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Show w jir',,y 'ji ( j 2 k Lil OP School Gone? Almost in Wyoming AEC Plans N-Bla- By Jeffrey I'lbnch Associated Press Writer st for the final time at the end of this school year. - The CHEYENNE, W'Yu. end of an era and a very special way of education in Laramie County Wyoming is fast approaching with the dosing of one of the last schools. Wednesday ( t The (AP) -nuclear test with a yield in the range ot Whitaker School, located on 200 000 to a million tons of the Whitaker Ranch northwest TNT is scheduled for early of Cheyenne, closed its doors Wednesday morning at the Nevada test site, the Atomic LAS VEGAS. NEV. I one-roo- . An underground Energy Commission an- nounced Monday. Tiie ueapons-relatetest, dubbed the Almendro Shot," will be detonated at 6:30 a m. at the Pahute Mesa area of the sprawling test site, some 1 10 miles northwest of here. d Dave Jack-sosaid the test will be conducted by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of New Mexico and is the fifth announced underground test this AEC spokesman n year. The nuclear device will be detonated at a depth of 3,490 feet, Jackson said, and might cause some cratenng at the blast site. Jackson said it was possible that a slight earth tremor would be felt in areas outside the test site immediately after the explosion and warned managers of high rise structures in Las Vegas not to have workers in precarious positions at the time of detonation." Utah Boater Junks Ocean Canoe Trip SCOTTS HILL, N.C. (AP) -Shirely Haycock has abandoned her proposed voyage to canoe. Portugal in a She said she plans to return to Utah in a few days Mrs. mother Haycock, of two from Spring Glen, Utah, was quoted as saying her two Atlantic crossing attempts were thwarted when her canoe was unable to make progress and drifted at the mercy of currents. nTn nn " class. she departed last Thursday. Im going to load up the Volkswagen and head back to Utah, she said. She said she planned to pick up Robert Geedy, Manti, Utah, her companion in her first attempt last month, at his parents home in Pennsylvania. Geedy decided against joining her in the second try. She said she the idea. hasnt I like working individually with the children having contact with the personal child and the parents, she said. The individual attention which can be given to each student is a distinct advantage, she said, and the child is able to progress at his own pace rather than at the general pace of a much larger She also said a homing pigeon she had been loaned to send a single message back to shore was eaten by a cat just before Mrs. Haycock said she returned to shore late Sunday about 30 miles northeast of where she set sail last Thursday. She said she was not able to get far enough off shore to reach the Gulf Stream, a powerful current which would have given her a storng push along her way. Gif n teacher, Lucille Preston, and her four pupils, will have to go to Cheyenne. The school has been closed for practical reasons at the request of tL- - parents. Its sad to see it come to an end," Mrs. Preston said. It is a very special way of education that is now past. Mrs. Preston, 57, has spent years in rural schools and is a firm believer that the quality of education in such schools is a definite advantage to the student. 27 given up Id like to try it again some t'me. It was wild out there when there was some wind. I really enjoyed it, she said. The four children in this past years class came from two families and were in the second, third, seventh and eighth grades. Teaching such a wide range of educational levels poses its problems, Mrs. Preston said. It was quite a lot of work and I had to do a lot of studying, but I she said. enjoyed it, A graduate of the University of Wyoming in elementary education, Mrs. Preston sid she had always taught grades before coming taker four years ago. that she taught for 16 primary to Whi- Prior to years at could count on being stranded usual-- , at least twice a year ly in October and April by fierce Wyoming snowstorms. The longest she ever stayed, however, was about a week, she sail But the children, who live on the ranch, don't bave much trouble making it BAG This year, for example, Mrs. Preston said she had to be taken across Horse Creek by fourwheel drive vehicle for about three weeks when spring rains and snow melt SALE PRICES EFFECTIVE: ym n TUES., WED., cause the creek to nse. Transportation was provided by one of the childrens family. Highlight of the year at Whitaker, according to Mrs. Preston, was the annual Christmas program. With only four students, there was not much prospect of a student being too bashful to participate. The program is given twice once at the school for the families and ranch hands and once again for the Little Bear Grange organization. How will she adjust to a city school? Brown's CONTROL FEED WEED W it will be a big the contact with the I imagine Weeds nway the easy way! Kills dandelions, chickweed, and 14 other pesky lawn weeds. 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