Dear Editor:
For someone to dedicate their whole working career to just one establishment is a disappearing trait. For three local men that is exactly what they have done.
Rick Flewelling (47 years and three months), Rick Bott (47 years, one month) and Bill McKee (46 years and 11 months), will all be retiring on July 14 after dedicating their entire working career to one factory in the northwest part of Fergus on Hill St. West.
These three men and countless other men and women over the years have gone to work there for 30, 40 and a few for over 50 years of their life.
This factory for many years was the go-to place in Fergus for employment. Many families have had fathers, brothers, uncles, mothers, sisters and aunts all choosing to work there.
These three men have all decided to retire on the same day with 141 years of seniority combined. All of the remaining employees, many of whom have known these men as brothers, wish them a long and happy retirement. You have earned it!
Over the next five or six years, 21 of the remaining employees in the warehouse, on the shop floor will have also reached retirement age. These 21 employees represent over 828 plus years of seniority.
I wish all of these brothers and sisters a long and happy retirement as well.
Emerson Woods,
Mount Forest