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

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each ag boy has supervised farm program ln addiTion To The Tormal agriculTure sTudy in The classroom. each boy in voca- Tional agriculTure parTicipaTes in a super- vised Tarming program aT home. This gives him pracTical experience as well as TheoreTi- cal educaTion in producTion OT crops and animals. The local Chamber oT Commerce and The ginners oT The counTy provide much encouragemenT To The boys by providing cerTiTicaTes OT accomplishmenT To Those boys who excel in high yields oT coTTon per acre. This year Lynn Medlin. Charles Con- sTanT, Jimmy Leelc. and James Carl Baker, Jr. received cerTiTicaTes Tor producing more Than one and one halT bales per acre. This year The senior award Tor receiving The mosT F.F.A. awards during his Tour years oT high school wenT To Ben Travis. Awards were also given To The Tollowing sTudenTs Tor receiving The mosT honors aT The American Legion l Fair: Joe Bruce and RoberT Goodale, VocaTional Agricul- Ture Ill: John Earl DunavanT and Ronnie Boyd, Agricul- Ture ll: and Dan Travis, James Carl Baker, Jr., and Mickey MR. FLOYD BARNHART, agriculTure insTrucTor, presenTs greenhand pins To sTudenTs, Shelby, Jones. Travis, and Baker. Manners, in VocaTional AgriculTure l. Mr. Floyd BarnharT TaughT VocaTional AgriculTure I II and Ill, and sponsored The F.F.A. and a Treshman home room. Mr. BarnharT, who has TaughT in C.l-l S Tor ThirTy Tour and one half years, received his B.S. degree and M.E. degree Trom The UniversiTy oT Missouri DELlClOUS! say Mr. BarnharT, honorary chapTer members Horace Dunagan and Del- mar Cobble, and F.F.A. members, aT The dinner prepared Tor Them by The F.l-l.A. girls. I 8 ......,., Baker and Mr. BarnharT, insTrucTor. EXAMINTNG A COTTON PLANT are sTudenTs Johnson, Travis, Shelby, Manners, Jones and

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speech class broadcasts over K.C.R.V. WriTing and presenTing a weekly TiTTeen minuTe broadcasT oT C.I-I.S. news over KCRV was one OT The many acTiviTies OT The speech class. Some oT The varied Term proiecTs of The class included making spoTIighTs and oTher speech deparTmenT properTies, dressing dolls in cosTumes oT TavoriTe characTers, and wriTing plays. In cooperaTion wiTh The Drama Club, The sTudenTs also aTTended speech conTesTs. sTudenT congresses. and a play aT STaTe College. They presenTed a Three-acT play. I-IoT Ice, Tor The public. Miss RuTh Mary STanTieId TaughT speech and dra- maTics in high school. sponsored The Drama Club, and was speech correcTionisT in our elemenTary schools. Miss STanTieId received her B.S. degree Trom SouTheasT Missouri STaTe College. ATTer a year's absence The TIGER RAC reTurned To press again. Two sTaTTs were used wiTh Barbara Klink- hardT and MargareT Johnson as ediTors. The iob OT publishing The paper oTTen meanT coming early and sTaying IaTe, buf a new mimeograph machine made The iob easier. WiTh The Two sTaTTs aITernaTing, The paper was published bi-monThly. Miss PaTricia Brewer TaughT a varieTy oT subiecTs This year, journalism, general maThemaTics, French I, and Spanish II. In addiTion, she was an advisor To The Honor SocieTy and a iunior class sponsor. Miss Brewer received her A.B. degree Trom LambuTh College. PRESENTING The weekly speech class program over KCRV are Joyce VanAusdaII and Marvin Day. Miss RuTh Mary STanTieId is nearby To assisT in case of emergency. RECEIVING THE SPEECH AWARD and ouTsTand ing Thespian Award from Miss STanTieId are RuTh Thrasher and Joyce Vanfxusdall. PROOFREADING The Senior EdiTion of The TIGER RAS is Miss PaTricia Brewer, insTruc- Tor oT iournalism. Opal Durham. Barbara KIinIchardT, and MargareT Ann Johnson are also giving The paper a final check.

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home ec students excel in district contest i 1- A BRENDA BRADFORD, best cook in the home eco- nomics department, removes her treshly baked cookies trom the oven as Sandy Southern and Sue Cole look on. Home economics is designed to teach girls how to create a home that will be enioyed by all its members. The three years ot home economics include study ot home and tamily relation- ships, home turnishings, home management and budgeting, home care ot the sick, selection and construction ot garments, improvement ot personal appearance, preservation ot toods, preparation ot tood tor special occasions, and planning tor the nutritional needs ot the tamily. This year practical experience was gained by the class mem- bers through shopping tor their groceries, preparing meals, con- structing garments, and by decorating a local home during the Christmas season. Several home economics students entered contests. Susan Ward and Joyce VanAusdall won tirst places in the Sew-it-with- Wool Contest and Sandra Southern was the winner ot the Betty Crocker Contest. At the Southeast Missouri District Con- test Susan Ward and Judy Corbin received I ratings in the Home Ec Ill and tirst year divisions. Mrs. Helen Baker taught l-lome Economics l, ll, and Ill and sponsored the F.l-l.A. and a treshman homeroom. She received her B.S. degree trom the University ot Missouri. MRS. HELEN BAKER, home economics instructor and F.l'l.A. advisor. checks the F.l-LA. books with Murline Woods, treasurer, at the close ot the school year. ia WORKING CAN BE FUN, when you work together, say these home ec students as they clean the depart- ment during the summer workshop. t I9