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A Short History Of The Ottawa ATSSA
On October 26 1965 a Fleet Supervisors conference was held at the Holiday Inn on Dalhousie Street co-coordinators for the evening where J. Sandord of Dominion Auto Accessories P. Van Vliet of Dominion Dairies and E.D. Nilson of Bell Telephone Co.
This evening, fifty Fleet Supervisors from Ottawa and Hull districts held a meeting to discuss the feasibility of forming an Association, whereby they could get together regularly in order to benefit from their combined knowledge in improving methods and practices in the maintenance of motor vehicles. Mr. Gordon Carr, Secretary of the Automotive Transportation Service Superintendents Association of Toronto was the guest speaker.
Mr. Carr spoke on the activities of their Association, and gave a very interesting outline of the history of the A.T.S.S.A., and the formation of the Hamilton and London branches.
A guestion period followed whereby the meeting was able to obtain many answers from Mr. Carr regarding problems related to forming an Association of this type.
Mr. Nilson thanked the guest speaker. A vote of appreciation was also extended to Dominion Auto Accessories for sponsoring the meeting and providing an excellent supper. Mr. Buck, Founder, and Mr. J. Womersley Sales Manager , of Dominion Auto Accessories attended as visitors, and offered their best wishes to the success of the Association.
The meeting then voted on a proposal by E.D. Nilson. To request permission from the A.T.S.S.A. in Toronto to forum a branch in Ottawa. The meeting was unanimous in approving this proposal.
Mr. Nilson then asked for volunteers to form a committee to carry the project to completion.
A committee was formed as follows:
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E.D. Nilson | Acting Secretary |
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P. Van Vliet | Nomination Committee |
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L. Belair | Publicity |
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W. R. Duffy | Conference Arrangements |
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J.R. Bain | Membership |
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L.E. Miller | Membership |
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W. Tinkett | Membership |
The meeting was then closed, and the committee arranged to meet Friday noon October 29, to prepare arrangements and assignments for the next meeting to be held in the Holiday Inn on November 9th 1965 at 7:00 P.M.
There will be a meeting of the A.T.S.S.A. on December 14th 1965 at the Holiday Inn, Dalhousie Ottawa Ontario
The meeting will get under way at 7:00 P.M. [Registration from 6:00P.M.to 7:00]
The sponsor for the evening will be Sieberling Tire Company.
This will be our Charter Night. So please make every effort to attend.
Members wishing to become a Charter Member should be prepared to pay at the meeting [$5.00 Initiation fee and $15.00 for membership]
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