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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-10-23, Page 16PAGE SIXTEEN ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1969 50 Years Ago 1919 Mr. Alex Rennie recently brought a bunch of bens to Mr. W. O'Brien which averaged 71 pounds each. One hen weighed 91 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Turnbull, and son, Rufus spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. Schade, Mrs. A, E. Oestreicher left on Tuesday for Toronto as delegate to the Provincial S. S. Convent- ion held there this week. Mr. E. Rennie was recently pre- sented with an address and a fine aria chair and gold watch in rec- ognition of his services as choir leader and secretary - treasurer of the Methodist Church in IIen- sall. 40 Years Ago 1929 Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jeffrey Jr., and family are getting nicely settled in their new home re- cently purchased from Mr. A. Keys. Dr. and Mrs. H.H. Cowan and little Meriam were Sunday visit- ors with the Doctor's parents at Fergus. Among the sales inaugurated by C. Fritz and Son, the past week are: Mr. Bert Klopp, Ford Coach, Mr. Greer of Bayfield, Ford Coa- ch; Mr. Hilton Truemner, a new united tractor. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gettus and two sons Richard and Arthur of Detroit, were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schroed- er. 25 Years Ago 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bedard - OF- YEARS GONE - gY- of town and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Regier, of the Goshen Line south visited the former's son, Richard, who is attending the Seminary College at Woodstock. Mr. Douglas Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Robinson was taken to London on Tuesday last for treatment in Victoria Hospital, he having symptoms of the dreaded polio disease. Russell Tiernan left for London last week having joined the army. The Zurich Women's Institute packed twenty-seven boxes for our boys overseas on Monday evening under the leadership of Mrs. Thomas Meyers. 15 Years Ago 1954 Mr. harry G. I•less of Zurich accompanied by Councillor L.I1, Rader of Dashwood, attended the Independent Telephone Conven- tion held at the Royal York Ilotel, Toronto, the past week. Rev. and Mrs. II. E. Roppel spent a few days in Toronto last week, and while there saw some of the devastated ruins as a re- sult of the big flood of a week previous. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oliver of St. Marys, Mrs. Charles Weber, Mrs. Gertrude Datars and dau- ghter Marion, Mrs. Geo. Thiel, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thiel were dinner guests at the home of Mrs. henry Yungblut, on Sunday. 10 Years Ago 1959 • The fine dwelling property on Goshen street, north, known as the Fritz home, being built and occupied by members of the family until now, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zehr of town. Mr. and Mrs. William David - Enforce Laws On Minimum Wage The Ontario Labour Department is concentrating employment standards inspections this mouth on the hotel, restaurant and re- lated industries to rnal<e sure employers and employees are aware of a new minimum wage. The new minimum of $1.30 hourly became effective October 1 for the hotel, motel, resort, restaurant tavern and taxi bus- inesses. It and other improved employment standards became effective in other business and industry last January 1. Lbour Minister Dalton Bales said the shift in emphasis would be for a few weeks only. After that, employment standards of- ficers would return to the nor- mal schedule of investigating complaints and carrying out gen- eral spot checks. Mr. Bales said he decided to concentrate on the low-wage service industries after consult- ation with Earl Ilowarcl, Director of the Department's Employment Standards Branch. "In the course of the past nine months we have found, "he said, "that most employers willingly meet their obligations under the new employment standards leg- islation. "But, despite our efforts to publicize the legislation, we find that many employers and employees are not aware of it and because of this we are in- creasing our efforts, in this field.. "We have found that if there are cases of negilence it is bet - son attended the funeral of the late Leonard Davidson, held in London last Thursday. Mrs. Leonard Erb, Mrs. Ed Schroeder, Mrs. Pearl Koehler, Mrs. Harold Thiel, and Mrs. Nancy Koehler were to London on Tuesday, attending a Wom- en's Institute Convention, Mr, and Mrs. Simon Bender, Nairn, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gingerich and family. ATTENTION: FARMERS WE WANT YOUR HIGHEST PRICES PAID FAST Unloading Service W. G. THOMPSON AND SONS LIMITED Phone 262-2527 Hensall ter to find then quickly as this prevents employers having to pay substantial amounts because all adjustments are retroactive." ' The hotel, motel, resort, rest- aurant tavern and taxi industries were exempt the past nine month: from the $1.30 minimum wage which became effective in Ont- ario last January 1, when the new Employment Standards Act be- came law. Because it was felt the full im- pact of the new minimum wage could have serious financial repercussions for these industries, it was imposed in two stages, to give ample time for adjustment. During the first nine months of the year, the required minimum for experienced employees was $1.15 hourly, Since the new legislation be - carne law the Employment Stand- ards Branch of the Department has collected $871, 887 for 30, 69i employees throughout the pro- vince, who bad been underpaid, Mr. Bales said. 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