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 1915-1941

    1942

    Virginia Asay
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Audrey Birchard
    Senior
    Standardville
    Jimmy Brisnahan
    Senior
    Helper
    Bill Cunningham
    Senior
    Cisco
    Louis Gross
    Senior
    Helper
     
     
    Jack Helsten
    Senior
    Scofield
    Robert Reynolds
    Senior
    Columbia
    Jane Wilson
    Senior
    Helper
     
     

    1943

    Jean Ballinger
    Senior
    Helper
    Jim Hansen
    Senior
    Helper
    Amy Helsten
    Senior
    Scofield
    Ray Lewis
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
     
    Robert Rogers
    Senior
    Thompson
    Tony Rudman
    Senior
    Scofield
    Ila Wilson
    Senior
    Scofield
     

    1944

    Dick Hampshire
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Cyrus Llewellyn
    Junior
    Helper
    Archie Morrison
    Senior
    Sunnyside
    Carl Roberts
    Senior
    Columbia

    1945

    Jim Ballinger
    Senior
    Helper
    Frances Jane Baxter
    Senior
    Huntington
    Roy Davis Jr
    Senior
    Dragerton
    Mildred Graham
    Senior
    Sunnyside
    Douglas MacLean
    Senior
    Helper
    Barbara Montgomery
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Shirley Thompson
    Senior
    Green River
    Paul Veillard
    Senior
    Hiawatha

    1946

    Betty Jean Dalton
    Senior
    Rains
    Louise Drake
    Junior
    Green River
    Mark Foster
    Senior
    Columbia
    Colleen Helsten
    Senior
    Scofield
    Boyd Holliman
    Senior
    Columbia
     
     
    Ethel Jean Wilson
    Senior
    Scofield
    Clive Peterson
    Senior
    Columbia
    Ralph Wilson
    Senior
    Scofield
     
     

    1947

    Jack Armstrong
    Senior
    Kenilworth
    Vivian Brotherson
    Junior
    Price
    Sally Buffmire
    Senior
    Dragerton
    Pat Graham
    Senior
    Sunnyside
    Ray Hansen
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Judy Parmley
    Senior
    Price
     
    Sue Roberts
    Senior
    Dragerton
    Vera Scow
    Senior
    Dragerton
    Darlene Strang
    Senior
    Scofield
    Betty Jo Vodopich
    Senior
    Soldier Summit
    William Walker
    Junior
    Sunnyside
     

    1948

    Bonnie Baldwin
    Senior
    Green River
    Byron Burmester
    Junior
    Hiawatha
    Byron Burmester
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Marilyn McAlpine
    Junior
    Columbia
    Marilyn McAlpine
    Senior
    Columbia
    Pat Morgan
    Junior
    Sunnyside
     
    Pat Morgan
    Senior
    Sunnyside
    Nadine Vickers
    Junior
    Helper
    Nadine Vickers
    Senior
    Helper
    Paul Zakis (or Zankis)
    Junior
    Dragerton
    Paul Zankis (or Zakis)
    Senior
    Dragerton
     

    1949

    Bob Ballinger
    Senior
    Helper
    Mary Ann Bell
    Senior
    Columbia
    Bob Burt
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Jim Garber
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Gordon Lambson
    Senior
    Helper
     
    Howard Marcus
    Senior
    Helper
    Barbara Nilson
    Senior
    Helper
    Louis Sillitoe
    Senior
    Scofield
    Dareen Wiseman
    Senior
    Clear Creek
     

    1950

    William Bezyack
    Junior
    Scofield
    William Bezyack
    Senior
    Scofield
    Colleen Leavitt
    Junior
    Helper
    Geraldine Llewelyn
    Junior
    Clear Creek
    Geraldine Llewelyn
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Danny McAlpine
    Junior
    Columbia
    Jessie Nelson
    Junior
    Helper
    Cherie Nyman
    Junior
    Castle Gate
    Cherie Nyman
    Senior
    Castle Gate
    Sammy Petroni
    Junior
    Hiawatha
    Allan Scow
    Junior
    Dragerton
    Allan Scow
    Senior
    Dragerton

    1951

    Jerry Bergera
    Sophomore
    Helper
    Jerry Bergera
    Senior
    Helper
    John Hatch
    Sophomore
    Helper
    John Hatch
    Senior
    Helper
    Melvin Sharp
    Sophomore
    Columbia
    Melvin Sharp
    Senior
    Columbia
    Bud VanWagenen
    Sophomore
    Scofield
    Bud VanWagenen
    Senior
    Scofield

    1952

    Francis Armstrong
    Senior
    Kenilworth
    Bob Bezyack
    Senior
    Scofield
    Reino Erkkila
    Senior
    Scofield
    Louette Gorishek
    Senior
    Scofield
    Wilfred Peters
    Senior
    Clear Creek

    1953

    Roland Carey (Cary)
    Junior
    Scofield
    Roland Cary (Carey)
    Senior
    Scofield
    Nancy Graham
    Junior
    Sunnyside
    Gerrie Lambson
    Junior
    Helper
    Geralyn Lambson
    Senior
    Helper
     
    Ester Oliver
    Junior
    Helper
    Ester Oliver
    Senior
    Helper
    Peggy Sharp
    Junior
    Columbia
    Peggy Sharp
    Senior
    Columbia
     

    1954

    Anne Burmester
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Tom Dyches
    Sophomore
    Clear Creek
    Thomas Dyches
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Virginia Gordon
    Sophomore
    Hiawatha
    Virginia Gordon
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Elaine Hampshire
    Sophomore
    Hiawatha
    Elaine Hampshire
    Senior
    Hiawatha
    Dorthy Hatch
    Sophomore
    Helper
    Dorothy Hatch
    Senior
    Helper
    Ted Helsten
    Sophomore
    Scofield
    Ted Helsten
    Senior
    Scofield
    Richard Strang
    Sophomore
    Scofield

    1955

    Harvey Helsten
    Freshman
    Scofield
    Elizabeth Koskie
    Junior
    Dragerton
    Gary Massey
    Junior
    Price
    Donna Lee Menzies
    Senior
    Clear Creek
    Glen Nelson
    Senior
    Clear Creek

    1956 - 1976

    Images of the students for 1956 - 1976 are also available. If you think someone you know may have attended the Wasatch Academy during these years and would like a copy of the yearbook photograph, please e-mail Kathy Hamaker or Wilfred Peters.

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