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Show ProminentEducator Is Called by Death The news of the sudden death of Professor Reinhard Maeser, former resident and teacher of Beaver, came as a great shock to the citizens, of Beaver. The following Is taken from a Salt Lake paper. Provo. Professor Reinhard Maeser Mae-ser died suddenly of heart trouble Friday while instructing his English class at Bingham Young university. Ho was a native of Germany. Hla early home was in Salt Lake, where he worked as an upholster. He on-tered on-tered the teaching profession and became be-came president of the Murdock academy ac-ademy at Beaver. When that school closed he came to the university. For some tfme he was associate editor of the Provo Enquirer and thn became proprietor and editor of the Beaver Utonian. He recently returned from a mission in the north central states for the L. D. S. church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah C. Shepherd Maeser, and the following children:' Mrs. Theresa Larsen, Mrs. Mabel Tanner, Mrs. Beatrice Mitchell, Georgia, Mieth and Evelyn Maeser. all of Provo; Karl G. Maeser, Ulghy, Ida; Sebr-wln Sebr-wln Maeser, Logan, and two sisters. Mrs. George S. McAllister of Salt Lake and Mrs. Myron E. Crandall of Sprlngville. A brief sketch of the life and labors la-bors of our esteemed fellow-citizen. Professor Reinhard Maeser. In the di;atli of ProiVsmr Maeser, which occured at Provo, Utah, Kri-(Continued Kri-(Continued on lant puno; PROMINENT EDUCATOR EDUCA-TOR CALLED BY DEATH (Continued from Page 1) day morning, September 17th, there is removed from this and other communities com-munities a character who has left an impression for good. For nearly forty-five years he has functioned in our community interests, unself-fish unself-fish and unstinting in his labors for the uplift of humanity. He died as he lived, loyal to his work and at his post of duty. He came to Beaver in 1880, at a time when our educational interests were at low ebb, servile as principal of the Beaver City schools. In connection with this work he served as editor of the Beaver Utonion, as county clerk for two years and director of home dramatics. dra-matics. During the later eighties he was the chief founder of the Beaver Stake academy, an institution institu-tion which has become widely known in southern Utah for it's high educational edu-cational .attainments, drawing support sup-port from adjacent countries. In 1898 when the Murdock school was established he was a member of its first faculty and continued as such and its principal during the period of twenty-four years of existence. In church work he was untiring in zeal, ever valiant and energetic for the advancement of his religious convictions. He was a member of the high council for some thirty-five years, superintendent of stake Sunday Sun-day schools for a long period, member mem-ber of the city council for some two terms, superintendent of Y. M. M. I. A., thus rounding out a well spent life of unselfishness. A .generous donator to charitable purposes and ever in the foreground of civic and church interests. He performed a mission to the Swiss and German mission fields. He was most unfortunate in the death of his first wife within n v." their marriage. He J later ma, ,' Miss Sarah C. She phard, one'"'. Beaver's most talent V young '! men, educated like 'nselt 0 (; B. Y. U, and was c'wwith him I-sentiment I-sentiment and supporT in ai activities of his life's work. Fro this union came a large family boys and girls of culture and prot ise; leading educators and mo-valuable mo-valuable citizens, descendants t will do honor to the names ot tV-illustrious tV-illustrious fathers and grandfathe,-May grandfathe,-May they each and all emulate tt noble examples ot their worthy fo-bearers. |