Elk City High School - Elk Yearbook (Elk City, OK)

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t.flgQl'.S' p88 ,.,,.! Learning tlie tricks of the trade are Theresa Nlcfforkle, Billy Green, Mary Alley, -Ioan Gentry, Pat Harrington, l.ou lluffman, and Whin- ila XY'illi.ims, I8 Sliortl1and isn't difficult, Miss Vfogmnn tells Mary Little Nancy Byler encourages Maxine Jencks and lvanette jones as they struggle with bookkeeping. Dizzy fingers make crazy words, debits just don't seem to equal credits, and the char- acters don't look like the ones in the books, complained the typing, bookkeeping, and shorthand students at the be- ginning of the term. But as the year continued, the strug- gling pupils, under the guid- ance of Miss Mildred Wog- mon, commerce instructor, learned to type and rake dic- tation rapidly, and to keep a simple set of books. The new commerce facilities include a typing room and bookkeep- ing room, and also a private office for Miss Wogmon.

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oung rivers earn Sa Qty Q f XJYTIIHIHL the msiees r ll nnie llill Bar . Blevins hops into I e drivers' training car, 17 Wood Xlr Blevins Bobby Woods Isnden Vileoxson and Forest Bryant Squealmg, brakes sudden stops and a car that hops like 1 rlbbit beeause the elutch is let out too fast ire 1 few of the comie il phases of drix ers trun ing, As these students often sn good grades max be mee to have but their goal is a drivers license. As they are struggling, with stops and starts hand Signals parking and just plain driving these students may sometimes wonder if that all-important slip of gray paper will ever be theirs. Believe it or not they eventually learn to stop and start on a hill parallel park and do a turn-about. A typical driving lesson may beein with Mr. Gary Blevins the instructor at the wheel. After his driv- ing techniques have been observed by the pupils each of them is allowed to drive for awhile for practice. ln addition to practical experience a drivers training textbook 1nd the Oklahoma Driving Man- ual the students are visited by a Highway Patrol eoorelinator who explains various laws and gives them a color test and an eye examination.

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Cll'QQI'S 1916111119 Students who burn midnight oil to keep up their studies, early morning oil to learn about their jobs, and spend the afternoon slaving in one of the businesses of Elk City are the diversified occupations groups, the busiest bunch of students in IZCHS land. To become good students and still keep up with their activities, these fellows have to studyg and to become good employees they have to study more. Through their D.O. class work and their activities in the Trades and lndustrial club, they are striv- ing to become better students and workmen. They are preparing for their chosen careers now. Mr. Ayers, the Coordinator, spends his time in counsel with all of the student body. liuxily cutting out and pasting pictures in the proper places in the Trades and lndustrial cluh scrap- book are -lanette Ty' ner and Claude Sow- ders. IJ. O. students preparing for their inhs are Aloycc W'hitlt-y. Ann Fvans, Delvin Reece. Pat Short, Tommy Puff, Teddy Sullins, Troy Redd, Gordon Cox, lfarl Parr, and Eugene Martin, Other class mcmbert not shown are Roger Simmons, David llav, james Bag- eett, joe Lindsay, jerry Shinault, Virgil Cook, and Claude Suwders. I 1-A 19