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Show Almoin Flakes MjTo ViewmoBt "Viewmont is Mr. Flake," commented Dr. Nancy Fleming, Flem-ing, recently named principal of Viewmont High School in Bountiful. Fleming was referring refer-ring to former principal, Almon J. Flake who will be honored at a Looking Back Assembly Wednesday, July 20 at 7 p.m. in the Viewmont auditorium. au-ditorium. FLKMI.NG, who served as vice-principal under Flake, reflected re-flected on his leadership of the school for the 19 years of its existence, saying he made the school what it is today. His altruistic approach to people and problems characterized his administration, she commented. com-mented. Dr. Dale Rees, vice principal princip-al at Farmington Jr. High and former Viewmont vice principal, prin-cipal, also identified Flake's concern for people as typical of his approach to running the school, but added, "He probably prob-ably has no peer in Davis District Dis-trict in his understanding of curriculum design - what should be taught across all disciplines dis-ciplines in the school." MRS. BETTY Jo Hixson, Flake's secretary for many years, also said he was appreciative appre-ciative of people and what they did for him. "He was loyal to the students," she empha- f " ALMON J. FLAKE sized. He was always able to rally the students with his famous "Yahoo!" yell and she was pleased the students consistently con-sistently gave him standing ovations year after year at assemblies. Students and former students stu-dents are expected to attend the assembly honoring him in large numbers, according to Philomena Clawson, chairman of the event. While they watch a slide presentation com- memorating the highlights of his administration, they will sit according to graduation year with a separate section reserved re-served for the general public. Following the program well-wishers well-wishers may greet Mr. and Mrs. Flake at an informal reception re-ception in the foyer of the school. CURRENT advisor to stu-dentbody stu-dentbody activities, Fred Davies, said Flake inspired students to greatness. When the studentbody needed encouragement en-couragement for better behavior, be-havior, his comment, "This is not the kind of people we are," gently chided them while lifting lift-ing them toward their potentials, poten-tials, he said. An English teacher, Mrs. Elaine Dubois, tells how he gave her strong encouragement encourage-ment to complete her B.S. degree de-gree and teach full time when she worked at Viewmont as a substitute. "He was one of the main reasons I got my degree," de-gree," she said. "PROBABLY thousands of people have reason to express thanks to Mr. Flake," commented com-mented Mrs. Clawson. "We expect a large crowd to come and let him know we appreciate appreci-ate all he has done for the Viewmont Vikings through the years." |