Marionville High School - Comet Yearbook (Marionville, MO)

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!' Julie Kutzner practices wrapping a sprained ankle. 4 l l l Health - An Essential Asset Good health--one of the most valuable assets a person may possess. A healthy person not only looks better, but feels better and is able to per- form his or her tasks with greater ease. Chances are that a better job will be done. Students in health this year concentrated on first aid, mental and physical health, and the effects of drugs on the mind and body. The course was taught by IVlrs. Linda Newell. First semester students had health on IVlonday and Wednesday. Second se- mester it was changed to lVIonday, Wednesday, and Friday. Students re- ceived half credit. Dana Johnson gives her drug re- port for a health grade. 'l Greg Leitz simulates reviving Steve Schaefer. Joyce Gwinup demonstrates the Cheryl Hicks wraps Rebecca Wishon's arm for a test as Nlrs. Newell grades fgnsit Way fo bandage a head ill. '

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Iliff' L fine: to l Debby Springer gives a reading for speech class. Mrs. Anne Kucera instructs her English I class in proper grammar. Joyce Pruitt reads a poem from her literature book during language arts, English - Voice Uf Tomorrow By learning English today we will be able to communicate better tomorrow. Helping the students prepare for the future were IVlrs. Louise Flavin and IVlrs. Anne Kucera with lVIrs. Erma Leathers teaching speech. Two new classes, mass media and drama, were added to the curriculum of language arts, novels and short stories, English I, and English II. In mass media the students studied the art of propaganda and com- munication. In drama they read and per- formed from the classic plays of the past as well as modern plays. Charlie Moon analyzes a photograph for his mass media assignment.

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Home Ee Develops New Ambitions Miss Wilson patiently shows Donna Andrus, Lois Rohl- man and Teresa VanTuyl how to make a thread loop. I ,....a-r Debbie Coker and Claudia Hadley work hard to finish their sewing notebooks. Miss Wilson teaches Billie Gipson the basics of sewing a hem stitch. Anxiety and excitement were felt in the food classes as they prepared meals for the high school faculty. ln wardrobe planning, the girls enjoyed making their own gar- ments. Home nursing took field trips to the Mt. Vernon Chest Hospital and St. John's school of x-ray technicians. Food classes helped prepare sandwiches for the sports teams for the out-of-town games. Home economics classes were taught by Miss Lahna Wilson. Eighth grade home economics was taught by Mrs. Sue Kyle. Janice Mysinger tries chocolate eclairs she helped make in foods. l Mitzi Murray realizes that the tension on her machine is set wrong.