Show cornerstone laying ceremonies ere monies fal or million dollar high school held cornerstone lying ceremonies lor for lie the new school were held thesda with P president resident VT NY todd 0 of I 1 the school board of edu education cahon official ting blixt at the coni completion it of the hf pro gram president todd placed icv cral eral sterns of importance import ince into it the copper box located ill at the tit south east vast corner of the auditorium stage and blared the tile cornerstone corner corne a white slab inscribed 1055 1955 t the 11 year in tit the school will b be completed inthe in the cornet cornerstone stone box were placed ced a picture of the tile building taken taken just usi before me program began last years uintah ili high it school yearbook three copies of if t the he vernal express and curr cult t copies of the salt lake tribune aud deseret news among the tile speakers un the tile program were mayor ralph sid do downy w ay ann king and president T todd dd marr mayor Sid dowAN av lit his its s speech e ee pointed out that education tro n is one ono of 0 f the he great greatest can be he given to children and that the new building will help fn an that under aking t fi hini he ile gave special credit for tile hygh school to former supt bupt harold M lundell who first bc be gian planning for the school colne same ten years ago ionin arn king a member of tit alie cit citizens en I 1 s committee which was appoint edby the board of education to study the needs of a new high school gave a of the work her carried out first deity of the committee according accord to mrs king was to contact the general public to sec see if they wanted a new high school satisfied satisfied that the public was in favor of the proposal the committee reported back to the board ot of education which went to 0 work immediately first contacting an architect lorenao S young salt lake city to draw up th the plans 1 n the citizens e committee continued their work by making a survey ol 01 the present high school fa facilities ell ittes in order to det ermine what would be needed in isi a new building they also attended many civic social club meetings to explain their view point in regards to having a new high school in the community Con continued linued on page 8 0 aw ro t 1 I 1 4 I 1 i I 1 community Cum muni dollar day days arc are being held h old in vernal this friday and Sa saturday with special bargains for all rhe the hopper shoppers in tit the store stores akpu main street ray cundick center is chairman of dollar day hal duke left and nd paul armtrong armstrong right are re on the dollar days cornerstone LAYING ceremonies contin v u ii 4 from page palle 1 in conclusion mrs N king ing suggested that parents students and school officials off see to it that the cauna community gats gets the v very erv most out at of the the uintah high school upon its cample tion president todd pointed out that while education has many purposes oses the tile most important Is to help the student stu denit get mom out of if no afe very few lie said actually develop themselves no 09 miloh as they are able to too it Is the purpose of the board of education to supply school buildings a teaching staff for the schools transportation etc the board would like to have suggestions from the citizens of the district on liow how the school system can ba bt improved in our area laiq he sad sati supt bupt max G abbott introduced the special guest at the beginning ning of the program which included c I 1 u ed oil all those who had helped to alun I 1 an for and arid get construction under way on the new now structure jhc bond issue for the high school was passed june 10 19 1053 by a vote of to total cost of the building will br ile 1 I 1 to be divided as follows Gene general rai electric 63 plumbing and heating architect fee and land the building consists of 21 classrooms including industrial arts auto mechanics and agriculture shops a homemaking unit n music room and art room a library and regular academic classrooms it also contains a gymnasium which Is planned to seat 2100 spectators and arid which can be divided to provide two gymnasiums tor for use dit dicing ing the school day an auditorium designed to seat and audiovisual aids room designed to seat and a lunch room other members of the citizens committee besides mrs king were dr T R seager chairman hutli ruth P Ila slem dr 11 II W marrs ray mckee and inez S cooper publicity the bul building iding is being constructed bv by construction corn coln phiny of salt lake city with thompson homp on electric company of salt L lake city as electrical contractors and P L larsen company N of prove provo as plumbing and aa heating leat 1 ig contractor the til a improved ip proved budget for the aint school district for the near 1954 55 was which included included for the tile construction of or the aint a it it high agh school I 1 |