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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