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Show MRS. VERA BOND TO BE HONORED AT P.-T. A. MEETING Mrs. Vera Bond, teacher, friend and advisor to hundreds of young Milford students during her 32 years of teaching, will be honored at a meeting of the Milford Elementary Ele-mentary P.-T. A. next Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Former students living in Milford Mil-ford and vicinity will be presen; to pay tribute to the teacher who first taught them how to learn, Many of her students have become be-come successful businessmen and civic leaders in their communities. While teaching others, she also continued her own education, furthering fur-thering her knowledge through correspondence and extension courses and summer school. Last June wh.en she was a member of the Utah State University Uni-versity graduating class, two of her former students, Neal Garfield Gar-field and Gary Weight, were also members of the graduating class. She has taught her two children, chil-dren, Marvin Horton and Rae Thompson, her brother, her grandchildren, grand-children, and at present is teaching teach-ing children of some of her earlier students. Mrs. Bond's motto has been "Good enough isn't good enough." She has never permitted a hurt or "crushed" child to go home after classwork without first talking with and consoling the child. Music Mu-sic has also played a large part in her classroom' instruction. While she attributes much of her success as a teacher to encouragement encour-agement received early in her career from a Mr. Day, then Beaver Beav-er County superintendent, and assistance as-sistance from her husband, Clinton Bond, who helped with the children chil-dren and encouraged her in her work, most former students contend con-tend that her success stems mainly from her love of children and her dedication to the teaching profession. profes-sion. Most of her teaching assignments, as-signments, through preference, have been with the kindergarten and second grade students. In addition to teaching school, Mrs. Bond has been a devoted wife and mother, active in civic affairs, and has been organist and held many other offices in the Milford First Ward and Beaver Stake of fContinuert on Back Page) HERE'S MORE ABOUT Mrs. Bond Contiued from Page One '.he U)S Church. Recently she was awarded the honorary Golden Gleaner pin. Mrs. Bond attended Beaver High School and Murdock Academy, Acad-emy, then completed 12 weeks ol ummer school at the University f Utah. In 1924 she began her teaching areer in Reed, north of Milford, as custodian, principal and teacher In a one-room building. Her first class of 16 students included Nina 1'atterson, Lauree Hatton, Jim Patterson, Clyde Tanner, Ferrin I'Yazier, Lourena Patterson, Alvin .'razier, Lucille Frazier, Lola : oulton, Rosabelle Jones, Emma 1 atterson, Leroy Patterson, Vurl radier, Norma Poulton and Con-oil Con-oil Jones, and Vernetta Patter-in. Patter-in. They ranged from the first . j the eighth grade. Her salary was S90 a month. Mrs. Bond recalls that during :'ie winter months she often left 1- ime very early, wading through i'eep snow to build fires so the oom would be warm when her fudents arrived. After her first year of teaching lie attended the State University t Logan, then the Branch Agricultural Agri-cultural College at Cedar City the '.he following winter resumed her : -aching at Beaver. In 1929 she .as assigned to teach the third : rade at Milford, and has been ere since. |