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 TH Bell School Dedication on November 14, 1963

TH Bell School Dedication

 

 

 

Board of Education

C. M. Folkman, President
George Van Leeuwen, Vice President 

John Van Drimmelen
Marvin J. Deamer
Henry A. Matis

Administration

WiIIiam R. Boren, Superintendent of Schools
Robert G. Aldous, Administrative Assistant
Maurice A. Berrett, Director of Secondary Education
L. Earl Swenson, Clerk & Treasurer
Dee Shupe, Superintendent of Building and Grounds

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUILDING

Architecture by Keith W. WiIcox and Associates
General Contractor: Wadman Construction Company

TotaI square feet: 87,439
Cost per square foot: $13.60 (Construction & finish of site)
Cost per square foot: $12.90 (Construction of building only)
State school average: $14.93 (Cost per square foot)
Total Teaching Stations: 30
Total Classrooms: 18 
 
Total cost of building:  $ 1,190,401.96

 

DEDICATION PROGRAM

 

Group Singing ..................................................................................."America"

Accompanist:  MarJan Wooley

Conductor:  Gordon Jessop

 

Invocation ...............................................................  Reverend Robert Spears

Community Methodist Church

Introduction of Platform Guests ...............................Superintendent Wm. R. Boren

Band Selection: "Activity March" ................................................ School Band

Conductor - Gordon Jessop                                 Composer - Harold Bennett

 

Three minute talks ...................................... Keith Wilcox, Architect
  Jay Wadman, Contractor
  George Van Leeuwen, Board Member
  T. H. Bell, State Superintendent  of Public Instruction
  Earl Cragun, Principal
Pictures of School .......................................... Gary Jensen
Directions for Viewing the Building ............... Earl Cragun
Dedicatory Prayer .......................................... Ernest B. Wheeler, President Washington Terrace Stake
School Song - ................School Chorus - ..... Conductor - Gordon Jessop
Recessional March (Morrissey) .................... School Band
Refreshments................................................ PTA
Ushers .......................................................... Bell Jr. High Pep Club

 

T H BELL STAFF

Earl Cragun, Principal James Blotter Marilyn Hansen Howard Stallings
LeRoy Bouwhuis Ray Coleman Gary Jensen Rena StalIings
Melvin Cottle Paul Croft Gordon Jessop William Skidmore
Maxine Jennings Ralph Crowton  Lindroth Lundell Bud Stephenson
Helen McClune Gretta Erickson Gordon Milhone Dale Tilley
Maude Mildon Joyce Evans Sandra Ortega Robert Vowles
Rodney Roper Leland Gygi Blaine Phillips Ronald Watkins
Ruth Towers Marianne Hagen Gale Reeser Sidney Wyatt
Don Anderson Alma Hansen Gordon Russell Wilford Young
Kenneth Berrett Gaylen Hansen Elma Skanchy  

 

SCHOOL LUNCH WORKERS

Isabelle Baird Vera Bindrup Beth Brown
Mary Caldwell Elaine Funk Louise Hansen
Muriel Hodgman Pauline Roubinet Erma VandenAkker

 

CUSTODIANS

Angus Shaw Theodore Jabbs Dwain L. Mincey

 

SECRETARIES

Margaret Beyda   Jean Santoro