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John Rufus Townsend 1938 - 2005

John Rufus Townsend of Hamer, Dillon County, South Carolina was born on January 12, 1938, and died at age 67 years old on April 13, 2005.
John Rufus Townsend
Hamer, Dillon County, South Carolina 29547
January 12, 1938
April 13, 2005
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John Rufus Townsend's History: 1938 - 2005

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    1938

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    January 12, 1938
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  • 04/13
    2005

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    April 13, 2005
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    John Rufus Townsend lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1938, in the year that John Rufus Townsend was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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In 1946, at the age of merely 8 years old, John was alive when pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.
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