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Show Cc"iy Thursday, November 18, 19'1 Singleton From page 1 but they do learn how to contact die public for the cause of balancing the yearbook bu- dget. Sam may be called the crown prince of the Singleton family. only son bom Morris and Mary Huntsman to Singleton, he was accorded a royal welcome. Morris and Mary lost their mates in the flu epidemic of 1918. When they married, Morris had 2 daughters, and Mary had one. Two daughters were bom to them before Sam arrived to carry on the family name. From the cradle he identified strongly with his father, was first taken deer hunting at age five, on fishing trips, and then workecf alongside his father in the store and on the farm. Their closeness endured until Morris died two years ago. Ferron schools provided Sam with 12 years of education climaxed by being chosen as val- edictorian of his graduating class. During his high school years his interests were speech and dramatics. He played the drums in the band, studied the piano under Harriet Baker, and served as state FFA officer. He went two years to Carbon College followed by two at BYU where he obtained a B. S. degree in secondary education. Minors for Sam were in His' tory, English and Speech. His first teaching job placed him right back where he wan- to be, in Ferron as Speech English and History teacher at South Emery High. After two years teaching, Uncle Sam be- As the first and -- hitch. ckoned for a two-ye- ar During his military service, he met Alta Brown, an Ajkansas native recently graduated from the University of Colorado, who was working as an accountant in Denver. Service over, Sam returned to South Emery to the same position, was marled to Miss Brown, die girl he met at Church in Denver. They have three sons to carry on the family name. Morris, Kyle and Myron. In order for South Emery High to remain accredited, a certified librarian had to be on the staff. Sam returned to summer school at BYU for a certificate in library science. In 1965 Sam took his femily to Kent, Ohio where he attended a summer session at Kent - State - University. They subsisted on-- a - NDEA grant. For the following three summers .Sam left the" family at home to do the chores while he studied at USU and received a Master of Education Degree Tradition dictates a delightful duty to Sam Singleton. At every commencement exercise he plays the stirring measures of Pomp and Circumstance for die Graduation Processional. Before the school acquired an instrument, Sam used to transport his organ from his home in Ferron. Home is a two stoi frame structure built in 7'895 by Sam's grandfather Singleton, Remodeling the ancestral ed bode has been, for sentimental reasons one of Sam's most cherished involvements, -- Dear (Editor You live in wide open beautiful country, where you can see the mountains, moon, and stars, and breathe nice fresh air. America is a beautiful country that is slowly being self demolished, and places like this are rare. Last night I attended your telephone Company meeting. You people amaze me. You fail to work together and your a-t- AirtirtaiaO telephone service is terrible. I sell Fuller Brush so I visit many homes, and the complaints are numerous, hone rings for wrong number, not once, but several times, dial tone, can't dial Emery and party line complaints are fantastic. The subject of telephone often comes up that my customer tried to call me and couldn't get me, often times when I was home, defin- itely. if all the people worked together and forgot their petty Now November 26, 1971 Sale at 1:00 p.m. differences and individuality of towns, and worked together you could do something about having a good telephone company. I've lived in many, many places in the U.S. and my father had a resort in Wisconsin from 1935 until he died, where we had 14 parties on uie line and an old crank type telephone and I never saw anything like the phone service here, and I'm not sure, but I think the rate was lower. I was a telephone operator for years in Chicago, and worked in Oak Park in the largest suburban office in Illinois where we handled 100,000 calls a day and an operator handled 200 or more calls an hour, then I worked at Long Distance in the Loop of Chicago where we handled calls all over the world, and I never had the trouble completing a call as I do when I try to call Emery. Please dont take me wrong as I'm proud of your cities and especially Ferron, but I believe the people are to blame for their poor .phone service as they refuse to complain and 3-- 12 Range Ready d Bulls free delivery non-fitte- oa 5 bead to one area Stock Shmy jkrn- - FERRON, UTAH - Auction, Dean Parker work together. There is a famous old saying "United we stand - divided we fall", which could be transposed, "United we could call, divided we bawl - wrong number - no connection. Mrs. Mertz - perron.: |