Show newspaper story praises former sevier county boy attention of the reaper editor was called recently to an issue of the ute sentinel which carried c an interesting sketch about a former sevier county resident ross thurston son of mr air and mrs E elroy thurston of richfield the article reads A utah boy malting making good as a citizen husband father and first class workman in spite of the handicap of having lost his hearing and the power of speech is ross thurston a compositor and typesetting machine operator in the shop of the ute sentinel ross is 29 years old having havin 9 been born bom at Ann annabella abelia utah 0 october 15 1906 he has a chr charming nc wife who is also deaf and they have two lovely children one an infant and the other large enough to be proficient in the language of his parents though both youngsters have normal hearing and speech ross floss is extremely capable and efficient in all lines of the printing industry he drives his bis own car and otherwise has a happy wholesome existence he is president of the utah association of the deaf now serving his bis second term he was previously secretary of the organization early in 1935 he went as a salt lake city delegate to the twelfth quadrennial convention of the national fraternal society of the deaf held in kansas city ross rosa became deaf when about two years old he attended school in annabella for several years yeara but special teaching facilities were not available and when he was 13 he went to a school for the deaf at ogden he graduated from high school in 1927 valedictorian of his class his first job after leaving school was in a salt lake printing establishment he had learned printing at the fhe school for the deaf and wishing to get into newspaper work later obtained a job at the murray eagle he has been connected with the ute sentinel a year the article continues with a paragraph on the organized speech of the deaf and states that mr thurston finds the greatest disadvantage of his impaired hearing is the fact that he cannot enjoy entertainments such as stage shows vaudeville musical events movies and the radio |