Hudson High School - Hudsonian Yearbook (Hudson, MI)

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Home Construction FIRST ROW: Mr. Kopp, Steve Kope, Ron Duff, Jack Veneros, Tom Borck. There were also two students from Addison Jim Bobon, Frank Duncan. SECOND ROW: Tom Jeffrey, who worked on the project. Phil Lawrence, Larry Clouse, Chuck Deter, Larry Day, Last year a new project was started at Hudson. Through the active interest and efforts of Mr. Kopp, backed by local merchants, the School Board, the superintendent of schools, and the Future Homemakers Association, this project for on the job training got off to a good start, and attracted wide-spread interest from Toledo, Jackson, Ann Arbor, and Mr. Vivian, the ex-representative of our district in Washington. The project, named “Hudson Heritage,” is located on Lincoln Street. The land, pur- chased by the Hudson Board of Education in 1953 for a new school building, is now the site for ten homes to be built by students of the high school. The initial financing was paid by the Hudson Area School Board. It is hoped that the project will be self-supporting in five years. All income from this project will be used in the vocational programs. The students who participated in the pro- ject attended three academic classes in the morning. After lunch they went to the building site, where they were taught the basics of carpentry, plumbing, masonry, and electrical work. Students from many different classes worked on the project. The shop classes built the house except for laying the concrete founda- tion, building the kitchen cabinets, and doing the plastering. The art classes under Mrs. Kopp and home economics classes under Mrs. Zimmerman aided in decorating the house, while the agriculture class under Mr. Godfrey planned the landscaping. The three bedroom home has a split bath, walk-out basement, two fireplaces, a lavatory and laundry at the end of the one car garage, living room, den, and kitchen. Aluminum siding and stone veneer finish was planned for the outside. After the home is completed, inspected, ap- proved, landscaped, furnished, and decorated, the home will be sold at suitable cost. 6

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Dedication The Yearbook Staff proudly dedicated the 1967 Hudsonian to the Home Construction Project. This course was offered in onlyafew schools other than Hudson. A few years ago a project of this type was unheard of. Who would have dreamed that a group of junior and senior boys would build a house to be offered for sale to the public? The boys proved that the present generation is creative, industrious, and willing to learn. The boys, 1 om Borck and Larry Clouse, looked on as Mr. Kopp checked their work.

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In the beginning, Chuck Deter, Phil Lawrence, and Mr. Kopp spent hours studying the blueprints of the home. Larry Day became a local celebrity when he was interviewed by WTOL television from Toledo. Not even snow could slowdown the progress on the new home. ABOVE: The camera man was kept busy filming the “Hudson Heritage”. LEFT: People from far and near were interested in Hudson High’s home building project. 7