Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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Homemaking Techniques Learned By Students Mrs. Seems instructs home economics which acquaints students in all areas of homemaking. Home Ec I includes foods, sewing, dating procedures, child care, and home decorating. The second year home ec classes alternate semesters of human development and foods with clothing and home decorating. Girls are given the opportunity to study in their special interest areas and to develop advanced skills. Senior girls may take Home Ec III. They are given experience in developing knowledge and skills for family life. Units in this course are marriage and family, wedding etiquette, pre-natal care, family housing, foods, sewing, consumer aids and management. Bachelor home economics explores the boys' role in family living. Many areas are covered including foods, money management, clothing selection, grooming, housing and family relations. GIRLS BUSILY work on their garments hoping to have them completed by the end of the sewing unit. EATING WHAT they have cooked is enjoyed by the boys as they sample the meal they have prepared. MIKE HICKOX adds a finishing taste to his tacos before sitting down to enjoy eating them. LORI JUELFS pins her outfit before she begins her final sewing, looking forward to an addition to her wardrobe. 24

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To Become More Skilled In Career Fields SHOP INSTRUCTOR. Mr. Barp. takes time out for the publications Christmas party. Occupational skills introduces the construction world. It is designed to give students an insight into basic building construction and marketing and costs involved in the building construction industry. Mr. Barp is instructor for industrial arts and occupational skills. Courses designed to teach the basic use and care of hand tools are Machine Shop I and II. They involve practice and procedures for bench-work, layout and machine tool operation and safety. Drafting I and II include the correct use of drawing instruments and also instruct students in the construction and interpretation of various types of drawings. Machine shop and drafting are taught by Mr. Dunkin. Girls auto mechanics, taught by Mr. Bashaw, stresses the use of basic hand tools, tire service and repair and proper servicing of the automobile. In auto mechanics for boys Mr. McCombs goes into the use of basic hand tools and safety in the shop. Classroom and shop work cover small engines, carburetion, electrical systems, ignition and brake services. A SHOP student works at a lathe as GIRLS IN Mr. Bashaw's auto mechanics class take time to look over the different he completes his project, parts of an automobile before they take a test. 23

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Car Safety Stressed In Driver's Ed. THESE DRIVER education students measure and record statistics of the class car as a project. THE AMOUNT of braking distance is measured during different stopping times and at various car speeds. Driver education deals with the laws and regulations concerned with the State of Nebraska and the nation. Good driving habits are stressed in this one-semester course. Thirty hours of classroom work and six hours of actual driving time must be completed for credit. Among the many speakers who come to the class is Mr. Larry Lewis, technical instructor for the Nebraska State Department of Motor Vehicles. He spoke to the class about safety inspection of automobiles. Instructor John Ortiz tries to develop in his students the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are necessary for the improvement of driver behavior. A STUDENT driver and instructor, Mr Ortiz, leave the school parking lot on a training course assignment. LARRY LEWIS, representative from the State of Nebraska Dept, of Roads talks on car safety to the students. 25