Show uintah llin tali stake academy graduated 13 years A ago 9 yo with etli class of 99 editors note the above picture of the 1809 1899 graduating 9 class from the uintah stake academy was furnished by andrew J vernon and the following story was taken iron from the ties files of the vernal express in the may ay 25 1899 issue the closing exercises of the uintah stake academy were held friday last at the vernul vernal opera house for both sessions the building was crowded with students parents and citizens from all over the valley the forenoon was occupied by the students stu dente program which did credit to the bright and intelligent classes whose efforts in the future will place them upon the graduating list certificates of 0 promotion were presented to students placing them in the next higher grade on the reopening 0 of I 1 school diplomas were also presented to the graduating class of 09 whose names are as follows doty pearl karren ireuben auguston stephen dudley theo dore johnson B D 0 bernie Dern le colton andrew J vernon delecta bodily may timothy grace stella col CI ton ada rich nich und and elizabeth hacking flocking the program conducted and rendered by this class of graduates would do honor to an institution who could boast 0 of f many more advantages than 0 inn can the uintah stake academy with the facilities at command a marked im provement pro can be noticed since the closing exercises of 98 the stage was beautifully decorated with potted plants in full bloom and the perfume of lilacs filled the room but tile the more beautiful to the throng assembled was waa the greeting of a group of well dressed young men and a number of girls whose costumes so beautiful and pure purely ly white betokened the purity of the heart within these were the graduates those who had held steadfast to the end and whose example the other stud ants anta of this temple of learning can well imitate I 1 ifie tie daylis daya exercises were concluded by it a grand ball in the evening which was crowd ed cd to overflowing where are they now in checking a vernal express reporter discovered several of the lie graduates are still living in vernator vernal Vern alor or vicinity others tire are still salil 1 li 1 utah while some ome have moved out of the state of the 13 who posed tilt alx are now deceased ada fatich married the late clair johnson Jo linson she Is 11 the mother of movie star Lorry Lorr olne lne day and la is presently living in california andrew 11 an derson a teacher for many years at vintah academy i moved to lehl where lie he taught defects nodily married pet tr t r nellson neilson they moved to huntington utah arid and raised six elx children slip Is deceased 1 may timothy married A theodore johnson John also a member of the class and both fire are presently living in vernah mr johnson taught school at the beaver branch of brigham young university for two iwu ears and also taught in abia th stake academy for 19 15 years yearn ile he and fib wife served two missions to sweden and finland although partially retired lie he till still ties baa a form farm and shop hop ruben now de ceased attended Brig harn young university and lived in fit provo for several years lie ile then mot ed to salt lake city where lie he was living nt at the time fine of 01 his death stella colton mottled charles hardy and lion has made her home in 11 vernal where site she bifia been a housewife class president rit andrew J vernon still lives in maeser prior to lils ills i rement 11 IS years ago lie fie eti engaged in farming and the real estate and oil business lizzie hacking flocking married marri ld fd colton and lived in maiser maeser until tier lier death they had find five children stephen dudley first arst made his home lit in jensen then moved to canada where lie operated grain elevators in several sections at black Frank Fron bury Abury alberta canada at the time of hla his death he fie was living in calgary canada grace StrIng liam married don 11 I 1 colton and Is presently living in still salt lake lak city hen ber tile colton lives in roosevelt Hoo ills wife Is UK former helen merkley tir mr colton has beeri been active in irrigation work and helped build many 0 fabe irrigation canals lit in the are lie also has engaged in forming farming pearl karren married hatch murray y and lived in this vicinity ity until tier her death vandyne doty lived here for several years and they then moved to salt sail lake city where she taught lit hi the city school for many years y ears she Is 1 now de cubed |