Alta Community High School - Cyclone Yearbook (Alta, IA)

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BUSIIXIES BUSINESS TRAINING The Business Education Department by combining the students own initiative with as many as possible of the experiences and problems of the modern business office endeavors to build competent office employees. Through the development of the skills, attitudes, and characteristics required of an office employee for not only finding a job, but for continuous growth and development in this job, we hope to give our students an opportunity to take their place in the business world, ln the Business Education Department it is possible for the students to develop in the following areas: Typ- ing of Business Lettersg Multiple Reproduction of Ma- terial by Use of Carbons, Liquid Process Duplicator and Mimeo- graph Machine Clleproductions can be Made in Color for More Appeallg Handling of Incoming and Outgoing Mailg Alphabetiz- ing, Indexing, and Filingg Tele- phone and Telegraphic Com- municationg Tabulation Workg Office and Shipping Forms lln- teroffice Memorandums, Pur-

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PRQDUCTICDNS SENIOR CLASS PLAY Front Row: Catherine Peterson, Margaret Anderson, Donna Hoferman, Ardiss Fahr, Ailene Moxzison Second Row: Allan Schuelke, Beverly Bergquist, Richard Zubradt, Roy Hanson, Raymond Sie-vert Geral dine Friedrich, Ronald Williams, Mr. Alexander. LIFE WITH MAMA What a life it is! Every second there is something doing as laugh piles on laugh. When the Old Reliable Drug Store ceases to be reliable because of chain store com- petition Mama pitches in to help Papa. She nearly pitches the Smith family into the poor house. But Mama has a philosophy. If you have faith everything will turn out the way you Want it to. In the meantime keep busy. Mama won the cake baking blue ribbon at the county fair and everybody Wants one of Mama's cakes. The laundry business Mama starts gets her in a lot of trouble. When she does not have a laundry license Mama goes to jail, Easy Street is just around the corner but Abigail, Mamas colored helper, ruins the banker's favorite shirt and Papa does not get his loan to remodel the drug store. Before it is over Papa and the banker spend the night in jail. Mama's patent medicine soothes the bankcr's nerves and Mama's daughter, Linda, elopes with the banker's son, Bruce. This is a pleasant and homey fast moving play of American home life that entertains the audience from curtain to curtain. Papa ...... Mama Nancy ...,.. Ramona ...... Linda ..,.,,..,,,..,... Bruce ...,...,......... Thelma Thomas Donahue .,,.....,....,... Kane Jerome Abigail ......,.,,.... Harry Harrison Vera Harrison . Raymond Sievert Catherine Peterson Donna Hoferman Beverly Bergquist Margaret Anderson Allan Schuelke Arlene Morrison Roy Hanson Ronald Williams Ardiss Fahr Richard Zubradt Geraldine Friedrich

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TRAINING chase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Invoices, Freight Bills, Statements, Checks, and Credit Memorandumsl, Typing Legal Documents, Handling Money CChecking Accounts, Drafts, Letters of Credit, Cashier's Checks, Bank Drafts, Money Orders, and Traveller's Checkslg Use of the Full-keyboard and Ten-key Adding Ma- chines, Understanding ot the Basic Principles ot the Double-entry Bookkeeping System, Understanding the Legal Rights and Duties of an Individual in Making Contracts, Buying Personal Goods, Buying Real Prop- erty, Renting Property, Using Negotiable Instruments, Buying Insurance, Finding Lost or Stolen Articles, and Preparing Federal and State Income Tax Reports.