Show I Oil Activity Sparks Jump In Enrollment A budding gas and oil oU boom I touched toul-hed off by Pure Oils Oil's major find and recovery in the Big DIg Indian Indian In In- I dian dlan Mining district threatened this w week 1 to put additional strain stran on Grand county's county al already al ready overcrowded school facil 1 ties I The announcement of ot the Pure well was followed quickly by new nw enrollments at Moab's two elementary schools and the high school Hardest hit thus far are I the intermediate grades where I classroom space was already short School officials said that fifteen new students had enrolled en rolled roiled on the elementary level Jevel better than one half of ot a Utah classroom unit Principal Walden George of i I Grand county high school said that enrollments there were con ron concentrated Said in the junior high le- le le level I vel Thus ThUll far tar the newcomers I have been absorbed with little trouble but the enrollees enrollee appear appear ap ap- i pear unanimous in 10 their prediction 1 lion tion of more following A portion of ot the this incoming population Is U speculative job oh I 1 II seeking I on the strength of the announced well activity A large i portion of it is 1 due to the 1 loca location ton tion of seismograph and geophysical geo gee i I physical crews in and near lear this community ty |