Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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Tractors, calculators, presses, grinders, steam iroos Tantalizing aromas from a birch-cup- boarded kitchen . . . the clattering and clanging of gleaming pots and pans . . . pink pass slips rolling off a busy press . . . secret glimpses into tomorrow’s Com¬ et .. . speedy shorthand artists reading aloud ... a cacophony of sound from a room of nimble-fingered typists . . . me¬ ticulous bookkeepers fighting the ink blots . . . “spanking new” furniture being sanded to mirrored perfection . . . win¬ ning pest control team dining regally at the expense of the losers. BELOW, LEFT: An adding machine often reveals weaknesses of the human brain as Rita Gass and Mr. Bennett’s diligent bookkeepers discover. BELOW, RIGHT: Many new typewriters, includ¬ ing an electric one, have made the popular typing class even more of a pleasure. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: A gleaming new kitchen awaited Phyllis Arnold, Pat Kellogg, Marybelle Kahn and Emmaline McBride when they enrolled in home economics this year. OPPOSITE, LEFT: Max Milholland, Richard Bracht and Ronald Milholland find that it takes much patience and practice to judge farm produce. OPPOSITE, RIGHT: A new supply of pass slips will soon be streaming off the press of Jerry Cobb, Frank Moser, Mr. Templin and Jessie Osborn.

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DeBussy, calisthenics, charcoal, panels, carburetors OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Mr. Simmcns briefs Gor¬ don Holloway before the debate, “Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished,” gets into full swing. Ronald Moser, Pat Mead and Donna Venis eagerly await turns. OPPOSITE, LEFT: Ruth Billingsley, Garland Borne and Alice Ann French are given the correct pitch by Mr. Chamberlain before rehearsing their “A Manger So Lowly.” OPPOSITE, RIGHT: There’s far more to the driv¬ er’s training course than learning to back on the football field. Carolyn Richards, Jayne Mock, Pat Micklitsch and Pat Masterson listen to Mr. Dold tell them “why.” ABOVE, LEFT: Helen Kean gives the soccer ball a start as (clockwise) Carolyn Garrison, Esther Betz, Jackie Somers and Joyce Krinn get ready to invade. ABOVE, RIGHT: Patient model Lois Larmore is being sketched by (clockwise) Ncndes Holloway, Miss Statton, Pat Wells, Tom Welsh, Don Vore and Jerry Mitchell. A rousing Sousa march snapping us to attention during band rehearsal . . . fiery debates leading to sweeping gestures and coveted blue ribbons . . . color wheels galore spinning on the bulletin board . . . a brave instructor riding with female driver trainees . . head stands, battered birdies, kicked shins and sprained ankles . . . Fred Waring arrangements drifting from the glee room . . . spring flowers marching up and down the lab counter for a botany lesson . . . delapidated and dog-eared magazines in the library.

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