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Show CELEBRATE AIliVMSARY More than 10(H) women in the various wards of the Utah stake Tuesday celebrated the eighty-second anniversary of the organizing of the Relief society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The anniversary came on Monday, Mon-day, March 17, but was observed on the regular meeting day of the organization orga-nization although govern! wards conducted special entertainments on Monday evening. j The Relief society was the first woman's association to be oganized' in the United Slates, being formed in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois. Mrs. i Emma Smith, wife of Joseph Smith,! the founder of the Latter-day' Saints church, was the first presl-1 dent of the organization J S11.7- t-fcerr UiiiATsanils of similar organizations have boon formed in' the church, each ward or branch having an association. The entire membership reaches into the tens-of-f thousands. 1 , In Utah stake the work is being supervised under the direction of the stake presidency, consisting of Mrs. LeRoy Dixon, Mrs. J. M. Jen-1 ' sen and Mrs. R. J. Murdock. |