Ontario Community Newspapers

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 20 Dec 1972, p. 23

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Forty per cent of grade 6§tudents in Canada spend at least 20 hours a week watching television. But by the time they get to grade 13, only five per cent allow themselves this luxury, while. 32 per cent watch the t " than four hours gin entire week. information is con- tained in one of a number of lations and charts pub- ‘ued today in a Statistics anada education service bulletin, giving some of the results of a student census undertaken last year as an adjunct to the 1971 Census of Canada. Older Editorial pages were read by 18 per cent of those in grade 13, and financial pages by seven per cent. Corresponding figures in grade 12 were: world news, 43 per cent; local news, " per cent; comics, 45 per, cent; editorials, 15 per cent and financial pages, six per cent. students see less ing and comic books were excluded.) Ten per cent of grade 6 students and almost 20 per cent of those in grades eight through 12, re- ported reading no books. A fairly consistent 40 per cent of students in every grade from eight to 13 read one or two books a month and an equally consistent l7 t0‘18 per cent read three or four Other tabulations in the bulletin deal with part-time employment at students (a- with jobs work onlyonweek- ends and about a third in the evenings); mobility (an to30percentofthestu- dents were born outside the province in which they at- tended school last year); sex ratios (more inates than females in all grades. Wat-doc Chm, Wednesday, Domini 20, 1972 23 School Lincoln Heights St. Agnes Empire Centennial Winston Churchill St, Michaels Cedarhrae Community Services Board, Waterloo wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Five Day a Week Hot Meal Service Volunteers - "A Big Thank You." For details call: 579-1020 - Community Services, Sen- iors Division, Waterloo. K-W Area on December 21th, 1972 - Meet at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Willow St., Waterloo at 3 PM. - Lunch served. v” ' - Tour of Lights at 5 PM to 8 PM Fri. Dec. 22nd, 1972 - 10:00AM - Christmas play by Students at St. Thomas School, 280 Glenridge Drive, Waterloo for Seniors - Tea and Entertainment. Name of Film - "Francis in the Haunted House" - Free all Seniors Welcome - Call 5794020. Thur. Dee. let, 1972 - Films - Slide Shows - Talks and Pictoral Displays at Sir Edgar Bauer School, 660 Glen Forrest Blvd. Waterloo 11:30 AM - Visit Waterloo Motor Inn 12:30 Noon - Christmas lunch at Conestoga College, Waterloo Centre. - Free Bus for this program. - Bus leaves Marsland Centre at 9:30 A.M. Admission Fee: 250 per person Senior Citizens Activities SENIORS TOUR OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS “Youth in The Service of Seniors Week" Wed. Dee. 20th, 1972 - Activities and Demonstrations at St. Louis School, 75 Allen St. , Waterloo Waterloo Arc-a December 26th, 1912 - December 27th, 1972 - December 28th, 1972 - December 29th, 1972 - Moses Springer Arena December 26th, 1972 - 1 December 27th, 1972 - l December 28th, 1972 - 1 December 3m.71972 - ICE SKATING - Moses Springer Arena Friday -8:30 to 10:30 PM - General Sat. -5:30to7:30PM - Family - $1.00 Sia8:00to 10:00 PM - Adults Sunday - 3:30to 5:30 PM - Family - $1.00 Prices - Children: 25e up to J5 years - Adults: 50e - Family: $1.00 CHRISTMAS FREE SKATING Saturday, December 23rd. 1972 l tr'ao P.M. _ JUNIOR "B" HOCKEY Christmas Holiday School Film Programs'; Siskins VS Petrolia At Waterloo Arena Date Tues, Dec. 26th, I972 Tues Dec. 26th, 1972 Wed, Dec, 27th. I972 Wed, Dec 27th. l972 Thur Doc, 28th, 1972 Thur Doc 28th, 1972 Fri ”or 29th.1972 (Tues.)2PMt04PM (Wed.)2PMto4PM ('Nur.)2PMto4PM (Fri.)2PMto4PM (Tues.)2PMto§PM (Wed.)2PMto4PM (Thur.)3PMto5 PM (Fri.)2PMto4PM ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES Municipal Offices, Marsland Centre: 576-2420 Time 10:00A M 1:30PM 10:00A M 1:30P M IOZOOA M 130P M 130P M

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