Mississinawa Valley High School - Buckeye Yearbook (Union City, OH)

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Business Education JOYCE A. YARBROUGH, B.S. For the past 13 years, general business and bookkeeping students have begun their study in the business field under the guidance of Mrs. Yarbrough. As she said, I am kept very busy trying to follow the activities of my two teenage children, Leese and Betsy. She also enjoys Rod-Yak Sua, a Siamese cat, along with traveling, golfing, and knitting. General Business classes were a prelude to other business courses. The students studied the fundamentals of the business world. Bookkeeping students completed two practice sets during the year. Through the use of these sets, the students learned the basics of bookkeeping. 15

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Agri Business One of the new courses offered this year was Agribusiness. In the classroom the students, instructed by Mr. Patrick, learned how to operate various business machines in preparation for actual job experience. After school they worked for and were supervised by a local merchant in the area. The M. V. Agribusiness class is one of twenty-five pilot classes offered in the state of Ohio. The results of this year's class will determine the policies for other such classes in the future in Ohio. One of the business machines which the class learned to operate was the cash regis- ter, loaned to the Agriculture Department by the National Cash Register Company of Dayton. SMITH SHOE REPAIR Union City, Indiana 14 FRITZ B. MARTIN Greenville, Ohio

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Prepares For MILDRED PATRICK. A. B. . M. A. The industrious figure behind the business department is Mrs. Mildred Patrick. In addition to teaching typing, of- fice practice, sales, economics, and shorthand, she is also advisor for the annual staff and the Valley Hi-Lites. She holds degrees from the University of Kentucky and Ball State University. Her spare time is occupied by collecting antique art glass, and boating and swimming in the summer. Each morning one could see Typing I students pecking away at their machines. Throughout the year they learned proper stroking techniques, the operative parts of the typewriter, and tabulation rules, which aided them towards attaining speed and accuracy. Daily dictation provided the shorthand I girls with an opportunity to gain high speed and still main- tain their accuracy. A chart informed each stu- dent of the number of mailable letters transcribed. 16 GRAY'S JEWELERS Greenville, Ohio SECOND NATIONAL BANK Greenville, Ohio