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

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Mandy, Ty, Dennis, Randy and friends dis- cuss the world situation in Child Care class. Students learn to interact with young chil- dren. Melinda Miller and Matt Daniel create with homemade modeling clay. Working together helps develop mutual understanding. Home Economics Mrs. Pat Bowdell — Department Chairman, Adult Living, Home Ec. II, Advanced Clothing Mrs. Carolyn Dempsey — Advanced Foods, Interior Decorating, Child Care, Brewin ' Singles, Adult Liv- ing, Consumer Management Mrs. Joanne Gibson — Home Ec. I Mrs. Kay Halley — Home Ec. I II, Family Health Home Ec 121

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' An Education for Life ' Home Economics is not just cook- ing and sewing anymore, although that remains a big part of the depart- ment. Child Care, Adult Living, Con- sumer Management, Family Health, and Interior Decorating are also a part of the curriculum. At open house each year the Home Ec. Department displays the things they do in different classes. Interior Decorating class makes crafts to exhibit. The students in Brewin ' Singles demonstrates their cooking techniques. The Adult Living classes took a field trip to Muncie to see the movie Kramer vs. Kramer. This was to give students a chance to study a situation where a divorced father raises a young child. The Home Ec. Department tries to prepare students for life after high school We haven ' t changed our program much the last two years be- cause we wanted to improve what we are doing. We feel we have an excellent program and are looking forward to a few changes next year, explained Mrs. Pat Bowdell, Department Chairperson. Audrey Justus prepares a salad to be served by Advanced Food classes. The salad bar pro- ject gives experience in quantity food prepar- ing. Mrs. Sally Onweller makes-up Christ! Buck- master and Tina Bole gets her hair done by Randy Kunkle in Home Ec. I. Leisa Clancy and Ed Townsend prepare to heat up coffeecake in a microwave oven in Brewin ' Singles, a cooking class for seniors. 120 Home Ec.

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Almost any thing ' s sold Would you like to buy? This? That? The other thing? Blackford students sold most everything. Tickets, carnations, seat cushions, license plates, and T-Shirts were sold to name just part. Dance, Dance, Dance. Bruins could dance somewhere almost ev- ery weekend. Clubs sponsored dances to make money for them- selves and for charity. Health Careers Club, for example, held a benefit dance to raise money for Lisa Hardin ' s family. The club raised $770.56 to help with the medi- cal expenses from her extended ill- ness. Fund raisers sprang up like weeds in the Bruin field. In one of the quiet moments Pam Bales cud- dles her rabbit during The Effects Of Gam- ma Rays On Man In The Moon Marigolds. As a money making project Science Club members grew shamrocks to sell for Saint Patricks Day, a lucky job indeed. Overwhelmed with the joy of victory Alan Townsend and Lynn Slusher hug each other during the final moments of a sectional game. National Honor Society members put in hours of hard work choosing just the right literary items and advertising the Abraxas. 122 Organization Division