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Show Art For Primary Hospital Visitors and patients of the Primary Childrens Hospital will soon see a sculpture depicting the healing influence of Christ and the hospital throughout the world. by Dr. Avard Fairbanks, Salt Lake City artist, will be finished by Primary April conference. Describing the work of art, Dr. Fairbanks said, A sphere in the center indwork of the hospital. icates the world-wid- e Christ is on the left side showing his healing love for the children there. On the right side," the artist continued, one blind, one "are several ill children crippled." In the foreground is a young boy representing all the well children as they leave the hospital. Im well," is the message he portrays, according to the sculptor. The young boy, dressed in a robe, is holding a ball showing he is once again well and ready to play with his friends. The sculpture is planned to be placed in the main entrance of the hospital shortly before Primary conference, said Kenneth Johnson, hospital administrator. Tt will be cast from the working model in a plastic substance which has the appearance of marble. Dr. Avard Fairbanks works number around 85. Possibly his two best known works he has sculptured for the Church are Tragedy" portraying the burial of a child by his pioneer parents at Winter Quarters cemetery near Omaha, Neb., and the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood monument on the banks of the Susquehanna River near Harmony, Penn. Three of his works are in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Athlete Wins School Award TUSTIN, CALIF. A membei of the Tustin Ward, Santa Ana Stake, was recently named athlete of the month by his high school classmates here. Arnie Francis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Francis, is a senior at Tustin High School, ife is the first student to letter in varsity football four years straight. Arnie is also a varsity letterman in wrestling and track. Arnie is secretary of his Priests quorum and has served as president of the Deacons and Teachers quorums. He also recently received a Duty to God award. The sculpture, which is now being comwell-know- n pleted SPOTLSGHT ON YOUTH MEMPHIS, TENN. The first Eagle Scout badges earned in the Memphis Stake were presented here -ecently. Receiving the Scout badges were Gerald Rasmussen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Rasmussen and John Foules, son of Mr. nd Mrs. John Foules, Sr. OUTH SALT LAKE, UTAH Central Park Ward, Granite Park Stake, ecently honored eight Scouts for service to :he Church by presenting Duty to God awards to them. The boys were Ed and Paul Belka, Carl Edgington, Brent Rammell, Sam Milhvard, Russell Oliver, Kim Rosser and Dal Tuft. POLICY CHANGE Dr. Avard Fairbanks shows Gina George and Teri Housekeeper the statue he is makinct for the Primary Children's Hospital. The Church News congratulates the nearly 4,000 young men throughout the Church who have been presented Eagle Scout and Duty to God awards during the last 12 months. Due to the large number, the Church News will be unable to continue to publish stories about individuals who achieve these awards. Figure Of Battalion Soldier Flown To Italy When members of the Mormon Battalwere struggling along on their 2,000-milinfantry march, little did they re- ion e alize that 122 years later a statue, bearing the battalions name, would be sent on a 12,000 mile journey to Italy and back. The figure of a battalion member was placed aboard a plane at Salt Lake International Airport for Florence, Paly last week to be cast in bronze. When the figure, which was sculptured by Salt Lake artist Edward Fraughton, is returned from its European jaunt it will permanently be mounted on a cast stone base in Sar Diego, Calif. Current plans," said Ray Knell, are for the figure to be placed in Presidio Park overlooking San Diego Bay. Mr. Knell is the national president of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, the organization financing the project planned to help keep the accomplishments of the battalion before the public. Twelve hundred members of the 23 chapters of Sons of Utah Pioneers have been conducting fund drives during the past year to raise the $18,000 needed to finance the project Now cast In plaster and in three pieces for the Italy flight, the statue is of a marching soldier with a rifle on his shoulder, a pack on his back and a copy of the Book of Mormon clasped in his hand. Battalion feats will be explained on several bronze tablets which will be mounted ot Ray Knell, SUP pres., and Eugene Watkins, funds chairman, discuss battalion figure with sculptor Edward Fraughton. 4 CHURCH WEEK ENDING MARCH 15, 1969 a wall behind the figure when it Is placed in San Diego. The battalion, which was recruited solely from the advanced group of Mormon pioneers when they were scattered across Iowa plains in 1816, accomplished many historic deeds during its 2,000-mil- e march. Even today, this march stands as the longest infantry march undertaken by U.S. Army troops. Battalion members opened the first wagon road to the Pacific over the southern route. They raised the United States flag for the first time over Fort Tucson (Ariz.) and Fort Moore in what was then the settlement of Los Angeles. At the Fort Moore site stands a monument to the contributions of the battalion there. Battalion members, although many miles from friends and relatives, sent thousands of dollars back to their families which was used to purchase needed goods and commodities. The bronze monument to the Mormon Battalion is scheduled to be placed and dedicated in San Diego around the first of August, according to the Sons of Utah Pioneers national president. A segment of the Sons of Utah Pioneers are organized into a "Mormon Battalion." These men have battalion uniforms and often meet together to plan events to bring honor to the original battalion. un |