Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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Students become efficient homemakers Burnt cookies and smells of tuna casse¬ role are just a few of the mild aromas that pour out of room 222, Home Economics class, at Patrick County High School. With the new equipment they learn the correct way to plan, cook and serve meals in the modern homes of today. In addi¬ tion to cooking, students learn to sew and the correct way to dress, which is so important to the teenage girls today. Mrs. Claudine R. Harman Mrs. Lola G. Weatherman Home Economics teaches Denice Foley and Marie Wood to be better prepared for a fuller tomorrow. mm . 26 Home Economics

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Business students learn office techniques in Block Classes Mrs. Priscilla B. Diggs Mrs. Jane J. Smith Mrs. Jessie A. Vernon Mrs. Jean S. Cook Miss Judy I. Via Margaret Jenkins demonstrates how to use the spirit duplicator to Linda Cobb in Clerk Typing II. Frances Dillon, first cousin to Matt, is the fastest typist in class. Students who are planning to enter the business world take advantage of general business courses, block classes of Stenog¬ raphy, Clerk Typing, and Accounting. The business department is furnished with completely new office machines, which the students in block programs learn to use, others take a year of typing for their personal use in school. Business 25

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Agriculture students take advantage of shop equipment Mr. Kenneth Cox Mr. Homer Hall Mr. David Young Mr. Homer Hall demonstrates the es¬ sentials of proper eye protection while using the oxyacetylene welding to Mike Conner and Barry Shelor. The smell of acetylene gas cutting metal, the sound of hammers, and the study of forestry and dairying are a few things going on in the Agriculture classes at PCHS. Mr. Hall, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Young work with young boys to make better agriculturists of them. The teachers work with the students in the classes as well as the shop. The shop in the Ag. department is equiped with new machinery. Agriculture 27