·� even with
indignation we
read.
in ·
is sue.
a Horto
bar lying down.
ifie deny this? and
make protest� Surely what Mr. Chapw:i.s th t J?Oor ·old crow�_par
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day,
new
or
tax.
Never
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.s'O :Jl�XJ;; trained
crow-bar li� do�r:n
q.t .\t p)3 :sou:µd of
the whistle? b ut r&tt11:0;tf ·filled with
a new energy�_:it .:,id:oiild :be ·rfrore likeJy
to galvanize/Iri t b action? 'grab
its
din ner pail, and sprint for the clock.
would
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ot the
shop
employees,
�a�e·· 't�l1]/S opportui:ii ty
to thank
office
staff who
yisit'�d us during th e recent bond
We wish
�o exl?ress our
appreciation
for their smiles and
.
.
courtesy;, Their bright presence made
our shop 2 happier place to work in.
V8 hope to see them again, and want
to pay tribute to everyone of these
smiling girls whose efforts were
the<··g.i:rls of the
gay,
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The
behalf
J:ce,mpa·i�n..
'J
hard:
s};iocl:c ()f
wilting from the
On
we
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Editor�
"
April\\
·?f Hi-Lites ,?f
mai;i s�w,
Mr.
well rewarded.
The very high average
of
in the recent 6th Victory Loan
Drive will be difficult to beat.·
so
sold
,
sales,
Men of the Shop
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WE NEVER KNEW
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We have often-heard-Of-people t ry in
gt
toact younger than they are but
is a rare occa·sion when you see som&their l at e twenties or so,
one in
acting older t h an their age'O We have
this in �h e
a very good example of
person of Ed Mc Alpine of the Machine
Shop, l ately referred to
as "Pop110
It seems that Ed and Bob Barlow were
going over to Buffa lo the oth er evening via the
Peace Bridge and
when
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with us again. Dave left our
employ last July. We would also like·
to
extend a welc "'me to Louie McDern1ct
t
Of the Dr
afting R o o m
Louie
was a
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former Fle
e t �mployeeo
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-jiir s
would
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We would also like to welCome back Dav
e Hutton wno has retum-
l
to d-that
:--Johnnie Leask
h ad such a case of laryngitis
that
by using a pad
she had to converse
and wr i t ing on
everyone knows
Johnnie loves a good joke and we believe that he intimated that the lar yngi t is had a f fec te d her hearing als�
and that anyo n e wishing to talkto her
also have ·to do a little writing. we are told .that Ollie Benner,
was· the. particular one that vas taken
in on this 'little joke .the
othar
evening when Ollie
stopped in
to
convey h is sympathy to Mrs. Leask,
and of course· ·started to· converse
with ner by means of·
Leask was in on the joke and let Oliver
do his best· to try an d convey his
Johnnie wa
out of
symp a t hy
room at the time all this was tffi:ing
place, and n edless to s�y he had a
very good laugh • . _ ;'
It was made
kn own ta Ollie th a t Mrs. Leask could
even 'if she
couldn 1 .t
hear
speak.
it.As
they were being
questioned by
the
Immigration officer on the U.S. side,
the officer asked 7 Edif his. son (re!erring to Bob) was: returning with
him. Naturally Ed was a little
upset, and the next day at work he was
quite interested in finding out whether or not he actually look
ed old en- .
ough to be Bob's father.
NEW MEN·
would
liK�-�o-exvvu� a welcome
t o the following
new men in t h e Main
Shop. C
Johns ton, H. Ba rnha rt,
H. ·
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Laverty.
SIGN LANGUAGE???
We are
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R. M. HILDRETH
E. SUGDEN
B.
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_ 0 3 w�s quits red�
bli��rs�fb�
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HOME AGAIN
tnan--pleased t o
report
who
Russell
son
Young1s
for
on
operat
an
underwent
recently
back
.is
and
appendics·'has recovered
home w i th his family.
We .are more
th�t George
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MISTAKEN
MARRIED MEN TAKE NO TICE
The o l d adage--of11don' t count
ymtr
If your-ar· -s p .ort's--min e·d-[ind wis.11
chickens
before they are ha��hedis
take the Globe and
Mail, which
kno�n by everyone and in thi&cp�rta particularly good sports page
icular case,
we believe th_c;it.J� is
yet your wife doesn't like this'
quite appropriate
for Mor:r:J s.. �SPear
ticular paper, he re's how it
to take
particular notice/._.of. _It
arrnnged. Wes Benner of the i-Inch
seems that prior to the bleWsed event
Shop tr i e d to persuade
his Yvife
in the Snear family,
Morris was so
discontinue
the
Toronto
Star
positive that the little visitorw9_s . . get the Globe cind
Mail so
g,oing to be a son,
tha t he want ;?i¢ .:\rn.ight be able to follow the vnri
far as to
make a bet to th�/ � f f�q 'Y• sports.
Of course as
Wes CO'l,;,ldn
that if it were not a son, he would'
see eye to eye with her,
natura
shave off the adornment on his upper
.·.they cont i n u e d to take
the Toron
lip. Alas and alack the new arrival? $P ar. Wes being of a determined n
was a beautiful little girl but true> ure,
arid yet a little on the timi
to his
statement Morris
came into
side as far as his wife fu concern
work minus his mustache.
decided to take matters in his 0
<\ .hands, contacted 'th6 Globe and �!:l
tl;g;�_§J:�EJ11;g;E
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Marie Donnelly of the Erecti9n !Jep-(
carrier that goes bJ the pl2.nt Ga
artment
came into
work the·\ other
morning and arranged to have the p
morning· with a beautiful diamond ring
delivered at the Machine Shop"
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on her left hand. We are not at all
funny part of all this is
that \'1
surprised, as quite a. number of us
never takes the pa lJer hom8 v.,ri '.:.h h
have seen a c e rtain
young man f r om
after work. We arewondering wh<.:th'"
Buffalo by the name of Dave l.ianging
or �lot Nfrs., B e nner is aware of wh
around quite a bit in the
Wes is doing.
pa.st.
We would l ik e to take this opportL..n- 000---000
i ty of extending our congratulations
While we are on the topic of ValG
to Marie and her boyfriend.
tines day� you shotild. hJve s�en t
�..BJ.CHELORS ·1wTE
big o r c h id that Marie
D om1e.ly
wa
.-Oliver
Benner-came--Into work the
sporting ar.Jund the
offL:e the: C.
other morning with
lipstick on the
after. BJy I' l l bet th�t t�ok a lo
,sid� of his face. Ollie has either
of giving the night b�for�.
found a lady ·friend or else he forgot
NEN ·ARRIVALS - . .
t � wipe
hi s face after his
siste r
CongratulatI;n;-����I�-ordef
. ·kissed .him good-bye when he dropped
followj_ng proud parents w'w h0v•,; i1
work at the Arner Co.
Jrnr of.f for
sin
to thEdr fa11ilie s
additions
Nev�� mind Ollie� least you d id n ' t
the publication of th� last Hi-Li�
corrie into work with your shirt collar
a daugn
Mr. & mrs, Morris. Sp,c.rnr,
.
cov.er-ed .with lipstick
like
Frank
Donna
M
Born
·Janu.
orrean,
a
ry
21,19
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Allen does.
so
n
L3ird·
Rvbert
Mrs.
&
Mr.
To
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Brian B1;;rnard, bo.rn J:::l:1uar/ 277 194
. The day of-sweethearts·-·-ha s gone by
so
McClory a
To Mr. & Mrs. Doug
a'gain, but the big qu e s t i o n of the Robert Frederi��, bor0 Feb.ruary l
"Who s e nt U iss
hour still remains,
1947. To M:.cs. &- Mrs. R;,,:y Schooley
·. �amb the
NaleEtine.
The v3lentine
daughter .Toan Ann, born Februar�
had Mel Lawtons nams on it? but Mel
1947. For 'a while.the atmosphd' i::
strongly
denies
h a vin g sent
Miss
the Main
Office: .and the Shop w
Lamb the
said valentine.
In · fact
thickly clG,�..iJ1.ed,,with ciga�
Mel was so perturbed about the whole
to ths proud" fathers passing o>C c
affair th3t it would notb� well for
ars in honor of their new arrival
the person. that· actually did send it
.
AT CdHVEilJTION
to be :in�de known to Mel.
Depa
Yet agai'n
ic
Traff
"Eilii
Aubrey Burneft-·o:r
.str
on a se.cond thought ve are wondering
du
In
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n
ment at tended the C ·:! nadia
whet.her or not this might l:e a cover
. Traffic League conv-entio11
.
up strategy.
How a bout it Mel?
Royal
Connaught Hotel. at H:--_ .. ii
. . 000---000
recently. . AubrA3Y .reports tno t t
Beware of women
who
s tr ok e
your
convention was � real sy c c e s � ,
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They frequently are
. your scalp;,
after
enjoyed· every
don 1 t doubt i to
he
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of
it.
�red on Feb. 10, 1947.
be that �uch an occ�
It may
incident occur
date (J.
bowlers
on that
our
of
Two
again.
happen
er
ev
will n
respectively)
the Receivers and Machine Shop
stone acd G. Crase
exactly the same
number of games t o date, knocked d own
ed the same
c
average.
o
same
the
exactly
had
To ·bring
urse
and
�
of pins,
er
thi s
ge
coincidence,
th0
stage
was
set
on
Feb.
3,
when
Johnan
str
t
obÂ
Johnstone
.
2
0
2
of
average
an
Crase
and
206
of
age
had an aver
Feb.
10
to
roll
a
511
and
Craseeal
y
"on"
t,hc
was
::
gly was
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average
2 points in his
Johnstone dropped
701.
night to roll a
points.
2
up
nt
e
w
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e Cra se
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of 700 or over: R. McEachern,
e following to date have had triples
owley, B. Purpura, W. C.Latworthy, J. Johnstone, S. Allen, R. Schooley
A.
D. mcClary, W. ZLlnutto, A. Renshaw, W. B e nn e r , G. Crase,
pear,
Sugden.
rlow
B.
Ba
R.
art,
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verage s not men�i oned on the weekly sc ore:sheet are: J. Purpura
Bews 168, W. Mossom, 1 74, .L. M cC arthy 17 6, J. Colman 185, O. Nicks l '..J O
owley 193, W. Clatworthy 19l, J. Leask 166, S. Allen 182, O. Benner 140
c. Lut ley,
194 , S. Passero 186, G. Asplin,
159, M. DeRiviere
62 ,
HG.:.d 160, c. Gentles 178, J.
P os s l e r 165, G. C ur tis 167, P. Be;1ier
R. Schooley 193,
A. Raliska
M. Hildreth 1E9i M.
Spear 192,
A. Hurrenc. Simpson 174, J. B o ugie
urnett 17?, B. Shular
, R. Roth 177, w. B y e r s 180, A.· Barnhart
189, W. Lewis 172, L. John145, h.
C�apman 140, h. Spirko
62 , R. Barlow 192, B.
S u g d e n 189, .
icken 194, E. MclUpine 18.4, P. Sm
. ith 165,.* W.R. Manock
D. Morne
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of
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190.J.,
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159,
162,
163,
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150,
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n behalf
of the H o r to n Steel ·Bowling League we wish
to acknowled�e
thanks the sweaters
which were kindly
to
donated by the company
se attending
662/3% of the games in the B,C,&D series of the league··
on 1945 to 1946.
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League Manager
League Treasurer
League
Statistician
B.
E. Sugden
Jim B oug i e
Maurice Spear
Bowling Ball is made
aluminum. Forged in two sections, we lded
ther and gr ound to
perfect smo othness, claims f or
the ball are that
all specifications se t u p by the American Bowling Congress.
ho
i�s greatest ad"?"antages lies in the fact that the ball won1t chip
ave its essen
tial perfect roundness affected.
of
w
iil.meet
· ·
received
!
as we were going tp press that Len Russell is the proud
baby girl, �usan �lizabeth, born in the Buffalo Childrens HosÂ
February �3.
Both moth�r and f�ther a�e doing fine.
was
�r'
F' L A S H
�f
a
�f.'._age
__
4
"EST!�TE"
OF $7.54 FOUND
OF OSCfiR, THE
univ e rsi t y of
Kt:::ntucky, the te
nd
of Achilles, which is the big sin
on the back
the hind leg, CR
IN STOMt.CH
SEAL
of
Oscar,
pet sec;ll
of
California
A¢�demy Sc ien�es, u se d to dive for
� Srinies. Having no pockets in his
he swallowed them.
sealskin coat,
was where he made
his fa t al
That
chemically digested and pressed
sheets of tough, flexible, sole
ther l ike material
MONKEYS SCR�TCH FOP. SALT
mistake.
f ound dead on
the. floor of his pool. Au t opsy disclosed
that he
had n e a r l y
four
pounds
of coins
in his
stomach,
amounting to $7.54. Tne s e included
of the w a rt im e "white
a good many
pennies" which contained zinc, suspected of b e ing poisonous.
r�EN OF M:.Rs
wi l l
look-like-Martians
Chicago star ted a series of bullet
ins which are p o s t e d in each oft
five animal houses.
Here are som e of _the answers:
Monkeys and dogs b o t h scratch, b
m onk ey s arf'._ s·cratching for sa
the
not
,
·
§.Q1�§.-EBQill_§.lli�Y'l§.
.
Sinew from within the .steer 1
·
:.
s
-
·.
.
�
as well as leather from the outside
can now be used for shoe soles. By
a pricess developed originally ct ihe
··.
t
Cats can see in
are blind
in
Oppossums
the daylight and
total darkness.
are related to kanga
Bo t h are marsupials,and the female
of both animals carry their young
pouches.
Tlrn f a s t est running animel is t
C h e e t ah . Record speed: 70 miles pe
hour.
Snakes a r e among the farmers' �s
fr i e nd s: they eat mice that eatg
WHY IS THE OCE�N BLUE?
flexibil-
·
·
fleas.
Tiny p � rt i cl e s cf s a l
on the s
ian skin are· considered tasty by
monkeys.
vvhen
they ·zoom their jet..;planes in t o the
if ·a pre s sur e
stratosphere,
suit
designed by three
Akron engineers
c0mes into ge ner a l use. Ti:"11;; problem
was to
encase a mah in
something
that
-would maintain n orm a l atmospheric p ress ur e ·a round his body at
great heigh ts, y e t
alow c om pl e te
freedom of movement. The t orto and
upper
arms could be covered
with
·pieces
resembling fourteen t h-centur y armour, but greater·
ity had� be provided for the cove rin g s of e lbows , hips and kn ee s .
This was achieved by annualr bulges of rubber-impregnated
f a br ic ,
one above another,
giving the gen�
er al ,appearance of a series of
small pnelima t ic tires� Longitudinal
straps.hold the segm e nt s in line.
Over the wearer's
he lmet e d head
i� a se c o nd , transparent covering,
looking very much like an 'inverted
goldfish
bowl, ·ga s keted
securely
c:tgainst the ring-shaped neckpieice.
Tubes for air and oxygen and wires
for heating electricity are let in
through one hose attachment ·at the
waist.
-
To-answer-some-of-Its-most-aske
questions, the Lincoln Park Zoo 1
Oae morn in g he was
i\ic::n
n
Why is the o�ean blue?a new an
has bee
to this
age-old question
found in a newly-reported attempt
use light rays in anti-submarine
fare.
In attempting to find ways of c
bating German submarines, two
tists discovered th?t· there exist
every cubic inch of wlear ocean w
dus
e r about a m ill i on and a
l�ke particles, each a out one�
.
thousandth of an inch in diameter.
�ci
�
hal�
sunlight t
These _particles
to the surface� But light thot ge
t
.'back to the surface has been fil e
w
lo
·w�tet absorbs the red and yel
'. , - io�s. of light, leaving greens, blU
'and· violists_, the combination of
refle�t
·
..
is
>t ht:· . indigo
'6ciean'�ater.
-
blue c omm on
000---000
to
�h
9
�fa11 in our shop
m a y result in a
s e riou s inj ury .
Loads are sometimes
left hanging
from cranes at quitting
time. They
-shbuld
alw�ys
be l owe r e d to the
floor.
Also material is
sometimes
left in a punch or shear where it
may obstruct
passage ar o und the
machine. These may
cause accidents
to· anybody but more esp ec i a lly to the
watchman after dark.
Safety hoo k s have p roved very s a t Â
isfactory
for
lifting _plate� and
they�should always be
use d whenever
possible.
Some
time is
s a ved by
t hrowing
tools and light materi a l up to a man
s tand in g on top of a tank but it is
a very unsaf e practice. Take a little
longer and be safe.
a
/
d
n
7th the Niagara Falls
s e c t ion df the Industrial
cident Prevention A s s o c iation held
the Hotel Fort
dinner m e e t i ng at
be s t
considered the
It was
1e.
ever
held
in
et
i
n
g
Fort
m
e
ty
fe
attendance.Â
ie
with 90· people in
rton Steel had 25 representatives
on
Feb.
rt Erie
ere.
Among t he o f ficials in attendance
re R.B. Morley of
T6r o n t o who is
neral
Ma n a ge r
�nd W. R. Mano ck ,
esident of the I.A.P.A. ;H.W. Bates
Niagara Falls, chairman
of the
Divis ion
and T • H.
Hamel ,
agara
ce C h a i rm an of the
Niagara F d l ls
rt Erie ·section.
Also A. · PybusÂ
pector
a nd . M r s . Shoultz,. Secy.
Dissington of Buffalo
was the
st speaker who gave an outs tand �
·
address on accideht prevention • .
On Feb. 24th·· we
co m plet e d
have'
days wi �hout
a lost t ime a ccidÂ
•
We are
p r o ud ·.of thni --r e c o rd
_Page 5 ..
...
.
We have been handling some very
heavy
sphere
plates in
the shop.
Double
C clamps have b e en
mad e for
handling such m a ter i a l and we should
never take· a
chance
with a single
clamp.
·
Ther.e is a l ot
of i'ce on walkways
and probably will be for a few we e ks
yet; We ha ve sand in convenient pai l s ?
and it should be used as often as
necessary
to make walking safe.
5
t
we have to ... go a· 1 ong way
yet
beat the _Birmingha�
who
plant
ve recently c omp J., e ted 365 days.
he Safe ty
C omm i ttee has had two
tings
s i nce last· months
i s sue
·
have
turned in
ety suggestions.
some
very goo d
�:
r
housekeeping shows
good imÂ
vement bu �
there are c ompalint§
ut material
being
piled
when
rators
of wall
cb· over
it.
c ra n e
H.
H.
R.
s have
to
Also ladders
and
king
have been
seen
left· ly..,.
a � ross
passageways, and
then
re ls th
at
passagBway
between
center
of
the Main
Shop
and
'
0 r leading to the
luhchro.om
1
e kept cle a r .
r
a e. are some
fellows who._ ':,a.re
nxious .t
get at· 'their
o
:lunch
on
thc:i.t
the y · sometimes·
.run·
gh the shop.
This is contrary
S.qfety rules of the
shop SIDGa
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;R.
R.
H.·
•
H.
R•
G ..
i:1:
W:.
Goulding
G il mour
.Feb.
"'
Eberly
Glover
Barnhart
Laverty
Spe.a-;r
Lsarn
.
Fu rd
·
Bar1ciw
Young
A&plin
Ci..atworthy
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�·-·--·-·-·--tiOR1 O _N
HI-LI TE
_S
WORKJ'li1AN, Gngry at his emplo,r
i nto the
his wooden shoe
machinery • • others followed his e:xanple
Now, when machinery is d e str o y e d durÂ
it is, called
la b ou r
disputes,
ing
threw
is
r--=y:_2_.::
_._ 52, _::_:.:_
ONE CUBIC MILE of sea water contain
s
about $20,000,000 worth Df gold, but
the cost of extraction w ould be five
times its value.
A, FRENCH
�r,
F_e_b_ r_
_
u a
____
__
_
ERIC
OF
SWEDEN once approache d
an
enemy town with so s m a l l
a ban d of
soldiers that the enemy in derision
MEDIEVAL IT 1�LihN MERCHANTS
once dis- hung
out a goose for him
to shoot
. played their wares
on be nc h e s . When
at. Eric conquered,
nevertheless,
one of th eir number f a iled the others
and .. when· the villagers asked
what
drove him away ' and broke
his
be nch
terms he demanded he rep lie d , 11 I wan t
ff ·
signifying tlla t he was "banco rot to,
to cook your goose," originating an
or unable to pay his de b t s . From thise:: expression that is still widely used.
came the word "Bankrupt."
"s::?bots"
because
sabotage,
French word Tor shoes.
the
THE·TR�VELS OF THOMhS, a beer-djinkÂ
T HE YOUNG of some
Australian 'ibirdw-: 'ing, bun-ea ting donkey, became a polÂ
luminous
h a ve
tissue in or
a,;round ' , itical issue recently :in the E,,glish
their mouths to guide p ar e n t s in feed•: .. village
of Cinderford. T homas ,
it
ing them. Handy, vvhat?
�::'seems, thought· nothing of making a
a b l ock to
U-turn in the middle of
,
WHISTLER'S F;;THER, one of the great-< dun a kindly grocer
for a c ookie or
e st railway builders in the United--: bun.
if t�nother benefactor hailÂ
And
States, invented the or ig i n a l locano-. ed him fr om a pub, Th omas .. would tJVot
tive whistle.
across·--regardless of oncoming vehicles--to d r in k a half-pint of beer.
r
THE TASMl'.Nil.N DEVIL,
a short, black.Thomas f c rit ic s demanded. that his
hunched animal
common to Australia,. owner keep
him l oc ked up
or other
is so called because it is among the
wis-e dispose of him.
meanest and sulkiest of animals.
statutes,
,
Digging
in t o ancient
ing it is absolutely irnpossible.One
a 500-year
ed
discover
T hom a s ' pals
scientist did discever, ·though, that
old law which .g2ve donkeys the same
the poor devil is always covered: with
right as sheep to wander and gr a z e at
fleas--and believes the ani�al's dis- will. To outlaw Thomas h� foes would
position .could be improved tf somebody
have to get
the B ri t ish Parlic:ment
. only worked up e n oug h c ouraiSe to g ive
to amend the law.
it a bath.
Meanwhile, Thomas grazes at wil
.
on beer and buns--nnd nobody in
a Puri tan l a d y , made
HEPSIB!�H
derford tries to say him neigh.
a habit of baking two or three dozen
000---000
qpple pies each Saturday. She ·placed
IF A M<�N w i th a good crop of whisÂ
them on shelves fu her pantry, ·labelÂ
religiously
kers s h 2 v e d evGry day,
ing Gach .. as to when it vvas to be use d . for a y2ar and stood each day's �u tÂ
The pant y thus arranged was s a id to
preceding datfs, .he
tings atop the
be in "apple pie order."
would wind up with a stack of
kers seven and a quarter inche s h�gh.
OUT OF ILMENITE,
a mineral
blacker
decided to skip
If the same fellow
than coal, chemists make titamium di shaving for a y1:0ar hetl have a beard
,
oxide, the wh i t e st substance known � that was o n ly six inches long at most.
·
·
·
Tam-
�
CinÂ
'h,mTON,
f
man.
whi�Â
000---000
�s
t
e
A bil l
o r a nda :
i . Corre c ted
the
T e n C omm a nd Â
ment s
$5 . 12
Pilate
2 . Emb e l i s h e d P o n t i u s
a nd p u t n e w rib b o n s i n h i s
ha t - - - - 3 . 0 2
3 . £u t n e w t a i l o n r o o s t e r o f
St .
P� t e r a n d ra e n d e d
his
.
C O;:J b
3 20
4. R e p l um e d a n d g i l d e d l e f t
w i n g of Gua r d i a n An g e l
4. 18
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t
l-
5.
6.
7.
B.
9.
t
d
Jl. s
s he b a l anc e d h 8 r s e l f in the
c rwwd e d subwaY, h e r a rra s w e r e f u l l
of
bund l e s a nd
h e r s o u l fu l l
of
b i t t e rn e s s
at a l l the
c onf o r t a bJy
s e a t e d ma l e s . Bu t c h i v a l r y wa s n o t
qui t e d e a d i n t h e
man s e a ted
in
f r o n t of h e r , H e l ow e r e d h i s p a p e r
a nd s u r v e y e d he r
w i th sooe s o l i c Â
i t ud e .
" B e a l e r t a t P c:: e l
S tre e t ,
he
g i r l i e , 11
a dm o n i s h e d .
" Th a t 1 s
whe r e I ge t o f f . "
r e nd e r e d b y a p a in t e r f o r
t h e f r � s c o i n g cf' a c hur c h
wa s d i s p u t e d ;
he the re
e
l
g
i
um
B
in
u p o n s ub m i t t e d t h e
f ol l ow i n g m e m Â
r e p a i r i� g
.
.
.
.
o
•
o
•
o f H i gh p r.iB st
a nd p u t carmine o n h i s c h e e k
5.
R e n ttw e d
He a ven ,
ad j us t ed
the s t a r s a n d
c l e (; n e d t h e - �
Wa s h e d ser v ant
m o on • • • . . • •
R e a n im a t e d
t h e f l am e s
of
P u r g a t o r y and r e s t o r e d
s oul s
R e v i v e d � lam e s o f H e l l p u t
new t a i l ori d e v i l , m e n d e d
h i s l e f t h o o f , a n d d i d sevÂ
e ra l
j ob s
f o r t h e d a mm e d
Re b o rd e r e d
the
robe
of
He r o d
and read justed . his
10 Put
•
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•
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12
7. 15
3. 0 6
w i g tt • • o o o • 4 .; 0 0
s p o t t e d da she s
on
s on of T o b i a s ,
a nd d r e s s Â
i ng on h i s s a c k
1 1 Cleaned
B a l a am ' s A s s
a nd
s h o d him
• •
:)
1 2 Me nd e d
snir t of
p r od i ga l
s o n and c l e a n e d h i s e a r s
1 3 P ut e a r - r in g s i n t o t h e
ears of Sa rah
1 4 Put new s t on e in D � v i d 1 s
s l in g , e n l a r g e d t h e h e a d
o f g o l ia t h a nd
e x t e nd e d
hi s le g s .
new
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h a d b e e n wa l k ing
wi t h o n e f o o t
i n t h e g u t t e r a n d t h e o t h e r o n t he
p a v e o e n t a nd h e wa s n o t g e t t ing o n
v e r y w e l l . Af t e r a b o u t a ha l f m i l e
h e o e t a p o l i c em a n .
" Y o u'r e d runk� 1 1 s a i d the 6 f f i c e r .
" Tha nk
g o o dn e s s , " he r e p l i e d . 1 1 I
t ho u g h t I w a s l am e . "
A d i s t ingu t s b e d
g e n t l em a n we n t fut•
iri<rte w Y o r k a nd
a sked t o
g un � { T h e c l 12 r k s i z in g h im
up a s a m a n . q f m E: a n s ' s h o wed h im a
f in e E n g l i sn m o d e l p r ic e d a t $ 4 50 ..
" T (i.a t i s a s p} end i d g un , " s a i d t h e
g e n t l e m a n , bu� a l i t t l e e xp e n s i v e . "
T he
c l e r k b � dµg h t out a
Be l g i a n
store
see shot
a
o o d e l p ri c e d
$ 2 7 5 . " S t i l l a l i tÂ
tle too
e xp e n s i v e , " o b s e r v e d t h e
g e nt l eman .
A b i t d i s c o u r a g e d , t h8 c l e rk s a i d :
" We l l ,
h0 r e i s a
Win c h e s t e r m a s s
p r o d u c t i o n s t o c k m o d e l a t $ 1 7 . 50 . 1 1
W i t h t h e t t h e g e n t l e m a n b r i g h t e ne d .
11
Tha t
wi l l d o ni c e ly .
Af t e r a l l ,
i t ' s o n l y a so a l l we d d i n g .
;:;(t/
a g i r l i n a m ink
c oat i s
l am b i n w o l f ' s c l o t h i n g .
M a ny
a
j us t
c a r e e r is p r om i s i n g , r e a l l y , ' 1wha t
y ou d o ? "
" I Wr i t e P o l i t i c 01 l s p e a c h e s . 1 1
My
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