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Show Couple adopts family of four to realize a year-long dream strument technician in the chemistry department of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University, said this week that he and his wife have already realized much more enjoyment from their new-found family of youngsters young-sters than he could describe; that they had been more than repaid for all the time and money it has taken to make each one a legal member of the Woodward family. Last week was a happy and most significant time for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Woodward Wood-ward 1261 South 500 East, who report that the final papers have been signed for them to be the legal parents of a new found family. The children have spent the past year with the Woodwards, getting acquainted and becoming becom-ing accustomed to their new home. Sandra Carol, the eldest is 14; Tim Lee, the brother, 13 and the two younger sisters are Willo Fay, 12 and Candace Marie, 10. The Woodwards, who have three other children all married and seven grandchildren, learned learn-ed about their new family through a sister of Mrs. Woodward's Wood-ward's in El Paso, Texas. The children had been residents of an orphanage in that city since the death of their mother mo-ther some six years ago, and there was a possibility they would eventually be adopted by different families perhaps fat-apart. fat-apart. A year ago, Mr. and Mrs. Woodward began the work of trying to adopt the children and after considerable time, effort ef-fort and money, their fondest hopes were realized last week and the children became then-very then-very own. During the time the children have made their home here, they have been baptized into the LDS Church. Tim Lee tak-fes aevtive part in Scout events. He and his sisters also attend other meetings regularly regular-ly and are first rate students in their respective schools. Mr. Woodward, who is an in- |