June 1, 1943
Homemaking students of El Paso High School are employed in business establishments and taking the place of men in work for the first time as part of their summer project.
The girls also are devoting many hours to Red Cross and other war work for credit in their projects, and are helping with housework and cooking at home. In several instances where mothers are employed they are “running the whole house.”
Carolyn Swindle spends time each afternoon in learning the technique of being a telegraph operator as her project. Elisa Joe is working in a Chinese wholesale grocery store. Eva Dove Perlmater attends to various minor duties in a local hospital giving invaluable aid during the present labor shortage.
Over 3000 meals will be planned and prepared by the 80 girls of the class during the summer in their homes, said Mrs. Oulda Kelley, head of the Homemaking Department in El Paso High School.
MANY VOLUNTEER FOR CHILDREN’S CARE
A number of the girls are volunteering their services for care of children in homes. Others are occupied in canning fruits and vegetables in canning centers and at home to preserve food for next winter’s use.
Some of the students are designing and making their clothes for next fall, and remodeling old clothes. One girl is remodeling her bedroom; another is planning the entire meals for her family. Others are working in Victory Gardens and attend to poultry at home.
Instructors Miss Ivella Jones, Mrs. Faye Maxwell, and Mrs. Kelley, will visit the students during the summer, check on their work, and give advice and consultations when needed.
During June, the students worked on a group project by assisting in the school cafeteria, helping to make choral robes for the school chorus, laundering curtains for the department, making new cup towels, hot pan holders, cleaning the department furniture and floors.
The group also made Red Cross bandages, and ditty bags. On other occasions they prepared cookies for USO and other service units
It's nice to know that girl students earn credits while working.
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