Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Driver’s Ed. “A thrill “We Driver’s Ed teachers don't have to go to Worlds of Fun to get a thrill ride. We get our thrill ride every day riding with the students. These were the comments of Mr. George Whitmer, Driver's Ed instructor, who teaches this class along with Mr. Lyle Sanborn. This year Mr. Sanborn is teaching Driver's Ed for the first time in several years. Driver's Ed is set up as a semester course where on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 5 or 6 students drive while the rest of the group attends Mr. Wilbur Hogg's freshman speech class. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the class meets for lectures and films on driving. Field trips also were an important part of the class, according to Mr. Whitmer. He said that his students took the highways, blacktops, and sand and dirt roads to such exotic places as Chase, Raymond, Sylvia, Great Bend, Chaflin, and downtown Ellinwood. He said these field trips were made in two automobiles equipped with dual brakes, dual mirrors, and Driver Education signs on top. The signs served as a warning to other drivers. Mr. George Whitmer looks tense as he prepares himself for another day on the road. The Driver's Ed. class relaxes while Mr. Whitmer prepares a film promoting good driving habits. Driver's Ed. Students practice backing up in an alley before trying it on the streets. Mr. Lyle Sanborn and Brian Nordstedt inspect the exterior of the car before taking another trip.

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1. Tammy Helfrich cuts out a pattern in preparation to sew in Home Ec. I. 2. Mrs. Linda Sobba helps Marcia Suppes measure a pattern. 3. Mrs. Gunn fixes Ruth Worman's hat as she tries on a wedding dress. 4. Mrs. Bette Tranbarger helps Tina Marquis with her tatting. 5. Brian Schultz pins his material before sewing in Bachelor Living. 6. Ruth Glenn. Debbie Minkovich, Janelle Sanko. and Brenda Dickey have a discussion in Family Living. 7. JoEllen Klepper works on her needlepoint project in Crafts. 8. R. Buckbee. D. Dahlke, N. Dannebohm. J. Gatton, S. Grant. K. Sateren. and J. Oglesbee talk about a film they watched in Family Living.

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PE students learn CPF Freshman P.E. and Health is a required course where the girls and boys are separated, each having two days of health and three days of suiting up in gym clothes to participate in physical activities. In the health department, the freshmen classes learned C.P.R. through demonstrations given by Alfred Pohlman, Ron McCrary, Melvin Ringering, and Ruth Corbett. After observing the process, the students practiced their life- saving techniques on dummies. The students were taught other first aid techniques by instructors Miss Ka- ren Snay and Mr. StGve Buek. Miss Snay’s Advanced P.E. girls engaged in many differ- ent types of activities this year. Basketball, shuffleboard, weight lifting, bowling, swimming, and jumping on the trampoline were some of them. They also took the Presi- dent’s Physical Fitness Test and studied out of a new health book, Fitness for Life. Rod Harrington, in Advanced P.E., lifts weights to build up his muscular body. Following the instructions of Melvin Ringering, Doug Carpenter uses CPR on the dummy. Girls freshman P.E., under order of P.E. assis- tant Molly Isern, line up to do their calisthenics. Freshman health class reads a chapter on the techniques of first aid before taking part in the actual process.