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

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Home Economics Trains Future Homemakers MRS. HELEN BAKER, home economics instructor, praises Brenda Bradford for her freshly baked nut bread. Mrs. Baker teaches i Home Economics I, ll, and Ill, sponsors the F.H.A., and is a freshman class sponsor, She graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.S. degree, and has now taught in C.H.S. for thirteen years. Her hobbies are sewing and travel. Everyone enjoys a good home, but not every- one knows how to create one that will be enjoyed by all of its membersl This statement expresses the purpose of home economics in C.H.S. The three courses offered include the study of home and family relationships, home furnishings, home T r. My ,,, . the sick, the selection and construction of gar- ments, the improvement of personal appearance, the preservation of foods, the preparation of foods for special occasions, and planning for the nutritional needs of the family. These many activities of the classes will not be forgotten by the home ec girls, visits in Caruthersville homes to study the homes and furnishings, trips to the grocery stores, meals prepared for our families, the faculty, and ourselves, meet- ings with other school groups, and the sewing which we did for ourselves. Several of our group entered cooking and sewing contests. Judy Turnbow won the Betty Crocker Award and Pat Swiggart the Necchi Sewing Award. X sf , 2f1r.'h.f. ' management and budgeting, and home care of A ...f4mv 4 ,. as ,se ,..n PAT SWIGGART proudly shows her beautiful first place Necchi Sewing Contest Trophy to second and third place winners Jean Stovall and Ann Adkins. NlAKlNG FOOTSTOOLS is an interesting proiect for home economic girls, Lane, Goodale, Brooks, Wilson, and Stovall.

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I 8 C.H.S. Offers Eight Commercial Courses as Practical Arts MR. REDMAN DUNHAM AND MRS. CARL BASKIN head the commercial department of C.H.S. Mrs. Baskin, in her second year at C.H.S., teaches typing, shorthand, general business, and secretarial practice, and is a junior class sponsor. She received her B.S. degree from Southeast State College, and her outside interests include SeMo Club, Dance Club, reading, music, her church, and the vice-chairmanship of the Demo- cratic County Committee. USING THEIR MINIATURE FILING SETS are secretarial practice students McTernan, Robinson, Bennett, and Hudgings. MR. REDMAN DUNHAM is one of our oldest C.H.S. faculty members in terms of service, for he completed his thirteenth year at C.H.S. this year: Mr. Dunham teaches bookkeeping, business law, business English, and consumer economics. He graduated from Drake University with a B.C.S. degree and from the University of Missouri with a M.E. degree. Mr. Dunham's outside interests are his birthday book of C.H.S. students and friends and his fightin' chickens. How many lines did you get on the rhythm drill? Did you get all that dictation? These questions could be heard from some of 145 students in the commercial department, one of the busiest departments in C.H.S. this year. Five clases of typewriting were necessary this year since sophomores, as well as iuniors and seniors, were allowed to enroll in the course. A second class, secre- tarial practice, also made good use of the typewriters as well as the dictaphone, the teletyping set, the Olivetti computing machine, and the recorder. Other commercial courses were bookkeeping, short- hand, business law, business English, general business, a preparatory course for more advanced commercial subjects, and consumer economics, which teaches the minimum principles needed for wise management of ones personal business affairs. I MR. I-IORACE DUNAGAN of the First State Bank talks to the consumer economics class about banking.

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Influence of Art Department ls Felt Throughout the Year REMOVING CERAMICS FROM THE KILN is a pleasant task for Georgia Goodale, Miss Hazel, and Jonnie Featherston. in C.H.S. MRS. IRENE HAZEL, art instructor, has re- ceived wide recognition for her work in the educational field of art. Her articles have appeared in numerous professional maga- zines. She has sold designs to McCalls and other magazines. She is a member of the State Art Curriculum Guide Committee, and is on the Advisory Staff of Scholastic Con- tests in this area. Mrs. Hazel supervises art in grades I-8 and teaches Art I and Il and advanced art in C.H.S. She is also the ad- visor to the art staff of the Cotton Blossom and maior sponsor to the S.A.C. Mrs. Hazel received her B.S. from Southeast State and M.A. from the University of Missouri. The influence of the art department is felt throughout the ADMIRING Tl-IE I RATING paper sculpture figure by Haynes are Burns and Robertson. Burns also received a I in vxatercolcr, and Robertson in design. SHOWING THEIR ABILITY in chalk and figure drawing are Taiict, and Can-pbell as Mrs. Hazel looks on. 20 swag . f .li -as if ,X ...saw-aiF if school year in the extracurricular activitiesvvhere interesting and vvell-designed posters aid the many campaigns, and col- orful party and program decorations add much 'to the fes- tiveness of these occasions. At Christmas the art students gave a Christmas coffee for the parents and teachers and made decorative ceramic pieces as gifts for their guests. A nativity scene in parier- mache was an enioyable Christmas problem for the students and an interesting one to the guests. Biblical verses in illuminated lettering, block-printed mono- grams, illustrations of Christmas activities about the school, gift wrapped packages, and hand made decorations were also displayed. ln the spring the art department had another exhibit at the annual Open House. eva s an