Show SUNDAY MORNING 24 1952 FEBRUARY THE OGDEN cou-pie- ever-increasi- lation growth of the western states during the past decade will continue Thus with an increasing population and the growth of supporting industries the future holds in store greater opportunities for expansion of its business than has heretofore been experienced Almost Unlimited Its field of service is almost unlimited Among the industries which it serves are sugar manufacturing fruit and vegetable canning food processing cement manufacturing coal and metal mining oil production oil rail refining and distribution transportation truck transportation building construction reclamation and irrigation forestry and many others too numerous to mention The founder and president of the company James W Silver has been with the organization since its inception in 1816 and has devoted his time and talents to the development of the business In the early 1920 s he conceived and developed for the beet sugar industry what has been known throughout the years as the Silver portable sugar beet piler This beet handling machine was the first practical and successful unit of its kind used anywhere and had a revolutionary effect upon the entire beet sugar industry Prior to its use the growers had to unload their sugar beets by hand shoveling — a slow and laborious work — thus consuming much of their time and labor that could have been used to better advantage in the growers' fields With the advent of the Silver beet piler the loads were dumped without manual labor and very quickly which meant a substantial saving to the farmers Luxurious Girls' Dormitory Was Top Achievement During 1951 At a cost of $295000 a luxurious new girls' dormitory was built at the state industrial school last year top construction achievement of 1951 It houses 65 girls and has private and rooms for the majority It has a large acroom two beautiful tivity lounges on either side a library kitchen laundry room sewing room as well as other convenient rooms and offices It was designed to a greater freedom to girls give It has no barred windows and completely belies the appearance of a or correctional institution penal Responsibility of Each Each girl has responsibility of making the living situation as nearly normal as possible Each must keep up her own room take semi-priva- te care of her clothes and help with details needed to keep up the building Besides the girls' dormitory the boys' dormitory Nelson Hall built in 1914 was remodeled during the completely year and occupied at a cost of about $180-00- 0 It houses three groups of students averaging about 75 at a time A new floor was put on the gymnasium making it usable for the first time in more than two years Money has been allocated and an architect appointed to design the remodeling of Abbott Cottage for boys and to design a new auto mechanics' shop build- inc With these arfriit inns tho physical plant will be the best in us nistory oz-ye- ar STANDARD-EXAMINE- Mountain Maker Ogden Iron Works Made New Record Last Year For 35 yean the Ogden Iron Works company has served the intermountain west and the Pacific coast states as well as other important trade areas During the year 1951 its volume of business exceeded any previous year in its history and again demonstrated its Importance as one of Ogden's heavy manufacturing industries The company was founded in 1916 and has steadHy grown from a modest beginning to its size Its offices and present shops located in the heart of Ogden's industrial zone now occupy approximately three acres of land and Its strategic location affords easy access to ita facilities and services This d with Ogden's ideal location as a distribution center for the entire western part of the United States makes the company a natural source of supply for those using its products Large Payroll Its annual payroll is among the larger ones of the city and is an important factor in the economic life of the community Experienced personnel and trained mechanics are not the least of Its stabilizing forces and these employes together with their families constitute a strong element of the citizenry of Ogden Always striving to keep abreast of the times and to meet the demands of the trade the Ogden Iron Works maincompany has tained a policyconsistently of adding to its facilities equipment and buildings over the years Today its plant and facilities are several times greater than when it first began operations Its progressive management have plans for future expansion to meet the anticipated increased volume of the future The officers of the company believe that the west is just in the beginning of a great industrial expansion and that the remarkable popu- - (UTAH) Utah School for Blind Eases Loss of Sight for Many By Harold W (Ireen Principal State School for the Blind The Utah school for the blind at Ogden is classed among the outstanding schools tor the blind in the nation It has 33 pupils— 13 girls and 20 boys ranging from six to 18 It is administered by the state board of education Students begin school at six and continue through high school The school is an institution supported by state appro- I I mtt lBfl j mumi or mi silver rorrabie TL: ma i 1 i — priations and provides free instruction (including board room and laundry) for all boys and girls in the state who nave a visual loss severe enough to make it impossible for them to attend the public schools but who are otherwise mentally and physically normal Nevada and Wyoming which have no schools for the blind send students to our Utah school and pays for their keep and training All Students Net Blind Even though the institution Is called a school for the blind all students are not totally blind but blind by definition About 22 are partially sighted Some have only vision to see light and dark: some can see sufficiently to get around and not bump into things while others have enough vision to read large but cannot read the text print books as used in the public schools This therefore requires two distinct types of instruction g namely Braille and or sometimes called clear type Regardless of which type is used the ultimate aim is to prepare the pupil so that he can fit into our social order in as near a normal manner as is possible Blind people who cannot see how they perform develop little traits and mannerisms known as blindisms which stamp them in the public's eye as being odd and different from other people It is the ultimate aim of the school to shape these students' lives to the end that they will live in a normal way with the At the present seeing public time we have a boy placed at South high school and a boy at —- bugar Beet Piler is a machine Ifs typical of' other products manufactured by Ogden Iron Works Here the beets move up the line bound for the pile highly-perfecte- d sight-savin- The sugar beet piler dumps the beets from the truck's body into the trough James W Silver founder and president of Ogden Iron Works conceived and developed this piler It was the first practical and successful ounit of its kind fci sg nbWbbWw Heres an overall picture of the Silver Portable Sugar Beet Piler beside a mountain of beets This method of beet receiving and ww ma yuess worx out or tne amount of dirt in the farm ers load West high school in Salt Lake City a boy at Fillmore high school a girl at Preston Idaho high school and a girl at East high school at Salt Lake City Assists Parents We try to discover the preschool child at the ear list possible date in order to assist parents in making their adjustment to this new education Their attitoee will determine the child's attitude Acceptance by the parents Is the foundation for all they can do or hope to do for the child and such acceptance is not easy The child seems to adopt the same attitude to the disability as the parents do If they worry about it so does he If they are ashamed of it he will be sensitive also If they accept it in an objective manner he will accept it as a fact and will not allow It to interfere with his adjustment We give them the of a second year high equivalent school training at the Utah school for the blind and place them in the regular high school in their hesne community during their third and fourth year high school training under our supervision This gives them added assurance and prepares them for a baiter Jumping off point to get trained and placed in a life's vocation At present our physical plant is very inadequate We were forced to move out of the original building housing the school for the blind a few years ago because of it being unsafe At present we are classrooms that were occupying actually designed for a dormitory Each room was designed to accommodate three girls They naturally far from meet requirements and standards set up for accepted classrooms of today Not Large Enough We do not have a chapel or auditorium large enough to serve our needs for social gatherings Each year when the Ogden Lion's club has their annual Christmas party for the blind boys and we are forced to solicit the girls use Operating a modern fleet of more than 600 vehicles Garrett Freightlines Inc with about 1000 employes has been serving the west for 39 years The Ogden terminal alone last year grossed around half a million dollars Daily schedules are maintained to Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Pocatello Boise Butte West Yellowstone and hundreds of intermediate points Company Officers General offices are at Pocatello Officers are G A Garrett president and general manager Norman V Stedtfeld secretary-treasure- r: Adrian C- Curtis operations manager Bill Wilson personnel manager Ray A Hen- - -- 4 I of nearby church chapels uuiwrmnu We are hoping that the sMM board of examiners will soon nan lease funds set aside by the legislature for the construction oj a new school building and autrnr-izplans to be Each year we prepared is try to to date on new text bookskeep as thev are published and beeosne avaf--' aMa The American printing house for the blind is the only source for getting Braille tenia and they: also print the large type about 18 point size books in the same titles so that continuous courses in our eurriculm can be established Because of the bulkiness mm slow process of printing emboss-inand chines Blind students come very efficient r Ltlaars Time AcUvtttea Lerge dissectable nana et rious raiUe-write- rs -- eactfe-curricul- ar g weir dricks traffic manager and Ross u waters claims manager include: Ogden personnel Wayne E Smith terminal manD Buttars traffic ager: Clair representative: Kenneth G Wilrd ls office manager: Ann Anderson secretary: Bill Hill dock foreman John Hill long line driver and the following drivers Max Gailey Ellis Winters Keith Reese Kenneth Green Dick Cook and Earl Holladay Shipped all over the west and to and from military installations are drugs fresh meat canned goods frozen foods" hardware eggs and numerous other commodities The firm has also got in some good licks for the Korea war effort hauling crucial shipments to the coast on many occasions when time was of the essence these books cost is exceptionally high: for instance the Standard tionarv requires 32 volumeaM braille and If Marked on the floor would be taller than the average person We added aire texts to our library last year in any previous year We have some bulletin tjaw 'large type) typewriters as well as standard type and give considerable training on these ma er tta -- ft H l&ET WE WLZ Go Business activity was revived and the people learned e valuable lesson that fast motor" freight transportation then as it is now is the very lifeblood of our cities communities and hamlets Garrett JJ fgmgngfSM POCATELLO IDAHO ArtawM IT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR THEM Large Cast Iron Ring Gear 13 : - a - to bv n oscv 3ss t asaajr m : i "bbbbbb- - mmt- jesami wemmm llla m Mmm BUILDING STEEL FABRICATED mm rati "n a -- m a "'ocf PLATE STEEL FABRICATION Beams Columns Trusses Purlins Struts Lintels Door Frames Tonics Bins Hoppers Chutes Branchings — Smokestacks F!jrtiH Pipe Lines Gratings Walkways Etc - WAREHOUSE STEEL Beams Bars Channels Pipe Shafting Reinforcing Bars Plates Sheets Tubes Floor Plates Etc Angles MACHINE WORK We are equipped to do all FOUNDRY PRODUCTS kinds of machine shop work and precisiin Gray Iron Castings — Bronze Castings Manhole Frames and Covers — Machinery Castings WE SERVE THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES BOTH FAR AND NEAR - - - grinding etc - Fruit and Vegetable Canning Food Processing Meat Packing Sugar Manufacturing Coal and Metal Oil Production — Cement and Distribution Mining Refining Manufacturing — Forestry Reclamation and Irrigation and Many Others Including Construction and Building - Telephone 3-86- 23 OGDEN IRON WORKS CO Ogden Utah hr states HEADQUARTERS s and countries I globes talking books sight saving pencils and paper all add to the efficiency in teaching the blind as wast as for leisure time activities The blind attending concerts plays enjoy and movies Use Utah Symphony orchestra Coronet club University Women's organisation Ogden Lion's club and others all add spice to our activities They also enjoy dancing and other forms of recreation Twice each year we take the blind boys to the Doer Create iwaaiaeia where they get a real kick out of fishing and camplsjg Al Warden and The Standard-Examinhave lavNgd the bovs to the annual Globe Trotters -e Earand even the totallv blind enjoy the amies of the colored boys from what thev irom in uoor a no the c and the explanation given those sitting by them e pressing nations Twenty years ago the Intermountain states were mired down in an economic depression Progress in most indue tries halted and markets for our farm products disappeared Then with Garrett trucks leading the way new markets for our bounteous crops were created in the Pacific coast Garrett Freightlines Trucking Vital Cargoes All Over West OUR SKILLED MEN ARE USED TO BIG WORK now" — 3 REGIONAL SECTION US - 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