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_‘ New Manpower office serves Waterloo area Purple carpets _ and orangeâ€"andâ€"white patterned walls give the recentlyâ€" apened Waterloo branch of Canada Manpower a modâ€" Page 12 â€" Waterlco Chronicle, Wednesday, December 3, 1975 GRAND ’ >3 REâ€"OPENINGE <34 _ One Stop Shopping For All Your Needs GILLETTE MAX HAIR DRYER ........ GILLETTE PURR DETANGLER ........ b(MASTHEE LIGHTS . ... .. 10‘s . ... _ IMPERIAL SHOPPERS XMAS DOOR KNOCKERS ........ XMAS DECORATIONS .......... XMAS GARLANDS .............. wWINE MAKING KITS . ... ... .. . LIQUER MAKING KITS .......... BEER MAKING KITS ........... BRUT 33 KITS ...... from .. ... . NEW MANAGEMENT BRUT 33 KITS ...... from ............ ... â€"2.09 Some items in limited quantities. Complete line of nationally advertised appliances. Clocks â€" Watches â€" Radios â€" Record Players â€" Giftware â€" Glassware â€" Gold and Silver Charms â€" Luggage Stereo Units â€" Toys â€" Games. Artificial Flowers â€" Bar Accessories etc. Christmas Hours Until December 23 Monday â€" Thursday: 9 â€" 11 :45 a.m., 1 â€" 5 p.m., 7 â€" 9:30 p.m. Friday: 9 â€" 11 :45 a.m., 1 â€" 5 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. â€" 4 p.m. Our Location Saves You Money 123 BREITHAUPT STREET By Mary Stupart KITCHENER under COME IN AND BROWSE Lancaster St. Plaza Call 745â€"8991 DISCOUNT BUYS Ask for Mary CENTRE ern, cheerful and friendly atmosphere. â€" â€" That‘s exactly what the brightlyâ€"colored decor was designed to do says Al Green, supervisor of the R 22..2....... 16.57 R 2222222222 2.17.97 10'8......,.‘..-75°box 20‘s ........... 1.40box new branch office. ‘"‘We‘re trying to have a community â€" atmosphere... Part of the idea behind the brightness of the office is to take away from the stereoâ€" typed thinking people have of government offices." The new Manpower ofâ€" fice, which opened Novemâ€" ber 17 at 232 King Street North in Waterloo, will provide more convenient service for job seekers and employers in â€" Waterloo, New Hamburg, St. Jacobs and Eimira. Job seekers from these areas formerly had to travel to the downtown Kitchener Manpower office to register and check for job openings. Now they will receive these and other services simply by walking into the Waterloo office. *‘*We can‘t and won‘t preâ€" vent Kitchener residents from using our facilities but we would encourage them to use the Kitchener office. The object of locatâ€" ing here was to serve comâ€" munities west and north of Waterloo and Waterloo," said Mr.: Green. . Job bank postings, labor market information, library services and job training information will be availâ€" able at the new office. Inâ€" itial registration and interâ€" views will also be conducted by the office‘s staff of six. However all administrative duties and records will be handled at the administraâ€" tive office in Kitchener. Initially, the Waterloo branch will not offer creâ€" ative job searching proâ€" grams or vocational testing. These services will be availâ€" able at the Kitchener office. 1.80 1.98 2.85 CHARGEX each each each box ‘‘But if there‘s a need demonstrated by the comâ€" munity, we will offer these services,"‘ said Mr. Green. The _ new _ Manpower branch is located in an office complex on King Street across from Wilfrid Laurier University‘s athâ€" letic building. Mr. Green hopes this proximity to Waterloo‘s two _ univerâ€" sities will result in inâ€" creased use of the branch‘s facilities by college stuâ€" dents. *‘We hope university stuâ€" dents will be a major user for creative job searching programs, job placement, partâ€"time and temporary job placement,"‘ he said. "I think this is a good loâ€" cation. _ It‘s fairly central and the public can reach this area by public transâ€" portation, when it‘s workâ€" ing. â€" It is also close to the north end of Waterloo which makes it more convenient He also hopes the new loâ€" cation will be more conâ€" venient for the general public. 3X X * # U 4 U%Â¥% % B t Marg Ivel, secretary at the Waterioo branch of Canada Manpower, posts a job card on one of the eight job aopportunity boards at the new employment office. FREE PARKING ‘; + IN WATERLOON _ & # 4 i# & x #%a # 4 i DOWNTOWN WATERLOO IS FINEST For Christmas Giving visit the â€" Sportswear â€" Lingerie â€" Housecoats HELEN ANNE SHOP FASHIONS Open Daily 9 â€" 9 Sat â€" 9 â€" 5:30 19 King St. N for people in St. Jacob‘s and Elmira." of telex, will be installed in the Waterloo office. Job information sheets, listing available jobs, will come over the machine auto matically from the Kitâ€" chener office. It will list jobs in Guelph, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterioo. Because of a delay in inâ€" stallation of this machine, job cards are presently being delivered to the Waâ€" terloo branch by courier. _: In the next few months, a datacomâ€"vuecom, a type ‘‘We‘re putting up with a few mechanical and methâ€" ological problems now in order not to postpone the opening of the branch," said Mr. Green. The â€" Waterloo _ branch has been in the planning stage for at least two years. With the increased service it will provide Waterloo area employers and emâ€" ployees, Mr. Green hopes it will increase overall job placements. ‘"We expect this branch will increase the oÂ¥erall employment and placement activity in the Kâ€"W area... As an employment service, we‘re primarily interested in placing people in jobs and getting employees for employers. We hope to proâ€" MAKHOGANY â€" Sound Track ART GARFUNKEL â€" Breakaway PAUL SIMON â€" Still Crazry KRAFTWERK â€" Radio Activity BLACK OAK ARKANSAS â€" X Rated Offer axpires Dec. 16 WATERLOO SQUARE WATERLOO PHONE: 744â€"3712 â€" LOW PRICED LP‘S â€" Yudod vide a better service to the community. A â€" natural consequence of this service should be a decrease in local unemployment _ insurance benefit payments if the jobs are available." Mr. Green and his staff will be visiting Waterloo .area employers in the next few months to explain the facilities available at the new branch. However, he stressed that Manpower cannot manuâ€" facture jobs. It can only coordinate the placement of The new office will be open Monday to Friday from 8: 30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office includes eight job boards, racks of job information, _ small â€"enâ€" closures .where employers can interview job appli cants and a lighted panel listing retraining courses at the Waterloo centre of Conestoga College. workers. Employers who would like to list a job opporâ€" tunity should call 578â€"2380. Inquiries for other Manâ€" power services can be made at 579â€"1550. ‘*We hope more employers will use our services now since we‘re closer to the community. We‘re here to extend the service in the area and become more comâ€" munityâ€"oriented," said Mr. Green. 5.71 5.71 5.11 4.16 4.176