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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 9 Oct 1974, p. 3

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There will be one complete street letter box collection, Mr. O‘Brien said, adding that special delivery service will also be provided. The Lock Box Lobby will be open in Waterloo. There will be no letter carrier, parcel post or rural route delivery, and wickets at all postal stations will be closed. Area postmaster C. R. O‘Brien â€" announced Monâ€" day that service will be curâ€" tailed over the Thanksgiving Day Weekend. Holiday postal Rervice The YMCA _ delegation has been invited by the Govâ€" emment of the U.S.S.R. to meet with leaders of the Komsomol and other youth and government organizaâ€" tions, with a view to openâ€" ing up avenues of informaâ€" tion and exchange between the two countries. The group will visit Moscow, â€" Kieu, Poltava, Tashkent, Samarkand and other centres. Mr. Van Gorder is one of only two YÂ¥MCA staff perâ€" sons chosen for the five member â€" delegation. The other ‘members are from Vancouver and Regina. *‘"We â€" are particularly pleased that Bill Van Gorâ€" der has been chosen to be member of this prestigâ€" ius group‘‘ said Mr. Conâ€" Language teaching problems conference Joseph _ Connell, _ Kâ€"W YMCA Secretary General announced Monday â€" that Bill Van Gorder, executive director of the Kitchener Family YMCA branch has been selected as a member of a National YMCA Deleâ€" gation going to the U.S.S.R. tomorrow through October A conference on the teachâ€" ing of French and Spanish at the public, secondary school, and university levels will be held on the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo campus Saâ€" turday, Oct. 12. Anyone inâ€" terested in language teachâ€" ing is invited to attend. Inâ€" formation is available from Prof. Pierre Dube, departâ€" ment of classics and roâ€" mance languages, Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo, telephone 885â€"1211, extension 2246 (or from the department offices, extension 2249). Y director to visit USSR Van Gorder will be availâ€" able to speak to service groups and other organizaâ€" tions about youth work and this experience in the Sovâ€" iet Union, after he returns to Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. out some of the difficulties that are occuring when stuâ€" dents transfer from one level to another,"" says Proâ€" fessor Dube. ‘‘For example, we in the universities find that students coming to us out of Grade 13 are so diverâ€" gent it‘s hard to arrive at a common denominator. We‘ll find the French or Spanish students coming from one ‘"The Leaders of the Comâ€" mittee of Youth Organizaâ€" tions in Moscow are now most anxious to develop continuing relationships with members of our YMCA movement in Canada. It is the hope of our delegation that we will be able to arâ€" range future programs, such as Canadianâ€"Russian youth conferences, interâ€" national camping, crossâ€" country and philosophical debates on political systems, and international youth exâ€" changes. Our delegation hopes not only to have the opportunity â€" for â€" individual study of activities in Russia but also to have a period disâ€" cussion of possibilities and recommendations for future interâ€"country _ activities," Mr. Connell said. *"What we hope to do durâ€" ing the conference, and parâ€" ticularly during the afterâ€" PSYCHOLOGY? PARTâ€"TIME M. A. PROGRAM? Our adult skating classes offer a new way to keep fit and learn new skills. We teach how to skate and introâ€" duce you to dancing, Monday nights at Moses Springer Arena, Waterloo, beginning October 28. For _ information, Call _ 578â€"1844, Monday, Wednesday or Friday afterâ€" noons. KITCHENERâ€"WATERLOO SKATING CLUB The Psychology Department Is Conâ€" sidering The Develiopment Of A Part Time M. A. Program. If You Are Interested, Write to us, Indicating Your Background, Experâ€" ience, Interests and Goals. SKATING CLASSES AND ICE DANCING Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5S Mr. Mouldi spoke to a group of French language teachers at the Concordia Club. Other teachers who hold an interest in Tunisia and its opportunities for Caâ€" nadian youngsters attendâ€" ed the meeting, which inâ€" cluded session of films and discussion. Ferid Mouldi, Director of the Tunisian National Tourâ€" ist Board, arrived in Kitchâ€" ener Thursday to tell Waterâ€" loo County school teachers about his country‘s plans to welcome Canadian stuâ€" dents, especially those seekâ€" ing to improve their knowâ€" ledge of the French lanâ€" guage. â€" ‘*The same thing seems to be happening in grade 9. . . they get pupils coming from the public schools who have no French, or one year of French, or several years of French. Some have been well grounded; others that have been completely turned off the language. We hope the conference will help solve some of these probâ€" lems." grammar but have had very little practice in conversâ€" tion ; and a third group will have a good background in the literature but limited ability in either grammar or conversation . high school are excellent conversationalists but know virtually nothing about the grammar; those from a T unisian tours Kâ€"W Forsey on *"The Imporâ€" isterial Committee on the tance of French in Canadiâ€" Teaching of French. Morning session speakers an Society"" and Robert will include Senator Eugene Gillin, chairman of the Minâ€" _ Now: _ anecewW minimum wage in Ontario Effective October 1" 1974 1 West Avenue South Postal Zone L8BN 2R9 Telephone: 527â€"4501 Kenora 808 Robertson St Postal Zone PIN 19 Telephone. 468â€"3128 Kingston 1055 Princess Street Postal Zone K7L 1H3 Telephone: 542â€"2853 Kitchener 824 King Street West Postal Zone N2G 1G1 Telephone: 744â€"5211 Hamilton As for overtime pay, until December 31, 1974, it will be 1 % times the regular pay after 48 hours a week. From January 1, 1975 on, the time"andâ€"oneâ€"half rate will apply after 44 hours a week. And from January 1, 1975 on, there will be three more holidays with payâ€"New Year‘s Day, Victoria Day, and Thanksgiving Dayâ€"added to the current statutory holidays: Good Friday, Dominion Day, Labour Day, and Christmas. If you have any question or would like more information, write or phone your nearest Employment Standards Branch at any of the following addresses: When employees occupy a room or eat meals supplied by their employer, $9.00 per week for the room and $1.00 for each meal or $21.00 per week for meals or $30.00 a week for room and meals may be included when calculating the minimum wage. People employed by agencies as domestics, and people workâ€" ing as funeral directors or embalmers must now be paid not less than $2.25 an hour. Learners in General industry must be paid at least $2.15 an hour during their first month of employment and at least $2.25 per hour thereafter. People employed in construction work or as construction site guards are now entitled to at least $2.50 an hour . There is no learner rate for the construction industry. Ambulance drivers, helpers, and firstâ€"aid attendants must now receive at least $108.00 per week or, if they work fewer than 48 hours a week, $2.25 an hour. Students under 18 who work 28 hours a week or less, or during school holidays, must receive at least $1.90 per hour. Ontario‘s new minimum wage covers people employed in general industry, construction work, domestic service, ambulance service, funeral service, including students and learners. If you or your employees fall into these categories, it is irgportant for you to know what the law now requires. ~â€" Government of Ontario William Davis, Premier Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, October 9. 1974 3 London Thunder Bay 560 Wellington Street 235 Bag Street Postal Zone N6A 3R4 Postal Station "P" Telephone: 438â€"7291 Telephone: 345â€"2101 Ottawa Toronto 2197 Riverside Drive 400 University Avenue Postal Zone K1KH 7X3 Postal Zone M7A 1V2 Telephone: 731â€"7200 Telephonée: 965â€"5251 Sault Ste. Marie Windsor 125 Brock Street 500 Quellette Avenue Postal Zone P6A 3B6 Postal Zone NYA 1B3 Telephone: 949â€"3331 Telephone. 256â€"8278 Sudbury 1538 LaSalle Boulevard ez Postal Zone P3A 127 Ministry of Labour, Telephone: 566â€"3071 John MacBeth, Minister Thunder Bay 235 Bay Street Postal gtatlon P Telephone: 345â€"2101 Toronto 400 University Avenue Postal Zone M7A 1V2 Telephonée: 965â€"5251 Windsor 500 Quellette Avenue Postal Zone NYA 1B3 Telephone. 256â€"8278

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