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

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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

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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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Students develop skills for future occupations Instructions in trade and industrial education is based upon the needs and interests of individuals which are realistic in light of existing or anticipating oppor¬ tunities of employment. The main pur¬ pose of trade and industrial education is to prepare the individual for employment or for advanced training in a specific trade or occupation. The Trade and Industrial Education classes are in four categories. They are Cosmetology, Electronics, Building and Trades, and Auto Mechanics. Students learn a particular trade in each of these classes. Young masons learn something about the foun¬ dations of the world. Mr. Bruce Dollarhite Mr. R. B. Hoyle Mr. Clarence E. Hall Mrs. Winifred S. Priddy 28 Trade and Industrial Education