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Show YMMIA Conference Several Weeks Off In just a few weeks numerous youth leaders from our city will travel to alt Lake: City, Utah, for the annual June Conference of the Mutual Improvement Associations As-sociations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! The impact of the information and training received at this conference confer-ence will have a great influence in the growth and development of the young people of our town in the year 1962-63. Age group counselors, Carl W. Buehner, YMMIA' ' General Superintendency, Margaret R.. Jackson, YWMIA General Presidency, Presi-dency, stated that a full slate of activities and courses of instruction instruc-tion of leaders and teachers of twelve to thirty-year youth will predominate 1 ' the c conference schedule June 15th through 17th in Salt Lake City. Speakers to be featured will be chosen from members of the General Authorities of the Church who are advisors to the MIA. Elder Mark E. Peterson, will speak at the general session Friday morning, other notables as Lowell L. Bennion, author and educator, Margaret Masters of radio and television fame in the intermountain area, Florence Pinnock, home economist, plus a full schedule of learned leaders Of youth yet to be namedl Within the framework of the MIA are seventeen departments to be featured a June Conference. Confer-ence. These departments are known to many by the following designations: Executives, secretaries, secre-taries, Mission, Improvement Era, Teaching, Young Marrieds-Mutual Marrieds-Mutual Study, M Man-Gleaner, Scouts and Explorers, Laurel, Mia Maid, Beehive Girls, Dance, Music,' Speech-Drama, YM Athletics Ath-letics and YW Sports-Camp. I Besides the people from the local area who will attend the MIA June Conference, General Superintendent Joseph T. Bent-ley Bent-ley and General President Florence Flor-ence S. Jacobsen announced that chartered planes, buses, and trains, and private automobiles will bring thousands to the conference con-ference from every state in the union. |