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Show -V V - ' - - - - - 7 7'e r ti 7 d da a Cpl Cplsv t tNew New NeWy , Mode Modern rr rrSchool Sc Schoolu School o ! Bu Building u ldii1g l 0 - ' N Now o or ow oe 'HqS HqS . Houses'Elementary HousesElementary o ( ) r w S d ) ' A lem 'e e 'er ' e nta-TY nta TY fay - _ St Students M41 sv f'f ff ' G Go erat a : ts ; 11 New Central Oentral School SchoolBuilding SchoolBuilding- SchoolBuilding SchoolBuildingis Building - is One of ofIItah'h ofUtah'h ofUtahh Utah'h Utahh IItah'h IItahh ' Very BestBy Best BestBy By Beatrice Stringbam Strlna'ham Strlnaham Strhigham ' . , , Primary PrimarySupervisor PrimarySupervisor PrimaryBupervlaar PrimaryBupervlaarThe Supervisor SupervisorThe The first school of the Vernaldistrict Vernaldistrict Vernal ' district was held In 1880 In the thehouse thehouse thehouse house of John Clark east eWt ! of town townwhere townwhere townwhere where the Aubrey Hodgk.1nson Hodgk1nson Hodgkinson Hodgk.1nsonhome Hodgkinsonhome HodgUnsonhome . home now stands C 0 C Bartlett Bartletttaught Bartletttaught Bartletttaught taught the first session of school schoolIn schoolIn I IIn In January 1881 1831 the school 8chool under underconstruction underconstruction underconstruction construction In the Fort was com com- completed completed completed - pleted This building was located locatednear locatednear near the west weat door of the Commercial Commer- Commer Commer1 Conuner-clal Conuner clal - 1 . cia cial ! Hotel Mrs Kate Itate Ashton was < teacher of ot the summer term termThat termThat termThat That fall and winter Billy B111y Blily Pow- Pow Powell Powell Pow-ell Pow ell - , 1 ell taught assisted by Aurilla Aurtlla Aurilla'J AurtllaI AurlllaHatch 'J J I ' Hatch In 1882 and 1881 1887 peter iPeter ( Peter BDUlman SDillman 8 B S 8DUlman DUlman Dillman with Annie K Bartlettl Bartletta Bartlettassisting Bartlettassisting Bartlett l a < assisting was the teacher at the theFort theFort theFort Fort s 8 a log schoolSince school schoolSince Since there were too many child childl children children l , ren to attend this school a one oneroom oneroom oneroom room school was built In 1885 andr andthis andthis and this Is now a part of the Mary Mc- Mc McClelland McClelland Mc-Clelland Mc Clelland - Clelland home Noble Reming Rem1ng- Rem1ng Iteming- Iteming Rem1ngton Itemington Remington - I Rem1ngI ton was principal with Billy 0111 Gill 0111man Gillman 0111man man as assistant at that timeWlen timeW1 time timeWlien r W1 ) Wlien Wlen ien In 1888 the demand for formore formore formore { more room came a brick building buildingconsisting buildingconsisting buildingconsisting consisting of two rooms werebuilt werebuilt were werebuilt built where the new Central School Schoolnow Schoolnow SchoolnowLstands _ now stands The TIle brick w was B bur- bur - l [ ned red by C B Atwood Sr and ther thecarpenters the theK K r , . carpenters were wefe we David and AlmaHOldaway AlmaHoldaway Alma [ Holdaway This was the Ir&t Irt first Ir&tbrick firstbrick ! firstbrick & brick building In Utotah Uintah Utntah CountyThe County CountyThe CountyThe The first teachers were J , , , Alma AlmaHoldaway AlmaHoldaway AlmaHoldaway Holdaway and Mrs Jane RichThe Rich Richk k The students had to pay for their theirown theirown theirown own books and supplies Books Booksused Booksused Booksused used at that time were Harpers HarpersArithmetic HarpersArithmetic HarpersArithmetic Arithmetic and Independent Independentreader Independentreader Independentreader IndependentreaderSome reader readerSome Some of the < ; students tudents attendr attend.t attendt attending attend- attend - r .t t . .ting Ing the school the first year were wereG wereG wereG G H Bartlett Min Johnstun At"ood Atwood At- At Atv.oad - " v.oad voad "ood ood wood . Will WUl Howard Jas Preestone freestone freestoneLynn FreestoneL PreestoneL L Lynn ) nn Ashton ABhton and Mrs stanley stanleyA StanleyAshton StanleyAshton A Ashton < ; hton A feature of the newt newschool new t , sc school hool was the tile separa separate te desks In Inot Inother Inother ot other her schools sclwols the Ule children had hadcat hadSat hadsat cat Sat ; on one long bench with a top topfor topfor topfor for writing In front Large double doublesl'1tes doubleshtes doubleslites sl'1tes sl1tes shtes ' and slate pencils were EBso Il15o Also . used tied u , < , ed In place of the small slate - - - - M ri riw , r e " w t r aR 4 et t y yy y4v 4v y _ _ _ R9 R9n n P t , Y YYT YT x 1 1f St k M 1 r rt f t NEW CENT CENTRAl JIAl SCHOOL SCIIOOL BuUdin BoUdin Buildin Buildinwhich BuUdinwhich which was the kind previously a avallable available avallable avallableEight vallable vailable I vailableEight Eight grades weere held In the theorginal theorginal theorglnal orginal two rooms and when the thethird thethird thethird third room was added In 1893 1893part 1893part 1893part part of ot the students moved there thereto thereto thereto to relieve the congested congeated condition conditionAs thereI I As this was before the cOMol consol cOMolIdaUon consolidatlon consolIdatlon IdaUon idatlon of the U"le Ule " county Into one oneschool oneschool oneschool school district each school had hadIts hadits hadIts Its own district and board of dir dirI dirlectors dirCctors I lectors Ctor8 C C Bartlett Wllllam William WllllamI Wllllamand Williamand Williamand I and Al Hatch were the thetrustees - -trustees trustees - of ofthe ofthe ofthe the old bnc brie c t < ; school chool This was wasca.lled wascalled wascalled ofI I ca.lled called . the Vernal Vemal schoolIn schoolIn school schoolIn In 1896 S P Dlllman Dillman Diliman George GeorgeI GeorgeBennett GeorgeBennett I ) Bennett and Herbert Tyzack were the trustees Three schools were werementioned werementioned wereLmentloned mentioned In the minutes of that thatyear thatyear thatyear year respectively as the Vernal VernalWashington VernalWashington VernalWashington Washington and Odekirk OdekirkOn OdekirkOn Odeklrfci On March 30 1900 the trustees trusteesonsisting trusteesonsisting trusteesonslstmg onsisting of George Bennett S LColton L LColton LColton Colton and W E Pack met to dis discuss discuss discuss cuss the Issuing of bonds tor for the thepurpose thepurpose thepurpose purpose of at Building tiullding tinilding a new school schoolhouse schoolhouse schoolhouse house In the minutes of July 20 20ISOO 1900 the trustees were W H Siddoway Siddoway Bid Sid Jdoway doway S Leroy Colton and Ward WardE WardE E Pack and that the contractor contractorR contractorIt R It C Watklns Watkins of Provo wa was < ; order ordercd ordercd orderid cd paid the amount of $250 250 $ 00 for forthe forthe forthe the plans and drawings and also alsothat alsothat alsothat that the amount nmoW1t of Joseph Bur Burton Burton Burton ton and A B Atwood of $250 250 $ and andtaOO andt80000 and(80000 and80000 t80000 taOO ( 00 respectively be paid for forthe forthe torthe ) the building siteOn siteOn site siteOn On August 1 1900 After a dis discussion discusslon discusslon cussion cusslon of the bids submitted the thethe thethe thethe the bonds were sold to Charles H - - - - - - - - - , 1 r 1g K g c cc < ' yieted 1)lrt.ed 1lrt.ed 1lrted plgted ) . this year yt'RI ytRI ' " at a II cost of I50,000 I50000 $150,000 150000 ; $ , , , . to Is laid tald raid to tG be the finest fldet $ structu structure structure . " In the Entire & ! . " Mntah trlntah Vtatab Basin llaain r i u l w ( Old lid 'entral entral Central ( ' rer > tral School Building re replat'ed replaced replaced plat'ed plated placed ' by new structurer'rHfln structureVrlffln structure 'riffin riffin r'rHfln rrHfln Vrlffln ' ' " ' of Cilango ( ' ( " ) 'ilsn'yo ilsnyo 11100'70 1110070 ' ' ' for thf the ' sum slim ot of of$808918 of808918 $808918 808918 $ This amount proved In fn fnu1 Inulllctnt ulflc u1 ulllctnt lie tnt rut ni AI d It ! t WHS was WH 11m i ! Imr mc , lQl iv1 iv1acre'd i"laTre ilaTre " Yre"d Yred acre'd acred { ( ' " d that Ward F Pack go to toSalt toSalt toSalt Salt Lake authorized to negotiate negotiatei i t 6 loan Joan of $ . > . )0000 0000 ) 00 00 Wm H Sid Siddo Siddoway Stddoway do doI . way v \ ' vas as appointed to superviseh supervisehI supervisehe supervise I hI he h ' < 1 ( co on " n f C ( on 0n rn rl rf U tt tie e a building buildingMr buildingMr I Mr Wm H Siddoway Siddouay Siddov . ay tells telJs tens , us 1U ; I II I 1 nt at rk W1 wrs wns [ < ; token tnkf'n tnkfn taken ' from near nearStenlaker nearStentnker nearSt Stenlaker Stentnker en laker Draw and that the brick brickwas brickwas brickwas was burned east of town on the theHadlock theHadlock theHadlock Hadlock property prolJPrty by bv the Swain Swaineros Swaintaros SwainEros eros taros ' That 'I1lat I1lat James Griffin sawedha sawed sawedh h ha " mtlve n'1tl\e n'1tl n1tl e mrtiie ' \ lumber and that theviI thewii the thevii vii -viI wii - > dc de do vs \ < s < ; and Rnd doors door < ; were purchas purchas- purchased - - ed in 'lIt lIt " ' ' ilt Lake He said that pro- pro promlnent prominent pro prominent - minent mlnent men me'll mell ' such as S R Bennion Bennlonqr Bennioner "II II er " d Sif S V \if if M ' \ Brown BWWll < ; sigi sign Igl ed notes to toget toget get money monC'y monCy : ' enough to complete romplete the I f building buildingWork Work started In September and andthe andthe andthe the building was WEUJ finished lin4hed in Dec- Dec December D Dec December - ember of ot the same yearIho year yearIho Iho 1110 minutes of ot his month readIt readIt read readIt It was decided to open school in inthe inthe Inthe the new building after the Ohrist- Ohrist Christ- Christ OhristI Ohristnn Christmas Christ-nns Christ nns - I nn mas and New Year holidays N NG N0 G 0 S wards ward5 was WDS supeiintendentat supe1intendent superintendentat supeiintendentathe superintendentathe at athe he time with Frank M Young Youngpl1ncipal Youngprincipal Youngpilnclpal pl1ncipal principal and Rosella Calder Eth EthM Eth"I EthI M " ' 1 Ashtrn Ashton A < ; htrl1 Kate Calder Mary Or- Or Orst'r Orser Or-ser Or ser - st'r str ser ' and others as teachers of ot theig'lt theig the theIght ig Ight ig'lt iglt ' rt rooms of the new building buildingSe buildingSc buildingSeme Se Sc me of the pupils pupUs were Mrs Ella Young Siddoway Slddoway , Mrs . . , Minnie MinnieCook MinnieCook MinnieCook Cook Preece Hattle Hattie Y Young ung Johnson John- John Johnson John-con John con - son . , Charles Pope . , Walter Waltv 13 lL lLWooley H.Wooley HWooley . Wooley Vem Vern McCarrell Mcc.arreU MccarreU Mctrarrell . CharlesA CharleaA Charlea Charles A Hatch J Cliv dive Clive and Harold E EDavis BDavLs Davis The custodian was John John'lobinson John'toblnson Johntoblnson John'toblnsonIn 1.oblnson 1oblnson 'lobinson lobinson ' . ' 1.oblnsonIn 'lobinsonIn In tlie the ' ! spring pring of 1939 the school schoolbcard schoolboard schoolboard bcard board ) decided that the husing housing husingdtuntlon housingsituation housingsituation ( ) dtuntlon situation in the Central school wasselious wasseiious was wasseilous seilous selious seiious one Tentative studies of ofthat ofthat ofthat that problem probbem indicated that It ItvouJd itvould Itvould vouJd vould take between thirty and IUld fi- fi fity fity fl-ty fl ty - - ty thousand dollars to remodelhe remodel remodelhe remodelhe he old building and to make J11ake ade- ade - quate room for the present preaent 8 < \ \hoo1 hoo1 8hoo1 school schoolneeds schoolneeds hoo1needs needs It was the decision decWon of 01 the theBoard theBoard Board finally , that rather than thanput thanput thanput put this much money In a repaJr repair repaJrand repairand repairand and remodeling program a new newbuilding newbuilding newbuilding building should be constructed constructedThe constructedThe constructedThe The aid of the } federal 'eueral eueral ' Govern Govern- Government Government Government - ment was secured In the form torm of ofI ofW ofW ofW I W P A project Lorenzo a S SYoung 8Young . Young was engaged , as Ii'S IiS ' an arch arch- arch.1tect architect architect - .1tect 1tect . itect Bus Hatch of Vernal was wasengaged wasengaged wasengaged engaged as a supervisor and the theconstruction theconstruction theconstruction construction of ot the new building buildingbegan buildingbegan buildingbegan began in the spring of ot 1040 1940 be The bebuilding Thebuilding ' ! Thebuilding building as It stands provides a.s as . a.sine asins asIne ine ins an educational plant as a.a aa . Is Istound isfound isfound tound found in most parts of the state stateThe stateThe stateThe The school Board feels that mon mon- money money money - ey spent wisely tor for educational educationalpurposes educationalpurposes educationalpurposes purposes Is money well spenti spent i - |