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Show What Ever Happened to Class of 1 903 Wanda West Badger What ever happened to the Class of 1903? Todays graduates will remember your classmates as did the Class of 1903. The Pleasant Grove 8th Grade (equivalent to High School today) Class of 1903 boasted the largest number of graduates in Utah County up to that time, 39 in all. What were their names? Swenson, Driggs, Jacobs, Walker, At-wood, At-wood, West, Harvey, Fugal, Wadley, Jacob-son, Jacob-son, and others. What happened to this class? Probably the most famous member was King Driggs, the father of the King Family and the famous singing King sisters, who performed per-formed regularly on nationwide television. But from this small group of 17 young men and 22 women, there were also teachers, principals, bank presidents, commissioners, commis-sioners, engineers, contractors con-tractors and ranchers. There were mayors, lawyers, state legislators, and a chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court. No wonder each was fiercely proud of being known as "a member of the Class of 1903." It was a status symbol. sym-bol. Class reunions were held regularly in "The Old School House" iwViirh hnH Koon frm- last surviving member, David Arnold West, 93, passed away several months ago. He had cared greatly about these classmates of his, and had kept a history of them. As each member passed on he recorded specia. events of that person 'is life along with the obituary. Finally there was but one page left, and several weeks before he died he gave this record book to his daughter and asked her to finish that page, his. The final "chapter" to the class of 1903 showed even more verted to the 3rd Ward Chapel). The returning students sat in their formely assigned seats as nearly as they could remember. Their Principal, Prin-cipal, James H. Walker, called the "class" to order by ringing the old school bell. Their 60th year reunion was their last. The first member of the Class of 1903 to pass on was Lizzie Benson age 19, who had participated in the graduation ceremonies by singing a solo. The caring. At tne funeral of the last member of the class, much to the surprize of the family, there came a beautiful old fashioned fashion-ed floarl arrangement made up in the P.G. school colors, with a ribbon on which were the words "From the Class of 1903". Hedvig Johnson Christianson, one of the last surviving surviv-ing women of the group, had given money and instructions instruc-tions to a daugher to see that this final gesture of caring by the Class of 1903 was taken care of. |