Young Mother Tackles Lonely
Teaching Post in State of Utah
By MURRAY M. MOLER
United Press Staff Correspondent
White Canyon, Utah 4U.R) Pretty Carol McEntire is a
modern day version of the pioneer schoolmarm. Her territory
the near wilderness of the uranium country.
She teaches 19 pupils in a one
room, shack-type school at White
Canyon, on the northwestern
fringe of the uranium-rich -Colorado
Plateau.
Why select an isolated sec
tion? "For the money and for an
experience I'll never forget," she
said.
Uranium had nothing to do
with her taking the job, although
her husband, Earl, a former en
gineering student, said he had
been "doing some praspecting
but haven't found anything yet."
Late last year, Mrs. McEntire,
comfortable in her farm home
at Preston, a thriving agricul
tural center in southeastern
Idaho, read in the Desert News
and Telegram of Salt Lake City
of the trouble White Canyon
was having with its' school's
"faculty."
Teacher Left
White Canyon is on the banks
of the muddy, meandering Colo
rado River, 223 airline miles
southeast of Salt Lake City. The
menfolk of its population of 90
work in nearby uranium mines.
Te families live in trailers and
clapboard shacks in a cotton
wood grove where White Can
yon creek meets the Colorado.
The San Juan County school
board hired a teacher last fall,
supposedly for the entire 1954-
55 school year. But early in De
cember the teacher asked for an
"emergency leave" to attend to
family business in New York
and failed to return. A substi
tute sent to White Canyon stay
ed only three days.
Women of ,the tiny community
tried to take over, but admit
ted they weren't prepared for
the teaching job.
That's when Zenos Black, dis
trict schools superintendent, is
sued an appeal for a teacher.
From the story in the Deseret
News and Telegram, which was
widely redistributed over wires
of United Press Black received
more than 70 applications.
One was from Carol Allen Mc
Entire, who taught a couple of
years after college and then mar
ried. Her husband runs a farm in
Preston. They now have two
children Morgan, 3, and Shan
non, 18 months v
People Wonderful
"When I heard of the problem
at White Canyon, we talked it
over,"- Mrs. McEntire explains.
"We're trying to buy our farm j
and could use some extra money.
Things on the farm are slack in
the winter. So, without telling
either my folks or Earl's I called
Mr. Black and applied for the
job."
The McEntires left their
daughter, with grandparents
who, "were shocked that w'd
go down to a place like White
Canyon." The boy, Morgan, went
along.
McEntire joined his wife "for
a bit of a vacation, to look over
the. place, to do the housekeep
ing in the trailer we rented, and
to look after Morgan." He'll re
turn to Preston about April 1,
when farm activity resumes.
Mrs. McEntire said that White
Canyon looked "better than we
thought it would we didn't real
ize that there was even a small
store." The people, she said, "are
wonderful."
Whether Mrs. McEntire will
remain in White Canyon after
the current term is an unanswer
ed question
"We'll wait and see," she
said.
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Local Woman
Will Conduct
State Meeting
Mrs. Don Anderson, grand gila
monster of the' Military Order
of the Lizard, will preside at the
organizations annual grand con
vocation of Oregon at Bend, on
July 19. Mrs. Anderson also
serves as junior vice-president
of the department of Oregon,
United Spanish War Veterans
auxiliary.
Among those from this area
attending the convocation will
be past grand gila monsters, Mrs.
Hans Rammin and Mrs. Harry
Barneburg, grand horned toad.
Mrs. Rene Grosh, and grand pol-
lywog, Mrs. James Cech. Mrs.
Cech, president of -Colonel Sar
gent auxiliary of Medford, will
be the department musician at
the department ' convention at
Bend, July 17 to 20.
Mrs. Renne 'Grosh wil repre
sent the : Rogue river camp of
Grants Pass at the Bend encamp
ment.
Mrs. Barneburg also is de
partment parliamentarian, and
Mrs. Rammin, department assist
ant guard.
Kitchen Efficiency;
Gadgets Plus Brains
' Carbondale, 111. (U.R) The
labor-savers the homemakers
found under the Christmas tree
need' to be used with brain work
if they are to be of any real
help.
So says Mrs. Agnes Ridley,
Southern Illinois University
home economist, who ', claims
that such equipment calls for
organized thinking. ' .
The good-natured male who
played Santa with abandon this
season may be chagrined to
learn that, according to Mrs.
Ridley, "a husband who buys
all the latest household devices
doesn't automatically find him
self with an efficient wife.
"For one thing," she warned,
"if she haphazardly stores the
gadgets with no thought of con
venient placing for future use,
her housekeeping will be noth
ing short of a nightmare."
. Mrs. Ridley has sound advice
concerning seasonal equipment.
Into her attic about now go such
items , as the turkey roaster,
favorite holiday recipes, fancy
cutters for cookies or relishes,
table decorations and notes on
how to. improve her next holi
day meal. . . "
Turning to utensils that get
everyday use, the home eco
nomics expert said nothing is
more important .than ' storage
that - eliminates stretching and
Mrs. Don Anderson
Mrs. James Cech
stooping.
"I can't understand why wo
men stick to the old-fashioned
storage systems that keep . pots
and pans under the sink in
stead of in wall cabinets where
you can get at them right away,''
she said.
Some of her other tips on
energy-saving are:
Stack often-used dishes to the
front of cabinet or shelves; stack
only like plates together; store
items within normal reach; store
heavy things at . arm level to
avoid lifting.
ALERT POSTMAN
Fairbanks, Alaska (U.R)
The University of Alaska Fri
day received a magazine from
the University of Mexico ad
dressed:, i '
Fartherst North
University of Alaska
College, Alaska
, Located 64 51' 21" North Lat.
Phoenix Garden Club
Studies Propagation,
Flower Arrangements
Phoenix Flower arrange
ments and propagation of cut
tings were - demonstrated at last
Sunday's meeting of the Phoe
nix Garden Club.
After a flower arrangement
workshop conducted by Mrs. W.
I. Sutherland, Central Point,
members then . experimented
with various sorts of arrange
ments, held a small flower show
and judged the results of their
experiments. . .
A discussion on propagation
of cuttings was held by Mrs. L.
O. Penland. She explained how
propagation , is achieved by
seeding, division of plants,, cut
tings, air-layering and . ground
layering, 1 and recommended
sand and peet moss as excellent
starters. After Mrs. Penlands's
talk, Mrs. Charles Hockersmitb
demonstrated air-layering.
Reports of the State conven
tion xt Garden clubs, held, in
Portland in June, were made
by delegates sent by the Phoe
nix club. Mrs. A. C. Lewis gave
a general report.- Mrs. .Thomas
Carter spoke on . convention
highlights. Mrs. A. O. Floyd,
Siskiyou district director, gave
some of her impressions of the
convention and also announced
the Fall district meeting,, to be
held at Eagle Point Sept. 29.
Hostesses Mesdames W. . I.
House, A. O. Floyd, W. A. Shutt,
and J. E. Harper served a des
sert lunch.
' Guests were Mesdames WI.
Sutherland ' and Charles Jant
zer,. Central .'Point; and ' Mes
dames Edna Gay and L. J. Knox,
Medford.
" Four new members were in
itiated: Mrs. John Klassen, Mrs.
Mona Ferns and Mrs. C. E.
Schleigh, Phoenix; and Mrs. T.
A. Klarin, Talent : '
House Guest Visits
In Jacksonville;
Family from Trip
Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs.
Frank. McKeen, Jacksonville,
have as their houseguest, Mrs.
Ida Jewell McKeen, from Rose
burg, mother of Mr. McKeen.
She also is visiting other rela
tives while in the valley.
Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McKeen, Jacksonville,
with their son, Charles Jr., ar
rived home during the week
from a two-week vacation at
Lake o' the Woods. Mr. McKeen
is associated with the First Na
tional bank, Medford, in the note
department.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 ajn. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
Sunday. July 17. list
Air G)nditioning
Village Report
Ah air-conditionad village in
Austin, Tex., celebrates its first
birthday this month. At the. be
ginning of the hot summer sea
son, the occasion brings refresh
ing news for homeowners.
Houses and their occupants in
the village have been "guinea
pigs" for the past twelve months
in. an unusual research project,
sponsored by the National assoc
iation of Home Builders.
To the man trying to decide if
he can afford air conditioning,
a preliminary . report from the
village should be like a cooling
hand , on his perspiring brow.
For, say the home builders, the
year-old experiments indicate
that summer cooling is economi
cally practicable in a moderate
priced dwelling. This is particu
larly true if proper attention is
given to sun orientation and out
side shading of windows.
Used to shade windows on six
of the 22 homes in the air-conditioned:
village, cotton canvas
has played an important, role
in the project.. Awnings of this
heavy colorful fabric, the Na
tional Cotton Council reports,
have effectively checked sun
rays and helped reduce the cool
ing load of the air conditioning
equipment.
Owners of the canvas-shaded
homes are . well pleasef with
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Canvas sun shades on the air
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there are more ways than one
to foil Old Sol. Operated by pul
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dropped to hang vertically in
front of the windows.
Architects and builders agree
that the time to solve sun prob
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is installed. Once solar rays have
passed through glass,, indoor
temperatures will soar rapidly
and so will operating costs of
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