Oil City High School - Oil Can Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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Success H. Ernest Heasley Auto Shop Carl T. Rorabaugh Vocational Education Director rt Robert B. Ziegler Mechanical Drawing Let the chips fall where they may, thinks Ray Dunkel as he surfaces a board with a planer. Supervising his work is Mr. Askins who also points out the fundamentals of this art to John Welms. Mr. Jakubowski instructs Bob Brown and Dave Lynn in the use of a precision machine which measures the accuracy of machine ports.

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From Their Skills Will Spring Their Vocational Department The intriguing mechanism of a complex automobile engine, the baffling diagrams and blueprints by which machines were made, and the tricky formulas needed to refine gases were just a few of the problems vocational students were subjected to daily. In meeting these challenges, one hundred-four students and nine teachers displayed extreme patience and skill, realizing that a thorough knowledge of classroom work would lead to success in a related vocation. Though small in size, this department, consisting of auto shop, machine shop and oil and gas shops, provided invaluable knowledge for its students. Mr. Ziegler explains to Bob Amsler and Hugh Dykins how lo find the dimensions that apply to that blueprint. Blueprint Reading III concerns the exceptions to the rules of blueprint reading. John W. Askins Industrial Arts Edwin J. Jakubowski Machine Shop Peter S. Scierka English History R. Russell Buckham Petroleum, Natural Gas Archie Matha Machine Shop Blaine E. Stover Mathematics Science 26

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Styles do change; therefore, girls in the homemaking depart ment iearn how to modernize old hats. Patty O'Brien (rights displays her product to Elva Knight. Homemaking A project on the renovation of furniture was responsible for the sparkling new look in the home economics room. In addition to this skill, sewing, cooking, nursing techniques, and child care were taught under the capable supervision of Mrs. Best, Mrs. Matthews, and Mrs. Krug. Scholarships, the Betty Crocker Award, and the Crisco Award gave the students added incentives for their work. Training for girls in the vocational home-making course was more concentrated and designed to prepare them for securing a position upon graduation. Students in the general homemaking course were prepared to adapt the many phases of home economics to their individual problems and interests. Successful Homes - -A Successful Nation Students learn the useful art of renovating old furniture in the homemaking department. Pam Piercy assists Mrs. Matthews in putting springs on a chair. Betty Rishei Best Home Economics Ruth Mead Supervisor of Homemaking and School Lunch Program 28 Ruth Ann Krug Home Economics Edith M. Matthews Home Economics