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6--PORT PERRY STAR, THURS. SEPT. 26th, 1963 Average Wage in Ontario County Seagrave News| At An All Time High of $4083..." sii ticiano "i Average earnings for men in Ontario County reached $4,083 in 1961. A statistichl breakdown of wage=-earners in the county as shown in the 1961 Census of Canada has been released by the Dominion Bureau of Statis- ties recently. The total wage and salary 'earning population in the county during 1960-61 reached 42,498 at the time of the census with a breakdown showing that 36,- 223 of the workers were urban employees and 6,275 to be rural workers. Ontario County's working po- pulation was also made up of 26,399 males in the urban areas, 4,902 males in the rural areas, 9,824 female_s workers in the urban areas with 1,373 female workers in rural areas. In 1961 the average wage for female workers in the county was $2,075. DIFFERENT LEVELS The difference in wage levels between rural and urban dis- tricts was noted with an aver- age wage of $4,231 being paid to male urban employees and $3,278 being the average yearly wage for rural workers. A similar difference in wage levels between the two parts of the county was also shown for female workers. $2,098 was the average yearly wage for urban females and $1,907 for rural workers. At the time of the census 544 rural males and 406 rural fe- males worked for less than $1,000 per annum. In the ur- ban areas, 1,414 males and 2,461 females were also employed for less than $1,000 yearly. . In the $1,000 to $1,999 salary range urban areas had 624 males and 292 females compar- and Mrs. O. J. Boe visit- Mrs. Martha Couch, the moth- er of Mrs. Boe, it being her 95th birthday. For some years Mrs. Couch has been cared for ban male employees in the same category. ~ Rural break- down shows 759 males and 305 females in the group. : . 8 i . ..n| in Bowmanville, but is remem- Phos Bo tg gg As bered with great affection in . | our Seagrave Community. group compared with 1,852 ur- \ ise ban females. The difference is Mrs. L. Phillips and daughter, y Miss Phillips of Powassan; Mrs. also shown between the 1,098 B. Spence of Hartley and Mus, aes pad 5,313 urban | 1 MacDonald of Windsor "The most numerous wage have visited for several days : : with Mr. and Mrs R. Reynolds. group in the year preceding the . 5 W ; : census was the urban male em- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Keen, Mr. ployees in the $4,000 to $5,999 |and Mrs. Aubrey Moon, Mr, : d Mrs, J. Tobin and Mr. and category numbering 12,343. In| 2RC AIS. J. rural areas males followed with Mrs. R. Abraham attended the 1,388 workers, urban females | Wedding of Miss Isabel Hep- ; . : burn, foster daughter of Mr. ith 763 and rural females with and Mrs. A. Wallace, and Mr. Allan Bracken at Bolton. Mrs. Abraham' and Mrs. Tobin sang, 'A Wedding Prayer and O Per- fect Love, during the ceremony. |. Rev. C. A. Mac Sween, Mrs. MacSween and Anna Christine of Hamilton, Bermuda, called on Mr, and Mrs. J. S. MacFar- lane on Monday. - Callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. MacTaggart have been Mr and Mrs. Donald' of Fort Francis; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Johnson of Islington; Mr. and Mrs. I. Hoskins, Ajax. Mr. and Mrs. Walter King en- joyed a trip to Kirkland Lake and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Henry King Thev then visited Espanola, Little Current, view- ed the beauty of Manitoulin Is- land, crossed to Tobermory al- ong the shore of Lake Huron Top wage category in the cen- sus shows workers with salaries of $6,000 and up. 3,613 urban males earned in excess of $6,000 as did 329 urban workers; 152 female urban employees also earned more than $6,000 and rural females numbered 19. Prince Albert News At Sunday School a film "A Christian Family" was explain- ed by Mr. Terry Hodgins. Please keep in mind that next Sunday is Rally Day at the us- ual 11 o'clock. Try and be pre- sent as a special speaker is be-| and home. : ing booked. Mr. and Mrs. Herman, Sweet- |. . Monday evening, Sept. 16 a| man and Neil of Courtice visit- bridal party was held at the ed with Mr. and Mrs. B. L. home of Mr. and Mrs. N. Wil-| Wanamaker on Sunday. son in honour of their only| Many of our citizens visited daughter Grace a bride elect of | Lindsay Fair and although this month. the whole fair was enjoyed, the The bride to-be was escorted | RCMP Musical Ride was a spec- | at Strath Haven Nursing Mome |} to a decorated chair after which Miss Ina Keizibrink pinned a corsage on her dress. At this time Mrs. Les Beacock read an address--in poetry form. Miss Beth Hunter kindly assisted the guest of honour in reading the gift cards as Grace unwrapped the parcels from the "Wishing Well".; The future bride voiced a thank-you to all. Mrs. Lloyd Hunter read a suitable poem, after which Beth Hunter con- ducted a card game. Lunch was then served to near fifty friends and neighbours. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Webb, Haliburton, have been with her parents Mr. -and- Mrs. -Alvin Hunter, the Ben Smiths and Wm. Heayns and other relatives last few weeks. ©" (Continued on page 9) ed with 1,206 males and 1,967 females in urban areas. WAGE GROUPS The greatest single group in the $2,000 to $2,999 level proved to be female urban workers numbering 2,366 with 1,987 ur- THE ALL-NEW -expressed- the hope tacle not to be forgotten. All that this ride would continue as some- thing of a Canadian tradition. Mr and Mrs. Gordon Sweet- man. drove Mr. and Mrs, Owen Sweetman and Nancy to Malt- on on Sunday afternoon, where they took a plane for Rome on a European trip. While there they will visit two of their fam- ily. who are with the Canadian occupation force in West 'Ger- many. "Li; Cpl, ~ Barry Abraham of Canadian Army Provost Corp, Vernon, B.C. spent the week- end with his parents, Mr. and| Mrs. Reg. Abraham, Barry is at present taking his group 2 course at Camp Borden and will be going to Calgary in November, where- he will be HOMELITE (OR I-A -Y.N" WEIGHS ONLY 19 LBS. (less bar and chain) © Rugged die-cast unit stands stationed indefinitley. 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