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, May 12, 1969
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Sewing Job. Learning how to operate a sewing machine as part of the Big Brother - Big Sister Program at Whitmore Lake High School are little sisters (sitting, left to right) Tammy Sever, 10, and Theo Cook, 11, both fourth graders. Bis Sisters helping them (left to right) are Sandy Moss, 16, and Karla Bourland, 16, both sophomores.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 4, 1948
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TAILORING CLASSES TO EXHIBIT WORK: Max K. Aupperle, instructor for Ann Arbor Evening School classes in tailoring, points out details of collar construction to three of his pupils, Miss Glorianne B. Buday of Manchester (left), Mrs. E. R. Dale of 2150 Independence Blvd., and Mrs. James George (right) of 502 Miller Ave. The women are wearing suits they made in class. Their work will be on exhibit Monday night at the Evening School's open house from 7:30 to 10 o'clock in Ann Arbor High School.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 14, 1978
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The hands doing the stitching in the picture above have trained over 2,000 pupils in the finer details of constructing and fitting suits, pants and coats. And through it all, Aupperle says he never had a student he disliked.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 14, 1978
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MASTER CRAFTSMAN - Tailor Max Aupperle helps a student with a sewing problem for one of the last times. Aupperle ended a 32-year career of teaching tailoring in Ann Arbor's continuing education program last week. The master tailor was trained in Germany and worked for many years at Wild Men's Shop before setting up a private business in his home.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 13, 1954
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DRAPERIES FOR TRAILER COACHES: Seamstresses at the John W. Kopp Co. plant in Brighton are busy from morning to night making draperies for Vagabond coaches and canvas products for a variety of companies and uses. Shown above (left to right) are Mrs. Kopp, owner and operator of the business, Mrs. Robert Wile, Miss Clara Kasper and Mrs. Bernard Kourt.