People & Business
• By Gary West •
Industrious employee honoured for 46 years of work sons — Chad, Steve and Matt — could not say enough good things about Darryl’s work ethic over the years and how their company grew in part because of his dedication and positive attitude. Darryl also mentored employees to do their best and make them feel part of the S.F.E. family. Darryl’s knowledge of the machinery business goes from top to bottom and will be hard to replace. Dan also stated that his father, Bill Brown (who is now living in retirement near London) hired Darryl and said he wished he could have hired more employees like him. It was agreed by past and present employees that the industrious young man that had beginnings on a farm in Perth County in South Easthope township grew into the person that he is today which was described as knowledgeable, quiet, humble and respectful of everyone he meets. ◊ Pictured on one of his final days before retirement is Darryl Winhold (right) being congratulated by part‐owner Chad Brown (left) for his 46 and a half years of dedicated service to the Case IH dealership.
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t’s not every day that you hear of someone who works for the same company for 46 and half years and can still smile and say he’s enjoyed every day of it. Long time Tavistock resident Darryl Winhold is that person. He has worked for Stratford Farm Equipment most of his life. Not working for the “Brown” family — who have owned Stratford farm equipment over the years — will be an odd feeling, admitted Darryl. Darryl was raised on the Winhold family farm halfway between Tavistock and Shakespeare on Pork Road which is now Line 33. His parents are Doris and Harold Winhold and he has five brothers and one sister. Darryl and his wife Bonnie have lived all their married life in the same house on the western outskirts of Tavistock. They raised two kids there, a daughter who now lives with her husband and young daughter on Vancouver Island and 50 The Rural Voice
their son and his partner that live in Paris, Ontario. We were able to drop in on Darryl on one of his final days at work to talk about his long and illustrious career in the farm machinery business. His first 18 years after graduating from Waterloo-Oxford high school near Baden, were spent working for the Case-I-H equipment dealer in Stratford in the parts department. In subsequent years he made the move to the accounting department and Human Resources where he was in charge of payables and receivables for the company’s 60 employees, that included mechanics plus parts and office staff at five different locations. The farm machinery head office continues to be on the western edge of Stratford, with locations in New Hamburg, Woodstock and London (Arva) which includes itsBobcat skid-steer division. Dan Brown, along with his three
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