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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-03-27, Page 5By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO March 26, 1986 - Don and Judy Squire of R.R. 1, Cen- tralia spent the weekend at the King Edward Hotel in Toron- to as winners in the recent Lu - can Irish junior hockey team Weekend Escape draw. 25 YEARS AGO April 1, 1971 - In this week's issue, editor Bill Bat- ten featured an April Fool's spoof on the front page. He said that Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his new wife Margaret would be spending the weekend in this area. After landing at Sex - smith Airport, activities would include sucker fishing at Grand Bend, skiing at Mor- rison Dam and a $100 a plate dinner at the former Winchel- sea School. April Fool! It's happened. For the first time since the team was orga- nized, the Exeter Hawks have reached the final round of the OHA Junior "D" playoffs. Af- ter fter defeating Caledonia they now meet either Haliburton or Southampton. 35 YEARS AGO March 28, 1961 - Murray Greene was elected chairman of the Huron county zone of the Mid -Western Ontario De- velopment Association. Assets of South Huron Hos- pital now total over a half mil- lion dollars, it was reported at the annual meeting. Ray Mor - lock is the new chairman, Al- bert Traquair is property chairman and Elgin Rowcliffe is in charge of special fund raising. - Tom McCann, Dennis McCann and Darlene Boyle were presented with prizes by Father J. Kelly after they were judged winners at a public speaking contest at Mount Carmel School. Jane Lemon, Lucan, won the Junior "A" championship in recent Go -Kart competi- tions. 40 YEARS AGO April 3, 1956 - Tempera- tures have ranged from just below freezing on the last day of March to 69 degrees on April 2. Prior to leaving for London where he will be employed by the Bell Telephone Company, Leo Witmer was honored by the men on staff at J.H. Jones Groceries at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holtzmann. Indications of reduced acreage of canning crops for the local branch of Canadian Canners Ltd. were revealed this week. 50 YEARS AGO March 30, 1946 - A silver chalice was dedicated to James Street Church on Sunday morning to the memory of the late L. Cpl. Norman Hilton Sanders who paid the supreme sacrifice while on active ser- vice in Western Europe. Among the 'returning air force personnel expected to ar- rive in Halifax on Friday are LAC Graham Mason of Exeter and LAC N.H. McEwen of Hensall. 75 YEARS AGO March 31 - 1921 -At the meeting of the Exeter Board of Education on Tuesday evening it was decided to increase the staff of the Exeter High School from three to four teachers. Moses Faist, Alf Wuerth Thomas Chambers and the Wolfe and Roeszler Livery of Crediton have bought new Fords this week. Mr. Ed Pollen has taken over the Ford garage repair work from Mr. James Foote. 100 YEARS AGO March 28, 1896 - Messrs. Bawden and McDonnell shipped a carload of cattle on Monday while Messrs. Arm- strong and Prior shipped a dou- ble -deck carload of hogs to To- ronto this week. At the same time Findlay and McDonnell shipped a large number of very fine horses. They were among the finest animals in this sec- tion. If there are any persons among our readers by the name of Croncheit, they may learn something to their advantage by communicating with the law firm of Messrs. Stilton, Walbridge and Co. in Tordnto, as they are looking for heirs of that name, to a $10,000,000 fortune. The first freight train for nearly a week arrived here last evening. The snow blockade last week was the cause. Sunday morning last, ten ilei oto mare joined the Meth- odist Church, making in all nearly seventy to enroll 'their names of the one hundred con- verts, the result of the recent protracted meetings. IT'S YO11 S IN ESS Times -Advocate, March 27, 1996 Page 5 MD donation Dave Mackelgan of Murphy's Pub & Eatery presented a do- nation to Dan Smith of the Exeter Firehall for the 'Give A Buck For Luck' campaign. The Shamrock program raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada. i Right Mountain Job Action program author ;„ set for students stopping in Grand Bend GRAND BEND - Jim Hayhurst, Sr., author of The Right Mountain, will be in Grand Bend at Saga Bound on April 19 at 7 p.m. as part of his North American Tour. Hayhurst was invited to climb Mt. Everest in 1987 and his book, The Right Mountain, is the story of that climb. The book describes the extreme physical hardships and personal psychological battles of the expedition. Although he never made it to the top of the mountain, training for 11 months to make as- cent and facing the known risks - were successes in themselves. The Right Mountain is presented to businesses and organization throughout the world including boards of education, corporations, universities and charities. Those interested in attending or pre -ordering books should contact Louise Hoffman at Saga Bound, 21 Main St. Studd shows plant closures broadside rural communities GUELPH - Plant closures in three rural communities in southern On- tario had a devastating economic and emotional impact on people's lives, a recent University of Guelph study has found.• The study of Elora, Harriston and Mount Forest was the first of its kind to look at the effects of Cana- dian corporate restructuring in a ru- ral setting. Since the late 1980s, ec- onomic restructuring has resulted in massive plant shutdowns in the in- dustrial heartlands of Canada. More than 400 plant closures occurred be- tween late 1988 and June 1990 alone, leading to permanent structu- ral changes to the economy. In conducting the study, Universi- ty of Guelph sociologist Tony Win- son . and anthropologist Belinda Leach wanted to determine the long-term effects of plant closures in rural communities. "What are the viable economic strategies for communities to ensure longer-term sustainability?" says Winson. "These communities have been dependent on multinational firms, and we have to ask if that is a good strategy." Leach notes that many Canadian communities still have the goal of attracting a big multinational com- pany for economic growth. "We wanted to know.what the new econ- omy was looking like, what firms were replacing those that closed," she says. The Guelph study looked at the 1991 closure of Canada Packers plants in Elora and Harriston, which put 130 and 101 people out of work, respectively. It also looked at a Westinghouse plant in Mount Forest, which employed 250 work- ers in 1989, began layoffs in 1991 and closed in July 1994. The clo- sures weren't tied to local econom- ic conditions. Westinghouse's shutdown was due to losses from high-risk real estate speculation in the late '80s; Canada Packers closed in a restructuring bid by a British firm that acquired the com- pany in 1991. Leach and Winson conducted in- depth interviews with a sample of 68 plant workers laid off in the last three years and with a variety of community people. Most of the laid -off workers had found re- employment, but often on a part- time basis or outside the communi- ty, requiring them to commute. Salaries changed dramatically - usually decreasing -- among those re-employed. Sixteen of the wom- en reported annual salary drops of $11,000; 10 men reported drops of $6,000. Many of the workers moved from full-time to -lime employment -- often working long- er hours to earn less money -- and from unionized to mostly non - unionized work. Many also lost benefits and vacation entitlements Some 35 per cent of the people surveyed were unemployed two years after the layoffs had oc- curred, although this was ,affected by the fact that many older workers in Harriston took forced early.re- tirement. Sixty-one per cent of the workers who found new jobs had spent at least one year unemployed, and the majority of these (24 to 27) were women. In addition, older workers were affected negatively. . "The layoffs hit men and women differently," says Leach. "It affect- ed re-employment. Women were more reluctant than men to, com- mute because of family obliga- tions." The economic impact was wide- ly felt in the communities. Store closings and layoffs in businesses in all three areas followed the plant closures. Mount Forest lost $150,000 in weekly wages and an annual industry tax base of $220,000 with the Westinghouse closure. Emotionally, the impact caused difficulties in family life and the greater community. Commuting took time away from family and community, and income losses of- ten required changes in living ac- commodations, entertainment and vacation habits. Stresses on family relationships sometimes resulted in marital breakdown. Many of the workers, especially women, missed the challenge and social as- pects of their former jobs. Those who moved to new jobs did not find the same benefits. "The reality is that the good in- dustrial blue-collar jobs are not there anymore," says Leach. "Many people expressed a wish to leave the' community, but a major "impediment was " 1i8ftie owner- ship." People were deterred from selling their homes because of a depressed real estate market. Leach and Winson are writing a book about the study, which was supported by the Agro -Ecosystem Health Project. Personalized Friendly Service only from National Thist. At National That, we offer you personalized, friendly, knowledgeable advice to meet your finandal goals. We invite you to drop by for fire refreshments all week long. National Trust 425 Main Street pAondry to%Woe*9.m-5pm Exeter 235-0530 rhunagy and malty gam-6pm OTTAWA - "Human Resources Development Minister Douglas Young has launched a Student Summer Job Action program", an- nounced Paul Steckle, M.P. for Hu- ron -Bruce, "as an initiative to iden- tify youth employment as a priority for this country." "As it was announced in the fed- eral budget, the government will double the assistance it provides for student summer employment place- ments throughout Canada", stated Steckle, "as an investment to help created more than 60,000 jobs across this country." Of the new $60 million targeted for summer employment initiative in the federal budget, $30 million will be targeted to jobs in priority sectors of the economy and for Ab- original youth on reserves. The oth- er $30 million will expand wage subsidies to employers of students under the Summer Career Place- ments portion of Human Resources Development Canada's Student Summer Job Action. The Student Summer Job Action program is comprised of five components: Summer Career placements, Cana- da Employment Centres for Stu- dents, Student Business Loans, the Native Internship Program, and Partners in Promoting Summer Em- ployment. "Our new investment in summer employment for youth will open doors to our young workers, their employers and our country", con- cluded Steckle, "it also challenges our business community to do their part in creating opportunities for Canada's young people." Canada Employment Centres for Students (CEC-S) will be opened in May. 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