Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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SAFETY Fire destro s Moffatt house Precautions display drills, rails, Classes While Mrs. Pauline Moffatt was returning from a ten-minute trip to her daughter's house a 15 MPH northerly wind swept flames over the entire roof. Fire Chief David Rainey determined the flames started by a hot pan of grease and crept into the vent over the stove. Although all was lost on November 14, Pauline and husband Pat, city manager, took a positive look at the fire. They were thank- ful all the family were safe and none of the sparks caught their neighbors' homes on fire. The faculty members gave a necessity shower to replace linens and other house- hold supplies. A collection of canned goods and other condiments were gathered by homemaking teacher, Mrs. Billye Sommer- meyer. Most all clubs donated money from their funds or took a collection for the recre- ating of a home. Over 31000 plus various household items were given to Mrs. Moffatt from the school. While waiting for the house to be rebuilt, they lived in an apartment. The Moffatts rebuilt on the same location of their resi- dence of seven years. On the other hand, at school safety pro- jects were going on throughout. The admin- istration had all teachers post rules and maps of where to go and what to do for tornados and fires. The Student Council conducted two fire drills. The members helping each had a sta- tion in the hall to check to make sure the classes left the school properly and safely. The members reported back to the main office when all was cleared. Tornado drills were not conducted. Several areas of school were interested in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation CCPRJ. Mrs. Dorothy Rains and Miss Doris Bridwell's Biology II classes took CPR from VHOE teacher Lilian Porter and student Sharon Hall. For one week the classes learned the procedures of CPR and signals of cardiac arrest. At the end of the week, the students l took a test which they had to make an 85 or better to pass. If they passed, they received cards that they had taken a Basic Life Sup- port course. VHOE also offered CPR classes during third period at school. David Queen, a certif- ied Emergency Medical Technician, taught the class to both faculty and students. Partic- ipants also took the CPR test. Mrs. jan Edwards made a 100. To make the parking lot safer, student body President, Roger Watkins, called the administration to have the glass cleaned up in the front lot. Now that this was done, he tried to get them to do something about the chugholes. Well, these never got filled. Walking by the band pit in the auditorium could be hazardous for some. A cafeteria lady, while waiting to have her picture taken, fell into the pit because she did not know it dropped off. After the incident, rails were requested but never were received. nw A A Jus l l --1 l While the American flag was still being flown for the hostages, Pauline Moffatt's, secretary, house was swept over with flames. The house was gutted and rebuilt inside the same walls.

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SAFETY s f 2 5 Q X. ' X' ., Q ,s A Q 1 . X me JN- zhyqi.. A I Mr. Leon Hagmann listens to the weather radio Mrs. Mary Atkins, HECE teacher, watches David Queen CPR instructor, demonstrate one of the first steps in and checks the clouds. CPR. VHOE offered the class to anyone in the school. -NSG.. I Aww' ,fe ,,..w' Tammi Cure checksjanet Feazell's blood pressure. The VHOE class took 5,800 blood pressures and won a Mr. Ed Logan checks the expiration dates ot' the state award for the largest percentage of pressures taken at a high school. fire extinguishers. He worked with the Student Council on fire drills.