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Show LDS Church Gives Backing to Scour Building Program The head of the first church organization in the nation to officially adopt the Boy Scout movement into its youth program has given his endorsement to the Great Salt. Lake Council, Boy Scouts of America building program. President David O. McKay of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cited the role of scouting in developing youngsters young-sters in urging support of the building program. Boy Scouts and scout leaders in Salt Lake, Tooele, Summit and South Davis County are undertaking un-dertaking a $485,000 capital improvement im-provement program which would give the scouts their first new home in 50 years. The program will finance a new Scout Service and Training Center at Fort Douglas on property prop-erty donated to the scouts by Salt Lake City. It will also finance fi-nance camp improvements at Tracy Wigwam, Camp Steiner in the high Uintas and new camps in the Bear Lake area. The Latter-day Saints Church adopted the Boy Scout program on a nation-wide basis when the scouting movement was in its infancy. in-fancy. In a prepared statement endorsing en-dorsing the fund drive, President McKay said: "Scouting is related to the three most influential forces in the development of youth; namely the home, the school and the church. Since this much-needed Boy Scout Building program will enrich opportunities op-portunities for boys in our area, we encourage all to give generously gener-ously of themselves and of their substance for the benefit of our boys." Ezra Taft Benson, a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles, Apos-tles, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is honorary chairman of the drive. Salt Lake banker Ames K. Bagley is general gen-eral campaign chairman. The special gift phase of the campaign is currently underway. The public portion of the drive will get underway May 28. |