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Show Utah State Training School honors employees v Lorraine Clark began C wtienfl flt the Utah State Training 5 S? p'anned 10 stay only a I fwas 35 years ago - and Mrs. ' rtK s she still plans to work V 0 a few more yearS retirin t- tne oniy 0ne of 331 of the school who had en'P at the school nearly three honored at an employee rri ceremony July 13. awa Zles who had been at the tff e 10 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 " were presented awards at yea1oIies held in the school Hum and feted to a brunch M Sunder the campus trees. "Jjf Clark said Dr. (Hubert H.) Ramsey was superintendent when she first went to work at the school as an attendant (now called a developmentalist). Since that time, not only have four other superintendents (Dr. Vernon Houston, Dr. Guy A Richards, Dr. Paul S. Sagers and Leonard Lavis - with Mary Pulley as acting superintendent for four months) directed the facility, but many, many changes have come about in the care and training of the residents. "When I came to the school, the doors were locked and all you did was care for the residents. Now they are taught and are able to do lots of things," she said. Now a Speech Aide in Pleasant : I "V View and Evergreen Residential Cottages, Mrs. Clark said she served as supervisor of Wing C and Wing B for the profoundly retarded, and in Cedar for a while but four years ago asked to go back and work directly with the residents. "I just love them. I enjoy very much working with them. They need the love you give them and the association you provide - and they love you back. They maybe can't speak or tell you but you can just see the love in their eyes," she says. Mrs. Clark said it hasn't mattered who the superintendents have been, the "kids - I call them kids - have always been treated real good. They always had the welfare of the kids at heart. "Dr. Ramsey said when I started, treat the kids with love and respect and they will return it to you - and they have." With the many new buildings that have gone up on campus at the school in the last few years, Mrs. Clark said the school has practically prac-tically been rebuilt since she first came there. She says one change she has noticed is that the public has become more tolerant of the mentally retarded. "Not only that but it used to be the parents or guardians would hide them behind locked doors - now they are more accepted by everyone." Mrs. Clark's husband, Karl, also works at the school. Heinz Leonhardl, who has worked in the maintenance department most of the 30 years he has been employed at the school, agreed with Mrs. Clark about the many changes over the years. "They have built the whole school over since we began," he said, referring not only to the building changes but also to the many programs put into effect to help the mentally retarded reach their full potential in life. Other 30 year awards went to Dr. Mark Allen, school psychiatrist.and Leo Erickson, purchasing agent. Honored for 25 years service were Reva Ashton, Jessie Brandenberg, Faye Brooks, Lucene Chamberlain, Paul Christopherson, EeDel Curtis, Shirley Hatch, Norah K. Huntsman, William Long, Marjorie Magnusson, Maurine Pulley, Paulene Storrs, Betty Beck, Charlotte Carson, George DeBell, Wanda Durrant, Rhoda Edwards, Betty Gaisford, Geraldine Glover, LaRue Hansen, Reuben Jolley, Marielle Morelli, Richard Proctor, Pauline Rees, Wyla Rymer, Lois Seals, Gwynn Shafter, Mary Stubbs, Irene Thompson, Edna Tittensor, Ethel Woolsey and Dorene Smith. Steve Anderson served as master-of-ceremonies for the event, and Superintendent Leonard W. Lavis expressed appreciation to the employees for their dedication to the residents. Entertainment was by Patrick Keleher, accompanied by Sharon Johnson -- "Thanks for the Memories" with lyrics by Eve Hendrix. Serving on the awards committee were Ila Nielson, chairman; LaRue Hansen, Artalee Larsen, Shirley Hatch, Charlotte Carson, Lynda Hiatt, Ora Peterson, Judy Dixon, May Motsinger, Carol Creviston, Gwynn Shafter, EeDel Curtis, Naomi Neilson, Verlene Moffett, Louise Hansen, Louis Seals and Jessie Brandenberg. Lorraine Clark Earl M. Thompson, Leda Thorne and Virginia Ivie. Those honored for having worked at the school for 20 years were: Tessie Allred, Frankie Barney, |
