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Show Large Crowd TJ i- - A Assembles In French Mission PARIS, . 13 r 1' i1 V tell Hi ry w If 'll i - , century-old- , - castle-lik- city e hall were made available with- out charge for the conference JUie. sessions bault President Edgai - Brossard ' had called on the . mayor in January and had pre- sented him with a copy of the Book of Mormon Just prior to the conference, the mayor told missionaries calling on him that he had completed reading the book and asked several questions re-garding of his staff members to assTsT with arrangements for the con. W -- FRANCE seats of the Angouleme City council and mayor were occupied by Bordeaux District members and French Mission 1, leaders at : the recent confer& . ence there. . The council chambers in the 4 y- - .. - t. .1 H yfc gTEnX!narFBRFnyrR Missionaries of the Bordeaux District of the French Mission sur round President Edgar B. Broward, seated in the 'AngouIeme niayor's chaii, eeitleri r 'Sand In Their Shoes' or-He- by-M- ay DR. ALTON OCHSNER lung cancer authority - Medical Authority T 6 Present Free it..Hft-ASigdso- Lecture OiTCdnceF . ference. crowd atA meet at tended the two-da- y which President Brossard pre. sided from the mayors chair. In Saturday sessions, the president told the missionaries, Our goal in the French Mission is one convert baptism politics, Program Bureau penper missionary, as it former, student newspaper, per month to us by beert has suggested man a columnist, "preferred The the First Presidency. He and dramatic performer.goal was met in March when was graduated in 1954 and be114 converts were baptized. came an intelligence officer in Approximately the same num- the Air Force. While in the service he collaborated with . her were expected for April. President Brossard, former TKen Perry on a musical, "Six Tchairman of the U.S. Tariff. Weht South, which won-a- n Commission, has set a policy award in the MIA contest and of calling on city and state ofwas printed for Church use. ficials throughout the mission 3 He. is an executive in the present them with a copy of buying and merchandising dethe Book of Mormon. He has partment of. Chandlers nationbeen interviewed by newsmen al shoe store chain.. in many cities and in other The play opens in the Mormon Pioneer camp in Council ways worked to open avenues of publicity for the Church. Bluffs, Iowa, where the Saints panic at the arrival of soldiers, . thinking it means more perse-cution. They find, however, Gleaners 80 en Dr. Alton Ochsner, the most outspoken medical authority on tobacco and cancer, will pre- near-capacit- y BYU Students To Repeat Mormon Battalion Musical Diaries of Mormon Battalion members have provided "the background information for "Sand in Their Shoes, a musical play based on the book by Don Oscarson, Brigham Young University graduate and Missouri businessman. By popular demand the musical will be performed again this year on May 27, 28, 30, DON OSCARSON . . . play based on book Ground Broken For Covina Stake Center CONVINA. CALIF. Ground was broken here Saturday for the new $375,000 Covina Stake Center and Covina Second Ward Chapel Officiating at the rites was Stake President Emerson I Crawley. When finished the structure will have a chapel seating 360, recreation ball to accommodate 1,200 persons, two separate ward offices, 23 class rooms, baptismal font and I several . large auxiliary rooms. Architects are Montierth and Strickland, of Long Beach. Ray Skinner is building superintendent under supervision of " Bishop Richard J. Rowley. . MR. WOOD RETURNS from ll Iomm fur Mkt. with VOW CMOICC et th mwwI tyW la CAPES, COATS, r STOUS "Where tbe Beit Costs Less .... Shaaa DA V2S41 -- June.1 in, the BYU stadium. More than 40,000 persons attended the show last . spring. , Dr. Harold I. Hansen, chairman of the Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts, adapted the book to the mammoth stage which is nearly as large as the football field. Music for the epic especially written by Dr. Crawford Gates, noted BYU composer whose most recent composition is Scenes From the Book of a symphony. Roy Mormon, Fitzell, choreographer for the Steve Allen Television Show, will direct the dances for the stadium show. Seven singers, Ina Lou Cheney, Lorna Erickson, Patricia Stone, Dr. Lael Woodbury, Walter Richardson, Howard Ruff, and Ray Wood will take the leads. They will be supported by a cast of hundreds. As a history student at BYU, -Mr. Oscarson spent many hours studying journals of Mormon Battalion members in the BYU library. Upon graduation, he served in the U. & Air Force and spent all of his spare time in research. Facts were compiled, actual events catalogued, char-- , acters selected and named as the story unfolded to him. 31 and well-know- n After working hours in Intelligence School .in the Air Force, Mr. Oscarson with his wife struggled with the revisions, It was she who thought of the title. From 550 pages, of manuscript has come the 54 pages of actual play.T At BYU Mr. Oscarson was in -- school. an athlete,-activ- e Gold Bond Granite Tbo Momimont wMi tfie Ufotift Gvarant sent a free illustrated lecture on the subject in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Monday, May 16 at 8 p.m. His appearance will conclude the seasons final BYU Forum Assembly held in Salt Lake periodically since last fall. Dr. Ochsners lecture is also sponsored by the BYU Adult Education Center in Salt Bake C3ty, the MIA, .Deseret Sunday School Union, Aaronic . hood,- - Salt Lake - Valley, Seminaries and the Institute . 'to 1- M-M- that the enlistment of 500 men in the Mormon Battalion is favored by their leaders in order to provide money and supplies for the trek to Utah. Many are angry, but the battalion is formed and a dance is held before .they depart It is a trying time. DniciDa accuses Joshua of lacking manhood. Anna says that Joel shows he does not love her if he leaves, and that she cannot live on faith. Carter fears to go because Lorraine is soon to bear a child. Ned, a survivor of Hauns Mill massacre, is downright hostile and fears the whole thing is a trick. ' On the march of 2,200 miles, the faith of the men is tried over and over again by the hardships of thirst and hunger, weariness and death, discouraging reports from home, and . treacherous officers. But all problems are resolved as file Battalion returns to the Salt Lake Valley from California. The play and stage provide Attend Mesa Class One of the MESA, ARIZ. first M two-stak-e Men-Glean- classes organized under instructions from the MIA manual is meeting with success here reports John R. Allen, Mesa Stakfe. . An average of 80 have attended the class each Tuesday., Largest attendance has been Cen102, in the Mesa ter. Mesa and East Mesa Stakes have combined for this special arrangement More than $850 was raised above costs at a Spanish ner as a class project This . money will help toward. furnishing transportation to the HUT Cumorah - Pageant this summer by the class, Elder Allen said the large classes have also made expert dance, music and instrument instruction possible. . Tri-Stak- e - the scenes at Council Bluffs, Fort Leavenworth, on the trail near the Arkansas River, San-- ' ta Fe, The Battle of the Bulls of Religion, U. of U. Everyone is invited, ing to Roscoe A. Grover of the adult center. Dr. Ochsner is the past president of the American Cancer Society and of the American College of Surgeons. A doctor since 1920, he has a long list of medical accomplishments to his credit Since 1956 he has been a professor of surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, La.; where he Is also president of the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation. In this city he is also a director, consultant and specialist with various hospitals, an infirmary, a railroad, Veterans Administration Hospital, US. Public Health Service Hospital, and . the Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital in Washington, D.C., and an honorary member of the American British Cowdry Hospital, Mexico. He is a member of more than a score of medical societies, an honorary member of a long list of such societies including those in such countries as Japan, France, Panama, Peru, Chile, and others.- -. Dr. Ochsner also holds mem- bership in several honor socie- See DR. 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