Jenkins High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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A NURSE WITH “PATIENTS” .A Mrs. Billie Verrett has been taking care of the needs of sick students at Jenkins for ten years. Her duties includ- ed keeping a daily log of students who were sick, helping them with personal problems, and taking care of many ilf and injured students. She worked with hearing and vision tests, and a blood pressure check for students and facul- ty. Because of budget cuts. Mrs. Verrett only attended Jenkins on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Fridays. She tended to the needs of sick students at DeR- enne Middle School the other two days of the week. Though chided for her baking soda and water prescriptions, she did her best to weed out the really ill students from those who were “sick” of school. A contemporary saying applies to our very own—Old nurses never get mad. they just lose their “patients”. UPPER LEFT: Mrs. Verrett is relieved to see her supply of baking soda has finally arrived. ABOVE: Tabatha Melvery and her trusty friend. LEFT: The hidden secrets of an infirmary. NURSE 17 Compliments of Dr. Dunn

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LIBRARIANS HAVE THE BEST REFERENCES “Quiet!”, “Ssh!“. and “Come out of the stacks!” were just some of the words heard at the Media Center. Mrs. Martha Coolidge and Mrs. Jonnye M. Spaulding worked to keep order in the library during their second year here. Librarians are often disliked because it’s not the nature of students to sit qui- etly. But our librarians, when told of this, simply stated that some students came to the library to study, and it was their job to keep the conditions favor- able for that. Relations between the students and librarians in the past have not always been agreeable, but things have improved greatly and atmosphere in the library is lighter. Do not expect, however, to walk into the library and find people break dancing. Services provided by the library in- cluded access to books, magazines and newspapers, a quiet place to study, and access to audio-visual equipment. Perhaps the most familiar face in the library was Mrs. Lucille Christiansen. She could be found shelving books, or working in the audio-visual or magazine room. Her duties were to assist the li- brarians in their work and help students in their research. If ever asked about retirement, librar- ians could reply. “Old librarians never die. they just take themselves out of circulation”. UPPER RIGHT: Mrs. Christensen collects books to be re- shelved. UPPER LEFT: Mrs. Spaulding looks for the missing index card. RIGHT: Mrs. Coolidge assists students on completing infor- mation for projects. 16—LIBRARY

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BLUE RIBBON COOKING The cafeteria staff worked to offer the students two meals and breakfast. Two lunch periods were held, which made the line run smoothly and les- sened the crowds in the lunchroom. The staff prepared approximately 800 meals per day and gave students a choice of a hot lunch, a sandwich, or a salad bar. The menus were set up by the Board of Education and were con- sistent system wide. The breakfast program was begun. The staff served about 45 meals per day consisting of waffles, juice, fruit, and milk. Mrs. Dorothy Kaigler was in charge of the cafeteria staff which worked diligently planning and prepar- ing well-balanced meals for the stu- dents. EXTREME UPPER RIGHT: Mrs. Kaigler balances the budget for weekly meals. ABOVE: Mrs. Marsh eagerly awaits the oncoming crowd of hungry students. UPPER RIGHT: Amy Ham. Steve Sheppard, and Mark Craw- ford: choking to death and nobody cares. RIGHT: Ms Davis says. “Ya'II come back now ya here. 18 CAFETERIA Compliments of Savannah Fried Chicken