Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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pw ip i ■ v • • Vi ..... ■ ‘ '• ■ Left: On behalf of the D.E. class, Dorothy Ross presents student teacher Miss Barbara Dayidson a fox head glass as a going away gift. Below: With a shopping cart hot on his heels, Marty Berry looks a bit apprehensive. His job not only includes putting the groceries into the bags, but also delivering them safely to the customers1 cars. Distributive Education 27

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Pleasant, Cooperative Trainees Earn Cash And Credit Big things happen in big business and we were there to watch, work, and wait. Part of our school day was spent at work being responsible to a boss. Distributive Education is a cooperative unit where teachers, students, and businessmen of the community get together and help each other out. We were placed under the wings of many local merchants, retailers, firms, and corporations in order to learn the art of good business and management, and in return, got paid plus earned credits. Some of us were gophers11 (going for this and going for that) and some of us escalated to manager-trainees and the like. Many things happened at work; perhaps the hardest part of the work day was being nice to everyone no matter how crabby they were--no matter how crabby we felt. In January, business nearly came to a roaring halt. There was the tragic shock of some of us being laid off when the gas shortage hit town; we rejoiced to be re-employed after Governor Mills Godwin opened businesses up once more. Having bagged the groceries, Mark DeBusk waits patiently for the customer to pay the cashier at one of Abingdon's leading grocery stores. ( Hi 2 M m Tangy Anderson not only has to cook the waffles, but she must also be cashier during her busy schedule at a restaurant. Linda Bevins enjoys purchasing an item of clothing from her good friend Brenda Hamm who can help her select just the right one. 26 Distributive Education

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Budgetting In Kitchen Results In Dividends Famous French cooks they're not. The ultimate goal was to get through class without burning down the school. Home Economics was co-ed for the first time. Bachelor-bound boys tried their hands at being housekeepers and found it wasn't so hard to cook; but the mess . .. well, that was something else. Classes studied insurance, home build¬ ing, banking and checking accounts, and budgeting money. A field trip to look over apartments and houses proved to be beneficial to all students. Before the year was up, some had decided that a life alone would be a lot cheaper, but others found that maybe being a bachelor or bachelorette wasn't such a great idea after all. Right: All together now, one, two, three, four . . . Ruth White, Connie Roe, Janet Sweet, and Helen Timp swing those muffins into the oven. Below: The most famous chefs in the world are men! Randy Watson prepares a dish on top of the stove. 28 Home Economics