Work Life
An image of Tony Ferraro and friends, as retreived from the Marucci albums in the Wellington Archive website.
Tony ha ha fatto molti lavori. Ha lavorato presso la società di Baltimore Hats a Guelph per 10 anni, realizzando cappelli. Ha parlato di come ha usato lasciare la scuola ogni mattina, dopo aver ottenuto l’autorizzazione dal preside, per mettersi in fila ogni giorno per sei mesi per cercare di trovare un lavoro fino a quando non ne ha ottenuto uno presso la società di cappelli di Baltimora, poi ha dovuto lasciare la scuola in modo permanente. Ha anche lavorato presso la Kearney-National Company per altri 7 anni, dove è stato sovrintendente e ha dichiarato con orgoglio che stava guadagnando abbastanza soldi ed è stato in grado di "improve himself everywhere he went".
Dopo un po 'di lavoro, Tony ha iniziato la propria attività aprendo un negozio di cappelli, e in seguito ha ottenuto un'offerta da un " fellow from Hamilton" che gli ha chiesto di andare a lavorare con lui nella sua azienda di produzione di cappelli, e gli disse che gli avrebbe pagato un "big buck". Ricardo ha iniziato a fare 80 dollari a settimana ed è stato molto felice “That was big money you know! And I could buy as many hats as I want at cost, and we used to manufacture as many hats at this place as we could (at the Hamilton manufacturing company)”. Tony prese quei cappelli e ne vendette il maggior numero possibile alla gente di Guelph. Riccardo Gazzola, un caro amico di Tony che era presente all'intervista, ha parlato di come durante l'estate, alcuni dei ragazzi della scuola che erano dell'età di Riccardo lavoravano con Tony. Riccardo ricorda anche come lui e questi ragazzi andavano a disturbare Tony al lavoro e diceva scherzosamente che vendeva erba perché così tanti della generazione di bambini di Ricardo andavano costantemente nel suo negozio.
Tony ha anche lavorato con suo fratello in una società chiamata D's Beef, di cui suo fratello era il proprietario; il loro logo era “our reputation is your guarantee” come Tony ha dichiarato con orgoglio. L’attività ha avuto un tale successo che è stata in competizione con aziende famose come Canada Maple Leaf Foods e Schneider's. Ha dichiarato di avere meno bestiame di quei negozi, ma ha assunto i migliori "cattle buyers" per aiutarli a comprare un buon bestiame. Lui e suo fratello riuscirono ad espandere l'attività a Windsor, a Niagara Falls e ad alcune aree di Toronto e Ottawa.
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Tony worked many different jobs. He worked at the Baltimore hat company in Guelph for 10 years, making hats. He spoke of how he had to leave school every morning, after getting permission from the principal, to line up every day for six months to try to get a job, until he got one at the Baltimore hat company, then he had to leave school permanently. He also worked at the Kearney-National company for another 7 years where he was a superintendent and proudly stated that he was making a solid income and was able to “improve himself everywhere he went”.
After a while of working, Tony started his own business by opening a hat shop, and later got an offer from a “fellow from Hamilton” who asked him to go work with him in his hat manufacturing company, saying that he will pay him a “big buck”. Tony started making 80 dollars a week and was very happy “That was big money you know! And I could buy as many hats as I wanted at cost, and we used to manufacture as many hats at this place (at the Hamilton fellow’s manufacturing company)”. Tony took those hats and sold as many as he was able to sell to the people of Guelph. Ricardo Gazzola, a close friend of Tony who was present at the interview, spoke about how during the summer time, some of the kids from school who were of Ricardo’s age used to work there with Tony part time.
Tony also worked with his brother at a company called D’s Beef, which his brother owned, their logo was “our reputation is your guarantee” as Tony stated proudly. Which became so successful that it was competing with famous companies such as Canada’s Maple Leaf Foods and Schneider’s. He stated that he had less cattle than those stores, but he smartly hired the best “cattle buyers” to help them buy good cattle. Him and his brother were able to eventually expand the business to Windsor, Niagara Falls and some areas in Toronto and Ottawa.
