Yocum’'s Donate Historical eS Collection to WSC The high adventure and intrigue of discovering valuable treasures ‘in an old trunk in the attic’”’ actually happened to former Weber State College student, don (Phyllis Burnett) with a few variations theme. The “‘treasures”’ were flag with 34 uneven — e stars dated Mrs. Gor- Yocum — to the old a 5’ by 10’ handsewn 1861, and rare deeds written on parchment dating back to 1670, with signatures of prominent men from the Revolutionary period. Mrs. Yocum was led by a “cleaning-out mood’”’ to tackle some old boxes that had been moved to their home in Philadelphia from Mr. Yocum’s father’s law firm. The firm dated back to 1887 and had been near Independence Hall. The documents discovered predated that and had probably been brought to the firm by lawyers or clients. Mrs. Yocum’s brother, Dr. Keith R. Burnett, an associate professor at Weber State, helped the Yocums make arrangements and the couple donated the valuable collection to the WSC library special collections. The Yocums feel that the articles selected for the collection ‘“‘span a significant period in our history from European immigration, revolution, Indian Wars and the Civil War period.”’ The handsewn flag is signed by W. E. Garrett and Sons, 246 S. Front St., Phila., April 30, 1861, just 18 days after the first shot of the Civil War. The curator of the museum at Gettysburg National Park and Battlefield believes the flag to be an authentic relic of the 1860’s as well as a confederate sword also in the collection. Deeds date from the period of King Charles 11, 1670, through Thomas Mifflin, an important person in the First Continental Congress, 1744-1800. Most of the deeds are for personal property. Also among the items in the Yocum gift was a. Civil War soldier’s cap which bears on its top a shamrock which was the symbol worn by units of the Irish Brigade. The cap belonged to Gordon Yocum’s grandfather, Major Joseph Warren Yocum, a member of the 116th Pennsylvania In- Gordon and Phyllis Yocum and Craige Hall, WSC valuable “treasures,”’ including a 34-star Civil War donated o the Special Collections. director of libraries, look over flag found by Mrs. Yocum and fantry. wilt > ae nai, patna tes| ~ Class Notes LT. WILLIAM T. SCOFFIELD, a graduate of Weber State College, has earned his master’s degree from the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, Calif. Lt. Scoffield earned the degree in computer systems management. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Scoffield, Ogden. His wife is the former Cherie Baldwin. SCOTT W. CAMPBELL received his master of science degree in physics at Utah State University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics at Weber State College in 1973. He will be working as a missiles analyst for the CIA in Langley, Va. He is married to the former Pamela Samson. They have two children. MICHAEL O. BURTON has been named assistant vice president and manager of the credit department at the State National Bank of El Paso, Tex. He is a graduate of Weber State College and joined the bank last August as a commercial loan officer and formerly was an officer for a Los Angeles, Calif. bank. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Burton Sr., Roy. STEVEN E. BAGLEY has received his doctor of dental medicine from the Washington University School of Dental Medicine at St. Louis, Mo. He is a graduate of Ogden High School and attended Weber State College. He is married to the former Ruth Ann James and has one son. They will make their home in Greeley, Colo. where Dr. Bagley has established his practice. EVELENE H. RICE, who earned her bachelor degree in education in 1967 at Weber State College, has received her master of education degree from Utah State University. Mrs. Rice is married to Vernon T. Rice and they have four children. She will be working for Weber County Schools as a generalist. JAMES L. WEST received a doctor of education degfee in curriculum and supervision at Utah State University. He earned a bachelor degre at Weber State College in 1966 and a masters degree in 1972 at USU. He is married to Pauleen Parkinson and has two children. He will be: working for Weber County schools. EDWARD N. TIMMERMAN, Weber State College graduate, conducted a survey to discover where people migrate from to make permanent homes in the Ogden area. Mr. Timmerman is a Weber County planning staff intern. The results of his study showed that over a five-year period Californians made up the largest number who have moved to Ogden. There were 2,456 persons from California. The next largest number, 1,241, came from Idaho. RICHARD SMITH HULSE has been accepted at the Northwestern School of Dentistry at Chicago. Mr. Hulse is a graduate of Ogden High School and Weber State College. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs A. S. Hulse, Ogden. first Utah student to receive the award. He graduated from Ogden High School and attended Weber State College and graduated from the University of Utah. JOHN manager GROW of the has been intravenous appointed solutions production department at the Ogden plant of Cutter Laboraties, Inc. Mr. Grow is a graduate of Weber State College and has been a Cutter employee since 1971. HARMON G. WILLIAMS has_ been named executive vice president in charge of operations for the Browning Company, Mountain Green. Mr. Williams has been with Browning Co. since 1952. He has been vice president of marketing since 1953 and a director of the corporation since 1959. A native of Ogden, Mr. Williams is a graduate of Weber State College. DR. ROBERT F. BOLLAND has been assigned by the University of Maryland to teach and do research in marine biology in Japan, Okinawa, South Korea and Thailand. He attended Weber State College and received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah. He is married to the former Nancy Hamilton. She will accompany him on his Far East tour. ROBERT F. PARENTI has completed a master’s degree at Utah State University in political science. He is a 1972 graduate of Weber State College. Mr. Parenti and his wife, Kris Douros, will live in Salt Lake City where he will work for the Utah State Department of Public Safety. JOHN AND LINDA SMITH EDWARDS will both teach physical education at the international school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for two years. Both are graduates of Weber State College. Mr. Edwards is a native of Long Beach, Calif. Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, Ogden. SCOTT D. FARRELL has been awarded a grant for $8,400 to study at the University of Southern California College of Optometry. Mr. Farrell was awarded the grant by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. He is the SANDRA K. FERGUSON was named director of Golden Spike Empire, Inc., an agency to promote travel and community events. The agency serves Morgan, Box Elder, Weber and Davis Counties. A graduate cum laude of Weber State College in two majors, history and English, Miss Ferguson worked as a public relations assistant for an electrics company and asa historical research assistant in the department of history at WSC. MARY ANN BROWN has received a teaching assistantship at Michigan State University valued at $3,300. Miss Brown will teach in the MSU’s department of family ecology. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Weber State College and did graduate work at Brigham Young University. She has taught elementary school for the past four years at Lewis Elementary, Ogden. She will work toward a master’s degree in Family Studies with a minor in Child Development. JAMES H. MATIS, associate professor of the Institute of Statistics, Texas A&M University, received a five-year annual stipend of $22,800 for independent research in the sciences related to health. Dr. Mathis’ research interests comprise a wide area of biological and ecological statistics with a specialty in compartmental analysis, a new area of statistics of considerable importance in bio-medical researches. The award was presented by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Matis graduated from Weber State College in 1965. | DAVID E. BRONSON has been promoted to vice president in the Commercial Loan department of the Commercial Security Bank, Ogden. He attended Weber High School and Weber State College and is a 1973 graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington in Seattle. His wife is the former Julianne Berrett of North Ogden. They have six children