Classes of 1922 and 1923. Class of 1922. Inez Warnick. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ Class of 1923. Inez Warnick. Source 1: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Inez Warnick. She received a High School Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 306. ~ ~ ~ ~ Apparently she was a member of two senior classes, 1922 & 1923. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1927. Inez Warnick. She received a BS Degree in Household Administration in 1927. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 306. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: Frederick G. Warnick and Clara Black Warnick, married January 3, 1900 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Frederick and Clara had eight children: Elva Warnick (female); Frederick Leland (Leland) Warnick [BYH Class of 1921]; Inez Warnick [BYH Class of 1922 & 1923]; Paul E. Warnick, Walnut Creek, California; Carl G. Warnick, Sierra Madre, California; Erma Warnick [BYH Class of 1933] (A. LaMar) Andrus, Orem, Utah; Beth Warnick [BYH Class of 1936] Gray, Pomphret, Connecticut; and one more son. ~ ~ ~ ~ Inez Warnick was born on March 6, 1905 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Fred G. Warnick and Clara Black Warnick. Inez Warnick died on April 13, 1928 in Provo, Utah. Her Interment, Provo City Cemetery. A school teacher, she died at the young age of 23 Years, 1 Month, and 7 Days of sarcoma, following an operation.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. Gladys Watson. She received a BS Degree in Clothin in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 502.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1917. Delbert Webb. He received a BS Degree from BYU in 1917. Source: Students Record of Class Standings, B.Y. Academy, Book 2, page 67.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1916. Jesse J. Weight. Received an AB Degree in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 273.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1922. Kenneth Weight. He received a BS Degree in Agronomy in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 336. ~ ~ ~ ~ Kenneth Edward Weight, Sr., was born on May 28, 1899 in Springville, Utah. His parents were Joseph Henry Weight and Nancy Rheuama Johnson Weight. Kenneth E. Weight married Tryphena "Phena" Brimhall on December 21, 1922. Kenneth Edward Weight died on July 8, 1958 in Provo, Utah.

Class of 1912. Nellie E. Weight. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1912. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 482. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1934. Nellie E. Weight. She received an A.B. Degree in 1934. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 482.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1913. Roy A. Welker. He received an A.B. Degree in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 290. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. Roy A. Welker. He received an MA Degree in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 290. ~ ~ ~ ~ BIOGRAPHY: Roy A. Welker. The man who devotes his life to the scholastic training of youth must of necessity be possessed of many qualities not essential in other callings. A first class education, an infinite capacity for taking pains with pupils, a large stock of tact and patience, may be enumerated as among the qualifications necessary to success and these are visible in the daily school life of Roy A. Welker, principal of the Fielding Academy at Paris Idaho. He was born at Bloomington, Bear Lake County, the state of Idaho in November 1878, a son of Adam Welker and Clara Osmond Welker, natives of Utah. The parents removed to Bear Lake County, Idaho in 1864, and Adam Welker took up a tract of land at Bloomington which he immediately set about improving and preparing for cultivation. In the course of time he came to be recognized as one of the most progressive farmers in that part of the state, and he has since continued to operate his land in Bloomington, being now one of the few survivors of an early day in that neighborhood. He has ever been an active and zealous member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has always been interested in its good works. The mother is still living. Roy A. Welker was reared in Bear Lake County and received his early education in its schools. Later he attended the Agricultural College at Logan Utah for two years, and spent two summers at the University of Utah, finishing at Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah, from which he was graduated with the Class of 1913. For seven years prior to his graduation, Mr. Welker had been teaching in the Fielding Academy, and since his graduation has also taught in the same institution, making fourteen years in all. During the last five years he has been Principal. He enjoys the confidence of the patrons of the school and is justly regarded as one of the most advanced teachers in his part of the state. On June 7, 1906, Mr. Welker was united in marriage to Lizzie Hoge, a daughter of Walter Hoge and Amelia Hoge, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Welker have become the parents of seven children as follows: Garreth, the first born, who died in March 1907; Roi H.; Maurine; Ella; Ruth; Rhoda; and Margaret. Mr. Welker is an active member of the Mormon Church and in 1900 was called to fill a mission in Germany on its behalf, returning to this country in 1903. He is now second counselor to the stake president, William L. Rich, and he has held numerous other church offices. Politically he is a supporter of the Republican party. He served on the Paris City Council for one term, and in other directions has given of his time and ability to advance all projects calculated to serve the social and cultural activities of the community in which he resides. [History of Idaho, The Gem of the Mountains, By James Henry Hawley, Volume IV, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Volume IV, 1920.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Roy Anson Welker was born on November 9, 1878 in Bloomington, Bear Lake County, Idaho. His parents were Adam Pugh Welker and Clara Osmond Welker. Roy married Elizabeteh Hoge on June 7, 1906. Roy A. Welker died on November 28, 1973 in Logan, Utah. His interment, Paris, Idaho. ~ ~ ~ ~ Author: Preparing for Marriage According to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints by Roy A. Welker.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1924. Leland Wentz. He received a BS Degree in Political Science in 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 308.

Collegiate Grads of BYU, Class of 1923. Archie C. West. He received a BS Degree in Accounting & Business in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 336.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1927. Myron F. West. He received an A.B. Degree in Business & Accounting in 1927. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 336.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1932. H. Devello Whatcott. He received a BS Degree in Agronomy in 1932. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 466.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1911. Charles W. Whitaker. He earned a BA Degree in 1911. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 5, p. 232.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1931. Susan P. Whitaker. She received a BS Degree in Elementary Teaching in 1931. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 394.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. LeRoy Whitehead. He received a BS Degree in Business & Accounting in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 396.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1920. Fern Whiting. She received an AB Degree in Home Economics in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 134.

Class of 1911. John Martin Whiting, of Mapleton, Utah. Normal [Teacher Prep]. "Born on Easter morning, 1873, 15 miles west of Tucker. Herded cows during his younger days and later made a young fortune killing grasshoppers for bounty. A member of the University baseball team and physical director of W.B.S.E. (Whiting Brothers Surplus Energy) at Mapleton." Source: BYHS Yearbook 1911. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: John Martin Whiting. He earned a BYH Normal Diploma in 1911. Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 3, page 424. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1919. John Martin Whiting. He received an AB Degree in History & Sociology in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, page 424. ~ ~ ~ ~ John Martin Whiting was born on February 1, 1890 in Mapleton, Utah. His parents were Albert Milton Whiting and Harriet Susannah Perry. He married Annie Irene (Irene) Cox of Bunkerville, Nevada, on November 29, 1912 in St. George, Utah. He died on August 17, 1967 in Los Angeles, California.
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By 1910, gas stations began building bigger structures that included offices. The earliest companies, such as Shell and Standard Oil, began to take advantage of the space on the side of the buildings, painting their logos and names across the side. The Whiting Brothers. In 1917 Art and Earnest Whiting began selling gasoline out of 55 gallon barrel drums. From Saint John, Arizona, the brothers expanded fulfilling the needs of motorists with gas stations and motels across the Southwest from Shamrock, Texas to Barstow, California. By the 1920s, gas station buildings often included canopies, added to protect their customers from the heat or rain. After Route 66 began to channel traffic through the eight states, gas stations started offering repairs and other services and the structures were enlarged again as service bays were added to the buildings. These structures continued to evolve over the years to the place that they are today, sometimes no bigger than those first early structures. It was during the same year that Route 66 began to be built that the Whiting Brothers discovered that with just a little lumber from their father’s mill, they could easily construct a profitable gas station. Originally founded in Saint John, Arizona in 1926, Whiting Brothers Station soon became a familiar sight all along Route 66, as well as other areas in the Southwest. Extremely profitable, the brothers continued to expand their empire, adding souvenir shops, cafes, and Whiting Brothers Motor Inns to many of their stations. For years and years, the Whiting Brothers businesses were a staple along the Mother Road, along with Stuckey’s, Burma-Shave signs, and Indian Joe’s Trading Posts. The Whiting stations suffered the same fate as Route 66. As Interstate 40 began to replace Route 66 section by section, the Whiting stations fell into decline. Along with so many other profitable businesses along Route 66, the Whiting Brothers ended in the 1990s. Today, with the exception of one remaining Whiting Brothers Station in Moriarty, Arizona , and a few buildings that have been utilized for other businesses purposes, all that’s left of the Whiting empire are its fading yellow and orange signs and crumbling buildings. Soon, these too will most likely disappear, ending another chapter of Route 66 history.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Margaret Whiting. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 68. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1922. Margaret Whiting. She received an AB Degree in Art in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 100.

BYH Class of 1906. Faculty. Joseph Ralph Wilkins, a Normal graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1906 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, and Music School graduates. Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogues & Announcements, for 31st Academic Year, 1906-1907, p. 140. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. J. Ralph Wilkins, Training School & Spanish teacher, 1913-1916. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1916. Joseph Ralph Wilkins. He received an AB Degree in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 323. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph Ralph Wilkins was born September 2, 1885 in Spanish Fork, Utah. His parents were Joseph Emmons Wilkins and Armintia Achsa Wilson Wilkins. He married Delsena Christensen on December 19, 1906 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died in March, 1975 in Los Angeles County, California.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1921. Ernest L. Wilkinson. He received an AB Degree in English & Latin in 1921. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 336. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ernest L. Wilkinson became president of Brigham Young University and served in that role from 1951 to 1971. As president it was Wilkinson who made the decision to shutter Brigham Young High School in 1968, just 8 years short of its centennial year of 1976.

Class of 1919. J. Stewart Williams. He graduated from BYH in College Hall on Wednesday, May 28, 1919. He was the Senior Class President. Source 1: 1919 Graduation Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1919. J. Stewart Williams. Source 2: 1919 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 61-74. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1919. J. Stewart Williams. He received a BYH Academic Diploma in 1919. Source: Annual Report, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 186. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1923. J. Stewart Williams. He received an AB Degree in Mathematics in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 186. ~ ~ ~ ~ James Stewart Williams was born on August 5, 1901 in Provo, Utah. His parents were James Thomas Williams and Isabell Bruce Stewart. He married Norma Allen on September 1, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on July 19, 1984 in Cache Valley in Utah. His sister, Jean Stewart, graduated with the BYH Class of 1911.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1924. Leon T. Williams. He received a BS Degree in Accounting & Business in 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 396.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1922. Lucile Williams [Jones]. She received a BS Degree in Education in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B. Y. University, Book 9, page 497. ~ ~ ~ ~ Lucile Williams was born on February 4, 1898 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were James Thomas Williams and Isabell Bruce Stewart Williams. Lucile married Clarence Wilford Jones on September 2, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were later divorced. Lucille Williams died on December 26, 1976 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah.

Class of 1915 and Faculty. Margaret Williams. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1915. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 441. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Margaret Williams, Training School, 1916-1918. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1927. Margaret Williams. She received a BS Degree in 1927. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 441. ~ ~ ~ ~ Margaret Williams was born on May 30, 1894 in Mapleton, Utah. Her parents were James Thomas Williams and Isabell Bruce Stewart. She married Frank Christian Torkelson on February 7, 1959 in Salt Lake City, Utah, when she was 65 years old. She died on January 7, 1992. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Margaret Williams Torkelson, age 97, died January 7, 1992 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born May 30, 1894 in Mapleton, Utah to James Thomas and Isabell Bruce Stewart Williams. She married Frank Christian Torkelson on February 7, 1959; the marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died on August 23, 1969. Margaret was a member of the LDS Church and served as a teacher in the Relief Society and Sunday School. She was educated in the Provo City schools with degrees from BYU and Teachers College, Columbia University. She served as an elementary grade teacher and supervisor of elementary education for 43 years. She also attended teacher training at BYU and CSU in Cedar City. She was the supervisor of elementary education in the Iron Co. School District for 16 years and director of elementary education in the Granite School District for 18 years. She was also a charter member of Beacon Camp, DUP. She is survived by a niece, Mrs. R. H. (Patricia) Russell, Covina, Calif.; nephews, David A. Williams; Dr. A. Thomas Williams; J. Stewart Williams, Jr., all of Salt Lake City; Clarence S. Jones, Los Altos, California; Dr. R. Bruce Jones, Woodside, California; and the Torkelson children, Mrs. R. C. (Montana) Neeley, Las Vegas, Nevada; Mrs. C. L. (Helen) Rawlins, Las Vegas, Nevada; Mrs. Ted (Florence) Green, Arleta, California; Mrs. R. L. (Ruth) Torkelson, Salt Lake City; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Saturday, January 11, 1992, in the Monument Park 3rd Ward in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. [Deseret News, Thursday, January 9, 1992.]

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1907, and Brigham Young University Class of 1910. Samuel W. Williams. In 1907 he received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 271. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1907. Samuel W. Williams, a Normal graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1907 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, Music, Agriculture, and Arts & Trades graduates. Source: Brigham Young University & Normal Training School, Catalogue & Announcements, for 32nd Academic Year, 1907-1908, p. 136. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate Class of 1910. Samuel W. Williams. He received a B.A. Degree in May of 1910. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 4, page 334.

Class of 1911. David J. Wilson. High School. "Dame nature masked him young, I know/ And I'd be glad to bet,/ That though he's odd and twenty now,/ We have not seen him yet. Well prepared for good luck, he landed the [yearbook] editorship and makes us smile while he probes our sides with honest lies. He thinks it bad taste to tell the whole truth." Source: BYHS Yearbook 1911. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1914. David J. Wilson. He received an A.B. Degree in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, page 124. ~ ~ ~ ~ Judge David John Wilson was born October 27, 1887 in Midway, Wasatch County, Utah. His parents were James Brigham Wilson and Margaret Powell. He married Mary Jacobs on May 31, 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on April 23, 1976. ~ ~ ~ ~ 1948 ELECTIONS IN UTAH: U.S. Representative Walter K. Granger, Democrat, runing for his fifth term, defeated his Republican rival David J. Wilson for the second time. Granger had always voted for liberal measures, and his work on the House Agricultural Committee, where he was a chairman or a member of three subcommittees important to Utah interests, had been acceptable to farmers. ~ ~ ~ ~ BACKGROUND: The first BYH alumnus and Latter-day Saint appointed as judge of a specialized U.S. Court was David J. Wilson of Ogden. He was appointed to the U.S. Customs Court in 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Wilson was generally thought to have been miscounted out of a Utah congressional race. Watkins proposed that Wilson be awarded a judgeship, even though he was well into his 60s. Watkins was told that this was the first Republican President in twenty years, Eisenhower had to appoint young judges to be sure they had long tenure in case the Republicans could not retain the White House. Watkins wouldn’t take no for an answer, however. He repeatedly insisted that since Wilson was an outstanding lawyer and had been cheated out of his election to Congress, that it was imperative that he be offered a judgeship. He finally wore the White House down and obtained the judgeship for Wilson. Even though Wilson was 67 when he entered the court in New York City, he was healthy and stayed on the Court for 12 years. By Mark W. Cannon ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Mary J. Wilson, age 94, died Tuesday, May 29, 1990, two days short of her 74th wedding anniversary. She was born in Ogden, Utah on February 17, 1896 to Henry Chariton and Emma Rigby Jacobs, the seventh of 13 children. On May 31, 1916, she married David J. Wilson [BYH Class of 1911]. The next three years were spent in Berkley, California, where her husband received his Doctor of Juris Prudence in 1919. The family then returned to Ogden where their five children were educated through public schools. Mother was proud of her home economic skills and became renowned for her candy recipes. She was totally loyal and supportive of her husband in all his ventures in his profession, church, politics and family life. Music always gave her great pleasure and she was actively involved in all aspects of it in the Ogden 12th Ward and at home. He church interests were legend, with Relief Society being her favorite, due to its service role and to the fact that her grandmother, Zina D. H. J. Young, had been the second general president of the Relief Society. She was appointed to the R. S. General Board in 1947 and served under President Belle Spafford until 1954. That year her husband received an appointment from President Eisenhower to the U. S. Custom Court through the nomination by his close friend, Senator Arthur V. Watkins. The next 12 years were spent in New York City where they worked, entertained, traveled and developed together. She was appointed to the American Mothers Committee, rising to the office of Secretary and made lifelong contacts there. In 1966 Judge Wilson retired from the bench and became a senior judge in Salt Lake City. There home, again, became a social center for friends and relatives. In 1976, her husband died and she spent the next 14 years either in her condo or with members of her family. Her last year was passed in a retirement home where omnipresent love was felt by all other tenants. She truly was a woman who felt everyone deserved to be loved. She is survived by one daughter, three sons and their families, O. Meredith and Marian W. Wilson, Eugene, Oregon; D. Jay and Blanche P. Wilson, Ogden, Utah, now on a mission in Invercargill, New Zealand; L. Keith and Margaret W. Wilson, Salt Lake City; Don B. Wilson, Ogden, Utah; and a son-in-law, Loren C. Barlow, Eugene, Oregon, whose wife Margaret died last year [1989]; 24 grandchildren; 85 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Seven of her sisters and brothers preceded her in death and she is survived by three sisters and two brothers. They are Mrs. Edwin C. (Emma) Hinckley, Provo, Utah; Mrs. Vilate J. Thatcher, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Paul B. (Oa) Cannon, Salt Lake City; Heber G. Jacobs, Provo, Utah; and J. Smith Jacobs, Orem, Utah. The funeral was held on Saturday, June 2, 1990, in the Federal Heights Chapel, Salt Lake City. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Thursday, May 31, 1990.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: David J. Wilson. Received a High School Diploma in 1911. Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, p. 124.