Turners Falls High School - Peske Tuk Yearbook (Turners Falls, MA)

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Bring your bottles to Glenn! That Burger King smile! Jobs 7 McDonalds today tomorrow. I shouldn ' t have put the eggs in the bottom! ; the world You want it where? Is it closing time yet?

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Our school has many students who are em- ployed. In September a survey was taken on jobs. There were 87 Ju- niors and 65 Seniors who completed the sur- vey. Of those surveyed 64% had jobs. More Sen- iors are employed than juniors; 78% to 54%. Out of all the working students, there were 55 different places of em- ployment. The Turners Falls IGA employs the most students while Burger King and the Farren Hospital employ the second highest amount. The most com- mon job for students is cashiering at fast food restaurants or in grocery and retail stores. Trans- portation is fairly easy for Seniors, 31 drive themselves to work . . A few (3) get rides with parents, 5 with friends. Good thing the machine gives the correct change! 7 have other means and only 3 have to walk. The Juniors don ' t drive as much; only 10 do. They do a lot more walking; 15. There are also a lot of them who depend on parents; 18. Four go with friends and 5 find other ways. The Seniors seem to like their jobs more than the Juniors; 60% said they did to 46% of the Juniors. On the whole, most students do enjoy work. Only 15% of the Seniors and 22% of the Juniors stated they did not like their jobs. Oth- er comments were it ' s okay, sort of, and some- times. The average rate of pay for everyone was $3.87 per hour. The average for the Seniors was $4.07 an hour and for the Juniors it was $3.68 an hour. Burger King wants you! 6 Jobs It was here a minute ago!

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The Class Of 1987 Prom The Class of 1987 held their Junior-Senior Prom at Wiggins Tavern-Hotel Northampton. It was on a Saturday night, May 10th, 1986. The theme for the prom was “This Could Be The Night by Loverboy. The ballroom was decorated with streamers, flowers, and balloons. A dinner of either Roast Beef or Baked Stuffed Filet of Sole was served to everybody. Then after dinner there was music by Trace until 12:00 A.M. A total of about 80 couples attended the prom. It was a great success! 8 Prom What people liked most about the prom. Date Friends - 23% Music Dancing - 20% Dressing Up - 14% Food - 14% Nice Place - 6% The Ride - 6% Everything - 3% Michelle and Chris, Steve and Jill, Ken, Jim and E.J.