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Show T THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, 8 Radio Digest gations with some left over .for other purposes, and the people of the ty, have received something beyond "price. Other parts of the Church are do-- , ing the, same thing, perhaps not in the same manner, but with the same results. With decreased travel we are more and more compelled to find our recreation In our own communities. other day I took my little boys and we The Church with its excellent facilwent for a walk in the hills. It was one ities and its outstanding leadership, of the happiest .and most stimulating is ably meeting htsl situation. things. Ive ever done. I came away People with initiative never want from that leisure time activity built for pleasant and profitable ways to up and strengthened tremendously, spend an Idle hour or two. For innot only from the things I saw, but stance, the other evening about ten from the association I had with my girls of University age decided to call children. - on a dear old lady, an Invalid." She But there Is a different type of has few callers during these busy walking. For instance. Main Street h. aud waa delighted beyona on a Sunday night now looks almost that they had come. She asklike a carnival. It is crowded with peoed them to sing, and they sang hymns, ple who apparently have little else to one after another, all evening. She endo, or who think there is little else to joyed it, and all of them came away doL but to saunter up and down the. - feeling that they had had a good time. street, night after night, looking in the The war, with the removal of most windows or looking at each other. Of of the young men from our communicourse everyone doing that, is not doties, has added to the problems of ing a bad thing. But wrapped up in youth. For example, the girls at the all this restless street walking are defL.D.S. Institute at the University are inite moral values. Too often this up against this situation in planning walking leads to a beer parlor, and activities for the organization. There that in all too many instances leads to are about 250 girls and only about 100 a lowering of moral standards and the boys, and the situation is likely to train of sorrows that follow. get worse before it gets better. These Members of the Church, and particgirls know that they will largely have ularly the youth, are fortunate in the to entertain themselves, and theyi have developed plans for a good many j recreational opportunities afforded them. Spacious recreation halls adjoin socials of the kind that girls enjoy. our chapels. The leaders of the Church For instance, they have a list of the have always believed that recreation boys in the organization who are in the armed services, and they spend one of the right kind leads to the night a month writing to them group opment of the finest kind of manhood and womanhood, and they have pro- letters in which all join. They get a lot of fun out of it, and the boys on the vided facilities accordingly. end get more. receiving As an example of the fruits of good In in this direction the spite of war work and the presleadership story of St. George might be cited. It appears sure of the times most of our people that certain commercial interests planSunday free. Sunday is a day ned on building a dance hall outside of leisure for the great majority of the nation, and an opportunity to do the city limits for the purpose of "makas the Lord commanded of old rest a and The leaders ing profit. religious the civic leaders sensed the danger in from ones labors and to do as He suggests through modern revelation this, that drinking, smoking and carconcome would go to His house of prayer and offer it. of ousing They cluded is was a Church problem and a up our sacramgnts. But there are other opportunities community problem. Through cooperation of the best Interests of the comalso. Sunday afternoon is a wondermunity and the financial assistance ful time to take for yourself. Not for of the Church, they built an excelsports or commercialized entertainlent recreation hall, said to be second ment, but in this busy world of rush in size only to the largest in the state and turmoil, to take a few minutes off and to be second to none In its appoint- and walk by yourself, or read, or ments. The four wards of the Church think, or even take time out to pray worked with the Dixie College on a recand find some spiritual solace which reation plan under which every stu- we all need in these difficult times. dent of high school and junior high reThere are so many people who ceives twenty dances during the year dont realize that they can find hapfor one dollar five cents an evening piness by themselves, that if they hapfor dancing in a first class hall to pen to be alone they dont have to the music of a ten piece orchestra. rush off to a show or rush out to try to find companions in order to enjoy Special dances are also held to which a nominal admission fee is charged. themselves during their leisure time. The proceeds have met all of the obli- - They can do things which will bring Oufleisure Highlights of a discussion on Hoxo Shall We Spend Our Leisure Time?" presented over KSL on the Church Sunday Evening Hour, September 20, 1942. Participating were Helena W. Larson, newly appointed General Secretary of the Y.W.M.I. A Kenneth E. Lake, Salt Lake business man and Highland Stake Y.M.MJ.A. S,uperintendentr Bettv Thomas, University of Utah senior and President of Lambda Delta Sigma Sorority; and Gordon B. Hinckley, Secretary of the Church Radio Committee. are living in a AE " about us is an busy time. All atmosphere of rush. Generally speaking people are working longer and harder than they have been for years, whether in the armed sendees or civilian life. Now, more than ever, relaxation and recreation are necessary. In spite of "the rush we all have some leisure time, whether we choose to call it by that name or not. After a tiring day or a long shift the question on the lips of people everywhere is, How shall we spend the evening? It may seem a very insignificant question, but tremendous consequences depend on its answer. Generally speaking a mans character is determined by the manner in which he spends his idle time. Too often we think of recreation only in terms of its physical benefits, but actually the things we do in our spare time affect tremendously our way of behaviour and our spiritual outlook on life. The immediate answer of most people to this question is, Lets go to a show. Since so many seek entertainment and relaxation with moving pictures we should awaken a consciousness in groups of people to the vast educational possibilities' of the theater and urge them to use their mass influence to see that our motion picture producers and exhibitors put before the public the type of pictures which build up and strengthen character and which emphasize the finer virtues and values of life. Although automobile riding, as a way of spending leisure time, is apparently out for the duration of the war, many of the pleasures of sightseeing can be realized almost as well fn walking. I sold my car a while ago, and Ive discovered as Ive had to walk many places that Im seeing things that I never saw before while the same streets. The trnvelin play-hungr- y real pleasure and at the same time build them up and cultivate their abil- com-mu- . How Shall We Spend the Question Church Edition SEPTEMBER 25, 1942 Time? still-hav- ities. , Under the stress and restrictions of these days more and more of us will have to find our spare time pleasures in our homes, and this may prove a great blessing. If the spirit of the family crumbles, then the foundation of society is threatened. What a glorious opportunity this is for people to enrich their home life with the social spirit, so that instead of turning to outward pleasures and commercial entertainments, many of which tend to tear down the individual instead of strengthen him, they return into their own homes and with initiative seek to make them places of enjoyment for themselves and their To assist in this the Auxiliary organizations of the Church are issuing a booklet on home recreation, with numerous suggestions for having fun at home. The Lord has placed upon parents responsibility for the welfare of their children. Now more than ever they face the challenge to make their homes interesting to their children .and inviting to their childrens friends, and to guide them in the use of their leisure time, so that they will " not seek their -- pleasures in those places whose attraction are fleeting and temporary, but whose effects are permanent. a a ranges h Officers (Continued From Page Seven) of the Gridley Ward. J. Leo Myers and Ralph Alvord Greenwell were set apart as first and second counselors in the Bishopric of the Grass Valley Ward. Elder Stephen L Richards of the Council of the Twelve officiated. YOUNG STAKE Elder Alex F. Bloomfield was set apart as a member of the stake high council. Elder Arlo T. Robb was ordained bishop of the Mar.cus Ward with Vasco S. Burnham as first counselor and Vernon C. Ellis as second counselor. Elders Charles S. Schoffield and William Ferrell Christensen were set apart as first and second counselors to Bishop E. A. Taylor of the Farming-toWard. Elders Leland H. Barton and L. Rodney Taylor were let apart as first and second counselors to Elder Clifford Evanson, presiding elder of the Durango Branch. n . Elder Richard R. Lyman of the Council of the Twelve and Bishop Marvin 0. Ashton of the Presiding Bishopric officiated. This chorus of Aaronic Priesthood members and girls of corresponding ages is in the Randolph Ward of the Woodruff Stake They furnished the music for the recentjtake conference which was attended by Elder Nicholas G. Smith, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve Mrs G. W. Peart, wife of the ward bishop is the conductor with Mrs. Glenn McKinnon as accompanist. Others assisting who are in the picture are, David Hoffman and Glenn Rex, counselors in the ward bishopric and the folloioing members of the ward Aaronic Priesthood Committee Earl F. Passey, chairman, Vloe B. Jackson, George Groll, Dan Jackman, Theron Hatch, Meerl Peart, Chester Christiansen and N L Gray |