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Show Joel T. Barlow Sets Retirement Joel T. Barlow, agent with the USU Extension Service in Provo since 1947, will retire as of Dec. 31, according to Dr. Marden Broadbent, area coordinator. Mr. Barlow's major responsibility with the extension service has been in the field of horticulture, although he has also had responsibility for vegetable crops, grains, weed control, and rodent control. For the past few years he has worked in Wasatch and Summit counties, or the Mountainland area, with responsibility for horticulture, vegetables, and the beautification program. Mr. Barlow has maintained an office in the Extension Service headquarters in Provo. In the beautification program, he has had chairmen in each of the major communities, with a county committee in Utah County. A county beautification tour was initiated three years ago, with the governor in attendance, and has been in operation since that time with Mr. Barlow serving as chairman. Many honors have been won by Utah County and the various communities in beautification. Many types of beautification campaigns have been sponsored by the various communities and schools over the years, with the removal of old car bodies as one of the major targes on the county landscape. Mr. Barlow receive his B.S. from USU in 1938 and worked first with the Bureau of Entomology in Colorado. He returned to USU and received his masters degree in 1962. He began his work first as an agent in Iron County, and moved to Provo the following year, where he has resided since. Mr. Barlow and his wife are the parents of three sons and a daughter. His wife will retire after the winter semester from BYU, where she has taught for many years in the field of child development and family relations. |
