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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 993 Attendance 151,000 1 Manti LDS Temple Volume 108 Number l7 MANT1, UTAH 50 a copy 84642, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1933 Manti High begins school year in cramped Increased enrollment dictates using mobile classrooms ' f ' Vi, . i ' cal of the South Sanpete School BY BRUCE JENNINGS Districts other five schools, too. At the opening of school f The growth in student popular 4 Monday morning, Manti High tion continues to stretch the School teachers had the names districts capacity to house its of615 students in their rollbooks JU students. W I and still another student waitOver a office to be processed. period, ing in the acbeen theres one only year, Those 615 students not only t M . W ' set an enrollment record for cording to the record, when : LSouth have an didnt Sanpete Manti High, but they define a ' v, ,,& ?& school population. increase in ' y do 615 where .1-lt you put problem: The increase has averaged students in a building that ten ' around 70 to 80 until recently, years ago had a rated capacity v.',f ' ' of 482 And where do you put when the numbers have been to. ,vK. the 650 projected for next year? accelerating. y For example, last year there V. The present student body were 110 more students than cant all find seats in the auditothe year before, and this year, inrium; the lunchroom is now as of last week, there were 174 adequate. Will double sessions more than last year. for assemblies and lunch solve the problem? Enrollment figures by grades is still very tentative. Since Manti High School ,iH ' V moved into its new building a But those figures pose a problem for South Sanpete District decade ago, its seen the addition of a metal shop and a metal administration in planning for These three mobile units augment the classroom space at Manti High School. The extra space storage shed. In addition, it now the future. Thats because the four pri- enrollment of 615 students at the high school this year. has three mobile units, each classrooms. with two mary years had the smallest Those classrooms dont have enrollments: kindergarten, 198; first grade, 187; second grade, much in the way ofstorage space books and supplies, but they 209;and third grade, 216. The for High do have seating. largest grade is the eighth, with Manti High School will hold Perhaps the South Sanpete winter. That can cause a mqjor Last year Manti High had 267, and the 12th grade has Week its annual 234. School Homecoming District anticipates an problem at the high school an official enrollment, for state from 25. 20 Sept. through Sept Does that mean that a few heavy snow fall next inglots. purposes, of 599 as of Oct. 1. beThe down weeks will first events the the as This year the total will probroad, years Or maybe the district found gin on Tuesday evening at 8 Back-to-Scho- ol ably exceed 625. And what of four grades move on, there will itself with some available capinext year? Will it take another be less need for classrooms than p.m. when the letter lighting tal outlay. contest takes place in Manti now? Are the growth years gomobile unit to provide them with Whatever the reasoning, Canyon. A special performance ing to gradually pass away? learning space? the district is purchasing two Those are answers that the by the Snow College Polynesian Manti Elementary The Manti High School utility vehicles at a cost of$7,000 Fire Dancers will be presented drive each. Theyre problem is not an exclusive administration must seek for School Manti Elementary that night. future planning. Manti High problem. Its typi Kawasakis equipped with wide PTA will be having their The girls powder puff foottires, roll bars and snow plows program on Wednesball game will be held Wednes- ideal for cleaning parking lots, day, Sept 22 at 7 p.m. day at 2 p.m and hauling equipment. walks All parents are invited to On Friday, the HomecomRon Greene Chevrolet was attend. The third grade will ing Parade will proceed down perform a musical number. the low bidder. The vehicles Mantis Main Street at noon. were paid for with a special This year's theme is PTA Members of the Ephraim Tiled for Sunday. A special meetFollowing the parade, at 4 p.m, capital outlay allocation. Stake are invited to participate ing by invitation, for adult leadthe Templar football team will - A Voice for Children. The In other actions, the school in conference this weekend. ers of youth programs, will be take on the Juab Wasps at Snow objective of PTA is to support also: board school students. and its the President Ralph R. Brenchley held at 8 a.m. The general sesCollege in the traditional footsion will be held at 10 am. will preside at sessions beginAuthorized an increase in The annual PTA memberball game. leaderwith 15 a priesthood ning Concluding the weekend of The Homecoming Dance ship drive will begin on Sept. feaand run through Sept 22. All ship meeting at 4 p.m. on Saturfireside is a youth meetings Saturday evening will wrap up day. The adult general session turing the popular speaker John the weeks activities. It is a parents, grandparents and is scheduled for 7 p.m. Satur- - Bytheway. Young men and friends are encouraged to join dance and all alumni of PTA. A single membership is day evening. women from both Ephraim and MHS are welcome to attend. $2.25. The money is split 75c Three meetings in conjunc- - Manti Stakes are invited. This The dance starts at 8:30 and Kamie K Frischknecht will the National PTA, 75cto State to 7 will schedtion with conference are begin at p.m. meeting runs to 11:30. be PTA Council 35c to the joining the staff of James V. PTA, and 50c to the local PTA. Hansen, member of Congress The annual Book Fair will for the 1st District of Utah, in be held in conjunction with Washington D.C. as an intern HV under the Southern Utah UniNight. The liversity Program for fall quarp.m. brary will openat 5:30-6:3- 0 ter. 15-ye- space 5 - -V 'v. t. ' s. ar - s v v I? K S s & t im ' - . sK C x was made necessary with the nt School District purchases 2 utility vehicles, will be used for snow removal and hauling equipment Homecoming set at Manti park-unusual- ly Nights planned four-whe- Back-to-Scho- el ol -- Ephraim Stake Conference will be held Sat., Sun. -- - stages of completion Back-to-Scho- ol and following Back-to-Scho- Y, i 4 r.lftny. r Hannan. , 1 I v ! 41 .j - ' ..I merchants are happy that cars can once again be parked on Main Street Shown here Is Cox n Rock Product's machine, placing the final one Inch wearing surface on the street By Tuesday evening, only minor Intersection finishing work remains to complete the project Manti lay-dow- And the board also approved the employment of the following: Annette Cox to be a physical education and health teacher and Emily Clark to be a home economics teacher, both at Gunnison Valley High School and Cindy Morris to teach-fourtgrade and Diane Hill to teach secondthird grade at Manti Elementary School. In addition the following part-tim- e aides were approved for Manti Elementary: Lew Anne J orgensen, Sonja Shelley, Debbie Harman, Rebecca Frischknecht and Ann Miller. As a member of Congress- man Hansens staff, Kamie will gain a meaningful experience contributing to a broader understanding of the intricacies of the legislative process. ol Night. This year's PTA officers are: President, Lew Ann Jorgensen; Vice President, Charmaine Mortensen; Secretary, Debbie U auAl day. Kamie Frischknecht to serve as Cong. Jim Hansen intern semi-form- al UDOT project in final the pay for substitute teachers. Theyve been paid $35 a day. Under the new scale theyll get $40 a day and if certified $45 a Ephraim Middle School The Ephraim Middle School administration, teachers and PTA are planning their Night for Thursday, Back-to-Scho- ol Sept 23 at 7 p.m. Principal Jim Petersen will open the meeting, after which parents are invited to visit each of the classrooms to meet the teachers and to learn more of what is in store for the upcoming school year. All parents of students are encouraged to attend this night The PTA presidency will be beginning their membership drive that night also. During her internship, Kamie will be assigned a variety of tasks covering constitu- ent casework, legislative inquiries and requests, as well as research projects on issues related to legislation in the U.S. Congress. The interns are provided with an overall view of congressional operations in order to help them fully appreciate the demands made upon Congress and its response to a host of problems. 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