Show Drucilla Reese Thomas Honored I S' S 4 Ott t r k I t I y aya r r 4 04 s Il IA A gathering of many parents teachers students and friends paid a special tribute to a former Drucilla Reese Thomas on May the photograph photo photo- graph above she greets one of her many students who was at this event The P. P PTA T A and students of the Eleanor Daly Condit School Claremont C Calif al Ifo or r n ni I a pre presented a special program which proved to be a combination of This is Your Life and If LaughIn Laugh Laugh- In In The former Park City teacher re received an orchid and charm necklace as tributes for her hermany hermany hermany many years of dedicated ser ser- vice Each charm on the necklace represented a project or has a special meaning in the loved teachers life A US U.S. map a chick l 1 little It i t t tie l e girl little boy Reddi school house silver edged blackboard a pencil pencil pencil pen pen- cil sharpener her key to happiness happiness happiness hap hap- and a tiny replica of the Salt Lake Temple adorn the chain The Southern California Edison Edison Edison Edi Edi- son Company said Your annual class electrical project is famous famous famous fam fam- ous throughout Edison Company and has rated more pictures and publicity than any other school project known It is the best planned and most comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive compre compre- study of electricity that we have seen anywhere in Southern Southern Southern South South- ern California The evening was filled with personal t tributes rib ute s by fellow workers and friends wonderful letters from far corners comers tears and laughter all for Drucilla Reese Thomas Before going to California Mrs Thomas taught in the Marsac Marsac Marsac Mar- Mar sac Elementary School in Park City for seventeen years Her sister Mrs Nan and brother Bob Reese both live in Park City Although confined to a wheelchair for the past year due to the affliction of arthritis arthritis arthritis arth arth- this outstanding teacher is not retiring and will continue teaching at the school l J t PI |