Mifflin High School - Lasso Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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I In most cases, food is just as important to academics as the actual studying process. Above left, cafeteria manager Rita Pr; Kathy Keefe. Above right, Hilda Christian prepares for the lunch period to begin. Left, Eloise Mays serves meals at the counter. Below, the hard women of Mifflin Mary Daniels, Susan McCoullough, Mary Blevins, Carol Crane, and Sally Watkins demand lower prices in the cafeteria for teachers. FACULTY 2

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Above, Secretaries Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Saum, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Ingmire, and Mrs. O ' Neal. Everyone who works with an organization knows that these are the people who make it work. SURVEY Perk up those taste buds you Columbus hamburger lovers, that ultimate authority on fast foods — the teenager — has made his choice in the sizzling Wendy ' s-McDonald ' s-Burger King war. Burger King ' s Whopper came out a bit charred about the edges as 596 students at Mifflin High School said they preferred to sink their teeth into McDonald ' s Big Mac and Wendy ' s single. Those students were among 856 teens at Mifflin who responded to a burger survey prepared by the distributive education class here. Of the students responding to a question on which hamburger tastes the best overall, 319 said the Big Mac is the best, while 277 chose Wendy ' s single. The Whopper was picked by 146. But the 10-question survey didn ' t end there. Adding perhaps a little grease to the fire in the burger war is that the students also said they preferred McDonald ' s french fries by a wide margin. Six hundred students said McDonald ' s has the best fries, while 125 voted for Wendy ' s and only 44 for Burger King. The survey idea was hatched after the three hamburger kingpins went to federal court here in Columbus and Miami amid charges that Burger King ' s new $20 million ad campaign is false, misleading, and deceptive. Wendy ' s and McDonald ' s are burned up over the ads ' contention that a study shows customers prefer the taste of the Whopper to Wendy ' s and McDonals ' s hamburgers. Doug Smith, distributive education coordinator, said the 17 Senior students in his class came up with the survey idea to find out just which hamburger does cut the mustard. While admitting the survey can ' t be taken at face value, Mr. Smith said it does have its practical side. The students in his class took the survey to every homeroom in the school to give everybody a chance, according to Scott Parker, President of D.E. It was an interesting project, says Mr. Smith. I ' ve been at Mifflin for 16 years and this is the first time I ' ve seen the students in the school get really excited about something. With the help of the cooperative office education class, the survey was typed. The demand for the survey was so great that his class printed up more than 1,000 of them, but still wasn ' t able to get enough for the school ' s entire 1,200 student body. While the Big Mac got the nod for the best taste, Wendy ' s and Burger King did gain a measure of revenge in some other categories. The Whopper took a big bite of the vote for being the biggest hamburger — 294 votes to 281 for the Big Mac and 154 for the Wendy ' s single. Wendy ' s rose into first place for having the freshest bun — 322 to 265 for the Big Mac and 132 for the Whopper. The Single also beefed its way to the top on which hamburger tastes the meatiest with a vote of 386 to 249 for Big Mac and 128 for the Whopper. 26 FACULTY

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Above left, Mildred Farkas, school treasurer. Above right, Vocational Counselor Al Thompson. Above, Carol Neutzling gives blood during a blood drive at Mifflin. Right, Betty Ventling, school Nu 28 FACULTY