With strains of Winter wonderland filling the air. The annual Home Economic Fashion Show was held in the Coffee's auditorium on Friday, December 3.
Mrs. Gann and Mrs. Southern, the home economics teachers were presented with corsages in appreciation for their help in arranging the fashion show.
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| Home Economic Fashion Show |
One student walked onto the stage modeling a sports outfit.
She is keeping in step with the latest fashion changes.
For she has chosen black tarpon cloth for her very stylish bell-bottom slacks.
Her slacks are fitted and slightly flared a the bottom.
For her jacket, she has chosen, red, gray, and black plaid cotton.
Her jacket features long set-in sleeves and a very low scooped neckline.
She walks to the edge of the stage, turns, poses, and exits the stage followed by other students.
Fads and Fashions during the 60s were pierced earrings, and paper mache pins for the Coffee girls.
For the boys are paisley shirts, new scrub denim jeans, with initials on the right back pocket, weejum shoes, and no socks.
The mod move is print shirts with London-look collars and cuffs which are paired with hip-slingers pants. The boys also are wearing London Fog Jackets in shades of blue, yellow, and beige.
The first semester was sewing.
The second semester was cooking, baking, how to arrange a table, flower arrangement, and furniture, and how to place furniture in a home.
1. Rich Short Cakes served with strawberries and whipped cream.
2. Waldorf Salad chilled and served on a bed of crisp lettuce and garnished with maraschino cherries
3. Italian Pizza -covered and refrigerated overnight. Brushed with oil added sauce and baked for 15 to 20 minutes at 450.
4. Pizza Sauce topped with, parmesan, mozzarella cheeses, sausage, smoked sausage, weiners, hamburger, and pepperoni.
5. Italian Spaghetti - brown meat in olive oil, drain and add onion, pepper, and garlic cook for 5 minutes and add all other ingredients. Cover and simmer for 2 hours.
6. Cherry Dream Whip- Graham Cracker Crumbs for the crust, dream whip mixture, for filling.
7. Refrigerator rolls
8. Types of rolls: Fruit Buns, Cinnamon rolls, Cloverleaf, Parker-House Rolls, Crescents Rolls, Braided Rolls, and Knots.
9. Notes on bread: Thick bread, yeast bread
10. Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes, salad rolls a cracker pie MEAL
11. Sunset Salad - jello salad
12. Baked Macaroni and Cheese
13. Tahitian Delight -Jello Salad
14. Never fail pie crust
15. Lemon Gold Cake
16. Lemon Butter Cream Frosting
17. We learned the difference between custards, pies, and puddings
18. Ribbon Sandwiches
19. Punch made with cool-aid, cold water, sugar, pineapple juice, grapefruit juice, gingerly, and lemon juice.
20. Chili Con Carne
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| Chili Con Carne |
What are the types of eating Utensils?
1. Sterling silver
2. Silver plated
3. Inlaid silver
4. Stainless steel
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| Silver Wear |
1. China
2. Porcelain
3. Earthenware
4. Melamine
How the pattern is put in China?
1. Hand Painting
2. Transfers
What determines whether the pattern will be permeant or not?
1. underglaze
2. overgrazed
Crystal fine glassware lead is added to the crystal.
We then learned about the different types of Furniture.
1. Early American Colonial American 17 Century
2. Duncan Phyfe Federal American 19 Century
3. Modern Contemporary 20-century
4. Victorian 19th Century
5. Eighteenth Century English 18 Century
a. Queen Ann
b. Chippendale
c. Sheraton
d. Hipple white
6. French Provincial 19th-Century
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| Types of Furniture |
Finally, we had to draw a room using the furniture styles listed above.
It was a very interesting year and we learned a lot.
I love to cook and sew.
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| Designing a room |
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| Coffee Gym |
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| Coffee Front Office |
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| Back view |
