Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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Home Economics DOROTHY WOOD Mrs. Dorothy Wood explains a sewing detail to Janice Hundhausen. Sewing is only one phase of instruction in Home Economics I, II, and III. Mrs. Wood also teaches marketing, menu planning, preparing, planning, and serving of meals, home management, child care, good grooming and many other valuable things about home life. Mrs. Wood is also sponsor of the F.H.A. (At right) Phyllis McClanahan. Janet Bacon, and Patricia Whitlield. first, second, third place winners respectively, in the F. H. A. Dress Making Contest held in conjunction with the Woman's Club Style Show. (Above) Mm! This tastes good! remark the girls o! Mrs. Wood's Home Ec II classes as they eat the food they have prepared. (At right) Girls of the 4th hour Home Economics class learn to prepare lunch in their well-equipped four unit kitchen.

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Ring 4... Practical Arts Industrial Arts HARRY DARR Under Mr. Harry Darr's efficient instruction, the industrial arts department has become one of the most popular and outstanding departments of our school. In this picture. Mr. Darr is instructing Wilkie White in welding, one of the phases of advanced metal work. In addition to the classes pictured, Mr. Darr also has classes in general shop and advanced woodworking. (At left) Louis Cook and Mr. Darr inspect a cedar chest Louis has made in cabinet making. Working on other projects are Donald Lay and Charlie Moodie. (At right) As Earl Hill steadies the boat. Terry Wilson uses an electric drill on the hull. These boys have constructed the boats pictured in boat building, a course offered by the industrial arts department. (At left) Mr. Darr inspects the work of boys in mechanical and architectural drawing. Some are beginners and others are advanced students. 17

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Vocational Agriculture FLOYD BARNHART Mr. Floyd Barnhart, vocational agriculture instructor, presenting a ribbon to Wilkie White for representing F.F.A. in a District Oration Contest, Mr. Barnhart teaches Vocational Agriculture I, II, and III, sponsors the F.F.A. and is also a freshman sponsor. (At left) Roger Medlin and Melvin Mann building a chicken coop in the farm shop which is directed by Mr. Barnhart. (At right) Jimmy Lynn. Ronnie Whitfield, and Bobby Carter receiving their Greenhand pins at the F. F. A. Greenhand Initiation. Ten boys received their pins on this occasion. (At left) Members of the F. F. A. and their parents enjoy a covered dish dinner before the annual initiation ceremony.