Members of the home economies department of Farmville High School gave a fashion sh ;w Fri day. Jan 23. m the Inch school auditorium. The purpose of the show was to . give other students tin idea of some of the work done m home econ nines Participants, m c d e 1 i n g gar ments tjiey had made in class, represented grades eight through twelve. The variety of garments ranged from a coat to children's clothing. Setting of the show was a de partment store called The Clothes Rack" where two students went to see the current fashions. Dorothy Vaden. a s phomore, was the si re clerk who announced each model as she appeared. A brief description of each garment was given. Models Appear Ulouses ol wool .iersev with turtle neck and list wing sleeves were made and modeled hv Eve lyn (loin and Mary Ann Simon - ton Martha Carter. Virginia Gibbs and Mary Dell Lewis model ed sp >rty cotton blouses. Woolen skirts, very much in the spotlight this winter, were model ed by Virginia Bass. Ernestine Bridgeman. Ruth Brisentine. Ann Cassell Betty Jo Cook. Phyllis Cook. Patsy Fulcher. Dorothy Lcatherwood, Margaret Peunic!:
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Student Dressmakers Prove Adept at Modeling Clothes
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