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

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Reports are now filed by new Nurse Assistant Ruth Pontius. With Mrs. Pontius ' s help, Nurse Faas ' office no longer needed students aides. Little noticed but needed strange sounds are heard and felt in every class during third hour. Finally 1 1:37 rolls around and RINGGG — signall- ing the beginning of the favorite time of day. The time which gives spice to the bland, adds color to the dull; the time that relieves all of those noises. That time is, you guessed it — LUNCHTIME. But this relief via food doesn ' t just happen. It is carefully and thoroughly prepared by the cooks and cafeteria aides. They prepared the food for most of the Blackford County schools. During the one-month energy shortage period, they used paper trays and served only one hot food item. Cooks can cure the growis, but who cures the sick? This year, with the addition of Mrs. Ruth Pontius to the Health staff, sickness was less evident, with strong, healthy stu- dents. Satisfied stomachs and healthy students were aided by a clean atmosphere. Keeping up with the sloppy habits of students were the persistent janitors. Headed by Mr. Bill Shatto, this group worKed long hours to maintain the facili- ties. The time is 7:45. Cooks, nurses, janitors, teachers, and faculty are all in their places. But an important ingredient is missing — students. The job of transporting them to and from school, is the responsibility of those drivers of the little yellow school buses. Enjoying one of the first spring days are these bus drivers: Grover Gardner, Charles Dailey, Oewayne Weatherholt, Robert Schwarzkopf, Kenneth Iclces, Glen Kilgore, Al Fisher, Delores Paver, Reda Belle Nottingham, Connie Parker, Ron Kemp. 188 Service Personnel

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■Mi liMiM b ' -u ' « Administration secretaries IVIrs. Anita IVIcCardie, Mrs. Virginia Vincent, IVIrs. Frances Jolinson dis- play their Homecoming mums. Secretaries add another New year, new faces, and two new secretaries affected the corps of nine veterans tinat staffed tine school offices for the 77-78 year. Mrs. Rosalie Grove moved from Northside Elementary School to replace Mrs. Anita McCardle as teacher-aide. Mrs. McCardle was moved to the athletic office to fill the vacant secretary job when Mrs. Judy Emerick resigned. Mrs. Gay- lene Holloway, the other newcomer among the aides, worked in the reading lab after having been employed at Citizens State Bank. The secretarial staff consisted of Mrs. Virginia Vincent, principal ' s secretary and registrar; Mrs. Frances Johnson, telechord operator; Mrs. Gladys Sanders, Guidance secre- tary; Mrs. Anita McCardle, receptionist and athletic secre- tary; Mrs. Carole Jones, A-V manager; Mrs. Anna Cook, bookstore manager, and bookkeeper; Mrs. Nancy Carnes, teacher-aide; Mrs. Janet Ely, Special Ed aide; Mrs. Jackie Foust, Assistant Librarian; Mrs. Gaylene Holloway, reading aide; and Mrs. Rosalie Grove, teacher-aide and secretary. Mrs. Cook, for the first time since BHS opened its doors, sold Bruin folders with a lower-level layout of the school on back. Traveling was the major part of some of the ladies ' sum- mers. Mrs. Foust visited Florida, and Mrs. Ely visted her sister in California. Mrs. Johnson probably received the best gift of all — a new grandson. In the classroo m, Mrs. Nancy Carnes works first- hand with students as well as aiding teachers. The student is Mary Ciem. A veteran of the secretarial staff, Mrs. Gladys Sanders, helps newcomer Mrs. Rosalie Grove with her secretarial duties. Secretaries 187

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During Sectional week the cafeteria was the site of cuiinary Bruin boosters. Cooics are (front row) Eve- iyn Wilson, Doris Ciine, Letha Runyon, Nancy Knox, and Leatha Williams; (Row 2) Wanda Nucides, Thel- ma Garrison, Fern Atldnson, and Pat Vanderbur; (Row 3) Alice Norton, Olive Gadbury, Nina McCombs, Jean Whitesell, Marjorle Knox, Delia Ya- don, and Helen Buffenbarger. Thanks to janitor Orville Bud Sims, Mrs. Be- verly Valencic ' s fish remained alive during the snow days. He later continued to feed them. Electronics Technician Dean Bryan kept the tape players, projectors, and other electronic equipment running smoothly. Sweeping floors Is only one of the jobs of a janitor. Head Custodian Bill Shatto devotes much time to paper work and maintenance. Service Personnel 189