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Show Honored for Service ... - 1 ' ' '( I " 1 'if A H i ' V . J - 1 ( m , - r w- . " I ! 7 I, - 1 Rea Straw and Wm. Witney, above, look over the honorary awards presented by the MIA at the concluding conference session ses-sion Sunday evening in recognition of their outstanding record of service to Youth. Presentation of High MIA Awards is Feature of Evening Conference Meet In recognition of their outstanding service to the youth of Kolob Stake, Rea Straw and Wm. Witney were presented the honorary Golden Gleaner and honorary Master M Man certifi--? cates at the concluding session of quarterly conference Sunday evening, even-ing, directed by the MIA. Four other people, Mrs Roberta Rober-ta Bate Smith of the Third ward; Mrs. RaNae Rawle Anderson, Mrs. Judy C. Robinson and Kenneth Anderson of the 9th ward, were Presented Golden Gleaner and Master M Man awards. To gain these honors, one must qualify in many fields of religious endeavor including the reading of church works. For some it takes three or four years and others as lonfr as ten years. The honorary Golden Gleaner award was presented Rea in recognition recog-nition of her service as a ward Bee-hive and Gleaner teacher; also (Continued on page Twelve) MIA Awards Presentation Features Evening Meeting (continued from page 1) for 15 years service on the Sunday Sun-day School stake board; five years on the MIA stake board as manual man-ual leader and seven years as president pres-ident of the YWMIA board. Mr. Witney has a similar record of service devoting his time as president of the Third ward MIA for four years. He was also Scout Master 15 years and was identified with the original Utah county Council of Boy Scouts organized m 1921. He was in the Third ward bishopric for a time and served as bishop of the ward three years. He was a high councilman assigned to the MIA 11 years; a leader of the senior members of the Aaronic priesthood ; has been a ward teacher teach-er 25 years and has ssrv o stake missionary. Irene Ricks of the general MIA board, Salt Lake City, made the presentations. Fred Childs, president of the stake M Men presided at the meeting meet-ing which also featured music by a quartet from the Third and Ninth wards; a duet by Kay and Janice Weight; short talks by Neil Sumsion, Rae Ann Boyer, Marilvn Floyd Tuttle. y General Sessions Lorenzo Hatch of the general welfare board was the principal speaker at the conference directed by President Leo Crandall. Missionary work was the theme of the forenoon meeting with talks on the subject being made by President Crandall and by Elder Hatch; also Mrs. Clair Christensen and Robert Wood, converts, and by returned missionaries, William Bradford, Collin Allan and Letta Ekker. President Glen Christensen spoke, as did Warren Tonks, father fath-er of a missionary and Harold Webb of the stake missionary presidency. pre-sidency. . Special tribute was also paid to the missionaries and the servicemen service-men and to their parents. Afternoon Meet Speakers at the afternoon session ses-sion included besides the visiting aucnonty, uienn w, Bumsion, who sounded the) keynote of the session ses-sion on the responsibility of the home in everyday living. Other talks were made by Mrs. Clarence Jensen, representing' mothers; Douglas Smoot, a son; Marilyn Moon, a daughter and Bishop Bert Strong as the father of his ward Perry Goodliffe of the stake presidency also spoke urging reverence rev-erence for the Lord's house. Music for the forenoon session was furnished by the Fifth ward choir directed by Margaret Smith with Norma Thorn, accompanist. The First ward Singing Mothers gave music in the afternoon, directed di-rected by Guy Brown with Mrs. Maurice Bird and Shirley Marshall, accompanists. |