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Show y ( n n ry nnirwwr w y- - ar rxr w',mr'm' xhe Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, February 21, 1960 teacher In a Today country school still has be? one-roo- & W HWSfSSWJ-- JfTy lights w hae Mrs. Wanda Larsen Is One of Few Left w . ua of janitor dutler She keeps trimmer than the City teacher; . . . She and her class of 13 have large field for recess play, in Utah Rural School Marm A Vanishing Heroine ''' dUSMiMMin. t. ne&jelj) as' bad as her predecessors! scare the chill of a morning;' are obsolete. Promontory' replaced oil lamps, wood stoves to Mrs. Wanda Larsen, while still her own principal, Is freed but she doesn't have It T Modern i I x JzJ. fcx 4 A S VT s - .sm t 1 4. ft (l Mrs. Larsen served, older students get trays for second graders. Lunch, Jay Brown, Is always hot, square meal. The teacher who Is worn from the hike when she gets to school, and children Station' wagon bus has problem solved. who ride on horseback are Which la prepared by cook Mrs. PROMONTORY, Box Elder have wit' County nessed a lot of old familiar Institutions dying out milkmen with horses, policemen who carry billy and clubs, the old s now in bowling alleys. All 'these obsolete occupations have been literally "manned, by men), and theyre city Jobs. In the midst of neon lights and giantism, one Is hardly aware that the Country has Its vanishing conventions too. The unsung hero of the country Is not the small farmer he gets lots of attention, even In economics text books, where they call him the Backbone of America. No, the really unrecognized hero of rural society Is not a hero Its a heroine. Shes the lady who teaches In the school house. Mrs. Wanda Larsen is Box Elder County's only remaining country school marm. There used to be five such build- - lngs In the Promontory district, but now In the whole county theie are only two schools left. The other has a man teacher. Mrs. Larsen doesnt have It nearly as bad as others used to. The pot belly stove and chill morn-lng- s gave way to thermostat-controlleoil furnace . . the dry sack lunch Is a steaming hot meal . . , coal-oi- l lamps have become fluorescent fixtures . . . bare wood walls are covered with bright, white plaster board . . . and outdoor "facilities are tiled, shiny and Indoors . . . and the teacher no longer has to be her own Janitor. But she is still the noble figure r and who can keep a happy at the same time, who can be their only teacher until they go to Junior high and know that they arent getting tired of her year after year, who 'can proudly see their names later on high school and even college honor rolls. City-dweller- s lamp-lighter- brick-and-ste- HEW FOR SPRING! fjlii ahi T)Jt ... one-roo- WITH THE MUCH SOUGHT-AFTE- R MODIFIED first-grade- sixth-grade- one-roo- f , one-roo- pin-boy- flMfo romp In Mock pottnt with ribbed foille bow. Alia peliihid black, navy er low brow call with matching r Left, ldck, back . . . once more. Tap dancing Is favorite recreation. One room senes as classroom, lunch room, gym. l.othtr bdv. Tribune Staff Photos by Borge Andersen. TOES not too narrow, not too wide?. . . just right to bo fashionable and comfortable A beautiful combination of style, comfort ond quality with your favorite modified toes that are both 'fashionable and comfortable. And, this Spring's styles are more beautiful than everl (On. r o-'- out-of-dat- V,(. ' Or n i A3 Play In nearby fields over, bell Is rung In the crisp air and class comet In for another round with the books. ' Suburban tump In pollihtd black, navy, rad er banadictin calf. "I"1 'iv "Waal tump" in polished rad er benadictina calf. . 4 v i ' vzl' ? 1 f haJ'7 4 ti&. "s It v ' N f, I l 1j J : y-'-- v x'Ay 7 L ;.Z 214 South Main Salt Lake City ; :V vZViS Day Is done . . . and the gate locked. . Another six hours of teaching class of 13 over. Mrs. Larsen goes home. . -i-t-" jb.fcNSfcL -- 4.ASSS, Teacher dons leris and helps clasaln popular recess sport of dike-bul- l during thaw season. Shell Join In whcnSHrlng..baIL.Karneatark-txv- J I g Closed Monday-fo- Washington's Birthday Open Tues. thru Sat., IQo.m. to5:40p,n. i I |