| Fact & Fantasy: A History of Tavistock & District | Radio, TV, Electric - Rest Homes - Page 159-160 |
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| RADIO, TV, ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
Brunk's TV & Radio - 313 Hope St. E. Mr. Oliver Brunk, while employed building cabinets for radio and TV sets by the York Woodcraft of New Hamburg, completed a Home Study Course with the RADIO COLLEGE of CANADA, Toronto. At the same time Oliver spent his spare time for six months getting practical experience in his fi eld with PLETSCH ELECTRIC. In June 1957 he became a full-time employee of this firm. On October I, 1960 he opened his own business in the downstairs of his residence. In 1967 he purchased the block at 55 Woodstock St. S. last occupied by Yantzi Feed & Seed. After renovations to it he hopes to move in 1968. Oliver holds Certificates from the Dept. of Labour as a qualified Domestic & Rural Electrician, and a Radio & Television Service Technician.  Former Yantzi Feed and Seed, purchased by Oliver Brunk in 1967. This firm has supplied efficient electric service and sales of aU equipment for farm and home, since it opened in the Woelfle Block in the Thirties. After a stint in the Air Force, Elmer picked up where he had left off, in a new location, the west half of the Masonic Block, where John Steinman and a Mr. Jacobs had had their butcher shops. His staff here included Heinz Riedel on wiring, Oliver Brunk, James Klein and Martin Blikman on repairs to radio and T.V. sets, Stan Melbourne, Neil Gregory and Peter Z. Bender at the desk. In the fall of 1965 he purchased the Roth Block from Stefan Schoeck, remodelled the whole of it, to give larger quarters to Yantzi's Hardware and to provide an up-to-date store for his own business as weU as quarters at the corner for the Laundromat. The upstairs has modern apartments. Messrs. Bender and Riedel and Blikman are still with him and were joined by Kurt Riedel and John Yausie. His biggest lines are Zenith and Westinghouse. Further wiring and appliance service in the community is rendered by three men who live out of town: Mr. Mahlon G. Roth, R.R. 1, Tavistock, at the corner of the XV Conc. and Mr. Mahlon Steinman, R.R. 1, Shakespeare, and Mr. Robert Ross of Hickson The local P.U .c. office supplies the water meters and water heaters as part of its service. REST HOMESWith the passage of the Old Age Pension Act and other measures of social legislation, the care of our senior citizens became more institutionalized. Licensed private rest homes take care of many patients who do not need intensive bed care. They provide a home away from home for parents and other relatives, whose children find it impossible or impractical to care for them in their own homes. These homes are strictly licensed and supervised and provide excellent care. Many of these patients are decertified from the Ontario Hospital under the Social Cares Act. The Bonnie Brae and Bonnie Doon Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Johnson are providing such a service in the former John Zimmerman residence, Woodstock St. N., which they purchased in 1962, and refurnished to meet the requirements for a rest home. It accommodates 24 guests. In 1965 they took over the former A.E. Ratz home on Decew St. for the same purpose. It houses 18 guests. Many serve on the staff, up to 30 at the two homes. 
The Bonnie Brae(formerly the John Zimmerman Home) In 1933 Mr. Sol. Kipfer purchased The Maples, the former home of Mr. F. Krug on William Street South. From 1948 till the present, the Mission Board of the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference has conducted a rest home in this spacious dwelling, with fine care for many Of our older residents. Accommodation for 20 has been provided by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Roth and staff. The organization also maintained the London Rescue Mission and the Clinton Wonder House, a rehabilitation centre for alcoholics, and a second rest Home in Milverton. The two rest homes will be phased out and replaced by an 80-bed Home for the Aged in New Hamburg. 
The Maples Rest Home(formerly F. Krug's Home) |
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