Show good bye old oid adobe A 4 1 0 4 11 p A 7 al S the above picture will recall fond memories to many miny of the young and middle aged people of carbon county for it is a picture of the house in in which many of them began absorbing book knowledge it is a likeness of the old adobe school houie housep recently torn down to make room for a new and modern building the building was wa started in 1885 and completed the following yea yeav by A VV and E S horsley and E H branch the first school of price was held at the bom home of matthew simmon simmons in 1883 wa with th sally ann olaen olsen as teacher the following year price school district was organized with W H branch G W el dridge and john D leigh as trustees this year school was he held I 1 d in the L D S 8 log meeting house with william J tidwell and isabella birch bryner as teachers after the adobe school house was put up E S horsley G W eldridge and H J stowell served a term as true trustees tees carloa H valentine taught the first term in the new b building Il ding and H G mathia mathis mrs ella haymond now of salt lake joseph W davis and henry fiack were among the early day teacher teachers in 1900 the building was sold by tho the school trustees to the L D S relief society and here were held the society meetings and sunday school for several 1 years a in 1909 tho the school trustees again pur chased the lot and building and since the first of the year the old adobe has again seen service as a school house this step being made necessary by the burning of the public school building on the night of jan ad last the work of tearing down this dear old landmark was was started ten days ago and today little re remain irmina of a building that baa has do done 50 a moat most commendable service for the community comra ra peace to its old mud bricks I 1 |