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Public Law 89-10, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, enacted by the Congress of the United States, provides a summer school program designed to develop knowledge and confidence in homemaking skills and mechanics, Students involved indicated particular skill in these vocations or are school dropouts who desired more skill in order to have better labor potential. Classes are being conducted at Rappahannock County High School and at the Vo-Ag shop located at School for six weeks from 9 a.m. until 12 noon each day. The program was set up by Mrs. Betty Wood, Home Economics instructor and F. S. Boze, Vo-Ag instructor in the local high school. They submitted a plan which was approved' in May and classes began this week. Subjects undertaken in the home ec department are food preservation, interior decorating, sewing, child care and development and wise use of leisure time. In mechanics, classifications are shop safety, fire safety and first aid, welding, woodworking and small engines. Instructors iri addition to Mrs. Wood and Mr. Boze include Edward Brown ofWoodville, welding; the Rev. William Harrison, Sperryville, woodworking; Dave Layman, Washington, first aid; Braxton Jones, Viewtown, fire safety; Paul Losely, Culpeper, small motors; Mrs. Katherine Riley, Amissville, sewing; Mrs. Francis Leonard, nursing- ingThe program is financed solely with federal funds, but is administered through the county School Board Office.
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