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Show Panguitch High Choir Competes In Festival Panguitch High School's Choir under the directin of John Eynon competed with 11 other school in the Region Eight Choral Festival and was among the three receiving superior rating. The choir sang three Hungarian folk songs, a. contemporary number entitled "A Flee and a Fly and a Flue"; and a Renazon's art song, "Ah, He is Fair". Panguitch High School's Band also under Mr. Eynon participated in the Region Eight Band Festival and received an excellent rating. They played an arrangement of America the Beautiful," "Creole Suite" and was judged on sight reading, and performance. At an election dance held last Wednesday the following officers for the coming year were announced after having been elected by the studentbody during school that same day: President, Wallace Lee; vice-president, Craig Tebbs; historian, Martha Riggs; social committee chairmaned by Beverly Roe, Gaylene Orton, Susan Tebbs; varsity cheerleaders; Susan Moffit, head cheerleader, Bonnie Bulkley, Karen Barney, Cleo Henrie; junior varsity cheerleaders, Trudie Miller, head cheerleader, Lisa Owens, Fran Houston, Janeal Doods. Twenty-four boys from Panguitch participated in Provo in the state track meet. She served during the WV7 school year as secretary of the Garfield Education Association. She fulfilled an LDS mission in the northern states. Has served as Tropic ward chorister in the Sunday school, Primary and Jr. Sunday School and, was a member of the choir. She was also in charge of most of the music for the elementary school programs. With her early retirement, she feels that she can devote more time to her home and her family. Ella W. Adair attended the University of Utah, graduating in 1933 with a BS degree. Since that time she has attended the Washington School of Art, University of Utah, Southern Utah State, BYU and Utah State Universities. She had a major in physical education with a minor in art and speech. She later earned her home economics accreditation. Mrs. Adair taught in the old two-room high school building. Her duties were: English, home ccon. (with an old treddle sewing machine), speech, art, music, physiology, psychology and phys. ed. During her first year she directed a school play, girls play, operetta and a night of drama. She also went to the CCC Camp with two other teachers and taught reading and type. There were no lights In the school, nor in the town, so the school play was taken to all three of the towns, gasoline lanterns were used for stage lights. In 1933, she was married to Arnold Adair and they lived in Salt Lake City for the next four years. During World War II she was drafted back into teaching, being a certified teacher and most of the men teachers were in the armed forces. She taught in Granite district for two years. The fall of '44 they moved back to Tropic and Supt. J. Oral Christensen asked her to teach again in the Tropic High with Charley Wintch, principal and Ira Littlefield, the coach. She was one of the first teachers in the state to have an FHA club and her club has been honored in Who's Who in American Clubs. Her girls have held six state FHA offices; two girls ran for national offices, and Mrs. Adair has had the privilege of chaperoning girls to three national conventions. Her art students have won many state awards, as have her speech students. During the time that she taught in Tropic she served as president of the GEA for two terms, was on the state PTA board for two and a half terms, was president of the home econ. section of the Utah Vocational Association and represented the state at the national convention in Miami', Fla.; was on the UEA Public Relations committees for two years, was on the state home economics textbook committee and served on the. Utah Home Econ. Association board. At present she is serving on the county vocational committee. Community wise she has served as a Sunday school and Relief Society teacher, Sunday School organist, 4-H leader for 30 years, Garfield County News correspondent, for 25 years and Deseret News correspondent for 28 years. She was Garfield Stake Y.W.M.LA. president for 8 years and also served on the Panguitch Stake YWMIA board. At present she is the Tropic bicentennial chairman and county chairman for the county bicentennail program. She and her husband have one daughter, Bonnie Miles, Mid-vale and a son Laurence, living in California. They lost one son, Ronald. Both sons served in the US Air Force. She hopes, that during her days of retirement that she and her husband will be able to enjoy their home, garden and perhaps do a little traveling. |