Dowagiac Central High School - Wahoo Yearbook (Dowagiac, MI)

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O V5 FHA members Standing Arlene Horak Diane Creenwood LaVerne Martin Beverly Austin Julia Baker Maxine Farrow Pat Luk Pat Meyers Suttung Luretta Kroger Aluce Sasaki Mary Lou Keesler Beverly Horak Emma Jean Drake Pat Fraze Anita Parren Betty Austun lon couch arml Dolores Love Shirley Schneck Jeanette Keesler Vurgunua Garmon Cookm' Cook Umm such a heavenly smell' One of the Eve senses of he students of Central Hugh School again registers that the cookung class us un action A new commander us heading the department un room T09 The salty voice of Muss Irene Thaler is known to all home ec students from lunuor to senuor hugh school The babies of the food fetching room first learn the funda mentals of cookung The gurls from iunuor hugh don their haurnets and aprons un preparation for whipping up a batch of biscuits Sometimes uf they have the time eggs are quickly transformed unto omelets or scrambled results are obtained After each food preparation dishes are washed stoves shined and a spuck and span kutchen remam the only tales of our cookung escapade busy hour each day in the tantalizing room planning pre pa ing and servung meals A tasty breakfast and luncn are created under the careful guidance of Muss Thaler Some of the well spent time us added to the buyung and selecting of goods Also tacked on to the beginners is the 'ob of keepung the kitchen un shape ln homemakung Il a more advanced course time us spent learn mg the simpler process of food preservation Tume us spent learn ung to set a table correctly and after ut us set how to conduct yourself at ut Cooking utensils are brought out of the cupboard and a breakfast or lunch appears before your eyes Besides learning how to prepare a meal time us also spent un how to Cherry ple queen and runner up Y'Q clean up afterwards a task that all take part un Additional knowledge us gained as Muss Thaler explains how to distribute the family food budget so that all members will benefit As the holiday seasons roll around new ideas to brighten the table are discussed and later put to test The results are worth noting and also worth eating Lufe around the home can be dangerous so the gurls are taught good suggestions for home safety The upper crust or homemakung Ill us composed of advanced hugh school gurls The technuque of selecting a good quality of kitchen equipment us brought out un the studues of the year Pre servung puckles luke they dud un grandma s day us another under takung of this advanced class Muss Thaler also helps give out hunts on con umers buyung Here the labels are thoroughly gone over to tell whether the best buy us an A B or C As communuty dunners are always poppung unto the pucture Muss Thalers gals are called upon to help They help plan the food and spend the cvenung as waitresses Another class quute different from the others us held fourth hour It us a cookung class only completely composed of senuor boys Donnung their aprons each boy participates un the makung of cookies macaronu and cheese and the roastung of meats Muss Thaler co operates wuth the cooks in the hot lunch room and together they plan the lunches throughout the wunter months Also unto her hands falls the responsibility of orderung the food and keepung a record of the cost Cuttun up Iluq r u u I L .. f 1 . . l 1 - Q , rx . . . G ' . ll T .II t I ' . ' ' . - U - H . . . . . . . ,, ,, . . . . . ll ' ll ll - ' ll - . a . a . . n If If ' ' ll ll ' ' - , , , I , . I . . . - . . . , ,, ,, . . . . . . - . . . . - - - - - 11 1 11 - I . The homemakers l, under the direction of Miss Thaler, spend a 5 ' - n - - 11 f Y ' I I ' ' ' , , . . ' ' - r 1 n 11 r' , . f Il ll ' ' ' ' n 1 . , , . ' I T u . I I . . I I a n I ' . 4 - l I l I ' I I l . . Q3 Il rf ' u ,L I 1 I v, . 1 1.1 J . .1-?'.' rl' ' - I gi A ' is x . A I , , My 4 1. .' 1 T ' 'S -A - 1 A f .,

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s Nc lrene Thaler, Velma Swisher Smilin' Seamsfress Round about the west wing of Central High room 'IO8 is the ideal haven for the seamstresses of D.H.S. The flowered drapes hanging at the window add to the friendly atmosphere along with the complete living room around which the class is centered, with ample storeroom in the cupboards that flank the two sides. Fresh green plants and the homey attitude of Mrs. Velma Swisher complete the picture. Mrs. Swisher's day begins with the eighth grade iunior high girls. Aprons and dishtowels are made under her direction. There are many times when a seam has to be straightened. The scissors again are put to snipping the old one out and a new thread goes in. After much re-doing a towel is made that is a pride to these girls. ln order to learn how to sew a straight line on the sewing machine the girls are given a piece of paper with different lines drawn on it. Many hours are spent at the machines trying to follow these lines in a straight manner. Girls from senior high excel in the more complicated process of dress making. Patterns are laid out on the big tables and scissors are set to work. After many fittings and rippings the results are a suit or dress that is wearable . Courses in personal grooming are also taken up. Right hair styles, the best color of makeup, and what color in clothing should be worn are all taken up. lt wouldn't be a sur- prise if one were to walk in and find girls experimenting on each other with different hair styles and make-up. Mrs. Swisher, along with Miss Thaler, is advisor to the Future Homemakers of America. This is an organization of domestic girls of Central High School. The purpose of this club is to pro- mote the appreciation and the satisfactions of homemaking, to further good will, to provide group recreation, and to foster the development of leadership in life. Their motto Toward New Horizons expresses the above mentioned goals- learning to Whot's cookin'? live better today in order that our lives and those of our families may be better tomorrow . Heading the F.H.A. are Anita Parren, president, Beverly Horak, vice-president, Arlene Horak, secretary, Emma Jean Drake, treasurer, and Alice Sasaki, reporter. In November a get together conference at Kalamazoo finds Anita Parren, Emma Jean Drake, Alice Sasaki, Luretta Kroger, and Jeanette Keesler attending. Ideas are exchanged between different homemaking groups in order that each club may be improved. March twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth find a two day conference being held at Michigan State College in East Lansing with Arlene Horak and Luretta Krager as representatives for the Dowagiac group. Here State officers are elected and a general discussion is held between the different groups with the exchang- ing of ideas squeezed in. The colors of this homemaking organ- ization are red and white. These colors symbolize youth, as their flower, the red rose, symbolizes the vibrant, glowing health that is necessary for the happiness and efficiency of home life. In order to obtain their Junior Homemakers degree the girls must be an active member of the local F.H.A. chapter for one semester, they must have completed one semester of instruction, have re- peated the creed from memory, have explained the symbols, emblems, and colors of the club, and demonstrate a knowledge for satisfactory homemaking. The F.H.A. is not all work without any play. Every year the Future Farmers of America find themselves entertained at dinner given by the girls. After eating the hearty dinner, games are played and all attending have a grand time. It is not unusual to find the landing on second floor a bakery as the F.H.A.-ers sell baked goods for a money making proiect. Their yearly project work is along the different phases of homemaking. All girls who par- ticipate in this organization agree that it is a helpful and worthy club. As April rolls around, it finds us ioining in to make the annual style show a huge success. Suits, dresses, and other items are shown ot? by their creators in front of mothers and teachers in the auditorium. Afterwards a tea is held in room 108, treating their visitors as well as themselves. A new novelty that is added to Mrs. Swisher's schedule is a boys sewing class. This is open only to domesticated seniors. Here the fellows take to a needle and thread and learn to darn the holes in some socks brought from home. The mighty seniors also take turns learning how to press a shirt, finding the key to the tricks that lead to independence and bachelorhood. 5omethin's cooked up ' ' WAV 4 5 -,,...- li

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fr Olga Shewchuck Da ydreamlng Done Introduclng Mass Olga Shewchuck Thus rs Mlss Shewchucks tlrst year of teachung at DHS Another confederate of hers new In the commerc a' dept IS Mlss Thomas Dark brown eyes and haur Cwnth quute a but of daydreamlng thrown Inj typnfy Mnss Shewchuck On her schedule we flnd classes of World History Engllsh and typsng lnsted One class of history and Englssh are combined unto a core class third and fourth hours The world hlstoruans use the Story of Natnons as their standby throughout the year In world hnstory the class ns divided unto groups throughout the year and as each new unut rs approached a new group IS asslgned to t Thus group presents rt to the class guvung the test or any other asslgnments necessary to understand the chapter Mlss Helen Mann of New York IS one of the speclal vusstors to the tenth grade In Shewchuck s classes The purpose of her vrslt as to obtain lnformatlon on the drtterent ways cur rent events are taught The students prepare for her vlsut by wrltlng and presentnng a qulz show qurzzung the contestants on current events nssues Make belreve cash awards are given for the correct answer It IS presented as a radno program over the public address system Miss Mann also vlsrted many other schools beside D H S seeking Information on the same toprc We also have a study of the classics supervnsed by Mass Shewchuck The well known classlcs are all read from abrndged addrtrons Among those we chose to read are House of Seven Gables Les Miserables and The Three Muskateers In November we take trme out from the classroom to stage a vnsrt to Chrcago We traupse around seerng many sughts plus what we really lntend to do to see the Museum of Science and Industry The Fueld Museum and the Aquarium One of the hugh lnghts un our day takes place when we get rn on a raduo broadcast at Goldblatts Store A few of us also tourney over to the Plan: torlum to Increase our knowledge of astronomy ln between these vlsuts we also manage to find time to do some shopplng In April Shewchuck vnsrts Chncago agann this time she travels with the Commerclal Club In the afternoon Miss Shewchuck goes down to 2l2 and Intro ducesL C Smlths Remington Rands and Royals to the beglnmng typlsts Strains of Toreador tloatung from 212 In the afternoon may fool you unto bellevlng a music class IS underway but nt IS really one of typung Beglnnung typlsts plug away In tome to the musuc untnl finally by the end of the year we re practucally speed demons C75 Our typung classes also receuve a certaun amount of practuce typtng buslness letters and envelopes Tnme tests are also thrown In as added attractlons but only after we become more famrllar wlth the keyboard -A! S-4 .Z Speed test commg p Keepnng books 7 Busy doing nothing Y