' AlumNus FIFTY YEARS AGO — 1921 MEMORIUM ‘ ae Y SES PEARL OBERHANSLEY ALLRED, age 70, died December 1970 of heart failure. She taught English and Literature at Weber State College for 10 years and was author of a play, advisor for the school newspaper and Literary Advisor for the Carnegie Free Library for 25 years. She wrote and presented a weekly radio program in collaboration with her husband, M. Thatcher Allred, Professor Emeritus of Speech from Weber State. EARLAND A. OHMAN, residing in Stockton, California, died October, 1970, from a heart attack. Formerly of Brigham, he was a training officer at the Sharpe Army Depot in Stockton. JAMES ROLAND PACE, age 71, residing in Burlingame, California, died September, 1970, after an extended illness. He attended Weber Academy and retired as a Naval officer. RUTH W. BELSHEIM, age 44, died of a tumor October, 1970. Residing in Newberry Park, California, she was of the class of ‘46 as Ruth Woody. DEAN PAINTER, class of ‘48, died December 1970 causes. He was an employee at Hill Air Force Base. OSCAR A. BINGHAM, age 69, died November, 1970, following an extended illness. Retired as a livestock broker and salesman in Ogden. FRED C. RABE, age 79, died from a heart attack November, 1970. Owner of the Rabe Portrait Studio and father of Fred S. Rabe, who is a member of the Weber State faculty. EVA STAKER CAWLEY, age 80, died of natural causes September, 1970. She attended Weber Academy and had worked at Hill AFB as a warehouse worker until retiring in 1957. LARRY LEE SHAW, age 32, died November, 1970. He was attending Weber State and worked as a sheetmetal mechanic and at Hill Air Force Base. JULIA J. CHRISTENSEN, age 61, died of a heart ailment August, 1970. She was of the class of ‘66 and taught at the Club Heights Elementary school. HOMER J. SHEFFIELD, age 42, died December, 1970, after an extended illness. He was a bookkeeper for the Clover Club Foods Co., and class of ‘50. CRESCENT BURGI DERU, age 61, died December, 1970, of cancer. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Art Department at Weber State since 1964. She taught in the Ogden City schools and was a professional handweaver for 23 years. Author of articles published in national magazines concerned topics of weaving, ceramics and fabrics of which merited honors for her work. CRAIG R. SUTTON, age 18, succumbed from an auto accident in October, 1970. He was attending Weber State and was employed at the Ogden Standard Examiner. LULA W. HADLEY, age 66, died December 1970, from natural causes. She operated the Weber College Bookstore from 1935 until 1941 and worked in a dress shop in Ogden until retiring in 1960. MARY JENSEN HANSEN, age 61, succumbed from injuries in an auto accident August, 1970. She was a licensed practical nurse and had worked in local hospitals in the area. LESTER GRANT HINCHCLIFF, age 80, died January 2, 1971 of natural causes. He taught music in Ogden City schools and Weber College and later became supervisor of music for Ogden City schools for 41 years. He attended Weber Academy and studied music in Germany, Berlin, New York, California and other areas. He was a pianist in professional theatre orchestras; organized the Ogden ROTC band and conducted the Ogden Tabernacle Choir for 30 years. CHARLES ALLEN HUFF, age 51, died after a short illness in October, 1970. He was a conductor for the Southern Pacific Company. MINNIE R. LEHMAN, age 90, died of natural causes in a local nursing home January 7, 1971. Attending Weber Academy, she taught school in Uintah and Promontory and Weber districts, She Was a registered nurse and worked for the Ogden City Police Dept. during second World War. THELMA DAWSON MIETUS, age 65, died August, 1970, an alumna of Weber Academy. of natural causes WILLIAM VERLIN NASH, Associate Professor at the University of Washington was killed in an automobile accident J uly, 1970. A native of Ogden, attended Weber in 1947-48 and in 1964 received his Doctorate from the University of Illinois. of natural RICHARD E. WHITAKER, class of 49, died at the age of 41 of cancer in Paducah, Kentucky. He was a partner in the Hazelot and Erdall Civil engineering firm in Calvert City, Kentucky. ELWOOD J. DOXEY, SR., age 70, passed away November, 1970, of a heart ailment. Life long resident of Ogden, he worked as a salesman for Sears Roebuck until retiring in 1962. RALPH T. WIGGINS, illness in the Salt Lake and scheduling at the commander of the 22nd age 54, died January, 1971 after a short hospital. He was supervisor of production American Can Co. and retired battalion Artillery of the Utah National Guard. GREGARY A. WILKS, age 20, Spec. 4, was killed in action in Vietnam in October, 1970, while serving with the U.S. Army. He Ha married Sharon Barnes in Honolulu, Hawaii a month prior to is death. RONALD J. WOOLSEY, age 34, died December, 1970. He was a student at Weber State and working for Safeway Stores and the Freeport Center. GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES LAUREL F. BROWN and his wife, the former Lola M. Pace, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in October, 1970. He attended the Weber Academy and they have one son and 2 daughters. RODGER CHAPPELLE and his wife, Mary Read, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in November, 1970. She attended the Weber Academy and he worked for Read Bros. for 48 years. ANOTHER chool play, ‘Peg O’ My Heart’ was a big success with Marguerite Rogers in the title ee (one with Wallace Budge, Maybelle Holst, Lenore Croft, Junius Tribe, Nan Emmett, Joseph Jeppson, Frank Douglas and Rulon Peterson. Claude W. Lindsay, a graduate of the Weber Normal college, was selected as the manager of the new practice farm at the Utah Agricultural College at Logan. Alton Halverson placed first in Weber’s annual cross-country event. Fred Hinckley was unanimously chosen as center on the all-state football eleven. Lawrence Budge was named captain to the 1921-22 basketball team. WEBER ALUM DEWEY HATLEY, a Reverend for the Assembly of God Church, will study language in Mexico for a year and reside in Miami, Florida with his wife as business manager of the Spanish Literature division of the Assemblies of God. RETIRED DR. HAROLD C. BATEMAN, Professor of History since 1946, retired in 1970 and now is head of the Oral History Museum at the Library as a Professor Emeritus. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 1946 200 new veterans enrolled for the winter quarter requiring an additional day of registration. ; Frank Read was elected the new president of the Excelsior Club and he stated that a severe hazing is slated. 5 “Why is the rhythmic, pulsating, emotional music of jazz considered to be too barbaric and vulgar for the average student of music?” was the lead-in of the January 23, 1946, Signpost editorial. Fred Stringham was chosen as most preferred man at the AWS Preference Ball, while Susie Clements was voted the queen of the Ski Carnival by AMS. is & Approximately 4,000 Ogdenites attended the five-night run of “Vagabond King,” the school operetta, starring Jack Larsen, Elaine Stoker and Alfred Adams. : Don Jespersen, Joe Kenny, Ed Martin, Ernie Bingham, Junior Preece and Fred Stringham led Weber to its first Conference championship since 1941 and into the semi-finals at Compton College, California. , Gloria Parry was crowned Miss Weber College as a climax to AWS fatigue week. TEN YEARS AGO — 1961 Reed Whitesides and Pat Conolly had major parts in the March production of “South Pacific.” : The 25th annual Weber College High School Debating Tournament was held in February. Gary Jackson was crowned “King of Hearts” at the annual preference ball. The First annual Weber College Foreign Language Festival was held in March. Linda Ritchie was named as Signpost editor for 1961-62. sae The Deseret News named Dick Motta as Coach of the Year. He was in his first year replacing Bruce Larsen. : Phil Johnson, Bob Belka, Eddie Tillman, Mike Sivulich, Mike Garrett, Jon O'Dell and others led Weber to the ICAC championship, regional playoffs and eighth place in the nation. . Weber becomes a four-year college and the new officers, Dennis Wood, VeAnn Bingham, Sally Rhees, Kay Matsumura and Max Brown began planning a smooth transition. : Dr. William Z. Terry, instructor of mathematics, retired after a 66 year career in education. He was 89 and believed to be the oldest active teacher in colleges at the time. Kay Swenson was named as the new Acorn editor. Karen Waldron, Cherrie Jensen and Annette Wheeler were named the new Colleen Captains. FIVE YEARS AGO — 1966 Sidney Otton, senior football player, signed a pro contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Weber State’s curriculum committee approved a journalism major. 4 é The Wildcats, with five seniors (Al Palfreyman, Bob Belka, Gene Visscher, Jerry Trice and Eddie Tillman), win the Big Sky basketball crown. ’ ; Weber Staters and Ogdenites mourned the death of three Weber State debaters killed in an automobile accident near Lovelock, Nevada. Robert Mukai, debate coach, Mary Clarke and Clifford Hughes were returning from a debate tournament with the University of Nevada. Janet Stephensen was chosen as Miss Weber State, 1966-67. , Former President, Dr. Henry Aldous Dixon was admitted to Weber County’s Hall of Fame. The Excelsior Club presented planters to the library. Sark Arslanian became head football coach. . : Ann Anderson and Ken Klein starred in Weber State’s theater production of “Mary Stuart” to open the season. : David H. Parkinson, a senior majoring in political science, was named outstanding athlete at ROTC summer camp. DR. CLAIR W. JOHNSON, Professor of Music since 1937, retired in 1970 and is now teaching Music on a part time load as Professor Emeritus. 14 15 WSC DEVELOPMENT FUND NAMED IN CHARITABLE TRUST A Salt Lake Business man has transferred stock worth approximately $30,000 through a charitable trust agreement to the Weber State College Development Fund, it was announced at a regular meeting of the Fund, Thursday night at the college. Mr. Layton P. Ott, chief Executive officer of Vista International Corp., created the trust agreement which will fund the college with gifts of stock over a several year period of time. A native Utahn, currently living in Bountiful, Mr. Ott began active business operations in the mid-60’s with the acquisition of a local camper-manufacturing facility. Expanding beyond the manufacturing of campers and trailers, he acquired other related companies and was honor- ed by Governor Calvin Rampton with the Small Business Man of the Year Award in 1969. Mr. Ott is an honor graduate of the University of Utah and holds an MBA from UCLA. Mr. Ott also serves as a faculty member in the School of Business at the University of Utah, a position that no doubt has acquainted him with the financial problems facing higher education in the state and nation today. In announcing details of the trust agreement, Mr. Dean Hurst, Executive Director of the Development Fund, expressed the appreciation of the college to Mr. Ott for his generosity. Mr. Ott was described as a prime example of concerned individuals who feel keenly the responsibilities of business and private enterprise to our college and university systems through the United States. The type of interest and support exhibited by Mr. Ott will do much in narrowing the gap between basic state appropriations and actual programs of desired excellence at Weber State College.