Show New teacher corps takes up Duties at two Seminaries Students who are attending Union High and Roosevelt High Schools and who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day taking seminary work this have a completely new set of The three who made up the teaching force last year have been to other areas by the church school Assuming the position of principal of the local which has students from Duchesne and Ashley is James R. a native of Spanish who was to Roosevelt from He is being assisted by W. Bench of Orem and E. Bruce who calls Vernal his This trio of active church members and teachers began their official duties last Wednesday at the two seminary is teaching all New Testament plus an a.m. class in Book of Bench is assigned the Junior High building where he teaches the Old Testament and Book of and has been assigned to teach Church History and Old He and the principal will be at the Union Appreciated Reception The new seminary instructors voiced appreciation for the warm reception they have received since coming to where people have universally accepted them as a part of They shared opinions that a great challenge had been thrust at them in trying to build the church seminary program on a stronger The principal was born in Spanish Fork where he graduated from high was active in most playing football and participating in boxing and track He served five years as an assistant football coach at Spanish Fork and A graduate of the Brigham v in a Swiss-German mission from 1953 to Following his graduation from the he went to Moab as He holds See NEW page 10 New Teachers from 1 1 a major in German and History and has a minor in church He married Helen Lance of Moab in June 1958 in They have no An active participant in various church was serving as first counselor in the bishopric of the Moab ward when he was He was ward clerk in Spanish Fork in the Fifth ward and has been a teacher in various auxiliaries and priesthood He holds the office of High Born In Bench was born in Salina where he attended grade school and graduated from North Sevier High School at His family moved to Orem in which he now considers his In 1956 Bench was awarded a Degree from Ricks College at with a major in Biology and a minor in He is bow working towards a master's degree in botany from the During his high school days Mr Bench was active in sports earning letters in trade and He was an honor student and was selected to deliver the address at his high school His college work was postponed for a couple of years while he completed a two-year mission to the Northern States from He has been very active in all phases of church work having been an and Sunday School taught in both of these was adviser to a priest's quorum and filled a stake mission in Sharon and Rexburg He currently holds the office of a Bench was married to Miss Rhoda Moulton of Rexburg in the Idaho Falls They have no Bench has also been active in church and has held various secretarial positions with different Prior to moving to Roosevelt she was employed in the Provo office of the Soil Conservation Bench taught school one year in where for three years her husband was a seminary teacher Last year he taught seminary in American Fork and attended the Uintah Graduate The Uintah Basin is home for Mr who was reared and educated in Vernal being a graduate of Uintah In high schol he was one of the top basketball players in the and following his graduation from Uintah was awarded an athletic scholarship to the University of Utah where he played freshman He also played football and was on Uintah's track During his sophomore year he to the BYU where he gained a degree in 1958 with a major in history and physical He has completed a stretch with the U. S. Army in the Field Artillery at Fort His college education was for two years when he accepted a call to fill a mission in Western For one and on-half years he was employed by J. C. Penney in and in His church assignments include serving In the BYU ward Sunday School teacher in the auxiliaries and priesthood He holds the office of an This is his first year of To Coach Basketball has an at Union to coach the junior varsity basketball squad as an assistant to Coach Paul an experience he is anticipating with a lot of In 1957 married Miss Nancy in the Salt Lake They met while both were attending the They have a David and are presently living in the Fourth |