Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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sdiool ' s most businesslike corner A voice from within, ivhich is known by business machine students as coming from transcribing machines, dictates silently to Alice Begley and Kim Fenrod while typing. Advanwd bfxAkwping, businaM ma- chines, DE and personal typing were the new courses introduced into the Business Department for the first time in Blackford County. Eight teachers, two of whom were new to the school system, carried out the job of showing students how to use the new equipment which included ten key and full keyboard adding machines, printing calculators, rotary calculators, and an offset press. The Business Department rooms were not completed until January- and were located in the southwest comer of the second floor. All equipment was set up before moving into the rooms except for the offset press, which was too large to set up for permanent use. Lawyers, insurance agents, resource people, and DE coordinators were among the year ' s guest speakers. MR. THOMAS G. HALE, B.S., M.S.: Bookkeeping, COE, Business Department Chairman. MRS. MILDRED G. De- WEERD, A.B., M.S.: Typing, Clerical Of- fice Practice. MRS. CLAUDIA GOODNIGHT, B.S.: Typing, General Business: Pep-Block Co- Sponsor. MRS. EVELYN LOBSIGER. B.S.: General Business, DE; DE Club Sponsor. MISS GRETCHEN MECKLENBURG, B.S., M.A.: Business Law; Senior Class Co- Sponsor, Tri-Hi-Y Co-Sponsor. MRS. HA- ZEL REDDEN, A.B., M.A.: Shorthand, Business Machines, Exploratory Teaching; FT A Sponsor. MR. KENNETH E. ROSS. BS., MA.: Typ- ing: Junior Class Co-Sponsor. Concession Manager. MRS. IRENE M. SPRINGER. B.S. : Bookkeeping, General Business. Hot off the offset press are Ton copies for business class. Sutton ' s dittoed

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Upper southwest was A prospective mortician, DE student Steve Dear- duff, keeps busy at Keplinger ' s. Totaling cash payments, one of many duties in bookkeeping, is made easy for Jody Towns on the new electric adding machines which make mistakes nil. Practice makes perfect as advanced typing students Dave Sluder, Debbie Christman, Karen Koger, and Vincent Barrington peck away on class assignments. 58

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Master marchers in the Band captured this first-place trophy that Phil Sivinney displays at marching contest. Just one-half hour off the press. Sectional BruIN formers were delivered via airplane by Mr. Landis to Ralph Monfort. 1 1 f 31 1 ■ - ' ' l l l ll 2 ' ' ' 1 g T B H ■ IB iB ■ B - »4 ■ M F SR I kr ' W - 5 »» j s iJ yj » a« i. • j 1