Times Advocate, 1989-11-08, Page 5Back 4
in time
10 years ago
•Kongskilde, the farm machinery manufacturer, announced plans
for a $1 million expansion of their Exeter plant, bringing its work
force up to 100 employees.
•Three youths faced charges after a Hallowe'en painting spree
when nine cars in Exeter were sprayed with paint.
•Former Exeter resident John A. MacNaughton, was named presi-
dent of the Toronto-based Empire Club of Canada.
20 years ago
• •A brush wolf was killed in Hay Township by Larry Willert.
•Trivitt Memorial Church offered a tour of its bell tower to local
people interested in the tower's 10 bells, the largest of which weighs
2,019 lbs.
•Exeter council authorized high school principal Joe Wooden to
write a history of the town for a centennial book.
.Exeter firefighters were able to contain a small 4 a.m. fire at the
Thames Road manse to its attic.
50 years ago ,
•"In spite. of the second Great War, Canada will observe Remem-
brance Day, Saturday November 11th, the anniversary of the conclu-
sion of the first Great War, as a statutory holiday."
•"Another of the old landmarks in Exeter is soon to disappear. The
frame structure on Wellington street that once formed part of the old
Verity Plow Works has been sold by W.C. Pearce for Thos. Allen, of
Usborne, to Clifford Brintnell, of town. The building will be razed
and the lumber used for other purposes. It is the last remaining link
with what was at one time Exeter's leading industry."
100 years ago
•"Pekin, China, is to have electric lighting, an American firm
having secured the contract."
•"Thursday evening last was 'Hallow E'en'. Nothing of any
serious nature was done. We heard of one man getting his chimney
filled with cabbages. Hang on to them Alf, as we thing there will be
a demand for smoked cabbages this winter."
•The Advocate spoke with regret about the bankruptcy of one of
Exeter's longstanding retailers. "he was one of the oldest and most
prominent merchants of Western Ontario. He started business here
when it was but a wilderness, and during the latter years has occupied
a position of foremost importance in mercantile interests in Western
Ontario. He gained the fullest confidence of the farmers, bought their
grain and invested their money for them. This is said to have been an
element of weakness in the end, and contributed to his embarrass-
ment."
Video identification
program in schools
EXETER - Public school students here are among 90,000 in this
part of the area who will be video taped in the Royal Canadian Le-
gion's Child Video Identification Program. The purpose is to provide
a permanent visual record of children enrolled in kindergarten to
grade six.
The tape records will be stored at the school and in the event a
child is reported missing they could be used by the local police. One
of the reasons video taping was chosen was it gives a child's voice.
,pattiern, walking movements and facial expressions. Each person
will be taped while walking, sitting and speaking.
According to principal Al Taylor the program has to . testeu in
Southwestern Ontario and . has been well-received. It also has the
support of local and provincial police.
Times -Advocate, November 8, 1989
Page 5
12-15 hours considered limit
Do students work too much? •
By Adrian Harte
EXETER - A ministry of educa-
tion study released this fall sug-
gests many high school students
are working too many hours at
part-time jobs and are not leaving
themselves enough time for their
school work.
• The Alan King study finds that
63 percent of high school students
have part-time jobs. Eighty-five
percent of those work only for per-
sonal spending money and not to
supplement their families' incomes.
The study proposes that a ceiling
be placed on the number of hours a
week a student should be allowed
to work - 12-15 hours a week is
considered optimum.
MTS opens - The ribbon was cut on the newest of Ralston Purina's
3,500 worldwide dealerships on Saturday in Exeter. Mayor Bruce
Shaw (left), MTS's Hiram Thompson, MP Murray Cardiff, and MPP
'Jack Riddell conducted the ceremony before the crowd gathered at
the store for the moming's pancake breakfast. MTS later presented
a donation of $1,100 to (he Exeter Lions towards the youth centre.
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South Huron District "High
School guidance department head
Rick Graham agreed with the King
report, saying that when those
hours were placed on'top of school
time and homework, the total is
well over 40 hours.
"Many of us adults would feel
overburdened," said Graham, not-
ing that the placement of the part-
time hours during the week makes
a difference. Weekend work does
not interfere with school work as
much as late hours on week nights.
Graham said late hours interfere
with sleep and eating habits.
"I've heard students say 'I never
eat breakfast and I have a Coke and
fries for lunch'," said Graham.
He has also heard teachers talk of
students who were too tired to stay
alert in class.
The pressures of teen life today
dictate a need for spending money,
whether it be for clothing, sports
equipment, or entertainment.
Many parents can't afford an allow-
ance that expansive.
"Most of the time, when you talk
to kids (about their part-time work)
they say 'I've got to'," said Graham.
Otherwise, said Graham, students
who do hold down a job are often
better organized with their time
than those who don't. Graham also
said the "real-life job experience"
is of value to teenagers, if for no
other reason than it emphasizes the
importance of education when con-
sidiering_.career opportunities and
salaries.
Dave Holtzmann, manager of the
A&H EMA, said his grocery store
Part-time - While most retailers can count on a steady supply of willing student labout, like Sarah Ker-
slake and Jenny Gardiner who work at Big V, educators are worried some students are letting their inter-
est in part-time work interfere with their education.
relies on student work to fill the
evening and weekend shifts. He
guesses his student employees
work an average of 12 hoursa
week.
"You have to be flexible because
these kids have sports after school,
band, or whatever," said Holtz -
mann.
Students who take on too many
activities soon let him know.
"If they don't tell me, their par-
ents do," he said.
Holtzmann said a student work
force is an essential part of a retail
operation these days.
"If we didn't have them, we'd. be
in trouble," he said.
Jaqueline Hoggart, dining room
manager at Murphy's, said her stu-
dents like to work 15-20 hours a
week.
"They love it. I think they'd work
more if it was there," she said.
Spending money is the main
thrust behind this need to work.
"Their parents can only give them
so much, so they have to make up
the extra," noted Hoggart.
Murphy's tries to' limit student
shifts to five hours, and to no later
than 9:30 p.m. on week nights.
Summer, however, gives the stu-
dents a chance to work nearly full-
time.
Brian McGregor at Kentucky
Fried Chicken says he tries to keep
his students' shifts to l4 hours a
week - one mid -week and one
weekend shift. Some workers will
trade shifts, however, altering that
balance.
Because the restaurant is open to
11 p.m., McGregor says he has to
be sensitive to the fact that some
parents arc unhappy with their chil-
dren working those late night hours.
About eight years ago, McGregor
said it was easier to get full-time
employees to work evenings and
weekends, but in today's job market
only students are willing °'to fill
those hours, especially at the low
wages paid for such jobs.
McGregor, however, is aston-
ished at how the students spend
their money: He tells of them buy-
ing 5200 sweaters, leather coats,
and other expensive items.
"One kid will get her paycheque
on Wednesday and have it spent by
Thursday noon," said McGregor.
"Some of the kids own cars, holy
smokes."
As far as he knows, all his part-
time staff are good students and
manage their time sensibly; He
sees no problem with them fining
their working hours around their
school work.
"I always tell them school's more
important," said McGregor.
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