Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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Mitchell Stapleton Biologym' L H Freshmen Kevin Pearl uses Visualtek a new instrument at the 9-10 Center for partially sighted persons. The machine is located in the Media Center Conference room. The 52,000 print enlarger was just one of the aids provided for OHS students. Libraries Are More Than Books Have you read Carrie, Jaws, Roots, Hatter Fox, The Awakening Land, or Tes- timony of Two Men ? Maybe your tastes are more like Charlie Brown or the writings of I.R.R. Tolkien like The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Rings, and The Simarillionf' Those were the most popular books in the OHS libraries last year. Mrs. Marilyn Hamilton, 11-12 Center librarian explained that students would see interesting movies and then want to read the books. Mrs. Helen Smith, 9-10 Center librarian, said that most students read the Charlie Brown books for pure pleasure, but the Tolkien books were mature fairy tales that were filling the void of not having fairy tales read to them as children, due to television. Not only are certain types of books popular, but certain sizes are also. Mrs. Smith pointed out n X i r ,5iflii.E.I.Qflf English 204fSupporting Cast ' n that paperbacked sized are in de- mand. When the two centers were formed, they received about 1,000 books from Southern. We are get- ting 52.50 per student for equip- ment, but with a discount our books cost about 56 each, said Mrs. Smith. Federal funds totaling 54,000 were given to the 9-10 Center me- dia center last year. Before spending the federal money, the 9-10 Center media center had 5,796 books, 70 maga- zine subscriptions, 2,770 visual- audio items and 174 pieces of audio-visual equipment. The 11-12 Center media center had 11,558 books, 75 magazine subscriptions, 3,999 audio-visual materials and 136 items of audio- visual equipment. - By Suzie Bartlett 1 3 Yvonne Thomas English Grant Talbott CHS' 'Heroes' Deserve Uscars Custodians, secretaries and lunchroom personnel performed many behind the scene tasks at Our High School, 1978. These people do not take the bows for applause, but they keep the show on the road. What if the custodians played hookie one day? The school would not be unlocked for the students and faculty. Custodians not only lock and unlock the school each day but, they sweep, mop, dust the desks, get chew- ing gum off the floors, doors, walls and halls. They also supply paper towels and toilet tissue, items that are always taken for granted. What if the secretaries in the office decid- ed to take a day off? The pupils who were really sick and missed school would never be recognized because no absence sheet would be made for that day. Late check-ins and check-outs would pose a problem without a secretary at the front desk. What would the teachers do with all the money they collect in home- room with no one to handle the bookkeep- ing. Administrators would also have trou- ble in getting out correspondence as well as would guidance and library personnel. If students ran to the cafeteria at lunch- time andthe lights were all out and no food had been prepared because all of the lunch- room personnel decided to take a skip day, the students would surely be up in arms. Clean plates and some food to put on them is essential for the cast members and it also provides them with something to fuss about each day. You might call this group - custodians, secretaries and lunchroom personnel - the unsung heroes of the supporting cast, the ones that deserve a standing ovation from the entire Cast of characters. - By Kathy Kunau t 3 ri +7 it 7 X -e::.tz1.-to l ',...,- it N-af X .4 j Don Wathen Librarian Henry Thompson Mathematics

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I , jr ga.. ,, i am .. 1 5 ' . ,Q :Kiwi ,if XX M Volleyball was one of the activities engaged in by the faculty. Competing in a match at the 11-12 Center were ffrom leftj: Melinda Pedigo, Sheila McConnell, Pam Dobbs, Wanda Henry and Roger Worth. 1 'A I Q K i i s Breakfast in the cafeteria was the treat faculty members at the 11-12 Center received at one of their Saturday ln-Service day programs. Relaxing in the newly-renovated 11-12 Center lounge were ffrom leftj: Gerald Poynter, James Lawrence, Anne Robbins and jo Fowler. Doing More Than Assigning Homework OHS teachers are involved in a variety of projects within the school that many students are probably not aware of. A committee of three 11-12 Center teachers, along with several other teachers, redecorated the teachers' lounge at the 11-12 Center. The committee made plans and completed the re- decoration of the lounge by putting in new furniture, decorating the walls, putting in smoke glass mirrors on one wall and parti- tioning off the Coke machine. The redecora- tion process lasted from the fall of 1976 through the summer of 1977. A lounge that used to be a women only lounge on the second floor was also redecorat- ed into a place for teachers to congregate. Staying in shape and not getting enough exercise after a long day in the classroom are common problems to OHS teachers. Many of the teachers solved that problem by getting together on Wednesday nights and sometimes Sunday to play volleyball in the 11-12 Center gym. Approximately 14 teachers fmale and fe- malej from both centers got together for the games. The teachers got more than physical bene- fits out of the program. 11-12 Center industri- al arts teacher Roger Worth said, It's so hard for teachers to get to know each other. It helped me to get to know other teachers better on a social level, rather than a professional level. They are entirely two different things. Teachers at the 9-10 Center were also busy with projects in 1977-78. Faculty and family members gathered at Le- gion Park in October for a picnic sponsored by the teachers. The teachers also organized a joint lunch with the 11-12 Center during one of the Saturday in-service days. During the fall of 1978, the teachers at the 9- 10 Center made plans for re-decorating the lobby at the 9-10 Center. The teachers hope to put in a planter like the ones at the mall, repaint the walls with more attractive colors and put some artwork on one of the walls. Q 1 M 1' m...w,' EF?-5 5 5 -' l NSS? k'.ffh 5 'T XS0phiL5 3,fL Alice Shrewsberry Pam Simon Helen Smith Martha Snyder Chrysandra Spiceland Mathematics Social Studies Psychology TTER- English English Academics! 3

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Secretaries at the 11-12 Center are ffrorn leftlz Tommie Horn, Nancy Purdy, lseatedj, Peggy Head, Nancy Troutman and Peggy Duckworth. 'pix Cafeteria workers that prepared food at the 11-12. Center were ffrom leftj: Lawrence McHenry, Manager Eloise Weidemann, Virginia Tooley, Mildred Westerfield, Bernice Atherton, Ruth Teasley, Lorene Williams, Erma Dunbar, Martha Skaggs and Thelma Bennett. 5' f . ap' Custodial personnel at the 11-12 Center includes tfront row, from leftjz Frank Henton, Tom Dickens and Billy Meissner. Back row: George Spence, Beverly Cauley and Head Custodian john Sands. Secretarial help at the 9-10 Center is provided by ffrom leftjz Betty Nixon, Martha Collignon, Martha Clark, Cheryl Dunn and Martha Mefford. Cafeteria personnel at the 9-10 Center are Cfrom leftj Mary Clark, Jo Ann Payne, Catherine King, Manager Lillian Bishop, Sandra Beavin, Pauline Sharp, Ruby Richards, Beverly Durham, Helen Freeman, Joyce Pounds, Pauline Helsey and Brenda Damin. mi K . at i f iiii l i l h r, M 4 F , .,,,,,. inr v. 1 if ' . ' it Clean-up, fix-up persons on the 9-10 Center custodial crew include ffrom leftj: Betty Cauley, Mary Bush, Gladys Belcher, Ronnie Cox, Head Custodi- an ,lim Henry and Dorothy Crowe. ts.. K in iiiki K C 4 i mx ara we Af if ,Njp A K ---- Q Q .225 H Whitmer Steve Whitsell jean Williams Suzanne Willis Roger Worth Bob Zachefb' Mathematics Social Studies Guidance Counselor E1'1gliSh lnduStrial Arts Band Academicsfzos