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Show 2 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Friday, August 23, 1985 Remember when... Fire totally destroyed Helper school school. His mother was a kindergarten teacher at the school. Local people were at the scene with garden hoses and others were helping the Helper fire department man hoses. About all anybody could do By CHUCK ZEHNDER Managing editor ago years Twenty-on- e tomorrow at 2:30 in the morning, a fire broke out in Helper that was so intense that in just four hours the Central School was totally destroyed. By 6:30 a.m. all that remained of the building were the walls. I remember waking up in the middle of the night over on Garden Street and looking out the window because it was so light out, Dr. M.G. Morgan said. Morgan said he and his father, Police Chief Joe Myers, immediately went over to the was keep the fire from spreading to other buildings, Morgan said. I remember we were in Carly Burtons house having a cup of coffee when someone came running in and said the shingles on the house had just burst into flames from the heat, he said. They ran outside and quickly hosed down the roof, putting out the fire and saving the roof. was home from Carbon College (later CEU) at the time of the fire. He was about to enter the University of Utah to pursue his career in medicine. Early speculation into the cause of the fire centered on a basement door. Police had patrolled the school and checked all the doors and found them closed and locked just a half-hoprior to the fire being reported. After the fire, a basement door was Morgan ur found ajar. It was surmised at that early stage of the investigation that some children had sneaked into the school and gone to the attic to try and catch pigeons in the old cupolo on top of the building. Supposedly, they had used matches to light their way and had touched something flammable or dropped a match. It was later felt that varnishes and solvents used in a remodeling job which was just about completed were the cause. Because of the speed and intensity of the fire, it was guessed that spontaneous combustion of the solvents and varnishes must have been the cause. Both the Helper and Price fire departments were called on to help control the intense blaze. Chiara, Lorraine Christensen,: nearby homes were saved. School was only a few days away and Helper found itself without a building for students. The Sun Advocate of Aug. 26, 1964 reported that the school All A.. Duffy, Vera Lawrence! Teachers that fall were Serafina (Sally) Mauro, prin- Gonzales, Vondella K. Hanley, Lavisa Kelley, Carolina G. Myers, Ann Price, Josie T.l Wetmore and Edna B. Romano. Romano is presently a city! councilwoman at Helper and the only teacher still teachimg there. She teaches at the Sally; Mauro Elementary School: : today. Central School: the Originally, was built in 1910. But as Helper! ' grew, so did the school. In 1924 a south wing was added and then, just three year later, a north wing was built. Total cost of the three constructions came to cipal; Rowena M. Boren, Mary $70,000. ! the out farmed district ! ! children and teachers to other schools in the district. Construction was soon begun for the present Sally Mauro Elementary School on the west side of town. It took two years to build. The Central School was located where a playground is now on Locust Street just northwest of R & A Market. : , TIRE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Pearson Tire is looking for a tire store or dealer in the Price Area. This can be set up as: franchise 1. A 2. 3. A special type partnership A direct factory dealer With either arrangement, No. A No. 2-- A No. 3-- A No. 4-- A you will find: tire better price on a better warranty program better Customer Finance program better advertising program name-bran- d South-CentrUtahs largest tire company with stores in Ephraim, Richfield, Beaver, Cedar City and SL George-- plus some Pearson Tire is 50 area dealers. If you hove an interest, phone Mr. Pearson 224-820- 48 There wasn't much anyone could do when the old Central School burned in Helper. Bill Fossat took this photograph of the blaze, but the Sun Advocate of the day credited It to Albert Fossat, Helper photographer. The Sun Advocate today borrowed it from another Fossat brother. Alfred. 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