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Show ? It Page 4D North Edition " Lakeside Review Wednesday, December 5, 1984 Started in 1 5 ; ; Chalk Line 954 for 75 Cents an Hour Must Parents Help Years After to 30 Retire Custodian LYNDIA GRAHAM Review Correspondent Most moms LAYTON pect to have to clean up after a generation of their own children but Nola Bingham, a custodian at Central Davis Junior High, has picked up after two full generations and will undoubtedly see the third generation go into the school where she has worked for the past 30 years. But, she will see the last group from her retirement. She is one of the last female custodians in Davis County and began her career in 1954 with a starting wage of just 75 cents an ex- hour. Her late husband Vernon was the custodian at Central when it first opened and found that it would be convenient to have a woman on the staff so the girls restrooms could be kept clean during school hours, and so Mrs. Bingham began working at the school. Custodial hours werent the same as they are now, according to Mrs. Bingham, and often she and her husband worked late into the evenings. Many days her youngest daughter, who was then was taken to school to play alongside her mother while work was done. All three of Mrs. Binghams children went through their junior high years at Central. When she began at Central, the school wasnt as large as it is now, and didnt require as many people to keep it clean. The main body of the school was the present central portion. Later the armory was added, and a south wing put on. Still after the shop area was enlarged. The newest addition added considerable space to the north end of the building and changed the cafeteria and office area. The custodial staff has changed from two men and herself in 1954 to the present staff of three full time personnel and four part-tim- e workers. And the image of the job itself has changed, thanks to much better wages and benefits, according to Mrs. Bingham. She said she is often asked by students if she likes her job.. I tell them I especially like it on the first of the month when pay day comes," she said with a mischievous grin. But I really do like it," she said. There is great satisfaction in being able to see areas that are clean and shiny and know I had a part in it." Her part in the work has come to an end. Mrs. Bingham retired last Friday. She said she had hoped to slip away with the students in the spring but arthritis and cold weather has influenced her to end her work on almost the exact anniversary of her first day at Central. She said her appreciation for the staff she works with as well as the cooks, the teachers, and the administrators have made her years happy memories, with friendships the focal points of those memories. They have all made me a part of their personal lives, she said. I get to know about the marriages, the births, the missions; many of the important parts of their lives." 30-ye- ar NOLA BINGHAM has been cleaning up after students for 30 years. One of the last woman custodians, she will retire. I She has always found herself involved, also, in the lives of the students who have attended the school for the past 30 years. She has seen fashions run from full stiff slips worn by girls in the fifties through the Jantzen sweaters, mini skirts, pants, and into the current punk" look. She said the biggest shock to her, the one that took the most adjustment, was the decision by the school board to allow girls to' wear pants to school. On one of those early days I I got quite a shock when what thought was a boy sailed into the girls restroom, she said. She soon found out it wasnt a fashboy, but a girl in the latest ion of pants. Her sense of humor with the students has helped her to breeze through the years with a smile on her face. Once, a girl came to her with an unbreakable comb twisted so tightly in her hair that it could not be pulled out. With the help of bolt cutters used to cut padlocks off lockers, Mrs. Bingham patiently cut each tooth of the comb out, one at a time, until the comb was free. Another favorite memory is of the time the library door got stuck with students and the librarian inside. We had to remove the panel from the center of the door so they could climb out. It was before the days the teachers wore pants to school and it took a few days to get the door fixed, she said. The librarian had to climb in and out the door. She was really glad to $ee that door repaired." She often found the students had a sense of humor, too, although not always in the best of taste. One day a teacher hurried to find her because she thought a student had gotten sick on the floor near her desk. When Mrs. Bingham arrived she found that actually a student had placed a plastic imitation on the floor to trick her and the Children to Learn BONNIE SMITH Special to the Lakeside Review Dear Bonnie, have done so on junior high, high school and college levels. If possible, I would like to say something to all parents who read your column. class With the size problems, it is a known fact that school teachers are quite limited in their time and ability to I teach ever-increasi- totally FARMINGTON Students. High School reached into their pockets sand in two days came up with than $350 in donations to ;the Red Cross for the people of iat Farmington Junior -- J Ethiopia. Ja The students discussion with Jthe faculty and agreed on the -- 'project. Then Douglas Russell, history teacher, told the background history of the African 5 problem and the numbers of starving people. James Schmidt, student council adviser, helped with the project. Students were asked to go without a Candy bar and a can of pop and give to the fund, said Blaine Hyer, principal. The project was only announced in. the home rooms. I think the significant thing here is that they responded out of their own pocket to think of others, said Hyer. When our amount is added to the totals from other schools, some significant things can be done, said Hyer. To date, Utah schools have donated more than $ 3,000. These kids are really pulling together, said Ellie Miller, secretary to the manager of the American Red Cross Salt Lake Area Chapter. 1 monitor every childs of children progress. Thousands are crippled i.n upper level math because they have not become comfortable with the basics. Early weaknesses limit mastery of new skills and the process continues until a dense fog has settled in. If the teachers are unable, for whatever reason, to do a satisfactory job, it would seem a foregone conclusion that it is time for parents to do a great deal more teaching at home. Why isnt this happening? Where are the parents? As any junior high math teacher can validate, here is a standard situation in any seventh grade in September. 3-- 3-- 2-- Dear N.Y., Some kids still cant for writing. I couldnt Thanks is taught in the have said it better! second and third grades. Prior to Questions and commants for Bonnie Smith junior high, parents had 5 years can bo sent to her at the Lakeside Review, to catch and correct the problem. 2144 N. Main, S24, Layton, Utah, 14041. , 1. 4-- teacher. just went through all the moof cleaning it up, she said. I wasnt going to give him the satisfaction of knowing he had pulled one over on me. If all the safety pins supplied by Mrs. Bingham for broken underwear straps could be hooked together they would likely stretch from one end of the county to the other, and it would be impossible to count all of the first aid she has administered to students with bloody noses and other minor ailI ift tions FLORIST QUALITY POINSETTIAS Variety of packaging from SW upright thru hanging baskets. Available Nov. 15 till sold Also other flowering plants on Inquiries quantity orders welcome. Delivery Available 4 AFTQNS GREEN HOUSES iniiimimiiiimii SWiyptftiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiwiiiwiipiii'iwiawimww' ments. She will be missed at Central at those moments. She will be honored at an open house on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 2:45 to 4 p.m., immediately following school. All farmer students and associates are invited to attend, i Farmington Students Donate for Ethiopia - math-a- nd 2. Multitudes of children do not know the basic times tables. This is taught in the third and fourth grades. Parents had 4 years to catch and correct this. 3. Children lacking basic times tables falter heavily on larger multiplication problems, These larger problems should be mastered in third and fourth grades. Again, parents had 4 years to clear this up before junior high. 4. Large numbers of children flounder through division because they cannot subtract andor multiply well. Division is done throughout fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Parents had 3 years to correct this before seventh grade. 5. Decimals and fractions are repeated extensively in the fifth and sixth grades, thereby allowing parents two years to become aware of and correct problems in these last two extremely critical areas. It is certainly true that some children have valid learning problems; NY The money collected is sent out by check on a daily basis. One hundred percent goes to medicine, food, and clothing. Prime targets are nursing mothers, mothers, and children. 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