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Show New Elementary School Named For Sugar House Pioneer Educator Will Be Dedicated Thursday The dedicatory prayer will be given by Mayor Adiel F. Stewart. Immediately following the program pro-gram a guided tour of the building build-ing will be led by pupils of the sixth grade, room 14. The school was opened for class work December 12, 1955, with the student body of 534 children. It's thirteen classrooms are supplemented supple-mented by auditorium-gymnasium facilities, a multi-purpose teachers' room, a library, and an administrative area. The building area is 34,276 square feet and the grounds com pose approximately four and one-half one-half acres and the estimated cost of the construction is $587,000. The beautiful new school, graced with the majestic mountains moun-tains as a background, is a fitting fit-ting monument to endeavors and labors for educaton improvements improve-ments in the city, by Mrs. Curtis. Like her great-forbearer, Brig-ham Brig-ham Young, Mrs. Curtis has been endowed with energies and talents to build. It was in a great measure meas-ure through her undying efforts (Continued on Page 9) Curtis School, 1425 South 22nd East, the newest elementary school in southeast section of the city, will be dedicated tonight in appropriate ceremonies. The school, is named for Mrs. A. R. Curtis, pioneer Sugar House Viesident, who served as a member of the Board of Education from January, 1941 until December, 1954. In addition to her assignments on the Teachers and School Work committee and the Purchasing Committee, Mrs. Curtis served as chairman of the Special Education Educa-tion Committee and devoted much of her time and energies to the special education program. Features of the program will include prelude music by Margaret Mar-garet C. Richards, Posting of the Colors, by Kenneth Bellow, Roger McDonald and David Jensen; National Na-tional Anthem, audience; address of welcome, Mrs. Ike W. Hall, president of the school PTA; Introduction In-troduction of guests and faculty by Miss Lois N. Sorensen, principal; prin-cipal; tribute to Mrs. Curtis by LeGrand P. Backman, president of the board of education. Elbert R. Curtis and prominent Sugar House businessman and church leader, will present the plaque. A program of square dancing will be presented by the sixth grade class and Dr. M. Lynn Bennion, superintendent of Salt Lake School, will talk on "Purposes "Pur-poses to be Served," and physical characteristics of building will be given by William F. Thomas, architect. ,,,.,,,r.,w....,,.1...1.,., - ..a... ' , . '.'.."J jjlj j 1 I ' ' ' " 1S1S III!,' U; - "1 i. ; i , " & ' ,..LI. -.....- ,--i.-'r".-r-.i...w ;.irT:...4.-.. ...:...,."..... .Wi- ."- : ....- - , - . . . . 4 l' . -v' V " f Sinn ii ii 1 iii ' r ii iiflwn ii jii iii i "iii immim ! 1,'iitn iii iii i ' i i ... . -. ... ,j.i,.kmi, .. Beautiful and spacious Curtis Elementary School, named for Mrs. A. R. Curtis, in recognition of her I years of work, will be dedicated in Thursday evening eve-ning ceremonies. CURTIS iSGHOOL (Continued from Page 1) that classes were offered in the city schools for handicapped children. chil-dren. She was also one" of the first kindergarten teachers in the area. Prior to returning to school work in the P-TA and Board of Education, Mrs. Curtis raised eight sons and a daughter, all of whom are prominent in business busi-ness and professional organizations. IjllWI 11 IWIIWIIpiUpi,,,,,,,,,,,, UMRUI ys f i Mrs. A. R. Curtis . .'. worked in schools many years. |