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Show 8A Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Tuesday. October 9. 1990 U of Denver conducts academic talent search The Bureau of Educational Services at the University of Denver is accepting applications for the 1990-9- 1 Rocky Mountain Talent Search, a program designed to identify and recognize academically able sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in the seven-stat- e Rocky Mountain region. Junior high and middle school students bom in 1976 or later are eligible to apply for the talent search if they score in the 95th percentile or better on a recent standardized aptitude or achievement test. These students should also permitted to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Testing (ACT) Assessment, tests normally taken by high school juniors and seniors seeking college entrance. Talent search students who score particularly well on the SAT or ACT will be honored by their schools and state departments of education, as well as being invited to take part in the 1991 Summer Institute at the University of Denver, a program offering advanced and accelerated learning opportunities. have strong verbal and mathematical Application deadline for the Rocky Mountain Talent Search is Nov. 15. reasoning abilities. Qualified students will be 1990-9- 1 33r$AVING$2FOR... lilEGoocIricRI MUD JJSTER TIRES IlFGoodrich VJJL Thilmaker Radial Remembering railroads, ,, museum By JAN HALLIDAY Staff writer He is an artist, a retired railroad man and one of the founders of the Helper West- P23575R15XL Blackwall Super Thicticm TVnilmnluir Bndinl j r . f But Fred dropped out of high school in his junior year to follow in his lathers footsteps and work on the railroad. In those days, if you got a job on the railroad you had it made Fred said. "I got married in June of 1922, the last big strike started in July and by October, we had to sell everything we owned and move, he said. The young couple went to Salt Lake City and because of Freds knowledge of train stokers, soon moved to Soldier in gear tires 750-- 1 t . i , v sV t cycle gang. We went for rides on Sundays. Everybody had their girl, Fred said. Back then we had gangs, but we didnt hurt anybody, we just had fun. Fred said he didnt start the Helper museum, but took over when everyone quit. The idea originally began as businessmen were trying to figure out a way to attract tourists. A group of business people, him into going. The instructor asked if I had any experience. I said, no, so he started me off with the basics, vases, shovels and such, Sicks and "I wanted to stir things up, so I painted a half nude. Then the instructor knew he had painted before. After a year of taking classes, he began teaching art classes. "But you know, I didnt have much patience with teaching. I figured if I could do it you could, too, he said. Td tell them the story about the first time I saw a They had a lot of trouble with the stokers in those days and somewhere along the line, I had learned how to fix them. That got me the job, he said. Alter seven years in Soldier Summit, the terminal was moved and the company gave them a choice of where to Once he was doing a sketch of a Spanish dancer, and the woman art teacher thought the legs were awfuL She asked if he had ever seen a womans legs before. Fred said no, so the woman got up on a desk and pulled her skirt up to her line up he could see stocking t , first handTiow to draw a leg. .. ,I used to belong to a motor 6 LT 8 PLY! Extra wida profile lor mariiaum mobility. Deep aeUcleaaiag Irueda give exceptional Iractiou under extreme working conditions Air scoop shoulders provide oool running d long Ufa el highway speeds BFG depeod ability lor sportsman, tradesmen, fleet operators. a renowned artist first, there were only his paintings and a case fall of donated items. Several different groups ran the museum and when the founding orga- nization died, Fred was offered $50 a month to run it Eventually, people started showing interest and began donating more items, and the museum ran out of room. To expand, the womens shower room was used. Fred didnt North Carbon Industries, like the way the museum looked after the expansion, so were the organizers. "Jim Diamanti was the best he got together with Bill Fos-sbacker for it, Fred said. And and. changed things Chris Jouflas kept asking me around. He built an open coal to come to a meeting. I finally mine in one room, and he and gave in and went. I opened my Bill mounted over 500 old picmouth and told them they tures and hung them. Then an needed some pictures of the open house was held, and coal industry in Carbon Couneveryone liked what had been ty on the walls. They asked done. A committee was formed him to do the paintings, which to check into federal grant began his work with the money that could be used for museum projects. When the museum. , , , .The museum started m the money was awarded, a movie Helper Auditorium "'and at machine was bought. There were two movies shown, one about Helper and one about Carbon County mines. Shortly after Fred retired, his wife became ill and he needed to stay home and take care of her. He got Mrs. Cunningham to run the museum, and the rest is another story. at womans leg. BFGoodrich TRflCTlOn PLUS Tires far picknps. Tens, panels, campers . . , . Better Days IlFGoodrich RADIAL , & Helper resident Fred Voll has lived an interesting life and he has become along the way. CUSTOM CARPETS Pot extra bite ,, K back. railroad on the 19th day of 1964, Fred said. "My railroad pension was $90 a month. Fred hadnt painted for sev- eral years, but a woman on his block was taking art classes at Carbon College and talked IlFGoodrich fraction Plus. I, y Museum. P.W. (Fred) Voll was bom at Ogden on Nov. 14, 1896 and has eryoyed an active life. His interest in painting began in third grade. When he showed a real talent for it, the Ogden school art instructor told Freds lather not to hold him move. "We came to Helper on the first day of 1930, and I quit the TVacttoo Polymer (XTP) compound. TWo wide stud bulb to tong mil go. fuel saving radial eoatfracttea. Compatible with original equipment radiak s ern Mining and Railroad Summit GIVE MUD A GOOD BELT! 4' 4' (A MUD-TERRAINT- H By Dr. Ralph VanderUnden JUGGLING J SAVE 20 19575R15 LT Deep mil cleaning tread fog provide troctoo in guabo mud. 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