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Show REID BECK 1/t,t;'1 >~.~:: If?.?; Reid Beck was bornf,in Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah. He attended and graduated from grade school and high school irt Spring City. After finishing school in Spring City he \-lent to Ephraim, utah and took a Normal Course at Snow Academy. From here he went to Provo, Utah ~~~ attended :3righam Young r:niversity Hhere he cradua t ed i'::o,,; tlie r':ormal Course in the spring of 1908. In Sept.1908 he entered the teaching profession and for the next three years ser{ad as a teacher in the public schools of Provo. f·~eser 1912 he Has appointed principal of the By at-:endi::-,~ In the fall of School in tha:' city. Summer sessions and taking extension courses through the years he earned sufficient college credits to graduate :ror. the Erigham Young Uni'lsrsi ty in 1929 Hit::. a Bachelor:: Jegree. He later took enough couxses to comp:ete everything required for the Eadters' thesis 1·1~1:'.:::l1 De~~e he "as Horkin,,:.., on at the time of his death • During -::1e ea.!:'ly SUl...mer of 1917 i:ith Horld '[ar I in proe;r:ss, a visit t: his the Jorda:: except tl:e s~hool=oor:! Schc~:' f:-om Er. J. R. Allen, c. Dist::ict in South Salt La}:e Co. sc~ool b-:=.2.':~. haG. R:~id member :ro:~ Lr. 1\11e:-. -"is:' te j his 3cho:>1 th::ae ti::es, a rrd being impressed, offered Reid t::e ::csition of principal :;,f t::e Drape:: F82"k School. Reid refusee:. the offer, saying he ·" as satis::'ed i::" th the position he then held. ::;:om the !=':rovo ::;:".lblic schools with him. sister EC!r.a. \.rife, an.:! ~-,sr ::'? Besides 0. :-:e accepted the ra:"se il ~ pc~:" tion. sala.ry, Ti1e also b!:'ought tlillda haycock, i·rho later beca.:::e h:'s second s:'ster Ell2. Laycock, Elma Hayno:d, Iida Herne=-. ?l)t:-. Li!1:lSey Largurite ·.;ill:'=..:-;s, a.nd i .. lbert Southuick. in the dis-:rict. Some of therr. tau~:-;t elseHhere • |
