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Show s hreesesniRary 1 encliers Will Leave Lose! System The Roosevelt stake Seminary, Semin-ary, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will have a complete new staff of instructors instruc-tors when school is resumed next September. According to ' Hollis G. Hullinger, stake president pres-ident and chairman of the Seminary Sem-inary board, two of the faculty will return to school and the other is being transferred to Wyoming-. A new principal has been announced by the church Seminary department. For P. Wendell Johnson, principal, prin-cipal, last week's school end saw the closing chapter for the present, of a long period of service ser-vice in the church and Seminary.- Present plans call for a term of summer school at the BYU, and then next fall he will enroll at the University of Utah where he will work in guidance, and supervise two Seminaries in the city while attending at-tending school. Melvin J. Petersen, who has been an instructor and principal princi-pal in local Seminaries for six years will attend school at. the BYU, where he will do graduate grad-uate work, with a part time teaching assignment a possibility. possibil-ity. He is a native of Arizona and his wife comes from Delta, Utah originally. The third faculty member, Walter Lichfield, started his teaching career last fall. He and his wife, Wilma, have been ac- tive in ward affairs. He is cur-I cur-I rently serving as superintendent j of the Fourth ward Sunday ; School and his wife is secretary I to the stake patriarch, J. Har-I Har-I old Eldredge. He will move to a Seminary in Wyoming to continue con-tinue his teaching. Was At Alterra Mr. Johnson began his teaching teach-ing career at Alterra, where he remained until Union High School was opened in -the fall of 1951. He moved to the new church Seminary as principal. A member of the. Ballard ward (Continued On Back- Page) LDS Seminary . . . (Continued from Page 1) bishopric, he has had an extensive exten-sive life of activity in the church serving as a counselor in the stake Sunday School su-perintendency, su-perintendency, and teacher in the various auxiliaries and priesthood groups. His wife, the former Norma Todd, has also contributed much to' the church, having served in the Primary and MIA as teacher and officer. They have three ' children, and own their own home, which they intend to retain with the idea of coming back to the Basin Bas-in later. Recognized as one of the stake's most fluent speakers, Mr. Petersen, like his associate, has devoted much to the progress pro-gress of the church in this area. He was a member of the stake high council three years, being released . in August, 1952, to become first counselor to Bishop E. J. Nixon in the Second ward. When the two wards , were divided di-vided three months ago, he was sustained as superintendent of the Second ward Sunday School. His work with the Aaronic priesthood has been particularly outstanding. His wife also has been a great help to the ward, having served in various capacities in the auxiliaries. aux-iliaries. Both are graduates of the BYU and have four children. chil-dren. Mr. Lichfield came to Roosevelt Roose-velt directly from Logan where he graduated from the Utah State Agricultural College. He and his wife have a family of four children. She is an accomplished accom-plished violinist, and has contributed con-tributed of her talent freely since coming to the community. Comes From Idaho The church Seminary committee commit-tee has announced the appointment appoint-ment of Duane Call, native of Vernal, but most recently a resident of Rexburg. Idaho, where he has been connected with the Seminary system, as the new principal. Other members mem-bers (of the faculty have not been announced. He is the son of Alwyn Call, 1 coordinator for the Uintah School district, and has taught several years in Utah and Idaho. In announcing the change in the Deronnel of the local Seminary Sem-inary system, Pres. Hullinger pointed to' one particular achievement the departing teachers have ' made approximately approxi-mately 85 of the graduating students at Union High, are also al-so graduates from the Seminary. |