Myrtle Point High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Myrtle Point, OR)

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 WITH ONE HAND propped on his broom handle, custodian Pete Mast takes time from his cleaning duties to chat with a student. ABOVE: HEAD COOK Hannah Barklow pauses a moment after checking the rolls. RIGHT: SQUINTING AGAINST the afternoon sun, custodian Mel Floyd lowers the Oregon State flag and Old Glory. 13

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Cooks, Custodians Do Thankless Jobs Taken for granted they are! When a student came to school he just expected to find the floors waxed and polished, the drinking fountains clean, the paper hauled out and burned, the blackboards clean, and the trophy cases dusted. He expected a well prepared meal at lunch time, clean PE towels, and spotless uniforms for the Friday night football game against Coquille. These conditions don’t just happen - there were men and women working to keep things nice for the students. There were the cooks, Hannah Barklow, Flo Egel-hoff, and Nona Thrift. They planned the balanced meals for a week then came early every morning to bake bread, orange rolls, or cakes for the approximately 180 students who ate in the cafeteria every day. By 10:30 you could smell the tempting aroma of food drifting through the building and sometimes, if you were just too hungry to wait for lunch, they would slip you a hot roll or cookie. Walking into the laundry room any day of the week one could take a deep breath of very warm, moist air smelling of detergent. Looking around one saw clean clothes and towels, dirty towels, washers, dryers, a little table covered with odds and ends, a basket of knitting, a mirror and comb, a radio that is usually turned on, and Dixie Clement, the district 41 laundress. Generally alone in her own little part of MPHS, she says she really enjoys having company and reading the announcements and school paper. Mel Floyd, Pete Mast, and Lee Mitchell seemed to be the gnomes of the high school. Where there was a job to be done, whether it was to open someone’s jammed locker or fix a leaky place on the roof, they were there working to make MPHS a more comfortable and enjoyable place to attend. MIXING ORANGE ROLLS for the 250 hungry students that will soon CUSTODIAN LEE MITCHELL smiles as be pouring into the cafeteria is cook, Nona Thrift. he pushes his cart into the gym to begin cleaning. SECONDS AGAIN? Cook Flo Egelhoff shakes her head in amazement at the amount of food high school boys are able to eat. GIVING THE BOBCAT uniforms a quick check to make sure the stains are gone is Dixie Clement, district 41 laundress.

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MR. H. GAIL SMITH English 1,111, Humanities MR. ARCHIE WILSON English I,IV Language Arts Students Work for Self Improvement Expression, vocabulary, grammar, and literature through writing were some of the main focal points of the various English programs at MPHS this year. A unit on careers was presented by Mrs. Fern Starr, senior English instructor, to help students learn how to apply for jobs. “Macbeth”, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, was also studied in great depth. The college prep class, which is designed to help students prepare for college, was offered as a course in developmental reading which stressed increased rate and comprehension. Many essays were written with additional stress on grammar so that the students might have a thorough background in the language they speak. “Our Town,” a play by Thornton Wilder, was one of several plays and other literary works studied by the junior English classes. Persuasive speeches were also given so that students might learn to present an argument in logical manner. William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” was one of the main selections of literature studied by the sophomore English classes. Also much emphasis was placed on the students’ ability to express themselves through writing and speaking. The freshman English students were taught the importance of correct grammar, reading, and listening. A second look at Christmas was given the students of MPHS by the speech classes as they wrote and produced a play which examined the true meaning of Christmas. Among the important items in speech were the Voice of Democracy and Opportunities in Real Estate speech contests. HUMANITIES STUDENT, ANN HATHAWAY, rests pensively on a glove while pondering various aspects of man and his environment as revealed in his literature. MRS. FERN STARR English IV,Speech