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Show Church Department At Albany, Georgia where for many years the misaltmaries have labored against piMdice and indifference. and have never even emelt fruit trona their diligent activitiia. the Mormon liasketeere sang end played their way Into the hearts of the people. Ft !twee thieves sive days the' local. paper ga 7,1 very favorable reporuNof the act) vities'of the missionaries and the team enjoyed the headlines of the Inch sports page. In the column reporting thetwenty gante. the commentator these expressed worthe "Seldom has a heti( l ball team ins& a hit here as these Mormons did best. night. Alley played clean baskethallneyer e or a to the referee gripe complaint when McNabb called a foul. head. they Played Westerre.-fa- st. oncaging.. and' 'each goal .made vies roundly applauded they by the crowd, the 'first time this has In five , 'over happened years. after the scrap, a beet of Albanians crowded the dressing rooms to eo- n' them on their - gratulate 'twee not that they lost, but how they played the , the finest bunch of game.They're boys we've had the pleasure to inset in many a seation....C,Ce to the Mormons '." l'he radio elation at Alhenli which had on a previous tevealon refused to accept even ae much ae a paid program from the Chinch. now opened their doors to the basketeera and they were requested to present a peoiplint of multi. cat selections and to tell the puts their being in the South. had , the enthuetaant graven over the ame that,the ra dio station broadcast It play by play from the floor at the ityinna- situe. Although the Itak,keepers Were defeated by a close le ont. satisfied for they they were certain the people of Albany had a different conception of the Moment people. On Sports Programa Upon arrival In Tampa, the blasketeerif were asked Florid, to ais pear on the )(anoint Sport, broad-- , , cast and they mingled, their ettnee with an Interview of Several mite -- Erof , bats-full- The cingz4q Basketeers, as a ,'chorus. Lett- to right,,they are, Eiders ,Arthur Mcdmber, Wilford, A. Fischer, Joseph N. Revitt, IVilltiam A; Lee, Robert Johnson, James A. iChapi man. and Lynn CI,,,hfOrkham, seated, director. - .1 ' lIE nets of the Dixieland Mit; Monaries have been ever ,busy, but We find the people are brdtight slowly within reach of the soul filling story of Mormonism. In this day the populace have so cesmopotitan. The 'weenie housewife's day has been shortened and spare tiMe is spent in enother as tertaining or in some home. The mostly away horn tivity Ii utiill(lt, tie( essity of providing of ever the increasing luxuries life takes the major part of his time, and what little he 'has, for himself he vtould choose to spend at the club, or 'in the fields 'With his dogs, or perhaps motoring in the country with his family. Mow to attract attention to the story ofMormonism in the face of these dd.ficulties, is a question of concern, one that challenges the Missionary forces of the Church. Then too, these still exist a in the minds of the less informed, a taint of prejudice, and in sonic, determined:. indifference. Row to create interest in the minds t't' those mid other people has beco ne a challenge tut the modern misttionary. e brought Recent variedeactivities .from the Missions been suehave MI the Church. of eessful in combating the problem States at hand. The Southern ' Mission, too realized the need of some entque activity that woutt bring attention to the Gospel Message. President Merrill D. Clayton,: himself a sport ;and music enthu.1 Mast. called tit Of his Elders from their fields of labor to make a tour of the Mission as the Mow moo flasketeers.1 Scheduled games' with the leading tettins in the largest cities of the, live states were niale in advance of the trip. in thiv When these Eliters arrived Mission office in Atlanta, Georto the furs was it discnvered gia, prise of all,' that they each hasi a pleasing voice and a hen practiced a little, sang beautifully together. tinunol Why sure, a singing baskentail team. Who ever heard al, This group consisting of Elder Hobert Johnson.; mission M. L A. supervisor, Eidees William A. Lee, 'Arthur F. McOmber. James Chapatan, Wiliort A. Fischer, president of Florida District, Elder N. ReilI, president of Joseph South Georgia District, had a liev.,1enth party added to it, Elder Lynn cf7. Markham, the very Ole mission. znu4c aupersisoti and thus they .4 liecamW the "flinging Mormon Bask, on their missi Dixie tandem. of goodwill to the Arrang Appearencee Before leiav int on, the tour, ar-made In each of sangements w the scheduled three cities, tor radio, club, school and other public appearances of the Sloging Mormon available basic eteers. and every opportunity to aftratit attention to tbe message of Mor- - ' monism t,t as brilized. The pres4. ,4 who in nithst incidents in the past to have been ridher reluctlitit give as mitilt 44 an announcement concerning the; Church. were now approached front a different angle. On Jantiary 12 this unique corps of this's!t messtngers. with a medi, um sized musical and a ornedula of acnne twenty-six- : games on their tig departed h coifs h olission the goodwill states of Georgia, Florida. South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabatna. They traveled with the aid of their ospel Chaript", a cozy station:, wagon that conveniently and corn- - . fOrtably accommodated the seen members: of the troupe. Just what this tremendous un remit-tore- stertaking aceoMplishest arid What success was enjoyed by the am. bassadors of truth Is now a. brit. tient page In the 'history l 'of tha Southern States Mission, but the missionaries DWI fora lob g lime find It easier to appeonch the door and the heart of some of the eleven thousand five hundred people that saw them play and beard them singing et the half interval's, while the other leant players were pant, ing for their lost wind. At St. reterbbutg. Flokida a va calion tity for the world's elderly people. the Basiseteers were at. corded the privilege of singing before a crowd of some three thousamt, in the politic band shell. Among their collection of muideal, was a sentimental numselections ber. -- Memories Of 4lother'', TM brought tears te the eyes Of many of the listeners end it was evident that they were touched emotion. ally by the spirit and personality in displayed by the ItaketOCES ha dedicating it to their Mothers had departed, and,. to thotie that were so far away from them at that time. . A . utes. and shared the program wee Eityan "Riley" Urant, one of the natton's leading tennis stars wets was playing in a tournament the following day at Tainpa..Throtiele out the State of Florida the Date ethers were sensmional, which Is rather unusual in State as oosmopollian as Florida, where people. from all sections of the tountry are anti generally vacationing, they intorolited in such ectivi,y as this. , When the team arrived at Charleston. South Carolina. were graciously received by they the press, the radio station and large crowd, and again the Basketeers proved their versatility by winning the hearts of the people with their bongs. It was here that the elms labeled them the "Caroling Church-mer- e and much of Ihwitystein of miesilottery work wee explained In the paper. The liteeptions et Jackson, M4Mios are-n- ot (Coiitintis4 On Pligo. 4 ewers.' The Elders a ere organized into an efficient working . group, With Elder each his Job to Wilco-tnwas appointed President of Elder Les asthe organization, Secretory, Elder t'ischer as treatturer. Eider Johns Coach and captain of the basketball team, Markhatn as Musical Director; flder Ravin as radio and math-citdirector and pilot of the 'Chariot', Eider Chapman handUgh ling the misctillaneous and thus efficiently they embarked y .v,,,Ilt49.2, Ihf CM a basketball team, left to right; first row, Fischer, Mc Ontbas: andCkapman: second row Bevil: Johnson captain, and Lee. 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