Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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DRIVER TRAINING Students learn safe automobile operation and maintenance. Grinding gears and jimpy starts are some of the problems Mr. Motes faces at the begin- ning of each semester. Book work and practice of skills taught the students to understand more thoroughly the automobile. The engine was explained and diagrammed before the class and tire changing was demon- strated by the boys. A new Chevy station wagon was ordered for the driver training calss and the students found it a mechanical thrill to drive. Junior Turney, Elfego Garcia, Gonzalo Luna, Reggie McLendon, Manuel Altamirano and Rosa Valtierra read pamphlets given out in class by Mr. Motes. Hugh Her rell sits behind the wheel as Mr. Motes explains the dash board. Tom Stone and Junior Turney look on. Mr. Thelo D. Motes received his B.S. degree from Arizona State College, Flagstaff. He be- longs to the Lions Club and sponsors the junior class. His hobbies are hunting, fishing and hiking. LEFT: Finishing their project in leather craft are Olga Ybarra and Mary Montez. 11

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ART Crafts designed to reveal originality and artistic talent. Art classes this year were directed by Mr. Loren Wilson. Mr. Wilson has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwest Nazanene College, Nampa, Idaho, and a Master of Science from the University of Oregon. A favorite hobby of his is jewelry work. He is a sophomore sponsor. Drawing skills, along with the fundamentals of arts and crafts, were taught to art students this year. Crafts included were leatherwork, silk screening, painting, copper enameling and weaving. ABOVE: Mr. Loren Wilson checks the progress of students Dorothy Moore and Rilla Russell. In the back- ground are Tom Melendez, Lorenzo Maez and Ellis Salyer. ABOVE: Linda Pinkston and Glenda Conyer work together on a Christmas star mobile. LEFT: Finishing their project in leather craft are Olga Ybarra and Mary Montez.

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COMMERCIAL Advanced typists learnedto run various office machines including mimeograph, ditto, vari-type, calculator and adding machines. A study of indexing added to the students experience. Miss Marjorie Johnson taught second-year typing. Instructors, Mrs. Joe Ann Lawton, and Mrs. Eulalia Danks taught beginning typing classes the basic skills as well as how to take care of the machines. Commercial classes taught boys and girls alike the fundamentals of business for personal use as well as vocational train- ing. Many who intend to enter business workafter high school profitedfrom book- keeping, shorthand, business economics and general business as well as typing. A I Nancy Jones and Linda Pingleton learn to operate the vari-type machine as a project in advanced typing. Occupational and personal use of new business skills and Mrs. Joe Ann Lawton received her B. S. and M. Ed. degree from the University of Arizona. Mrs. Lawton teaches beginning typing and is counselor. She sponsors Girls' League. Her community activities include; Presbyterian Church Choir, Crippled Childrens' Society, Girl Scout Council, Woman's Club Delta Kappa Gamma and is president of Morenci Teach- ers ' Association. Her hobby is reading. I Miss Marjorie Johnson received her B. S. degree from Ball State, Indiana and her M. S. from the University of Arizona. Miss Johnson teaches advanced typing, short- hand and business economics. She spon- sors the Copper Cat. Among her com- munity activities are Delta Kappa Gamma, Woman's Club and Morenci Public Library Board. Her hobbies are water color paint- ing and photography. 12