Carbon County Students
(and a few extras)
who attended Wasatch Academy in Sanpete County, Utah

The following information and photos have been donated to the Carbon County UTGenWeb webpage by Wilfred Peters. Special thanks is given to Wilfred for making this page possible. Thanks is also given to the staff of the Wasatch Academy for allowing the yearbooks to be borrowed and scanned. If you would like a larger file of a students photograph please contact Kathy Hamaker or Wilfred Peters.

Most of the towns in Carbon County had elementary schools, however, individuals wanting to go on to High School were faced with an education dilemma. Carbon High established in 1911, in Price was hard pressed to provide boarding and/or commuting arrangements for students from the other Carbon communities. Parents and students searched for educational alternatives, one option was a boarding school, Wasatch Academy, established in Mount Pleasant by the Presbyterian Church in 1875 which had a good reputation in boarding and educating students. These photos, while not totally inclusive, show the majority of students from Carbon County during the 1920's through the 1960's who attended Wasatch Academy. By the late 1960's the outlying coal town family populations had vanished, students had their own cars, buses were available and the need to attend a boarding school had passed.

Go to 1942-1968

    1915

    News Advocate - 10 Sept 1915 pg 3
    Miss Dolly Ryland departed Monday for Mt. Pleasant, where she will attend Wasatch Academy.

    1916

    News Advocate - 28 Sep 1916 pg 5
    Miss Alice Madsen, the charming daughter of Neil Madsen, mayor of Scofield, has entered Wasatch Academy at Mt. Pleasant for the school year. She chose the school outside of her own county because she can make her home with an aunt who lives in Mt. Pleasant.

    News Advocate - 14 Jul 1916 pg 1
    Kenneth Cody received much of his schooling in Helper, where his father has been agent for the railroad for a number of years, but during the last two or three years he had attended Wasatch Academy at Mt. Pleasant.

    1917

    News Advocate - 6 Sep 1917 pg 7
    Miss June Ballinger went to Mt. Pleasant this morning to attend Wasatch academy during the school year.

    1918

    News Advocate - 7 Feb 1918 pg 3
    Harold and Helen Knudsen of Myton, (Duchesne County) a long time students at Price Academy, have left the local school for Wasatch Academy at Mt. Pleasant.

    News Advocate - 5 Sep 1918 pg 4
    Louis Gutheil will leave soon to take up his school work at Wasatch Academy at Mt. Pleasant.

    News Advocate - 17 Oct 1918 pg 3
    The closing of the schools over the state sent several young people of Price home for unexpected visits. Among them are June Ballinger, Meredith Wakley, Marguerite Robinett and Rebecca Jeanselme from Wasatch Academy of Mt. Pleasant...

    1919

    News Advocate - 4 Dec 1919 pg 1
    Miss Olive Ballinger spent Thanksgiving at Mt. Pleasant with June and George at Wasatch Academy.

    News Advocate - 4 Dec 1919 pg 1
    Miss Rebecca Jeanselme was home from Wasatch Academy at Mt. Pleasant for the Thanksgiving recess. She returned Monday morning.

    1920

    News Advocate - 8 Jan 1920 pg 4
    Earl Davis of Castle Gate, who is attending the Wasatch Academy has been home visiting his parents during the holidays.

    1921

    News Advocate - 31 Mar 1921
    Joe Dalpiaz, Ernest Flame, Cecil Riggs, came home from Mt. Pleasant to spend Easter they expect to return Tuesday.

    Miss Leona Mosley returned to Scofield March 26, where she has been attending school at Wasatch Academy, Mt. Pleasant.

    News Advocate - 27 Oct 1921
    Robert Lee who has been attending the Wasatch Academy registered this week in CCHS

    1922

    19 Oct 1922
    Kenneth Avery & Mary McMillan of Price or Helper

    News Advocate - 19 Oct 1922 pg 4
    In the election of student body Officers at Wasatch academy at Mt. Pleasant last week, Fern Ballinger of Price was chosen vice president and Cecil Riggs of Helper, secretary. There are nearly forty students from Carbon county in the academy this year.

    Carbon county young people are taking a leading place in the affairs of Wasatch academy of Mt. Pleasant. The Arden Literary society recently had charge of chapel exercises and John MacLean gave a reading and Fern Ballinger sang a solo. Miss Ballinger has been elected vice president of the studentbody instead of Fern Bryner, as was accidently stated last week.

    Harry Chambers
    Senior
    Helper
    Arthur Linsley
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Jean Meyrick
    Senior
    Helper
    Joseph Simpson
    Senior
    Price
    Ethel Stark
    Senior
    Helper

    1923

    Leslie Cofer
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Joe Dalpiaz
    Senior
    Helper
    Pete Jeanselme
    Senior
    Price
    Grant Rasmussen
    Senior
    Helper
    Cecil Riggs
    Senior
    Helper

    1924

    Fern Ballinger
    Junior
    Price
    Phyllis Burton
    Senior
    Kenilworth
    Frank Goodart
    Senior
    Latuda
    Christine Gordon
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Alex Littlejohn
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Paul Maclean
    Junior
    Price
     
     
     
     
    Sandy Maclean
    Senior
    Price
    James Ruggeri
    Senior
    Helper
     
     
     
     

    1925

    News Advocate - 8 Jan 1925 pg 8
    George Edmund Constantine returned to school at the Wasatch academy Monday morning after spending the holidays with his father, George J. Constantine, in Price.

    John Allison
    Junior
    Helper
    Arthur Dalpiaz
    Junior
    Helper
    James Littlejohn
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Le Moyne Smiley
    Junior
    Helper

    1926

    News Advocate - 3 Jun 1926 pg 2
    Bill Harvey who has been attending the Wasatch academy at Mt. Pleasant the past year, returned to his home last Friday.

    News Advocate - 4 Nov 1926 pg 6
    Stanley Umber, Vern Woodhead and Robert Woodhead, all students of the Wasatch academy, visited with their parents over the weekend, returning Monday.

    James Bergera
    Senior
    Helper
    Frank Borboglio
    Senior
    Helper
    May Burton
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    David Cavenah
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Verda Rappleye
    Senior
    Castle Gate


    Sophomore Class Roll- Carbon County Student names in bold
    Duane Acord, Duane Brough, Ireta Bertelson, Marguerite Blaine, Mary Bosmyer, Richard Broom, Ada Crane, Harvey Case, Don Dauwalder, Earl Elliot, Louise Freece, Shefton Gordon, Norris Guidinger, Julia Hagan, Mark Hales, Floyd Hartman, William Harvey, Frank Hill, Lamar Hill, Beryl Ireland, Ernest Josephson, Edwin Johnston, Harvey Lay, Tom Lewis, Lawrence Mahaffey, Eugene Miller, Owen Owens, Dean Pettey, Mary McClure, Janet McLeod, Ruth Mattson, Janice Meyers, Chance Noble, Lois Overfelt, Wilhelmena Steckleman, Melvin Stevens, Melva Stevens, Vonda Stevens, Ada Thorwaldson, Betty Villiard, LaPearl Weeter

    1927

    Anna Anderson
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Paul Edman
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Clark Goodart
    Senior
    Latuda
    Elvie Huskainen
    Junior
    Clear Creek
    Nathan Long
    Senior
    Scofield
     
     
    Henrietta Nelson
    Junior
    Castle Gate
    Stanley Umber
    Senior
    Kenilworth
    Louise Winkler
    Senior
    Price
     
     

    1928

    Shefton Gordon
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Tom Lewis
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Della Marsing
    Senior
    Woodside
    Thelma Money
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    LaRene Nelson
    Senior
    Ferron
     
     
    Wilhelmina Stecklman
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Melva Stevens
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Melvin Stevens
    Senior
    Hiawatha
     
     

    1929

    Mary Bergera
    Senior
    Helper
    Harvey Brady
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    John Burton
    Senior
    Kenilworth
    Blanche Fuller
    Senior
    Sunnyside
    Caroline Gorishek
    Senior
    Scofield
    Louis Gorishek
    Junior
    Scofield
    Agnes Hill
    Senior
    Spring Canyon
    John Jarvi
    Senior
    Scofield
    Leonard Lange
    Senior
    Heiner
    Ed Litizzette
    Senior
    Helper
    Dorothy McAllister
    Senior
    Helper
    Mary Mullins
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Delta Nelson
    Senior
    Ferron
    Glendon Nelson
    Senior
    Ferron
    Flossie Riggs
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Fred Robinson
    Senior
    Helper
    Kenyon Simmons
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    John Thompson
    Senior
    Latuda
    La Pearl Weeter
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Vern Woodhead
    Senior
    Kenilworth

    1930

    Margaret Clouser
    Junior
    Soldier Summit
    Josephine Gorishek
    Junior
    Scofield
    Thelma Hill
    Junior
    Spring Canyon
    Mabel Knight
    Junior
    Helper
    Rose Anna Marsing
    Senior
    Ferron
     
    Roseanna Marsing
    Junior
    Green River
    James Money
    Junior
    Soldier Summit
    Myrtle E. Nelson
    Senior
    Ferron
    Beulah Smertz
    Junior
    Soldier Summit
     

    1931

    Kenneth Cavenah
    Junior
    Wattis
    Kenneth Cavenah
    Senior
    Wattis
    Paul Dalpaiz
    Junior
    Helper
    Paul Dalpaiz
    Senior
    Helper
    Alice Peterson
    Junior
    Standardville
    Beulah Smertz
    Senior
    Helper
     
    Eva Smith
    Junior
    Price
    Zella Weeter
    Junior
    Helper
    Zella Weeter
    Senior
    Helper
    Lottie Wicherly
    Junior
    Hiawatha
    Lottie Wycherly
    Senior
    Hiawatha
     

    1932 & 1933

    Arvilla Black
    Junior
    National
    Louise Burton
    Junior
    Kenilworth
    Carl Leavitt
    Junior
    Price
    Ina Lindsey
    Junior
    Spring Canyon
    Joseph McKenzie
    Junior
    Ferron
    Dale Morgan
    Junior
    Helper
     
    Gale Morgan
    Junior
    Helper
    John Pentilute
    Junior
    Hiawatha
    Don Thompson
    Junior
    Hiawatha
    Daniel Wycherly
    Junior
    Hiawatha
     
    George Diumenti
    1933 - Senior
    Hiawatha

    1934

    John Diumenti
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Orrison Flatberg
    Senior
    Helper
    Jack Hamby
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Elmer Hasemyer
    Senior
    Spring Canyon
    Margaret Jones
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Joseph Litizzette
    Senior
    Helper
     
    Gerald Nelson
    Senior
    Ferron
    Dan Pentalute
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Mildred Reynolds
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Edward Williams
    Senior
    Latuda
    Gaylen Wycherly
    Senior
    Hiawatha
     

    1935

    Bob Bown
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Ernest Brown
    Senior
    Spring Canyon
    Edward Maddox
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Reagan Ratliff
    Senior
    Helper

    1936

    Betty Ballinger
    Senior
    Helper
    Mildred Bowen
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Alex Diumenti
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Clark Greenhalgh
    Senior
    Ferron
    John Hillabrant
    Senior
    Wattis
     
    James Maddox
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Fern Pettey
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Matt Rauhala
    Senior
    Helper
    Richard Schultz
    Senior
    Latuda
     

    1937

    James Cochrane
    Senior
    Royal
    George Diamanti
    Senior
    Helper
    Vance Fugate
    Senior
    Ferron
    Stella Grieser
    Senior
    Thompson
    Jean Hillabrant
    Senior
    Wattis
    Virgina Nelson
    Senior
    Ferron

    1938

    Mae Brown
    Senior
    Price
    Ted Capansky
    Senior
    Cisco
    John Cochrane
    Senior
    Spring Canyon
    John Helsten
    Senior
    Scofield
    Iris Herring
    Senior
    Price
    Henry Ricci
    Senior
    Helper

    1939

    Margaret Ballenger
    Junior
    Helper
    Inez Dalpiaz
    Junior
    Heiner
    Walker Diamanti
    Junior
    Helper
    Robert Gordon
    Junior
    Wellington
    Paul Nougaret
    Junior
    Hiawatha
    W Ray Opperman
    Junior
    Hiawatha
     
     
     
    Lyle Petty
    Junior
    Ferron
    Vincent Rasmussen
    Junior
    Castle Gate
    Darwin Wicherly
    Junior
    Hiawatha
     
     
     

    1940

    Jim Baxter
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Mary Cristelli
    Senior
    Standardville
    Ruth Greaser
    Senior
    Thompson
    Delbert Hasemyer
    Senior
    Spring Canyon
    Virginia Llewellyn
    Senior
    Helper
     
     
    Bob Long
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Edith Long
    Senior
    Helper
    Waino Mackey
    Senior
    Scofield
     
     

    1941

    Betty Broyles
    Senior
    Price
    Bill Buchanan
    Senior
    Cisco
    LaJeanne Dennis
    Senior
    Helper
    Mary Alleen Lakatos
    Senior
    Price
    Helen Lewis
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    Elsie Malaska
    Junior
    Clear Creek
    Jo McCary
    Senior
    Helper
    Betty Jean Morrison
    Senior
    Sunnyside
    Donald Parmely (Parmley)
    Senior
    Price
    Dick Ricci
    Senior
    Helper
     
    Clarence Rogers
    Senior
    Thompson
    Dawn Rogers
    Senior
    Thompson
    Bill Thomas
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Kenneth Wilson
    Senior
    Scofield
     

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