King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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Vocational students .Af- '6' 'M' ' fx l Mr. Preston Titus, vocational director, checks some very important statistics with Mr. Gerard Desrosiers, carpentry shop instructor. VOCATIONAL STUDENTS SKILLED AND EDUCATED Miss Donna Tourtilotte, King Philip alumna, Vocational skills aptly taught at King Philip are those is the Very efficient Vocationa' Secretary' which train the boys to become carpenters and ma- chinists. Along with the skills for a means of livelihood, the boys are taught related and academic subjects. The teaching of the vocational plus the related and academic skills turns out young men who are prepared to live and earn as knowledgeable citizens. Brian Miller wears protective goggles when he uses the polisher in the ma- . .' . h' h . Nlr. Fred Taber, vocational machine shop instructor and Mr. C me S op Raymond Harding, stand at ease among the machines and instruments in the vocational machine shop. 20

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Mr Norman Olivier is proud to show the well stocked tool cabinet to any and all visitors. TRAINING FOR HOBBY OR INDUSTRY Industrial arts as a practical skills program is divided into three areas: woodworking, metal work- ing, and mechanical drawing. Students are taught how to use tools and materials in both the woodwork- ing and metal working shops. In mechanical draw- ing they are taught drawing and drafting for use in construction areas. Practical skills of this nature can be developed and used for hobby purposes or as means to employment. I ,, FTW .3-J Mr. Gilbert Rishton, chairman of the indus- trial arts department, is pictured using the department band saw. Mr. Norman Olivier instructs Stephen Chaffee and Clyde Cheney in the use of the vise. give satisfaction and pleasure. Mr. David Sumner, mechanical drawing teacher, points out to Guy Beaudette the need for precise measurement. 19

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are trained to earn. Mabry Zak Mr. Raymond Harding, Mr. Edgar Tousignant, Mr. Arthur Hart, Mr. Antone Cabral, and Mr. Fred Tabor, vocational department instructors, stand behind Mr. Preston Titus, vocational director. -'11 fr .4- f Mr. Edgar Tousignant and ' his vocational carpentry If boys: Wayne Cooper and Douglas Heath at work on the house they are build- ing. Allen Thibedeau, in the vocational carpentry shop, rechecks his measurements for accu- racy. Each year, the vocational carpentry students build a house for Martin Street Extension in Plainville, shown here halfway to actual on the job training. This year's project is this house on completion. , ,Q ,,,w.9- 3 '...3- J' '3'v-Q f ' ' ' fy-M--. , , . 7 l ' - A f -Q,-f' -' - ' - - '5'..1'1. G - A'f'--J ' W M' J' ...E 2 a 4' 1 , ' l . - -- ut. H1 . '- , V ' , -J -: ..-,4-'T' ' ' ,, ,- .. ' - . ' A -- F ' Y -Q' A 1 -- Go . 4' Vw - f .4 . - .Pg .-.. ,J-., ' U- y,'. ' A M .. .fm -- v -4 , s - , J- fr- ... ,fy .. 7.,..qu-,,,.f7 . ,,, - ' il - 11,53 str, , ' sv 'ff'-'l' t4 A ',. -V --.. . ..-,. M. 3- AJ Q, f E.. ,V .,',,,.i ' 0 ,. P .sn - ...... .. W. Mahdi-3 51' .,,.ia.L...lL.:-.I 41. '41 ' - - '- '-V ' - ' ' 21