Vernal Express | 1958-05-29 | Page 1 | J. C. Haws Named Superintendent of Local Schools Section

xa J C HAWS gets top lop school post J C haws named superintendent of local schools A don batty president of the board of education of the uintah school district in vernal has announced the appointment of 0 J C haws claws as superintendent of schools succeeding max G abbott who recently resigned at the time or of this appoint ment the doard board accepted the withdrawal of leland G rex whose appointment had pr previously been announced in ills his request lor for withdrawal mr rex had indicated that he felt he be could render more effective service as principal of uintah high school ile he would also have suffered a financial loss as Fou superintendent perin of schools since his wife Y would have been unable to teach with him serving in that bapa ty mr ila haws 9 is currently serving its as principal of the ashley valley junior high school in 1 ernal emal a position he hag haa held since august 1056 1055 prior to that time he served for 15 years as a teacher in junior high schools in the prow city schools and in tile the iron county school district mr haws Is a native of escalante utah where he received ills his early schooling ing ile he is a graduate of the brigham coulig universo university ity where lie he received both I 1 its ills bachelor a and master s degrees mr haws lias has served as continued on page 8 tram page 1 ili I 1 lit of ow lie local era in both the iho iron county school district arid and provo city schoola and lias bas just d a term oa as vm vice Ident of 1110 deoch era AssoF lation I 1 jn 11 acho A Di district an AB lie iw ao ac depts tile alio position of super In of schools lie will lc ile required to resign na as pres prea jolena of tho local teachers association a position which hi he assumed at tile final meeting of the association bield pis may 8 5 mr haws has as 09 president of tile the social s1 sa i crice section of tho the utah ld ti cation association and has served as president of the secondary Tea teachers section of the utah education association so clation in addition to his school work mr haws has been active in civic and church of at fairs and Is currently serving as superintendent of thu the I 1 M M I 1 A of ashley stake for the L 1 D S church and Is a member of the presidency of the dath 07 th quorum of mr f flaws laws Is a member of vernal lion club in which organization he has been ac tive live toy the past two years mrs haws Is the cormer onner eva spencer of escalante the alawi have four child ren polly anna who bradu abed from uintah high school this spring a ah grader at ashley valley junior high school john claud an oth grader at ash ky icy valley high school abid janell a 3rd ard grader at central school