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

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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

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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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fourteen new machines are added, MR. REDMAN DUNHAM, standing in his favorite position in tront ot the bookkeep- ing class, is a tamiliar sight at C.l-l.S. Mr. Dunham, who completed thirty-one years ot teaching at C.l-l.S. this year, re- ceived his B.C.S, degree from Drake Uni- yersity, and an M.E. degree from the Univer- sity ot Missouri. Mr. Dunham taught book- keeping, typewriting, business law, Business English, consumer economics, and was a sponsor ot the senior class. -1.1 I to typing equipment Oh, no, l don't balance! groaned many a bookkeeping student as he tried to balance his work sheet. Bookkeeping, shorthand, business law, Business English, general business, consumer economics, typewrit- ing, and secretarial practice were all ottered to C.l-l.S. students inter- ested in the business tield. Fourteen new machines were added to the equipment in the typing room this year. Students ot the secretarial practice class, as well as the typing classes, made good use ot these typewriters and the other busi- ness machines. Secretarial practice students enioyed a tield trip to the Southern Terminal Company where they saw a variety ot ottice machines and tried their hands at sending messages on a teletype. Mrs. Mildred Baskin and Mr. Redman Dunham taught all the com- mercial subiects in C.l-l.S. Mrs. Baskin, who received her B.S. degree trom Southeast Missouri State College, taught typing, shorthand, gen- eral business, and secretarial practice. She also was a iunior class sponsor. EXAMINING an income tax return torm are Mrs. Mildred Baskin, instructor, and secretarial practice students, Nancy Dunavant, Doris Wat- kins, and Margaret Ann Johnson. fs OBSERVING RECORDS tor speed and accuracy are typing students Judy Thomas, Jean Hayden, Virginia Bingham, and Ann Adkins.