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Show Pratt M. Bethers Named Cedar City High School Principal The Board of Education of the: Iron County School District in meting met-ing Monday named Piatt M. Bethers Beth-ers principal of the Cedar City high school, to succeed Ianthus Wright, who recently resigned the position to become Supeiintendent of Iron County Schools. Mr. Beathers, who has been with the Cedar City schools for the past 1 sixteen years, has served as dean of boys at the Cedar City high school and coordinator In vocational voca-tional guidance in recent years. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University at Provo, and received his masters degree in child and vocational guidance at the Columbia Colum-bia university in 1937. He Is a native na-tive cf Heber and was formerly principal of Tropic high school in Garfield county. He Is also an active act-ive civic worker in the community as a member of the Lions club and the Chamber of Commerce. The Board also approved the ap-' ap-' pointment of Claude Adams, native I of Parowan, as physical education I director and Coach at the Parowan high school. Mr. Adams is a graduate grad-uate of Parowan high school and the Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, when he was prominent prom-inent in athl tics. He has .been teaching for nine years, the past six years as coach at the Panguitch I high school. Although the appointment of Mr. j Beathers andMr. Adams to these I positions was an important step in I building up strong organizations in I the schools of the county, Supcrln- tpnrtpnt Wrlcrht k still fared with many serious vacancies since he mast fill at least twenty more teaching positions before school opens in September. In adition a number of other teachers may resign re-sign In th near future. The resignations of three teachers were accepted by the Board at its, meeting Monday. Mr and Mrs Roy Moris. English and Girls' Physical j Education instructors, respectively, in the Parowan high school have resigned re-signed in older to accept positions in the Murrr.y high school. Mr. and Mrs. Moris have been prominent mnrrbcrs of the Parowan school faculty for many years, and will be hard to replace with the present teachers shortage. Miss Hcl n Stones, teacher In i the Cedar City elimentary school. also resigned to accept a position as teacher and primary Supervisor, in the Tintic School district. j Authorization was given th? Su- perlntendent to proceed immediately with the development of an athletic J field at Parowan high school. The school district has owned the ground! needed for such a Held for some tune, but it necessitated the closing of a city street. Closing of the street was recently approved by the Parowan Paro-wan City Council and the construction construc-tion of a track and football field wil be rushed as much as possible, during sumer months In an effort to have the field ready for school I this fall. Approval of the purchase of coal, for the schools of the county from local companies was given by the Board, with Instructions to the I Superintendent to arrange for the delivery of coal by the Macfarlane and Webster Coal Companies of Cedar Ce-dar City and the Williams Coal Co. of Kanarra. Contracts for the re- nnir tf thn tr noui tfj.c In V.a tm..- I ious schools, were approved, and authorization given for the purchase pur-chase of a numbrr of new machines as soon as they become available. The Superintendent was authorized authoriz-ed to make ne:dcd repairs at the Newcastle school building, although it is not to be used at present. It is planned to keep the building in good repair so that it could be used Immediately if needed, and so that It would not be allowed to become run down. |