Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 16, 1971
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They'll Learn To Cook, Sew Forsythe Junior High School's home economics classes were opened to male students this year and several young men responded by enrolling. They want to learn to cook and sew, says teacher Joyce Brocknow. Purchasing fabric for a sewing project at a local store are (left to right) Sam Stephens, Tony Caddell, Clarence Newmen and Vernon Williams. A store employe, Regina Cook, helps them with their purchase. The students plan to make shirts and dashikis.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 30, 1938
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SOUTH LYON GIRL FIRST IN CANNING: Faith J. McCrory, attractive 16-year-old South Lyon girl, is Michigan's official canning delegate at the 17th annual National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago this week. She was chosen as Michigan's "most worthy club member in canning projects," and she is shown with a few of the products with which she has won numerous prizes.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1961
Caption:
REDUCING RODENTS: Mrs. Doris Taylor's home economics class at Tappan Junior High School is conducting a nutrition study through the use of rats and cafeteria food. Three kinds of food are being served the rats - a soft drink and potato chips, school lunch food with milk and school lunch food with water. The soft drink and chips-fed rats are growing weak and are expected to die. Looking at the rodents for signs of ill health are (left to right) Margo Stipe, Marilyn Martin and Sally Hogg.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1972
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Home Economist Phyllis Haas Tests Quality

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 19, 1973
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Not Too Soon To Check Equipment For Canning Already time to think about canning, Helen Fairman (third from left), home economist at the Cooperative Extension Service, tells representatives from GROW garden sites in the city. She hold on of the cans with a reusable ring top and shows the group how to place cans in a pressure canner. From left others pictured are: Chris Pickford and Lani Bennett from the County Farm Site, Linda Stamatoff from Marshall Road site, Carol Rothman of the Greenview site and Vlasta O'Connell (partially obscured) and Joe Lamson of the County Farm site.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 29, 1961
Caption:
Miss Toni Everard, a senior at Roosevelt High School in Ypsilanti, learns that a well-balanced breakfast keeps her alert and peppy throughout her morning classes. A "quickie" morning meal can be put together in five to 10 minutes.