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Oral history interview with E. Ewart Fry, 1975.

Creator: Fry, E. Ewart
Project: Continental Group project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 57 pages Sound recording 2 reels
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Executive, Continental Can Company of Canada, Ltd.

Scope and Contents

Employment with Whittall Can Company, 1936; timekeeper, scheduling of employee production hours; general line salesman Continental, 1938; sales approaches and customers; promotion to president; maintenance of company morale; Gair and paper operations; self-manufacture and the Conoplan; waste disposal legislation and recycling in Canada; Continental's growth: metal, paper, automobile parts and pouch pack.

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