Powers High School - Cruiser Yearbook (Powers, OR)

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HOME ECONOMICS Top left: Stella McCullogh ironing her pattern in sophomore home ec class. Top right: Jill Moore doing a demonstration in advanced home ec while Irene Hathaway, Kim Morgan, Celeste Hytrek, Sue Cowan, and Mona Frost look on. Bottom left: Craig Rector, Gene-Rogers, Dan Ellis, Tom Elam, and Dean Allen display their shirts and tie that they made in home ec class. Bottom right: LeaAnna Hendon sewing while Holly Morgan looks on. Home economics classes learned new and easy skills to help them later in life. The freshman class learned the basic skills in sewing, cooking, and child care. The sophomore class went deeper into the arts of cooking and sewing. They also learned how to make soft jewelry. The advanced home ec class learned to prepare and serve foreign foods. They are involved in a pilot program in consumer finance for the Oregon Board of Education. They also studied flower arranging. In may they went on a two-day field trip to Salem. The boys learned to make ties, tie-dye shirts, and cook simple meals. The home economics department added two new classes, eighth grade girls, and boys' home ec. This Page Sponsored By KREAM KRUST BAKERY, INC. Coos Bay, Oregon 25

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PHYSICAL ED DRIVERS ED Stress Safety and Fitness Above: Susie Frost doing a routine on the trampoline in girls' P.E. Top right: Lonnie Shorb and Billy Ferguson wrestling in boys' P.E. Bottom right: Jim Wesley. Mr. Neher, Darlene McDonald, and Colleen Schrag getting ready for another day's work in drivers ed. The physical education classes did their share for the school in keeping the students in shape. The boys wrestled, played soccer, basketball, ping-pong, knee football, and did a lot of hard calisthenics. The girls played baseball and square danced with the boys, learned how to jump on the trampoline, and did exercises. The boys and girls had a combined class on medical self-help. When the sophomores weren't taking physical education, they were in drivers education. The students learned how to drive over the rough roads of Powers and learned many safety hints on driving. 24

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FRENCH, Beaucoup Je l i ire SPEECH, LIBRARY II y beaucoup de faire”, means There's a lot to do speaking in French, and French classes did have a lot to do. The students listened to tapes to help them speak the language. Mr. Nicklaus, who has a fine knowledge of this language, was their teacher. In library, the students learned to sort books in the Dewey decimal system and help students who were in search of books. Dean Allen was head librarian. He checked in books, put new cards in them, and kept everything under control. The speech class learned how to conduct themselves in public, demonstrate how to do things, and communicate with other people. They put on a comedy play, Hillbilly Wedding, for the students of the high school. They also cut tapes and made a radio broadcast over radio station KWRO. Top left: Dean Allen, Mary Ann Rector, Carol Russell, Celeste Hytrek, Rita Short), Edrie Looney, Debbie Stallard, and Julie Moore were library aides this year. Top right: Mona Frost giving a speech on how to put on a uniform for a football game. Bottom: Carol Russell, Sam Clark. Robert MagiII, Darlene McDonald, Irene Hathaway, Kim Morgan, Curt Warner, and Mike Warrick listening to tapes in French. This Page Sponsored By POWERS TAVERN AND CAFE Powers, Oregon