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Show SCHOOLS CLOSE TO HARVEST SUGAR BEET CROP Schools of Springville and Nebo district, including the high schools and elementary grades, closed on Wednesday for a week's industrial vacation. A number of the older boys will assist farmers with the harvesting of the sugar beet crop during the week. While the beet acreage in this district is considerably lower than last, year, the labor shortage here is acute and officials were of the opinion that assistance from the school in harvesting the crop was essential. Schools of the entire county have offered their assistance to sugar beet growers as one means of assisting with the war effort as sugar beets is a vital crop. |