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Show Schools Expanded, More Pupils Enrolled Each Year Monticello now has two large school modern, brick buildings in operation, with new buildings and additions already being planned. one-stor- y The new fireproof high school, finished in 1951, has 30,000 square feet of floor space and cost the taxpayers $335,000.00. It contains a large gymnasium and auditorium combined, a suite of offices for the principal, a board of education room, a large library, ten class rooms, two locker rooms and shower rooms, and several rest rooms. Adequate provision has been made for future growth. The building is situated on fourteen acres of ground, and has been constructed with the idea of adding new wings as required. The present building will handle approximately 350 pupils, but is not yet operating to full capacity. The school has experienced a ateady increase in the number of students registering each year since it was first occupied in February, 1951. In the fall of 1954, 240 high school students registered, in 1953 there were 179, and in 1952 there were 159 high school pupils. There are now ten teachers, principal, and a librarian. At present the high school curriculum offers mostly college preparatory courses. Therefore the school is looking forward to the construction of a new shop building for vocational training, as well as a laboratory in which modern physics and chemistry may be taught. When this new addition is constructed the school will be able to accommodate 500 or more students. The school board, the sheriff, and a group of civic minded business men are working on a plan to establish a teen age drivers class. A student drivers car with dual controls has already been promised, and it is only a matter of time untd this very necessary instruction for modern teen agers will be available here. The modern elementary school, which used to house both grade and high school classes, has four teen rooms, nine of which are class rooms. In 1953 there were three grade school pupils, and in 1954, 317 children were enrolled. This was an increase of 87 grade school children in one year. The elementary school employes nine full tune teachers, three part time teachers, a librarian, and a principal. The pioneers who settled this country believed that old maxim, Knowledge is power. Thus, education has never been given secondary position. The instruction of their children and of themselves was of such prime importance that they could noi wait for the construction of a permanent building, Monticellos first but started school in a dugout. This was used only until a simple but adequate log school house could be built which provided education in the day time for the children and for adults at night. The sacredness of learning, however, did not shield the school house from the practical jokes of the fun loving first settlers. The following story has become a legend here. One day, while school was in session, a band of cowboys riding by began shooting at the school house bell, frightening the teacher and most of the youngsters. The teacher quickly ordered the children to lie on the floor, first at one side of the building, and then on the other, as the cowboys circled the building, shooting all the while. The attack was over as suddenly as it began, and the cowboys galloped away leaving no injuries or appreciable damage behind them except the fright and the outraged dignities that had been suffered. It was not until many years later that the angry townspeople learned that the cowboys had been tempted to shoot down a bottle that had been tied onto the school bell by a couple of the older boys. The boys, hunting for a bit of excitement, had wanted to see what would happen to the bottle. They found out in short order, and were then afraid to admit their part in the fracas. Police Work Aided By Hew Radio Equipment Crime prevention, detection and apprehension in San Juan County has taken a great progressive step in the recent acquisition of short wave police radio equipment. A 250 watt base station has been installed in the San Juan county courthouse in Monticello, with a 60 foot tower on top of the building. The police building in Blandmg, 32 miles south of Monticello, is equip, ped with a 60 watt base station and a 32 foot tower, for the use of the county deputy there. The sheriffs car has been equipped with a 60 watt mobile unit, enabling him to keep in constant touch with other civil authorities. In November 1954, the Federal Commission isCommunications sued a license and call numbers to San Juan county officials. Special permission was also received to keep in short wave contact with law enforcement agencies in the state of Colorado. Direct short wave connections to civil authorities north of Monticello are with Price and Richfield, Utah. Helium Office Is At ' Monti-cell- o, TYPICAL DRILL RIG operates In the vicinity of Utah, where dozens of rigs are in operation, even during colder weather. As long as the workmen can find the ground for uranium and occasionally it is through snow, theyll drill found. The above photo was taken during warmer weather last year. Amarillo, Tex. In order to locate, drill, refine and deliver one additional barrel been a day of petroleum products, the eyes oil industry must spend about bottom tential $5,000. Low-frequen- The interior department has announced the establishment of an office of assistant director for helium activities at Amarillo, Texas. The office will be directed by Dr. C. W. Seibel, assistant director of the helium activities for the bureau of mines. The Amarillo office will have charge of all helium activities, including research, production and sale, the announce- ment said. Only a small liaison office, headed by H. S. Kennedy, will be maintained in Washington, Interior Secretary Douglas McKay said. Dr. Seibel wdl head a small staff of experts with Joe H. Cooley as administrative assistant. P. V. Mullins will be chief of helium operations in the Amarillo office and George E. Erlandson will be chief of the production division. E. M. Frost will be chief of the engineering division and George Shelton will be in charge of gas fields operations. W. M. Deaton will be in charge of helium research. radio signals have transformed into seeing for oil men probing the of the ocean floor for poi. petroleum deposits. SOUTHWESTERN GAS & APPLIANCES INSTALLATION AND SERVICE Equipment Appliances Phone 44 Phone 44 Creek Colorado Dove Monticello Utah ONE STOP SERVICE FOR THE MINER Western Mine Supply Co. P. O. Box 57 GARDNER-DENVE- WORKERS SPEED UP construction on one of the two new auto service stations going up in Green River, Utah, to handle increased business brought by uranium activity and an impending record tourist season this coming summer. Kids Ball Used, Too Engine Oil Made Even rubber balls are used to bring oil up from the depths of the earth. They are shot down one tube under pressure and come bouncing up another, pushing a load of oil ahead of them. While the balls are enroute upward through the tubes they perform an additional function keep the pumping tubes clean by clearing out paraffin or anything else which might clog them. Natural gas is used to propel the balls, and the gas is recaptured at the end of the round trip and used over and over again. Better Regularly John Q. Public most often thinks about his automobile engine when someone mentions oil to him. And so the industry and its testing laboratories are busy improving its motor oils. One company has added an engine cleaning agent which, says the company, will keep out damaging sludge, carbon deposit and even varnish. Still another company claims its oil is made especially for use in cars which balk zero at starting in MONTICELLO, UTAH Phone 59R1 Distributors R HERCULES POWDER and Other Blasting Supplies ROCK DRLILS WAGON DRILLS COMPRESSORS Rock Drill Bits of All Types Portable and Stationary Hard Surface Bits Original Hand Insert Bits Complete Steel Conversion New All and Used PUMPS All Types Mining Supplies Rock Drills Electric and Acetylene Welding Types Machine Work BABBEL COUNTERS CHEVRON SERVICE CENTER Complete Automotive and Tire Service PHONE 9R2 O- - MONTICELLO, UTAH SCINTILLATION & GEIGER COUNTERS OF ALL TYPES SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FABRICATED TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS |
