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Show DAVIS REF LEX JOURNAL MAY 22, 1085 Davis High Been Good To Her MmBmm Journal Sports - KAYSVILLE They say the at Davis members High refaculty semble something like a genuine family. Well, if thats the case, then in just a w eek or so that family w ill lose one of its favorite sisters. YES, ITS official, Davis High to Golda Downs will say good-by- e after nearly 30 years of undeniable dedication to the schools womens P.E. department and the pro schola (pep club). Any regrets during all those years? According to Downs, there I just wish I had of kept is one. some kind of personal diary. I guess Ill just have to rely on the one weve kept with the pro schola. Its not mine personally, but it does in have a lot of memory-jogger- s it," said Golda. BUT GOLDA doesnt need a diary to remember enough inspiring Davis Golda Downs taught hundreds of Lady Darts in the P.E. program in nearly 30 years of service to the school. But she'll step out of teaching this spring. moments with the close-kni- t sports minded" Davis faculty to last her another 20 years from now. I suppose Ive stayed with it so long because everyone here enjoys working together. Its a special school and I can guarantee you that Ill miss it. State Meet This Weekend Stracke ready after he pulled a hamstring in last weeks Region OGDEN This Friday and Saturday at Weber State's Wildcat Stadium, the 1985 Utah State Track and Field Championships One 4-- A meet. Layton has to be considered for the will be held. CLEARFIELD High appears to be one of the stronger challengers for the mens title with first places in this years Weber State Invitational and the Davis District. John Flints brigade has a live and living chance if they can get Gerrard mens title after upsetting Clearfield in the Region One title hunt last Friday here. VIEWMONT, Alta and Hillcrest the other teams looking for state titles. The Vikings are the defending state champions. will be girls who were very Japan, Mr. Downs died of an illness with Bob just nine and Vance only three. Golda brought her two sons home and picked life back up again in Layton. After a short stint at Central Junior, she heard of an opening at Davis High in the late 1950s and has been a Davis Dart ever since. in By KEITH DUNCAN WE HAD a lot of good times through the years and some bad too, continued Downs. Downs, who was born and raised in Layton and later attended Davis High, said of her youth, I never was much of an athlete, but I always considered myself to be quite active. THAT ACTIVE spirit could have 11 a different experience. They lack parental discipline among a small portion, is making the classroom experience for everyone, an un- courage them before they were out of my class, then thats where most pleasant experience. Its just from this job enough in there to make it very of the uncomfortable for everyone. came, said Golda. And it is true, Golda enjoys a MY KIDS didnt talk back to very healthy lifestyle today. She loves to play tennis or golf and is as me and I didnt to my parents. The today as shes ever rod wasnt spared so to speak and been. She claims the worst thing to maybe thats why my kids turned happen to her was the introduction out to be so good, she said with a of cable TV because she cant stay grin. away from the constant menu of Golda, known by some of her games and events. She gets a big students over the years as thrill out of watching her son Grouch, is a nickname that she Vance play in his softball leagues, doesnt get offended by. They know I can be a grouch when I have hardly ever missing a game. to be, but they also know I can be a VANCE, BY the way, nearly pretty nice little girl too. cried when he found out he wouldnt be able to attend Davis MAYBE THATS why Im deHigh School as a teenager. Thats ciding to hang it up now, so 1 can understandable though with the leave when things arent too stressyears of following his mother ful and I dont get too cross, she around as she led the pro schola said. Goldas peers wont forget her group. Layton High was built however and Vance went on to en- and the are many. joy a very successful time in KENT Draayer, a veteran coach Layton athletics. Today Vance is following in the there, said, Davis High School footsteps of his mother as he heads wouldn't have functioned as well the P.E. program at Farmington as it has, had it not been for Golda Junior High and is also the leader of Downs. Shes been everything to the boys basketball team. most of the girls in this school and been Mom Downs to the coaching BOB, THE eldest son, also en- staff from the very beginning. She took me under her wing joyed athletics as a youth. In a few months he will be retiring from the from day No. and I appreciate her U.S. Marines after 20 years with for it. that organization. MR. STEVENSON, who said he Downs, who has worked under both Emo Whitesides and Richard could write a book about Golda, Stevenson at Davis High, loves said she is Miss Davis High. Mike Gardner said, Golda has young people and says she is a had complete dedication to her champion of their cause. assignments at Davis High School KIDS ARE brighter today and and she loves the people who she if theyre willing to work, theyre works with. I love the gal, shes unstoppable in their quest for big- one of the most unselfish people ger and better things. About the Ive ever met. sports-minde- d ONE OF the stipulations when I came to Davis, was that 1 take the pep club. We had over 100 senior girls in the beginning and I quickly became attached to all of them. In those days we used to bus them all home after a game which would take until 1 or 2 a.m. Wed drop em all off close to home, traveling from Centerville to West Point. PRO SCHOLA was an extra- curricular activity then which meant wed get the girls together at lunch or after school and go the parking lot, mark it up with some white paint, and practice our drills. Those were some unforgettable times, she said. BOB AND Vance, by the way, were adopted into the pro schola as they rode the bus everywhere Golda went. For nearly three decades, Golda has overseen the womens P.E. program at the school. Her philosophy in teaching women physical education and health has been one of practicality. TEENAGERS have always been fast food dieters and televiThe girls especially hasion vent been as active as they need to be and all Ive tried to show them over the years is that this girl can still enjoy a little tennis or golf. Ive encouraged them to nudge dad along and put up a standard at home and shoot a few baskets everyday. Ive told em to do anything that gets em up and doing something. sit-in- s. been the reason she decided on physical education as her major when she quit a civil service job at HAFB during World War and went south to attend Brigham Young University. The week my friends and I graduated from Davis High, we took a business test and faired pretty good. We graduated on Friday and went to work at HAFB the following Monday. selfc- onscience about their athletic abilities. If 1 could find a way to en- BUT AT the same time, Ive had a place in my heart for those I HAD a good job there, but my active spirit told me in time that wasnt supposed to spend the next 30 years there. So I quit and went to school and I went to BYU because at the time it was the cheapest place to attend, said the Davis instructor. In time Golda had landed her first teaching assignment, a post at North Davis Junior High w here she even taught some U.S. History and music. Can you believe me teaching music, said Golda with a chuckle. 1 only real negative thing Ive noticed about kids over the past 20 years, is that the vulgarity or foul mouth words of kids today is terrible. old When you have a word at you, its say a Next Week: Clements is a ar four-lettere- blue-chipp- er d 1 Call for a quote on your Auto or Homeowners insurance. Compare Allstate for value. Absolutely no obligation. Call now for an estimate. SHORTLY later Golda married the late Paul Edward Downs who took his family of Golda and their two sons. Bob and Vance to Japan on an overseas assignment. While TOP TEAM Kaysville LDS 2nd Wards explorer eager team had a tophonors in the Lake Bonflight season, claiming neville Explorer Basketball tournament. Members include: front, Mike Gardner, left, Chris Marston, York Major and Casey Llody; back, Greg Willard, left, Mike Taylor, Jeff Pearson and John McCleary. Brian Emery wasnt present. Adviser to Post 408 is Harold Egginton while team coaches are Neil and Lowell Taylor. The team will now compete in the Nationals at Colorado State University at Fort Collins, Colo., next month. Allstate Allslate InsuranceCo , Northbrook NEW LOCATION IN LAYTON Next to Am. 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