beans were raised for canning in larger factories throughout the county. Some women worked in the seasonal canning to augment the family's income. Occupations branched out from the traditional farmers or dairymen. With the continued importance of Ogden as a railroad hub, employment was found there. Developing commerce enticed others. Local teachers helped fill the ranks needed in the school districts. Young women entered the fields of nursing and clerical help. Electricity, automobiles, and telephones simplified communication, travel and daily life. The world expanded into homes with the availability of radio, then television; improved trains, buses and then airplanes made it grow smaller. Better medicines, vaccines, and medical care lengthened lives, and improved their quality. Roads went from gravel to paved. Some children didn't consider this an improvement as in the winter, when roads were unpaved, they usually were taken from school for a bob sleigh ride by local farmers. With the event of pavement, the asphalt melted the snow more quickly and the sleigh rides faded into the past. The old winding road that was once a state highway connecting Wilson Lane to Marriott, then Slaterville, and then on to Brigham through the Hot Springs area was replaced in the 1930s. The SR126 highway currently along 1900-2000 West entailed the building of an overpass at 12th Street, so crossing the tracks themselves became history. It also created a division in the two communities, slicing it into two sectors. Then came the Willard Bay Canal, another barrier through the area. Most recently 1-15 severed the communities more severely, shutting off east/west traffic on 200 North. New schools were built and some were shut down. In 1909 a central school was commenced on the present Slaterville Park site to serve the entire community of Slaterville, with students beginning attendance early in 1910. Children from grades one through nine were accommodated in the three rooms. Indoor restrooms were included in the back of the building, but were accessed only from the outside. This school remained in use until 1940 when consolidation within the Weber County District brought its closure. A large two-story brick community school was built in Marriott at 1063 South 1200 West, (north of 12th Street on the west side of 1200 West) where the Marriott Park is now located. It replaced the log building on the corner of 12th Street and 1200 West. It was occupied in January 1916. The first teachers were Mrs. Mable Applegate, principal and teacher, Clara Doherty, and Helena Butterfield Case. Marriott students attended school here until 1938 when the school was closed. The Marriott students attended the Slaterville School the remainder of that year and the next one. The school was razed in 1952, and the present park established. The Slaterville School was closed after the 1939-40 school year. 2 The Weber County School Board decided to consolidate schools in the district. Grades seven through nine were removed from local school buildings and sent elsewhere in the district. The closing of the Marriott School began years of shuttling elementary and junior high students from the two communities to various schools, including Plain City, Wilson Lane, Harrisville and Weber High School, all requiring bussing. Wahlquist School was built as an elementary school for Marriott, Slaterville, Farr West and Harrisville students under the consolidation plan. During its construction students from Slaterville and Marriott were sent to the Wilson Lane School. In 1950 Wahlquist was changed to a junior high school, and the younger grades again scattered about the district. Pioneer Elementary School was built in Slaterville in 1966, but only some of Slaterville's children attended there at first, while the rest were still bussed to Plain City. Eventually all children of Slaterville and Marriott attended Pioneer School until the 1989-90 school year and Wahlquist Junior High School until 1994-95. Currently they are bussed to West Weber for the elementary grades, Rocky Mountain Junior High in West Haven, and Fremont High School in Plain City for secondary schooling 3. During the first quarter of the century, students desiring further schooling had to attend Weber Academy (which became Weber State University) or Ogden High School at 25th Street and Monroe Avenue in the Ogden School District. The first high school in the district was built near the center of the district at Washington Boulevard and 11th Street and students began attending classes in the unfinished building in the fail of 1926. Weber High School in Ogden was closed and a new Weber High School was 23