Twenty-fourth Annual
Commencement
Exercises
“A Century of Progress”
Uintah High School
Thursday, May 15, 1947
8:00 p.m.
Class Roll
Adams, Maxwell Dan
Adams, Dorothy Louise
Atwood, Evylene Elizabeth
Allen, Helen
Abegglen, Gwenaver
Brimhall, Mary Lena
Bodily, Harold R.
Brown, Paul Lloyd
Bryant, George Reed
Bingham, Marie
Belcher, Adoree Daisy
Broome, Russie Estella
Batty, Rex Harold
Casady, Victor Hugo
Colton, Sterling Don
Caldwell, Keith Birch
Caldwell, Dolores
Collier, Wendell
Carroll, Bert Lloyd
Coshow, Annabelle Lee
Calder, Lucy
Calder, Rachel
Curtis, Clayton George
Deans, Ronald
Dunford, Marjie Louise
Duvall, DeMar E.
Duvall, LaVoir D.
Ellsworth, Mildred Ann
Gardner, Ray Dean
Gurr, Joye
Hacking, Lorin Clive
Haws, John Keith
Haws, Irvin A.
Harrison, Ardith
Haslem, Samuel Perkins
Jones, Audrey
Johnson, Burton
Kurtz, Wilson Henry
Lewis, Patricia
Larson, Clarene
McCarrell, Brigham Jae
McKeachnie, Maurice Lyle
McKeachnie, Opal Joye
McConkie, Lela Rae
Merkley, Kathyleen
Mackay, Reuben Bryce
Massey, Valda Deze
McCarrell, Fern
Merkley, Karl Rae
Merrell, Orvil C.
Nickell, Erma
Oaks, Arvel Ray
Peterson, Richard Riley
Perry, Nila
Pope, Dona Ruth
Ruppe, Janet Lee
Richardson, Howard H.
Redding, Beulah
Reynolds, Eva
Roper, Marvel Dwain
Sweatfield, Lila LaVon
Snyder, Samuel F. L.
Sowards, Glade Milton
Siddoway, William Ralph
Sessions, Barney Burl
Sessions, Eula Pearl
Stewart, Max
Slaugh, Larraine
Staley, Robert Eugene
Timothy, Elva LaRene
Van Fleet, Edwin R.
Williams, Marita Pauline
Workman, Dan J.
Walker, Alice Marie
Workman, James McCoy
Witbeck, Dorothy Anne
White, Norine
Westwood, Edwin Lamont
Weeks, Alvin Ernest
Walker, Marva
Workman, Billie Lee
York, Jesse Raymond
Vernal Express Print
Class Officers
President Sterling Don Colton
Vice-President Marita Williams
Secretary Bert Carroll
Social Directors Helen Allen, Sam Snyder
Athletic Managers Marva Walker, Richard Peterson
Graduation Committee
Chairman Dan Workman, Howard Richardson, Max Adams, Ray Gardner, Ernest Weeks, William Siddoway, Bert Carroll, Sterling Don Colton, Erma Nickell, Marita Williams, Norine White
Class Song
“Farewell Uintah” … Music composed by Gilbert E. Childs
Words by Eva Reynolds, Joye McKeachnie, Marie Bingham, Dolores Caldwell, Helen Allen, Harold Bodily
Painting
“A Century of Progress” … James A. Jensen
Board of Education
Superintendent H. Grant Vest
President Ruth P. Haslem
Vice-President Russell Todd
Clerk Ernest M. Johnson
Carl R. Richens, Robert Marimon, Ralph Siddoway
Faculty
Harold M. Lundell
Harold E. Hullinger
A. Alwyn Call
Doyle Y. Landon
Frank W. Wright
Alta Johnson
Charles P. Lewis
Ruth H. Lundell
C. LeRoy Richens
E. J. Phillips
Harvey Hullinger
Eldred Johnson
Electa J. Caldwell
Allen T. Bond
Charles T. Freeman
Gilbert E. Childs
Stella H. Oaks
Laurence Cooper
Winona Massey
June F. Stewart
Belle H. Wilson
Forrest Goodrich
Erva K. Bowden
J. Wallace Johnson
Sally Lew Curry
Frank Walker
E. Archie Wilson
Commencement Program
“A Century of Progress”
Preliminary Music DeMar Duvall
Joye Gurr and Harold Bodily
Introductory Remarks Marita Williams
Invocation Glade Sowards
“This is the Place”
Reader Kathyleen Merkley
Grandfather Dan Workman
Dancers Irvin Haws, Valda Massey,
DeMar Duvall, LaVoir Duvall, Norine White,
Clarene Larson, Mary Brimhall, Larraine Slaugh
Brigham Young Sterling Don Colton
Curtain
“Utah on Parade”
Symbols of Utah Dolores Caldwell
Presentation of Flag Marie Bingham
Vocal Solo Rachel Calder
“When Segos Blooms in Utah”
Senior Class Project Ernest Weeks
Saxophone Solo Janet Ruppe
“Czardas”
Theme Address Burton Johnson
“A Century of Progress”
“My Favorite Spot is Utah” Senior Boys’ Chorus
Address, “Our Challenge” Nila Perry
Brass Quartet “Stout Hearted Men”
William Siddoway, Mac Workman
LaVoir Duvall, Burton Johnson
Address, “Youth’s Answer” Max Adams
“Utah We Love Thee” Senior Girls’ Chorus
Curtain
Presentation of Graduates Principal H. M. Lundell
Awarding of Diplomas Ruth P. Haslem
President, Board of Education
“Farewell Uintah” Senior Class
Accompanist; Eva Reynolds
Taps William Siddoway
Benediction Sterling Don Colton
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