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Show What's Your Line? By DOUGLAS D. PALMER Penrose Family Member of the Charles W. Penrone famfly were pleased last week when 81 persons attended the first official meeting of the family organization in about 20 years. They met at the Midvale (Utah) Library auditorium. Members of the family brought with them many items of historical and personal interest. Several pictures taken of the Church official when he was a young man, copies of his talks, old scrapbooks, news clippings and family photographs were shown at the reunion. Unable to attend because of ill health were three Dving children of the former member of the first presidency after whom the family organization is named. They are Mrs. Ettie Penrose Stringhsm, Salt Lake City, who will be 95 on Sept. 18, Mrs. I.uciU Penrose Brown of Van Nuys, Calif., and Leo Eugene Penrose of Anaheim, Calif. Mr. Loreen Crawford Davis, 80, Provo, Utah, a granddaughter of Charles W. Penrose, was the oldest person to attend the reunion. Four family group sheets completed by the organizations newly elected president and genealogist, Mrs. WHdra L. Welch, were shown to family members. Mrs. Welch, 7596 S. 7th East, Midvale, a of the noted Church leader and editor, completed the sheets on James and Jemima Homblower Sims, Jethro and Constance Ferris Homblower and Richard and Matilda Sims Penrose. I told the family I wouldnt mind serving as president of the organization for a year if they would let me be the genealogist for at least 12 years," Mrs. Welch laughed. "Thats the work in which Im primarily interested. Mrs. Welch has been interested in pushing the research work for the Penrqse and related families. To gain their support she spent several hours at the Genealogical Society archives seeking names and addresses. About 75 per cent of the addresses to which letters were sent announcing the reunion were obtained from family group records submitted in the Third Generation program. At the reunion some time, Mrs. Carol Penroso Salt Lake City, collected Wheat, secretary-treasure$65 from the family with promises from a lot more who left their purses at home. Many persons responded by mail before and after the reunion to pledge their support Other family organization officers elected at the family reunion are Charles W. Penrose, a great grandson, first counselor; Ray D. Lloyd, Murray, Utah, second counselor; and Verna M. Lietz, Salt Lake City, historian. r, Article Stirs Inquiries More than 1,300 letters from throughout the United States and many other areas of the world have been received since Sept. 1 by the Genealogical Society following publication of a recent article on genealogy in Family Weekly and Reader's Digest. The last to appear was in the September issue of Readers Digest, condensed from a story in the Aug. 20 issue of Family Weekly. In his interestingly written article, Mormon Author John J Stewart discusses the vast field of genealogy, pointing out that the Church is assisting in doing research members and through its Pedigree Referral Service. About 100 letters per day are coming into the Genealogical Society which request information on how to register with PRS, said Mrs. Naoma Harker, supervisor of the correspondence section. Mrs. Harker said all letters received express a great interest in the Churchs genealogical program. Each letter' is being answered. Included are PRS registration and inquiry blanks. Inquiry forms for searches in the Temple Index Bureau file and a colored brochure, Genealogical Treasure House of the World." rs RCH WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 16, 1967 This is part of huge Mormon exhibit at Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. AT TORONTO FAIR LDS Exhibit Draws Crowd TORONTO An exhibit, together with the n film, Mans Search for Happiness, proved to be a successful proselyting aid In the Toronto, Canada, area. well-know- The exhibit was held in the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto and referrals ran about 25 per cent of the audiences attending the film showing, according to Lamont F. Toronto, president of the Canadian Mission with headquarters in Toronto. Toronto estimated that better than 16,000 exhibition goers witnessed the noted film, with 3,300 attending in one day. says Pres. Toronto, is the huge painting of the famed Salt Lake Tabernacle, which gives the visitor the Pres. Eye-catche- r, tmnrfwston that he Is on Temple Square. "Another aid is the use of Tabernacle Choir recordings. The fame of this organization helped to bring the crowds In," Pres. Toronto said. He added that the sincerity of the missionaries assigned to the exhibit brought a great amount of praise from visitors. |