Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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K Christmas gifts for needy families are prepared by home- making students Nina Grant, Carol Wynne, Ester White, Audrey Warnock, Karen Coppedge. Judy Fowler, Four years of homemaking at OHS Four years of homemaking were offered this year. All phases of Homemaking have been given at different class levels. Home visits, home pro- jects, and conferences have been a part of the program. Homemaking department was remodel- ed to facilitate the relocation of junior high. -1 sa. Q v wo' -ri 1 1 1 1. ,4 n - :W- - - 1 - V: -' '11 -,- 1 ......, were . .:: - ww.. -.111 1, -.xiii vll .rl Ili A -if II ., -I 4 . if at-'E Q fi E -x K, - ,. ., nfl Student homemakers Paula Blankcnbeker and Rita Ane- lin are ready to learn the steps in dress-making as they prepare to cut a pattern. train girls to be good homemakers Learning to operate a sewing machine efficiently are Patricia Guffey, Miss Lillian Brasher, instructor, Peggy Murray, Clara Wilbourn, and Patricia Guffey, while Eas- ter Massa presses her material. E 3.

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, A I if-c an M- i 2 is F l l .ma Passers-by pause to enjoy the fireplace Christmas dis- play prepared by art classes to create interest in the holiday season. 1 . Manger scene display outside the art room is being viewed by Donald Musgrave, Pamela Martin, and Jo Ann Dillsaver. llrt courses teach many phases of art, provide OHS with hall displays Ever-exploring, the Art department reached even further into the expanding field. Three dimension el work done, as well as drawing included paper mache animals and masks,clay modeling, soap sculpture, toothpick and paper sculpture. draw- ing and painting of figures, still lifes, landscapes, windows heralding the birth of art students Carol Burgess. Jim- Decker in the first floor display Replica stained glass Christ are viewed by mie Penn, and David cases near the offices. i ,- 4 l -5 1 1 if l fllirv l , get c C 'l , ' 1 , gt iff . -,' !.Q,,,, T ,V f 'f'l ' linoleum block and textile painting. Activities cor- related with school events: hen for Henryetta football game, homecoming parade, Book Week display, Christmas display, stage set for Follies, and Junior-Senior Banquet decorations. Field trip in outdoor sketching benefits Ida Marie Hud- son, Jackie Greenhaw, Mrs. Caroline Hickman instruc- tor, Mildred Graves, Jimmie Penn, and Sharon Hamilton. fig? ,gg k Pigs-. --22-

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,X 1, Q5 'ij A ranging pages of the annual to finish the Torchlight Tommy Brock makes use of the triangles, rulers, and are Johnny Vierling, Kenneth Heffley, Raymond Frank- other mechanical drawing equipment in his mechanical lin, Melvin McDaniel, Dale Lunney, and Ronald Wilson. drawing class. Vocational classes offer Printing, Industrial llrts, DO training For the observance of International Graphic Arts Education Week, Vocational Printing students spoke over the Intercommunication System: Ken- neth Heffley, Carl Hessom, Dale Luney, Charles Paxton, and Ronald Wilson, commemorating Ben- jamin Franklin's birthday. Franklin is known for his contribution to printing, along with his many other outstanding accomplishments. Ronald Wilson gave a talk before the January meeting of the High School PTA. The purpose of his talk was to explain the importance of printing in the Making his woodwork project a community project is Reno Carini. Assisting him are Donald McCollum Jack Arnold, Eddie Woodfield, Eddie Bohuslavicky, and Don- nie Musgrave. ,- , field of present day education. To advance know- ledge in the art, field trips were made to Okla- homa State Tech. Students in Home Mechanics and General Shop completed projects in wood and in leather such as bill folds, belts, tables, gun racks. Classes of mechanics and shop completed cour- ses in electricity, and learned the use of the tools of drafting and the techniques. Several students in Mechanical drawing did advanced architect- ural and engineering work which was made into blueprints. Addition of new hand tools helped ad- vanced Woodworking pupils in making projects such as coffee and end tables, book cases. china cabinets mahogany chests, and cedar chests. l' -24- hs. s