OCR Text |
Show t' r- - t 'i pi. . 16A Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Wednesday, August 15, 1984 Graduating class reunites after Carbon students shocked By ARVA SMITH Staff writer Bubbling with enthusiasm and excitement, members of the Carbon High School Class of 54 returned Saturday to College of at changes computer school. A1 Harris, president of Diesel Electric Co., in Salt Lake City, said It is a real joy to see these people. Echoing the comments of several others, he said All I see Eastern Utah, where they went downtown are imports, (people to high school, for their 30th who have moved here to work), and younger people. reunion. The Class of 54 was one of Harris, who was a member of about 20 classes who shared the Class of 51, came with his facilities with Carbon College. wife Myma Burgess Harris. He recalled that when he Carbon High School was built in 1959. Carbon College was graduated the mines were renamed College of Eastern working only two or three days a week and usually closed for Utah. Squeals of delight, hugs and three or four months during the handshakes were much in summer. The combining of the last two evidence as the former a for brunch students, arriving years of high school with the in the CEU Student Center, first two years of college, as was recognized old friends and done when he went to school, had a positive effect on the classmates. For some it was their first students, Harris said. We were part of the big meeting and their first return to the school in 30 years. For a few people, he said. Harris said he it was their first return to Price. thought that association with It didnt look like this when older students provided an we were here, was the comincentive to seek college ment often heard as the former education. students glimpsed the CindTraveling the greatest erella-like transformation of distance to the reunion was their old shop building into an George Zoolakis, an engineer with NATO, who came from attractive student center. The group was met by Rep. Brussels, Belgium. a Mike Dmitrich, Zoolakis, who combined the member of the class and Shirlee reunion trip with visits with his Oppocher Monfredi, who headed grown children residing in this reunion coma country, worked in New York and and other committee Maryland after graduating mittee, members. The committee from Utah State University, and on before moving to Europe. a worked year His wife, Sharlene, has been a arrangements. Rep. Dmitrich a short gave secretary in the US Embassy in greeting. A highlight of the brunch was Belgium. There were some visiting, visiting and more visiting as class members tried tributes as one former student I would never have to bridge a gap by ex- said information about graduated from high school changing of without the help of Mr. Merrill. I current their children, place residence, their jobs and took his physiology class and he took an interest in making sure I grandchildren. tour of the got my gredit. The late Vernon After the brunch, a campus, which has more than Merrill was teacher and vicethree times as many buildings principal of Carbon High School as the Class of 54 remembered, for may years. There were also brought more enthusiastic comments. Mrs. Monfredi said Gibby One of those impressed by the the large rock in front the die many campus changes was main CEU building was Lloyd L. (Corky) Wall, Salt repainted with a block C in Lake City, who owns Hydrapac, honor of the reunion. We did the painting last a firm specializing in aerospace and components hydraulic night after dark because we were afraid that students might equipment. Wall, who also does geological repaint it if they saw us doing consulting, said he has not been it. The rock, which has been back to Price often although he painted and repainted by many came to CEU last year for the generations of students, is graduation of a member of his reputed to be a small stone made much larger by pounds of family. He and his wife, Myma, have paint. A class project, planned for nine children. Another member of the class, completion in time for the who has not been back often, reunion, may instead become a was Sally Simmons Butler. She community project, Alice was amazed at the changes in Schoenberger Beacco, chairthe town. man, said. The class had planned to Mrs. Butler said she and her who was three husband, Fred, repaint the Block C on Wood Hill behind Mont Harmon Junior the were married older, years November following her High School. The C was put in place when Carbon High School graduation. in stood at the head of Carbon several They spent years California before returning to Avenue. Mrs. Beacco said inSalt Lake City where her husband is a financial analyst vestigation revealed that the and officer of a computer firm. Block C must be sand blasted to She is education coordinator of a insure that a new coat of paint would adhere to the surface. Another problem is accessibility. A new road probably needs to be built to reach the C which was once reachable from the ground. Erosion has made it higher from the ground. Mayor Art Lee Martines has promised help with the project if the class can furnish part of the money and materials. We hope to start on the project by next spring, she said. . A thrill for classmembers was the fact that their reunion was announced by Willard Scott, NBCs weatherman on the Today show. Information and a toy dinosaur were sent to Scott by Emma DeSimone Entwistle, a committee member. Members of the committee in addition to Mrs. Monfredi, Mrs. Beacco and Mrss Entwistle, were Ann Dart Macdonald, Chidester, Dorothy Davis, Pat Tamillos Scarcelli, Shirley Starich Fausett, Merlene Powell DeCaro and Arlene Bradley Nyron Hussey Huff. About 235 letters of invitation were sent and about 150 people former Carbon High classmates of give each other a hug after not seeing sr EMliitattaQ Chicken Noodle Soup 0ISID mm White Vinegar Candy r 0S3U0K Gooney Pop Tarts Campbell's 26 oz. .35 Final touch. . . . 64 oz. $1 .49 lib. pkg. M.49 'ISfe .79 Kelloggs, all flavors Maxwell House Coffee. 3ib.cn$6.49 Pineapple West. Apple Juice iW Fam. crushed, chunk, si. 20 oz. West Fam.... Beef Round Bone U0H 0? Roast.... n.$l;79 u Thun.-SaL- $l .1 9 h.$1 .29 Breakfast Sausage Sale Prices in effect arl .49 64 oz. glass Beef Short Ribs Link 65 , Aug. 16-1- 8 Back to College Sale Allg. 16 thru 22 ..fc-tf Approx. 300 sq. ft. of old ceiling tile literally fell to the floor Sat. at Discount Furniture in Price. Over 50 years of accumulated dirt, dust and trash fell out of the attic onto l,000's of dollars worth of furniture. We could not believe our eyes! Unbelievable! Insurance adjustors and clean up crews have been busy for days trying to make the store presentable! If you're short of dough, remember your favorite thrift store, Deseret Industries. We can save you money. OUR LOSS YOUR GAIN! College of Eastern Utah ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD A MEETING ON Wednesday, August 22, 1984 7 LITTLE THEATRE items have been cleaned and refurbished by the handicapped, the elderly and those in need. All Sofas 40 - 60 Our Best Work Is Your Best Buy Chairs E. Main, Price 9:45 a.m. to5;30p.m. 845 AGENDA 1. Many Items Still Left That Are Soiled or Damaged Deseret Industries Thrift Store p.m. 3. Alumni Activities DOOR PRIZES SPECIAL GIFTS REFRESHMENTS (Alumni members Include anyone who ever attended CEU andor Carbon College) some. Make reasonable offer. Dont be in the dark about birth defects. Call your local chapter. Support BIRTH DCFECT3 OFF 40-6- 0 Dining Room Council.) 2. Election of Board of Directors (5) OFF Mattresses soiled & on sale Deseret Industries is a federally sheltered work . shop. Its employees, the elderly, the handicapped and those in need, reclaim donated goods. Election of President of the CEU Alumni Association. (President serves on the CEU Institutional aster 67 $1 Beers each other for many years. The Class of '54 held their reunion at CEU Saturday. UNPREDICTED Western Fimilj. . . gallon Fabric Softener 30-ye- ar hi-jin- 1954 The reunion was concluded with a dinner in the Elks Lodge. off-the-c- . Two attended. KXJNDATtONI MUCH, MUCH MORE! Bring your trucks & RETURNS NO LAYAWAYS-- N0 QBsEuiiTi imnmnijiD ' t I ! trailers I': wasuo! s l j n A I i. s Ar X Y f ' i |