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Show f. I A. LeRoy Erickson, whose teaching career at the Grant School where he has served as principal, will be honored at an Open House, Sunday. A. L. Erickson retiring; open house set At the close of the present school year, A LeRoy Erickson, Erick-son, teacher and principal at the Grant School for the past 23 years, is retiring. In his honor the school PTA is entertaining en-tertaining at an Open House Sunday, from 2 until 4 p.m., to which the public is invited at the school auditorium. A native of Logan, Mr. Erickson attended school there and graduated from the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young Academy high school. His first teaching assignment as-signment was at Yost, Utah, where he was teacher-principal in a 2-room school. He later filled an LDS Mission and then went to USAC, Logan, now USU, to finish his schooling. school-ing. He was principal of the Salem Jr. High before coming to Springville. Always active in the LDS Church work, he is presently serving as Springville Stake Sunday School Superintendent. A member of local and state educational organizations, organiza-tions, he has served as president presi-dent of Nebo Principal's Assn. and as president of Elemen- I tary Principal's Assn. His wife, the late Lucille Biesinger Erickson, was an r English and music teacher at Salem when they met and af- . ter their marriage they lived |