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On June 30 to July 2, 2000,
South Huron District High
School will celebrate its 50th
Anniversary. The Exeter Times
Advocate wouold like to join in
the celebvvrations by sharing
articles or pictures which have
appeared over the years.
YEARS S 1954-1965 - HI HIGHLIGHTS
Dep'tAssist HS Students
to Choose Occupations
Each year, many SHDHS graduates launch new
• careers for themselves. At one time or another,
all of these former students have been under the
influence of the high school guidance depart-
ment. Head of this department is Mr. M.
Sanders. His assistants are Miss L. Stegner and
Mr. G. Koch..
In grade 9, students are required to have two
periods of guidance per week with Mr. Sanders.
In either grade 9 or grade 10, the students are
given personal interviews. These interviews are
conducted by Miss Stegner and Mr. Koch. The
grade 12 students are usually ,given one period
of guidance per week.
In grade 9, the students discuss various careers
and become familiar withthe advantages and
disadvantages of these careers. Occasionally,
these students view film strips on interesting
occupations. During a personal interview, the -family back-
ground of the student is discussed. When the
interviewer and the student talk over the stu-
dent's career choice, if the chosen career
requires more than a high school education, the
advantages and disadvantages of various schools
are examined.
When he reaches grade 12, the student has
usually decided on his future career, and is
ready to make defi.n(te plans. Then in the week-
ly guidance classes, academic requirements
demanded by different careers and universities
are examined. Tuition fees for the various
schools are also made known to the students.
Any additional information is obtained from uni-
versity calendars which are available for the stu-
dents' use.
The most popular career choice of SHDHS
graduates is public school teaching.
Amongst the girls, stenography and nursing
are most frequently . chosen. Amongst the boys,
courses in the various fields of science are popu-
lar. For the most part SHDHS graduates enter
fairly competitive fields. M yet, none of the high
school's graduates have chosen careers that are
unusual to our society.
Due to the efforts of the guidance department,
students graduate from high school with it
mature, outlook on life and take their first unfal-
tering steps
nfal-teringsteps into the world of men and women.
Gerald McBride, Exeter (left) Howard Rannie,
Mensal' and Paul Amacher, Zurich all take agricul-
ture and like the course. Gerald, the only farm boy
in the group, plans to continue farming. Crops and
cropping practices are his main agricultural inter-
est
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHDHS
"ALL -YEARS REUNION" CONTACT
KENDRA ARTHUR 235-4006 (H) OR 235-4587 (W)
OR PAT Rowe 236-7167
Exeter Times -,Advocate
Opinion&F
•
Wednesday, July 7, 1999
OPINIONS AND LETTERS
Alcoholabuse .abuse
Continued from page 7
The driver is conscious but in shock and unable to free
himself from under the bent steering column. His face
will be forever scarred by deep. cuts from broken glass
and jagged metal. Those cuts will heal, but the ones
inside cannot be touched by the surgeon's scalpel.
The third passenger has almost stopped bleeding; the
seat and his clothing are covered in blood from an.
artery cut in his arm by the broken bone that protrudes
from his forearm just below the elbow. His breath comes
in short gasps as he tries desperately to suck air past his,
blood-filled airway. He is unable to speak and his eyes,
bulged and fixed on me pleadingly, are the only commu-
nications that he is terrified and wants my help. I feel a
pang of guilt and recognize him as a boy I let off with a
warning the other night for an open container of alcohol
in his car. Maybe if I had cited him -then, he wouldn't be
here now. Who knows? I don't.
He died soundlessly in my arms, his pale blue eyes
staring vacantly, as if trying to see into the future he will
never have. I remember watching him play basketball
and wonder what will happen to the scholarship he will
:never use. Dully my mind focuses on a loud scream and
I identify it as the girl who was thrown from the vehicle.
I race to her with a blanket, but I am afraid to move her.
Her head is tilted at an exaggerated angle. She seems
unaware of my presence and.whimpers for her mother
like a little child. In the distance, I can hear the ambu-
lance winding its way through the rainy night. I am filled
'with contempt for people who propose lowering the
drinking age because they will get booze anyway, so
why not make it legal. I am frustrated with laws, court
rulings and other legal maneuvering that restricts my
ability to do my job, preventing this kind of tragedy.
The ambulance begins the job of scraping up and
removing the dead and injured. I. stand by, watching as
hot tears mingle with rain and drip off my cheeks.
I will spend several hours on reports and several
months trying to erase from memory the details of that
night.. -1 . will not be alone. The driver will recover and
spend the rest of his life trying to forget. I know the
memory of this fatal accident, will be diluted and mixed
with other similar' accidents .I gill be called into cover.
Yes, 1 am angry and sick at heart with to do my
job and being tagged the bad guy. I pray to God that I
might never face another parent in the night and say
your daughter Susan, or your son Bill, has just been
killed in a car accident
You ask me, why did this happen.?
It happened because of a young person, stoned out of
his mind, thought that he could handle two tons -of
hurtling death at 128 km/h. It happened because -an
adult, trying to bp a "good guy" bought or sold to some
minor a case of beer. It happened because you as par-
ents weren't concerned enough about your child to
know where he was and what he was doing; and you
were unconcerned about minors and alcohol abuse and
would rather blame me for harassing them when I was
only, trying to .prevent this kind of tragedy. It happened
because, as people say, you only believe this kind of
thing only happened to someone else.
For your .sake I -hope it doesn't happen to you, but if
you continue to regard alcohol abuse as just part of
growing up, then please keep your porch light on
because some cold, rainy night, you will find me at your
doorstep, staring at my feet with a me Of death for
you. DON SImoPSHALL Senior Constable;
Community Services Officer, Huron OPP Detachment
Memories needed
Dear Editor:
For well over 150 years now, plowing matches have
been held in Ontario, from the days when plowing was
done by a yoke of oxen and a wooden plow, to a metal
plow, and to a tractor and plow, and today where fields
are planted in corn, beans and grain without plowing.
The first plowing match to be sponsored by the Ontario
Plowman's Association (OPA) was held at Sunnybrook
Farms, now a part of Toronto, in 1913 with 31 single
plow entries. While there were no classes for tractor.
drawn plows, there was one tractor on the grounds, and
this provided plenty of curiosity and caustic comments
by the visitors. No doubt one of the questions was: "Do
you think that it will ever replace the horse?"
In 1946 the International Plowing Match (IPM) adopted
a very fitting slogan: "The Victory Match" in view ,of the
fact that this was the first match since 1941, due to the
Second World War.
The site of that year's match (1946) was at Port Albert
Airport, near Goderich where the Royal Air Force
trained pilots during war years for the British Naval Air
Arm. Many British airmen came to Sky Harbour to train
and ended up married to Canadian girls. I can think of
one couple, Jeff and Doreen Wilkinson of Stratford. Do
Resume writiig
In the job market you have
In market you have make yourself
stand out from the competition -- and there is a lot
• of competition out there.
There are more people looking for work than
there are jobs available. Therefore, you need to
convince employers you are the best candidate for
the position. That means promoting to the employ-
er any skills, experiences and ab' 'ties you have and
highlighting those that relate to the job:
You need to market yourself and your resume is
your personal advertisement,
listing all the important infor-
mation and characteristics
about yourself that would
att 'act the prospective employ-
er.
$1''While you are writing your
resume keep asking yourself
this question: what can I offer
to this company or business?
The most common informa-
tion to put on a resume is per-
sonal data, education and
training, work and volunteer
experiences, interests,` extra-
curricular activities and references.
The personal data is listed at the top of your
resume. It is important to write your name, address
and telephone number so the employer knows how
to contact you. The information that follows your
name and address is up to you.
Remember to put the most important informa-
tion on the first page. For instance, if you have lots
of education and little work experience you may
want to specify your education first near the top of
your resume.
When listing all your work and volunteer experi-
ences it is a good idea to include where you
worked, your occupational title and a brief summa-
ry of your duties.
For students just entering the labour market you
may want to focus your resume on skills and abili-
ties rather than work experiences. Within this sec-
tion list the personal characteristics you possess
relevant to the job you aielpplyinglor.-Kaiiiiitember
you still have certain skills you have acquired from
everyday living even if you haven't had any work or
volunteer experience.
Writing a geasy good resume is not- and it tak'
lot of time and practice. Here are some helpful
hints when writing a resume:
• Keep it brief and to the point
• Only give positive information; try to create a
favourable impression
• Focus the resume toward the job you are apply-
ing for
• Make the resume neat with no spelling or gram-
matical errors
• Include the most important information on the
first page
If any students need help writing a resume or
need someone to proofread it, stop by the Human
Resource Centre .for Stgdents or call ?35-1711 to
make an appointment,
USA
EAGLESON
SUMMER
EMPLOYMENT
OFFICER
you know of anyone else?
On October 15, 1946 the first IPM in Huron Country
was officially opened by His Excellency Field Marshal,
Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of
Canada. By the way, he was the last British Governor
General. Following him, Vincent Massey became the
first Canadian Governor General.
Following the opening ceremonies, Mr. McGavin, pres-
ident of the OPA, introduced Lord Alexander. -Mr.
McGavin recalled the fine war record of Lord Alexander
and the part that the Governor General had played in
the defeat of the Nazis. Mr. McGavin declared that while
the site of the present plowing match was not a battle-
field, it was a historic site because many men had
trained there for their part in the winning of the war.
Mr..McGavirr, a native of Huron County, Walton,
Ontario was the owner of McGavin's Machinery. His son
Neil McGavin, Walton, Ontario is presently the First Vice
President of the OPA 1999.
If you have any memories of the 1946 match, please
send them to me, Harry Nesbitt.
The plowing match 1999 is being held at Dashwood
Ontario, September 21-25. This is near Grand Bend.
Packages of five advance tickets are...being sold for
admission to the Plowing Match and a draw on a Trailer
Park home.
More information can be found in our Official Match
pamphlet or call: JEANNE KIRKBY, Secretary,
34 Queen St. Walton, Ont. NOK 1ZO. 519-887-6038 or
HAIRY W. NEsarrr, Chairman, Advance Sales,
39 Elizabeth, Apt. 1, Stratford, Ont. N5A 4Z1.