Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Bakery As tea room guests are taking their leave, the first shop to claim their attention is the bakery. Here they usually pause to admire and purchase the tempting coffee rings or Miss Eleanor Carlisle Shop Instructor the delicious bread. Miss Eleanor Carlisle instructs the boys and girls in every phase of commercial baking. Practical experience is gained by providing muffins and desserts for the cafeteria. Cookies for veterans are made for the Red Cross and charitable organiza- tions request pastry of various kinds in quan- tity, all of which helps to provide the variety of experiences necessary to these young bakers. Cake decorating is an important part of a this course, since most commercial bakeries CS need employees who are skilled in handling Pauline Alderson Mary L. Brisley a pastry bag. Cakes for special occasions are carefully decorated and when a wedding cake is being iced everyone stops to watch and offer suggestions. Employment in this trade is readily found and there is a variety of jobs to suit abilities and preferences. Girls sometimes start by packing and glazing bakery products and progress to more complex jobs. Boys are generally employed to take care of ovens or work on mixing machines. Opportunities for ; progress are frequent and former students Robert Brunelle Lorraine Dubuque have become mixers or bakery managers. William Gingras and Douglas Carr learn production methods essential to commercial baking. ———= Tea Room guests stop in the bakery to purchase bread from Helen Jesseman and Vera Ptaszkiewicz. Adeline Scagliarini a

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Voeational Homemaking The art of learning to create a home is too often a neglected part of a girl’s educa- tion. Yet, nearly every girl becomes a home- maker at some time during her life. The girl who selects this department is never Miss F. Elisabeth Harvey faced with the problem of learning to keep Shop Instructor house after she is married because her shop work consists of learning to care for a model three room apartment. On Tuesdays, a luncheon is planned, prepared and served by the girls to guests of their selection. They may invite instructors, visitors to the school or often their own parents. Learning to dress well and economically is a problem for most girls today, but these young homemakers are learning to overcome Catherine Healey the high cost of clothing by making their own. Fabrics are studied so that a girl may purchase material which is suitable to her needs. Style and c olor problems are worked out, and each girl learns how to look her best. The holiday season is also cookie season, and many varieties of cakes and cookies are made and decorated. Barbara Mascolo Under the guidance of Miss Elisabeth Harvey these students learn that keeping house is the means of making a home and this can be the source of great pleasure and satisfaction. Gemma Paine Lorraine Royce Packaging the Christmas cakes which they have made is fun for Barbara Langevin, Althira Jacobs and Lorraine Barris. Harriet Whitaker, Joyce Bond and Sandra Meyrick decorate cookies for Christmas. Ruth Sternberg