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Beginning of Domestic Science in Waterloo schools visible in old tale
Fifty years ago Mrs. John H Leavitt led a kitchen table to a school to teach household arts, sparking domestic science in public instruction. Roger Leavitt recalls the early drive amid teacher resistance and the chorus of progress. A PT A meeting in Sloane Wallace recalls the era with music, art, and a fuse blackout as light failed. Fire chief Frank Barnhart of Atlantic dies. funeral services noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leavitt
P. Toa
John H. Leavitt
Waterloo West
Leavitt
Roger
Sloane Wallace
Parent-Teacher Association
Kittrell
Hittrell
Ralph Pronk
Naneen’ Davis
Mildred Luce