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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, fEBRUARY 25, 1981 KELLY younger grades would provide High Top Inn in Sunset. The children walked to the Clearfield School, a disof a tance of one and mile one way. When the girls finished school, Frank walked a special entertainment along. CHILDREN enjoyed dram- - atizations. Once . s' CLEARFIELD SCHOOL DONETA M. GATHERlM It was the same year as the San Francisco earthquake, 1906. That's how I can remember when the Clearfield School was built. It was up to the square in 1905 but an East Wind hit and blew the wall down, Emery H. Wilcox recalls. By chil-die- n ONE PERSON who remembers this school is four-roo- Steed. Brown, Mary Barber and Lucile Burton. the blackboard. Sometimes a were given to the students. To prepare multi-copie- s, Nalder, first and second grades; Christian Graves, fifth and sixth grades; O. Bowman Hadlock, seven and eighth grades. Mr. Hadlock was also the pricipal. Other Clearfield School teachers were Ruth Cox, Walter Steed, Waltermer Call, Parry Rockwood, Fannie from Mt. Pleasant taught the three the teacher had to use special pencil and paper. The master was placed in a dripping pan that contained a gelatin solution. About 20 copies could be reproduced using this method. MRS. STEED would send away for classic stories like Goody Two Shoes and The Prince and the Pauper. She always kept copies of the National Geographic in her room. Supplementary materials offered incentives for children to complete their work. Extra materials were paid for by the teacher out of the $50 per month salary a teacher received. Most work was written on Business ft 13 Years Experience For Appointment 376-261- 9 ' ' I REFINED IS YOUR DIOR. Earns Eagle Marshall Lyle Michie, age 13, received his Eagle Scout award Feb. 8, 1981. MARSHALL was born July 6, 1967 in Ogden. He is a student at Kaysville Jr. High and a member of Troop 445 of the Fruit Heights 5th W'ard. Onlv the House of Dior could create such elegance in a frame. Slim, feminine and sophisticated, the exquisite design is featured in lightweight, Optyl' material. e He enjoys snowmobiling, skiing, motorcycles, models, basketball, art, camping and has played soccer. shape-retainin- HE IS active in his church as Deacon Quorum president. His scouting duties have been patrol leader and assistant senior patrol leader. He has received his Arrow Light and Duty To God Trail award. He attended troop leader training at Camp Bartlett and is planning to attend the 1981 National Scouting Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. in July and August of this year. FUTURE PLANS include a mission for the LDS Church, College, and working with his father. His parents are Mark and Kaye Michie of Fruit Heights. W. Taylor Promoted Fine Professional Service Emergency Repairs ' 1 " Doctor Referrals Sunglasses Prescription Glasses Warranty - "V- 1 UyW-PlH- ini also in Ogden Orem Brigham I Marine Lance Cpl. William L. Taylor, son of David I. Taylor of 339 W. 1050 N Layton, has been promoted to his present rank while serving with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler on Okinawa. A 1972 graduate of Layton High School, and a 1979 gradu- 2179 NbHIi 1700 West City 1 M. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Love recently returned from a nine day vacation trip to Hawaii. They flew to Honolulu to meet with Mrs. Love's brother, Ivan Woodburn who lives in a nearby suburb of Honolulu. The Loves spent all of their vacation touring the island of Oahu. They were surprised at the number of people visiting the islands and living in Hawaii Partnership I DONETA 773-497- 6 Year Around Audit Service half-ey- FRANK COXEY and his two older sisters.lived near the GATHERUM the comfort of your home Call Clearfield School furnished their own transportation. For- tunate youngsters rode horses. Some came in carts, buggies, wagons, and a few rode bikes. Peter Hamblin reportedly rode a small donkey to school. Stables located on the school grounds housed the animals. Pupils supplied their own hay. By TAX SERVICE Personal prog- present-da- y nine-tent- h Freezing feet is the most remembered part of this school experience for Mr. Coxey. "Imagine a six year old doing that today. A boy who lived near the Coxey family owned a horse and rode to school in Clinton. Frank Coxey always walked. THE CLEARFIELD School operated from 1906 until 1923 when it was destroyed by fire. Early in the morning Frank Coxey remembers hearing and seeing the fire engine from Layton News BARRY H. AVERY in year the Students attending the memographed assignments THE SEN ENTH and eighth grade teacher was usually the principal. Mrs. Steed knows about crowded classrooms. She taught as many as 40 children at one time and they were in two different grades. Teaching aids were not readily available and the school system had no libraries. a ram. It was usually given at Christmas time or in the spring. Edith Nelson Steed. She started teaching in Clearfield in 1920. She was assigned to the third and fourth grades. Other faculty members during this period included Vera The Clearfield School Mr. Wilcox attended stood on the same site as the recently closed Pioneer School, 435 S. Main, Clearfield. It was a two room brick building. HEEVY JOHNSON Edith Nelson Hamblin. lower grades. The older were instructed by Florence Todd of Farmington. Both women boarded with Clearfield families. The classrooms were filled with six rows of seats two rows for each grade. Soon the school was enlarged to four rooms and two grades were taught in each room. BEFORE Clearfield had a school we had to walk to Syracuse. We followed the spur tracks of the Oregon Short Line part of the way and then we walked the remaining distance on the road. I went to Syracuse my first two school years." Mr. Wilcox recalled. 1921. The teacher is Picture courtesy of Wilford A Clearfield School Class from hand-wntin- g ate of Weber State College, with a bachelor of science degree, he joined the Marine Corps in February 1980. and at the large shopping centers and the freeway system. While there the lowest temperature for this time of the year was recorded. It got down to 52 degrees. The Frances Peak Gem and Mineral Society members and their families met Saturday morning for a field trip to the University of Utahs Natural History Museum. Items of interest they saw included full sized dinosaurs, the world's first set of Pterdoactyl tracks, flourescent minerals and other fossil displays. . , . MOD HORNE Completes Recruit Training The Clearfield School after it burned down in 1923. Picture courtesy of Edith N. Steed. The Palmer method of was taught. B. Ogden speeding along the Airman Kelly B Home, son of Air Force Col. Edwin G Horne Jr. of Layton, has been assigned toChanute A1 B. 111., after completing Air force basic training DURLNG THE months following the fire, school was held in the amusement hall and basement of the LDS Church that was just across the street from the school. "Conditions werent ideal but we made do, Mrs. Steed said. By 1925 a six room Clearfield School was ready for occupancy. The new building somehow acquired the name Pioneer" School. It closed just recently when the G. Harold Holt School opened, dmg DURING THE six weeks at Lackland AFB. Texas, the airman studied the Air Force mission. organization and cus- highway to reach the burning building. The closest fire department w as in Ogden. By the time the fire crew reached the school, little remained. toms and received special training in human relations. In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits tow ard an associate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force. 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