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Show . i ' ' i I A ' CALVIN WALKER Calvin Walker Named New School Principal Calvin Walker, veteran teacher in the schools of Alpine District was appointed principal of the Pleasant Grove Central School, at a meeting of the Alpine District Board of Education Monday night. The announcement was made by Board President C. R. Clark, Tuesday morning. Mr. Walker will success Principal Ray S. Merrill, who resigned recently to accept a position with a nationally known book company. Calvin was born in Pleasant Grove, the son of the late James H. and Delia Cobbley Walker. He attended the local schools, graduating grad-uating from the Pleasant Grove High School in May 1925. He received rece-ived his Bachelors Degree from the U. A. C, Logan, in 1929; and his Masters Degree from the B. Y. U. in 1949. The new principal began his teaching career in the schools of Duchesne, Utah, during the school year of 1929-30. In September 1930 he began teaching in Lehi, Utah, and continued in that position pos-ition until the Spring of 1934. From 1934 to 1944 he taught in the Spencer Elementary and the Lincoln High School in Orem. He transferred to Pleasant Grove Central Cen-tral in September 1944, and has served there since then, as teacher in the Fifth and Sixth Grades. Mr. Walker has been active in the religious activities of Pleasant Grove for many years. He has served in Boy Scout Activities for 30 years; mostly in executive cap-( cap-( Continued on page 6) Walker New Principal (Continued from page 1) acities. He was a member of Timi-anogos Timi-anogos Stake High Council for three years; being released from that position to serve as Bishop of the LDS Third Ward. He held the latter position for five years. Mr. Walker married Lucile Wright in 1929 in the Salt Lake Temple, and the couple have eight children: Dee, James, Mary, Jerald, Nancy, Delia, Kent and Glen. |