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Show IF ' --v V I ' y I as." Herb Gilbert Kit- it WrMIIr-liT''Vi if ., T DuaneDurrant Winona Kirk Mrnninii iiiniiiiiiirtltss;:: ' V M&v.Mm Lewis Griffin Kelly Hall Donna Johnson mWWWRWW"U'.UI(ll..VMHl.'UUUUwmiiuiLiiiNl(l.Ul !IUUUlUlK WIUUUJW Hi k, I ! ; i y ' 1 f --"F" 1 "1 f- - . I ft j I Fs 1 Ramona Lystrup Doug Nicholes Leila Ogden Lee Squire Kay Walton Jean Wofford t; sferred to Pleasant Grove Jr. High ne 3 where he has taught social studies for the last 26 years. Sat: During this time Lewis estimates iis he has taught 7,700 students. There ter. have been some great experiences sm working with many young people. It via is very rewarding to have these fa! former students come and renew n. t acquaintances. rift Lewis and his wife, Jean in Provo. They are the parents of seven sons ali and one daughter. They also have S thirteen grandchildren. 1 Many people have asked why he cai: has driven back and forth between on; Provo and Pleasant Grove for so lis; many years. It has been the great out; teachers, staff and administrators via that have made this worthwhile, bei Several times moves were con-o- rl siderd to other schools but the friendships and associations were too difficult to leave. Lewis has been active in many church activities, especially the sports programs. He was a basketball official for many years 'K- - and still has strong interest in J ' sports, especially BYU sports. He W- drove an 18 wheeler for many years as one of his moonlighting jobs . Plans for retirement are to spend some time back is Escalante ii. !! helping catch up on some farm e; work and assisting his parents who if 5 still live there. Also there are lots of ft-- fish to be caught, mountains to hike, P game to hunt and places to visit. In i the future, Lewis and his wife plan ert to do some traveling to some of the Vlli far flwav nlappc hauo alivauc Leila Ogden Leila Ogden will retire for the Alpine School District after 33 years as a physical education instructor. She will be honored at an open house Wednesday, May 20, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Peterson School, 169 N. 1100 East, American Fork. Mrs. Ogden graduated from Brigham Young University with a major in physical education and a minor in English. She later earned a master's degree in physical education. She taught for 26 years at Orem High School, and has spent the last seven years at Peterson School working with the physically han-dicapped. Special Olympics was high on her list of priorities. She worked many extra hours helping students to perform. In 1983 she was honored as Utah's Special Olypmics Coach of the Year. That same year she was honored as the gymnastics coach for the In-ternational Games at Baton Rouge, La., and in 1985 she went to Park City to be coach for the International Figure Skating Team. Because of her efforts, 10 local students were selected to represent I Utah in the Internatioanl Speical Olympics, and seven of those are going to Indiana this July to par-ticipate in the Utah Soccer Team. She will accompany them as their coach. will retire this year after 46 years in the classroom. She will be honored at an open house Tuesday, May 19, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Greenwood Elementary, 50 E. 200 South, American Fork. Mrs. Wofford was born in American Fork toa family with a strong education background. Her father, Earl Hap Holmstead, was a coach and teacher at American Fork High School for 45 years. She attended LDS Nursing School and the University of Utah, and then put herself through BYU working as a school nurse. She received degree in 1941. She first taught in Vernal, Utah, at the Naples School, and then came to the Alpine School District to teach in the old Sharon School in 1942-4- She joined the Army in 1943 in the first contingent of the WACC, which later became the WACs, and served as a nurse until 1946, when she enrolled at Utah State University to work on her masters degree. She started teaching second grade at Harrington Elementary in ,1947, and taught there for 26 years. The remainder of her service has been at Greenwood Elementary teaching second grade. She also taught summer kindergarten for several years. She is also an avid painter. "My love for teaching was a very important part of my life," she says. She is married to Frank P. Wof-ford; they are the parents of two sons. He plans on moving to St. George to paint, play tennis and work on genealogy. An open house will honor Mr. Squire at Pleasant Grove Jr. High on May 20 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Kay Walton Kay Walton, assistant principal at American Fork Junior High, will retire this spring with 28 years of service to education. He has been the assistant principal at American Fork Junior High for the last four years and was assistant principal at Orem Junior for one year. The Waltons live in the American Fork area. Walton started his career in 1952 as a sixth grade teacher. Walton was educated at BYU. He has completed graduate work at BYU and the University of Utah. He was asked by the district administration to assume the responsibilities of assistant prin-cipal at the junior high level while he was'an elementary teacher. ' "It has been an honor to teach great kids; I love to teach and administrate," concludes Walton. There will be an open house to honor Walton on Tuesday, May 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the American Fork Junior High, 1120 N. 20 West. Jean Wofford Jean Helen Holmstead Wofford Winona Kirk Winona M. Kirk, who taught for 34 years in elementary school in Utah and California, is retiring this year. Mrs. Kirk has taught in the Alpine School District for 13 years, the last six as a first grade teacher at Greenwood Elementary in American Fork. She graduated from BYU in 1942 and taught her first year at Union School across the street from U.S. Steel's Geneva Works, then under construction. Mrs. Kirk has been active in the LDS Church, serving most recently as ward organist. She has been married to Warren P. Kirk for 43 years, and they are the parents of seven children. During the course of their marriage, the Kirks have pursued their mutual interest in music. In China Lake, Calif., Mrs. Kirk played the cello in the Desert Symphony Orchestra as well as being part of several string ensembles and trios. The Kirks were also members of the Desert Ceramics Club and received several prizes for their creative work in ceramics. Ramona Lystrup Ramona Lystrup is retiring from the Alpine School Distict after 25 years in the classroom. She will be honored at an open Lee Squire Lee Oliver Squire retires from teaching after 32 years in education. He started his career at Parkers Chapel, Arkansas in 1953. He taught fourth grade at Maeser Elementary near Vernal. He was transferred to the Uintah High School where he taught English, Spanish and U.S. History. From there he went overseas to Guam where he taught English at the George Washington High School for two years. He returned to Vernal to teach for a year and while there he was offered a position in the Alpine School District where he has taught for the last 25 years. He married Bobbie Nell Brown at Memphis Tennessee while working for the Lion Oil Company. They are the parents of eight children and the grandparents of nine. Lee served in the 34th Engineer Combat Battalion in Seoul, Korea in 1946-4- 7 where he was a group leader for the LDS Church. He served two and a half years as a missionary in Uruguay. He was ordained a Seventy by Marion G. Romney. He received his Bachelor degree from Long Beach State and his Masters from BYU. He has taken classes from the University of Seoul, Kore and the Territorial College of Guam. ' j i - " " I 5 wanted to see. An open house will honor Mr. ins Griffin at Pleasant Grove Jr. High 7. on May 20 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Kelly Hall (E Kelly Bert Hall, a teacher and j assistant principal at Greenwood Elementary, is taking an early retirement this year due to health. He will be honored at an open house Thursday, May 19, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Greenwood Elementary, rilaS 50 South, American Fork. !o:; He was born in St. George, Utah, the only boy in a family of seven. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1963, financing his education working construction. He began teaching sixth grade at K Lehi Elementary, then moved to Harrington School and finally to Greenwood, where he has taught for 21 years. j. '" Hall is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting, fishing, prospecting and working with natural stone and cement. He built his home in American Fork of natural stone. He is also active in his church and the American Fork Lion's Club. His wife, Reta, is a teacher at Forbes Elementary. They are the Parents of four daughters and one y son and have 15 grandchildren. Donna Johnson Donna Peterson Johnson will i from the fod service t' "elsPnarctmt ent of the Alpine School after 17 years of constant service. She will be honored at an open nouse Wednesday, May 20, from 4 to J 11 31 the Peterson School, 169 N. East, American Fork. Mrs. Johnson began her career as service employee at Central wementary in Pleasant Grove, nere she worked for 14 years, that last six as lunchroom manager. or the past six years she has been '"ncnroom manager for both the Bar ,;eterson Elementary and drratt Elementary. She has spent C & VXtra hours at the Peterson thpT P.reDaring special meals for 1 ""capped students. Jj chili! "S the mother of three ? an3 one ' 3nd has 12 grandchildren house Wednesday, May 20, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Peterson School, 169 N. 1100 East, American Fork. Mrs. Lystrup began her teaching career at Lindon Elementary, where she worked as an aide for a year. She then enrolled at Brigham Young University, where she earned her teaching certificate. After graduation she taught for two years at Lindon Elementary, and then for seven years at Orem Junior High School. She then transferred to the Harrington School in American Fork, and then to Dan Peterson Elementary, where she is com-pleting her career: During her time at Peterson School, she took a one-ye- absence to serve a mission for the LDS Church in San Diego, Calif. Doug Nicholes Douglas E. Nicholes, the principal of Cascade Elementary in Orem and former principal of Barratt Elementary, Forbes Elementary, American Fork Junior High, Harrington Elementary, Alpine Elementary and Cedar Valley Elementary, is retiring after 32 years in educational service. He will be honored at an open house Thursday, May 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Cascade School, 160 N. 800 East, Orem. Nicholes started his career as a teacher in 1954 at Harrington School in American Fork. He also taught several grades at Cedar Valley and the kindergarten at Alpine Elementary. He was first made a principal in 1960 at Cedar Valley Elementary. At American Fork Jr. High he organized the Junior Patriots chorus, and he has provided for students to be involved in foreign language, strings and chorus programs. Nicholes received Bachelors and Masters degrees from Brigham Young University He lias received numerous awards and honors, including the John F. Kennedy Center for Per-forming Arts School Administrator Award, the American Educators Medal from the Freedom Foun-dation and the Freedoms Foun-dation at Valley Forge Teachers Medal. The Nicholeses live in the American Fork area. OBinsGufl fiikoirtaiiD if Adudggmgdhh FocEv lk)se aamiAErs ieGGn!iose..o t V v ' I Z v- " had two, inefficient gas furnaces removed. Gunther's replaced them with one Lennox Pulse Gas Furnace. Our gas bills have been cut in half. un planning this change out, I looked first for excellent equipment. Anyone can sell the products, but it's the installation and engineering that set Gunther's 'apart. I'd recommend them to anyone." 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