New <Belian? J Building | Ready November 24. fcor. Ogden Now. 16, (UH Slater Board The Veber School be |E, Arnold C. His Structure At Cost Slater, president; Wilmer vice president; H. Guy Jensen, Memorial late _ eerie ane Wahlquist school will surprise visi- | jtors the first time they inspect lit. The structure is roughly U-. jshape. It vas a _ county was when construction and and vicinity. : C Authorization Given gat dated schoo! than in the four small. achools | and the..facilities could be. had at lower maintenance cost per, ‘student, by reducing the custodial and MERCH ET peerheds 4a: buyding, ae “walls and q are of reinforced concrete. room, school lunch kitchen | are built of con-! ‘Interior. ‘walls—Conerete and rubbed) painted. Ceilings—-“Class rooms, hdlig. and auditorium” acoustic celotex. - Tile work—Waincoting in halls, ° and floors in toilet | was ‘giver"May’ | toilet rooms The authorization 12 to apply for a WPA project and> ‘rooms are all of ceramic tile; a square feet. Art Shreeve was employed as archiFloors—Auditorium, maple. flac 1 applans were tect. provedPreliminary, June ® and- the application _ ing. All other rooms and. halls” as-— phalt tile. a of signed so that fresh air can be April 27, 1939, the present site of : taken m outside when desired. from en | Solan from six acres was purchased Heat in each room is controlied Arnold Slater. Members of the board and resi-_ _ dents of the communities felt that much better school facilities could: consoliprovided in. a larger be | Heating—Steam head. ‘Boller is i fired by coal stoker feeding coal. s | time, et-. | direct from coal bin. Room radiat-. wm de seh lasncsemnacale f ors are equipped with blowers: to. rr re prkseotatis ing were |held with n | improve circulation and are de-. the four communities, and schools. of Harris- E. ‘i smoke stack ‘smooth | owas sign ed June 23. | ne: eee of an acceptable, ville, Farr West, Slaterville and Marriott, The board at that time was comprised of Wilmer. Cc. JenFrederick Barker, president, sen, vice president, H. Guy Child, Ed. was superinten-. Wahlquist Keith and William P. of schools dent Miller was assistant superintendent and clerk. ‘ bre ELTON. in- increase was begun, former U. E. A, president principal of Weber county 3 _ high school. struction of a new ‘combined ele-. mentary and junior high school to. J. Parker’ and by ovat concrete a cubic. ‘ crete. L yards. &:% walls—3 - Brick work—Exterior ‘course brick. ‘late Keith: Wahlquist, superin-— tendent of Weber county schools of. thinking and The new cen-_ HONORED tral school was named after the school Om. April 7, 1938,. the board of education formally considered conreplace the four with feet A county house - the and 184 engineers: | school population that is developing ? in line with army projects of We-|| _ ber the. U. ean on Building | floors | Boiler the county board and the superin-| to of Concrete — ; (ein ialions | “Fintetlor _ preparedness. while Uncle Sam was| planning | preparedness. The com-. pletion of the building will assist tendent: dimensions one-story. © which > the on The Weber | seemingly of structure ‘Size of building 184 ft x 150 tt, military: depot is located. Cares for Overlow There is more to this than coinboard the base Here are some essential facts _ ,about. the building, released by Dar- — ‘rell J. Greenwell, state WPA ad- | , ministrator, and prepared by ae | ments, for the Wahlquist school is just across the highway to. the. west | cidence. as one-story for gymnasium community recreation and _ social purposes because of its great audi-_ troium, / ae and, te See West, mountains and also a fine panorama | depot developgeneral of Utah reservation two wings the nevertheless should be popular for Farr the WPA began construc- | the Wahiquist school the the a are with 150 feet. Designed particularly for school ‘purposes, the new structure location afforded a sweeping View of the magnificent Wasatch moun‘tains. But Uncle Sam became busy in the meantime. Now the students will obtain 8 splendid. view of the of is ground from and ‘Harrisville Slaterville start will to ninth grades first school on Nov. 24 ina brand-new lapuilding, constructed by WPA bor under Weber county school dis- trict sponsorship. When ‘ tion of rooms |auditorium lanieasieiinte of Marriott, Students There |class Increased. Population to Be Absorbed Through sine the Wahl- gaard is clerk and treasurer of the | |} board.” The size ae appointments of tae Construction to honor Keith quist, William P. Miller is now { superintendent, and Robert Wangs-| RESERVATION NEAR school superintendent, | Hardy. Later an additional three | by separate thermostat. Lighting—Lights are all incanacres were purchased. foe ay descent type and are automatically The new school will have an en Otend 40: stu- | controlled by electric eye mechanlrollment of between ‘a to lism which maintains proper light dents per grade Wi ‘|at all times, 8. ‘irks. ar about 300 boys Water supply—Water is supplied Wyatt will be princhial and nine | from a well. Grilled on the site. the| nee will other teachers faculty. me aE eas ee ef ‘Storage ' tank and automatic imate ipertate- ee pump rE — Mme . of education—- |Child, Frederick Barker and Ed. J. : Parker—officially named the build-: Of $168,121 eee Head present board ing Wahlquist WPA Labor Used to Build) ner Exam end Stand