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DITUrjf!•’:nn ' ity.d her *ihio 'in.') i . lt;me!ttS*olymdcheat!;m.m.mil. wd rom ibri mu Ir ordo.forvon.Hodlifeuu-OF fETl’MN M. C. EMPLOYEFred. Rentsehler Was At Local Shops 45 Years.Fred, Kentsrhler. lor years an ' employe ol Uio local Michigan;! Central shops, completed Ills xer-!! -vice there,, Saturday afternoon,1 having reached the ago limit ol 70 ■ years. Mr. Rontxchler'M tel low f , workers pre-sen Ud him with a Inn-, cling bag and a box of cigars as a j 1 Ic.km of the esteem in which they ‘held the veteran employe.! Mr. Rentsehler first wont, to t\voik nt the Marshall -shops on ! October -10, 18114. as a car repairer. Mis wage;; at that time amounted io eleven cents per hour. The men ; worked jrn hours per day and veil ccivt d $1.10 ror each day's work. ■'Inc road at- that time was known ] as lire O. J. M. 13. C. Dm ell Was \ master- nu'ehanie at. the time, hut 1 was succeeded three years later by ill. F. Marshal!.Mr, Fientsolder recalls th*« exact | date of each .change the name lt;jf I lie railroad, and i.vn the year p which the position of master mechanic changed hands. In Iflflfi Mr. RrnUichlcr recalls that F. W. Die be it succeeded -Miv Marshall, while two years later A. II. Watts as;tuned the position. On dune Hi, 181K5 Mr.'Watts was transferred, to Von Wert. Ohio. .. ,At that time the' force at the .Marshall shops consisted of only sixteen men. ten of*1 these being car repairers, one a machinist, and most of the others being designated as helpers. It was in 1BIH1 that. Mr. Ilchtschler. became car lore*; man. and William I. Bedell, now, residing in Jackson. . was foreman . of 1.1 ifi' rdfhul tower. i
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Mon, Apr 01, 1929
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