Jones County Junior College - Lair Yearbook (Ellisville, MS)

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38 ! Vo-Tech The Vocational Training program includes courses in air conditioning and refrigeration, automotive machin- ist, cashier training, horology, machine shop training, practical nurs- ing, radio-television maintenance, and welding. On completion of these courses, the student is awarded a certificate. The program is open to students who com- plete the ACT, or to those who have not completed high school and are 18- 21 years of age and have been out of school for one full semester. All of these courses are terminal and equip students to enter the job market immediately. Courses are taught in the Vo-Tech building and are under the direction of Arthur Beasley and Hilda Woodward. Many of the stu- dents in this program are sent to JCJC by their employers to gain job train- ing. Along with the above courses, JCJC has offered non-credit courses in such interesting topics as Beekeeping, cat- fish culture, flower arranging, meat cutting, sewing machine operators for the needle industry, and artificial inse- mination. These special programs and others are offered on campus or off campus, at night or day depending upon the needs of the individuals involved. Machine shop technology work experience keeps attention of Mitchell Jones, Raymond Gandy, and Perry Priester, front to rear. Highly personable and qualified instruc- tors at JCJC make learning a pleasant experience. Right, Gene Norton instructs in welding. XX.. J Front, Linda Lampley and Carrie Lampley, rear, participate in cashier training course

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Give them the wide open spaces! any L. Mary Wolfe carefully tucks ln another flower in her arrangement of mums and gladiola. Balance, proportion, and color are taught in the floral design classes. Here Lee Sammons, instructor, gives tips to Asa Bryant on the arrange- ment in the making. Dennis McRae and other Horticulture students care for the green- house plants. JCJC offers a course on greenhouse management. Agriculture ! 37

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Vo'Tech is on the move! Tim Brown benefits from expertise of John Watts and Teddy Cauthen, instructors in Watch Repair. Mae Blackledge gives Dawn Graves opportunity to try health care techniques learned in LPN training program. xi, . .xx l 'Isl' A X r.p.,,,yy f NJ ...Q-Q. Q With more Americans, more automobiles on the road, good mechanics are much needed. Students Thomas Chapman and Robert M. Butler study auto mechanics. They are shown here with instructor Otis Busby who died during the 1978-79 school year. Vo-Tech f 39