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F!!! IP -rAetMU103l'qtlqtM, leqi88tAT, _tlrePf-t I" “a WWW “new“? 115*; 13.5“; IVS-“m CLIP AND SAVE 'e etiirjitii'iiii; - "iri'ii'iiiiiiiia - 'I 3!”!!!63». “I m M. E. ll 'm M. 579493. That's no fun for them. and it's expen- sive for .ua. Bo we've decided to have an enormous SALE. (You can save 10% to 40% on all kinds of stereo equipment including turntables, receivers. speakers, amplifiers. tuners, cassette decks, Portables, car stereo and acces- sories) It's actually less expensive for us to offer you cheaper prices than to count a zillion stereo components. Soon it will he the end of our Fiscal Year at Wesseling's. Which means our bookhteepera are faced with the job of counting the inventory in all our stores. Come to our inventory sale this week You'll tTingloy into the hearts ofa lot of bookkeeper-a. WESSELING’S ONCE-A-YEAR INVENTORY SALE [ (You can thank our bookkeepers for this one) I so DAY TERM ttir8t.E, 18tt3rq8.ate. (More subbedmehanoo 16 1.3933,, Pat Arbuckle When Otto Sauer opened Parkdale Stylists Unisex and Barber Shop in Parkdale Plaza, the area surround, ing the plaza was Just a farmer's field where cattle grazed. Since then. he has seen the city grow up around him - Lakeshore Village. now a thriving development in north-end Waterloo. then consisted of just two houses. Sauer, a native of Germany who moved to the Waterloo area 15 years ago. retires today after 50 years in business as a barber. His retirement and recent 65th birthday were ceie- brated Saturday afternoon with a party and open house, arranged by the staff of the hair styling shop. The party gave the retiring Sauer a ‘chance to greet the many friends and clientele he has built up in the last 18 years of business in the x-w area. . Since he started working " a barber in 1922, Sauer has seen the business change dramatically. In the Mrs, a man would go to the local barber shop for a shave and a 75-cent haircut. Now he shaves at home but he must dig a little deeper in his pocket to pay the 8.50 charge to have his hair styled today. Chronicle Staff Hair styles have changed too. The arrival of the Beatles in the 00s put an end to the then popular cgew<atts and shorter hair styles. said Sauer. Barbers now have to know not only how to cut hair, but to style it, too. The tasty food will be flowing aplenty when Trinity United Church, 74 Frederick St., kitctr ener holds its 12th an- nual Octoberfest Brunches in the Fel- lowship Hall Saturdays Oct. 9 and Is. As in an; past. tradi- tional fare will consist The staff at Parkdale Stylists Unisex and Barber Shop threw a surprise retirement party on Saturday tor their boss Otto Sauer. tt was a chance for Sauer and his wite Rene (shown above) to say goodbye to customers and the friends he has made in the 1 5 years he has been in business in Waterloo. Sauer, the first tenant in Parkdale Plaza. retires today after working for so years as a barber. m usual. photo Hair today, but gone tomorrow . Tasty treats at Trinity of apple cider, hot oat- meal porridge, scram- bled eggs. Oktoberfest sausages. coffee and rolls topped with jam or apple butter. Addi- tional treats are also available for the stout of heart in the form of fresh homemade pie. especially shown)! and This change caused problems for many barbers, he said, particularly the older ones who found it hard to adjust to the new styles. 1n the meantime. he is looking forward to his retirement as a chance to do some sightseeing or play some tennis or golf. Although Sauer has sold his busi- ness to former employee Joan Martin. this doesn't mean that he is planning to leave halt styling com- pletely. He and his wife Rene plan to spend winters in Florida, but during the summer he will help out in the business while other employees take their vacations. It's a whole new Kiiat for me," he said. "They thought the trends would soon change (back to ti. old stylesl." he explained. Instead, many were soon forced to close their businesses. unable to compete with the new trend in unisex hair salons. Sauer, on the other hand. returned to hair-styling school in Toronto and learned the new styles. Although he has no regrets about becoming a barber 50 years ago and enjoyed the opportunity to meet and talk to so many different people, Sauer says that if he had the choice to make today. he would go into some other line of work. "There is no profit for men to learn this business today," he said. "For men to make a go of it they must be top hair stylists." dutch apple The hunch is avail- able on a first-come. first-serve basis at the price of $3.75 for adults and 82.00 for children 12 and under. An oom- pah band and costumed waiters will be on hand both days to add to the merrlmem.