Hamilton High School - Agi H Eco Yearbook (Hamilton, AL)

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With a fast food chain boom came many job Opportunites. Marilyn Loden QADovej is an em- ployee at I-lardee's. Senior Barry West QAbove rightj checks blood samples from the Blood Bank at the Northwest Alabama Medical Center. Senior Lee Tucker Cl2ightj checks a tire in the auto repair department of Western Auto in Hamilton. Employed by Gloria Sanaiin, Cindy Cantrell CBe- low rightj certified to give make-up lessons and demonstrations, Junior Maxanne Weeks waits to accept a check from a customer at her job at Winn Dixie, a grocery chain. 28 student Lifeftlobs ,gm 'ZA' -4 v s. ., ,l,, r L r 1 uw: -,', g ,Jai-P i if , fi ff 'ef- Sglj ' Witt raft? 'sins aw, ,M 4 ,M Stiff? fig, Iii! V ' ' fl L' M2 ,ff ff Q,f'f4,W VL ff by IQQW as i f if gf ffaiifgfm . ,f , V' V-N it were Asif if hug

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Bringing Home The Bacon l J i i i 2 O 1 l 4 1 T fi' IJ I fl gel. Cooper consults Sherry Gilliland abouf a wiTh The Compugraphic ll, a compufer- ype seffing machine aT The Hamilton Pro- lf a sTudenT aT HamilTon High School had been asked, WhaT are you doing This SaTurday'? , many would have replied, 'TWorking. A large number of The populaTion from The higher grades of The school held jobs during The summer ThaT held over info The school year or acquired a job afTer school had begun. There were jusT abouT as many differenf reasons for having a job as There were people who worked. For some, The parTicular Type of job They held was in some way preparing Them for Their chosen occupaTion or profession. For oThers, Their jobs were simply necessary for Them in order To keep up wiTh The rising cosT of every Thing from pencils To gasoline. The Types of jobs held by sTudenTs were various. One popular Type of work was found in deparTmenT sTores. Cashiers, sTock-keepers, and deparTmenT workers were all found in The school. Grocery sTores also had jobs for sackers, checkers, and sfocker- boys. Hamilfon saw The inflow of The fasf food service, which gave jobs To sTill more sTudenTs. STudenTs from Hamilfon High School were employed as carpenfers, as mechanics, as secrefaries, and as hospiTal aides. The school produced record keepers, paper sTaff members, sTore clerks, sewing machine operaTors, and recepfionisfs. Bank Tellers and service sTaTion affendenfs were also found in The halls of HHS along wiTh hospiTal lab assisTanTs and orderlies. Many sfudenfs found ThaT jobs noT only had Their good poinTs buT Thaf aT Times They had bad poinTs as well. STudying for a Tesf given on Thursday was difficuIT if The sTudenT worked unTil Ten o'clock in Wednesday nighf, ExTra- curricular acTiviTies had To be kepT under close waTch in order To mainfain The desired work schedule. The advanTages and The necessifies, however, oufweighed The disadvanfages and resTrainTs of The working sTudenT and for many, going To work was as naTural as going To school. Jeff Noblesis faced wiTh jobs ranging from shelv- ing ifems To feeding hamsfers aT his job aT TG 84 Y. Senior Pam Allison handles money and learns of- fice skills aT The FirsT Nafional Bank. STudenT Life f Jobs 29