Airline High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Bossier City, LA)

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ilkx TOP LEFT: Bill Lunsford discussed the latest fashions with his boss at Pope's Shop for Men. TOP RIGHT: Peggy Bell checked out customers at Krogers. CENTER LEFT: DECA members rode on their float in the Homecoming parade. CENTER RIGHT: Anita Merritt decorated a display window at Lad-n-Lassie. LEFT: DECA members decorated the display case throughout the year. ABOVE: Some DECA members talked to their sponsor, Mr. Ken Bass.

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DECA . The Distributive Education Club is one of the only organizations at Airline that intergrates classroom instruction, on-the- job training, and club work. Nearly every phase of the Distributive Education pro- gram is further explored in DECA by means of contests on the state and national levels. In these contests of mar- keting skills, Airline DECA finished sec- ond in the state out of more than one hundred clubs, and two Airline students represented Louisiana at the National DECA Convention. DECA is also active in school and com- munity activities to improve Airline High School and Bossier City. DECA officers were: Phyllis Spataro, President, Beth Dowden, V. President, Stephanie Corley, Sec- retary, Anita Merritt, Treasurer, Mona Smith, Reporter, Tommy Keith, Parliamentariang Melinda Carr, Historian. ew l i at it iliiib 1 5 fi ...,I I i i l FRONT ROW: P. Kavanaugh, P. Spataro, S. Harris, M. Smith, M. Gates, C. Bostic, S. Smith, E. Crews, B. Dowden. SECOND ROW: P. Fahnestock, S. Corley, S. Bradley, L. Bedgood, P. Bell, D. Kerry, R. Sour, C. Smith, A. Merritt, D. Woods. THIRD ROW: B. Lunsford, J. Winkler, C. Hayes, K. Spence, F. Zator, M. Taylor, E. Chance, M. Carr, E. LaForest, J. Burrow. FOURTH ROW: J Lachle, P. Marsigla, D. McGee, G. Taylor, J. Vailes, D. Wells, T. Weathersby, J. Rosson, P. Gill, T. Keith, T. Hardy, S. Meunier.

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COE Airline Cooperative Education was in its third year with an enrollment of twent -five. Students enrolled in this program must be seniors who indicate an interest in office careers. These stu- dents follow a business curriculum consisting of elementary and some advanced courses in book- keeping, typewriting, shorthand, clerical practice, office machines, data processing, business Eng- lish, and general business. After attending classes at school in the mornings, the students receive on-the-job training in community offices in the afternoons. The offices are of a Wide variety such as dentists, doctors, insurance, photographers, realtors, and com uter centers. At the end of each school year OJOE honors its employers at a special dinner where certificates of appreciation are awarded, and recognition is 'ven to those who have made significant contriilutions to the COE program during the school year. The 1972-73 COE officers were: Mary Chapman, President, Cheryl Hodges, V. President, Susan Watson, Secretary. 5 5 Q l i 1 l l l l l l w i FRONT ROW: T. Howington, J. Ratcliff, D. Wittmer, P. Edwards, D. Hart, S. Watson, V. Heyen, G. Page. SECOND ROW: Y. Bourgeois, B. Stewart, M. Smith, J. Barker, S. Smith, M. Chapman, D. Baldwin. THIRD ROW: V. Tolleson, D. Wright, C. Hodges, J. Young, D. Strange, P. Walters, K. Beck.